the king of copan. eighteen rabbit is captured by cauac-sky who sacrifices him in 738 and then never ceases to brag about it afterwards. all of his monuments -- which become much larger and more grandiose even though his political system is a fairly small one -- mention the fact that he captured the glorious king of copan eighteen rabbit. keach: by erecting stelae, cauac-sky capitalizes on the sacrifice. his prestige increases and his tiny kingdom grows but he does not take over copan. he simply does not have the manpower to conquer the larger kingdom. at copan, not much happens. life for most people goes on as before. a new king is installed, but he keeps a low profile. he erects no temples or stelae. but archaeologists imagine that behind the scenes the royal family is busy trying to figure out how to restore their lost prestige. they settle on an imaginative scheme -- a media campaign and a grand building project. the building is a pyramid with a magnificent stairway. the steps are inscribed with hie

the rodney king verdict and the l.a. riots in 1992. >> flames and violence have erupted in south central in the not guilty verdict in the rodney king trial. a verdict that even the men of los angeles condemned. tonight flames are visible in several areas as entire buildings burn fiercely. the results of fire bombs from crowds. and tom bradley asked governor wilson to send in the national guard. >> hello everyone and welcome to second look. i'm frank somerville. the protests that happened last week come from many years ago. the grainy video included indisputable proof of police brutality. >> reporter: it began with a 100-mile an hour chase according to the highway patrol and ended with los angeles police officers beating clubbing and stomping on the head of a 25-year-old black man, rodney king. >> he was lying face down, spread out. and when he was in that position then they started hitting him. at that point he got up and tried to get away that's when i got out with a camera and started filming. >> reporter: witnesses in

we go back now to the tributes that are pouring in for king of blues b.b. king.friend and legendary blues guitarist buddy guy joins us on the phone and here in studio alex gael senior editor for "billboard." mr. guy, thank you so much for joining us again. >> well thank you. i can't hardly hear you now. i don't know what happened when y'all switched it. i barely can hear you but i'll try to do my best. >> i want to get your thoughts on b.b. king passing your friendship and what he meant to music. >> well, to be honest with you, without b.b. king i don't think you'd be talking to me or no one else this morning. b.b. king taking the guitar from the music store shelf to the owner of the music store would tell you, i don't know, just make me an offer. because what nobody playing, wasn't exposed like he did. and after he made "3 o'clock in the morning" they changed that, they told you what the price was. i told all the guitar companies, i'm familiar with i say give b.b. king a percentage of every guitar you sell because he set the price of the guitar. when you used to

king to janice joplin. the 1960s hosted one of the biggest musical talents of all time. john wenner one of the cofounders of rolling stone magazine says the city was a musicians dream in part because those who lived in the city embraced new things. but he said the police played an important role as well. >> it's a warm, supportive friendly city that's historically the bohemian, the beat. poetry, jazz and similarly today it supports rock & roll. it's the only place where the police in san francisco are reasonable enough or subject to enough public pressure on the part of the newspapers not to close down a rock & roll club. where in cities throughout cities police shut down. >>> janice joplin sat down with ktvu's gary park. >> janice you have broken it up but every place from the street fair to the avalons. you particularly seem far more elated after people jumped to their feet and started dancing and jumped up on their chairs. >> it's groovy playing in every one of those places. but we played the avalon and

king 18 rabbit built more than any other copan king, before or after him, according to william sanderswould be the time when the power of the lineage heads was at its weakest and the power of the central authority was at it's highest, the power of the king was at its highest in copan's history. keach: but even then royal power was limited, according to archaeologist and co-director of several copan excavations david webster. webster: i think power is the ability of leaders to coerce people into doing things they don't want to do. you get power like that generally in one of two ways -- by having some kind of force or threat of force behind your demands, like a military force. or you get power by having something -- land, water, some scarce resource that other people need, and you manipulate them that way. i don't think maya kings were powerful in either sense. keach: the kings ruled not so much through power but through their authority to settle disputes spearhead the common defense and control some land. they also gained enormous prestige by redistributing precious goods and by leading

king. the world honors the blues legend. i will talk about his life and legacy with some legends in their own right. stay with us. ♪ sfx: engine sounds introducing the new can-am spyder f3. with a cruising riding position and the most advanced vehicle stability system in the industry... ...you'll ride with a feeling of complete freedom and confidence. visit your can-am spyder dealer and test drive one today. the new spyder f3. riding has evolved. >> coming up, jeb bush has had a tough week and he has plenty of gop rivals eager to knock him out of the race before he officially gets in. it's a crowded field and we'll talk about it with former rnc chairman michael steele ahead. signs of damage in your home. are you sure you're not ignoring them in your body? even if you're treating your crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis an occasional flare may be a sign of damaging inflammation. and if you ignore the signs, the more debilitating your symptoms could become. learn more about the role damagin

king. legendary blues man released over 50 albums with hit songs such as "the thrill is gone" and "let the good times roll." >> born riley b. king in mississippi, he worked in the cotton fields before embarking on his musical career. he began recording in the 1940s and became known as blues boy king and then more simply b.b. king. in 1956 at the height of his popularity, he played an astonishing 342 one-night stand. he continued a rigorous touring schedule into his 80s. king's persistence and passion for the blues paid off. winning 15 grammies. >> it always feels very, very good to go on stage. whether you win or a grammy or not. >> throughout the years, king worked with various artist like u2 on the song "when love comes to town" and withering clapton on the song "riding with the king." >> get the chance it learn a lot of great things from people that have so much going for them today. >> reporter: in 1987 he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame and was given a spot on the holl

king.te geraldino in philadelphia. thank you. >>> make sure to watch our special report detrailed: how safe are america's trains? >>> prosecutors say in another train accident there will be no criminal charges against the engineer at the controls during a derailment in new york in 2013. he was sleep derived and dozed off at the controls. the crash killed four people and injured 70 others. the ntsb says undiagnosed sleep apnea, and a drastic shift in his work schedule were to blame. >>> in boston jurors are deliberating for a third day on how to charge tsarnaev. the prosecution says he showed no remorse. the defense argues that he was under the influence of his older brother. >>> the remembrances are rolling in for blues ledge end b.b. king. president obama put out a statement saying: john henry smith has more on king's life and legacy. ♪ >>> from sharecropper to superstar, in a career that spanned seven decades, b.b. king staked his claim as the greatest blues guitarist of all time. he grew

>>> and the king of the blues is gone. tonight, we remember the legendary b.b. king. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. what a crushing weight of responsibility to decide whether someone lives or dies. tonight, a boston jury who saw every gruesome picture, heard every heartbreaking story of loss and suffering, has spoken on the fate of marathon bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev, unanimously voting that he be put to death for his crimes. four people died in the attack and aftermath, over 200 injured. some of those who survived are speaking out about the verdict. nbc's pete williams has been covering this story from the start. he's outside the courthouse now. pete, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the jury deliberated just 15 hours after four weeks of testimony in this penalty phase of the trial, rejecting a plea from defense lawyers to send him to prison for life. [ explosion ] dzhokhar tsarnaev becomes the first person in the

king.vernight in las vegas following several weeks in hospice care. he'd continued to perform until last october, when he cancelled a tour citing complications from diabetes. jeffrey brown has our tribute. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> brown: the song: "the thrill is gone." the voice and the guitar playing: unmistakably belonging to the man who brought the blues to a mass audience, b.b. king. for more than six decades, often averaging more than 300 performances a year, king was one of the most beloved and respected musicians in the world. playing his trademark gibson guitar, which he named "lucille," he created a style and sound all his own. i got a chance to join king on the road, literally on his bus in 2005. >> people think that because you sing the blues, you're boo-hoo- hoo. but all our wives don't leave. we are just like everybody else. we're people, and to me blues is life, has to do with people, places and things. and as long as we live and there are people, we will have blues. ♪ ♪ >> brown: today, pr

[applause] steve king: so often, there will be things come out in the press that says steve king is anti-immigrantatement i have ever made that would support that allegation. they are trying to get you not to be able to think straight. you do, they don't. you think straight, they don't think straight. there is a way i can make an accommodation. i did this in a debate when an opponent challenged me. i said i am for open borders. that did get their attention. i said every time letting immigrant in, we will deport a leftist. i will make that deal all day long. [applause] steve king: we can build an even greater country if we can do that. we will ruin a lot of others by shipping them out. but we can build an even greater country. here is what i'm going to ask you to do, what i do. this country needs its soul restored. it has been badly damaged over the past six years. my prayer is that god raises up a leader whom he will use to restore the soul of america. god bless you all. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> how about that steve king? [applause] >> our next speaker is someone who knows how to communicate our conserva

king. >> reporter: king rewrote the book of blues with his cocomplex spring bends inspiring thousandsgave his guitars the same name lucille. he had 15 grammys to his name and was in both the blues and rock and roll halls of fame. ♪ >> reporter: b.b. king died in his sleep, age 89. ♪ [ applause ] >>> coming up next on this broadcast, eight dead in philadelphia, just one of several railroad accidents in the united states. our special report derailed: how safe are america's trains? al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. ♪ >>> out of control in philadelphia. >> and we just rolled and rolled, and the next thing i knew we were pushing out the emergency exsit. >> and i was outside and there were people screaming and bleeding. >> was it mechanic human error or somet

senator king. senator king: one of the phrases struck a cord with me. raises the question of intelligence. and general keen, would you comment, do we have adequate intelligence, do we have any intelligence and have we become too reliable on signal intelligence and therefore don't have human beings giving us the information? general keane: it is put to the military leaders when they come in here because they have the details of it. but this much i do know. my sensing from talking to my sources is the intelligence function is not robust enough. and yes, we are relying on national intelligence sources and some regional intelligence sources. some of that is surveillance and some of that is signals intelligence as well. but there's a lot more that we can do to assist them. we use surveillance a lot to assist the use of air power because it's not controlled by forward air controllers. we need different kinds of surveillance in there to assist grouped forces. when we were fighting in iraq and now finishing up in afghanistan, our maneuver units used different k

. >> reporter: bb king died in his sleep. age 89. >> bye-bye bb king.f you want to find out any more about any of the stories, today, you can log on to our website, aljazeera.com. >> the wreckage of a u.s. military helicopter found in nepal after going missing with six marines onboard. >> federal investigators ask why an amtrak train sped up just before a crash in philadelphia. the questions they have for the train's engineer. ♪ remembering bb king, who grew up to influence rock stars. >> this is aljazeera america good morning live from new york city i'm random pinkston. we begin to developing news out of nepal this morning. a u.s. team has found the wreckage of a marine helicopter that was missing. it was spotted in eastern nepal. six u.s. marines and two nepal soldiers were onboard. they found two bodies, but there is no chance of survivors. the marines are beginning an investigation and asking the site. we will have more in our next hour. >> one of the eight people killed in tuesday's amtrak crash in philadelphia will be laid to rest today justin's f

bb king has died at the age of 89. also coming up in the program $10 billion worth of bilateral deals. we will have the latest from a visit to -- plus "mad max" bit of the carpet on thursday. now the latest on woody allen's offering today, and natalie portman's debut as a director. mali: we begin with the failed coup attempt in burundi. president new currencies a -- president new currencies a -- several other reveling generals also taken into custody on friday. the president claimed he is back in the country but has not been seen yet. for more on the developing story, we go to duncan woodside in the capital. we have seen things move quite quickly in the past 24 hours. what is the latest? duncan: i hope you can hear me because the line at my end is very bad. what i can tell you is that it is agreed by the willing party by the authorities here that major general godefroid niyombare is on the run, contrary to prior rumors that he had been arrested. it is rumored arrests were created because -- molly: my apologies for inte

king. south side west side everybody loved b.b. king.g everyone could come together on. >> his trademark gibson guitars the same name, lucille 15 grammies to his name, in both the blues and the rom n roll hall of fame. b.b. king died in his sleep age 89. >>> i'm "ali velshi on target." a co-worker can make your job a living hell with no law in place to stop them. mental illness, the big secret you'd never tell your boss about for fear of getting fired. >>> unless you are the boss, you have little say in who you work with. sure, you could leave if you don't like it. it's tough to leave a pay check or the benefits behind these days. if you are being bullied at work, leaving or taking it may be your only options.

king. homes, villages are gone. people were standing on top of the crumbled homes waving hoping we can pick them up. that is what these heros were doing. trying to help people. they have been added to the victims of the tragedy here in nepal. we got a new death toll. more than 8,400 people have died in the strong earthquakes. we can add three others on the helicopter to the list. >> at least. will thank you for that. important to remember one of the major roles of the u.s. military is disaster relief. something we do routinely. there's military training budgets so people can be out there trying to help around the world when needed. so sad when helping leads to the fatality fatalities. thank you, will. >>> new information this morning on the crash of amtrak 188. the engineer driving the train agreed to be interviewed by the ntsb. 32-year-old brandon bostian was at the controls when the train derailed in philadelphia killing eight people and injuring more than 200. officials hope bostian can

king.got good music on my radio ♪ >> the boy from mississippi, who grew up to influence rock stars, and small boats, really small boats take on big oil. environmental activists in seattle trying to stop deep sea drilling planned for the arctic. >>> welcome back. it is 10:44 eastern. calm on the streelts of burundi's capitol today. the government arrested a group of army leaders they say lead the attempted coup. the u.s. has closed its embassy for the day. columbia has ordered a stop to the spraying of herbicide on cocaine crops. the world health organization says the chemicals can cause diseases including cancer. >>> the remembrances are rolling in for blues legend b.b. king. he died in his home in las vegas where he was in hospice care. >> reporter: from sharecropper to superstar. in a career that spanned seven decades. b.b. king staked his claim as the greatest blues guitarist of all time. born riley b king in 1925. he grew up poor in mississippi, where he started working in the fields pi

riley king, better known as b.b. king died may 14 at his home while under hospice care.anager laverne tony worked with king for nearly four decades. tony retained legal control, including power of attorney over king's affairs. one week before her father died, karen williams went before a judge trying to get that control back. she said relatives were being kept out of her father's gated community. >> he's dying and they were like, why shouldn't family be allowed to visit him. why shouldn't we be with our our grandfather, our uncle in his last days. >> reporter: investigators found he was being abuse. the death investigation comes as the family plans to return king to eternal rest in the mississippi delta. >> the children want answers. that's all they want and they want to be at peace. >> that was michele miller reporting. >>> another proposed big merger in the cable industry. charter communications confirms its buying times warner cable for more than $55 billion. if the deal goes through, the company would be the second largest cable and broadband operator in the country.

king always let his fingers do the flying, and lived up to his nickname the king of the blues.gham, cbs news. >> b.b. king received his last grammy in 2009. the award was in the traditional blues album category for "one kind of favor." >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell will personally hear tom brady's appeal of his four game suspension for using deflated footballs in the afc championship game. the nfl players' association publicly pushed for the commissioner to appoint a neutral arbitrator to consider the case. but that will not be the case if the suspension is upheld, brady will miss four games of the new england patriots' season next year. brady has since hired a lawyer who has successfully battled the nfl in previous cases if it goes to court. >>> the washington wizards will attempt to even the playoff series tonight with the atlanta talks, game six tips off at verizon center and john wall will be back on the court despite those fractures in his hand. he says he felt fine after making his return in the game five where they lost. if washington wins, game seven would be monda

king.>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston in for tony harris. military officials say there are likely no survivors from the crash of a u.s. marine helicopter crash in nepal. the chopper disappeared on tuesday, located in rugged terrain in eastern nepal. >> our prayers remain with the families of our marines and two nepalese soldiers now that the wreckage of their helicopter has been found in a remote part of nepal. they went to that remote land to help people who suffered devastating losses in the terrible earthquake. they represented truth that guides our work around the world when our friends are in need america helps. sometimes those in uniform get attention only when there's a battle but they do so much more than that looking out for folks who are vulnerable or having a tough time experienced a disaster and it can involve great risk and great sacrifice. >> the crash site is an elevation of some 11,000 feet. recovery efforts have been suspended beca

king >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. two years after he helped to carry out the bombings of the boston marathon, a jury of 7 women and 5 men decided dzhokhar tsarnaev should pay with his life. >> today the jury has spoken, and dzhokhar tsarnaev will pay with his life for his crimes. >> reporter: sentenced to death, witnesses in a courtroom say dzhokhar tsarnaev seemed stoic as he learned his fate for planting the second pressure cooker bomb near the finish line of the boston marathon. it killed lindsay lieu and an 8-year-old. the explosion went off after another bomb set by tamerlan tsarnaev, his brother exploded killing crystal campbell injuring 260 other people. all 12 jurors agreed that dzhokhar tsarnaev planned an act of terrorism and demonstrated a lack of remorse. the defense strategy to put the bulk of the blame on tamerlan tsarnaev failed to persuade jurors that he would not have committed the crime if not for his brother. >> the defendant was an adult who came to believe in an ideology of hate and expressed the

the first visit of king of dello when he became king was to iraq.there was the sense that things would be improving. frankly, i think this could be arranged in a way, because again, abdulla made a huge effort. i think if the situation overall calms down a little bit, things will start improving, and my experience on shia-sunni relations in bahrain for many years, and before the prime minister really pushed the sectarian issues, the shia and the sunni always had problems and you knew about it, but they lived in together. they got married. i think we can see the same things developing in saudi arabia. i'm not so concerned about that. just a last note on the ministry of foreign affairs, because someone mentioned -- i think the minister of foreign affairs [indiscernible] there was no other one. all of those decisions went to them. you can have someone in the ministry who can actually write, until then, you did not have that. i think that is going to be the most difficult job, to create a ministry with people. >> thank you to our panelists. thank you to

king. man released over 50 albums with songs as "the thrill is gone" and "let the good times roll." ♪ nothing wrong baby ♪ >> reporter: born riley b. king he began recording in the 1940s. he was known as blues born king and then b.b. then at the height of his popularity he played 342 one-night stands. he continued a rigorous touring schedule into his 80s. >> it feels very very good to go on stage whether you win a grammy or not. >> reporter: throughout the years, king worked with artists like u2 and with eric clapton. >> you get a chance to learn a lot of great things from people that have so much going for them today. >> reporter: in 1987 he was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame and a spot on the hollywood walk of fame. he was rarely seen without his gibson guitar lucille. the gifted guitarist was the first musician to be honored with the kennedy lifetime achievement award in 1995. president bush awarded him with the medal of freedom. king's health was a concern since he was dia

even sew, the king remains humble. >> i have never met at king before.rvous, but also grateful. ♪ so give me 1... >> reporter: bb king died in his sleep. age 89. >> bye-bye bb king. if you want to find out any more about any of the stories, today, you can log on to our website, aljazeera.com. >> the wreckage of a u.s. military helicopter found in nepal after going missing with six marines onboard. >> federal investigators ask why an amtrak train sped up just before a crash in philadelphia. the questions they have for the train's engineer. ♪ remembering bb king, who grew up to

king died last night in his home in las vegas. king was 89 years old.ought the blues into the mainstream. he entertained generations and influenced generations of musicians. danielle nottingham looks at his remarkable career. ♪ >> reporter: he was the last of the legendary bluesmen from the mississippi delta. b. king was born on a cotton plantation. he hitchhiked to memphis in his 20s and soon earned the nick nak blues boy or b.b. here is how he described the blues in an interview with cbs news. >> it's good for me when i'm feeling bad and good for me when i'm feeling good. it's like religious music is to a lot of people. >> reporter: king influenced generations of rock stars including eric clapton. they did a song together called "riding with the king." ♪ don't you know you're riding with the king ♪ >> reporter: king teamed up with youtube for "rattle and hum." ♪ i did what i did before love came to town ♪ >> reporter: the 15-time grammy winner had an audience with pope john paul ii. he performed at the white house with president obama. ♪ >> reporter:

judge king: --judge king: you have to have a corrupt agreement richard cooke:? richard cooke:right judge king: you have to have a corrupt agreement? richard cooke: right. they have to come up with a more reasonable intermediate step it is never offered. judge motz: that it was that is why i was trying to talk about the charge and orbit hearing with the papers but there are lots of paper so maybe it was there somewhere. and maybe whether they came up as their fallback position with something that did not contain errors and when you were sort of taking off these things, i think you are looking at the proposed instruction number 58 on the ja 753 and up the charge -- maybe you can tell me -- richard cooke: i rely principally on what they argue now at the charge conference. they have now directed your attention to 7340 and for that, i think it is covered, you know the concert was available. judge king: -- as a prosecutor, a long time ago, we used to screw rule 32 to require objections to be made after the instructions were given to the jury, but prior to the delibera

the undisputed king of blews was born riley b. king on a mississippi delta plantation.in memphis, where he got radio play club dates, and that nickname. >> i never asked you what b.b. stands for. >> it stands for blues boy. i was a disk jockey back in memphis at the beginning of my career. >> his first hit came in 1951. 3:00 blues. but this 1969 classic became his signature song. ♪ the thrill has gone away ♪ >> he called his guitar lucille. and boy, could he make lucille sing. even some of his famous peers looked up to him. >> how much of an influence has he had on your life and your career? >> every guitar player that i know shos shoes will never be filled. >> rock stars who loved the blues, loved b.b. king. ♪ rock me baby ♪ >> eric clapton remembered his friend today. >> he was a beacon for all of us who loved this kind of music. and i thank him from the bottom of my heart. >> 15 grammys, a member of the rock 'n roll hall of fame the presidential medal of freedom. he even sang with a president. >> people call me king of the blues. i've heard it many many times. do you

king pills.hey were giving him drops on his tongue, and those substances were locked up and kept away. >> reporter: on monday, nevada officials said they took jurisdiction over musicians body because relatives of king alleged he was a victim of foul play. clark county coroner expects the investigation will take a minimum of six to eight weeks. bb king died may 14th at his home while under hospice care. his manager le vern tony worked with king for nearly four decade. tony retained legal control including power of attorney over king's affairs. one week before her father died karen williams went before a judge trying to get back control back. she said that relatives were being kept out of her father's gated community. >> he died and they were like why shouldn't family aloud to visit him and why shouldn't we be with our father, grandfather, uncle in his last days. >> reporter: the state of the nevada a twice looked into allegation that is king was being abused but investigators found no evidence. >>

never met a king before.nervous. but also, grateful. ♪ so give me one ♪ >> b.b. king died in his sleep age 89. >> i'm joined now from washington, d.c. by the broadcaster bill wax who new knew b.b. king well. you knew him pretty well, you interviewed him on numerous occasions. what was he like? >> b.b. king was the most humble and gracious man i have ever been around or got a chance to meet. and it was true humness humbleness and true graciousness. it wasn't put on for the public. he really believed he was there to thank and pay tribute to those who loved what he did. >> spending time in a tough and somewhat ruthless industry he was known for his grace and generosity. >> no question about it, every night and this is a man who played two to 300 nights on the road every night after his shows were finished he would go back to his green room and sit and people would line up. it could be 50, it could be 100 it could be 150 people, would line up. they would come through not just to get a quick autograph they could p

. >>> and -- ♪ >> the king of the blues an award-winning musician, bb king has died. ♪ >>> we begin inwhere army helicopters are targeting isil fighters who seized a compound in ramadi. isil fighters also burnt the police station in the compound. government troops still have control of two districts in the city. activists say isil fighters are searching the town for anyone who helped the army fight against them. let's go live to the iraqi capitol. what is the latest you are hearing on this fighting? >> reporter: it was a fierce assault, islamic state of iraq and the levant managed to penetrate the ramadi compound. they raised their flag inside the compound. this is what people in the city have told us. ramadi has long been contested but this morning isil used heavy weapons as well as suicide bombers to penetrate this compound. this is really a military blow to the government and like you mentioned people trapped in the fighting desperate, some of them worry and fear that they will be punished if isil find out that some worked with the security forces. local officials in anbar have been

♪ >> remembering the king of the blues. bb king. >> blue bell creameries is laying off a third of its employees after a listeria outbreak. three people died and several more ended up sick from listeria. production plants have been closed ever since. and the remaining workers are busy cleaning the plants so they can eventually reopen. >>> and apparent bow bogus take over bid over the company avon. >> this is not a story that is bizarre and somewhat troubling for what it says about how quickly investors react to questionable and unconfirmed information. it boils down to what is almost certainly a fake bid for avon by something calling itself pgt capital partners. that's supposedly a private equity firm. it made a filing on the securities and exchange system called edgar. shares of avon jumped 20% yesterday to $8 a share. after news wires reported the bid, but they did not stay high for long falling back to earth saying avon had not received any offer or confirm that ptg even exists. avon's shares up 6%. and then fell 6% today. >> what

so the short paperback edition of "king lear" is "the history of king lear" and in the folio editions, it is "the tragedy of king lear," so i think that i myself am curious about how the plays were named. they say, "so it's also about edgar, a man on the run." one thought that i have is that they were often named with proverbs. all's well that ends well, as you like it, which is an adage. some of the work that i have been doing is to try to understand why playwrights chose proverbs as titles for their plays. brian lamb: how many of the 38 plays have you read? director witmore: i have probably read the whole cycle 4-5 times, all 38. i tend to read them in the order in which we think they were written, so i am trying to piece together the career of this person. when i was teaching large lecture classes on shakespeare i would read "othello," "hamlet," "king lear." brian lamb: what was the last play written? director witmore: that is debated, it could have been one of the henry vi plays. it could've been collaborative. it wasn't "the tempest," is may -- it may have been "two noble kingsme

this is the king home. and we also have the schoolhouse which was given to us, the material donated during the bicentennial. and the beautiful new river inn. and this building gave us electricity, throughout the building and the beautiful hotel, also some of the homes that were owned by mr. bryan. this area is a campus of buildings that were built by ed king. the buildings that were built in 1904, 1905. most of the new river inn was finished in 1908. this property was purchased by philemon bryan, who came in to put in the beds for the railroads. bryan came from an area about 200 miles north of here. it is now called new smyrna beach. it is a big citrus growing area. he was a major figure in that area, he had been the town's first mayor. he had orange groves, citrus groves, packing houses, he owned stores, sawmills, cattle, he was a big man there. in 1895, there was a massive freeze that totally wiped out the trees in that area and totally upended the economy. people were walking away from farms. that provid

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king passes away at the age of 89.e leaves behind generations of musicians he influenced. ♪ >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday may 15 2015. >>> good morning, i'm alison harmelin in for anne-marie green. breaking new this is morning, the nepal army says it spotted the wreckage of an american chopper. it disappears delivering supplies to an area hit. seth doane is in beijing. good morning. >> that's right. we army we spotted wreckage they say is believed to be from the missing helicopter. they found the wreckage high up in the mountains of nepal at 11,200 feet, about 15 miles north of the hard hit town of charikot nepal. they have told us they are moving a team inbound to try to assess the situation. a team will include rescue men and combat rescue officers. they have not yet confirmed that wreckage is connected to this missing helicopter. the latest unfortunate reports from reuters citing a top defense official in nepal says there was complete destruction at that site. a top official telling reuters, he belie

they got up and said, the king is coming. then the saudis decided to send them a message about having the king not come. by the way, what it sends a message about is the fact they don't trust this administration on what they're doing with iran they're already moving to massive nuclear proliferation to protect themselves, and i think this shows you just how incompetent this president and how ill regarded he is. that our major ally in the region isn't going to come. besides rally. our major arab ally this is going to affect oil and everything else. >> you think it will? >> it has to. the others coming will get in there and say, we still don't like what you're doing, and he's going to tell them it's not what they think, and he's going to be lying to them. >> i want to make it clear the situation in yemen than we saw with the saudis flying air strikes to get rid of the houthis rebels. that's a proxy war with the saudis and the iranians. because it's an iran-backed houthi rebel movement over there against the saudis. so i want to

king. the musical giants taking time to remember the king of the blues. news 4 midday begins right now. >>> a final good-bye today to lieutenant kevin mcrae. a public funeral is starting right now at d.c. armory at southeast. mayor bowser acting fire chief gregory deem representative eleanor holmes-norton and other dignitaries are expected to eulogize lieutenant mcerarae. he will then be buried at fort lincolngcoln cemetery. he was promoted to sergeant in 2003 and lieutenant in 2008. the 44-year-old collapsed and died after fighting a fire in northwest last week. lieutenant mcrae was the 100th d.c. firefighter to die in the line of duty. the medical examiner has not yet determined a cause of death. lieutenant mcrae leaves behind a wife and three children. barbara? >> thank you, kristen. >>> new information on the developing story out of the district. d.c. arson investigators are looking into a suspicious fire that was just blocks away from the naval abservetory. four bodies were found inside the home on woodland drive yesterday and we now know at least on

king. ♪ >> a great talent. b.b. king we all loved b.b. king. that's it for me. room." for our international viewers "amanpour" is next. for out viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. we have to begin in philadelphia where at any time this train driver in this amtrak crash, the engineer will tell investigators exactly what he remembers about the minutes before that derailment. he is brandon bostian. he's in the hospital apparently suffering memory loss after his train rolled. but really a bigger question right now is this. what the nine-year amtrak veteran can add to what the evidence already shows. his lawyer says he does want to cooperate fully, but the thing is he can't remember the crash. but the evidence here in this case doesn't lie. what we now know is that not only did the train not slow down

. >>> the king of the blues, b.b. king dies at age 89. we're lye at the site of the deadly and suspicious fire in northwest d.c. >>> investigators are focusing on speed in tuesday's deadly amtrak train crash. >>> and healthier food options are coming for shoppers in prince george's county. the news starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to wusa9. it's 6:00 a.m. it is finally friday. a lovely day to end the week. i'm andrea roane. >> it's going to be nice and warm. >> but things may change on the weekend. >> the perfect acto start a weekend though right? the best day of the weekend according to allyson rae here with ever coo grow and -- erica grow and larry miller. >> for friday we should be pretty dry. a couple of showers but not for everybody really just areas to the west. a little bit of rain over the weekend though but we'll is those weekend plans coming up in just a bit. to today's forecast. today is friday. and your friday is looking okay. we are going to see some clouds though. take a look at your michael & son weather camer

king, when rock and roll was king, making him more than just a star. he was a legend. >> he certainly was. >>> well, we are learning more about the piece of bart track that broke away in an under ground tunnel near civic center station last thursday. they say the track had been determined as an anomaly last year. they say excess material should have been ground down. they are looking at all of the rail associated with that batch. >>> there is a proposal on the table to help solve the probable of traffic on the bay bridge. they are considering creating a wrong-way bus lane. the idea is to turn an eastbound lane to a westbound lane just for buses. it would allow them to run more buses into san francisco. it would be the fastest way to fix the problem and could cost $177 million. >>> a typhoon took aim of guam today. it shows typhoon dolphin. the eye of the storm just missed the island. it was packing winds of 110 miles per hour. the 160,000 residents have been bracing for land. >>> what will the weekend be like? >> it will be cool to mild. cloud wills sl

high in the treetop above him was the monkey king, weeping. "noble princes," he said "help me to rein my throne and i will rescue sitarom the demon." ( bells clanging monkeys hooting ) the great monkey army set out for the island of lanka to destroy the mon's stronghold with rama the arch and laksmana at its head. they did n neglect to bring their pet mongoose. when the battle was won, there was much feasting, with fish and sweet pancakes and leeks. even the brahmans drank palm wine till daybreak. the serving maids partook of the banquet and the high priests chand a prayer to lord visnu's divine incarnation. ( instrument tapping ) rror: in the year 930, the temples and palaces of central java are suenly abandoned. the courts move east ( woman singing ) at dusk, the joyful canaries sing with voices sweeter than moonlight melodious and tender. ( singing continues ) the snake woman spoke to the sage and said "the sun is setting. touch the water and honor the twilht. the lovely and perilous hour is here, when owls fly and lamps are lit." javanese

bb king was 89 years old. >> blues boy. >> our time 4:50. let's get a check on business news. >> joe -- jill wagner joins us from the stock exchange. talk about changes at dairy queen. what's happening? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee erika. yes, dairy queen is removing soft drinks from its children's menus starting in september. so the fast-food chain is the latest to change its menus as americans are growing more health conscious. mcdonald's removed soda from happy meals last september. they are looking to add other healthier options to its menu. >> how about that? we hear one bick retail is her hiring now and they are ramming up recruiting effort. tell us about it? >> yes, h and m isn't just trying to sell clothing t want to sell itself as a good place it work. the fashion retailer has launched a national recruiting campaign of the united state hoping to hire thousand of workers mostly young people, for at least 61 new stores, that are set to open this year. h and m is touting perks, like sick time, paid vacations, and you g