>>you are making jacki mijackie wilson real again ... >>the jackie wilson story runs through february 19th at the black ensemble theater at 4440 north clark street here in chicago you could go to our web site for more information on performance times and tickets ... [music: "higher & higher" form the jackie wilson story... performance by the black ensemble theater... higher & higher] [music: jackie wilson's higher & higher performed by the black ensemble's theater ] i got the calling to to join the service and support the boys over there. i never thought that i would have ptsd. i thought that i had enough coping skills. i don't think anybody who goes into combat could ever honestly say that they're not different when they come home. my life's changed. what you take as a simple thing, is not so simple for me anymore. it's like a pressure cooker and you know you want somebody desperately to to trip that valve. you know, you want to like, you know, lose all of that anger d angst. i would say to those people that are out there get educated.

he's the one that showed me jackie wilson, james brown. >> what kind of advice did he give you?se he's putting you into a business he knew well. it can be a rough business. it can be a lonely place. >> right. >> it can be a place that you discovered as 18 that can be full of great highs and full of terrible lows. >> his advice, you see, my dad was a show man. my mom's the singer in the family. my dad is -- my dad was kind of the leader as far as putting shows together and finding guys that could sing and doing this doo-wop stuff. that was the show we were in. it was called the love note show. my dad has a love for 1950s doo-wop show. he made magic happen. that's what he did with this. as far as like my father was like leadership qualities. that's what he showed me. >> how do they feel, your family, when "time magazine," one of the most prestigious publications in the world comes out with its famous list of 100 most influential people in the world and you're on that list. you're sharing this with people like benjamin net tannian had a, justin bieber, barak obama. you weren't the

love keeps on lifting me higher and higher i said your love keeps on lifting me highernd tig [jackie wilson] >> republican presidential candidates are on the bill today crisscrossing south carolina ahead of tomorrow's first southern primary. rick santorum at this hour is in lexington. mitt romney is about to host a rally in gilbert. ron paul is hosting a whistle stop campaign event in north and charleston. newt gingrich will have a town hall today. the south carolina primary is tomorrow. we will have results coverage here on c-span. in 10 days when florida has its primary again during nevada has a primerica board for. the state of maine will last the entire week of february 4. and follow the "road to the white house" . at " we do have more live coverage coming up on c-span at 11:00 eastern today, u.s. conference of mayors continues its 80th winter meeting this week. michael bloomberg talks about education reform this morning in new york. followed by discussion of how other mayors are handling the issue in indianapolis, louisville, denver, and las vegas. we gather tonight at a dramatic and d