goodman, is there such thing as the mafia? >> guest: there was a time i would've sworn there was sent. the head of the fbi was telling me there was a period if you don't believe the head of the fbi, who can you believe? they said it was the greatest lie ever told. there is no mafia. where i really found out about what i was doing, because i was representing competing families. i know idea of the structure until i began to listen to the wiretaps and read the search warrants and see the movie casino to find out how to really know what is doing and representing it would've charged a lot ore. i would've on the islands in the caribbean and flown private planes and unlimited supplies without being the spokesperson. after a while i found that there was the mafia. i was representing vinny and they called infinity in a mall. you would not call them that to the face. that is clear. i was representing him in boston. he is a capital in the picture trick crime family. i get a phone call from the prosecutor. he says you are through, oscar.

my guests tonight, john goodman. john goodman going to be joining us. before we start brief update on a story we were talking about yesterday, toronto mayor rob ford today clarified his earlier denials he had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine clarifying by admitting he had in fact been caught on video tape smoking crack cocaine. >> yes, i was smoking crack cocaine. do i? am i aam i am addict? have i tried it. probably in one of my drunken stupors. a crack user. i'm a social crack user. when i drink i smoke a little crack. obviously today the scandal was disgraceful and the only thing left for him to do. >> i was elected to do a job and that's exactly what i'm going to continue doing. on october 27th, of 2014, i want the people of this city to decide whether they want rob ford to be their mayor. [laughter] >> that's huge. [bleep] your sister. i'm going to stay married to you? [laughter] >> i'm hoping to continue [bleep] >> he decided, didn't he, good. i'm going to run for election. mayor ford, we need camera three. [laughter] you need help. and

. >> jon: john goodman. [crowd cheering] john goodman. >> am i here to be barked at?jon: not at all. >> actually they thought they were going to see arsenio tonight. >> jon: may i say something to you. i would like to say this to you anyway and this may be embarrassing. you never suck in anything. i have never, i have never ever -- everything you do, it's awesome. and i always love watching you do. is there anything you've done where you go boy i didn't like that. >> oh yeah. >> jon: really. >> yeah. >> jon: are you critical of yourself. >> all the time. it gives me the creeps to watch myself. we're doing this show alpha house and these a big bus and they have a ten foot picture of my face on it. which is owe owe oh. >> jon: it's not just the face but the characters you've played and it's always interesting. that's why the koen brothers use you in everything they do. you are in everything naturally and organically. >> their writing's almost fool proof and i'm living proof of that. >> jon: how does this amazon thing, i didn't know amazon do television shows. is that a

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. outrage is growing in the detroit area over the killing of her nation mcbride, a 19-year- old african-american woman. in the early hours of november second, mcbride was shot dead on the front porch of a man's home or she had reportedly gone to seek help after a car crash. on tuesday, local media aired audio of a dearborn heights police dispatcher who simply stood best to get the shooting after the homeowner called 911 to say he had shot an african- american woman he did no one is porch. >> units responding. we have the male on the line, saying he doesn't know this person. trying to get further. quick somebody down on the porch. it appears to be a black female. >> copy. like female. >> the homeowner told police he believed renisha mcbride was trying to break into his home, but he claimed his gun accidentally fired at her. the homeowner, who is white, has not been arrested. and not tops revealed mc

i'm amy goodman. listeners around the world. in one of tuesday's closely watched races, terry mcauliffe has been elected governor of virginia. republicannew jersey governor, chris christie, easily won reelection, paving the way for a possible presidential run in 2016. new jersey voters also approved a constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage to $8.25 per hour and add cost-of-living increases each year. chris christie had previously vetoed a similar bill. public advocate, bill de blasio, crushed the republican in the mayoral race to replace michael bloomberg. he is set to become the first democrat to beat new york in two decades. he had his victory party in brooklyn, last night. >> i have spoken throughout this campaign about a tale of two cities. that inequality, that feeling of a few doing very well while so many fall further behind? that is the defining challenge of our times. york is notn new something that only threatens those who are struggling. the stakes are so high for every new york

my guests tonight, john goodman. john goodman going to be joining us.ore we start brief update on a story we were talking about yesterday, toronto mayor rob ford today clarified his earlier denials he had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine clarifying by admitting he had in fact been caught on video tape smoking crack cocaine. >> yes, i was smoking crack cocaine. do i? am i aam i am addict? have i tried it. probably in one of my drunken stupors. a crack user. i'm a social crack user. when i drink i smoke a little crack. obviously today the scandal was disgraceful and the only thing left for him to do. >> i was elected to do a job and that's exactly what i'm going to continue doing. on october

. >> well, the john goodman character, let's talk about him for a moment.e's really the -- john goodman, first of all, such a large figure, literally and figuratively. he plays this former successful basketball coach who's elected based on his athletic ability. he's a hero in north carolina. now he's facing a challenger who's the current north carolina basketball coach. >> current duke coach. >> the current duke coach. >> unc versus duke. as another senator from nevada, played by matt malloy, senator laugher, says to him, his challenger in the republican primary is a living god in north carolina and john goodman says, well, you're a god too, but you're retired. he's current. >> he's a current god. >> so suddenly goodman has this, you know, big challenge, as do two of the other senators. they all have their ups and downs in the polls. part of the fun as the season wears on is showing how they both get into and get out of political trouble. >> the ethics committee meaning what cynthia nixon's character was talking about as a democrat, is an ethics committee i

i'm amy goodman. has agreed tourt take on cases that could decide of corporations can ignore parts of federal law raced on the religious police of their owners. the cases center on the controversy over whether for- profit corporations must fully cover birth control and health insurance they provide for their employees. two companies, hundred lobby and consetoga wood from object offer birthem to control. the case could force a rehashing of the landmark citizens united decision which ruled companies have freedom of expression rights that allow unlimited spending on political campaigns. the court could decide now whether companies also have religious freedom rights will stop more in the story later in the broadcast. the u.s. has flown to warplanes over the disputed east china sea, defying a recent event from china. sent overe government the week and a must be notified of any fights over part of the small island chain that is also claimed by japan. flew toagon says it u.s. b-52 bombers as part of a previo

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.>> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. wikileaks is back in the news after a published wednesday part of the secret text of a massive new trade called the transpacific partnership, or tpp. for the past several years, the u.s. and 12 pacific rim nations have been negotiating behind closed doors on the sweeping agreement. on wednesday, wikileaks leaked -- released a 95-page draft of the tpp chapter focusing on intellectual property rights. wikileaks editor in chief julian assange appeared in a youtube video tuesday talking about the leak. >> we released today of the secret international -- the secret intellectual property that is actually all about how to extend monopoly rights of companies like monsanto, extending the ability of disney to criminally prosecute people fordownloading films internet service providers, and introducing something they call a patent prosecution highway. we released all of their secret thoseating's for all count

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. a sweeping set of changes to the new york city police department's controversial stop and frisk program has been put on hold. in august, u.s. district judge found theindlin program unconstitutional, saying police had relied on a "policy of indirect racial profiling" that led officers to routinely stop "blacks and hispanics who would not have been stopped if they were white." while she did not halt the use of stop and frisk, judge a federal appointed court monitor to oversee a series of reforms, including a pilot program that would require officers to wear cameras on their bodies to record their interactions with the public. she ordered a joint remedial process to solicit public comments on how to reform the department's tactics as well. the city appealed the judge's ruling saying it made officers passive and scared to frisk suspects and on thursday he got what was hoping for, and much more. a sec

i'm amy goodman. the obama administration is rejecting calls to grant clemency to nsa leaker edward snowden just days after snowden asked for international help to lobby the united states to drop the charges against him. in a letter given to a german lawmaker last week, snowden wrote -- on sunday, white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer appeared on abc "this week" and was by george stephanopoulos about snowden's appeal. >> are there any conditions under which president obama would consider clemency? >> none that have been discussed. >> it is not on the table? >> mr. snowden violated u.s. law and arab league has been that he should return to the u.s. and face justice. but that was white house senior adviser dan pfeiffer speaking on sunday. "the new york times" published an explosive piece on sunday titled, "no morsel too minuscule for all-consuming nsa." new details about secret nsa programs and the agencies overseas surveillance based on documents leaked by snowden. "new york times" journalist scott s

john goodman plays the leader of the pack. as gil biggs.n, he likes to nap in the shower. >> save some hot water. >> you don't do a lot of nude scenes, do you? >> oh, for god's sake, no, why subject the american people, they have already been through enough lakely. >> reporter: mark consuelos is the new housemate. >> i have been backing him for years. >> yes, and i have been fronting for her. my guy is pretty much talking to anybody who wears a skirt, which was a lot of fun to play, because you get to free license. >> you want to throwdown? >> reporter: matt malloy. is louis laffer. he wrestles stephen colbert. how did you prep for that wrestling scene? >> i was told it was to end in an awkward position. >> it was. >> people bend into some funny shapes to keep their jobs. >> clark johnson plays pennsylvania senator bettencourt. why did you decide to do this? >> i did homeland a lot. threats against the president. >> it's a comedy, of course, but the show's creators went to great lengths to keep it looking authentic. building realistic senat

i'm amy goodman. united nations launch an appeal for $300 million to help the people of philippines following typhoon haiyan, one of the strongest recorded in history. officials fear more than 10,000 people may have died in the city of tacloban alone. the city was devastated when the sea level rose 13 feet. survivors describe seeing a synonymy-like wall of seawater. local residents say they have lost everything. >> everything is gone. there is nothing to eat. nothing to drink. there is nothing here. we need to go somewhere where we can eat, stay, have some shelter. >> rotting bodies now lay uncollected on the roads in tacloban. alfred romualdez is the city mayor. we are having trouble with some of the corpses. many of them are under the debris. the smell is the only way that we can find them. change conference began yesterday in warsaw. for the second time, the conference coincided with a massive typhoon hitting the philippines. last time, yeb sano, from the philippines, made a plea after typhoon boph

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today with a look at how tuesday's election signaled a seachange in new york city as voters chose a candidate who repeatedly emphasized papers -- his progressive vision. the city's public advocate, bill de blasio, crushed republican joe lhota and the remainder world race to replace billionaire mayor mike bloomberg. de blasio is set to become the first democrat to lead new york city in two decades. in his campaign, his signature message focused on what he called a talent is cities. last year, the poorest 20% of new york households earned about 9000 dollars, and the richest 5% earned an average of nearly 400 $37,000. -- 430 $7,000. during his victory speech in brooklyn, de blasio bow to tax the rich and service of universal prekindergarten. >> the best and brightest are born in every neighborhood. we all have a shared responsibility and a shared state and making sure their destiny is defin

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez.welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. a year ago yesterday, on november 6, 2012, tens of millions of americans went to the polls to reelect president obama. on that same day -- thousands of miles away -- a 39-year-old afghan farmer named mohammed qasim disappeared after being arrested by u.s. special forces. he was never heard from again. months later and afghan shepherd saw feral dog digging a human remains now believed to be the farmer's. his decaying body was found just outside a base used by a team of u.s. special forces known as the a-team. the body was found just weeks after u.s. special forces were compelled by the afghan government to leave the base and it will occasions of torture and murder. more and more bodies were soon found just outside the base located in wardak province. in total, afghan officials say they have uncovered the bodies of 10 afghan man, all of whom disappeared after being arrested by u.s. special forces. eigh

it is a comedy, so for instance, our john goodman character senator from north carolina is a retired basketball coach. >> as opposed to dean smith. he's a democrat. >> he's a democrat. all the characters are quite original. they come out of gary trudeau's head. you know, they're not strictly based on anybody. so he's cruising to re-election. he find out the duke basketball coach. >> mike she chef ski. >> digger man kuzzy is a pea party ktd. we have 11 episode, the first three are available now. they're going to be released one a week for eight weeks after this week and so some people can see that develop. >> how does this compare to the washington you know. >> i kind over like it. i think the way it sharened and showed members of congress. i don't think all pebs of congress are real boobes. they are funny. i was looking at the john goodman character to when i covered the house of representatives, there is a high level house of representatives members who i walked no a room once and i was you know made up a little more than i usually dress up. he was like, you look better than you usu

starring john goodman. >> look, i have been through this. the time i knocked [ bleep ], that video [ bleep ] exploded. on every station. the next morning, zip, gone. over. >> what? why? >> i caught a break. a hurricane wiped out carolina beach. but that's the way it works, lewis. the media always moved on. >> that's so, so true. isn't it? >> i really like this series. it captures the cynicism of washington and it is a very funny moment. what i also like is that amazon had a series of pilots. this is one of them by trudeau and let people vote on them. democracy in action. >> it is very similar to what netflix has done with "house of cards." kevin spacey, robin wright. >> you like that one. >> i love it. i'm addicted to it. as a matter of fact, what i love about it is that netflix allows you to binge watch. they put the whole series right up there. you can snuggle up on a sunday morning or sunday afternoon, i guess, and watch. >> amazon is not doing that and put out lee of the 11 episodes. it is a comment from the head of amazon studios say th

i'm amy goodman. this month marks the 50th anniversary of an assassination that continues to haunt the nation. on november 22, 1963, president john f. kennedy was hardly passed his first 1000 days in office when he was fatally shot as his motorcade passed through dallas, texas. his death is marked by still unanswered questions. we'll look back at kennedy's life and legacy with our next guest -- acclaimed film director oliver stone. his 1991 political thriller eventsxamined the leading to kennedy's assassination and the alleged subsequent cover-up through the eyes of former new orleans district attorney jim garrison played by kevin costner. this is the film's trailer. >> shocking assassination of a president. >> john f. kennedy's murder was probably one of the most terrible moments in history of our country. >> the outrageous murder of a suspect. >> oswald has been shot. quick succession of the district attorney. the president. >> do i have to spell it out for you? >> who will risk everything. but i th

the judge may have been a goodman, greg muses, he might have been a good husband, father, great friend to many people, but people maybe saying the same thing about me. cue, the dog. lifts his head to look around as if considering the matter then he lowers his head to rest his muzzle on greg's shoe. but because i'm a little guy, you step on my head and crush me. i don't even have god on my side. the old boys network that got him a lawyer but when friendly with a judge didn't even work of a sweat when it came to his case. it was a double murder trial that didn't last a couple hours. a flawed defense system rendered that almost meaningless. why? he says, you know why? sometimes i think about it. he wonders what the solutions are to the criminal justice system here. to the black community, he talks on and on, indignant but right. mostly he wonders how change happens. sometimes i think about what is it, this mahatma gandhi thing. he cracks your head and you say thank you. he cracks your head again. you have to be animal when you do that. it's an outrage. he pauses and collects himself. i'm

it follows four republican senators who share a house in d.c., including john goodman and mark consuelos> although i've been backing him for years. >> and i've been fronting for her. and who knew? >> who knew what? >> that she was so much more than this illegible signature on a check. and it gets better, she's setting up a super pac for me. shhh. >> joining me political analyst and executive producer, jonathan alter and he is also the author of "the center holds, obama and his enemies." and the actress you just saw, yara mar teentinezmartinez, one actors. jonathan, you and i have been friends for a long time and you convinced me to come and do a little cameo with michael steele and tom brokaw on the set of "alpha house." >> just to mention a couple of other people who are in that, grover norquist and anthony weiner. but you have to wait until episode 11. >> you guys are having some fun with this, aren't you? >> we are. we're having a great time with this. >> what's the point? is there a point? >> the point is to make entertaining television, and it does have some political bite. >> oh, i

john goodman one example. when you look at the talent on "breaking bad." >> fantastic. it's a very explosive moment because what you're talking about in terms of the economics of television-- and i'm hardly an expert on the enomics of television, i'm mostly interested in whether i like the shows or not-- but nonetheless it does seem especially if you're criticizing television it's portant to recognize the completely different styles of production that are operating simultaneously so you have cable shows that are made for high budgets, for ten episodes. yo have network shows that are under much more pressure for ratings and they have to make 22 episodes a year. there's theini serie the netflix concept. there's interesting stuff going on f/x where you have something like ouis" or lways sunny" where the shows are made for extremely cheap budgets and they have a far more sort of personal thing. there's always these different types of t.v. and the difficulty of the conversation is extending it because there's so many different routes th t.v. comes to us thateing able to talk

anyway, ch took over "dancing with the stars" last night. [ applause ] she replaced glenn goodman at the judge's table and cher is 67 years old and she performed on the show twice last night. she did "believe" and "i hope you find it." she gave us all the cher we love. the sexy outfits. everything a bit too small and we love that. the good hair. but i love this look right here with the feathers and the other one. i mean -- she gave everything that we love cher about. but she did have some beginner's nervousness. at the judge's table. she gave -- she kept giving people, even people who didn't deserve it, nines. like she's scared to judge. it's easy to judge people if you're an internet gangster behind a screen. it's ease to judge if you're judging from our couch while you watch "dancing with the stars" or some of the judges shows. it's difficult to break somebody's heart when you know they've worked hard to get there. i get it. she was giving everyone nines at at one point she said her own name instead of giving -- just look. >> nine, nine, nine. nine. nine. cher. [ applause ] >> and

alpha house, starring john goodman will be available online for free november 15th. after that amazon will release an episode a week. i am a subscriber. i have to look up this show and see if it looks any good. >> i can't wait to try to watch it on a phone. my phone isn't good enough yet. >> mine isn't either. but on the laptop, it will be great. >>> 4:43. one nfl team has a severe bullying problem that has led to two players taking time away from the team. >>> a boost in temperatures after a cool alert yesterday. coming up next, howard has that. we'll be right back >>> 4:46 on this tuesday morning. good morning, howard has another chilly forecast for us i can't starting in the 30s and 40s, but not as cold as yesterday. yesterday was the coldest day we have had since march. >> we were down in the 30s even here. >> we won't see that for awhile. better temperatures headed our way. here's a look at the day planner. still need a coat with the 30s and 40s. by lunch time, partly sunny to mostly cloudy today. 54 by noon. a high today close to 58. winds go northeast this mor

but the role of third party intermediary and hostage negotiations are -- bobby goodman was shot downver lebanon and taken over by seyri. jackson went to syria without the blessing of the reagan administration. >> the reagan administration said you shouldn't go. >> reporter: release the american pilot and safe face. >> he allowed the syrian government the opportunity to release me without having to succumb directly to the u.s. government. >> receiving both goodman and -- ronald reagan was compelled to give jackson credit, saying you can't quarrel with success. that turned the spotlight on jackson, created momentum for his 1984 presidential bid and made him a go to as a third party sbeintermediary, he plead be saddam hussein to release foreign nationals before the first gulf war and to release nigeria nigerians. there are others, never acting as part of the government, just a human rights advocate. trained hostage minority fors said third parties like jackson are difficult. >> they can talk to them, they can give them sage, possibly. they can be a sounding board for them. but as far as

john goodman has been going around the country for 15 years saying solve with it a tax credit.return power to the individual. you don't have to have a washington centered system. so i think there is a certain amount -- >> i don't know the statistics about the u.k. the fact of the matter is that compared to many other countries, in terms of our health care outcome. in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality, we're doing worse. we're spending about two and a half times per person what they are spending. >> stay here. we're not done. we're going to have a cease fire and see if there is anything in here that we can agree with each other on. we'll to have see. and we want you at home to weigh in on today's fireback question. how do you think that obama care has affected the democrats in yesterday's elections? tweet hurt or help using #crossfire. [ man ] look how beautiful it is. ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new

provide goodman is a well known figure in argentina. after the army a jewish community center building in nineteen ninety our i started to appear in the media to the streets demanding that those responsible the fall then tried. since then he has become more and more involved in activism and tone of the citizens' quality doesn't eleven. his first real step into politics. he soon joined the patrol was iris mayor morris to match his right wing party with the which he was just elected as a member of the mo warehouse. despite this most recent success britain's involvement in politics of the rabbi has not always been well received by the jewish community. i wish anyone to tell me a great job people from the community who are worried is what exactly are you worried about regarding my involvement they say oh well i'm a rock version i get involved. i answered i'm sorry but iran is not a recent rally is equal to any other citizen before the long forgotten ones the torah and then the community and the media in israel many rabbis and political figu

i'm partial to john goodman for that part. >> hillary clinton, that is a tough one.ible figure? >> biden? an interesting question. maybe beau bridge ez. >> i can see that. >> we can get julianne moore. >> bill smith said he wants to some day play president obama. >> brush up my acting skills. >> you would be awesome in that part. >> i might volunteer. >> she would be a big character and you could nail it too. >> i'll try my best. >> good to see you. >> i'm going to try and channel valerie jarett they say they don't expect to help cast "the double down" movie. unclear when it will happen. here is a question for you. how much would you pay for indiana jones whip or laurel and hardy's happen? or even the maltese falcon? they are not the only famous props on the auction block. see what you could own. new brakes help you stop faster and safer. that's why they deserve... a brake dance. get 50% off new brake pads and shoes. >>> it is the most talked about movies. "the hunger games" catching fire. our jake tapper explains why this movie is so popular. >> spot too many fools

put in the book because it extends to other left progressive media outlets like democracy now amy goodman hasn't talked to john since and we've discovered that the lennon foundation actually funds democracy now and has given them over three hundred seventy five thousand dollars a particular year we don't know exactly what that connection is or what it means but it certainly is something that ought to be looked at and this is by the way this is not an example of the left disparate disparaging it's own it's not an example of fratricide or left wing circular firing squads you know project censored we champion free speech and we like to call out censorship anywhere we see it it pains us when we see it on the left and when left luminaries. fall prey to some of the same problems that are discussed in the propaganda model but this isn't the first time that we've done this project censored if you go back to our two thousand and eight book former director peter philips did an entire study on applying the propaganda model to left progressive media we just did a big conference on radical journalism

put in the book because it extends to other left progressive media outlets like democracy now amy goodman hasn't talked to john since and we've discovered that the lennon foundation actually funds democracy now and has given them over three hundred seventy five thousand dollars a particular year we don't know exactly what that connection is or what it means but it certainly is something that ought to be looked at and this is a by the way this is not an example of the left disparate disparaging it's own it's not an example of fratricide or left wing circular firing squads you know project censored we champion free speech and we like to call out censorship anywhere we see it it pains us when we see it on the left and when left luminaries. fall prey to some of the same problems that are discussed in the propaganda model but this isn't the first time that we've done this project censored if you go back to our two thousand and eight book former director peter philips did an entire study on applying the propaganda model to left progressive media we just did a big conference on radical journalis

put in the book because it extends to other left progressive media outlets like democracy now amy goodman hasn't talked to john since and we've discovered that the lennon foundation actually funds democracy now and has given them over three hundred seventy five thousand dollars a particular year we don't know exactly what that connection is or what it means but it certainly is something that ought to be looked at and this is by the way this is not an example of the left disparate disparaging it's own it's not an example of fratricide or left wing circular firing squads you know project censored we champion free speech and we like to call out censorship anywhere we see it it pains us when we see it on the left and when left luminaries. fall prey to some of the same problems that are discussed in the propaganda model but this isn't the first time that we've done this project censored if you go back to our two thousand and eight book former director peter philips did an entire study on applying the propaganda model to left progressive media we just did a big conference on radical journalism

they said that cher, who's 67 will be replacing len goodman at the judge's table next week.t what does she know about dancing? best i can remember even on the battleship she just walked back and forth and turned back the hand of me with the hair. at least when i was recommending judges to be replacedecause they all need to be replaced, i was at least doing it in the vein of dancing. the same thing with paula abdual. you just went left "dancing with the stars" and replaced with cher? it's only for a week, but still, cher? don't play with real dancing, people. i can appreciate cher being there. and they wantea younger person but she's only three years younger than len. they wanted a relevant person. okay, she's more relevant than len. you're on the right track with mixing up the judge's table but just get somebody who can dance. not cher. amber wily danced really well last night. she injured her knew but she powered through with the injured knee and her

leaving behind these ebullient things that she had sung early on-- the teddy wilson stuff and the benny goodmanng to this darker, bleaker, more somber torch songy sorts of selections. and i think that's true. this song represents a fulcrum in her career. it's really a transitional moment when she starts to sing it. and gloomy sunday was supposedly also banned, but for very different reasons. i mean, gloomy sunday-- the so-called hungarian suicide song-- you know, i think that it was largely hype, but there were stories of people jumping out of windows after they heard it-- you know, distraught lovers whose despair was rekindled by hearing the song. i don't think those stories were true, necessarily. and certainly, it was a very different kind of song. the message was very different than strange fruit. you can imagine, though, the emotional toll of every night performing strange fruit and gloomy sunday. yeah, that's right, and then, you know, don't explain. there are a lot of other ones: you've changed. i mean, there's a limit to how many you can do, and she didn't always want to perform this so