he orchestrated the whole thing for george gershwin.e said i did not have time to do all of this so there were straighter lived at his apartment for a while. go there and copy ask george gershon was writing the piece in the room. it was quite the quick operation and was the result was one of the real great pieces of american music. an important piece also because at that point, in 1924, american composers were trying to find a way to make their music distinctly american. incorporating jazz and jazz influences into the music was one of the music was well underway stated that. there were a number of pieces written around the same time that inc. jazz in a concert setting. that was one of the reasons that the date for this piece was pushed all. because there were a number of different pieces that were going to be premiered. he pushed up the premier. that was the musical context. drinking jazz into the concert hall and that is something rhapsody and blue did well. host: hoover george and -- who were george and ire gershin? mr. wintle: that h

he orchestrated the holding for gershwin. gershwin said i do not have time to do all of this. he basically lived at gershwin apartment for a while. he would go there every day as a was writing the piece in the other room. it was quite the quick operation and the result was one of the real great pieces of american music. at that point in 1924, american composers were trying to find this sort of a widespread thing. were trying to find a way to make their music distinctly american. incorporating jazz influences into the music is one of the ways they did that. there was a number of pieces being written around the same time that incorporated jazz in a concert setting. that was one of the reasons this particular piece was pushed up. there was a number of different pieces that were going to premier. he pushed up the premier. gershwin found out that he did it. that was the musical context was sort of bringing jazz. >> what was their importance in the history of american music? james: they were brothers. they had great success on broadway writing a number of important shows. they also

he orchestrated the whole thing for george gershwin. have time to do all of this so there were straighter lived at his apartment for a while. go there and copy ask george gershon was writing the piece in the room. it was quite the quick operation and was the result was one of the real great pieces of american music. an important piece also because at that point, in 1924, american composers were trying to find a way to make their music distinctly american. incorporating jazz and jazz influences into the music was one of the music was well underway stated that. there were a number of pieces written around the same time that inc. jazz in a concert setting. that was one of the reasons that the date for this piece was pushed all. because there were a number of different pieces that were going to be premiered. he pushed up the premier. that was the musical context. drinking jazz into the concert hall and that is something rhapsody and blue did well. host: hoover george and -- who were george and ire gershin? mr. wintle: that had great success

if it's gershwin or hammerstein, that's tony bennett. in the wonderful thing about what he did is connected people so powerfully through what i think is the greatest connector, music, and something that will endure. those recordings are forever. ms. mitchell: certainly is timeless. with that, we have some great barricade yelled leaders here and i want to leave time for questions. we have a microphone coming. with our friends from aspen. thank you so much. >> good morning, thank you for being here. i am a public diplomacy practitioner and i work on the international program in denver, colorado and i have a question about the officer exam. there are adjustments made to the exam process over the last couple of years to show the foreign service more diverse and representative. are we seeing the results in increased equity in the foreign service at this time. do we still need time to receive the results of those changes? secretary blinken: thank you and thank you for your hard work. just to quickly put this in perspective, we are working to b

>> stephen: [laughs] gershwin i think wrote that.: most wanted, international and there's fbi international. >> is it spanish gimmick >> stephen: it comes with a croissant and an espresso. and then there is just the fbi and there's a big crossover, three hour crossover tomorrow night. how does that work? how do you guys cross it up? >> you know, we had to travel to rome. >> stephen: must be hard. >> yeah, it was hard. international l. it's the three shows, three hours. i dare you to take three brats, that's how exciting it is. >> that's my understanding, says my producers. >> yeah. so you're going to have a lot of action, drama, a russian -- high-ranking russian official that his daughters killed and he blames the u.s. and he's planning a terror attack on the u.s. it's my job to stop them. >> stephen: we've got a clip right here, what are we seeing gimmick shows are merging? >> this is fbi and fbi m most wanted togogether for r the firt timeme ever. ♪ ♪ >> g good to meeeet y you. >> yeah, y you toooo. i've heardrd good things. so, ,

"rhapsody in the blue," she interrupts me and says, your solution is there i'm in the middle of gershwindoesn't matter >> as for target, they are still wrestling with this cultural discussion about pride merchandise. they said the assortment and the reaction to it was a chance to pause and learn. >> pride is one of many heritage moments that are important to our guests and our team, and we'll continue to support these moments in the future as we navigate an ever-changing operating and social environment, we're committed to saying close to our guests and their expectations of target specific to pride and heritage months, we're focused on building assortments that are celebratory and focused. being mindful of timing, placement, and presentation, leading the segmentation and leveraging our digital experience, and reconsidering the mix of own brands, national brands, and external partners within these assortments >> well, look, i'm not a political guy. i asked him point-blank whether it hurt the quarter, and he said, though and he's a straight shooter. i'm there on that. if he says it didn't

ira gershwin -- you can send us a text ♪ 202-748-8003.rt calling in no a dahlia sweeps through georgia te pounding florida. the hurricane coming ashore in florida making its way northeast along florida into georgia and joining us this morning via phone is georgia congressman buddy carter. the first district of georgia in the southeast portion of the state up to savannah. good morning to you. how are things in the district this morning? guest: we are recovering. i did not really turn out as bad as we had anticipated which is good news. we did have a lot of flooding and strong client and people think because you do not have a tornado you're going to have a strong client, nothing could be further from the truth. you have a gust of wind and that can cause problems. we had quite a bit of trees down. that was probably the biggest obstacle we had to overcome. power is out in my home right now. it is been out for about 24 hours now and that is the one think we are trying to recover from, get everyone's power back on. tragically we lost what life