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. >> thank god. [ laughter ] >> bill: frank sinatra died in 1998.le is engraved as entat on sinatra's tombstone? what is enyafd on sinatra? roll that tape. ♪ the best is yet to come. ♪ and, babe, won't it be fine. ♪ the b.s. is yet to come. ♪ come the day that you're mine. >> bill: i never saw elvis. i saw sinatra. >> so did i. >> bill: so good. just his whole stage presence. >> bill: you got that. >> right he got it right. >> bill: it's a tie with two to go. >> it's a tie, wink. >> question number four, aretha franklin drew a lot of attention with president obama's inauguration with her odd choice of head wear. display distracted from her actual singing. what song did she sing that day? there is the head wear. [ laughter ] ♪ the answer is roll the tape again. >> ♪ my country tis of thee ♪ sweet land of liberty ♪ of thee i sing. >> bill: the head wear is distracting. >> it's beautiful. it's fav. >> she is on tour right now. i was in durham doing a show and she was coming in behind me. she wouldn't come into town until i left. >> she didn't give you

through countless projects such as your exploring the arts foundation and your founding of the frank sinatrafor the arts. you have proved to be a timeless link between artistic generations. and, of course, your inspiration continues with such incredible and wonderful projects as your recent "duets ii" cd. i have a copy. anybody else? [applause] and check this out, mr. bennett picked up two grammy awards sunday night for that album. [applause] so we congratulate you on that. i believe if you are scoring at home, that makes it 17 grammys in his career. [applause] what we love -- well, we love the cd, but today, we have gone one step further. not just a duet, but an extraordinary trio. i'm pleased to present this trio, performing for the first time together, young people from the choir of the san francisco school of the arts, the san francisco boys chorus, and the san francisco girls chorus, take it away. [applause] ♪ >> ♪ the loveliness of paris seems somehow sadly gay the glory that was rome is of another day i've been terribly alone and forgotten in manhattan i'm going home to my city by the

. >> of that song that frank sinatra sings, you know. ♪ [laughter] >> hello. you remember me?> i was in here yesterday. you work on commission, right? >> yes. >> big mistake. big. huge. i have to go shopping now. >> there is one thing i do not understand. what is this thing called love? i know it is a motion. they took a vote. tavis: are you pleased with your work? >> it is not bad. i remember i would have tightened that part in "happy days." tavis: i was watching you wondering what was going through your head. you are still editing. >> could have tightened that. i was very blessed with great casting. tavis: use a very blessed, but how much of the success of a producer, director, has to do with the casting? >> a lot, i think. if you do not have people, whether it is love stories or whatever, they have to have a certain chemistry. sometimes they find it. not today. in the old days you could go a few shows. i know it took mork and mindy a minute. tavis: you could not do that today. >> i did a show years ago. it was a 99th in the ratings but we shot 34 episodes. we learned a lot

frank sinatra, all or nothing at all. !úto t harry reid will pass the tax cut extensions for everybody but mort here, guys making more then a million bucks a year. and you're going to center a deadlock there. if mitt wins, i think quickly in january if not before, all tax cuts are extended. about but if president obama wins the election, you've got a real deadlock there, where the republicans are going to say it's all or nothing, and obama will say we're going to get the millionaires, raise taxes on them, so you really would have a deadlock then. the proper answer is if you vote for mitt, clear it up. >> eleanor? >> first of all, this is all election year positioning. nothing is going to actually happen before the november election. and we'll see where we stand. and even if president obama is defeated, he still has his veto pen until he is replaced in january. and the bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire by the end of the year. so if the congress wants do otherwise, he can veto it. so you can kiss the tax cuts good-bye. a

frank sinatra went crazy. what is this music? these people are screaming. you have seen the pictures of the early '60s of the beatles where kids are going crazy. girls go crazy. beside themselves. i had the same out of body experience with my daughter when taylor swift game in. you should see the look in this girl's eyes. i never experienced that. just crazy. it was amazing. the point being that rock and roll was a direct revolt, revolution against conformism. don't know much about history? teen angel, religion and sex combined. rock around the clock, irresponsibility. what else could you expect from the '50s that gave way to the 1960s. an era of happiness, an end to divisions in america. no more experimentation. no depression in war. america was represented by this. the critics, of course, will disagree. they'll see a lot of seeds of division planted. and the '60s would sort of turn around and you would have revolution in the streets. but in the '50s, praisers say, we solved problems of poverty, divisiveness. america seemed unified. that is why you ask you

this doesn't always happen in new york, gene kelly and frank sinatra do not frequently get off a warshipn the hudson and sing about what a wonderful town this is. they did it in 1949 and i new york, we are still smitten but it hasn't happened since. once a year, something kind of like it does happen in new york city. it is hard not to be smitten every time. this year, it is happening right now. it is even better than it usually is. this year, we have added something to the mix. we added something to the mix we stole from the nazis. if stealing stuff from nazis doesn't make you happy, you need a vacation. what we stole from the nazis and why it is so awesome, coming up on the best new thing in the world today. stay with us. >>> in the 2010 elections that gave us republican house speaker john boehner instead of democratic house speaker nancy also, there was one chart more than any other that pretty much summed up what happened on election day and why. this is the 10 groups that spent the most money on that election that year. 6 of the 10 groups spent big-time on the right. they were led by

. >>> test >>> test this doesn't always happen in new york, gene kelly and frank sinatra do not frequentlyabout what a wonderful town this is. they did it in 1949 and i new york, we are still smitten but it hasn't happened since. once a year, something kind of like it does happen in new york city. it is hard not to be smitten every time. this year, it is happening right now. it is even better than it usually is. this year, we have added something to the mix. we added something to the mix we stole from the nazis. if stealing stuff from nazis doesn't make you happy, you need a vacation. what we stole from the nazis and why it is so awesome, coming up on the best new thing in the world today. stay with us. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage ch

do you remember in the frank sinatra song new york, new york, "if i can make it there, i can make ithere." >> [chuckles] after buying the nets in 2010, mikhail prokhorov lost no time in putting his stamp on the team, with playful jabs at the neighboring new york knicks and bold advances to some of the highest profile players in the league. he also brought along some russian sponsors for his team's new brooklyn arena. prokhorov announced he was selling his shares in the gold mine and investing in a new hybrid car called "yo!" [ticking] up next, a coal executive admits his power plants are hazards. >> how much coal does this plant burn in an given day? >> every day this plant burns roughly 19,000 tons of coal. that's two trainloads, and each train has about 100 cars. >> controlling carbon emissions in the near future is inevitable in your view. this is gonna happen. >> it's inevitable, in my judgment. >> you're one of the biggest polluters in the world when it comes to carbon emissions. >> we're one of the largest emitters, and it tells you how daunting the challenge is that we have in

. >> there is a story about frank sinatra and you taking a phone call. >> they used to take a number of phone calls for mr. sinatra. he called in december 1961 after ambassador kennedy had a stroke and he wanted to talk to mrs. kennedy. jacqueline kennedy. i have informed him, i had been instructed to four -- inform the operator when he called there was -- there were to channel the call through me. i talked to him and explained what was going on. we were in palm beach. we talked for 10 or 15 minutes about various things and that was a common occurrence whenever he would call. i would talk to him. >> what did not mrs. kennedy take the call? >> she did not find it necessary to talk to him all the time. she informed me when she got around to it she would call him and say hello but i do not know that she ever did. i am not sure. >> your book has been on the best-seller list and you have been on the book tour. how many different cities have you been to? >> alessi. new york, twice, kansas city, san diego, san francisco, dallas, houston, chicago, and washington, d.c., and there's more to go

. >>> this doesn't always happen in new york, gene kelly and frank sinatra do not frequently get offhudson and sing about what a wonderful town this is. they did it in 1949 and i new york, we are still smitten but it hasn't happened since. once a year, something kind of like it does happen in new york city. it is hard not to be smitten every time. this year, it is happening right now. it is even better than it usually is. this year, we have added something to the mix. we added something to the mix we stole from the nazis. if stealing stuff from nazis doesn't make you happy, you need a vacation. what we stole from the nazis and why it is so awesome, coming up on the best new thing in the world today. stay with us. if you made a list of countries from around the world... ...with the best math scores. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards across the nation. let's get back to the head of the class. let's solve this. how did i get here? dumb luck? or good decisions? ones i've made. ones we've all made. about marriage. children. money. ab

frank sinatra was friendly with jfk and ronald reagan.ichard nixon, there's two great tastes that go together. and bono and george bush. and of course beyonce and president obama. obama is giving the medal of freedom award to bob dylan trying to build that bridge as well. but something is a little different in this election cycle. the rise of the heavy metal republicans. ted nugent and kid rock are backing mitt romney and dave mustain came out for rick santorum. i thought that was a little unexpected. our guest tonight is a hard rock legend in his own right, a founding member of kiss and star of the reality show "family jewels." gene simmons, it's good to see you. >> i'm sure you mean gene simmons family jewels. it has more gravitas. >> you're right. >> it's a big word like gymnasium. >> i've seen headlines saying you've endorsed mitt romney. is it true? >> i have not. >> really? >> i have not endorsed president obama, who i voted for. and i've not endorsed governor romney. i want to hear a lively debate. i want to hear why either of thes

. >> there's a story in your book about frank sinatra and you taking a phone call. >> i used to take a number of phone calls from mr. sinatra. he called regularly. he called in december 1961 after ambassador kennedy had a stroke, and he wanted to talk to mrs. kennedy, jacqueline kennedy. and i had informed -- i had been instructed to inform the operator that, when he called, they were to channel those calls through me. so i talked to them, and i explained to them what was going on, that we were in palm beach at the time, and we talked for 10, 15 minutes about various things, and that was kind of a common occurrence whenever he called. >> why did mrs. kennedy take the call? >> she just didn't find it necessary to talk to him all the time. she informed me when she got around to it, she'd call hello and visit with him for a while, but i don't know that she ever did. perhaps so, but i'm not sure. >> your book has already been on the bestseller list, and you've been on a book tour. how many different cities have you been to? >> well, let's see, new york twice, kansas city, san diego, la j

that is frank sinatra. >> yes.ere changed specifically for kennedy. ♪ back everybody wants to back jack and jack is on the right ♪ ♪ because he has high hopes ♪ he's got high hopes >> joe watkins, you have redeemed yourself at the nerdland table. you are the king of campaign songs. >> i would like a bell and use it to like bypass that bible thing, where is that leviticus. okay. romans 4. okay. >> and now, if you had a bonus song for each one of the presidential candidates in this year's race, and say they didn't have to be narrowed, and they could be like the french, what would be the song? >> for mitt romney, kayne west "stronger." and for president obama, i'd say madonna's "vogue." >> wau, wau, wau. >> i love that, joe. i'm confused. >> well, he is cool, and, you don't think so? madonna is a great artist. >> i think that all of us would call him up and go, never again. not that. >> anybody else got obama or mitt romney? >> well, obama is cool and i would have gone with "moves like jagger" because he finesse d th

opportunity, if i could get inside that tv like other italian americans who came from poverty like frank sinatra evidence of my existence. >> brian: did that happen? >> well, it did happen, but i didn't feel better. >> alisyn: you say you struggled in your life with all sorts of seven deadly sins or symptoms. food, vanity, shopping and shoplifting. >> yeah. >> alisyn: success even became a downfall. >> we're a victim of our environment. in my environment, stealing was honorable and the better you were at it, the cooler you were. when my stepfather, father came out of prison, because he was a made man, that raised my stock. i used to get in a lot of fights. in fact, i began my recovery four years ago. so at 56 was the last time i had a physical fight. i used to get in two fights at least a year. >> steve: people have got to read this book. it is really powerful. >> brian: you should stay for the after the show show. >> steve: check out his new book called "asylum." >> brian: it isn't like when you touch him. >> steve: who is that? >> alisyn: stick around. meanwhile, next, the president picking hi

but give me sarah vaughn, frank sinatra and dean tawes bea come somebody who can really sing why we set the bar solo the democratic party would move year in and year out because we are better than the republicans you are not saying too much we are not just talking about political expediency in judgment. we understand that we are three critical of any of the candidates including a more member of the brother mitt romney, right-wing as he can be. mean-spirited towards the poor for the weak and vulnerable barack obama so much better, certainly better no doubt that's all we need to know that's the beginning of the conversation not the conclusion. why is it that both parties are extensions of the oligarchs and democrats at the top big money big bank and the corporation. if we organize and mobilize its crushed or infiltrated by the fbi. let's just be honest. in abramoff just sounding brassy that's what this text is about to tell the story of truth that he was talking about to allow severin to speak and that an apologetic loved as martin used to say just this is what looks like in poverty we ha

but give me sarah vaughn, frank sinatra and dean tawes bea come somebody who can really sing why we set the bar solo the democratic party would move year in and year out because we are better than the republicans you are not saying too much we are not just talking about political expediency in judgment. we understand that we are three critical of any of the candidates including a more member of the brother mitt romney, right-wing as he can be. mean-spirited towards the poor for the weak and vulnerable barack obama so much better, certainly better no doubt that's all we need to know that's the beginning of the conversation not the conclusion. why is it that both parties are extensions of the oligarchs and democrats at the top big money big bank and the corporation. if we organize and mobilize its crushed or infiltrated by the fbi. let's just be honest. in abramoff just sounding brassy that's what this text is about to tell the story of truth that he was talking about to allow severin to speak and that an apologetic loved as martin used to say just this is what looks like in poverty we ha

but give me sarah vaughn, frank sinatra and dean tawes bea come somebody who can really sing why we set the bar solo the democratic party would move year in and year out because we are better than the republicans you are not saying too much we are not just talking about political expediency in judgment. we understand that we are three critical of any of the candidates including a more member of the brother mitt romney, right-wing as he can be. mean-spirited towards the poor for the weak and vulnerable barack obama so much better, certainly better no doubt that's all we need to know that's the beginning of the conversation not the conclusion. why is it that both parties are extensions of the oligarchs and democrats at the top big money big bank and the corporation. if we organize and mobilize its crushed or infiltrated by the fbi. let's just be honest. in abramoff just sounding brassy that's what this text is about to tell the story of truth that he was talking about to allow severin to speak and that an apologetic loved as martin used to say just this is what looks like in poverty we ha