tonight we're remembering the rock legend lou reed. perhaps no other artist so thoroughly embraced his darker shades with songs about dog abuse, and seedy side of life in new york city and turned it into something a generation of rockers to follow. >> reporter: lou reed leader of the band velvet underground passed away after suffering ailments of a liver transplant earlier this year. he was 71. north worthy for songs such as "he heroin" and "sweet jane." although the band never achieved commercial success reed sprang to worldwide fame . he credited much of his success to artist andy warhol. >> everything that i do from the outside. if it hadn't been for andy, who knows whether we would have had a chance to do anything. so i think i owe everything to mr. warhol. >> reporter: although the velvet underground enjoyed an alternative cult following reed launched a solo career in 1972. his first release was "walk on the wide side." [♪ singing ] >> reporter: his solo work continued for more than three decades including a show at the white hous

we have more on the life of lou reed. [ ♪ music ] >> for lou reed life was expressed through music. band the velvet underground set the tone for rock and the punk movement in the late "60, and early '70s. for a lot of people punk music is an underground music. lou was as important as the beatles. lou reed, and other iconic musical figures called this place home. they used what they saw on the hallways of this hotel as musical inspiration. fans dropped off flowers in frost the chelsea to pay tribute to reed, remembering what his music meant to them. >> the underground was ahead of his time. lou reed sort of was the godfather of punk rock. >> when i was in high school, i lisped to that -- listened to that music, and it was different to the country western. >> reed and the velvet underground mixed music with ard, collaborating with andy warhol. as influential as it was, their first album sold few copies. >> the classic quote is only 30,000 brought the velvet underground, but every one of those people started a rock band. so much of what lou did with the velvet underground prestaged pun

owes a lot to lou reed. >> is there someone today that will have a legacy similar to lou reed?i think that is difficult to say, at this stage of the game. certainly he influenced so many major song writers. his impact through them will continue to be felt. as far as what will happen down the line, we'll have to wait and see. >> i know it is maybe a morbid question, but how did do you start to write an obituary about lou reed. >> i think you make the point to people, that even though they didn't know him, he is very important. nobody has to explain how important bob dylan is. no one has to explain how important the beatles are. but even people who like a band like u2 who, you know, recorded lou reed's songs, don't necessarily know the impact he had on them. >> so you'll be interested in this. i've just been told by my producers that the former drummer of velvet underground and band made of lou reed will join us the next hour to talk about lou's legacy. >> that will be great. >> amaze pg. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. thank four asking me. it was an honor. >> can't wait for

lou reed collaborated recently with mettalica and toured with his new band. he added vocals to the 2012 album "syn this, heti -- synthettica." it will be his time with velvet underground that most fans will remember when they think of lou reed. >>>. >>> just a reminder you can keep up to date with the news on the website aljazeera.com. >> slavery in nepal has been abolished, by law. but behind the high walls of many city homes here, young girls continue to serve as slaves. known as kamlari, they are the daughters of indebted farmers, sold to landlords for little to no money.

. ♪ >>> and remembering lou reed, the rock pioneer and punk poet passes away at 71.aptioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, october 28th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, we begin with a diplomatic uproar over u.s. espionage operations. a german magazine reports that the united states may have been monitoring german chancellor angela merkel for more than ten years and the director of the national security agency is denying reports that he discussed operations involving merkel with president obama. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. you know, many here seem unfazed by word of this kind of monitoring. one congressman hinted that the reaction is simply because the information is now out in the public realm, but this european delegation is here, they will be meeting with white house officials, and one big question is what did president obama know and when. a european union delegation is in d.c. this morning to meet with white house aides and members of congre

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i love you lou. reed leader of velvet underground and driving force behind hit song "walk on the wild side" was 71 years old. >>> exciting game four of the world series to tell you about. cardinals get on first. beltran driving in a run. bases loaded. stephen drew, sacrifice fly. ortiz in for the schoore. boston up 4-1. celebrating beard tug in order after that. there you go. shane robinson scores. boston 4-2. boston seals the deal in the ninth. colton gets picked off. he's out. game five tonight. more sports for you little bit later. >>> expected to be dry in st. louis. the opposite half a world away. massive storm barrelling across southern britain with 75-80 miles per hour wind. is 130 flights have been cancelled. one teenage girl was reportedly killed when a tree fell on her home. a teenage boy is feared dead after being swept in the see. it's one of the worst storm to hit the country in years. video coming out of the uk is really amazing. >> 90 miles per hour on the island off the coast. in london, w

carlos monthly lena tells us this is the life of lou reed. >> reporter: for lou reed life was expressedhrough music. his band, the velvet underground set the tone for rock and the punk music movement in the 1760s and early 70s. >> for a lot of people who like a lot of indy rock, pumping music, lou is as important as the beatles. >> reporter: back in the 1960s lou reed and othe other iconic musical figures called this home at one time or another and used it as musical inspiration. >> reporter: fans drop off flowers to pa pay tribute to re. >> the velvet underground were years ahead of their time. >> when i was in high school he was my musical taste. growing up in a small town of wyoming and listening to that kind of music, it was just so bizarre and different from all the country western that i livee listened to. >> reporter: reed and the velvet underground first album sold few copies. >> only 30,000 people bought their first album but they all went on to start their own rock bands. >> that is juan carlos molina with more on the life of lou reed, died at the age of 71. i'm del walters in

that thought of lou reed. juan carlos molina, al jazeera, new york. >> parts of the west got snow very early this year, in october. but so did parts of europe. in fact, germany, we have pictures of snow on pumpkins to show you. just to let you know there's going to be a chill in the air coming back from parts of the united states. in fact we'll probably have snow on the ground in some areas of montana as you get into halloween holiday. as we get into what's going on for the rest of the globe, we've got strong winds out there. not only are there strong winds forecasted from alaska to montana but we're also getting them for europe. gusts up to 70 miles an hour for the northern coast lines of switzerland germany france spain we're going to see these gusts up to 70 miles an hour up to the coast, and u.k, experiencing strong gusts as well because of low pressure passing by. the low pressure in the northwest impacting the strongest winds in california up in nevada, utah and montana. the most snow, most likely is goi

you know, there was a sense in which that was lou reed's project. mentioned literary terms. >> that is what he wanted to portray. >> brown: you mentioned literary terms because one important influential for him was not musical but literary was the poet with the dellmore schwartz. >> that's exactly right. he studied with him at syracuse university. and i think from dellmore schwartz he learned a kind emotionality, really. and a willingness to take risks. you know, there is a great dellmore schwartz collection called in dreams begin responsibilities. and i think you know lou reed took that seriously and chose his own vision for himself as an artist. there would be no boundaries. i think that was his idea. >> brown: so how did his work, his ideas, his music spread out? how did it influence what happened to rock 'n' roll. >> well, there is a very famous quote by musician and producer named brian eno without once said well, only $30,000 people bought the first vel net-- velvet underground about every one of those people formed a band that gets at the imp

i am a passionate velvet underground fan, lou reed fan. a lot of people that like indy rock, certain underground muk, lou was as -- music, lou was as important as the beetles. >> really. >> yes, absolutely. >> because it was so influential at the time. he's not a household name. >> not as famous, but so influential. such great music. >> thank you christian from "rolling stones" magazine. >> health and human secretary kathleen sebelius will appear before congress. glitches are blamed for low enrol: congressman darryl icemaup said the staff should be thought about changing. >> the president has been poorly served in the implementation of his signature implementation. if someone doesn't leave, not just for 60 days someone come in and fix it. he's missing the point of management 101. these people are to serve him well. they haven't. >> in mississippis a few dozen sign up on the health care change. we find out why. >> chris miller is a chef at the italian grill and pizaria, the sole provider for a family of four and says they haven't been able t

details on how four men busted out. >> and rip lou reed. velvet underground to the wild side he was a rock and roll icon. the life of a legend, dead at the age of 71. this is "way too early." >>> good morning, everybody. monday, october 28th. what would a mcdonald's hamburger taste like without heinz ketchup? you'll soon find out. and we'll see how snl is treating health.gov. over the weekend it underwent an overhaul. there's a so-called navigator to make it easier for consumers to purchase health care. however, they couldn't make it to monday morning without another issue. the system went down late sunday because of an outage to one of its data centers. >> meanwhile, bill clinton defending the program and it's roll out while

details on how four men busted out. >> and rip lou reed. velvet underground to the wild side he was a rock and roll icon. the life of a legend, dead at the age of

lou reed ignored the old guard and defined avant-garde.e was a true rebel, poet, militant, contrarian. his music wasn't for everybody, but it ended up affecting what everyone heard. >> i had these great novelist ambitions about it. i really wanted to make it a rock and roll songs about things that really mattered. >> reporter: born in brooklyn and raised on long island he was a dark troubled kid treated with electroshock therapy. after graduating from syracuse, his early career was rough. ♪ >> reporter: he wrote about subjects people didn't talk about at the time. it was a signal to the new york music under ground that it was safe to come out. >> he knew he was a rock and roll singer. he loved the form. he wrote lyrics that reflected that that were primal, that were simple, but were also beautiful. >> reporter: he could be wildly experimental. he once made a double album of just guitar reverb which he himself admitted he couldn't listen to all the way through. ♪ >> reporter: for all of his influence, he only had one big commercial hit, "wa

lou reed called this place home at one time or another and used what they saw in the hallways of thiscal inspiration. and they dropped off flowers to pay tribute to reed and remembering what his music meant to them. >> the velvet underground was ahead of their time and lou reed was further than punk rock. >> in high school he was my musical taste and growing umin a small town in wyoming and different than country western. >> reporter: as influential as it was their album sold few copies. >> the cope about the band which is worth repeating is that only 30,000 or so people bought velvet underground records but every one went on to start a rock band and what he did with the velvet underground prestaged punk and everything that was called alternative rock in the 80s and 90s. >> reporter: he had greater success as a solo artist after the band broke up in the mid 70s. >> he never stopped music and never stopped changes and he had success with transformer produced by david bowie and had the hit walk on the wild side. >> reporter: it was inducted in the hall of fame in 1996 and more recently

lou reed. lead singer of the band velvet underground died. the word icon, we throw it around a lot these days but there's little other way to describe lou reed. he influenced musicians from david bowie to talking heads and beyond that. velvet underground was backed and produced by andy warhol with the iconic banana on the cover of the first album. that album was a flop. it only sold 30,000 copies in it's first five years but one producer famously characterized the group's influence saying but everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band. his solo career spawned his most famous single, walk on the wild side. his music could be pretty complicated and confounding. he was open about his experiences with drugs and sex and claimed his inspirations came from a primal place that included his hometown of new york. >> i'm just a rock and roll guy. i just like to turn the guitar up and make noise. that's how i deal with stress. >> and ideas just come to you? you're writing and you think of a song. >> ideas are knocking on my door almost

and lou reed became one of the most influential artists of the last era.ncludes rock giants like david bowie, u2 and r.e.m.. born in brooklyn in 1942, reed studied poetry and journalism at syracuse university. after college he worked for a songwriter for pickwick records but as founder and lead singer of the vel-- vel set underground he would change rock 'n' roll, the band's debut album produced by andy warhol was a commercial failure but is now considered one of the most important american rock albums ever recorded. it was rock but unlike any heard before with frank descriptions of new york's bohemiam underworld. in the 70s reed struck out on his own. his 1972 album transformers produced by bowie included his biggest hit ♪ and the other girls go ♪ ♪ do-do do do ♪ness. >> an homage to the outkast he met in warhol's world. his work radically expanded the range of rock letterings and lead to punk rock and glam rock. the velvet underground was induct mood the hall in 1996, and acknowledgment of lou reed's enormous influence, which by then had far eclipsed his

lou reed was 71. in los angeles, dominique di natalie. >>> ten years after the deaths of two children by a dui driver, family and friends pay tribute. and how they hope new legislation will prevent the same tragedy. >>> plus texting while driving against the rules in most places but punishment can depend on where you live. a new study that shows one place that you can even end up in jail. >>> and a trip abroad celebration, the news continues in 90 seconds. >>> a woman was hospitalized this afternoon with major injuries after a crash. it happened at 11:55 p.m. the highway patrol say it is driver crashed into a tree near black hawk club drive. she was taken to john mere medical center and has not been released. >>> officers conducted a dui check point from 8:00 8:00 last night to 3:00 in the morning. they cited five people for driving without a license or driving -- >>> if you get caught in alaska, be prepared to pay $10,000 and spend a year in jail. one study says that drivers are 23 times more likely

lou reed was 71.ll cause of dea complications related to a liver transplant. lou reed was 71.ath complications related to a liver transplant. lou reed was 71. cause of death complications related to a liver transplant. lou reed was 71. >>> yut rage is building in santa rosa where a deputy shot and killed a 13-year-old boy earlier this week. officer thought the boy was carrying an assault rifle. turns out it was toy. now the fbi is getting involved. joe fryer with the latest. >> reporter: craig, the fbi is now investigate this case which stems from a quick confrontation last tuesday afternoon. officers say that they thought a boy was carrying an assault rifle only after shooting him did they realize it was in fact a toy replica. this has sparked protests throughout santa rosa california who have been protesting the shooting death of andy lopez. classmates even walked out of school this past week, marched to the sonoma county sheriff's office and scrolled messages in wet cement that just happened to be drying outside of the building. it all happened tuesday afternoon. investigat

. >> reporter: for lou reed life was expressed through music.and "the velvet underground" set up music in the 50s and 60s. >> for those in punk rock lou reed was as important as the beatles. >> reporter: they used what they saw in the holloway hallways ofs hotel as influence. >> reporter: remembering what his music meant to them. >> velvet underground was years ahead of his time. lou reed punk rock, really. >> when i was in high school he was my musical taste. growing up in wyoming and listening to that kind of music, and it was just so bizarre and different from say all the country western that i lived to. >> reporter: reed and the velvet underground mixed music with art, but it's first album sold few copies. >> only 30,000 or so people bought velvet underground records but every one of those people went on to start a rock band. so much of what lou did pre-staged punk and everything called alternative rock in the 80's and 90s. [♪ music ] >> reporter: reed had greater success as a solo artist. >> he never stopped making music. he never stopped c

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the driver survived but is in critical condition tonight. >>> lou reed, the profoundly news onnal leaderlvet underground died today. ♪ take a walk on the wild side ♪ >> reed's literary agent said the legendary musician died in southampton of complications related to his recently very transplant. after his velvet underground days he remain aid vital solo performer for decades although he didn't have the success the beatles and bob dylan enjoyed he's considered a rock pioneer. he was rocked with spermtdal art, literature, and film. among his collaborators, andy wa warhohl. >> and the changing weather. >>> and the gusty winds? >> 45 miles an hour in the hill. you see it around the peninsula and into the east bay and out towa toward liver more. you have winds at 28 miles an hour on the camera is bouncing pretty well. bouncing around with those gusty winds and hanging on and you can see the low clouds that have moved to oakland and beneath the low clouds we'll have drizzle. the hour-by-hour forecast in terms of wind shows you the peak wind gusts for the coast will arrive sunrise tomorrow morn

. >> remembering rock pioneer lou reed.he former velvet underground died at the age of 71, today. [ ♪ theme ] >>> international uproar over reports the u.s. spied on germany's chancellor is not going away. there are claims president obama knew about the phone taps and approved them - the white house says it is not true. we are getting reports that the eavesdropping started in 2002, before angela merkel was elected. >> this morning senator jeanne shaheen called on the nsa to come clear on the surveillance program. >> i think the revelations from edward snowden, and secrets that are revealed are doing damage to our bilateral relationships with germany, mexico and other countries where the suggestion is that we've lisped in -- listened in. i think we have repair work to do and hard questions it ask of the nsa about what is happening in the program. >> it's a different view from the chairman of the house homeland security committee. congressman peter king says america should stop apologising for the nas. >> the reality is the n

this morning the music world is mourning lou reed. >> reed founded the velvet underground, a groundbreaking andy warhol. abc's john donvan looks back at reed's iconic career. >> reporter: he only topped the charts once in his career. ♪ take a walk on the wild side >> reporter: "walk on the wild side," 1973. but record sales were never the point of lou reed. he was more important than that. a member of that small circle of rock musicians that other rock musicians recognize as changing the genre. in the '60s it was as songwriter and singer for the velvet underground where he took rock to darker places than it had been before. "sunday morning," one of those songs that in its time was unlike anything anyone heard. reed was the son of an accountant in brooklyn, new york, who started out thinking he wanted to be a journalist or filmmaker. did the college stint as a radio deejay playing other people's music. with the '70s. reed went solo. that's when "walk on the wild side" came and travel that saw him in 2000 playing before the late pope john paul ii. reed's health was a challenge in recent years

record sales were never the point of lou reed. he was more important than that.ber of that small circle of rock musicians that other musicians recognize as changing the genre. in the '60s it was as song writer and singer for the velvet underground where he took rock to darker places than it had been before. "sunday morning," one of those songs that in its time unlike anything ever heard. reed was the son of an accountant in brooklyn, new york. he started out thinking he wanted to be a journalist or film maker. he did a college stint as a radio deejay, playing other people's music. with the '70s reed went solo. that's when walk on the wild side came and travels that saw him in 2000 playing before the late pope john paul ii. his health was a challenge in recent years, "rolling stone" reported a liver transplant. reed didn't talk about that, not even on twitter where he posted up until the last day, a link to his facebook page which tonight is filling up with tributes from those who get it, why lou reed mattered. ♪ it was the music, nothing else. john donovan, abc.

lou reed had a big influence on that '80s sound. >> yes, he did.nd i think it was a couple or three years ago, he recorded an album of his music with meal can. i think it was called lou-lou. yes. he really wasn't appreciated as much as he was later in the '80s and '90 ds. >> usually, they're more famous in debt. whether it be painters or musicians. but what a loss. >>> anthony decurtis, rolling stone, next hour. we're going to talk a lot more about that. meantime, a heartbreaking scene to tell you about. four kids and their mother killed in their home. and now, a relative has been charged with their deaths. across america people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes with non-insulin victoza®. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar, but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza®. he said victoza® is different than pills. victoza® is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once-a-day, any time, and comes in a pen. and the needle is thin. victoza® is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weig

lou reed, who died yesterday in his native new york, was the darker side.y the corner ♪ >> they say it's not rock 'n' roll unless it scares your parents. lou read was rock 'n' roll personified. he sang about sex, he sang about drugs, was known to indulge in both voraciously. he made to the age of 71, and by the time death took him, he was widely regarded as a visionary. ♪ now jackie she's just ♪ >> that is lou reed back in 1984, nearly 20 years after his groundbreaking smash in the legendary band known as the velvet underground. with us now from los angeles, reed's friend and former publicist, bill bentley. a pleasure to be talking to you. i'm sorry about the passing of your friend. first question, give me your favorite memory of lou reed. >> my favorite memory of lou, once we were leaving the david letterman show and going west on 51st and he saw this just golden sunset day and he just looked at me and said god, i love this city. you know, all of his art started there in new york. that's sort of what he was known for when the velvet started, was his songs

. ♪ and good-bye to a rock legend, lou reed died at the age of 71 and we will take a look back at hise is the sport. >> david thank you so much. the boston red sox levelled the world series to two games a piece and beat the cardinals 4-2 in game four in the best of 7 series and jessica tab has more from st. louis. >> the red sox put the heartbreaking game three loss behind them and focusing on game four, the star of the show was someone who wasn't supposed to be in the starting line up, johnny in for the injured shane who had tightness in his back, making the start, he gets the huge three-run homer in the 6th inning that gave the red sox 4-1 lead and proved to be eventually the game winner. the series is tied at two games a piece. >> one thing i fought for since signing up for the game is the opportunity, whether there is a pinch hit or a uniform or whether that is a start, you know, so when my number is called i got to be ready so i got in the box and took some hits. >> we needed it. we needed it. we had a good offensive team and i know that we had guys capable to get it done. and, y

lou reed. >> paul: what a legacy. (applause) late 1960s. i said 1980s. 1960s.emendous loss in the world of music and a great friend of ours in the show. did you see one of those guys in the audience >> paul: which ways? >> dave: i have one of those learning disorders. i'm like a thorough bread -- if a fly lands on the hind quarter of a thoroughbred racehorse all of the xanax in the world is not going to calm it down. >> right, yeah. >> dave: i'm just hey, is hub, hub, hub -- hey -- >> paul: fly lands on your ass, you've had it. (laughter) >> dave: yes, that's right. so we have people -- it's like an eye test tonight it's like robs and cones. they're both dressed in persimmon and it's not the same persimmon. (laughter) so i'm completely screwed up. there, now look at that. (laughter) so we get that straightened out and something else i noticed, 19 people in horizontal stripes and i think something's going on here. and then on top of that there's a guy in the audience that looks like will ferrell. do you know will ferrell? >> paul: of course, we all know him. >>

lou reed, lead singer of the band velvet underground has died. word icon gets thrown around a lot but little way to describe him. he influenced musicians spanning from david bowie to talking heads and beyond. velvet underground was fay spousely backed by andy warhol with the iconic warhol banana. by industry standards the album was a flop, selling only 30,000 copies in its first five years. one producer characterized the group's influence by saying quote, everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band. it was reed's solo career that spawned perhaps his most famous single "walk on the wild side." his music could be complicated and confounding. he was open about his experiences with drugs and sex and said his inspiration came from a primal face which included his home town of new york. >> i'm just a rocknroll guy. i like to turn the guitar up and make noise. that's how ideal with stress. >> and ideas just come to you. you're ridge in a cab and you are thinking of a great theme for a song? >> ideas are knocking on my door almost 24 ho

rock pioneer lou reed dead at the age of 71 ♪ sea change. >>unconventional.n escape from the expected. >>> the health and human services secretary is scheduled to appear before the committee this week about the problems with the roleout of -- rollout of the website. they should change the website stats. >> the president has been poorly served in the implementation of his own signature legislation. so, if somebody doesn't leave and if there isn't a real restructuring, not just a 60-day somebody come in and try to fix it, he is missing the point of management 101, which is these people are to serve him well and they haven't. >> in mississippi, only a few dozen people have signed upstatewide. al jazeera stephanie boswell went there to find out why >> reporter: chris miller is a chef at the it 58ian grill until picayume, mississippi. he is the sole provider for his family of four and says for the last year and a half, they haven't been able to afford insurance. >> i worry about that every day because all it takes is one accident and then you could be, you know, 2

lou reed, who died yesterday.the guitar as a child. by the age of 14, had cut his first record with a group called the jades. but his early years also presented many challenges. his parents sent him to a psychiatric hospital to undergo electro convulsive therapy to cure him of what they believed to be his homosexual instincts and hostility to the world. yet none of this would curb or undermine his creative genius. he co founded the velvet underground, a band that produced songs like heroin and sweet jane. his subsequent solo career, including songs like walk on the wild side, only further embellished his reputation as a profoundly ambitious musician, who once said that he wanted to take crime and punishment and turn it into a rock and roll song. and he did that multiple times. ♪ oh it's such a perfect day ♪ i'm glad i spent it with you ♪ oh such a perfect day you just keep me hanging on ♪ ♪ >> a perfect day. and i'm glad that we spend it with him. lou reed, who passed away yesterday, at the age of 71.

(nats - music) sund170 :04-8 "jane, sweet jane" reed was the driving force lou reed died at the aiming of 71. [music] reed was the driving force behind the legendary band "velvet undergrounds." it never received commercial success but many credit with them revolutionizing rock in the '60s. >>> more legal trouble for chris brown. the singer and his bodyguard were arrested it morning and charged with felony assault. the police say they got into a fight with another man outside of the w hotel. the victim had to be taken to the hospital. brown is on probation in california for felony domestic violence conviction in the beating of his former girlfriend rihana. >>> tuesday marks the one year anniversary of hurricane sandy. a boardwalk damaged in that storm has just reopened. the 2-mile long boardwalk in long beach, new york is made of sustainable hardwood, concrete and other structurally sound materials. it is supposed to endure the future storms. the new york governor was on hand for yesterday's ribbon cutting. >>> good to see the recovery over there. roberta joins us now with the forecast.

he said it was a matter of time until they went after americans in benghazi. >>> lou reed is being praisednfluential rock artists ever. david bowie, one of his many disciples, is calling reed a master. reed died yesterday after a long fight with liver disease. his ground-breaking music featured images of the drug and sexual underworld. he talked about his lifestyle in 1989 on cbs news night watch. >> how long can you be a rock 'n' roll -- >> well, see, that problem disappears if we don't call it rock 'n' roll, you know. ask the question, how long can you be a musician. >> right. >> what would the answer to that be? >> till you die. there you go. >> how long could you be a writer? >> till you die. >> how long can you sing? how long will you perform? >> i would like to drop on stage. >> that's a long time ago. lou reed died at his home on long island. he was 71. >>> he would walk into a room, charlie, and people would fall over. he really was the epitome of cool when he walked in. >> he was. and such influence. the first album only sold like 30,000 copies as somebody pointed out, it created

touchdown. >> they have won four in a row. >> rock and roll icon lou reed has died. reed's history spans 50 years. >> how long can you be a musician? >> right. what would the answer to that be? until you die. there you go. >> kathleen sebelius, she's already the laughing stock of america. >> i.t., can we get someone from i.t. in here? >> what's the problem. >> this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning norah. >> good morning to you, charlie. >> we begin in washington where president obama said he did not know that the nsa engaged in eavesdropping on dozens of world leaders. the white house uncovered the operation this past summer. >> they're disclosed this with some of their closest relationships. major garrett is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. you can add spain to the outrage. the u.s. tracking of 60 million phone calls in that country in one month. now, for these european union countries there's outrage and disgust with the

. >> that's the unforgettable sound of lou reed, dead today at the age of 71.band managed by pop artist andy warhol was not whitely popular at the time but their cult following made them one of the most influential rock bands in the 1960s and 70s by fusing art and music. they were later inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. red then went on to a successful solo career, underwent a liver transplant but today he has lost his battle with liver disease. lou reed, dead at the age of 71. >> welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm greg jarrett. a growing number of democratic senators now calling for a delay of obamacare, and we are also learning more about the house investigations expected this week in into the troubled obamacare marketplace rollout. steve is live in washington with more. >> reporter: pressure is mounting for the obama administration to fix the healthcare web site, explain what wait rent and postpone the deadline for enrolling, who house hearings will focused on the troubled rollout of obamacare. darryl issa, chairman of the house oversigh

plus the influence of rock legend lou reed and his impact on the culture from the 60s to today. >> hello, i'm libby casey. tonight on inside story we'll take a walk on the wild side and look at the life and legacy of iconic rocker lou reed who died at the age of 71. first we'll focus on american spying, specifically spying on friends, and our friends are not happy. tonight you can adai

lou reed was 71 years old. >>> here's video from a go-pro cam.ch new zealander and extreme mountain biker kelly mcgary. he does a jaw-dropping backflip over a canyon depth and sticks the landing. no way. well, he went airborne another two times during this run at the red bull rampage event in southern utah earlier this month. mcgary came in second and told reporters he was freaking out about the backflip, but he felt he had the speed, so he just went for it. >>> one georgia cheerleader has a lot to cheer about. she is now in the guinness book of records, she's a record holder. this is a video that got her that record. 16-year-old mckayla clark broke the record for the most consecutive backhand springs. the previous one was 36. mckayla managing an incredible 44. can you guess what this is? that is a month-old zooey -- oh, look at that. from huntington beach, california, showing off her awesome new stick figure costume created by her father. dad, his name is royce. thank you for watching us. "blackfish" in one hour. make sure you tune in. anthony b

. >> rock and roll icon lou reed has died. reed's history spans 50 years. >> how long can you be a musician? >> right. what would the answer to that be? until you die. there you go. >> kathleen sebelius, she's already the laughing stock of america. >> i.t., can we get someone from i.t. in here? >> what's the problem. >> this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning, norah. >> good morning to you, charlie. >> we begin in washington where president obama said he did not know that the nsa engaged in eavesdropping on dozens of world leaders. the white house uncovered the operation this past summer. >> they're disclosed this with some of their closest relationships. major garrett is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. you can add spain to the outrage. the u.s. tracking of 60 million phone calls in that country in one month. now, for these european union countries there's outrage and disgust with t