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and, lenny, lenny, for you, what was the political headline of the week? back into politics. >> presidential pivot back into politics. >> so, let's go back. maria, i hope we get that worked out. i think you have some issues with the ear piece. let me start with you then, lenny. what about this field at a time when some say we need to move this country forward with new ideas in a new millennium. just a new era, but we're getting some old faces, if you will, literally and figuratively. what do you think about the two that got in? >> number one, they have interesting angles. look, for example, look at newt gingrich. he does remind people of the 1990s when there was success and balance in government where you had a democratic president that went too far after the first two years, was snapped back by a republican wave in 1994 and the two of them, president clinton and speaker gingrich were able to move america through an unprecedented phase of prosperity. so, he has that working for him. ron paul actually has the republican party coming back to him. he leans mo

got a lot of backlash from that, lenny.let our viewers listen quickly to the president and i'll ask you about it on the other side. >> calls for change may give way in some cases to fierce contests for power. the question before us is, what role america will play as this story unfolds. >> well, lenny, some are questioning the role america is going to play, certainly when it comes to israel. certainly angered a lot of people, including benjamin netanyahu when he said they should move back to the 1967 lines. that should be the starting point for negotiations. did the president, in your estimation, make a mistake in this speech or did he do what he had to do? >> there are a lot of people who thinks he made a mistake with this. criticism from jewish american groups and criticism around the world. we understand that he is trying to negotiate and be fair towards a palestinian state, but when you're looking at negotiating from a standpoint with folks that don't even recognize the existence of israel, it's a nonstarter. so, there a

lenny kravitz performs next! come on back!vishing. olay body collections. >> steve: tonight's tribute to bob marley is brought to you by land shark lager. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest is a rock star if there ever is one. he's about to release a new album, "black and white america." it comes out this summer. but tonight, he's here to help us conclude bob marley week with a performance of "roots, rock, reggae." with a little help from the roots, please welcome lenny kravitz! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ play i some music dis a reggae music play i some music dis a reggae music ♪ ♪ roots, rock, reggae dis a reggae music roots, rock, reggae dis a reggae music ♪ ♪ hey, mister music sure sounds good to me i can't refuse it what to be got to be ♪ ♪ feel like dancing dance 'cause we are free feel like dancing come dance with me ♪ ♪ roots, rock, reggae dis a reggae music roots, rock, reggae, yeah dis a reggae music ♪ ♪ play i some music dis a reggae music play i some music dis a reggae music ♪ ♪ play i on r&b i want

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birth, the resurrection, jesus' miracles and he sees jesus as a sort of jewish socrates, almost a lenny bruce character, is that right. >> that's right. >> you find no evidence in any of your scholarship, by the way, that jesus was a revolutionary, correct? interi find counterevidence. >> counterevidence? if yes is it he was not a revolutionary nor an insurrectionist. >> not that i can see from the documents. >> was jesus a conservative? >> i don't think so. >> well, in what sense was he unorthodox? >> well, i think that in what sense is what he saying somehow alarming or gripping or revolutionary? >> did he support the tora. >> oh, yes. >> oh, yes. so he did root himself in sources, correct? >> he was a jew. >> that's what i'm getting at, was he not basically conservative. he was -- go ahead. >> well, just it depends on which jew you ask. but it's -- you know, he's certainly within the -- a penumbra of typical jewish practice in the first century but there's something that makes him stand out and that's his belief that the kingdom of god is at hand. >> i hate to say it because this sho

the second half to strike in the six nine minute prove the difference in the match says khan manager lenny sleuths give us celebrating his first trophy as coach. now says because the premier league match was postponed this week with this cup final but the rest of the teams continued their regular season sparts uk have gone third in the league after thrashing you boys crossed legs are at moscow's luzhniki stadium striker laurie open for the muscovites twenty eight minutes and rising above everyone in the box after a cross is headed to the bar but the president was first in his own very bad firing home and empty netter parts of double the lead early in the second half out of jones you will put them sunil a head the same man zuba made it a brace twelve minutes later with a neat shot into the left corner and already also scored the second of the night seeding sports outs clean sweep clean sweep for now when propelling them into third in it's a will. meanwhile is a neat missed their chance to go itself out for two ones a feat and so on getting started the open for the hosts with a powerful head

and during settling in round three it's four seed andy murray the scotsman at classing sonali by lenny in christ three sets are still friends make a grand slam title screw it. well mardy fish is the latest american standing after the tenth seed stronger robin haas of the netherlands. moving to ice hockey and we have to stop because has been sacked as coach of russia's national team this follows a disappointing fourth place finish at the recent world championships in slovakia the country's ice hockey federation voted to drop him and his assistant equal to the internet because five year reign the duo left russia to back to back world championship titles however the low point was the quarter final loss to canada at the winter olympics in vancouver russia did respond to the runners up spot in the following world championships but the poor showing in slovakia was the first time russia finished outside the podium and that because i've seen the tool that is the front runner to fill the vacancy. with the relationship broke off from the talking many questions were asked on the development of ho

lenny cresci feels that. this afternoon he laid flowers for his brother john at a memorial to firefighters who lost their lives almost ten years ago. >> i told my brother i missed him very much. i don't think there's been a day in the last nine and three quarters years that i have not thought of my brother. >> reporter: raw emotion spilled out into the streets across the country with word osama bin laden was killed. and the party was even bigger outside the white house. a flash mob of nearly 3,000 people. at a ball game last night between the new york mets and the philadelphia phillies, patriotism trumped team loyalty. and from coeds in virginia to cadets at west point, the joy was unmistakable. then there was john cartier, who did the bulk of his celebrating by the t.v. set at home. >> i've been waiting for this for almost ten years. >> reporter: john's brother james was 26 when he was killed on 9/11. he was an electrician in the south tower on the 105th floor. john cartier, like the thousands of 9/11 famili

i'm talking about jakob dylan, jennifer hudson, chris cornell, lenny kravitz, ms.ryn hill and kicking it off today -- [ cheers and applause ] it's gonna be an amazing week. kicking it off today, it's gonna be great, bob's son, ziggy marley will sing "get up, stand up." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ stand up for your rights get up, stand up don't give up the fight ♪ my thanks to land shark beer for making bob marley week possible. if it wasn't for land shark beer, we couldn't do it. [ cheers and applause ] they took care of all the bills. they took care of all the smoke machines we have back at -- yeah, it's a smoke-eater machine, yeah. >> steve: oh wow. oh, a smoke-eater, okay. i was gonna -- 'cause there was a lot of -- i thought somebody left a smoke machine on back there. >> jimmy: no, no, that's ziggy's dressing room. [ cheers and applause ] we got a great show tonight. the hugely popular and successful comedienne -- god, we love her here -- chelsea handler is here. [ cheers and applause ] she's super fun. from broadway's "book of mormon," josh gad is dropping by.

we're talking soundgarden's chris cornell, lenny kravitz, jakob dylan. it all starts off with a performance from bob's son, ziggy marley, this monday, you guys! [ cheers and applause ] it's gonna be a phenomenal week. great music. it all starts next monday, may 9th. i cannot wait. please check that out. and, also i like -- i'm very proud just to show everyone this. this is making its debut, peaking up over here -- [ light laughter ] >> steve: what is it? >> jimmy: "thank you notes" is now a book, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ that's right. it is in color. it costs $12 and it comes out may 23rd. you can preorder from our website, latenightwithjimmyfallon.com or from amazon. it's our first book, everybody. this is it! [ cheers and applause ] with words, everything. hey you guys, we got a huge show tonight. one of my favorites, whoopi goldberg is here! [ cheers and applause ] oh, i love here. also, the amazing, the talented jennifer hudson is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] she's gonna talk to us, she's gonna sing a song. it's gonna be great. and,

great acts like chris cornell, lenny kravitz, jakob dylan, jennifer hudson, bob's son ziggy marley and. lauryn hill, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] that's right. it's going to be a phenomenal week. great music and it all starts this monday. i can not wait for that. we have an awesome show tonight, though. she's on tv. she's on broadway. she does it all. the insanely talented actress, edie falco is here! [ cheers and applause ] one of our favorites. we love her over here. [ applause ] from the new york knickerbockers, all-star forward carmelo anthony is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] one of the great players, great dude. he's a stud. and i'll be cooking with my buddy, chef michael symon is on the show tonight! [ cheers and applause ] making some meatballs or something. [ cheers and applause ] hey, i should remind you guys, in stores may 23rd, pre-order for mom now. "thank you notes" our first book. [ cheers and applause ] that's right. [ applause ] coming out soon. very exciting. it's only a dozen bucks. go pick it up somewhere. amazon. where else do you find books? >> steve:

he studied at lenny university with wb -- w.e.b. dubois.he went on to graduate with honors from the university of michigan law school. he excelled at michigan while waiting tables for a local fraternity. he is little known today but walden really inspired a generation of african-american lawyers, including earning jordan, the counsel to presidents who i am sure some of you have heard of. jourdan called walden so impressive. he said quote, i wanted to be a lawyer just like walden. i wanted to walk like him and talk like him and hang out my shingle on auburn street just like walden. above all else, pragmatists like walden and the black college presidents prioritized voting rights as attached to black power and here we see walden challenging the so-called white primary, the laws, the traditions of excluding african-americans from the vote in georgia and elsewhere. and here is the result of his activism. in 1946, after the fall of the white primary, blacks lined up all over the streets in atlanta eager to exercise the franchise. and yet walden

how about lenny bruce? i'm one of them. get over it. that's some funny [ bleep ]. >> for a man who is a patriot, who purports to love his country, that was quite shocking disrespect to your president. >> let me put it in official cnn "piers morgan" interview terms. shall i? >> yes. >> my limey friend? >> yes. >> anybody who wants to disarm me can drop dead. anybody that wants to make me unarmed and helpless, people who want to literally create the proven places where more innocents are killed called gun-free zones, we're going to beat you. we're going to vote you out of office. or suck on my machine gun. >> yes, but -- >> take it -- >> much as i'd love to suck on your machine gun, the whole point of your defense is a lot of people do drop dead precisely because you are armed to the teeth. >> not true at all. >> and you'd like everyone else to be. >> break this down -- >> you write this down. 80 people a day die in america from gunshots. >> and 75 of them to 78 of them, statistics by the uniformed crime report by the fbi and the u.n. stu

i'm going to be out there with lenny. >> he's going, oh, no! >> and i'll be drinking.pen. >> more. >> yeah. >> and they are telling me, yes, we are also having another wedding. we are doing the wedding again. i don't know about that. anyway, a lot to get to over the next several weeks and we'll have some fun and share memories as well. we will be back right after this. losing weight clicked for me when i lost weight right away. that weight tracker continued to go down and down and down. weight watchers online has some great tools. i just love the chinese buffet cheat sheet -- if you like the chicken and vegetables you can put a little serving here and you actually make your plate. it just blows my mind to even think i've lost 100 pounds and i have weight watchers online to thank. the fun, funkier me has come out to play. [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] hurry, join for free today. weight watchers online. finally, losing weight clicks. they took the flat screen. mom: the sound system... dad: they didn't take the computer... mom: maybe it's time for a new one. employee: h

and on september 2nd, lenn lenny kravitz finishing out our hot summer season, only on "today." ♪ don'ts so excited about journey until you did that. >> you get crazy. >> at least we're not on television. at least i didn't do it on air. >> we're live. >> you have done something ridiculous on air. need we remind you of mary k. blige. >> wow! >> why did they have that ready so fast? >> they have it running on a loop here. >> i come here and i just feel it. >> i'm looking forward to t-pain and neyo. >> >>> good morning, it's 8:26. students lrnt learning and teachers aren't teaching in the moubt diablo school district except one. here's more, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this doesn't get started until another 30 might nutes or so. they have signs all around the school about the teach in. they are protesting the teacher furlough days. in fact, three of them going on in the month of may, the school board canceled classes because of budget cuts. students at mt. diablo thought they were being cheated to a right to education. today if the quad they have eight learning sessions going

lenny think about it, what is there? i go back. i am doing nicely. i haven't even announce whether or not i am running. even the republicans do not like it. i'm not in the club. you cannot be in that club. that club is not what once is what's going to make as a great country. we have tremendous potential. we have unbelievable potential. if we know we wrongdoing. if we had the right people. we cannot let china drain us. we cannot let south korea drain test. -- us. i said find an american company. nobody could do it. they cannot find a company. we have them from south korea. it is interesting. do you know what happens? they have this agreement. they said we do not want it. my son would not have agreed to that agreement. that is how bad it was. a couple of days later, they win by north korea. north korea said we did not want to mess around. we signed the agreement. they would not do it. as soon as the bombs went off, we said we want to do it immediately. we have to use it. south korea makes a fortune selling the televisions. a politician must not say wh

you have a very famous dad who we are proud to have as part of our summer concert series, lenny.to check out the movie this friday january 3rd. >> june 3rd. >> january 3rd. >> i was looking right at you january, i'm sorry. folks, nice to have you. >> thanks very much. >> thanks a lot. >> we're going to back. first this is "today" on nbc. >>> >>> back now at 8:43 with today's call to action for combat veterans returning to life at home can be an overwhelming experience. today national correspondent amy robach has one man's story. hey, amy. >> to take on the challenge with a missing arm or leg can seem next to impossible, but one organization is helping wounded veterans with the personal touch. they match them up with local advocates that offer friendship and a reliable connection to the civilian world. ♪ >>> more americans were killed and wounded at gettysburg than any other battlefield in the world. its fields and monuments stand in tribute to those willing to give anything in the name of duty. today gettysburg is also the starting point of the american odyssey relay race. 200 mi

we'll get outside and say hi to lenny and his friends in a couple of minutes.'m matt lauer alongside natalie morales who's in for meredith. just ahead the latest on the charlie sheen "two and a half men" saga. ashton kutcher sent a coy tweet to fans last night fuelling the growing speculation that he will take over for sheen. details in a moment. also, how reliable and trustworthy is your plumber? we'll show you what dateline found when experts were called in to fix what should have been a very simple problem. >> plus, the stars make them look good but is there an age limit for high heels, short skirts and bikinis? a new survey of women established certain cut-off ages. coming up, why not everyone is happy with the results. >> exactly right. let's begin with the latest on the casey anthony jury selection. the judge was hoping it would be done today but that's not likely. kerry sanders, good morning. >> reporter: it's been quite a week so far. the difficulty in seating a jury who will sit in judgment of casey anthony accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter