the prize is awarded to "damn" by kendrick lamar.e collection unified by its for network authenticity and rhythmic dynmatis that offersm vignette capturing the complexity of modern african-american life. amy: that was pulitzer administrator dana canedy announcing monday that rapper kendrick lamar won the pulitzer prize in music for the album "damn," making the compton native the first non-classical or jazz artist to receive the honor. kendrick lamar has topped the charts with music that tackles issues of race, politics, religion, and even mental health. the pulitzer follows the five grammy awards won by lamar in january for "damn," his fourth studio album. his previous album, "to pimp a butterfly," also won five grammys. kendrick lamar recently produced and curated the soundtrack for the "black panther" soundtrack to critical acclaim. for more, we are joined by hip-hop educator brian mooney, a new jersey high school teacher. after kendrick lamar learned mooney was teaching the "to pimp a butterfly" album to his students in 2015, kend

the prize is awarded to "damn" by kendrick lamar.e collection unified by its for network authenticity and rhythmic dynmatis that offersm vignette capturing the complexity of modern african-american life. amy: that was pulitzer administrator dana canedy announcing monday that rapper kendrick lamar won the pulitzer prize in music for the album "damn," making the compton native the first non-classical or jazz artist to receive the honor. kendrick lamar has topped the charts with music that tackles issues of race, politics, religion, and even mental health. the pulitzer follows the five grammy awards won by lamar in january for "damn," his fourth studio album. his previous album, "to pimp a butterfly," also won five grammys. kendrick lamar recently produced and curated the soundtrack for the "black panther" soundtrack to critical acclaim. for more, we are joined by hip-hop educator brian mooney, a new jersey high school teacher. after kendrick lamar learned mooney was teaching the "to pimp a butterfly" album to his students in 2015, kend

crimea where many rapper kendrick lamar can now add a pulitzer prize to his list of accolades. for government media and serious a two bases and homes in damascus have been targeted and. missile strikes state t.v. broadcast these pictures a few hours ago that says missiles were intercepted over sharat airbase in homes the area was targeted by u.s. forces last year at the pentagon is denying any involvement this time shortly afterwards hezbollah's media unit said a basin to mark outside damascus was also targeted state t.v. made no mention of that attack and say no holder joins us live now from beirut with more on this is a no what do we know about these areas targeted near homes. well there were two air bases according to the syrian state media airbase as well as the air base one in homs and one into. missiles were intercepted by the syrian air defenses there has been no claim of responsibility in the syrian media did not blame any party for this attack and now the united states deny that it carried out air strikes we have to remember just a few days ago on saturday the u.s. and

kendrick lamar's won the prestigious pulitzer prize for music the announcement for his album means is the first non-classical jazz work to deal ward why did joe castro ford's. called the voice of a generation thirty year old kendrick lamar's mixes hip hop with poetry and political protest his common subjects of race police brutality and perseverance made his songs the anthem of the black lives matter movement in the united states. his politically charged performances like this one on top of a vandalized police car have also triggered conservative backlash they're not helpful at all this is why i say that hip hop is that more damage to young african-americans than racism in recent years but it was with a quiet delight that the administrator of the pulitzer prize announced on monday that lamar's latest album was to be honored with this year's award a virtual stick song collection unified by its for nakheel or authenticity and rhythmic diane dimond tism. that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern african american life lamar is the most commercially successful musi

. >>> history was made by rap star kendrick lamar. the prestigious award he just won and the local artist who collaborated with him. >>> welcome back to "mornings on 2". kendrick lamar won the pulitzer prize music for his latest album. he is the first artist to is not a jazz or classical musician to win that award. >> ktvu's jana katsuyama spoke with him and said it could be game-changer. >> ♪. >> reporter: humble is the name of kendrick lamar's hit single which is receiving the pulitzer prize for music. humble is how many described as 30-year-old, who also has a dozen grammies. a poet hip-hop rap artist was found fame by mixing jazz, soul, funk and african sounds into his own unique music. he uses the power of words to take pictures of empowerment for those society sometimes forget. at this oakland store, he played a song, survive, which he and lamar did together about life-and-death. >> we talked about me growing up and him growing up in the striking similarities. >> easily the best selling hip- hop artist in modern times. he create

the voice of the black lives matter movement now kendrick lamar's final wristed just cries. pro-government media in syria are reporting missile strikes on two air bases and homes in damascus state television broadcast these pictures in the past few hours it says missiles were intercepted overshot the airbase in homs this area was targeted by u.s. forces last year but the pentagon is denying any involvement shortly afterwards has been lost media units reported that a base in the wire outside damascus was targeted with missiles intercepted television made no mention of that attack phyllis bennis is a fellow at the institute for policy studies in washington d.c. she's warning about the danger of escalation in syria. i think the real danger here if we take one step back is what is the danger of serious escalation at this point were these two incidents if they indeed happen and let's be clear they may not have happened at all the way we're hearing if they happen the way we're hearing. is it likely to be in gendering a new response now that could seriously look like a major escala

voice of the black lives of math a movement now kendrick lamar's won a prestigious prize. and i want can you say about the spring in north america is still got virtually every type of weather including mostly wintry weather this is an active frontal system the chance of its freezing rain just an interesting picture this is from the canadian side of naga falls more or less not freezing rain and the result they're off you can do nothing with it and wait for it to melt really on the big system is still with us so there's more rain to come to spring up through the east side of canada still plenty of snow potential there and for the next un team as we got snow falling persistently you know terry i mean again for the south west virginia's got snow to come still i'm coming down the rockies in the cascades is more snow i was well it doesn't look like mid april there is won't for the south but not a huge amount twenty nine lance's crept up to twenty one and in florida the weather has indeed settled down not seeing the end of it there look at this another tongue of stuff coming acro

. >>> history was made by rap star kendrick lamar.ing up, the prestigious award he just won and the local artist who collaborated with him. even better. >>> kendrick lamar is very popular and he is making history now winning the pulitzer prize for music for his latest album. he is the first artist who is not a jazz or classical musician to win that award. >> ktvu's jana katsuyama spoke with a local artist who collaborated with kendrick lamar. >> ♪ >> humble is the name of kendrick lamar's hit single from his album, which is receiving the pulitzer prize for music. humble is how many describe the 30-year-old who has a dozen grammies. a poet, hip-hop rap otters who found fame by mixing jazz, soul, funk and african sounds into his own unique music. using the power of words to take pictures of empowerment for those societies sometimes forgets. at this oakland store, he played a stop -- a song which he and a lot -- he and lamar did together about life-and- death. >> only talk about me growing up and him growing up, the striking similarities

that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern african american life lamar is the most commercially successful musician to have won the pulitzer prize with his albums selling out at record stores he is also the first non classical or jazz artist to win the honor legitimizing rap music as critically acclaimed art lamar says his music is a reflection of his background the son of a former gang member now a cultural icon who is recognized for his contribution to american arts and music teacher castro al jazeera washington. and international team of scientists has engineered an enzyme that eats plastic that's a world first in an effort to find a solution for the three hundred million tons of plastic produced every year charleville assess more. tiles of plastic in every city in the world in remote regions with nowhere to go. since its invention last century the disposal of plastic has plagued the world three quarters of it sits in landfills floods the oceans even the tampa st that's recycled is simply remolded never truly broken down until now we can break it down to its

they weren't winning rapper kendrick lamar can now add a pulitzer prize to his list of accolades. after a series of delays russia says international inspectors will introduce on wednesday to investigate an apparent chemical attack follow some urgency talks by the global can the weapons watchdog the u.s. accused russia of tampering with the site. blame delays on security concerns a fact finding team arrived in syria on saturday will try to establish if a chemical attack happened on april seventh it will not assign blame the russian envoy to the chemical weapons watchdog has accused british intelligence of organizing the attack. you know here we have serious grounds to believe that it was highly likely that this provocation was organized with the help of the british intelligence services international fallout from the suspected chemical attack is growing and the u.k. the prime minister has been defending her decision to join the u.s. and france in the air strike against syria the opposition says theresa may should have gotten parliament's approval first shot a whole reports from lon

the grammy award winning rapper kendrick lamar come out of the not surprised his list of accolades. in a sport find out what the players of this top level germany game have to hop talking break that's also the. judge has rejected a bid by the u.s. president's personal lawyer to keep some of his business documents a secret the records were seized as part of the probe into his dealings with an adult film that frist who says she had an affair with trump christensen reports. attorneys for michael cohen and president trump asked the judge not to give investigators documents seized by the f.b.i. until they could review them and citing attorney client privilege protect the identity of other cohen clients but the judge denied the motion and outed one high profile client conservative fox news commentator and trump supporter sean hannity hannity says he discussed real estate issues with cohen who's an old friend. attorney michael cohen is the one under investigation in the proceedings taking place here in the federal courthouse in manhattan but it's a possibility that new information could co

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can kendrick lamar stay humble after this. >> the prize is awarded to kendrick lamar. >> now pulitzer home coveted music award for his album, with 12 grammys to his flame, seems like winning is in his dna. first musician outside of classical and jazz ever to win a pull itser. with feats this good, all the stars, align. good for him. thank you for watching "nightline." and as always, we're online, 24/7, "nightline" facebook page. thank you for the company, america. good night. fearcrazy enough to believe it can change the world. fearless is resilient enough to suffer the slings and arrows - and come out stronger. fearless reads the rules, understands the limitations, listens to the naysayers - and then goes ahead and does it anyway. you know what we make. fearless makes us who we are. ♪ ♪ get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per month. no extra monthly fees. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit att.com/internet.

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lamar took home the pulitzer for her grammy award-winning album "damn."zer board called the album a work that captures the complexity of african-american life. >>> a newborn gorilla at the zoo in washington, d.c., is getting visible love from his mommy. the gorilla named moke was born sunday. he's the first western lowland born at the zoo in nine years. there are only about 150,000 left in the wild. >>> on "cbs this morning," superstar entertainment in las vegas. a look at how the concept of a residency has changed. this is the "cbs morning news." so we swapped your car out for the all-new chevy traverse. yes. do you think it's going to surprise your daughter? absolutely. wait, is mom here yet? where's mom? she's in this car. what the heck? whoa. yo, whose car is this? this is the all-new chevy traverse. this is beautiful. it has apple carplay compatibility. do those apps look familiar? ohhhhh. do you want to hit this button? there's a hidden compartment. uhh, whoa. mom, when i'm older can you buy me this car? i wanna buy me this car. and i heard that my

that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern african american life lamar is the most commercially successful musician to have won the pulitzer prize with his albums selling out at record stores he is also the first non classical or jazz artist to win the honor legitimizing rap music as critically acclaimed art lamar says his music is a reflection of his background the son of a former gang member now a cultural icon who is recognized for his contribution to american arts and music i do joe castro al jazeera washington. i talked to some thank you for the downfall of defending n.b.a. champions the golden state warriors have taken control of the playoff series with the san antonio in the absence of steph curry that's two points from kevin durant's lead the way a for the warriors in game two and it's a hassle. with the golden state warriors style man steph curry missing through injury the san antonio spurs months have been hoping to exploit some previously unexplored flaws the warriors though do still have time all star kevin durant's a call on. the warriors with big

the prize is awarded to damn, by kendrick lamar. >> kendrick lamar making history earlier this week becominghe first rapper to win a pulitzer prize. that honor went to his album, damn, captures the complexity of modern american life. this is the first time a non-jazz or non-classical album has won the pulitzer prize for music. joining me with more on this milestone, we'll get to the substance of that citation in just a moment. what does it mean broadly speaking that you have this century-old institution, pulitzer prize, that board bestowing this honor on a rap album? what does that mean more largely? >> more largely it means that this board has finally recognized what the rest of us have recognized a long time ago that there is brilliance and genius and virtuoso writing within hip-hop. i note, pulitzer, welcome to the party we've been having for a while. a lot of people have been excited for hip-hop. i'm more excited for the pulitzer. has this taught us anything about kendrick we did not already know? no. we already new he wasknew he wa, so i'm glad that they recognize this. but, i mean, the

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. >> kendrick lamar. the first nonclassical or jazz performer to receive that prize for music in its 75 year history. ♪ ♪ got to keep it on a high note ♪ >> great video there, so the pulitzer committee has praised his 2017 album, "damn", saying it the captures the complexity of modern african-american life. >> a lot of people say the native was snubbed at the grammys when he lost to bruno mars for album and record of the year, so this gets him a little something extra. >> like beyonce's "lemonade" for a pulitzer now? makeup for that snub? >> maybe. >>> when we come back, the gravity-defying moments on "american idol." >>> and the abc newsman having the most fun in the bedroom. jack, is it you? in the bedroom. jack, is it you? i did mom. wanna try it? yes. it intensely moisturizes your hair and scalp and keeps you flake free. manolo? look at my soft hair. i should be in the shot now too. try head and shoulders two in one. ♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" >> it is skinny time. and it was the final night

kendrick lamar, bruno mars, post malone and ed sheeran. >> top selling album.tation." >> are you ready for top 100? >> yeah. let's go. the nominees are, decemb despac. "humble." "that's what i like." "rockstar." and "shape of you," ed sheeran. >> which one would you vote for? >> got to go kendrick on that one. shoutout. >> how about top new artist? >> okay. let's see. the nominees are -- 21 savage. camila cabello. cardi b. khalid. >> what? >> yes. and kodak black. >> how about that? congratulations. you had no idea, did you? >> no. that's exciting. >> i've got a favorite in that category. good luck to you. >> don't ask me who i think is going to win. >> top country. you have this one? >> the nominees are. "what ifs," "body like a back road," "small town boy," "meant to be" bebe rexha and florida georgia line. and in case you didn't know, brett young. >> did you know that you're up? >> i'm a new york city girl. i didn't think i was going to be a nominee for a country award. but i will take it. >> congratulations. >> i will see you at the billboard awards. >> you

in the arts: rapper kendrick lamar's album "damn" took the music prize.e first non-classical ors jazz artist to win. and, andrew sean greer's novel "less" won the prize for fiction. t still to come "newshour," how revelations from the former f.b.i. director affect the idgoing investigations surrounding the prt.ur the situation in syria following the weekend's bombing campaign by western allies. inside the musical culture of the tuareg people of mali, and much more. >> woodruff: as we re earlier, new revelations made by former f.b.i. director james comey have stirred thee president's ire on twitter. but did they reveal ything new about the potential legalut trouble mr. trump could face? for that, we're joined by chuck rosenberg who twice served as a u.s. attorney, and also as a senior f.b. official, under both former f.b.i. directors robert mueller and james comey.e welack to the program. you've now had a chance to read james comey's book. what was your overall reaction? >> well, i did have a chance to read the book. i read it cover to cover this weekendi

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work in music this year the artist was they have pop virtuous so out of compton california kendrick lamar for his twenty seventeen out album titled quite simply and poignantly dale and trust me when i say that they don't get more culturally historic than the signal is meant by the award committee for country sport because this whip marks the very first time in pulitzers over one hundred year history that the award was given to a musician working outside of the classical or jazz john writes what else can one say but to. this is quite the cultural game changer but as the thirty year old himself stated in his song high power build your own parents write your own hieroglyphs to help us break down the historic and important when for both have a black culture is author teacher and lecturer do you. welcome what you guys there are about good good deal was a pleasure to have you back and i think i want to start first to you know many questions and really important conversation to have about this because it's such a game changer because it's kind of reshaped culture in my opinion is did you first d

dot com coming up we talk to of surprises and kendrick lamar with the watkins so stay humble and stay tuned to watching the hawks. u.s. president donald trump says he wants american troops to leave syria what are exactly washington's goals in syria partition war for war sake or a means to sticking it to a random russia all. about options. on monday while the world was just racked up by syrian air strikes f.b.i. raids and trying to hannity and amazing thing happened on the way to this year's pulitzer prize awards for the first time pulitzer prize history a hip hop artist was given the legendary award for his me a work in music this year the artist was they had bought furniture was so out of compton california kendrick lamar for his twenty seventeen album titled quite simply and poignantly. and trust me when i say that they don't get more culturally historic than this and knowledge meant by the award committee for countries work because this which works the very first time a pulitzer is over one hundred year history that the award was given to a musician working outside of the classical

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. >> drew, i want to get your thoughts on lamar jackson.n recent weeks he said he's going into the draft without an agent. he's a tom-five quarterback. do you think that's a smart move do you think we're going to see more players do that >> well, i think a lot of lamar jackson as a player and person and expect him to be a first round draft pick tonight do i think it's smart to go without an agent i'm an agent, 99.4% of all players have an agent. even eric winston the president of the players association has an agent, me so, at the end of the day, i think it's a very good idea for a player to have an agent. whatever money you think you're saving by not having an agent, believe me, an agent will make a difference in contract negotiations, off-the-field work and having someone with great experience to help you will the very challenging proflgs the nfl is very tough. and it makes sense to have a 30-year veteran like myself whose been through all the wars. >> i like the says pitch obviously, a lot of transactions, hard to do alone hey, drew in t

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kendrick lamar wrote that.le we were away, during the break, and this is exciting. because you guys have each drawn your characters. i will say we've done this each night this week. no group has taken it as seriously as you guys did. i mean, it's really intense drawing going on here. so should we go through these one by one? >> sure. >> jimmy: okay, all right. we'll start with you, chris. this is the mighty tr as drawn by chris hemsworth. [ cheers and applause ] a solid attempt. >> i took it very serious but didn't mean it was going to be a good picture. >> jimmy: chadwick, you want to show? chadwick, this is very -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's pretty good. that might be the best of all of them that we've had so far. very well done. all right. let's have a look at -- you went with color. [ cheers and applause ] that's good too. imagine you've been working on -- working pretty seriously over there. [ cheers and applause ] that's very good. >> thank you. >> jimmy: that's very good. finally, josh? >>

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lamar is no stranger to awards.e is the first black female to headline coachella and she rocked over the weekend. and now she is pledging to help some students attend historically black colleges and universities.( darya ) the singer revealed she has started the ''homecoming scholars awards program.' the program gives a 25-thousand-dollar scholarship to a chosen student from four universities...xavier university of louisiana and wilberforce in ohio... tuskegee in alabama and bethune-cookman in florida. the program starts during the 2018 - 2019 academic year. your bay area forecast is after the break. ( darya ) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong): any showers and thunderstorms will quickly end shortly after sunset this evening. dry and seasonably cool weather returns tuesday through wednesday afternoon. next weak weather system passes through wednesday night with another chance of rain, mainly from the golden gate southward to the ce

. >> rapper kendrick lamar won music pulitzer prize for his 2017 album.ar is the first nonclassical, nonjazz artist to win the award in its 75-year history. the pults er board said it captures the complexity of african-american life. >>> spoiler alert. if you're watching "american idol," let you hit the mute button. it's done. modesto native cut from the competition. >> i'm so bummed about this. she was incredible. she made it to the top 24. we now know she's not moving past that. she did get an opportunity to do a duet with a country music star. ♪ ♪ >> i just wanted to take this time to really, really thank the people who believed in me. thank you to the judges. thank you production, vocal coaches, the band. thank you to the other contestants who believed in me. thank you for being such amazing people. >> we love her. she took to her instagram to promise her fans that this is not the end for her. she does say she has an album coming out soon. i know reggie and i spoke to her, you spoke to her, too. she's such a bright light, wonderful soul and super tale

thompson, bill fix, lamar alexander. senators, that generally speaking, have been statesman, that are willing to political cap tool solve our nation's problem. and our r thoughtful people. so, you know, what i hope is going to happen that is both indidates precept themselves this race as people who are going to be willing to do that not, again, just, you know, i hope they will insphere be that. stop there. >> ok. the washington post. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you. two-partedsk a question into the russia policy and the president. we reported a couple of days ago when the sum of decided to expel russian diplomat and spies from here. the president got very upset. beingught the u.s. was too tough on russia relative to individual european countries point of friction the nfc then in the last pew day also was plan developed for additional economic sanctions against russia in response to chemical gas attack and the president put the brakes on that. outme can i haley came sunday as i am sure you saw to awhen the sanct

kendrick lamar was awarded a pulitzer prize many music for his album.nner not a class kl or jazz musician. >> congrats. >> congrats. >>> still ahead -- >> meghan markle's provocative past. >> some of the dresses were so tight, she had to have help. >> behind the scenes on the deal or no deal modeling job. and how she rehearsed. >> you better be careful. >>> and we're with johnny galecki. >> it's like a time machine. >>> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ ♪ oh say can you see ♪ by the dawn's -- wait. ♪ oh say can you see ♪ by the -- >> the struggle is real. rachel platen had to restart the national anthem twice after forgetting the lyrics twice over the weekend. >> she tweeted still feeling so embarrassed over this. so sorry to everyone. once again. >> it's okay. >> look, rample. it's not as bad as this. ♪ star spangled banner >> one of my all-time favorites. sticking to the "roseanne" theme and the show. it's on tonight. and will have a big guest. >> hadn't emotionally prepared for being on that set again. it's like a time machine. apart from birth, the

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. >> rapper kendrick lamar won must award, the first in 5-year history. it captures the complexity of african-american life. >> i can see that. there's a lot of activism and message in his work. makes sense. >>> never more than 7 minutes away from accuweather forecast. that means you, mike nicco. >> active tomorrow but past that how about 80s for the weekend. a look from mount tam, you can see it's really quiet this morning. sunshine and quieter weather today. make sure you have sunglass ready. put the umbrella away for one day. showers coming tomorrow evening. it's going to get warm especially away from the coast. the next storm, much weaker and much less activity coming with it. that means the chance of hail, lightning, thunder, a lot less if almost extinct. let's talk about today. upper 50s san francisco, half moon bay, san francisco 58, 59, the rest of us 60 lake port, 65 antioch, san jose and morgan hill. here we are. at noon tomorrow, you can see clouds increasing, showers just off the north bay and coast and that's where they start to roll in at 4:

kendrick lamar got word of the honor today... is lamar performing at the grammys in january...he's been praised for his remarkable live performances... and what's been described as his 'profound' mix of hip-hop, spoken word, jazz, soul, funk and african sounds. his album 'damn' won the prize... the pulitzer board saying it captures the complexity of african-american life. and they say his piercing raps have helped him becomea major voice of his generation... grant and vicki? (grant) beyonce is pledging to help some students attend historically black universities. the singer revealed today that she has started the ''homecoming scholars awards program.' the program gives a 25- thousand-dollar scholarship to a chosen student from four universities...xavier university of louisiana and wilber-force in ohio... tuskegee in alabama and bethune-cookman in florida. the program starts during the 2018 - 2019 academic year. (vicki) let's get a check on what we are working on for kron4 news at six. steve aveson is standing by in the newsroom,

first, kendrick lamar just won a pulitzer prize for music.e ) the first time this award has gone to someone who was not in classical music or jazz. other great news, beyonce tore the roof off coachella, yeah. and i know you're saying but it's an outdoor festival. that's how bad it is, she brought in a roof so she could tear it off. this was the blackest performance at the whitest festival. and white people love that stuff because it makes them feel like they're down, you know, which is weird because it never goes the other way around. you could never have the oakridge boys show up at the club and then expect brothers walking out going, yo, these niggers can strum, b. ( laughter ) ( applause ) it feels like a great couple of days for america. if you near to on stage, not everyone is going your way. >> a fire storm after what happened three days ago at a starbucks in philadelphia where the police were called in and two blackmen were arrested. >> this video captured by witnesses' cell phone shows police talking and later handcuffing the men whil

kendrick lamar has won the pulitzer prize for his work.per to win the music award since it was offered in 1943. now that it has, the judges say it was time to shine the light on this dynamic music collection. >> you have one less taxing thing on your mind, today is tax day. you can cash in on freebies and deals. boston market is offering meals for $10.40. get it. 1040. you can get 13 bagels and two tubs of cream cheese for $10.40. planet fitness is offering a free hydro massage until april 21st and you can visit all u.s. national parks for free. what ever you owe, you get a reward. >> thanks for watching "early today." >> younews continues right r you could save energy by living off the grid. completely. you could generate your own energy, at home. maybe you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of flax. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. ad lib live picture-- emeryville good morning and thank you >>> welcome to tuesday morning, overlooking emeryville this morning. no rai

weinstein the story set off the me too movement towards for also a landmark moment for music as kendrick lamar became the first rapper to win a pulitzer for his album down. as eight men go to trial in india used the rape and murder of an eight year old girl to supreme court has ordered protection for the victim's family and their lawyer the cases stirred controversy in india and the lawyer said she had been threatened for taking up the case. and gunman in nigeria have kidnapped a german engineer near the northern town of congo police say attackers on motorbikes ambushed to be a goal carrying construction workers and killed a police escort before abducting the man nigerian authorities are hunting the assailants german officials have not yet commented. sean hannity a host on the conservative leaning u.s. channel fox news has been unmasked as a client of president trump's lawyer michael cohen that link was revealed at a courthouse in new york as lawyers for the u.s. president and cohen did battle with judges the case involves both potential russian interference and twenty sixteen elections and al

i would say lamar alexander is correct. we can reach a standoff in a hurry on this question of filling vacancies. how many traditional nominees got through the last two years of brocarak obama. wery the mayor garland, and go one after the other, and at the end of the day we are at a standstill in the situation. here for a few years and some of you have been as well, and it is hard to expect to newer members of the senate what the 70's to be like, her we used the floor of the senate for debate. it was a regular occurrence, and it was exciting. there were tough boats there, and some you thought would kill you in the next election, they didn't, but you thought they would. it really was with the senate was about come there was real debate going on there. i long for that. i expect the members what it was like. they cannot believe that they can offer amendment and get a vote on the same day. i did it come up most of us did it. it was considered normal around here, but now it is beyond our reach or it appears to be. i have one gli

kendrick lamar has become the first rapper to win the pulitzer prize for music.lassical orjazz has been recognised by the pulitzers. he won the prize for his album ‘damn‘ released in april last year. he won five grammys for the same album. plastic pollution of the oceans is one of the great environmental problems of our time. now scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest a key type of plastic, used to make drinks bottles and other products. it could offer a new way to recycle millions of tonnes of plastic. our science editor, david shukman explains. plastic waste is filling the oceans. products used just once will last for decades or even centuries. i filmed this scene in turkey a few years ago. but there are ways of using plastic again. this plant in dagenham helps turn old plastic milk bottles into new ones. and now this lab at portsmouth university has gone much further, discovering how an enzyme can actually eat away the fabric of plastic itself. what is really special about this enzyme, it digests something man—made and most enzymes digest things