>>i recently did a book about john lennon called the cynical idealist and in a spiritual way i realized that george harrison was more of a leader of the group >>the spiritual beginnings for george began an unconventional way perhaps with the introduction of lsd into his life but he was not aware when that happened to >>that's right he and john and their ladies went to dinner with a dentist and after the meal he slipped to sugar cubes with lsd and their coffee without telling them and after that trip they were convinced that there was something beyond this earth and there was more to god >>and shortly after that he found his way to india ... where he also heard of the sitar and fell in love with an instrument and he sought lessons from virtuoso raw fish on carraavi shankar and a friendship blossomed to their ... >>he was a life time student of the guitar and pioneered a number of things that got incorporated into rock music like the slide guitar and the indian themes >>the death of john lennon had him particularly hard because he was in a strange relationship with him at that time ... th

so you wouldn't have had john lennon. kid out there who was rather confused and not understanding why people are booing him, like so many times you had to do. i don't think it would be easy. i don't think this is an easy job at all. but i refuse -- >> i don't think working with howie mandell and sharon osbourne is an easy job. i can tell you. >> i feel your pain. i've said to howie and i said to sharon, the shenanigans are going to stop. there were many times just between piers you guys would take someone -- like remember the guy with the furry costumes and you said it's ridiculous. i happened to agree with you. i think they took him through just to tweak you. >> i'm thinking, howard, if they carry on their ludicrous past time of putting through these terrible acts what we should really angle for is next season, the one after this, it just be me and you sitting on there. >> let me tell you something, i would approve of that. i love them. they're great people. i've known sharon for years and i've known howie for years. i l

i'm thinking john lennon here. poor john lennon signing an autograph and all of a sudden he is dead. did i do the right thing last night or how do you see it. >> you did the right thing. i did see some aspect of the video. >> bill: there is a video. we say it's edited it's around on the web site so whatever. >> the police misinterpreted the law because you don't have to have a physical contact or injury to arrest somebody for simple assault. there is an aspect of battery in simple assault and aspect of a threatening act. unwanted touching. you don't have to have an injury. a threatening act to be frightening an individual. and i just. >> bill: i have got to be honest. the guy once i saw who he was, that he was some crazy guy asking me crazy questions about newt gingrich, i didn't know what he was talking about and he had the little cell phone. i wasn't frightened. it was in the beginning, which you don't see on the tape because they don't put that on there where is he screaming and running out. i didn't know who he

the two of that acre memorial park is across the street from where lennon was gunned down. it has been a traditional meeting spot for fans to pause and remember him. mark david chapman is serving 20 years to life for murder. this is file footage from last year when people marked the anniversary of his death 30 years ago. >>> on a happier note, let's take another look at the question of the morning this morning. the results of a new survey show 66% of women never do one of these things. is it a, mow the lawn. b, clean their purse or c, shovel snow? >> here is a response posted on the facebook.com/wusa9 from terry. he wrote well, it can't be purses because women buy too many of them not to have a clean purse. i'm guessing they never mow the lawn. that's a guy thing, right? >> you should have heard the conversation in our newsroom to beat the band. log on to facebook.com/wusa9 and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in the 6:00 hour. we'll be right back. >>> school delays due to high water and in west virginia. the union educational complex in grant county, two hour d

lennon was shot and killed outside his new york city apartment by a deranged fan.s are expected to gather to commemorate this day in new york city's central park. >> ok, alec baldwin has issued an apology to his fellow passengers about that incident on the american airlines plane. >> yeah, the actor stopped short of apologizing to the airline, though, or to the flight attendant he later mocked on twitter. the flight from los angeles to new york was delayed after he refused to comply with an order to stop playing a cell phone game. he was booted from the plane. airline officials and some passengers say he was rude to the flight crew. >> very rude. caused us to be delayed. not very considerate. just not a very unselfish man. >> hmm. well oscar de la hoya was also on that flight. he told a different story said that baldwin was trying to turn off his devices. in a note on the huffington post baldwin said he's sorry for making a long delay longer for passengers. >> 6:24, still another half-hour of "good morning washington." >> coming up, the search for a robbery suspect

annie leibovitz has taken portraits of everyone from john lennon still queen elizabeth. now she has a new exhibition in london. entitled "pilgrimage,", it features personal objects of famous people. >> i was definitely going and down a different trail. i wanted to get out, you know? it was a voyage of discovery. it was a very personal set of pictures. you know, i really did it -- it was setting myself up. if anything can be gleaned from it, these places or out there. you can get so taken into the subjects in a good way. what is wonderful about them, you can live in all of these subjects. i tried to pull myself in and out relatively fast. more like a tourist. a little more than a tourist. yes i not a big fan of the tripod. i had to learn how to put the camera on the tripod and film objects. and i tried to feel emotional with that. i was very lucky. i received an award. @ was receiving an award in santa fe at the georgia o'keeffe museum, and they offered to take me out. there's a camera on the corner. i was so moved. there was a single bed. the view out into the bali. ther

. >>> on this day in 1980 former beatle john lennon was shot to death outside his new york city apartment building. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later on the "today" show. the details of a missing florida mom, michelle parker, who vanished last month following the airing of her episode on "the people's court." >>> and evan lysacek takes a spin on the famous rockefeller ice rink. >>> keep it here for your latest news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >>> queen of england met with john lennon's widow, yoko ono, during the official opening of the museum of liverpool. >>> in brazil. a motorcycle stunt went horribly wrong when a dare devil smashed head-on to an oncoming car and thrown 80 feet. that's hard to watch. amazingly, the rider escaped without serious injury. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,020 after losing 25 points yesterday. the s&p was down 2 points. the nasdaq added 5. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei gained 46 points while in hong kong the hang seng nudged up 38. >>> wall street followed wednesday's lift-off with a day of caution thursday, ahead of today's november job numbers. expectations are that roughly 120,000 jobs were added. a number analysts think must be hit for any rally to continue. but caution set in thursday on last week's data showing new unemployment claims rose. other data fit the latest stronger-than-expected trend. manufacturing rose strongly in november and new factory orders were up. in euro news, wednesda

. >> there is that famous story where a music ecologist told john lennon that he ended a song in an alienhe says, i did? this program is provided by the commonwealth club in forum. tonight we are presenting music. i am here with alex degrassi, a grammy award winning guitarist. we will continue with audience questions. >> you mentioned in your book, and right now, music has a pulse. i wonder what you think or know happens in the brain when music is disjointed, bad. how about classical music? >> one of the things -- whether you know it or not, whether you are a musician or not -- your brain is trying to predict what is or to come next, just like in speech. if i was going to say, the pizza was too hot to sleep, your brain is surprised because it had a prediction of what was going to come. a skillful physician will break it up harmonically, totally, or rhythmically, and when it becomes hard to predict, it becomes a game. what is your feeling about that? you do a lot of rhythmic changes. >> one of the things that i do a fair amount of -- maybe the question is asking, for example -- you have a

ono, of course, was married to former beatle john lennon, a native of liverpool.no said the queen looked young and elegant. they fled the brutality of burma and found peace and prosperity in america. their stories next. medical cae for unexpected signs of bleeding like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems or a bleeding condition, like stomach ulcers. or if you take aspirin products, nsaids, or blood thinners. tell your doctor about all medicines you take, any planned medical or dental procedures, and don't stop taking pradaxa without your doctors approval, as stopping may increase your stroke risk. other side effects include indigestion,stomach pain, upset, or burning. if you have afib not caused by a heart valve problem, ask your doctor if pradaxa can reduce your risk of a stroke. for more information or help paying for pradaxa, visit pradaxa.com. for a medicare plan? you only have 6 days left. the medicare annual enrollment period ends wednesday, december 7th. call unitedhealthcare medicare solutio

the world's first nuclear powered icebreaker was called lennon and was launched from movements in one nine hundred fifty seven today it's a floating museum by a pier at the city's perth with the help of the icebreaker fleet it was possible to explore the russian arctic early around the time spent sailing was limited only by the amount of food aboard. during winter the crew would stay on the ship for several months the onboard clinic regularly performed surgeries the unique for that time. no expense was spared on the fine timber interior of the first nuclear icebreaker. hours can be spent wandering around the boat looking inside the cabins of the crew who maintains the nuclear reactors the open bridge overlooks the course and the beautiful bay of motor mount. so that. in ancient times all the local nobility used to come here young people first settled them amongst fountains of years ago this odd looking man made structure that weighs many tons is at least ten thousand years old it's known as a megalith faced with stones along the perimeter it's reminiscent of britain's stonehenge once

. >>> 1980 on this day john lennon killed outside his new york city apartment. news of the murder you may recall or if you don't, fast back for you. it broke during monday night football via howard cosell. >>> business every where looks for ways to cut costs. the banking indit -- industry is doing the same. they are shedding positions and one way to keep costs down. and a special donation found in a salvation army kettle. how much it was worth. >>> and walls at a texas diner has stories to tell. how the tales are helping to feed the hungry for the holiday season. that's dmowmght 6:00 hour of "- - that's coming up in the 6:00 hour of "good morning maryland" we are back in a few minutes. >>> are's watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland." -- you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland ." >> reporter: jerry sandusky after being charged with two more boys is back behind

. >>> england's queen elizabeth met with john lennon widow, yoko ono, thursday in liverpool. >>> and a motorcycle stunt went horribly wrong when this daredevil smashed head-on into an oncoming car and was thrown 80 feet. but as amazing as the video is, it's also amazing that the rider escaped serious injuries. luckily. that's just tough for you. now here's your first look at wall street. the dow opens at 12,020, after losing 25 points yesterday. the s&p was down two points, but the nasdaq added five. taking a look at overseas trading, in tokyo,ed nikkei gained 46 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng nudged up 38 points. well wall street followed wednesday's lift-off with a day of caution thursday. ahead of today's november job numbers. expectations are that roughly 120,000 jobs were added. a number analysts think must be hit for a rally to continue. but caution set in thursday on last week's data showing new unemployment claims rose. other data fit the latest stronger-than-expected trend. manufacturing rose and new factory orders were up. in euro news, wednesday's move by the wo

. >>> 1980 this day the anniversary of the death of john lennon killed outside his new york apartment and the shooter was david chapman. >>> many people dread putting the effort in writing a holiday card one man -- but one man does it year-round e sends them all around the world signed and delivered in -- he sends them all around the world signed and delivered in different languages. if you receive a christmas card this year and a return address, if you never seen it, check inside for his signature gold sticker and self-given name the christmas card man. >>> well salvation army got much more than they expected. typically it's coins and cash but a diamond ring was dropped into a red kettle in kansas. salvation army says it's the first time they found a diamond in a kettle and it was wrapped in paper with no note. it shows the christmas spirit. time for a check of the forecast. not too bad for the salvation army. >> they got more than expected and you get less snow osight balances out -- know so it balances out. there will be an explanation of what happened. it was warm and wet and snow

new policy that after the civil war he didn't carry out a political policy in other words he said lennon's mistake was not becoming to democratize or he thought he had come at last in gorbachev. off gorbachev's road to democracy was removing stalin's controls not only on society but on the party itself now he may have had a real man of size view of what the communist party had been at the beginning but it certainly wasn't then in the beginning what it was when gorbachev came to power he then said in one nine hundred eighty nine to the party you have to become an electoral party and they nearly passed out with a message of the last thing in the world wide of course but why not why couldn't the party of split into a gorbachev electoral party and the party that's now headed by you gone if which by the way don't ever forget this that after the end of the soviet union the new russian communist party was the most successful electoral party in the duma until something else happened i we can debate what happened to the party had an electoral capacity it had to get it was too big it wasn't a real p