singer steven tyler is now 63; lead guitarist joe perry, 61. you've been described as the...t how you feel? >> joe perry: we've been around long enough that we... we have seniority. ( laughs ) i don't know. there have been other bands that have... that have been great, you know, and come and gone. but we're still here. >> logan: backstage, all five members make accommodations for their age before every show-- 61-year-old drummer joey kramer tapes his hands to prevent blisters. 60-year-old guitarist brad whitford gets help loosening up a tight shoulder, and 60-year- old bassist tom hamilton protects his precious hearing. without those, would you be deaf by now? >> hamilton: i went for a long time, you know, playing... you know, standing next to joey, our drummer. ( laughter ) >> logan: is he really loud? >> hamilton: oh, he is horrendous. >> logan: hamilton has survived throat cancer; kramer, a nervous breakdown; all five of them, severe drug and alcohol abuse. they told us they're all clean now... >> tyler: ( screams ) >> logan: but steven tyler's health remains an ongoing th

joe perry. jesse ventura, former minnesota governor. that's an eclectic mix too.at speaks volumes about his libertarian point of view. because of the youth. he's attracting a lot of young kids who are interested in his views. >> and we can assume maybe why snoop dogg likes him. we'll leave that one out there to dangle. >> quickly, though, how much of an advantage does obama have going into the campaign considering all support and money and in terms of like social media? >> nobody can celt message better than a celebrity. and a celebrity endorsement like lady gaga is worth millions of dollars. president obama has hundreds of those artists lined up. so he can certainly counterbalance what the republicans are doing with the super pacs and all the money they're generating right now with all these countless numbers of celebrities who are supporting president obama. >> it says a lot, too, about our culture, we have celebrities who can have that kind of impact. america. >> celebrity obsessed. >> real good to have you. >> thank you. >> it's good touching you. usually it's

wrong. >> joining me know joe klein and melissa harris perry. both for joining me tonight. joe, your "time" magazine piece this week is entitled the hair fire manifesto, derived from something mitt romney said about lighting his hair on fire. we should also listen to that right now. >> we've seen throughout the campaign if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are accusative and attacking of president obama, that you're going to jump up in the polls. i'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try to get support. >> melissa, he's burned all of his pair off trying to get support. there's not a hair left on his head. >> he sets out on fire, he puts it out. he sets it on fire. he puts it out. >> and he's pretending he hasn't been accusative of the president on anything. this is crazy. >> he hasn't called him a secret muslim. >> that's right. or a non citizen. that now counts as moderation. >> the greatest attack on the freedom of this country. >> he's a -- arsonist. we learned something really important this week, and it was a first ti

perry bay con, editor, and republican strategist joe watkins. good morning to all of you. perry, i want to start with you. no matter how much someone likes the president, there's frustration. that's going to trump how much they like him. john goodman has a great line saying "only fools put themselves between the american lelectorate and the gas guzzlin suvs." >> i think the president needs to articulate a policy. i'm not sure that he also between now and november gas prices will go down during that time. but the key is to make sure he has a policy that he's trying to address the problem and not just talking about it it. >> it's easy to make the president the political target about gas prices. people know the influence or lack thereof that the president has. are republicans going to make this a bigger issue if the president is able to tackle gas prices and get them down closer in november? >> of course, we know that presidents have limited ability to change gas prices, but as they say in politics issue the buck stops at the president's desk. i know that presidents get the bl

perry on the rebound. 3-2 duck. blue lane 4-2. red burns fires. joe redirect to make it 4-3 then kyle on the second effort.sible angle on disappointing night in san jose. baseball giants off today. a's a win over the d backs. ramirez. l needless to say this would be a night that joe lake ham will not forget. a moment like this years ago with chris khoen at the all star game. this is very similar. >> unfortunately tonight chris mullins weren't forget either staples for the wrong reason. >> fans thinking they were messing up lake ham they were hurting chris mull lip but when you spend 4 50 million dollars. running big company you are not used to this. >> let's hope the warriors win tonight at the least. that's this edition of 7 news at 9:00. on tv 20, for all of us here thanks so much for watching appreciate your time see

one of them at tyler perry's home, another at perry's studio where celo green will perform. >>> vice president joe the campaign trail on behalf of his boss, telling ohio workers in hi if they elect a republican, middle class america will pay. >> our philosophy, ours is one that values the workers in the success of a business. it values the middle class in the success of our economy. simply stated, we're about promoting the private sector. they're about protecting the privileged sector. >> getting back against the gop claims that this administration is against business. the speech was the first of four events the obama campaign has planned for biden in the coming weeks. >>> let's get a quick check of the weather now. meteorologist rob marciano joins us. >> in michigan, a tornado touching down in ann harbor. it did damage to a neighborhood. luckily no serious injuries or fatalities but certainly putting a scare on the folks there as this happened during the dusk hours yesterday evening. one of three has mentioned tornadoes. over 200 hail reports yesterday. all of this stemmed by or spawned by all th

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very well with perry jones iii and kentucky still, even though here's the side bar, kentucky and the sec conference tournament, 12 for 53 shooting threes, i would play them like playing joen new orleans. >> i'm more identifying with and i played with you and my six foot putt is usually an air ball. not my shot. all right, good. >> i got to go to the west. >> finally, finish that. >> michigan state, they got the easiest seeds out there. why? michigan state is strong, physical, blue collar team, dramn brown is the coach on the floor, tom izzo the picasso of basketball. marquette and louisville there's no beast in the big east this year but missouri if they get in rebounding trouble which they will or foul trouble because kansas state beat them race to, green and company is too strong. ratliff can be in foul trouble on the bench, that's why i have michigan state going. here is your 12-5 upset to get to the sweet 16. long beach state will take care of business against new mexico. then they'd have a second round matchup against louisville. long beach stayed back when, preseason. they played everybody and lost by eight to north carolina at caroli carolina. they lost by six at