tonight, a conversation with 26-pilot grammy nominated singer alison kraus. she is once again nominated for a best album grammy, her latest is called "paper airplane. she will be joined by her terrific band. a conversation with the most decorated female recording artists in all of grammy history and performance coming out right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day 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 remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> ha please welcome allison krause to this program, her 26 the grammy award is the most fertile in music history. her lates

welcome to the grammy club. >> right. >> stephen: right. i won a grammy. (cheers and applause) >> congratulations. >> stephen: thank you very much. i wasn't fishing for that but thank you very much. do you have any tips on maintenance or anything? >> yeah what do you use to polish it? >> stephen: a shamie, and feed it nothing but baby food. the new album is called "el comino." all right, why... why the hispanic influence? why not "that comino"? (laughter) >> actually, we thought it sounded like a cool word. >> it is cool! it's a totally cool word. when i was a kid, el comino was the cool car. >> right. we saw an elko kha meno when we were on tour and we thought "hey why don't we call the record el comino." >> stephen: there so there's a back story. (laughter) are your songs that deep? (laughter and applause) >> there's deeper meaning now because that was our tour van. >> stephen: but that's not an el comino. >> el comino means the road or the path. >> stephen: i didn't know that. >> neither did we. we found that out. >> so you've made the decision and made

grammy winning musician steve martin is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] we're going to talk toto play a song with his band the steep canyon rangers. it's some bluegrass. [ cheers and applause ] it's phenomenal. it's so good. these guys are really talented. she's the star of the very popular new series called "revenge." emily vancamp is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] and the one and only snoop dogg with wiz khalifa performing for us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. yeah. now, obviously president obama has been in the news a lot lately, and the one thing i've noticed about him is that he has a very expressive face. it's like he has thousands of different facial expressions, one for every occasion. now, we all know the classics. you know the classics like this one right here. the -- [ light laughter ] the determined, yet hopeful. [ light laughter ] but there are tons more that you just don't see as often. you can almost tell what he's thinking just by looking at his face, so tonight i thought we'd take a look at some of his lesser known facial expressions in a segment

you know who never has won a grammy?ke lead swrep lynn, budly holly, the who, the doors. you know who has won them in milli vanilli and evanesence and paula cole. here is to you, grammies. >> they are just the gramities. they nominate people who are successful and bland. they are perfectly bland. >> i noticed the foo fighters came up which is a double dose of useless nirvana. it is sort of like the oscars in a sense that it is more based on sales than it is on merit. this is america though. >> slow down, slow down. doug's stuff is not flying off the shelves. maybe that's what they are doing. they are saying we are getting known as the oscars of music. let's bust out some kid. >> let's see what they win jie. why couldn't they have biked burial? >> totally. >> what about the bug, poison darts? >> dana and i are go going to talk among ourselves. >>> we will close things up with a close up with andy levy. >>> back to andy levy with the post game wrap up. >> dana, i was read ug on the cover of the town hall manage. -- magazin

your last song got two grammy nominations. >> yes. >> you've gotten the attention of the public now. what was the journey like to get there, from the first album to this album? >> in the beginning it was more of the grind, concentrated on the grind, wanting to be successful and the people around me, i had the wrong kind of circles. and, you know, as anyone, you grow and you see what you want, but i almost gave up because of people saying you're not good enough. you don't have the look. or, you know, there's not have many people that look like me. you know, that i've seen. >> right. in the music industry you mean. >> in the music industry i mean. >> can you talk about that for a second? because you're obviously beautiful. >> thank you. >> and you're incredibly talented. but sometimes the industry has a particular idea what talent and beauty look like. >> most definitely the whole natural hair thing is, like, not the image they like for me. they wanted me to be a certain way, be a certain size, talk about different things and shake around. i talk about -- you know, i talk about real th

taylor swift has three grammy but none in the major categories.ggest surprise of all of the tight. >> especially after her recent wins in the last couple of weeks. >> all i can think maybe there is a little bit of taylor fatigue. she has won so much, maybe they are just ready to take a pause, a taylor pause. >> she is, what, 21? >> yeah. >> speaking of the young ,,,,,,, occupy s-f protesters on notice. they have about three hours to breakdown their camp at just >>> good morning. occupy san francisco protesters are on notice. they have about three hours to break down their camp at justin her man plaza. so far, no one is moving. >>> more occupy protesters in santa rosa are taking down their tents. many were cleared last flight. the city stopped issuing permits, citing sanitary and health problems. >>> bart directors are expected to approve a policy about cell phone service allowing service to be shut off in san francisco stations only when there are extraordinary threats. an update of your traffic and weather coming up. ,, ♪ secondhand smoke affects

taylor swift has three grammy but none in the major categories.e biggest surprise of all of the tight. >> especially after her recent wins in the last couple of weeks. >> all i can think maybe there is a little bit of taylor fatigue. she has won so much, maybe they are just ready to take a pause, a taylor pause. >> she is, what, 21? >> yeah. >> speaking of the young state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. >>> he's free! the guy held in the disappearance of the missing american tourist in aruba back in the usa. and the woman's boyfriend is outraged. >> i'm

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taylor swift has three grammy but none in the major categories.ent wins in the last couple of weeks. >> all i can think maybe there is a little bit of taylor fatigue. she has won so much maybe they are just ready to take a pause, a taylor pause. >> she is what 21? >> yeah. >> speaking of the young musicians versus the [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $79.99 a month for two years with a 2 year agreement. it's an amazing holiday deal. but don't wait. it's only available for a limited time. so go to verizon.com/superoffer to sign up. act now and we'll add a special bonus -- $300 back. fios delivers the best picture quality plus america's fastest most consistent most reliable internet. spend the holidays saving money. switch to fios and get our best price online -- just $79.99 a month for two years with a 2 year agreement when you order online. save $840 in your first two years. a

nominated for another grammy. and before we go tonight, the rink out our back door is celebrating a major life event. "rock center" gets under way right now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening and welcome to "rock center." as you watch our lead story tonight, imagine unearthing such a thing. thousands of families who are at first told the nightmarish news that their infant child had died during childbirth but then years later one by one they unearth evidence that the whole thing might have been a lie. that's exactly what thousands of families in spain are going through, as the unimaginable slowly comes to light. it went on for decades apparently, and doctors, clergy, even the government all appeared to have played some sort of a role. kate snow went to spain to investigate how it is that children were stolen at birth. >> reporter: in madrid, spain, this year has been a momentous one for luis vega and his daughter anna. they're searching for someone they've never met, trying to piece tog

back to you. >>> grammy nominations are in. kanye west has the most being picked for seven categories but his album "my beautiful dark twisted fantasy" was not nominated for album of the year. adele's album $2"21" was nominated for album. year. also other nominations, foo fighters, lady gaga, rihanna and more. the grammys will be february 12th. >>> it's kind of like asking kim kardashian for marriage advice. courtney love is now offering to be the coach, sobriety coach for troubled lindsay lohan. that's right. courtney love, a history of drug abuse herself, she says she's been clean since 2005. no word yet on whether lohan has accepted her well intentioned advances. i see a reality show in the future. >>> people come from all over the world to see this christmas tree. yesterday the switch was flipped and all the lights came on. take a look. >> three, two, one! [ cheering and applause ] >> 30,000 lead lights a -- led lights adorn that christmas tree. at rockefeller center, lit before 8:00 in new york. this is the unofficial begi

tame your painful sore throat with cepacol. >>> steve jobs is getting a posthumous grammy.nations -- for his invasions in the arts. grammy organizers call him a creative visionary who change the way we consume music, tv move o', movies and books. he's among a dozen receiving honorary awards during the february 11th ceremony. others being honored, include diana ross, and glen campbell. >>> officer jim capoot was shot to death last month while chasing a robbery suspect, he was remembered not only for police work but for making a difference in so many lives. here's leslie brinkley. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] amid the holiday fanfare there was a celebration of community spirit. >> my daughters and i have never felt alone and i can never tell you how thankful we are for everything you have done. >> reporter: family of officer jim capoot with the basketball team he coached and the colleagues he worked with on the police force all turned out to remember him. capoot was shot and kill five weeks ago as he pursued a bank robbery suspect in vallejo. on this night, those who knew him b

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these are grammy winners. isn't that amazing? what have we done in our lives? these are grammy winners. albums, prince charles comes in, let's bring out the boys chorus and the girls chorus. you've got all kinds of world leaders. and we just get to show off to the rest of the nation something that we get to experience more often out here in the bay area. so i'm just here to celebrate with you. we thought we would bring you together and a nice way to kick off the preinaugural ceremonies. and just to remind ourselves how blessed we are to be out here. and the great city and county of san francisco. but first, i just wanted to recognize because it's utterly appropriate, susan, come on up here. these two very talented artistic directors that have done so much and so well. we just -- we wanted to thank them for all their hard work. and all their sacrifice. and all their -- the commitment they have made to work with all of you. and to be here with you. not just on moments like this. and moments like tuesday. but tho

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rita moreno is one of the few people who has won a grammy, and in me, i tony -- an emmy, a tony.he is also won the heart of san francisco. your honor to welcome ms. rita moreno. [cheering] >> merry christmas, everyone. ok. the ageless words written by dickens 152 years ago addressed the radical, social, and political upheaval that was the french revolution. "a tale of two cities"expose the inequity of government. is a narrative that speaks to us today. it was the best of time, the worst of times. it was the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness. it was the epoch of belief. it was the epic of in credulity. it was the season of light. the season of darkness. it was the spring of hope. it was the winter of despair. we get everything before us. we had nothing before us. we were all going direct to heaven. we were all going direct the other way. does that sound like the current political discourse? [laughter] does that resonate with your feelings? does that describe your consensus of someone you know? how does one navigate the uncertain valley that lays between the best of times, and

you're up for a grammy, my friend. look at this?ammy thing, i like that. >> jimmy: it's the grammy thing. >> nice. >> jimmy: dude, congrats on this. this is awesome, man. >> thank you, man. >> jimmy: are you psyched about that? i mean, now it's this, you've got the book, which was gigantic, "zombie spaceship wasteland." >> yes. >> jimmy: it was phenomenal. it was hilarious. >> thank you. >> jimmy: and now this movie whole thing came out. "young adult," this is like -- i mean, this is big time. you started acting -- i know you're from stand-up. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and then started acting in "king of queens"? >> well, yeah. that was like, really my first professional gig. in that, i'm amazed they didn't fire me, and i got to be there for nine years and learn how to act. because i got to work with kevin james, who's amazing, and i basically learned how to be a good actor. although the other thing about the show is, a lot of people don't know -- a lot of the writers and producers were big stoners. and they really were. i'm never worked w

the grammys will be awarded in february. >>> finally, file this under -- whatever. possibilities are endless. courtney love is claiming to be lindsay lohan's sobriety coach. yes, you heard me correctly. the notorious 47-year-old singer told "details" magazine, quote, i've taken up lohan because nobody else will. no comment yet from lohan. >>> this comes to us from washington, d.c. where the halls of the white house are decked out in elaborate display of holiday pageantry. tis the season at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. military families joined the first lady for a first look at holiday decorations. amid 37 christmas trees, ornaments resembling the obama's dog. this holiday theme reflects a tribute to the nation's military. the first family's way of thanking troops and their families for the sacrifices they've made. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we are off to a quiet start on this thursday. it is colder this morning. th

he's being awardeded grammy trustee award which offers nonmusic contributions to the field of music. he changed the way we listen to and manage music with the ipod. >>> christmas coming a little bit early for some students at san antonio elementary school in san jose. nearly 500 students received a free gift thanks to the united way and some of its community partners. at least 2,000 gifts were handed out today. >> most of our students come from an underserved community. we wanted to make sure every single one of our students received a christmas gift, given that the economy really has hit very hard to the people that we serve in this community. >> not just the kids, look, even some of the moms and dads walking away with things. they also gave away christmas trees to the families. >> you may have to find your kisses somewhere else this christmas. mistletoe is in short supply. drought and bad weather have made the holiday plant scarce. about 60 to 70% of its mistletoe supply was completely wiped out. retailers say it could cost them $5 a sprig and it's just not worth the money. somehow

you've won grammys, image awards, you've performed at the white house. how are you all feeling right now? >> feeling pretty good. >> feeling wonderful. >> very blessed to be able to do some of the things that you dream of doing. to be able to go sing for barack obama. >> to be invited by stevie wonder to sing for barack obama and michelle obama. it was just, it was awesome. we were very much involved in campaigning for them. so it was just awesome. and the awards and all those things, do you what come from your heart and what you enjoy, to be rewarded and applauded by people who are just wonderful. it is amazing. a blessing. >> what's so interesting about you two, you all finish each other's sentences. you seem more like sisters than two years apart. >> my mom says that we're twins born two years apart. >> when you say you do it your way, some secular influences in there. i've heard of people who say, i've heard of people who have been in clubs. and they hear some of your music sometimes. >> sure. we make music for the world. >> our perspective on christ

and last time you were here, you were nominated for five grammys and then -- a bunch of grammys, rightllen: yeah. [cheers and applause] i hope i am. that was a good night, right? >> it was great. >> still looking back on it, it doesn't seem real. i mean, charles said it best. if we had won one or two, i think we would have gone out and just like partied all night long. but because it got to the point where we were so shell shocked, i mean, i was in bed by 12:30. i'm not saying it to say it, but i'm just -- you just can't even form a sentence. it was unbelievable. >> ellen: you had a very, very happy summer? >> i did. >> i did. [laughter] >> thank you. i wish you could really see his face, because he's really hot. he proposed july the 2nd. >> ellen: uh-huh. >> and we were with our families, my little sister and his whole family. we were out in a lake about an hour and a half outside of nashville. he had been writing to me since september of last year in journals and basically gave me these two journals with just love letters in them, and that's what he presented me when he proposed. >>

. >> the grammys name names. look at who got the nod and who got snubbed. >>> is your smartphone spying on you? the new sell phone tracking everything you do with or >>> your smartphone may be spying on you experts say hidden software records every key stroke including passwords and no way to opt-out. so far on most new android phones it appears the data is easily available to hackers. the creator of the software says it is designed to help mobile carriers and device manufacturers gather data to improve products not to spy. critics state no different from an illegal wiretap. >>> this morning we know who got the grammy nod, adel, collected six -- adele collected six nominations. for record and song of the year. the list was announced in a live concert in los angeles last night featuring lady gaga. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that was her performing marry the night. she received a third straight nomination for best album of the year this time for born this way. rapper kanye west had most nominations at seven. bruno mars and the foo f

a latin grammy. >> a latin grammy.umber seven. >> this thing's going to be a nightmare to get through airport security. >> yeah, that's right. number six. >> thanks to tim tebow for putting in a word with the man upstairs. >> yeah. number five. >> and everyone laughed when i asked santa for a heisman. >> really. number four. >> will my teammates mind if i shower with the trophy? >> number three. >> indianapolis colts, here i come. >> yeah! yeah! oh, man. number two. >> crap, now i have to appear on "letterman." >> that's right. and the number one thought that went through robert griffin iii's mind when he won the heisman trophy. >> how long before kim kardashian calls? >> dave's got to be a big colts fan. that's his home state, indiana. >>> have you ever wondered about the state of youth hockey in kazakhstan? we were just wondering about it today. 9-year-olds on the ice sharing a nice postgame handshake. things take a very wrong turn. look at this. the teams erupt in a center ice brawl. the person who posted the video

. >>> kanye west came away with a leading seven grammy nominations last night in los angeles.six. the grammys will be awarded in february. >>> and finally, file this under -- whatever the possibilities are endless here. courtney love is claiming to be lindsay lohan's sobriety coach. yes, you heard me correctly. the notorious 47-year-old singer told "details" magazine. quote, i've taken up lohan because nobody else will. no comment from lohan. that's a screaming endorsement. no one else wants you, i will take you. >> can i step up to, i don't know, just ease the whole thing there? two negatives make a positive? >> i would say todd santos would make a better sobriety coach. >> i'm volunteering, lindsay. >>> are you listening? this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> the dow rockets almost 500 points, as the world's central banks get together with a plan to contain the european debt crisis. the question is -- will this time be more than a sugar high? and what does it all have to do with digging out the american economy? >>> newt gingr