grammy award-winning best new artist esperanza spalding is here. and we'll be right back with bill maher. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: so stick around. [ announcer ] he shoots, he scores! [ cheering ] relax, i got something new for you. is it all new picks? even better, 2 for $20. with the all new flavors of bourbon street. that sounds good. swish! [ male announcer ] it's the big tournament, and you need some big flavors to go with it. so applebee's has jazzed up 2 for $20 bourbon street style. new bourbon street chicken & shrimp and cajun shrimp pasta. plus favorites like the 7 ounce house sirloin. one appetizer. two entrees. 20 bucks. 2 for $20, now with the flavors of bourbon street. only at applebee's. catch all the games here. his family knows what to expect. but what mike rowe doesn't know is that his parents have armed themselves with unquilted viva® towels. wow, for me? [ male announcer ] if viva can handle mike rowe's mess, just think what it can do in your home. grab a roll for yourself and grasp the unquilted difference. just becaus

with four albums and grammys under his belt, john legend is making the music world by storm.e's trying to wake up the world with his new album, and an ailing school system. ♪ ♪ >> i was think budget first time i actually saw you perform. it was about 12 years ago in a small club in philadelphia called the black lily, and i was thinking about the journey from being in a small venue like that to being a six-time grammy award winner and being "time" magazine's most influential. how does that happen? what's that journey been like? >> i've been a musician since i was a kid. i wanted to be a star when i was a kid, but i started making concrete moves in that direction when i was at school at penn, and i met a few people along the way that really helped me. i met kanye in 2001, and he was very instrumental, obviously, in launching me. he signed me to his label, but before he even signed me, he brought me in on a lot of the work that he was doing. he was working on college dropout and alicia keys "you don't know my name" encore by jay-z and he would bring me in in the background to pl

his recent album with elton jon, "the union," was nominated for a grammy. tonight, he's here to perform the classic track, "this masquerade," with a little help from the roots. please welcome leon russell. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ are we really happy with this lonely game we play ♪ ♪ looking for words to say

the roots won some grammys. >> i hate those things.immy: more, number one, but then -- >> thanks a lot for my free t-shirt. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that's not bad. it's pretty good, right? >> yeah. i wore socks to match it. you know, these in honor of jason. i got my shirt for you. you know. >> jimmy: that is so nice. >> see, i planned ahead. look at that. look it, i planned ahead, you know. >> jimmy: oh my gosh. what socks are those? are those like -- >> boom. >> jimmy: are those paris hilton socks? [ laughter ] >> i'm an example of when keeping it real goes right. [ laughter ] look at that. look at the little puppies. >> jimmy: little puppies. come on. >> man. >> jimmy: is that what -- this is what big time is now? >> yeah man, i'm rich. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wait a second. but look at this. you are -- we love you here at the show. we love you so much. cover of "vanity fair." it is the hollywood issue, right? >> that's me right there. >> jimmy: no, that's not you. [ laughter ] that's anne hathaway. but, look at this, right here

and you go on to win the oscar and the grammy and all that.ss. and you were like -- hmm. you don't know if it was you. >> yeah. this time around, it's completely different. the first time around, it was what song are you putting out? what's happening? and i was being guided through every, single thing. this time, i feel like i had more of an opportunity to be myself. and everything is, like, kind of led by my vision and my ideas. for everything. music, image. and everything i wanted to be. next level, this time around. i've been really hands-on with this album. and so, like i feel like it's me, musically and as a person. and it's everything. i'm super excited about it. i'm in love with it. >> i know you're in love with little david. he has been just so talkative this morning. >> my little munchkin. >> and you are just a hands-on mom. and we don't go down this path with the loss of your mother and brother and your nephew. but when you're raising your son, and you often said that you think of your mom and you want to be the mom she was? >> that'

this past sunday night he was a grammy nominee for a song performed with the lincoln center orchestra. we're glad you have joined us for a conversation with wynton marsalis coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and remove economic obstacles. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. kcet public television] tavis: always honored to have wynton marsalis on this program. the multiple award-winning jazz great heads a communication jazz outrich program all around this world. always good to see you. >> all the time. tavis: i was saying to the staff over the years doing this show, you have been on a number of times. never in the studio. >> it is nice here. tavis: always on a satellite feed. i'm glad to have you in l.a. how have you enjoyed your time in the disney hall? >> a lot.

. >>> this morning on "the early show" a live performance by grammy winning singer esperanza spaldingis is the "cbs morning news." some models look so mad. maybe it's because their department store makeup is so expensive. simply ageless with olay regenerist serum costs less and it won't glob up in lines and wrinkles. you'll look amazing and happy too. simply ageless, from olay and easy breezy beautiful covergirl. fortunately, there's new crest pro-health clinical gum protection toothpaste. it helps eliminate plaque at the gumline, helping prevent gingivitis. and it's even been clinically proven to help reverse it in just four weeks. new crest pro-health clinical toothpaste. and healthy lungs throughout the country. the american lung association isn't just fighting for air. we're fighting for all the things that make it worth breathing. join us in the fight at fightingforair.org. >>> the crew of the space shuttle "discovery's" final mission said good-bye at the international space station on sunday, and station commander scott kelly closed the hatch as the astronauts get ready for undo

you guys, the grammy -- the grammy awards are on sunday night.he grammys. [ cheers ] i'm calling it now. best original lyrics, christina aguilera. [ laughter ] everyone's still talking about egypt, and i don't know what to think about the whole mess over there. on one hand some people say egypt will never be a democracy and on the other hand, justin bieber says "never say never." so it's like -- [ laughter ] i don't know. i'm torn. speaking of justin bieber i just heard justin's character on "csi" will be killed off in next week's episode. [ cheers and applause ] and then the following week, the writer of that episode will be killed off by a million 12-year-old girls. it's just -- [ laughter ] ♪ it's the circle of life [ laughter ] [ sings tribal chant ] [ laughter ] listen to this. a new study found that 18% of syphilis cases are misdiagnosed. so if you're watching this show at a bar right now, there's your ice breaker. [ laughter ] "hey, you know, 18% --" [ laughter ] >> steve: "so i might be clean." >> jimmy: "you want a sip of this?" >> steve

bruce sprinsteen, whitney houston and carlos santana, will be honored here tomorrow night at the grammy. and lawrence goldstone is here. his latest text, "inherently unequal," is a look at the role of the supreme court at the beginning of the jim crow era. we're glad you joined us. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley, with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and working to remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: it is an thorn have clive davis on this program. back in 1967, he became president of columbia records and helped usher in a golden age of popular music. in 1974, he founded arista records. artists like billy joel, boss scaggs, bruce sprinsteen, w

esperanza spalding beat the odds at this year's grammy awards.new about this singer and bassist. she's been writing and performing music for most of her life. >> the grammy for best new artist goes to esperanza spalding. >> at last month's grammy awards the jazz bassist shocked the music world by beating pop superstar justin bieber in the category of best new artist. >> wow. >> for months many saw a bieber victory as a foregone conclusion. his first full album went double platinum and he sold more than 7 million songs online. while esperanza spalding was on stage her win had people scrambling online, trying to figure out who she was. the next morning, her name was the top search on google. and what many learned was this 26-year-old has serious musical chops. by age 5 spalding was playing violin for the chamber music society and she graduated from the berkeley college of music and became its youngest faculty member. her 2008 solo debut album reached number one on billboard's contemporary jazz chart where it stayed for more than 70 weeks. among spa

. >>> plus, your videos set to the music of a grammy award winner.eek in three words" is coming up later in the show. >>> we're going to start with a school shooting in indiana, involving two 15-year-old boys. one of these boys is in the hospital this morning. the other, the alleged shooter. it started apparently after a fight at a school dance. and parents are outraged because they say the school knew something was going to happen. jeremy hubbard has the details. >> reporter: today is the day. you will hear about it. that is the ominous warning posted on this teenager's facebook page early friday. a short time later, the suspect, who had been suspended from this martinsville, indiana, middle school, a week ago, allegedly opened fire, right inside the front door. in the bullet's path, 15-year-old chance jackson, critically wounded while classmates watched in horror. >> he texted me. he said he seen a kid get shot and he fell to the ground. and was laying on the ground. he said they're yelling at us to get inside. he's in a classroom scared to death.

. >>> cuando lucero fue el latin grammy,a no usaba el anillo, y luego vinieron más acontecimientos, ystro". >>> no es de un meseo, es de dos año >>> me parece que es una relación que tuvo una crisis, y trataron de recuperar el matrimonio, y no lo lograron. >>> un paparazzi tomó esto, en un partido de sus hijos, la separación física, era notable. porque mira, los rumores empezaron un año después de que se casaron, que ahora se haga realidad, es muy diferente, se llenaron desde el 2005 las portadase las revistas, no podemos decir que desde el año pasado. >>> desde el 2009 se hablaba incluso que ella estaba en miami, y no vivían juntos, y que el divorcio iba a ser lo más sano posible. >>> era diferente. ella ahora, acaba de terminar telenovelas, y estaba con la cúspide de la fama, la vimos en los "premios lo nuestro". la noticia viene desde antes. >>> estás demasiado pegado con un tema, la gente sabe que el olfato femenino es muy importante, además del anillo, cuando la mujere vejovial, pierde kilos, y se ve espectacular, es porque hay un renacer en la parte emocional. >>> y tbién a la c

and we've gotten two grammies nominated and for the artist ÷oker jr. recording mix.n. >> to be back here behind the scenes and seeing behind the scenes very cool to see you in the studio there+ now, you are 18. 2bout how long have you been involved with music. >> well, my whole life pretty much ever since i was a little baby my dad would take me into this drumming room and rush like stuff like that. and he was taking my little hand ando ú&l that stuff. i kind of got me into music and i picked up guitar in like 7th grade. >> so you always knew this is what you wanted to do? >> music, exactly the thing i really know. >> how does this mentoring program come about, how did you and tyler meet and ho+did you decide this was going to be the first person to do this program? >> a very good friend of mine invited me to a special event, it was kind of abcure it was for a bently tour. and that christmas we metate letter's parents bob and gina, 2ud from there we moved on to time, we lost contact with each other and the paw layou have to come to the next event which was the rolls

i've got two grammy nominations. that was dope. and now my movie is coming out february 11th.ope. so right now i just want to sit here, like, reflect on it for awhile. ♪ ♪ >> yeah, man. my movie is called "never say never." and it's all about my life and how like anything we can imagine can totally like be possible or whatever. like getting a record deal when you're 14. that's defiantly possible. or like making out selena gomez. take it from me, yo, that's totally possible. or like human cloning. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ [ phone ringing ] >> like, everyone assumes that, like, scientists are, like, years away from making viable human clones. like, everyone is all like, "oh, the genetics are too complicated to pass the embryonic stage. mathematically, there's like a 0% chance of a clone actually surviving to adulthood, blah, blah, blah." but yo, for all the doubters out there, i got three words for you. dolly the sheep. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seriously, that sheep lived for like six years. do you know how old that is in sheep years? that's like freaking regis philbi

grammy and oscar winner has his reasons.ollins reportedly tells fhn that decades of rock 'n' roll have worn down his body. he has a dislocated vertebra, hearing loss and says he has nerve damage in his hands that makes it hard for him to hold drumsticks. that's too bad. maybe he could take a break and then come back. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," an 8-year-old athlete shows us what it means to be little and still a winner. >>> good morning. i'm justin allen. the sharks looking for a ninth straight win, and cameron wrapping up the regular season one minute you feel fine. the next, you start feeling bit off. the moment you feel run down or achy, nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. how did you do it? eh, takes a lot of love. the real difference is, this year we went to lowe's. well all our lowe's garden club select plants are grown for your local region and selected fopeak performance. we get new plants delivered throughout

he is the new man in grammy award winning singer sierra's life. >>> and tmz sources are quoting enrique iglesias dropped out of britney spears' concert tour because his ego can't deal with being the opening act. weeks were spent hammering out a contract that gave him co-headliner status, and he agreed to the deal. earlier this week, spears held a new conference announcing the the tour, but hours later, she was snubbed by enrique because he just couldn't handle taking the stage first. hmm. what do you think? >> i think -- >> who is right and who is wrong? >> i don't think it passes the smell test, something fishy. you don't agree to it, go into negotiations and all of the sudden wait, i wanted to go first. you'd think they would have worked it out. >> it's best for the two of them i think. >> and now i'd want to go see it. >> yes. >>> this comes to us from wtvj nbc miami. a nearby north beach senior is looking to stay in shape, have a whole new incentive to hit the gym. this community center looks a lot more like training camp because for now it is. football players locked out of team fa

bluesmen charlie muscle white, grammy award nominee is performing tonight at the san jose jazz winter fest, 8:00 at the fairmont hotel club regent. rock band jefferson starship, celebrating cofounder paul cantor's 70th birthday, playing at 8:00 at mill valley's throckmorton theater. and jay and silent bob get old, 9:00 at the warfield in san francisco. >>>a quick check on the sports scene, area football, san jose saber cats, arena football, as it were. saber cats, winners at home last night, 60-57 victory over kansas city. >>> nhl, sharks host the st. louis blues this evening. the puck drops at 7:30 in downtown san jose. >>> nba, warriors begin a four- game road trip with a loss last night, 108-97 at phoenix. >>> college basketball madness continues in a few minutes, at the ncaa tournament. google is getting in on the objection. kiet do shows us the action that brings the 3d experience to all of us. >> reporter: this year for the big dance, google has taken march madness to the next dimension. n]♪ >> reporter: the mountain view company has collected all the venues that will be hosting

and they had cassandra wilson's-- i think it was her grammy award-winning album, new moon daughter asions on one of the channels, and that album has strange fruit on it. but the united airlines version cut it out. and i thought, "well, this is censorship"-- "i mean, just, you know, taking out one cut from an album." this guy was clearly a very progressive type, and he said, "listen, it's not the kind of song that people want to hear at 35,000 feet." you know, and i guess that's true, but it does suggest how it's not to everybody's taste. billie had a difficult life, and i don't want to read too much into the song, but there's some kind of symbiotic relationship going on there. there really is. i mean, i kind of compare it-- there's a kind of dorian gray quality to it all. she took on the coloration of the song. the song became more and more-- the song became more her, and she became more the song. and her performances of it become more poignant and more personal and more painful in a way. the version that we heard a bit of before was the original version, the 1939 version. and there's

. >> queen's award winning grammy winning prodrive and global warming winning cgt are all manufacturing businesses operating in ban bury and they are doing so well that they want to move into larger premises but they also have immediate school vacancies that they need to fill what collectively can we do to try to ensure people who are unemployed in the country who have skills know of the skills they -- >> we do have other people to accommodate. the prime minister? >> i think the honorable gentleman is right to raise this issue. and they are not interested in manufacturing and in skills and in technology and in making sure we expand those things. we're going to have 250,000 apprenticeships over this parliament. we're going to have the university technical colleges that will make a difference and it's very good news to hear about the expansion of manufacturing in his constituency. >> yvonne? >> thank you, mr. speaker. the welfare reform bill proposes to introduce a 50-pound civil penalty. the claimant whose make a mistake in completing the application form. at the same time, as this is in

then, a newly-crowned grammy winner, cee lo green on the bud light stage. tomorrow night, new shows. bill maher. emily blunt will be here. thursday night, the great and powerful howard stern will join us. i want to show you something. this -- this is my body. you like it? [ cheers and applause ] take it in for a minute. go ahead. get that at all angles. you don't get a body like this from sitting behind a desk with your pants undone. here in hollywood, being in shape is more important than being alive. and this is how we do it. >> who trains the most beautiful actresses in the world? who shapes the bodies of hollywood's elite through his proven system? >> i do. i'm jimmy k. let's get to work. ♪ >> you are the father! >> no, no! >> hi. i'm scarlett johansson. you know, people always ask me, how do you stay in such great shape? >> i never ask. i know. >> meet my fitness guru. jimmy k. >> thanks scarlett. you know, there are so many programs out there. pole gliding, tank topping, banging rubber against your head. but you know what all these so-called workout p

in "the mickey mouse club." ♪ i don't want to hurt anymore >> reporter: not to mention those five grammykely to rattle her cage. >> apart from jaywalking, i can't think of a less significant legal incident to occur because they decided not to even move forward with misdemeanor charges here. >> reporter: meaning the songbird won't be a jailbird, beyond that embarrassing night. and as dan just mentioned, that basically means the arrest is going to become part of her permanent record, even though she wasn't charged with anything. in the meantime, her soon-to-be ex-husband isn't yet saying anything about this arrest. their divorce becomes final in april. i really hope she can pull it together. >> we all hope so. pink piled it on last night, huh? >> a little tweet. saying look, ma, no cuffs on me. given the caliber of the folks she rolls with. britney, i think she was mentioning. christina, herself. she said, everybody thought i would be the bad guy out of everybody. but i'm clean so far. >> okay. ashleigh banfield, thanks very much. >>> now, let's go to juju with the headlines. >> good morni

un excelente cantante, ganador del grammy, ganador del oscar que triunfa en hollywood.timos mucho. >> como actor cuando haces un personaje animado, la persona que crea el personaje te dice las caracterÍsticas propias. cÓmo haces? >> sabes quÉ? construyes tu propia caracterÍstica como si estuvieras en una cÁmara, ellos te toman con una cÁmara y te miran como tÚ hablas y ponen en el personaje las caracterÍsticas tuyas. y animan como me gusta hablar a mÍ. las caracterÍsticas mías que salen en el personaje. >> se ve que es una pelÍcula supercolorida y superinteresante. tiene un mensaje muy pero muy importante cual es el mensaje de la pelÍcula, cuÉntaselos a tus fanÁticos. >> el vivir la vida y divertirse, la metÁfora es que a veces nos enjualamos, hay que romper las barras, gozar de la mÚsica, es importante. pasarla bien. >> cÓmo ha sido trabajar nuevamente con george lÓpez. >> Él es sorprendente. trabajo mucho en el show de Él, en el show que Él tiene en la televisiÓn esta es la segunda vez que trabajamos juntos Él es maravilloso en la pelÍcula. bÁsicamente Él es el pÁjaro

one was, "okay, got to say bruno mars and usher are wow." [ laughter ] >> well, it was the grammy's rightetty much wow. >> yeah, i think everybody -- yeah, i think everybody -- they were. >> jimmy: i love that -- you're so fun. >> so you think they were wow? >> jimmy: oh, i thought they were great. >> so wow. i thought bruno was really hitting -- i mean with the drums. he was hitting the drums. >> jimmy: oh, he was playing everything. >> jimmy: do you -- can i ask you, are you artistic in any way? >> i have drawn in my history, yes. i've never been awarded or had a class -- >> jimmy: no. >> why? >> jimmy: well, i was just asking, because i was wondering if you'd like to play "pictionary" with me when we come back? >> come on. >> jimmy: right. >> bring it on! >> jimmy: let's do this. all right. [ cheers and applause ] let's do this. >> okay. >> jimmy: when we get back ann curry and i are playing "pictionary." come on back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] capri sun roarin' waters is a fun way to hydrate. that's a choice you can respect. ♪ other choices...not so much. [ pbht! ]

at the roots jam session, and congratulations on getting nominated for a grammy for your single "go."plause ] man, you rocked out that night. and you're rocking it out tonight. thanks for being here. you look beautiful. we've got such a fun show tonight, you guys. our friends from the universal records database are here. [ cheers and applause ] and we're going to be breaking some world records! from the new animated film "rango," the lovely isla fisher is here. [ cheers and applause ] she's super fun. you know him from "how i met your mother," josh radnor is joining us! [ cheers and applause ] and we have a great new stand-up comedian making his tv debut tonight, dan st. germain is here. [ cheers and applause ] he's a funny, funny guy. a very good comedian. tomorrow night is our second anniversary of the show. [ cheers and applause ] i'm not lying. pretty wild. two years already. going to be an exciting night. first, we have brian williams stopping by to slow jam the news. and we have -- [ cheers and applause ] we always love when brian comes by. we also have a big, special announceme

his recent album with elton jon, "the union," was nominated for a grammy.plause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ are we really happy with this lonely game we play ♪ ♪ looking for words to say searching but not finding ♪ ♪ understanding anyway we're lost in this masquerade ♪ ♪ both afraid to say we're just too far away being close together at the start ♪ ♪ well we try to talk it over but the words ♪ ♪ got in the way we're lost inside ♪ ♪ this lonely game we play thoughts of leaving disappear ♪ ♪ every time i see your eyes and no matter ♪ ♪ how hard i try understand the reason that we carry on this way ♪ ♪ we're lost in this masquerade ♪ ♪ ♪ both afraid of saying we're just too far away ♪ ♪ being close together at the start well we try to talk it over ♪ ♪ but the words got in the way we're lost ♪ ♪ inside this lonely game we play thoughts of leaving disappear ♪ ♪ every time i see your eyes and no matter how hard i try ♪ ♪ understand the reason that we carry on this way we're lost in this masquerade ♪ ♪

grammy winning cilo green will be on "the voice." he'll be joined by maroon 5's adam lavigne and carson daly. they will choose the singers for their team and bring in other songwriters and industry pals to help their teams evolve. the show is set to air at the end of april. >> do we have any part in this? >> we've got to get on this. >> forget you, i'm worried about me. >> all right. beautiful today, beautiful yesterday but knot now all of a sudden it's back to last week. >> it's a little bit here in some part. not going to be as cold as storm system last week but tuesday night into wednesday, a new storm with rain and wind. we'll gradually start to clear out and another storm on the way. >> see you at 11:00. >> bye-bye.

playing with chris, please welcome our musical guest this evening, grammy award- winning rapper, lupew are you, buddy? thank you so much for doing this. thank you so much for doing this. are you good at charades, lupe? >> um, adequate. >> jimmy: okay, that's good. i'll take that. you guys know how to play, right? each player gets a turn giving clues to their teammate. 45 seconds on the clock per turn. we play two rounds. each is worth one point. may the best team win. we have a team name. >> kathy: the lenny bruce team? >> jimmy: yeah. or the uncensored. >> kathy: yeah, the uncensored. >> jimmy: yeah, we'll go with the uncensored. we're the uncensored. [ cheers and applause ] that's the name of our team. you got a team name? >> lupe: orange juice box? >> orange juice box. it's good. >> jimmy: it's the uncensored versus orange juice box. kathy, you're up first. >> kathy: okay. >> jimmy: all right, you guys sit in this -- this couch, over here. a lot of room. you can lay out if you want. >> kathy: okay. >> jimmy: all right, here we go. we are going to win. i cannot wait. >> kathy: ready

now, if you remember, last week lady ga-ga arrived -- [ laughter ] -- at the grammys being carried insidensane. well, the oscars are coming up this sunday and everyone is wondering who's gonna make the splashiest entrance, if anyone will do anything as crazy as lady gaga. so, earlier today, i went on twitter and i started a hashtag called, "my gaga entrance." and then i came up i came up with ideas for awesome ways to arrive at the red carpet. for example, i tweeted out, "for my entrance, i'd breed my own dinosaur and come riding in on a baby triceratops, complete with a bedazzled saddle." [ cheers and applause ] i think it would be cool. so, this is where you guys come in. go on twitter, tweet out your lady gaga entrance, how you would show up on the red carpet if you wanted to make a memorable entrance. and be sure to include the hash tag, my gaga entrance. i'll look at all of them and put some of my favorites on the show tomorrow night so tune in. you might see your tweet on the show. it will be fun. [ applause ] it's always fun. you know, it's been a long winter and i think we all cou

hi, i'm moya brennan and i'm part of a grammy award winning musical family from county donegal in the northwest corner of ireland. i'm going to take you on a musical journey of discovery and reflection, introducing you to the most well known irish artists of our time and even some you may not have heard of til now. royan tynan: i don't think that there's any country in the world that has the wealth of writing, composing, and singing, and not only that but the delivery of the song: we can make you cry. sinead o'connor: these are the ghosts of the people who lived our history. we will always want to sing those songs because they haunt us, you know, haunting. bono: it's very moving. it's that bitter sweetness. irish music has that sadness in it, even at it's most happy. narrator: barnes and noble book sellers is pleased to support music of ireland: welcome home. barnes and noble offers a wide selection of books, music, movies, and more from authors and artists around the world. more information at bn.com. from belfast to cork to the countryside in between, ireland offers a host of activi

. >> reporter: i caught up with the grammy award winning singer this week in the big apple.lbum. "gospel," a first for this crooner. ♪ i'll be standing on the rock of your love ♪ >> cracker barrel gave me the opportunity. so, i got a chance to sing with some lyrics that really touched me. >> reporter: with 22 number one hits and 20 platinum albums, rogers has had the rare opportunity to work with just about everyone he's ever wanted to sing with. ♪ don't fall in love with a dreamer ♪ >> reporter: and he's humbled to have done so. >> when i sang with dottie west kim kearns, sheena easton it, dolly parton, all of those girls motivated me to sing better than i thought i could. >> reporter: they all say the same about you probably. >> i hope so. ♪ we have tonight, babe ♪ why don't we stay >> reporter: i think one of the things people really enjoy about your music is you're not just throwing words out there. your songs have stories and you want to hear the end of the story. you want to hear start, middle and end. >> i think that for me, a great story song is a song that tells you

. >> he says he's done with the music business, 13 grammys, he says it's over. it so successful. i didn't mean for it to happen that way. he says it's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me. who hates phil? who's he talking about? he says he has health problems. it's hard for him to hold his drumsticks. it's hard when you remember how great he was at the drums. >> poor phil. get better. >>> lastly this morning, mike huckabee, a repeat of the murphy brown thing from years ago, upset because a mother allegedly is glamorizing single motherhood and now he's backtracking and saying natalie is an extraordinary actor, i'm glad she'll marry the baby's father. i did not slam nor attack natalie or criticize the hard working single mothers in our country. backtracking after a dust-up with natalie portman. natalie or criticize the hard working single mothers in our country. backtracking after a dust up with natalie portman. hó >>> and here are some stories to >>> and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. a suspected serial rapist investigated for 17 attac

we have a fun mascot contest and a free concert in the village saturday night featuring grammy-awardinner la rue. great events here at mammoth, but always check the road conditions. >> safety first. i like the way you think, dena. and i like the fact that your future is so bright because of the forecast and snow that you have to wear shades this morning. thank you very much. see you later. >>> drive cautiously. we'll update you throughout the "today" show to let you know what's happening all day long. >> they may have a bright moon there or something, i don't know. >>> mike inouye is coming up next to take the latest look at the roads this morning for your commute. >>> and a shooting in the south bay turns deadly. i'm marla tellez, i'll explain the bizarre circumstances surrou sundrrinndg this latest homicide investigation coming up. g >>> coming up on 6:54, watch the conditions changing on the roadway. 85, 85, 101 and 280 are all heavier than we expected through the area. look at the bay bridge toll plaza backup heavily formed in the last five minutes. a big rush to the toll plaza w

nobody gets a grammy that has not been on radio first. >> former republican senator from oregon, and president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters. we always appreciate you coming on. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> tomorrow, frank luntz talks about his book, the principles that take your business from ordinary to extraordinary. a representative from the federation of teachers discusses the impact of collective bargaining. the executive director of the center for responsive politics identifies the groups and individuals donating and spurring political movements and the advertisements around the country. but is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i find more and more the behavior of professional sports owners to be unseemly in the sense that they 100 of millions of dollars from their communities, and yet they do not really participate in the problems of those communities. >> this sunday, a best-selling author and sports columnist sally jenkins on the intersection of sport

headlines at the super bowl for forgetting the lines of the star-spangled banner and then she fell at the grammys. i guess friends have been trying to get her in rehab for a while. >>> let's get to sal. he's watching your commute. >> right now, things are getting busier around the bay area. if you are leaving your house, you should plan to give yourself extra time. all of a sudden, 280 is busy getting up to highway 17. i want to move it up the map here. hayward, union city, fremont, a lot of people know it as the nancy nimitz, not too bad. but for the most part, it's okay. let's go to the live pictures. i want to show you that the traffic on the san mateo bridge looks okay. this morning we have a look at the westbound bay bridge coming into san francisco. traffic is backed up for about a ten-minute tee lay -- delay. let's go to steve. >>> sal, we have a system coming in tonight. that will give us wind and rain tonight. mostly sunny in the morning, partly cloudy in the afternoon today. the south wind will pick up later on bigtime. you can see the system to the left of -- of the screen, it still ha

con mÁs de 50 aÑos de tradiciÓn artÍstica y miles de copias vendidas, tres premios grammy, regresa conontar una historia de amor muy especial. >> y para que su pÚblico recuerde quiÉn es la tuvimos al descubierto? >> la pasiÓn o la ternura? >> uno necesita de los dos. >> matrimonio o uniÓn libre. >> matrimonio. >> quiÉn es vicky? >> baila, canta y se encuera. no, no, no. broma, broma. [risas] ♪ ♪ >> regresa con el entusiasmo de siempre y nos contÓ que va a tener una lÍnea de ropa y una lÍnea de artículos para el hogar. hay mucho de ella para rato. regresamos a despierta amÉrica. ¡muy buenos dÍas! >> ¡muy buenos dÍas! gracias a ti. quÉ espectacular, qué hermosa que se conserva. >> escogiÓ un dÍa muy... digamos que especial o de mucho significado para los mÉxico- americanos, el 5 de mayo es muy celebrado en los estados unidos. le deseamos todo el Éxito del mundo. >> y alguien que se supo mi adivinanza fue neida, vamos con ella a las noticias. >> me gusta vicky car, quÉ lindo canta, quÉ talento de mujer. >> barak obama dijo que aceptarÍa los planes mÉdicos alternativos de los estados que n

her right here then she stunned the music industry beating justin bieber for best new artist at the grammysanza spalding is back on "the early show" performing live on monday. >> she was incredible here. and she'll be incredible monday. also "early" next saturday it's just days before the start of spring. i think we're all mentally ready. but the weather is not cooperating. we're ready to be there. we've got the hottest new styles of the season. coming up next saturday, guys. >> 55 degrees today. >> we like it. >> you have a good one. >>> we end with our saturday spotlight. this week's story comes from just north of des moines, iowa, where a one of a kind wheelchair is giving a very special toddler a new lease on life. kcci's kay ward reports. >> reporter: zack pleuger smiles constantly, given what he's been through, he has every reason not to. zack was born with spina bifida. >> knowing right away i actually, right when i saw it on the ultrasound, i knew exactly what it was. i knew exactly what it meant. >> reporter: it meant zack would never walk. >> doctors have told us oh, just put him

. >> with 15 grammys. >> 16. >> just had one.vd in. we got to see it. it is -- it's amazing that you got everyone together. tell us about it. >> it was great. we did "the hit man" about three years ago. i thought i'd never do another one gun. >> you wondered how you could top it, in other words, right? >> yeah. there was so many people that couldn't make it, earth, wind and fire, natalie cole. they could make this one. we went at it again. >> you're partial to earth, wind and fire. there's something about them. >> they're amazing. >> they are. there's a tribute i give in the show. he's so underrated. so many groups owe him a debt. jay-z to usher to lionel. >> we'd never heard it before. it was ground breaking. >> i was reading a quote. we were with doug morris yesterday. we were talking about, you're not that kind of guy who gives the $30 million away and gives you a record deal. i want to sell cds and i'm going to be with that artist in the booth saying you're not going anywhere. you're going to hit the notes. >> i'm the guy in

nobody gets grammy that hasn't been on radio first. >> host: gordon smith, former senator, republican senator from oregon and since november 1, 2009, president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters. as always, we appreciate your coming on "the communicators." jonathan make as well, assistant managing editor of "communications daily." thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> "the communicators" is c-span's weekly look at the issues and people influencing telecommunications policy. if you missed any of this program with gordon smith, head of the national association of broadcasters, you can see "the communicators" again tonight and each monday night at 8 eastern, 5 pacific here on c-span2. >> coming up on c-span2, the heads of u.s. central command and special operations speak to a senate hearing on proposed 2012 defense programs and the situation in the middle east and north africa. >> legal issues facing states involving immigration, intellectual property rights, campaign disclosure and implementation of the health care law. the event begins at noon today. you can see it live o

. >> she fell at the grammys. >> well, we talked a lot about charlie sheen this morning.either he's got some kind of mental illness or the drugs have done something to his mind. i mean, he's full of grandiosty. >> there >> there's a part of me that believes him, that he can cure himself and maybe he can take charge of his life. >> why do you think that? >> because he is so passionate about it and because his tests have been clean. we heard jeff rossen's interview. he said when he was at the house with him, he appeared -- >> i mean, this is long term. >> but, of course, i think he can believe himself, but that doesn't mean that he's not completely out of his mind. >> his goddesses. >> it is not out of the question that a big celebrity can turn his life around. >> we hope he does. >> but listen, he's got these goddesses, they're helping take care of his children. it really worries me. >> he's an swelliintelligent ma. he may have convinced himself. it doesn't mean it will work. >> it doesn't mean that he's not thinking like a normal human being. i mean, he's got tiger dna. >

. >> we saw you sing with whitney at the clive davis party right before the grammys. how was that? with the cd. >> have fun in japan. come see you us again. >> i will do that. >> "the apprentice" is going on now. check it out. >>> we're going to tell you ten habits you need to pick up. >> is it more important to be a happy mother or a good mother? everyone hays story. and shine. with pantene nature fusion shampoo. experience cassia essence fused with pantene pro v science. the advanced formula conditions damaged hair to unlock radiant shine today and up to 10 times more strength in 14 days. nature fusion from pantene. healthy makes it happen. but i've got a warm, fresh baked strawberry toaster strudel. see the difference? mmmm. i do. (announcer) pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. prepare to be delighted by fresh, wonderfully light, creamy light & fit. with 80 calories versus 100 in the other leading brand. live light & fit. o. >>> good morning to you. it's 10:26 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a mystery solved this morning. we now know why seagulls have been d

you, just the way you look tonight ♪ >> that's the unmistakable sound of the all-around talented grammy. lucky for us the concert will be live on both -- what is -- if you could see this. harry connick jr. in concert on broadway. hi, harry! what a cool project, by the way. >> so fun. >> a lot of people can't make it to those kind of venues. how great to be able to pop it feel. >> it's pretty cool. just being on broadway, you know, is pretty -- >> there's nothing like it.. >> there's really nothing like it. even though i wasn't doing a broadway show, it's just a concert that we filmed. >> it's the real estate, baby. you wereeon broadway. it was the last two nights of the run. you were real comfortable there by then. >> it was great, you know. >> he looks comfortable anyway. >> you have a smooth thing happening. >> i've never really been the nervous type. i always thought of it like, you know, i feel so lucky to be up there. even though i may not be better or worse than other people, it's me. i feel like -- i feel very comfortable in my skin. >> that's what comes through. >> you can tell.

. >> it was 2009, the assault during the grammys.> here's the thing. he's only two years into his probation and another -- didn't he undergo anger management classes? >> i think if you're angry, sometimes you're angry. listen to his tweet. this is what he tweeted. i'm so over people bringing this past up. yet we praise charlie sheen and other celebs for their bull beep. he may have a point. >> i think he does have a point. that's about what we do. it's not about what he did. >> right. >> the public somehow responds the way the public does. but he feels responsible for his own behavior. and if he thinks that he's going to have a career and we wish him all the best, of course, but if he thinks he's going to be able to go publicly through life with his projects and not be asked over and over and over again about it, because celebrity years, this is not a long time since this happened. >> sure. absolutely. >> you're going to be asked about it every single time. >> right, right. well, jay leno had some fun with chris brown. because why no