[playing kamancheh] [speaking in farsi] [playing kamancheh] [speaking in farsi] >> [speaking in farsi] >> improvisation is probably the essence, the core of persian music, and we all learn pieces, uh, melodies to be able to improvise based on those melodies. [speaking in farsi] [humming] a musician is valued, uh, by the way ey improvise and the--the way they-- they get actually further and further from--from that point of starting. [speaking in farsi] there is a teacher figure in everybody's life, and i hope i can be that for some people. not just teaching them ins-- you know, the instrument and some music, i--i--i like to affect their lives, uh, in a way that, uh, they don't forget me, and they don't forget what they learned from me. [playing kamancheh] my work can be divided in several dierent lines: i do my solos, i have formed a couple of, uh, ensembles, one called dastan ensemble. we formed it about 20 years ago when i was in canada. and then, uh, we formed this ensemble called masters of persian music. >> [playing music and singing] >> with two veryell-known musicians of today's

[ speaking foreign language ] that's "thank you" in farsi. okay.s voice to superman's dog in "dc league of superpets." it opens in theaters july 29th. please say hello to dwayne johnson! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> kerry: hi! >> hey. >> kerry: thank you for being here. >> thank you, good to see you. >> kerry: so i was doing all my research -- >> good to see you guys, too. >> kerry: yes. [ cheers and applause ] great to be seen. so we have a lot in common. we have an older daughter and two littler ones, little people. >> yes. >> kerry: we both like to work out. >> yes. >> kerry: we both like cheat days. >> yes. >> kerry: although i like them more than you do, i think. i have more cheat days than you do. >> we both get high. >> kerry: oh, wow. >> no, sorry. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> my kind of crowd. >> kerry: hey, hey. your oldest daughter is now a wrestler. >> she is. >> kerry: she's making history. >> yes, so yeah -- thank you, guys. [ cheers and applause ] >> kerry: this is amazing. >> very proud of her. simone johnson, my oldest d

. >> i've spoken to young girls that speak, you know, farsi and dari and arabic and something that manyg girls, i'm talking teenaged aged, say to me is i have not heard my language not heard violently on television or in movies. i've never heard it not as a threat. and they cry because they're told that that's who they are, that's how they should feel and respond to their own language. so for them to come and hear that and see that in a celebration and have them be outside is absolutely phenomenal. jane: this is about more than cultural sensitivity. to the creative team behind the show, it's also about historical accuracy, getting the story right. >> when in history is this story set? who are these people? what is their background, their education level, and where they live - whether they live in kabul or herat - means completely different dialects of farsi. jane: cultural advisor and script consultant humaira ghilzai also carefully considered everything from the costumes to the set and language. her attention to detail reflects a standard she knows the afghan-americans in the audience

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the changes still need to be approved by the environmental protection of farsi slat for you on the program. going to bring you all the latest sports news . europe's top teams find out that fight champions league stage. troy's coming right up also putting the pieces together again. how the british museum is helping restore ancient glossy fax off to the bay with bloss ah cats, away. official elling of the john with with a hole away official and on the john lulu. ah apple the supporting far baron. thank you so much. we start with football and the champions league draw has thrown up a real group of death for fans to look forward to india. we are with f say barcelona, sitting there, posted ready to place spanish giants. barcelona had been drawn alongside german champions, barne munich in italy's inner milan and group c. check side pulsing, completing the courts head the draw his special significance for bars, the striker, robert lemon. dow ski who get to faces old club barn. mother, what a nice draw fellow with both ends. mister livin gorski. see you soon, and munich before me off. let's go, le

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claiming that the farsi claiming to be a church strange credulity.t responded. joining me now is one of the lawmakers who sent that letter, congressman susan delbene of washington, chair of the new democrat coalition. congresswoman, thank you for coming to the sunday show. in the letter you said that the family research council does not hold religious services, have a congregation or affiliated congregations, does not possess many of the other attributes of churches list by the irs. how do you think they were able to get the status changed? >> well, thanks jonathan. it was great to be here. that's why it was on the letter. we want to find out. the family research council's first and foremost a political advocacy organization and so it is unclear how the irs came to this conclusion. so we sent a letter, 40 members of congress, to find out what their -- reasoning is. alex is very concerning cause it could be an ongoing trend for political advocacy organization to try to get status as a church. they don't have the same transparency and disclosure requir