the grammys was great because we had fun and the band is so powerful. i was looking back, like, hey. tavis: i was laughing because in a matter of days, there will be a tape of the rehearsal. somebody is going to be bootlegging it. >> it is already out there. it was great. tavis: ok. it is already out, too late. the pushed on stage? >> we are so mad at mick, he was pushing you. it was energy. we were feeling it. [laughter] he is a showman. running around and pushing all that energy, it was natural. to me, it was a validation -- british cats seem to look back to american cats to do what they do. he could have picked anybody to do that. i was not nominated parade you have to be nominated to be on the grammys. it should have been some other group or something, but he did not care about that. that is how that happened. he called me and then call the grammys later and said, this is what i want to roll with. that is a validation for me and my band and everybody around me. what i do is not in vain. it is a pay off. everything is not in vain, so it was great. wh

i'm a grammy winner. you're a grammy winner. we're kind of equally artists. >> maybe. definitely some similarities, in the same family. >> it's like looking in a mirror. >> got my smart glasses. that's better. >> stephen: okay. let me-- let me put on my cool glasses. >> hold oning let me put on my cool glasses. >> stephen: oh, yeah. ness i cannot see a thing. >> people know those are prescription. >> you are a four eyed nerd. >> yeah. >> stephen: now have you written some stuff and the song are you doing tonight critical of president obama, are you over obama but are you from chicago. how you can criticize president obama? >> well, i think-- always criticize power. >> stephen: always criticize power? >> always, even if you agree with it you should criticize power. >> stephen: even if you agree with power you criticize it. >> yeah. >> stephen: i believe you should tody to power because the suits are the ones who pick up the checkness we pay for it we actually sign those chex. you know, i'm the taxpayer so it's like that gives me the right to critique everybody. >> steph

our next guest is a multiple grammy winner.ng hip-hop group, goodie mob and half of the platinum-selling duo, gnarls barkley. now, he's now one of the coaches on nbc's hit singing competition "the voice." give it up for cee lo green. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: heck of a guy, right there. thank you for coming back to the show. >> thanks for having me. >> jimmy: you were on with goodie mob. you reunited on our show. >> yes, sir. >> jimmy: and i appreciate you doing that. that was great. >> thank you so much. >> jimmy: you rocked it out. and now -- you've had such a crazy year. >> yeah, man, i'm working pretty hard, man. >> jimmy: yeah you are. well, "rolling stone" said "crazy" is the song of the decade. >> um hm. >> jimmy: and then you had "f you." >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah. do you call it the real "f you" or do you call it "forget you"? what do you call it? >> i tend to call it -- >> jimmy: the real one? >> "f you." >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah, the real one, yeah. but i mean, that was a giant hit. >> yeah, i'm very fortun

. >>> a recent decision by grammys has hit a sour note with a group of bay area jazz musicians. they went to a recording academy meeting last night to oppose the decision to drop numerous categories, including latin jazz. carlos santana, a grammy winner, stressed the important of latin jazz. >> also, our national artform jazz is being assaulted and contemporary jazz has been cut out, traditional blues, traditional r&b, american-made music, hawaiian music, it's been a sweep. >> the president of the academy told ktvu the cuts were made to categories that did not get as many entries as others and he says artists can still submit their music under alternative categories. >>> a mountain lion roaming in el paso, texas caused quite a scare. the mountain lion was spotted near train tracks. neighbors cornered it in a car wash. several buildings were evacuated, evening -- including a school. this all happened hours before president obama's visit to el paso to talk about immigration. the lion was shot and killed. o?oowq >>> taking another look at the big board on wall street, a drop in the

controversial changes to the grammy award. Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ >>> welcome back. coming up on 4:48.warm and toasty it is. minneapolis 76. near 90 from chicago, new york, to mid-90s around atlanta, dallas, and 100. but that is without humidity in phoenix. look where the storms are right now. heading through kansas city. possibility of severe weather around chicago and detroit. no flight delays any of the major airports right now. when they do develop, the flight tracker will have them. so can you. abc7news.com. >> thank you. >>> 4:48. the nation remains divided over the current war in afghanistan. the latest poll show there is increasing opposition to the fight, and lawmakers in congress are responding. abc7's political reporter mark matthews has the story. >> reporter: opponents of the war in afghanistan say in the current economy, we can't afford it. >> we took that $30 billion and used it in america we could employ 300,000 teachers. >> this month, congressman john giramendi introduced an amendment to defund the war in afghanistan. members of the bay area delegation voted for a sim

. >>> a grammy winner, an oscar winner, a hall of famer, and me. who doesn't belong in this room? i get carlos santana, morgan freeman, ernie banks in the same room and try to get them to stop selling themselves short. >>> documenting a terrorist takedown. those s.e.a.l.s who went in after osama bin laden had high-tech cameras. we have new details for you. welcome to this "cnn sunday morning." i'm t.j. holmes. as always a special good morning to our military men and women watching us on the armed forces network. thank you for being here and thank you for what you do. we need to start with what's happening in louisiana, an intentional flooding that's taking place. look at this here, one floodgate is opened now at the morganza spillway. more gates could be opened later today. the whole point is to try to relieve some pressure on the swollen mississippi river. the army corps of engineers opened the spillway potentially flooding hundreds of homes in order to protect larger cities like baton rouge and new orleans down river. listen to ed lavandera. >> you you can see the water gushing

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. >>> also this morning -- and grammy winner, an oscar winner, a hall of famer and me? who does not belong in this picture? i get carlos santana, morgan freeman and ernie banks all in the same room and i try to get them to stop selling themselves short. >>> plus this morning -- we're talking about politics. presidential politics in france. why? because one of the people, the man you are looking at there, who is believed to be the front-runner to be the next president of france is now sitting in a jail cell in new york. scathing details of how all of this played out. we'll have that for you. >>> but welcome to this cnn sunday morning. i'm t.j. holmes. thank you for spending part of your weekend here with us. >>> let's start now with the case of saving new orleans at the cost of others. the latest on the historic flooding along the lower mississippi valley. now take a look at this. you see that picture? this happened yesterday. the army corp of engineers opened just one of the 125 gates at that huge morganza spillway north of baton rouge. this is something that has not be

joseph brooks won a grammy and aacademy award for best origin song for the 1977 ballard "you lilt upy he was found at his apartment with a plastic bag around his head and towel wrapped around his neck. brooks was arrested two years ago at and police say a suicide note was found, but didn't reveal its content. >>> a man who gave the money to the man who tried to bomb tile square in new york has been deported to pakistan. alie khan gave the money to shahzad, who was convicted of an unlicenses money transfer and immigration fraud. khan claims he didn't know what the money was for, faisal shahzad filled the suv with bombs in times square. the bomb failed to go off and he was arrested two days later. >>> militants attack a base with bombs and gunfire. commandos have been and able to fend off the militants. the attack was quickly condemned by pakistan's prime minister. a reporter on the scene says the base in karachi was considered one of the pakistan's most secure area. >>> the us announced two american soldiers were killed today during operations in central iraq. the military supplied no

back to you at the desk. [ music ] >>> his soulful sounds have earned him three grammy nominations. his dedication to the d.c. community is getting him a key to the city. i'm talking about rahim devon. mayor vince gray has proclaimed today raheem devaughn day and he joins us live from outside a local landmark, ben's chili bowl. good morning. >> thank you very much. >> key to city and rahim day. and you certainly deserve it. but how does it feel to get this honor? >> it's very humbling knowing that the hour is approaching. i just can't say any more. it's very humbling to accept this on the behalf of the city. >> do you get to make remarks at 2:00 p.m. when you are given the key to city? >> i have a lot -- well actually i have a lot of stuff on stand-by and i plan to make copies for everyone. >> and we want to tell the folks, we all know your music, but you've gone a long way to make sure the music lives for the youth in our community and getting involved in the awareness effort for hiv in d.c. why you have chosen to take on these two platforms. >> it's no secret that hiv and aids is

this is new york news. >> changes are come to the grammy award next year and some are calling them aubtle racism. recording academy consolidating dozens and eliminating 31 category out right. for example no longer a latin jazz category. artist submit the work to the best jazz instrument or vocal album category. hawaiian music native american music, cajun submit in the best regional root music album category. santana and simon say it target ethnic music and say the academy is doing a huge disservice to many musicians. >> former head of the international monetary if you said imf one one time president contend interfrance hired a crisis team to fight back against charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel made. the team consists of former cia spies, new york criminal investigators and p.r. specialists. strauss-kahn under house arrest in new york city. >> president obama has chosen to stanford professor as the next u.s. ambassador to russian a.47-year-old political science professor michael mcfall is a leading expert on u.s. russia relations. if he's confirmed by the senate he would be t

[laughter] i mean, for god's sake, this two-time, grammy-winning, vegetarian's invite to the white house has the twitterverse very upset, and by twitterverse, i don't mean people on twitter. i mean twits, who took the time to ignore common's entire body of work, save for one poem he wrote in 2007 that they appear to misunderstand. >> burn a bush because for peace he no push no buttons. >> no weapons of mass destruction, how can we follow a leader when this is a correct one. >> my uzi weighs a ton. >> he's talking about popin' guns and i got the black strap to make the cops run. they watching me, i watching them. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, when we roll together with a strapped gun, we're going to be rocking them to sleep. that sounds like killing cops to me. >> whoa, whoa. >> that sounds like killing cops to me. sound like killing cops to you? >> jon: no. well, if you enjoyed, that you'll love this album of fox news personalities ruining songs from many of your other favorite hip-hop artists. now that's what those people call music. [applause] now, those more expolice celt lyrics, the more expl

. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our first guest is an oscar, emmy, tony, and grammy award-winner is also a co-host of "the view," a best selling author, and now the producer of the new broadway show "sister act," which just got nominated for five tony awards today. we love it when she comes by. please welcome back to the show the one and only whoopi goldberg! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> hey. >> jimmy: whoopi goldberg, come on. >> hello, darling. >> jimmy: you always bring me something fun. >> i have brought you something wonderful. from lulu's cake boutique. >> jimmy: i do not know lulu. >> lulu is downtown -- >> jimmy: oh my gosh. >> -- and they make their own rendition of twinkies and snow cones, and i want you to taste this one. it's a chocolate blend, much like myself. [ laughter ] take a bite of that. >> jimmy: here we go. hmm. >> is that insane? >> jimmy: wow. it's like a ring ding. >> in a way -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> -- yes. >> jimmy: but this is like, fascinating. wait. i want to do it again. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this is delicious. >> isn't that great? >> jimmy:

five-time grammy award winner shania twain's 1997 album "come on over" is the best selling album of all-timemale musician. she sold more than 75 million albums world wide, but she hasn't released an album of new material since 2002, and in the last several years, she seemed to retreat from public life entirely. until now. ♪ man i feel like a woman >> reporter: we know her music. through hits such as "man i feel like a woman." but until now, we've known little about her. a lot of people who have gone through what you've gone through would be hiding in a closet somewhere. >> what does that mean? >> reporter: i mean, it's a lot. >> i think i remained very detached from my life to this point. almost as though it was a different person every phase i went through. and i i've reconnected and said, no, this is actually who i am. i really want to help people with my testimony. >> reporter: and testify, she does. in her new book, "from this moment on" and documentary series, "why not with shania twain." she lays bear her life, starting with her childhood. >> this was the bedroom for the four of us. ju

up next, grammy-winning musician steve earle, plus a musical performance. stay with us. always pleased to welcome steve earle to this program. he is out with a new project "called on never get out of this world alive." a book by the same title is available. good to have you back on this program. how is that little baby? >> he turned it won about three weeks ago -- he turned one about three weeks ago. this was last november here in l.a. when we were making the record. tavis: i wonder if he even has a choice. his daddy is an artist, his mother is an artist. what choice does he really have? >> he got a ukuleles for his birthday and he has a guitar and piano. my friend has a guitar shop and he says people are always complaining about what instrument their musical kid can play. tavis: i thought about that old joke, the chicken and the egg, which won came first? >> as far as the title goes, i have been working on the book for almost eight years. it seems like it should be a bigger book. [laughter] it is not my day job. it is a novel that i started about nine or 10 years ago. m

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scotts valley high school is one of 36 schools across the country to receive special funding from the grammy foundation. tonight the music program is being presented with $6,500 to be used for music workstations and computers. more than 20,000 schools competed for the money. >>> the fall out from arnold schwarzenegger secret child now extends outside california. the advise of fellow governor is giving her male counter parts tonight. >>> and harvey milk's legacy is in the middle of a curriculum battle. the battle that people are willing to take if the leader comes up in classroom talks. -- classroom discussions. ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> a northern california soldier is facing charges tonight that he plotted and killed afghan civilians for sport. staff sergeant david brahm of vacaville is the sixth soldier for allegedly taking part in those killings. he was from a base near seattle killed three afghan civilians during patrols in the kand

the inclusion of grammy award winning rapper, common, was blasted by conservative critics like sarahalso former white house aide, karl rove. they labeled the performer a thug. in his presentation, common celebrated the rise of president obama and mourned for young people who find it, quote, hard to see blessings in a violent culture. >>> a nevada courthouse has released video of a navy s.e.a.l. on a bloody rampage on the las vegas strip. luke shawly is accused of randomly attacking people with a pipe in march of last year. all of it caught on surveillance tape. shawley's attorney says someone put drugs in his drink. toxicology reports show a high alcohol level but no drugs. >> bizarre. >>> we could soon learn more details about the mysterious crash of an air france jet off of brazil two years ago. officials are set to reveal what was recovered from the black box recorders. all the people on the flight were killed. the cause of the crash has long puzzled aviation experts. >>> the news about bedbugs just got worse. doctors in canada found that the insects can carry a superbug. a drug-r

in addition, they've been honored with an incredible eight grammys.at your heart out, justin timberlake. >> if people want to really have a great experience with classical music, they should go to a concert, to a live experience, because it will force you to actually sit there and focus. and that's why you can't replace live music performances. >> reporter: even with successful albums, world tours and prestigious awards, the life of a professional musician is not an easy one. but larry has no regrets. >> i feel very fortunate and blessed to have had this career. this has been amazing. it far exceeded any dreams i had as a kid. i was kind of built to do this, so i -- i knew it early and it -- and i never swayed from that. >> reporter: for "teen kids news," i'm sam. >>> that wraps up our show, but we'll be back with more "teen kids news." >> thanks for joining us and have a great week! -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

protecters picketed because the grammy nominated musician uses the confederate plage in the performances flag in the perform and that's known as symbol of racism and bigotry. kid rock insisted he loves detroit as well as black people. >>> after touring the tornado ravaged tuscaloosa alabama area, charlie sheen wants to help. went there to respond -- in response to an invitation from a twitter from a university of albalanca student -- alabama student. he is work with officials to organize a benefit set to be scheduled for a later date and as you noticed, he is wearing the antive alabama cap. >>> off to break now. and a scout learns a lot about life, leadership and survivor of the real life lessons for six scouts and two leaders and howrescuers in arkansas are hoping to track them down in the next few hours. also, a jury had convicted a man of murder but what lawyer may have wished he had boxing gloves after that man decided to attack. we will show you video from oklahoma when "good morning maryland" returns. my husband is downloading his "fantasy league" photos downstairs. we're exposed t

the odds of the same woman winning 6 grammy awards and starring in two broadway plays?n 75 million. the odds of this musician and performer having a child diagnosed with autism? 1 in 150. i'm toni braxton, and i encourage you to learn the signs of autism at autismspeaks.org. early diagnosis can make a lifetime of difference. >>> nasa engineers should know sometime tomorrow whether the spaceship endeavor will attempt a monday launch. if it's not clear then, the launch will be postponed to sometime near mother's day. technicians trying to figure out what went wrong in a heating system that forced the launch to be cancelled yesterday. president obama and the first family were among the thousands of disappointed watchers who gathered for the departure. congress member gabrielle giffords was also there to see her husband command that shuttle. >>> the next presidential election is a year and a half away, but the rates for a campaign contribution is going full throttle. now word that two former aids to president obama are doing the exact opposite of what the president famously

. >> despite an outcry from some republicans claiming his lyrics celebrate violence, grammy award winningper common performed. the white house defended inviting him, saying reports about the rapper were being deliberately distorted, and that everyone invited had a wonderful evening. take a listen. >> in front of buildings, their eyes look older, it's hard to >>> this morning on "the early show," a special town hall discussion with president obama. i'm betty nguyen, this is the "cbs morning news." [ dog treats drop ] everybody likes to get a bonus... ...at the petsmart big brands bonus sale. save 20% on all great choice® dog and cat toys, select dog bags and more. exclusively at petsmart. >>> well, it looks like curiosity almost killed a cat in pennsylvania, when it got stuck in a pipe. ems crews couldn't get it out, so they cut the pipe and took it to the local vet. after sedating the feline. the doctor tried to squeeze it out. that didn't work so she broke out the tool kit and used a saw to set the kitty free. >>> an attorney in indianapolis has been thrown off facebook. but not for anyt

race got underway on thursday with local favorites team making clean sweep podium opening stage of a grammy and has more. fairings of must kill this road race was established in one thousand nine hundred ninety two now it is considered as one of the top vance only international cycling calander. the competition traditionally started with a time trial race with a standard start living each of all one hundred and three riders one one with a so-called small ring assured but tough route on the heels of most school districts scare. although they've been favorites the katyusha team promptly proved they feel at home there and this race was all about settling scores within the team the first one in the sport light last year's champion sergei for the son of making it to the finishing line in less than five minutes although his teammate. was quick to set a time of four point four seven as the next record of the day to chase the ryder a scab storming because of course time but the record proved unbreakable until it came to the last one in the starting line to do just young buck under the salami nigga

usher, a grammy award winning entertainer -- what do you like about usher?> i like his music, his style. how he dances. >> reporter: about 1,000 students at woodbridge middle school were hoping to see usher perform in person at their school today. but that didn't happen. >> at the pep rally they told everybody that usher was going to be coming. and so we were waiting around. we thought maybe he'd come at like 2:00 or something. but he never showed. >> reporter: it was a celebration of the school being named a school of excellence. the students were on the football field waiting and waiting and waiting. >> well, i waited for 1 1/2 hours right where he was supposed to perform. and i just kind of was disappointed. so was everyone else. >> reporter: school officials say an employee was working with someone who was not an authorized representative for usher. the entertainer was unaware that the school was expecting him. a statement on the school website says in part, woodbridge middle school is sorry for this miscommunication and apologizes for any negative publi

. >>> and grammy winner ben harper performs the new hit single from his first solo cd in five years.'s the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching, everybody, i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. ,,,,,,

the official information that we could find about my grammy of dates back to the nine hundred sixty s. when he moved to biggest town in these documents it is that he was born in eighty ninety and there's also a database about him past his family however the rust of the archive to prove his path in life was destroyed in a fire in the nine hundred thirty s. in change now where he was born recently the title of the oldest living person was awarded by the guinness book of records through a brazilian woman might go mr lane tim who is one hundred fourteen years old but mohammed's family remains undeterred and wants to see him crowned with the title this is of course we have a certain application to get as records we all are in the family. record with ninety nine percent of claims about people being one hundred fifteen or over are said to be on documentable the guinness book of track or its applicants must have original proof of birth issued within twenty years of that birth and prove that the person alive today is the same person in their original certificate when the nazi average gets offi