there's no set category for the honorees.his year, they bring comedy, music, dancing, and acting to a highly regarded stage. the kennedy center honors are a bit like washington's oscars. red carpet out front, president and plmrs. obama inside to gree seven very different artists. >> it's very rare to see led zeppelin songs being sung at the same time as david letterman jokes are being told. it's going to be a great show. >> reporter: this will be bob dickinson's 20th kennedy center honor show. he said there's imagine nick the room. three surviving members of led zeppelin are included. this was their concert in 2007. john paul jones, jimmy page, and robert plant. their songs are as epic as their more than 100 million records sold in the u.s. it's one kind of electric performance. this is another. the russian-born prima ballerina danced with the royal ballet. she performed during the kennedy center honors in 1981. now others will perform for her. >> chicago, thank you very much. i'll never leave. >> blues man buddy guy got a se

we would like to get the honorees. if the honorees could come up here by the first step. napsters if you could take care of this honoring song. here we go. (drums and chanting). all right. how about a big round of applause for all our honorees. thank you dancers. thank you singers. that concludes our program.

all honorees have earned their place. british band led zeppelin will be here.heir songs like "stairway to heaven" are as epic as their songs in the u.s. it's one kind of performance. this is another. russian-born natalia danced with the royal ballet. she performed accident occurring the kennedy center honors in 1981. now others will perform for her. >> chicago, thank you very much, i love you and will never leave. i'll leave but i'll be back. >> reporter: buddy guy got a chicago sendoff for his honors. he was born into a louisiana family and went on to win six grammy awards. honoree dustin hoffman said when he grew up, movie stars didn't look like he did. more than 50 films later he has two best actor oscars including this one for kramer versus kramer. honoree david letterman has more than 5,000 television newscasts under his belt being found for finding humor in everything, even winning this honor. he talked about it on the late show with david letterman. >> when i stopped laughing, i was very excited. i tell you, this is great for my family. they think i'm wo

we would like to get the honorees. if the honorees could come up here by the first step. napsters if you could take care of this honoring song. here we go. (drums and chanting). all right. how about a big round of applause for all our honorees. thank you dancers. thank you singers. that concludes our program. >> thank you all for coming, i would like to really briefly introduce bonnie angle with the breast cancer fund, she is going to do a presentation for you on prevention, ways

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he headlines this year's class of kennedy center honorees.tor dustin hoffman, buddy guy, ballerina, natalie makarova. and three surviving members of rock band led zeppelin. president obama paid tribute to the group. >> maybe they inspired us to see things in a new way. to hear things differently. to discover something within us or to appreciate how much beauty there is in the world. >> after receiving his award at the white house sunday letterman still seemed staggered by being recognized as one of the most influential americans in the arts. >> i'm not supposed to be here. >> you are? >> no, i'm not supposed to be here. >> what your looking forward to? >> we get to joyride in marine one. >> then it was showtime at the kennedy center. each recipient was honored by those they inspired. robert deniro quipped about dustin hoffman. >> dustin hoffman is a world class, spectacular, colossal pain in the [ bleep ] >> natalie makarova, a ballerina who defected to the u.s. from the soviet union in 1970 was honored with a display of dance. for buddy guy,

it is my pleasure to introduce our first honoree. izatzi hernandez. [applause] she is the program prevention substance abuse coordinator at the health center. she is a mother of two and she is pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology. she serves as a board member for the american indian alliance of santa clara county and actively engaged with san jose inter community and works with healthy styles and life choices and has been chaired san jose power wow and held in year. each her they hold a sporting event to bring natives together to promote wellness. she believes in these events lie the developing in youth the sense of self worth and resiliency necessary for them to succeed. she prides herself in the design and implementation of an art curriculum that includes, but not limited to bead work, dancing and sewing and a firm believer in these traditions and intrinsic values instill solidity and pride in being responsible individuals in a contemporary landscape. in addition her years of dance experience has lead her to be a respected and decorated and so

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it is reflective of the tribute that we pay for all the honorees. but as i just wanted to address you today, i wanted to thank everyone here in this room for coming together on this event every year to honor those in different walks of life that are contributing to improving our chances of being full equality for women. we still have a ways to go. there is so much to do but we have accomplished quite a bit. i know former mayor brown, who is not here yet, but he will be dashing in, let him know i said this. if he were the president of the united states we would be the 186th country it ratify cdal i say that because i know he and his history was the very first to sign up our city, it pass the ordinance when he was the mayor, to make sure we were on the road by abiding by those principles and then when i had a chance as director of public works i took up the helm for that department. you know, those years, they were really blue collar attitudes in public works, but we found the women leaders that we could acknowledge and promote and it became an even b

obama said all the honorees rose to the top after very humble beginnings.. >> we just have to comment about what the first lady was wearing. michelle obama turned to michael kors for the jewel-encrusted gold lame gown. for those attempting that regal look, rob. >> the first lady, and this from the state department reception honoring those kennedy center honorees. of course, that is former first lady and current secretary of state hillary clinton and meryl streep doing what many of us do at a party, taking a quick snap of themselves on an iphone. >> i wonder if they have instagram. >>> next, what's at least the fourth piece of valuable art that turned up at a goodwill store. it's a print called appropriately enough "red nose." bought at goodwill back in may for $12. >> turns out "red nose" was done in 1969 by american artist alexander calder. it was 9,000 bucks. the woman who bought it said she is keeping it at least for now. >>> and now to an awesome look at holiday travel like you have never seen it before. >> this is really cool. check out this time-lapse

obama and honorees' leaves. thank you.applause] >> the issue is not whether they will be stigmatized or morally condemned. we know the answer, he is. the issue is how many different times the government, of the moral condemnation. the answer in the double jeopardy clause it wants. >> starting monday, c-span is featuring supreme court's oral arguments before the war on the bench. all this week it 7:00 eastern time. listen in the baltimore area. for online c-span.org. >> brown university held the discussion about polls were saying before and after the 2012 presidential election. the associate research director explained. he also talked about the future of presidential polling. this is an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone i and the professor of public policy and director here at brown university. i am happy to welcome you to another installment of the speaker series. the luncheon speaker series is one of the of any event. it attempts to inform brown and a larger community about important matters related to government, politic

finally the kennedy center hohnr honore honorees. dustin hoffman, buddy guy and a balance lerina all in attendance in the east room event. >> it's different when you're not the one with the mike, isn't it, dave? you're looking a little stressed. >> led zeppelin. henry mancini and led zeppelin have the kennedy center honoree thing in common. oy. the markets will keep watching the slow going fiscal cliff negotiations today. how will wall street react to the latest maneuvering? to the market rundown. we'll let you know when to pay attention. is that still the case? >> i have to admit 28 days and counting. >> if we're in the same place in two weeks, i'll be nervous. >> the 15th they have to have a deal. >> it's nothing. >> it is if you want companies to deal with what this is going to mean in terms of taxes. i'm starting to sweat this out. we spoke with jim o'neill of goldman sachs, a great voice, comes to us from london. this is the first time that he's seen international investors raising their browse a bit, taking and moving their mon

honored as a top ten cnn hero in 2008, she's now joined forces with two other honorees. magnus mcfarland barrow was recognized in 2010 for his work feeding schoolchildren around the globe. >> he started his organization in malawi so i just asked him to consider us. >> i was very struck by her. i felt we were people who could work together. >> this is the stove. >> today, magnus' organization, mary's meals, provides free porridge daily to all 400 of marie's students. >> his support means the children will always have something to eat. he is a saint to me. >> 2010 honoree evans makes solar lanterns for rural african communities. evans visited marie's school and recently his team taught students to build their own lamps. >> for the family, it cuts the costs and for the children, it's helping them to study. evans really motivated our kids to be inventors. they have come up with their own little models. >> now, her students plan to supply lamps to their community. with creativity and compassion, these cnn heroes are helping each other to change even more lives. >> cnn heroes

now, let's go to our next honoree.st powerful weapon you can use to change the world. but in afghanistan right now the taliban have destroyed hundreds of schools, especially targeting ones that are educating young women and young girls. our next hero has refused to back down, welcoming girls inside the protective walls of the school she, herself, built and to tell us about her, please welcome a proud support of the segway institute for learning in her hometown of central falls, rhode island, viola davis. [ applause ] >> let's remember this number, 32 million. that's how many girls around the world are deprived of a primary school education every day. for too many, they are denied this right simply because they are girls. not allowed to learn how to read and write, add and subtract, understand science and the stars. 32 million brilliant girls told they can't reach for the heavens. that's why razia jan, a woman who embodies the word courage, says not on my watch. we are going to change this and after she saw the towers f

that was then and today you sit at kennedy center honoree. feel secure, can you? >> i don't think you change. >> you don't. >> no. >> even the role that changed his life, being destined for the kind of cal stereo type he had never been. >> he was 6 feet tall, blond hair, blue eyes. it's in the novel. it was robert redford. i read that your audition did not go well and even one of the crew guys -- because i'm a believer that the crew guys know everything. did you drop subway tokens or something? >> yes, i did. the audition is finished. i have my happeneds in my pocket. a prop guy puts his happened out to shake with me and i take my hand out to shake his hand and my tokens fall out. they were about that size back in the day. he said that's okay. he gave them to me and said, here, kid, you're going to need these. >> he's inferring you're not going to get in, you'll still be riding the subway. >> and then finally you get this huge, huge part. >> i was 29 when i was 30 and i got the part of a 21-year-old. >> at what point did you feel you were a m

so, in 2012, of this year, we are very lucky enough to have two very distinguished honorees for our distinguished service a word for the city and county of san francisco and the first person we will recognize tonight is vera noon tear if you can please u.s.a. plast she is the social director at the arab culture and community center and she helps hundreds of families in trans by providing social work service and is i know how important that work is and how difficult that work is and i can't thank you enough to ensure that all of our communities are cared for and ensure that all of our competency ask ins san francisco serve the arab and arab community know what to do when people walk through their doors so thank you so much vera. (applause). . >> thank you so much for your support san francisco we really appreciated it the arab community really appreciates it and tomorrow is a huge day for the community it's the beginning of the big holiday, so happy new year, (arab) thank you. you. >>> thank you vera. >> (applause). vera i do say with ask you to stay with us up here for a moment. hard work is neve

he's also a kennedy center honoree.tarist buddy guy introduced a unique sound, loud and distorted that inspired many musicians to play the guitar the way he did. earlier this month, the kennedy center recognized guy for cultural influence and he talked to gayle king about his place in music history. >> there's that thing i woke up playing that night. ♪ >> reporter: this is the first song buddy guy learned as a child. john lee hooker's "boggie chillen." now 76 he sounds as good as ever on acoustic guitar. ♪ but the magic happened when guy is amplified in front of a crowd. a showman, all blues. >> one, two, three, four. >> reporter: bringing a sense of rhythm even to our interview. you saw guitar and you saw what? why you loved it so? >> because i wanted to do something nobody else could do. i want to stand out like a sore thumb. >> reporter: the son of a louisiana sharecropper, guy built his first guitar using wire pulled from window screens. >> then the mosquitos would come in my mom would say i know i put a screen in t

last night, i have the opportunity to listen to an 86- year-old honoree at the gathering last night. she's had spoken about how her life was different and the opportunities that were denied because she was jewish. because of the efforts of norm and mike and your leade in, asiy are not denied opportunities because of where they come from. we are aspiring and we are leaving california and america in a new generation. -- leading california and america in a new generation. we have an obligation to lead in the 21st century. we are providing leadership in all areas that govern this country. technology, health, academia, commerce, art, entertainment, and government. today, we must come together, not only in celebration, but an acknowledgment of the work that lies ahead. we understand that this is a global economy. the opportunities are ones that we can only surpassed if we come together. we can win the future if we dream together, if we work together. as a society, as an economy, the best is yet to comment. let me leave you with this last idea. every moment affords us an opportunity to chan

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