i mean, he's one of the best ever. >> gladys you performed with b.b.rilliant man. why do you think his music resonated with so many people? >> well for one thing he touched the spirit. any time you touch the spirit it's going to resonate. he was uncle b.b. to us. you know how we talk all the time especially among our people about the village? i was 12 years old when i first went on my super sonic retractions tour, okay? and we have been knowing uncle b.b. way before that because he used to play in atlanta. he and my mom got to be friends because we would perform in atlanta. when we would go on the road he would just show up even if he wasn't performing he would just show up and say you kids hungry? he was more than a performer to us. he was a family member and he extended that village that my mom and dad and uncle. so you will get a sense of knowing who the man really really was. and plus he lived in vegas for such a long time and we were at his house just about as much as we were at our house. >> wow. >> he was really really a family member. taught us

on may 31st miss gladys will come out here and take a deep breath and throw.nsidering the old spitter. at miller park, mike anderson. >> i love that she's getting the star treatment. signing autographs. taking pictures. >> eating it up. we have seen some people who go out there, a lot younger than her, who don't do so well. she'll show them up. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." me and marci, even have yourself a great thursday. it is thursday, may 14 we're following the latest on the deadly train derailment including details on the man who was at the control when the train topple off the tracks. >> a shocking discovery the derailed train lacked the latest u.s. safety controls that could prevented the tragedy in philadelphia. >> police scramble to a massachusetts train station after a father's at terrifying call to 911. >> good morning 4:3

. >> porque necesito el trabajo, gladis.

gladys knight and ring owe star are taking to twitter, to remember king. gladys knight tweeted this, what a brilliant man you you were, one who will be forever noted as a inspiration to millions globally. bb king won 15 grammys during his career, and in 1995 became first blues musician to be honor with the kennedy lifetime achievement award. in 2006 he received the presidential medal of freedom for his musical contributions. king suffered from diabetes and his health had been declining over the past year. bb king was 89 years old. >>> president obama paying tribute to law enforcement office hours made the ultimate sacrifice. he spoke to thousands of people including mom have of the officers at national police officers memorial service at the the capitol this morning. >> we are here, to honor heroes who lost their lives in the line of duty. men and women who put themselves in the way of danger and so that the rest of us could live in safety. >> the the president also called on the nation to work harder to heel the rift, that still exists between law enforce

gladys has the number going up to 4,000. yes? >> there must have been a lot of serious burns. were the hospitals and clinics able to handle emergencies for these people? dennis: the question is about serious burns. and there were, and as i was going to elon gate the previous answer, we're not certain about how many people died in the earthquake and in collapses, building collapses. we know for instance, that one of the hotels collapsed and that there were 40 people who expired in that collapse and that was in a collapsed billing. on the hill, there was an extraordinary fire, that hill doesn't exist anymore on san francisco. at that time it was quite a steep hill. mostly impoverished people who lived there and the fire came up both sides of it. so we know a sizeable amount of people died there in fires. how many people we're not sure. but probably, you know somewhere between a dozen and a few dozen. the nurses, again, did a great job. there were nurses who came in from all parts of california to work and assist and help. they said the military, the army, under general funstine

the woman we're talking about here is 102-year-old gladys holbrooke.> she needs her practice because in a couple weeks, gladys will be throwing out a ceremonial first pitch at a milwaukee brewers game. a friend submitted her name to the team and they picked her. >> she made the front page of the local paper when word got out that she will be getting onto the field at miller park. asked for advice for living a long life, she kept it simple and said "just keep breathing." well -- >> that is keeping it simple. >> that's it. >> my goodness. good for her. love it. >> congrats. coming up in "the skinny," another diva makes it official taking her act to las vegas. new competition for mariah and britney. >> a trip to a hidden world on the other side of the globe. enjoy the trip as we search for buried treasure in an exotic location. you're watching "world news now." "world news now" weather, brought to you by megared omega-3 krill oil. omega-3 krill oil. >> important message for residents age 50 to 85. write down this number now. right now, people are receivin

and the empress of soul, gladys knight turns 71. i am i . >>> glorious in gold.ds an nba championship with only one more team standing in their way. >>> back in handcuffs. ray mcdonald arrested for the second time in three days. >>> ball of tar popping up on a southern california beach. is there a link to last week's oil spill? >>> live look outside right now, downtown san jose. it is thursday may 28th. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> a very good thursday morning. it's 4:30. i'm sam back. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. let's first check that forecast with meteorologist rob

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. >>> a special birthday celebration for a buck county woman today gladys banks she is 103 years old,ored for being one of the oldest and most active women in her bensalem community. she looks grade. >> yes she does. >> that mercury was up as you promised. >> 80s in philadelphia today and lots of sunshine and it makes you think about going to the beach and it's a different world at the shore sky 6 hd taking a look at cape may and still the cloud and fog on the beaches and this will be the case right through the weekend, the reason why we have wind through the southeast, off the ocean so we are 79 in philadelphia right now and sea isle city, and the boardwalk in atlantic city, 55 degrees, more than 20 degrees cooler reading it's 80 and allentown 81 and wilmington 75. and there were some clouds in philadelphia and that will be the case over the n couple of mornings, satellite 6 along with action radar see the cloud cover up to the north that is a ridge of high pressure and this high pressure will have a firm grip on our weather right through the weekend and this brings us lots of sunshi

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susan plays gladys a paranoid schizophrenic who happened to be her mentally ill mother.ecause you never ask me how i'm doing, you never do anything for me. all you do is talk about yourself. i don't know how i have such a selfish killed. >> -- child. >> we all have selfish children. it's good to see you. >> thank you. >> we don't often see you in television -- >> i don't mean to laugh but it's fun to play somebody that doesn't care. such a lack of -- i mean like she's always hearing things and it's just so much fun. >> but this is a very revealing and she is wearing a nurse's uniform because that made her feel calm and sneak out of the institutions. through the years. >> just in marilyn's life when things would start to look up, her mother would show up and the drama would start alln over again. >> yeah. because i think theydst -- a lot of people wanted a piece of marilyn. the other woman. she could have been adopted in the house of foster care she went erinto and the other woman that o emily plays, didn't want that to happen and so they married her off because she was g

gladys knight posted this video, and many others, including former president clinton who tweeted, thankember him. you can also join a conversation about this and more. following us on social media we're active there at roberts at msnbc and #trlive. >> a great b.b. king remembrance list today. >> of all days to do it. >> i was listening to it earlier. we're also going to be talking to someone else greatly influenced by the king performed at the white house with him in 2012, that's coming up in a few minutes. much more on the breaking news, ntsb investigators talk to the engineer of the amtrak train that derailed killing eight. news conference scheduled for 4:30. ameriprise asked people a simple question: can you keep your lifestyle in retirement? i don't want to think about the alternative. i don't even know how to answer that. i mean, no one knows how long their money is going to last. i try not to worry but you worry. what happens when your paychecks stop? because everyone has retirement questions. ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. to get the real answers

gladys brown henderson rennick. durham north carolina. she is 100 years old.2 years old. and he's from dallas big d texas. his big thing in life, he loves good diet and exercise. that's what he says keeps him going. bernie berry is 100 years old from ranier oregon. he's 100 years old. he plays the harmonica. that's it. that's all from new york. i'm here on the "today" show i'd like to hear them do the harmonica. >> willie that can be arranged. >> we were playing earlier. >> changes, too, right. matt we'll send it up to you. >> thank you very much savannah. it's national bike to work today. i've spent a lot of time on a bike. it's a charity bike ride from boston to here in the big apple. training for the tour de red nose has involved riding for 30 to 40 miles a day three days a week for eight weeks now, and thanks to about ten tubes of icy hot, i'm finally ready. >> two wheels four states and 230 miles. in just 48 hours i began one of the most physically grueling challenges i've ever tackled, biking from boston's famous fenway park to our very own "today" show

she plays gladys, marilyn's mother and who everybody thought marilyn was an orphan because that's thees a sensational job in this. >> and her daughter is in it too. >> her daughter plays her at a younger age. this young woman, kim kim garner i think her name plays marilyn, is excellent. she's got -- you don't want to just be -- you want to have the essence of a character. you don't want to be a -- what's the word? impersonator. you want the essence. she does a beautiful job. >> the thing about the story, it with az great book and they brought it to life for the mini series is, we all think we know everything about marilyn monroe and we don't and the relationship between marilyn and her mother is really what the story is all about and as difficult as a relationship it was -- >> there was a lot of love there. >> what about you? do you love your mother? >> loved my mother. she passed away. >> what about your father too? >> he passed away. you're bumming me out. they're all dead. >> would they be proud of you? >> yes. the fact that i'm on tv consist kathie lee gifford getting messed up ye

in 2006 pr judge -- judge gladys kessler for the u.s. district court for the district of columbia decided the case. in a nearly 1,700-page opinion she found that the tobacco companies' fraudulent campaign amounted to a racketeering ember prize. according to the court -- and i quote -- "defendants coordinated significant aspects of their public relations scientific, legal and marketing activity in furtherance of a shared objective to maximize industry profits by preserving and expanding the market for cigarettes through a scheme to deceive the public. the parallels between what the tobacco industry did and what the fossil fuel industry is doing now are striking. in fact, we can go back and re-read those judicial findings about tobacco substitute the word "fossil fuel" and exactly describe what the fossil fuel industry is up to. and that's without the benefit of discovery where litigants get to demand the production of documents and take the depositions of potential witnesses and require answers under oath. what a treasure-trove that would