a former editor for the post did research on the quote only to find it may have been written by joan walsh first. the postal service says the quote came up in several different interviews that angelou did. it features the activist along with this quote "a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. it sings because it has a song." angelou died last may. >>> >>> here are just some of the stories lighting up social media. a high school basketball player is getting a lot of attention off the court. trey moses decided to ask his pal who has downs syndrome if she would go to the the prom with him. twitter lit up when moses posted photos of them at the prom. he hopes now everyone embraces friends who have special needs. >>> and talking about tweets another thing lighting up media, you can now post comments with your retweet. twitter just announced the new edition that it it has been testing since last summer. you can now share u and comment twout having to shorten the original message. you can join us on twitter. >>> and spoiler alert for you now, that's right, they are leading the vampire die d

quote that says "a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song" joan walsh anglan says it is from her book "a cup of sun" not from "why the caged bird sings" . >>> if you like to drink, this may be for you. the police department in bucks county need 20 volunteers willing to have a few capitolalcoholic drinks under police supervision for practices dui arrests. >>> today was warm. we had showers moving in and tomorrow will be noticeably different from today. rain will stay in the forecast throughout the day. periods of rain, you definitely watch your umbrella before you leave, but temperatures will be noticeably schooler by tomorrow morning. around 40 degrees for parts of the area. and it will stay in the 40s throughout the afternoon in will go all of the way to friday and friday evening. the sun will not be coming out until about the weekend. mid 40s in allentown, mid 40s in pottstown. it is much cooler out this evening. still seeing a few showers on the radar, most of these are in parts of new jersey and delaware. this is where we're seeing light to moderate

joining me now, joan walsh, editor at large for salon.e this story. >> it's a great story. >> there's a few things here. one, it strikes me that rand paul, like chris christie, is someone that likes fighting, likes arguing, likes being in beefs with people. derives some sense of personal satisfaction from it. >> he enjoys it personally and politically. he wants to show to the right that he's a guy who will stand up to female journalists on the one hand and the nra, let's point out, on the other hand. >> the rights of the narrative is, oh, this guy, he's a jerk, like, he's beefing the nra too. >> i've come around to that point too. >> equal opportunity! i'm happy to see that. but, you know, the nra, he's right, in a way, they are being very petty. he does have an a rating and he is a top tier candidate, like it or not. it's sort of strange, unless you look at the nra as a big racket, which it is, and he's with this other racket. on the other hand, the other rackets are really pretty shady operations, too. it's hard for me to be sympathetic

joining me now is joan walsh. heather mcgee.ing more suspect here, pbs or ben affleck? >> i think pbs. i mean i think you can make any request you want. i look bad whatever. but pbs is the one who ultimately allowed it to happen. but i think the fact that ben affleck couldn't look at his own history and say i'm a part of it i'd like to explore it, i want to learn more, makes me feel sad for him and angry. our family has a very sordid past some relatives on my father's side, where my dad's first cousin was one of the architects of the cheney murders and my sister wrote a book about it. so it was an exploration of our own family to see what that was. and people were actually i think happy that we wanted to talk about it and recognize our privilege and history and what that is, so it grosses me out. >> i talked to the great brian stevenson about this. he said well it surprises me that anybody in america doesn't think their ancestors had slaves. this is part of american history and it's a way of talking about it, ben affleck. >> it

and children's author joan walsh england claims the quotation is from her book and not strong angelou'sngs." they responded says dr. angelou was a prolific writer and considered by many to be a wise person with a great deal of life experience. had we known about this issue beforehand, we might have used one of her many other works. >>> cooking to fight cancer. that's what some cooking students in this area are doing to help cancer patients lead healthier lives. katy zachry is live in university city. katy, what is going on with this cooking program? >> reporter: hi, chris. the culinary students are from drexel university. in addition to cooking for their normal school which is hard enough they are creating recipes for cancer patients and invited us to their kitchen to see it being done. students have devised healthy recipes like greek yogurt fettuccini fettuccini alfredo and are developing recipes for those who need to increase their caloric intake. we'll tell you where the cooking classes are taking place and how the cancer patients are responding. reporting live in university city kat

and salon.com's joan walsh. thank you, both for being here tonight. >> thanks, reverend al. >> thank you. >> ambassador let me go to you first. you heard the president's response to the israeli prime minister. what's your take? >> i think it's a tough spot for the president to be in but he's right on the merits of the issue. one thing at a time. we've been -- we vice presidenthaven't talked to iran strategically and continuously for 35 years. we're in negotiations. we have a sure thing. it's not a sure thing, but an opportunity for a final deal by june 30th. we have to focus on preventing iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state then take it from there. obviously the united states should want iran to recognize a state of israel as a jewish state. at some point in the future. but to make that to make that a part of the negotiations and a condition for the negotiations i think, will mean the negotiations will fail. and just one more point to give you some hsistorical perspective when president nixon opened up re

a professor at emerson college flagged the "washington post" that he always thought joan walsh anglin wrote it. she later confirmed that's her quote, with the pronoun changed. the postal service said mayo angelou cited this sentence frequently in media interviews and other forums. even president obama used the quote. >> the late great maya angelou once said, a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. it sings because it has a song. >> reporter: a postal service spokesman told the "washington post," had we known about this issue beforehand, we would have used one of angelou's many other works. >> history, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage need not be lived again. >> reporter: there are plenty to choose from. kate snow, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, how a high schooler went from hitting a language barrier to getting into every ivy league college. >>> it's quite a thing to be able to say harvard is your safety school, or princeton or brown. there's one high school senior from elmont, new york who can say that about any one of them be

they did a little research on the quote only to find it may have been written by joan walsh angelou first. it came in several interviews angelou did. it features her along with the quote a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. it sings because it has a song. angelou died last may. >>> we are now learning which business will take over the old rhino bar space in georgetown. the washington business journal reporting club monaco plans to open a store in the space on m street pretty soon. the retailer said it's revamping the overall style aiming for younger shoppers. rhino bar closed in february after 18 years in business. >>> the fashion police if you will have hit arlington. if you plan on wearing flip-flops in the county, you might want to think again. somebody posted the sign you see here in front of the deli club that said let's not do flip-flops. no one knows who put the sign up. >> good luck with that. you can't enforce wearing flip-flops. >> if you have ugly feet you know it and you need to police it. >> who is going to police that? you going to police it? go around and write tic

which is actually from a book of poems by joan walsh anglund. it's been widely cited as angelou's most quoted quotations. she used it herself in interviews but never claimed ownership of it. the spokesman for the postal service said the sentence was chosen because it had great meaning for angelou. the real author says she hopes the stamp is successful. >>> nancy pelosi is having her leadership abilities questioned. here's carolyn tyler. >> reporter: we caught up with the house minority leader breaking ground on a new housing project in san francisco. the foundation may be cracking in her caucus. on a boston tv show, the democratic representative steve lynch, and michael cap you ano, asked if it's time for nancy pelosi to relinquish her power. in the wake of disastrous losses in the last two midterm elections. >> should she go? >> nancy pelosi will not lead us back into the majority. >> the answer is yes? >> right. >> reporter: pelosi was dismissive today. again it's the least important thing i have to tend to today. >> reporter: the 75-year-old

we know who joan walsh anglin is. shame on me. this happens when i look on-line for my inspirational quotes i post on instagram and twitter. i often get the wrong source. it is usually credited to madonna or one of the help burns. hepburns. it happened to me. i tweeted out a tweet about my ceet, kitty kitty kitty can't you see, sometimes your meows hypnotize me. the drunk cat ladies stole it. they stole it and -- i am saying not a retweet but stole it as if it is their own. they sole it -- >> shame. >> and imagine how you would feel if that -- >> and i didn't get into the "washington post" about mine even though it is about the same. >> the original quote -- the actual quote is a bird does president sing because he has an answer. he sings because he has a song. >> that is kind of boring. >> andy, do you have a song? >> i don't and that's why i don't sing. >> i don't think it matters maya angelou didn't say it. she could have said it. it is an accident. anyone could have said anything. they should have gone with this one. can we pu

it is actually from a collection of poems pie children's book author joan walsh edge left. the postal service defends the decision by saying angelou referenced the line in multiple interviews, paw spokesperson admits "had we known about this issue beforehand, we would have used one of angelou's many other works." >>> north korean leader kim jong unis taking after his father. upi reports on the subject north korean mild and high school students will be taught this year titled kim young un's revolutionary activities, entire chapters dedicated to the leader's childhood achievement including supposedly learning to drive at age 3 and winning a yacht race against all odds when he was 9. the leader's late father once nailed 11 holes in one in a single round of golf, at least according to north korean media. >>> finally, one national guardsman was caught red faced and on camera when he got the surprise of a lifetime. lance fouch said he was expecting to be in the audience during a news conference last week with a senior white house official and dressed accordingly in a white polo.

editor for the book world did a research on the quote only to find it may have been written by joan walshthe quote came up in several interviews angelou did it. features the late author actress, and civil rights act vis. -- activist. maya angelou died last may. >>> in a few hours you can buy capitals playoffs tickets. they go on sale at 11:00 this morning. the nhl hasn't announced any games, dates, or times. they'll do it later today. they go fast. >>> 6:56 four things to know this morning. republican senator rand paul expected to announce he'll run for president. he's speaking to crowds today in kentucky. >>> a university of virginia fraternity is ready to launch legal action over a discredited rolling stone article. the magazine accused the fraternity of gang raping a girl named jackie. >>> the firefighters are working to put out a fire that spark at the roofing company in prince george's county. more than 13 hours ago. the fire caused more than a million dollars in damage and destroyed two fire engines. >>> traffic alert this morning as we keep a close eye on a water main break on rout

children's hospital joan walsh england told the washington post that she wrote it, but the the quote widely been attributed to angelou. >> very interesting. >>> annually on april 7th we raise a glass for national beer day. there is some interesting history behind this holiday. on this day back in 1933, a law went into effect that allowed people to brew and sell beer in the u.s. even they prohibition was in effect at the time. the law was signed by president roosevelt. today beer is the most widely consume alcoholic beverage, in our country. so happy beer day to all. >> cheers. >> yes, cheers to you. >>> time to check your philadelphia jobs market report. >> here is cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. >> we celebrate world health day to day this week and it is worth noting that within of the fastest growing medical professions is a physician's assistant or pa. here in the philadelphia area pa's earn about $86,000. they work on teams with physicians and other providers, and do everything from conducting physicals, counseling patients, and in some cases prescribing medications.

it appears in a 1967 book of poems, a cup of sun by children's author joan walsh england angelou knownuss that line in interviews, that's why the post master general says it chose that one. she even titled her first memoir: i know why the caged bird since. >> coming up: authorities are investigate a south jersey police department after a man died while in custody. the newly-released 911 call could provide a clue as to what happened. plus scary moments in philadelphia's mayoral debate. lynn abraham faints on stage watch doctors say they think happened. >> new clue as they search for three men that kidnapped and assault add jewelry store work nerve center city. the video just released in what investigators say they still cannot see plus more drama than expected at mayoral debate when one of the candidates faints. lynn abraham falling to the floor causing everything to stop. scary moment. we'll tell you how she feeling this morning. >>> police offers nerve south carolina facing murder charges, the piece of evidence that led to his arrest. and let's take live look outside this morning the

news & world report," salon.com joan walsh and msnbc contributor victoria defrancesco soto. here. >> thank you, reverend. >> it was the week of hillary clinton. she launched her campaign meeting with voters in iowa and sounded a lot like president obama talking about economic fairness, but here's the headline from politico today. clinton's real opponent is president obama. now, i disagree with that but many are wondering how much she will embrace the president on the trail. they have a long history from those fierce debates in 2008 to becoming secretary of state, to being together on unforgettable nights in the situation room and they agree on all the big issue health care immigration, same-sex marriage free community college and equal pay for women. the president was asked this week about how she will do. >> i think she will do great. i've known her for a very long time. we had a really tough primary in 2008 and i saw firsthand how tenacious and determined and compassionate she is when it comes to the issues facing the middle class and she was an outstanding secretary of st

. >> now let me bring in joan walsh of salon.com. >>.ng here. >> thank you for having me. >> what message does it send to the american people that it has taken 163 days to vote on loretta lynch? >> it is the justice department. maybe they don't care about justice. that's what i get to. senator sanders is right. this is an unpress denltd level of obstruction. and i lay it at the feet of mitch mcconnell who says we will do it differently. it really does look like loretta lynch has the votes the confirm her. she has at least five republican supporters. the question is will mitch mcconnell bring it to a vote. >> i'm glad you brought that up. when mitch mcconnell became majority leader he made a huge big deal. a huge deal about how well the senate would function. listen to this. >> i heard a lot of discussion about dysfunction in washington. i think there are a lot of people who believe that just because you have divided government that doesn't mean you don't accomplish anything. the senate in the last few years doesn't do anything. we don't

congressman harold ford and salon's joan walsh and let me ask you about this, a battle among people whomostly progressives. most of the progressives are against this fight. what do you think? >> i hope the president prevails. many of the concerns raised by my former congress and debby and i served in the congress are legitimate concerns. let's try to address them quick. one, with regard to currency. remember, we engaged in extensive bond buying here in the u.s. in '09 to create monetary easing to revive investment and spending and it did it. now you have the european central bank and the bank of japan doing the same thing for their economies. hopefully we'll stimulate spending there and give people more power to buy things which we do export our goods there we'll be able to buy them. two, we talk about the labor concerns and environmental concerns. this is the strongest labor and environmental concern package of protections that we've seen in any trade agreement, to the president's point he made earlier. three, when people talk about trade, trade agreements and trade are different. some

joan walsh anglin told "the washington post" she wrote the punctuation, exception the pronouns were changedhe postal service says maya angelou cited this quote frequently. but a spoerks person said had we known about this before hand we would have used one of dr. angelou's many other quotes. do you think the post office should reprint the forever maya angelou stamp? go to newsnation.msnbc.com. turning now to what's becoming a dynasty in women athletics. >> uconn has done it again for the tenth time. they are the champions. >> so the university of connecticut women's basketball team continues to rewrite the record books, winning their third straight ncaa championship in a row and tenth overall. they beat notre dame in last night's game. it is the tenth championship for head coach geno auriemma i always mess up his last name, forgive me. that ties john wooden for most titles. and basketball is not the only sport where women are making history this year. three female african-american collegiate swimmers finished in the top three slots during the ncaa national swimming championship. now, it was

children's book author joan walsh anglund said she wrote it first in a book of poems published in 1967she said she did not mind it was identified with my angelo because she said she hoped that her writing would sub a subliminally affect people and shape children as she has written it as a children's book. for more, we're joined now by tavis smiley. he's speaking today at the new york public library at noon, then at the union square barnes & nobles at 7:30 pm. the book, "my journey with maya" is co-written with david ritz is now being adapted for broadway by kenny leon, the tony award-winning director of "a raisin in the sun." tavis smiley, welcome to democracy now! tavis: good to see you. amy: congratulations on this lovely book. when you first meet maya? amy:tavis: when i was 21, i was an aide to the mayor of los my city, and as aides are assigned to do, i had the honor to present her a letter, a proclamation, and i was literally in her presence for just five minutes, amy, but enough five minutes, i felt something so powerful and so strong that i vowed to myself at some point in my li

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author joan walsh anglin put that in a book of poems called a cup of sun.that's the difference. the quote has been attributed to dr. angelou and even the president used it in the past. the postal service said had we known about it beforehand we would have used one of her many other quotes. the question is do you think they should replace the words on the stamp in what do you think? >> it's such a shame because there so many many wonderful quotes. >> can they preach the value of that stamp? >> that's a collector's woman now. you can fit a whole quote on a stamp. coming up a live performance from one of our favorite musical guests. flo rida is here. >> why scott eastwood always seems to be shirtless. no problems there right? >> because he can. >> first your local news and you're finally here. long way from the sandlot. first game in the majors? you don't know "aarp". because this family is enjoying a cross-country baseball stadium trip they planned online at aarp travel. it's where your journey begins with inspiration, planning, booking, and hot travel tips f