the garden is dedicated to lennon.e was murdered 30 years ago tonight outside his manhattan apartment building. in his newly released interview done just before his death he said that he thought he had plenty of time to accomplish some of life's goals. he also reflected on his youth. >> real down home. it was a big part of one's life to look tough. i spent the whole of my childhood with my shoulders up around the top of my head and my glasses off because glasses were sissy and walking in complete fear but with the toughest look on your face you've ever seen. >> lennon also takes a shot at his critics. all they want is dead heros referring to james dean. >>> the interview coming out in "rolling stone" was not john lennon's last one. two bay area men got a chance to sit down with john lennon just hours before his death that very afternoon. and tonight they talked to linda yee about what john lennon shared with them that day. >> reporter: it is hard to ignore this day. a photographic tribute at the san francisco art excha

former beatle john lennon is dead. lennon died in a hospital shortly after being shot outside his new york apartment tonight. a suspect is in custody, but has not been identified. again, john lennon is dead tonight of gunshot wounds at the age of 40. >> the voice of our long-time staff announcer fred facie. and with that, nbc went back to the "tonight" show on tape and a generation of americans would never really be the same. nor would our music. new york radio stations played his music all day today and they're playing music outdoors in the bitter cold tonight. here's the scene in strawberry fields in central park here in new york. it's across from where lennon lived and where people gathered that very night 30 years ago. tonight, we have something from john lennon no one has ever heard. an interview he gave "rolling stone" magazine three days before he was killed. here he talks about other musicians back then, one of them established, the other just emerging. so here now, for the first time anywhere, john lennon in h

vigils for john lennon in new york.or two bay area men, lennon's death will always be hard to forget. >> even 30 years later thinking back to it, it still tugs on the heart strings. >> reporter: he had finished an interview with lennon at the apartments. he heard the news after flying back to the bay area. >> i was driving, pulled over, stopped for a few moments because i just regained my composure. >> my reaction was i just kicked the door and the glass. >> reporter: he was then promotions -- he was with lennon during the interview. >> he wanted to tell everybody that he was happy, that he was going to make more music and raise his son and live his life with his wife. it couldn't have been a better day. best interview you could ever imagine. he's gone. just gunned down. how bitter could that be? >> he recalls one fan standing outside. he asked for an autograph hours before he was gunned down. >> i remember saying, if you will sign this we can get rid of him and get going. that's how it was. but it wasn't strange that's

we did have some kind of magic. >> mitchell: lennon's son julian hardly knew him.ft julian and his mother for a new wife, yoko ono, and a new life in new york. >> i felt so upset by the way that he-- treated not just me, but more so mum. >> mitchell: and he's learning to make peace with his father's memory. >> i forgive him. i appreciate everything that he and the beatles have-- have-- have given everyone. >> mitchell: harry benson says he remembers his friend with respect and admiration. did you like john lennon? >> oh, absolutely, absolutely. i can honestly say that. that john was a kind man. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news." later on cbs, 60 minutes. thanks for joining us this sunday evening. i'm russ mitchell, cbs news in new york. harry smith will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> it it has been a wet and windy afternoon around the bay area. the main cold front has not gotten here. what it will bring coming up. >>> i said maybe you will fi

outside lennon's home at 10 hfment 50 p.m.ew york time on december 8, 1980, mark david chapman fired five shots. effectively snuffing out the former beatle's life. he was taken to the nearby roosevelt hospital. >> i actually held his heart in my hand as the nurses rapidly transfused blood. i tried to massage the heart as we put blood into his body. we knew that there was no way that we could restore circulation. >> back in britain, the news of his death was broken on the bbc's "today program." >> from outside the apartment building where the murder took place. >> a very weird scene because they're playing lennon music. a lot of them are in tears and they're weeping. and they're either stunned or they're hysterical. >> ♪ imagine all the people living life in peace ♪ >> on this 30th anniversary, some of the biggest names in the music industry are paying tribute to lennon. >> i just know i wouldn't be standing without him. and my whole life and -- as an artist was kind of shaped by him. >> john lennon probably wouldn't like all t

and 30 years after the murder of john lennon, the prophetic interview we've never heard. >> what they want is dead heros. i'm not interested in being a dead hero. captioning sponsored by cbs >> couric: good evening, everyone. more and more the terror threat in this country is coming from within. today a young muslim construction worker, a naturalized u.s. citizen from nicaragua was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against a military target in suburban baltimore. our chief investigative correspondent reports the suspect was caught in an f.b.i. sting. >> reporter: another case of suspected home grown terror. another u.s. citizen plotting to blow up americans. today it was 21-year-old antonio martinez, aka muhammad hussain, arrested by federal agents this morning after attempting to detonate a car bomb outside this armed forces recruiting center in maryland. the bomb was fake, supplied to him by f.b.i. undercover agents. >> because the f.b.i. was controlling the weapons that were used, there was no actual danger to the public as a result of the operation this m

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and 30 years after the murder of john lennon, the first british journalist on the scene recalls one of music's saddest days. ed hello to you. the latest twist in the wikileaks drama unfolded in a london court. julian assange is now in a british prison until another court hearing next week. he faces allegations of sexual assault. his supporters summoned at a large sum of money to get him out on bail, but this was refused. frank gardner's report does contain flash photography. >> and get back. >> and media throng at this afternoon as the elusive wikileaks founder was called to westminster. julian assange is accused of sex crimes in sweden, which he denies. >> i believe it that he could have been released today, but the judge had a different view. and now we will see the evidence against him so we can test the strength of these allegations, which we believe to be very thin indeed. >> this has been headline news in sweden where two women have told of allegations of rape and sexual molestation. these are allegations the swedish prosecutor initially dismissed. today, his supporters offered t

he checked into the ymca just blocks from lennon's home.ver to the dakota. >> he was very quiet, dressed casually, dressed very normally. >> reporter: jerry moll and her friend jude stein were there when chapman arrived. >> then he said he was there to see john. and it was always his dream to meet john. >> reporter: but lennon never came out of the building. moll and stein went across the street to have lunch. chapman set off to buy lennon's new double fantasy album. less than an hour later they were all back on the sidewalk at the dakota. >> he was out there waving the album, very excited that he had it. "i got it, i got it." and he said, do you think john would sign it? i said, if you were quiet and mannerly and if he had the time, maybe he would sign it for you. he said, "oh, okay. so he is nice?" i said, "absolutely." he's terrific. >> but he had this idea maybe he wasn't nice? >> yes. >> reporter: chapman gave moll no clue about his deep-seated anger for lennon. but as she left to take in a movie he did hint at his deadly plan. >> he h

john lennon also talked about trying to be a good father to sean lennon and added there was plenty of time to explore his wife's plans. >>> a new study suggests the cash you are carrying in your wallet may be contaminated. researchers from two nonprofit environmental groups say the chemical bisphenol-a rubs off cash register receipts and gets on your person. it has been linked to cancer, diabetes and infertility. it's believed, though, the levels found on receipts and cash are safe. >>> the latest report on airline and airport delays is bad news for the biggest bay area a irport. sanfrancisco internional ranked 27th out of the top 29 airports in october. less than 78% of lights to and from sfo arrived and departed on time. houston was first with 91% of o ntime flights. >> interesting. >>> 7:25. your commute is gonna be a effected by rain this morning and wet roads -- gonna be a effected by rain this morning and wet roads. how is it looking now? >> we have a big accident. southbound 880 at the from m ontboulevard -- fremont boulevard exit. the traffic is backing up quickly. you can tel

john lennon tonight.view recorded hours just before lennon was shot and killed was played. >> we spent approximately three and a half hours with john and yoko in an interview, and came back to san francisco the same night, and landed and found out that he was shot and killed. >> he said lennon told him he and yoko wanted to put together a band and go out on a concert tour. he gave the last print media interview to rolling stone magazine three days before he died. this week the magazine is released the full transcript as well as audio clips from the interview. when asked if he could see himself in a 9 to 5 john, lennon said it would be painful. >> people do spend a lot of time trying to be somebody else all the time. and i think it leads to terrible diseases and things like that. >> a writer for rolling stone magazine stumbled across the recording earlier this year. it had been gathering dust for the past three decades, and you can hear excerpts of the interview with john and yoko tonight at 9:00 on f.m. 1

chapman went off to buy lennon's album.s than an hour, they were back on the sidewalk. >> he was out there waving the album, very excited that he had it. i got it. i got it. and he said, do you think john would sign it? i said, if you were quiet and mannerly and if he had the time, maybe he would sign it for you. he said, oh, okay. so he is nice. i said, absolutely. i said, he's terrific. >> reporter: but he had this idea that maybe he wasn't nice? >> yeah. >> reporter: chapman gave mall no clue about the deep-seeded anger for lennon. she took off far movie and he hinted of the deadly plan. >> he said you might not see him again. this might be your last time to see him. >> reporter: he was indicating to you in a way that you didn't understand at the time that lennon might not be around much longer? >> right. >> what's most surprising is after that encounter in the afternoon and lennon signed the album, mark chapman had second thoughts about whether or not he wanted to carry out the deadly plan but waiting for lennon for ano

mark david chapman spoke with lennon then shot him several times.s rushed to the emergency room of the nearby roosevelt hospital. john roberts recently spoke to the doctor who tried to save m lennon's life and broke the news of his death to yoko ono. >> two police officers came -- he was holding him like the firemen hold. the other one yelled, gunshot wound, no vital signs. >> reporter: dr. steven lynn was the director of emergency services at roosevelt hospital. >> he was lifeless. he had no pulse. no blood pressure. he was unresponsive. >> reporter: lennon was wheeled into a trauma room. lynn opened his chest and with lennon's heart in his hand tried to massage back a pulse. doctors transfused massive amounts of blood but as fast as it went in it leaked back out. >> after trying for about 10, 15, 20 minutes, it was clear that nothing could be done and john lennon was pronounced dead. >> reporter: 11:10 p.m. doctor lynn knew what had to be done next. the devastating task of telling yoko ono that john was gone. >> she was sitting in a little room ri

lennon was headed to the studio.d, will you sign this? >> reporter: ever the obliging rock star, lennon stopped. the moment killer and victim face-to-face was preserved forever by another lennon fan with a camera. then lennon jumped into a limo with yoko and two members of his team. laurie kaye stayed behind to meet a friend. on the sidewalk, chapman came up to her and literally assaulted laurie with questions. >> did you talk to him? did you get his autograph? he kept badgering me. >> how did he strike you? >> certainly it never entered my mind he had any kind of agenda, any harm, plans to harm john or yoko. i thought he was kind of some obsessive weirdo. he was going to stand there until they got back. >> and john roberts joining us live. really amazing reporting. how long had chapman been stalking lennon? >> at least a couple of months. we've got something that you've never seen before, and that is mark david chapman's calendar from the year 1980. and the frenzied scribbles and things crossed out and other dates p

julian lennon's mother was john lennon's first wife.with john roberts julian lennon talks about his famous father and how he's lived with his death for the past 30 years. >> beatle john lennon has been shot at his manhattan apartment. police say he was taken to roosevelt hospital -- >> hard to imagine it was re-atlanta. still to this day in so many ways it still feels like a dream. >> reporter: john lennon's first son julian was in liverpool when he got the news. >> i came downstairs. all the curtains were closed. found out what had happened. and then of course when mum arrived, we were -- >> reporter: he immediately flew to new york. >> every person on that plane had the newspaper of dad's picture and john lennon slain, murdered. and that was a toughy. that was a toughy. >> reporter: he went right to the dakota for a tearful reunion with his 5-year-old brother shawn. >> you had a sense of responsibility, duty as a big brother? >> yeah. reminded me of something. >> reporter: what did it remind you of? >> my life. we were of similar age

people around that the world remember the shooting of john lennon. -- are around the world remember in the shooting of john lefnon. deep differences opinion are rising on how countries in europe should work themselves out of the sovereign debt crisis. the president of the group strongly criticized germany for rejecting his proposal of bonds as a way of helping weaker countries raise money. he said that german government thinking was simplistic. berlin accused him of unsettling the market. >> the president has accused berlin of rejecting his proposal for stuing it. he said that bonds would provide cheaper debt for countries with tight budget deficits. the german chancellor would like eu leaders to abandon the idea as they draw up a permit rescue them -- drop a permit rescue mechanism for the euro. >> we are working in a targeted a manner towards that which awaits us next friday. my calm demeanor is my contribution to the process. >> fort angela merkel, the remarks by the euros on president art not helpful. this would keep groups from fixing their economies. -- for angela merkel, the rem

beatles legend john lennon was assassinated 30 years ago tomorrow. but days before, he gave one final interview, never heard before, until tonight on "nightline." >>> and, done deal. president obama spokes a rare flash of emotion defending his tax compromise with republicans. >> take a tally. look at what i promised during the campaign. >> but how will it affect your bottom line? we have the details. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 7th, 2010. >> good evening, everyone, i'm bill weir. and today, the nation lost an inspirational figure. a woman who overcame public and private adversity to communicate a gospel of resilience, as her last book was called. the daughter of a navy boot lot, she was born in florida 61-year-olds ago, went to law school and met the younger man who would change her life. tonight, cynthia mcfadden remembers elizabeth edwards. >> reporter: this was the moment america really saw what elizabeth edwards was made of. >

a bay area journalist interviewed lennon the day before he died. about that memorable conversation with lennon. >> very engaging, obviously very bright and pretty excited about this particular album, "double fantasy" coming out. >> reporter: he conducted the last interview john lennon ever did. he said lennon was excited to put some personal issues behind him. >> the whole beatle thing, all that had been past. now he was 40. i hate to use the old cliche "life begins at 40" but i really think that day he made it very clear that really for him, he was really beginning a whole new stage of his life and felt great about it. >> reporter: the album was a collection of luove songs john and yoko wrote. >> starting over for them, their relationship, and kind of saying it to a lot of people, that we all have that -- we all can start over again. he had all those songs, were songs that they were singing to each other. she was singing to him, he was singing to her, and that's how it came about. >> reporter: lennon's death was a tragedy for everyone who heard hi

later lennon signed the album. hours later, chapman gunned lennon down. >>> we have a follow-up to a story we told you about yesterday. the macy's santa who was fired for what some say is an inappropriate comment now has a new job offer. lefty o'doul's has offered him twice the pay to help with their toy drive. he was fired last week after a couple of shoppers complained about one of his jokes. toomey explains what happened. >> i said do you know why santa is so happy and jolly all the time? no, santa. i said because he knows where all the naughty girls and boys live. >> toomey says he only tells adults that joke and nobody has ever complained in his 20 years as being santa. now he has another job and more money. >>> the time now is 5:19. we want to check in with mike and get the latest on the morning commute. >> we'll focus on where other folks spend a lot of money, that's the bay bridge toll plaza. a nice easy drive so far around the east shore freeway but coming around the berkeley curve, you'll find darker cond

new tapes of john lennon's last interview before his death, 30 years ago tonight. >>> good evening. we have another terror plot to report tonight. caught by another terror sting. it is the sixth time in the past year investigators have announced a foiled plan. this time, a baltimore man, a nicaraguan, who converted to islam, and he is under arrest, accused of trying to detonate what he thought was a bomb placed at a military recruitment center. and pierre thomas is there in catonsville, maryland, tonight. pierre? >> reporter: diane, for the second time in two weeks, the fbi says it's taken down a home-grown radical. this is the man the fbi says had deadly intentions. antonio martinez, a muslim convert, drove to this recruitment center outside baltimore at 9:00 a.m. this morning. he parked the suv, which he believed was full of explosives. he then left the scene in another vehicle and after he was certain the center was full of soldiers, he tried to detonate the bomb using a cell phone. but it was all a sting. >> how many more is out there that they're not catching? >> reporter: the

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cnn documentary "losen lennon" premieres this weekend.talked to people who witnesses the tragic events of december 8th, 1980, some of whom have never spoken publicly about the experience before. this morning, the final moments of john lennon's life as he arrived at roosevelt hospitals in new york city. but by ambulance but a police squad car. >> two police officers came around the corner one with the body over his shoulder. one was yelling. he was hold be him just like the fireman hold. the other one yelled, gunshot wound, no vital signs. >> he was lifeless, he had no pus, no blood pressure, he was unresponsive. >> reporter: lennon was wheeled into a trauma room. lynn opened his chest and with lennon's heart in his hand, tried to massage back a pus. doctors transfused massive amounts of blood, but as fast as it went in, it leaked right back out. >> after trying for about 10, 15, 20 minutes, it was clear that nothing could be done and john lennon was pronounced dead. >> reporter: 11:10 p.m., dr. lynn knew what had to be done next. the deva

his killer, mark david chapman stalked lennon for months.een working on a remarkable documentary that airs this weekend that traces exactly what happened to the leadup of that horrible day. here's a quick preview. >> this is our first album. i feel like nothing happened before today. ♪ our life together is so precious together ♪ >> reporter: near the end of october 1980, starting over, the first single off john lennon's comeback album "double fantasy" was released in the united states. >> the album is about a man andwoman's relationship together. he sounds stronger and clearer than ever before in his life. >> reporter: photographer bob grewen recorded those final sessions. >> he seemed to have understand what it was like to grow up and become an adult and take responsibility for your life. >> reporter: thousands of miles from new york city, mark chapman read about the resurgence of the man he once loved and now had grown to hate. a sense of rage was growing inside of him. >> the little people were talking to him, very avidly. >> reporter: ch

today is the 30th anniversary of the murder of john lennon. a bay area man conducted the singer's final interview. we'll find out his story next. >>> and a cyber battle breaking out between wikileaks and credit card companies. find out which site you might have trouble logging on to today. >>> and the future of the south bay neighborhoods are still up in the air this morning. see what happens now before anyone decides whether this little piece will become part of san jose or campbell. >>> and a live look outside from the south bay. san jose this morning. we are dry for now, but as rob points out, it could change. stay tuned all morning. >>> reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the bay" with laura garcia-cannon, brent cannon, business and technology with scott mcgrew, and traffic with mike inouye. the next, you start one feeling bit off.fine. the moment you feel run down or achy, nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> good morn

a bay area disk jockey was with john lennon.e was to interview the couple just hours before the singer was killed. we spoke to him today. >> we spent approximately three and a half hours with john and yoko in an incredible interview and came back to san francisco the same night and landed and found out that he was shot and killed. and that was about the time frame. about five hours after -- after we left him. >> he says when he first arrived back in san francisco he could not understand why the radio stations were playing non- stop beatle music. then he heard the news the. >>> coming up on the news at 5:00, wickileaks is now taking center stage. the berkeley city council is notorious for taking ong controversial national issues. now the council is considering a resolution in support of an army private accused of giving wikileaks a video documenting a military attack that killed iraqi civilians. that story starts at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.

the shooting of john lennon. deep differences of opinion are rising on how countries in europe should work themselves out of the sovereign debt crisis. the president of the group strongly criticized germany for rejecting his proposal of bonds as a way of helping weaker countries raise money. he said that german government thinking was simplistic. berlin accused him of unsettling the market. >> the president has accused berlin of rejecting his proposal for studying it. he said that bonds would provide cheaper debt for countries with tight budget deficits. the german chancellor would like eu leaders to abandon the idea as they draw up a permit rescue them -- drop a permit rescue mechanism for the euro. >> we are working in a targeted a manner towards that which awaits us next friday. my calm demeanor is my contribution to the process. >> fort angela merkel, the remarks by the euros on president art not helpful. this would keep groups from fixing their economies. -- for angela merkel, the remarks are not helpful. >>

>>> a video tribute to commemorate the anniversary of the death of john lennon.

today is the 30th arounders havery of john lennon's death.ling stone magazine marked the occasion releasing newly discovered tapes of an interview conducted three days before he died. >> i know we made our own reality and we always have a choice. but how much is preordained? is it always a fork in the road, you know, the two preordained paths? >> john lennon was shot to death 1980 near his new york city apartment building the dakota. fans are gathering at strawberry fields in new york's central park to remember the former beatle, his music and commitment to peace. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> well, today's tip of the day is going to be is the number one selling fruit in the whole supermarket in the country, bananas. they are always the number one selling produce item and let me tell you why. their nutritional value, easy to peel, their diversity, their amazing. lot number one fruit consumed in the world are mangos, bananas are number 2. u.s. number one. but let's talk about selection and storage. sometimes when it's really, r

. >> today marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of john lennon.gathered in new york central park to remember the former beatle and to celebrate his life. for many, the anniversary is still hard to bear. such is the case for bay area radio legend dave luke sholan, last person to interview him before his death. and he was on 7 live. >> and still today, 30 years later it's shocking to me now as it was then. i held out of the steering wheel. i didn't know what to do. there are things you can say but i've had to sum up things that stand out. and that is the thing we should remember. and he was shot four times as he returned to his new york city apartment. his widow is asking fans to join her with love and respect. john lennon would have been 70 years old. >> and still coming up tonight at 6:30, why your paycheck may be smaller next year. and flu season is here. and why everyone over six months of age should get vaccinated. @t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@t@tt >>> good evening, president obama is being hammered for a compromise income tax proposal. despite talk about

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. 30 years ago tonight, that john lennon was murdered outside his apartment building here in new yorkew generation is embracing lennon's genius. >> we asked chris carter to tell us why john lennon sgees life, death, and music still mean so much to so many. ♪ there are places i remember ♪ all my life ♪ though some have changed >> what we lost is the greatest songwriter of our generation. ♪ all we are saying ♪ is give peace a chance >> john lennon affected more people in a short period of time than anybody else i can think of. his loss, i think, overall, it just -- it shook every member not only of the entertainment business but pop culture, society, everybody in america. ♪ imagine all the people >> this was just like, boom, out of nowhere. and that's why so many people, you know, went to the dakota and just grieved together and it was just this incredible sea of fans, young and old. ♪ let me take you down 'cause i'm going to strawberry fields ♪ >> i think about how -- how john would be today, so many things we never got to hear from john. the possibilities were endless. you know, those

. >>> a video tribute to commemorate the anniversary of the death of john lennon. >> and it's a people lined up in san francisco this morning to get some help at the homeless connect event. there is now in events twice a month supported by businesses, volunteers, and organizations. it was started four years ago. today those in need were able to get free medical and dental services that they would not be able to get without project connect. >> i do not have the right medical coverage. it would cost too much. this is why i have to come. >> the mayor says project connect shows even in hard economic times, if someone comes up with a good idea, people and organizations will step forward to contribute. >>> before taking office, jerry brown is rolling up his sleeves. today he hosted a town hall forum and as jim vargas reports, he wants lawmakers to agree on the facts. >> reporter: governor elect jerry brown says the state is projected to have a $28 billion budget deficit over the next 1.5 years. officials showed up to hear him try to bring some basic understanding about the state's financial

. >>> fans of john lennon marked 30 years since his death. in lennon's hometown of liverpool england, fans gathered at the colorful and whimsical memorial. peace on zertearth is a sentimee put into his music many times. here's something for all the single guys out there. married life will make you feel less tense and more social. at at study conducted in michigan university, nearly 300 pairs of identical twins they monitored over decades revealed a specific pattern. marriage boosts social behavior. >> prince william, soon to be a married man and kate middleton are going into counseling. not because they're having prewedding problems but because it's customary for a church of england wedding. they will discuss their vows and other subjects to prepare them for marriage, how to handle disagreements, remain faithful and deal with in laws. >> we'll be right back with the snl comedian going to the white house. s. >>> meyers will host the next correspondent dinner in april. that's the one day of the year washington actually makes fun of itself. the

when i got the lennons on it made everybody jealous. there were just wonderful. i guess john and i got off on the right foot, because he said to me, yet the only halfway intelligent talk show on television-- you have the only halfway intelligent talk show on television. and i said, why would you want to be on a halfway intelligent talk show life? from then on, we were good friends. the upshot, the one that has caused an item on youtbuube to e entitled that the knicks and administration wants revenge on the dick cavett show was that john was being deported. the co-conspirator was trying to deport him -- there's a still of nixon and his -- fiddle. tavis: it's pbs. >> h.r. haldeman. what is cavett? he fills every show -- leader of to see the the free world, most powerful man in america, cavett, how can we screw him? one of nixon's wittier moments. how to screw me. he screwed my entire staff. i learned years later by two people talking quinn sedul, weru audited? tavis: everybody got audited. >> one of his favorite hobbies was illegally using a irs. tavis: for a book

final interview with john lennon.ple s >>> this morning we are hearing bits and pieces of the final interview with john lennon. crowds of people showed up last night at strawberry fields in central park to remember the music legend. he was murdered 30 years ago yesterday outside his manhattan apartment building. in his newly released interview done three days before his death, he said he thought he had plenty of time to accomplish some life goals. he also reflected on his views. >> i never really been a real street fighter down home gangs. i was a down home kid. but it was a big part of one's life to look tough. you know, i spent the whole of my childhood with my shoulders up round the top of my head and my glasses off because you weren't supposed -- glasses were a sissy and walking in complete fear but with the toughest looking little face your ever seen. >> in the recording, lennon also takes the a shot at his critics saying all they want are dead heroes, referring to sid vicious and james dean. >>> the queen of sou

they are auctioning items belonged to lennon. also the brun jacket he wore in the video for imagine, and a keeper, the 1972 station wagon that they used to drive around new york city without being noticed. >>> talk about extra credit. how they're helping students in need ahead of the holidays. >>> and the bay area storm will likely impact your weekend, but where will the rain be the strongest. meteorologist is tracking the storm and be here with the forecast. and if there's no tv nearby, watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer at www.ktvu.com. , sea ro f t t.. ro fn-opooal..ko gr. i'a n ! ro fe ysexdo..ko gr. llev wt emo? >> back on schedule after big delays. a train operator spotted a fire on the track in oakland at about 7:50 this morning. they found a problem with the third rail that powered the train. it caused major delays through both directions. >>>our meteorologist is here to tell us how everyone is getting hit with rain right now. >> just about. and this is justg . we have quite a few rain clouds in our five-day for

outside lennon's home at 10:50 p.m.er the 8th, 1988, mark david chapman fired five shots effectively snuffing out the former beatle's life. badly wounded, john lennon was taken to the nearby roosevelt hospital. >> i actually held his heart in my hand as the nurses rapidly transfused blood. i tried to massage the heart as we put blood into his body. we knew that there was no way that we could restore circulation. >> reporter: back in britain, the news of his death was broken on the bbc's "today" program. >> from outside the apartment building where the murder took place is our reporter tom brook. >> a very weird scene indeed because they're playing lennon music. a lot of them are in tears and they're weeping. and they're either stunned or they're hysterical. >> reporter: on this 30th anniversary, some of the biggest names in the music industry are paying tribute to lennon. >> i just know i wouldn't be standing without him. and my whole life as an artist was kind of shaped by him. >> reporter: john lennon probably wouldn'

we hear from two people that were at the hospital in the final moments of john lennon's life.e take a look of the top digital cameras on the market. live this is kron 4 news at 5:00 with the developing story. >> developing story as san francisco kron 4 jonathan blum is following the news out of the hyatt regency in san francisco. we're told a toddler has been injured there tell us what happened? we just talked to a hotel spokesman added to this that he knows so far. apparently in the lobby of this hotel if you been in here it's a big atrium on the upper floor of the hotel is a huge expanse of lobby in the middle is a giant reflecting pool sort of a fountain. it's only about 2 in. deep but has a deeper troffer the water flows around the town. were told that a 1/2 year-old boy wa

and that john lennon was still alive, 70 years old.et me introduce you to really understands the icons of culture. music. cambridge francisco art exchange on union square. and these days. for much focusing on pop culture,. very much focusing. very much and john lennon, was an icon but why was the it was just more than just the music? >> yes, and when you think of the beatles, just the name of the beatles is an iconic term just by itself. and it embodies all of the albums, the music, the personalities, the dynamics, and john was eight dominant leader of that band. he, and paul wrote a lot of that music as they keep voices to what people were thinking or not thought that. to put things in their mind as they put to put it and contemplate. >> and refresh our memory, and he was integral on the structure of the beatles. he was perhaps the guiding light? >> and in many ways the entire thing about the whole was the some of the parts. each had individual skill sets, that drove the group. together, they became bigger. and they knew there were on

to the u.k., the beatles faithful are remembering john lennon 30 years after his death., many are visiting the strawberry fields in central park. many are remembering him. in his hometown of liverpool, england, fans have a special relationship with their native son. >> just a fantastic spokesperson for the city and peace and this time of year at christmas time, i thought i'd come along to look at the memorial. fantastic, you know. >> john lennon was born in 1940 so he would have been 70 had he not been killed. the beatles formed in 1957 and played together until 1970. >> imagine all the people that don't know john lennon's legacy. >>> still ahead, oprah tells all to barbara walters. what the queen of talk has to say about those rumors that she's gay. >>> plus one out of this world concept launched by a california company this morning that could send you into space. >ur>> oonec s >>> our second storm now in four days. we're tracking it for youd righ now. those temratures damp and becoming cold with low 50s right now in the north bay stretching back into the east bay. as w

. >> plus 30 years later actor john lennon's death.s being released for the first time ever. ,,,,,,,,,,,, lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. >>> we continue to follow this injury crash in the upper deck of the bay bridge right before the "s" curve. you can see traffic is moving along much better approaching the accident scene. all those cars involved in the crash and chp have all been cleared to the right shoulder. so now we are just left with worse-than-usual delays on the upper deck heading into san francisco. that's the biggest backup up the incline towards th "s" curve. jammedled to to the 880 overcrossing. the good news is they were able to clear the crash out of lanes quickly. just minor injuries were involved so again, right now the clean-up is over. now we are just left with these extra delays. san mateo bridge if you are looking for an alternate, that's been moving along fine in the commute direction westbound 92 all morning as well as mass transit. bart

gravitated towards other young musicians who shared his passion, including a young man named john lennon. but when paul and his bandmates played their first set in a hole in the wall jazz club in england, expectations were still low. they thought they would be pretty big in liverpool. that band went on to change the way the world thought about music. their songs were the soundtrack for an era of immense creativity and change, and when paul continued his musical journey alone after the beatles broke up, he would become one of the few performers inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame twice, as a beatle and as a solo artist. [applause] paul admits that the only possible explanation is supernatural. he says the most important ingredient to making a song work his magic. you have a melody. you have words. but on the most successful songs there's a sort of magic glow that just makes the song sort of roll out. we may not understand it, paul, but for the last five decades you have taken millions of fans on a pretty magical ride and i should point out that includes a whole new generation. wh

opposite the building in central park, fans gathered to pause and reflect on john lennon and his music. the area is called strawberry fields in honor of the beatles song. it's been a gathering spot for fans since his death. >> reporter: tomorrow could mark the end of a long effort to clear the name of the late singer jim morrison. he has the votes needed to grant the singer a pardon. in 1970, morrison was sentenced to 6 months and jail and fined for profanity and indecent exposure on stage. today would have been his 67th birthday. >>> chaos in the streets of haiti. news of the results of the presidential election triggers deadly violence. >>> light showers still falling throughout the area. right now, light showers, chance for some of the morning, >>> all this wet weather is a good thing in the south bay, why reservoirs are above average and when it means for our water supply. a volunteer is recovering from burns she suffered today in an elementary school. the retired teacher was helping with a candle making project when the project went awry. >> she started the fire somehow with the c

opposite the building in central park, fans gathered to pause and reflect on john lennon and his music. the area is called strawberry fields in honor of the beatles song. it's been a gathering spot for fans since his death. >> reporter: tomorrow could mark the end of a long effort to clear the name of the late singer jim morrison. he has the votes needed to grant the singer a pardon. in 1970, morrison was sentenced to 6 months and jail and fined for profanity and indecent exposure on stage. today would have been his 67th birthday. >>> chaos in the streets of haiti. news of the results of the presidential election triggers deadly violence. >>> light showers still falling throughout the area. right now, light showers, chance for some of the morning, >>> all this wet weather is a >>> all this wet weather is a good thing in the south bay, twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. a volunteer is recovering from burns she suffered today in an elementary school. the retired teacher was helping with a candle making project when the project went awry. >> she started the fire somehow with the candl