talking about john mayer.usic. i think he is a genius. i find the interview fascinate fascinating. >> he was interesting. >> it is kanye west -- >> he is the musical onion. >> he is the nucleus. it felt like one giant humble brag. do you think he has reconciled with fame or is it this 12-step process? >> does the audience know about your music hipster cred? >> nobody thinks i have hipster cred. >> she gave kanye's his first cover. >> i was on the staff of a magazine that give kanye his first cover. >> you know music and you know john mayer is a real musician. at his heart, that is what he is. that is what he cares about. he is a guitar prodigy. he can play with ed sheeran without missing a beat. maybe a little self-reflective about it or a lot self-reflective about it. >> there's a congratulatory aspect. i applaud him for knowing that fame is toxic and sort of putting the battle front and center. >> it is out there front and center. he is very transparent. maybe even too a fault. there are people who respond t

coming up john mayer on his personal change.y reputation and talks about getting back to the music. >> then triumph over tragedy. fashion blogger lauren scruggs kennedy after a recovery from a near deadly accident and how she found faith, love and the true meaning of beauty. the man behind the hit, hozier takes us to church as he makes a debut live in studio 1a march 6th, 2015. . >> good morning. we are on the "today" show. >> good morning long island hi mom. >> i'm from south carolina! >> good morning, boulder high. we are on "today." >> an hour delay. >> two hours of sleep. >> we are still here because we love the "today" show. >> good morning, everyone. welcome back to "today." it's friday. there is the cold out here on the plaza. >> you know it's cold when al breaks out the canada goose. >> you want to know the craziest people on the plaza? these folks over here. they are from puerto rico. they came here. why? why did you come here? >> to celebrate our 40th birthday. thank you. thank you! >> how about we go to puerto rico? >

>>a i rare and candid interview from john mayer.self an addicted ego addict. >> the closely watched court case with two high profile musicians the battle over the song blurred lines. >> it's a waiting game for the case over their song in the hands of the jury. at issue, did the 2013 mega hit blurred lines copy marvin gay's 1977 tune got to give it up? at one point the trial felt more like a concert, playing the piano medley trying to demonstrate songs can have similar medleys and cores without copying each other. >> i think people might have gotten more caught up in his showmanship. >> he testified that despite past statements he did not write blurred lines, saying the session i was drunk and high and i don't recall how the session went. he took the stand too saying he did not think of gaye when creating the song. i must have been channelling that late 70s feeling. >> he said to feel is not to copyright infringe. >> both used music colleges to dissect them looking for similarities and differences between the songs. gaye's family tes

you got this. >>> john mayer is a seventime grammy winner, and a prestigious guitarist.or making headlines than for making music, from tabloid stories to a notorious playboy tell-all interview. then he started to build a quieter life in montana. i caught up with him as he works on a new deeply personal album and tries to put the focus back on his very first love. >> when i discovered the guitar when i was 13. all of the creative energy went into that. so i was sitting in class writing lyrics. i was in math class in one of those uneven desks writing lyrics. >> there's a story that "back to the future" had a part. >> that was the big thing for a lot of kids. and that for me was like the moment the nerd gets revenge, right? like, who is this nerdy marty mcfly kid and he -- >> blows people's mind? >> yes. which is a child fantasy, being the quiet kid in the -- >> were you the quiet kid? >> that's a good question. by day, i was a mild-mannered kid who nobody really saw. and then by night, i would be in a room listening to charlie parker and john koltrain and freddy king and j

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[applause] the recipient of this year's national book critic biography prize is john mayer [applause] and i'll read the citation. john mayer brings fiber opposed on a critic ackerman to his biography of one of the grace of the 20th century american theater. they must be in theatrical strokes. his is not a scholar, a dry biography by a deep reading of the notebooks as well as interviews with friends and collaborators is a gloriously flourish subtitle. the words are williamstown suggests williams, the useful quest of knowledge, the blur of alcohol and jackson at later years the book is that hard a psychological study probing how the playwright refashion his life experience is and psychological states into great dramatic works such as the glass menagerie, a streetcar named desire and cat on a hot tin roof. laura identifies an artistic reverting the subject of a time that seems rare in today's commercial theater. until his last breath sources weren't clamorous battle. to feel needed and salvation. congratulations to john marr. [applause] >> lars tends to want to get on the stage early and

stevie wonder patty smith and john mayer will be taking part in the ceremonies for bill withers, the late lou reid and late stevie ray vaughn. alison: back here at home, d.u.i. checkpoints were common sights across the country on st. patrick's day. but at the one near the intersection of bestgate road and route 50 in annapolis, a driver didn't stop and ended hitting three other cars. maryland bureau chief brad bell has video of the aftermath you'll see only on 7. brad: a man visiting a friend shot this video of the aftermath of a pursuit. you can see the suspect's car fully engulfed in flames and just off to the right, you can see the car he slammed into. tiffany caper's car. >> i don't know if i blacked out or what. all i remember is hearing like a big loud bang. brad: she and her boyfriend had no time to react. stopped at a light, they saw the speeding car and police in hot pursuit headed their way. >> the police like just swarm the car with the guns out. and then they grabbed the guy out and burst into flames. >> three or four seconds later the whole car was like engulfed. brad: t

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. ♪ just ask katy perry and john mayer or new york city mayor bill de blasio or well, most people.om but use it incorrectly. can't live up to the -- i admit i feel funny when i use the word whom as i'm talking to my diapered children, but i persist, why? well we'll get to that in a moment. first a quick primer. whom is an object. it replaces him or her. we're supposed to say whom do you love because the answer is, i love him. or her. we do not say i love he or she. i don't mean to sound pedantic and i certainly don't have perfect grammar. but sloppy grammar is a slippery slope. are you going to leave the ly off your adverbs? that's real sloppy. start your nouns and verbs from having conjugal visits. you lose whom and maybe you gonna stop speakin' good. i'm not the only one who feels a passion for grammar. there is a group ecuador who corrects graffiti with spay paint in the dead of night. the local police have not arrested these grammar police they may be doing god's work or at least the work of a middle school teacher. very few americans myself included, speak more than one langua

john street. he also ran for mayer in 2007 and 2011. >>> we reached out to milton street for a comment, but have not heard back. but he told a philadelphia inquirer that the legal challenge was sad and frivolous. >>> while one candidate was challenged yesterday, another was endorsed. the teachers union announced it will support jim kenny. kenny and street are among the six democratic candidates for the philadelphia mayor. the others are lynne abraham, nelson diaz bud oliver and anthony williams. before you vote in the primary on may 19th, nbc 10 will get the answers you need from the candidates. we're partnering with the greater philadelphia chamber of commerce for the first mayoral debate. jim rosenfield will moderate that on tuesday, april 7th, from the kimmel center. watch it live here on nbc 10. and if you have a question for the candidates let us know. submit them right now on nbc10.com or the nbc 10 app. >>> atlantic city officials unveil plans to regamvamp gardener's basin. these spots are prime real estate in atlantic city. nbc 10 got our first look at the resort's conceptual plans for the a

emily: you think marissa mayer is doing a good job? john: i think it is a reasonable job.now her very well. met a couple of times. yes. emily: you are also a father. you have four kids. what kind of a parent are you? john: i'm close to my children and i always enjoy time with them. i do not spend a lot of time with them, unfortunately because of the nature of the job, running around the world. thankfully, they all grew up pretty good. i feel good about it. emily: how do they feel about you living half here and half in canada? john: i think my wife loves it. we have been married 34 years. you know, i think she is, the time she does not want to see me every day. it is good. if i go home early, she always says, what's wrong? you are not feeling well? i say, i just want to come home early. i am serious. i am not making any of this up. anyway, they support me. if i'm happy, they're just fine. emily: what's an app you can't live without? john: e-mail. emily: facebook or twitter? john: neither. emily: why not? john: i tried it. i got so hooked on it. i'm spending an entire living

john rawlins has been following this story. he'll have more details including how police say mayer was caught.that's coming up in a live report tonight at 5:00. >>> three people are in the hospital after a shooting this afternoon in brewerytown. it happened on the 2600 block of ingersoll street. police say all three men are in their 20's. they're all expected to survive. police say they found a gun near stillman and master streets but so far they have not arrested anyone. >> it is time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. a little chill in the air but. >> a little chill but some sun peaking through. cecily ties in for adam joseph. >> we have a lost clouds and temperatures, they're seasonable. right now it's 53 degrees in philadelphia. look to the south and the west though. there's some very warm air washington, d.c. it's 64, richmond virginia it's 71 degrees. there's a warm front that's trying to move into our region but it's really having a tough time doing so and as it's moving in, you see all that cloud cover that's spilling over our region, a lot of high thin clouds especially but

john legere should take over yahoo!. would you mine if marissa mayer takes over yahoo!?g. still owns finance. still owns that vertical tumbler is a terrific vertical. i'm not a pr person for her but i'm a pr person for a stock valued at zero ex-alibaba. >> my favorite graph, increase in corporate cash a third is yahoo! having made their investment more liquid. >> huge chunk is yahoo! >> great piece of data. >> dow's down 70 points. let get to bob pisani. >> good morning. after a fantastic day yesterday, historic day you could argue, everything's reversed again. back to where we were two days ago. let's look at key sectors and key commodities. s&p down the dollar is stronger against the euro. and oil is down. what else is new? so not surprisingly the weak link today, down the dow, down in the nas sack and s&p, oil stocks. your usual names, dan bury rigs chesapeake it's ground hog day here every day with these names. this is the way we start our day, i think it's the law. down 3% in energy. are we at the start of a tightening cycle? we couldn't get any conclusion. seem to

john chen is with us in just a moment. >>> plus, yahoo! announcing a new share buyback boosting yahoo! shares. but what does that mean for activists in the stock and for the ceo marissa mayer>>> and hulk hogan comes to "squawk alley" later in the hour ahead of wrestlemania taking part this weekend. markets are near session highs. we'll be back in a minute. t. sometimes romantic. there were tears in my eyes. and tears in my eyes. and so many little things that we learned were really the biggest things. through it all, we saved and had a retirement plan. and someone who listened and helped us along the way. because we always knew that someday the future would be the present. every someday needs a plan. talk with us about your retirement today. now with the you can watch live tv anytime. it's never been easier with so many networks all in one place. get live tv whenever you want. the xfinity tv go app. now with live tv on the go. enjoy over wifi or on verizon wireless 4g lte. plus enjoy special savings when you purchase any new verizon wireless smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. >>> welcome back. blackberry's surprising the street for

mayer? >> yes. >> with aaron hernandez on the team ? >> yes. >> do you feelrecall that in 2009 aaron hernandez was a first team all american at florida? >> yes. >> do you recall in 2009 he won the john as best college tight end in football? >> objection oh. >> you may answer. >> i don't follow all those details. i knew he was very good. >> and when aaron signed with the patriots do you recall that he had a productive rookie season -- a successful rookie season, sir? >> yes. >> and that was followed by another season where your team the patriots went to the super bowl. isn't that right? >> yes. >> and aaron was part of that team. >> yes. >> now when you and aaron would see each other, you had a bit of a special greeting, didn't you? >> yes. >> what was that, sir? >> he would always hug and kiss me. >> after that super bowl season your organization made an investment in aaron, didn't it? >> yesment . >> specifically in august of 2012 the new england patriots signed aaron to a long-term contract, didn't they? >> yes. >> that contract was to run through the 2018 season. isn't that right? >> yes. >> and the maximum -- >> i'm not sure. i don't know if there were options involved. i don't