louis armstrong was in chicago with his band. they wanted to cut the first black jazz record. they chose richmond, indiana. unfortunately, they chosen on the day of the largest klan rally in the history of indiana. 40,000 people turned out . they had a plane too. marching, proclaiming white supremacy. in the middle of all this, and this little 100 square-foot shed his louis armstrong recording the first recording of american jazz. record that went on to sell hundreds of millions worldwide. we gave the world this music form, american jazz. in part, it got its genesis in the middle of all this. i'm glad you brought that up. >> great part of the story. we should also mention madge. we have talked about d.c. stephenson, but madge oberholtzer , you talk about being hopeful, she is a voice of hope. her valediction is the hope that one voice represents changing america. >> a changes history. the subtitle of this book, the plot to take over america and the woman who stopped them, i will get to the woman in a second. let me remind you how powerful they were in 1924. democrats and repub

and i tell it in one chapter, louis armstrong goes to richmond, indiana, is right on the ohio border to record it. had the only recording studio between los angeles and new york was in richmond, indiana. it was a some italian-american who started the jeannette piano studio, a piano making company, and then they had a recording studio in this little shed by the railroad and these louis armstrong's band was in. he'd moved north from new orleans. they wanted to cut the first black jazz record. so chose richmond, indiana. unfortunately, they chose it on the day of largest klan rally in history of richmond, indiana. 40,000 people turn out with one of these klan had a plane, too, with kkk underneath. it just surging, marching, proclaiming white supremacy and in the middle of all of this, in this little 100 square foot shed with he stuffed in the walls, the sound of be good is louis armstrong recording the first with nine other jazzmen black jazzman recording the first recording of american jazz, a record that went on to sell hundreds, millions worldwide. we gave world this music for americ

and i tell it in one chapter, louis armstrong goes to richmond, indiana, is right on the ohio border to record it. had the only recording studio between los angeles and new york was in richmond, indiana. it was a some italian-american who started the jeannette piano studio, a piano making company, and then they had a recording studio in this little shed by the railroad and these louis armstrong's band was in. he'd moved north from new orleans. they wanted to cut the first black jazz record. so chose richmond, indiana. unfortunately, they chose it on the day of largest klan rally in history of richmond, indiana. 40,000 people turn out with one of these klan had a plane, too, with kkk underneath. it just surging, marching, proclaiming white supremacy and in the middle of all of this, in this little 100 square foot shed with he stuffed in the walls, the sound of be good is louis armstrong recording the first with nine other jazzmen black jazzman recording the first recording of american jazz, a record that went on to sell hundreds, millions worldwide. we gave world this music for americ

louis armstrong goes to richmond, indiana right on the ohio border to record. they have the only recording studio between los angeles and new york. it was in richmond, indiana. an italian american immigrant and started the piano company and they had a little recording studio, this little shed by the railroad tracks. they wanted to cut the first black jazz record, so they chose richmond, indiana. unfortunately, they chose it on the day of the largest clan rally in the history of richmond, indiana. 40,000 people turn out. one of the clan had a plane, too, with underneath it just surging, marching, proclaiming white supremacy and in the middle of all this, and this little 100 square-foot shed with hey stuck in the squalls so the sound would be good, is louis armstrong with nine other black jazz men recording the first recording of american jazz, a record that went on to sell hundreds of millions worldwide. we gave the world this music forum, american jazz, and it in part got its genesis in the middle of all this. i'm really glad you brought that up. >> it was a gr

louis armstrong. very nice. so that's the rule. that's your acting lesson for the day. ok. new...ans. there you go. i have a funny feeling i'd be taken for a tourist anyway. he laughs. new orleans is important to you. mm—hm. you grew up here. you were here the night before katrina hit. in fact, you would have been here with a hangover... yes. ..when katrina hit had your family not persuaded you to leave. i came down for a family vacation. i was meeting family here. i got to the city and there was all the hubbub at the airport. i said, "what's going on?" they said the hurricane. i said, "the one in florida?" they said, "yes, it's coming here." and i'm like, "oh, no." and i went out that saturday night, you know, and my mother was concerned, we should leave. i'm like, "oh, this, we don't have to leave. "it's just the hurricane. we've stayed through many." and i gave the ultimatum that if they call the evacuation, if they call for a mandatory evacuation, which had never happened in the city before, that's why i thought i could say it. if they call for a mandatory evacuation, we'll le

. >> and louis armstrong and louis armstrong, friend of yeah armstrong, friend of hers. yeah yeah. because she's starred with nureyev she's she starred with nureyev in , although i think in valentino, although i think she found snowroof a little bit difficult. but you know, she still liked him. >> so for, for people who have perhaps not yet appreciated the films of leslie caron, why would you suggest that we back and you suggest that we go back and look her work? look at her work? >> well, for me , always start at >> well, for me, always start at american in paris because, you know , knowing what we now know know, knowing what we now know about how nervous she was, i think the fact that she could dance so beautifully and put across such an air of confidence in is scarcely credible . and in is scarcely credible. and also, i mean , she didn't sing in also, i mean, she didn't sing in that she they asked her to sing and she refused because she didn't think her voice was good enough. so she left all the singing to kelly and her other co—stars. but her dancing as i say, i'm not an expert

one of the graves that he will record, one of the five he will name by name will be louis armstrong. this is his entry in the original eight and 63 physician handbook on general armstead. he basically says this is the listing of the other confederate and that the six unmarked graves at the bottom. four others listed there with six unmarked graves. 11 core hospital cemeteries that are there and then he hears a detail of armstead. his body with proper care can be gotten for $125. a zinc cough and seal with an outside case. won't take the body unless it is sealed here. armstead's first cousin, about a-year-old, down in baltimore, says i want to get my cousin. they know that he is dead. armstead's son is in the battle of gettysburg in the confederate army. he will not find out much later that armstead dies here because he is on a retreat read people here knew. relatives in baltimore knew that he died. his cousin wants the body and he writes to dock your o'neill to and i get that? dr. o'neill >> general armistead is underground in the same crypt that his famous uncle the defended fort mch

." >> so when you hear american artists like louis armstrong or james brown -- >> yeah. >> -- do you incense while his gnawan brothers looked on. musician jaleel shaw told us it was like watching history sing and dance across that stage. he said he felt like an ambassador for american music and the debt owed to the enslaved black africans who first expressed themselves in that music. >> does that history come into play when you're listening to this music? >> absolutely. that -- that history comes into play every time i pick up my instrument. the blues comes from the slave songs. the slave songs comes from -- >> comes from this. >> from this. that's why i play. >> do you make that connection intellectually or -- >> intellectually. spiritually. i feel it. i'm a descendant. >> reporter: that night, as the sun sank into the atlantic, a different spirit surged into the street as the old healing music evolved again. les amazones d'afrique, a trio of divas from mali, joined asma hamzoui, one of the few female maalems in morocco. morocco practices a moderate islam, and it's a sign of gnawa's

how about a little bit of that music to get you back in the mood a little louis armstrong ♪ i'm dreaminggreat -- but you know what, it's in your heart. that's it. just imagine that white >>> good thursday morning. i am meteorologist, kari hall. as we get started, we are mostly clear across much of the bay area, but it's also a chilly morning. that's a live look in dublin. we are headed for 62 degrees for today. in parts of the south bay down to the south county, it will be in the upper 60s. in the north bay from napa to novato, expect highs in the upper 50s. as we go through the forecast into the weekend, we're getting ready for rain arriving early >>> and that's your weather. >> thank you, al >>> all right. do you like surprise holiday gifts? how about baby reveals we've got the perfect morning "boost" if you do. coming up right after this h® card automatically adjusts to earn me more cash back in my top eligible category... suddenly life's feeling a little more automatic. like doors opening wherever i go... [sound of airplane overhead] even the ground is moving for me! y'all seeing thi

naval support activity in new orleans $24 million for the new orleans downtown $8 million for the louis armstrongional airport $100 million for the energy to build the first u.s. manufacturing plant lithium phosphate which would help vastly improve our lithium battery production one thing that is very important i want to bring your attention when traveling to the river parish and visiting with the mayor and indicated antiquated gas pipes and have been passed over for many, many years and many, many people have come to the town and made promises of being able to do something about it. i took debate i stepped up and said were to do something about it were knocking about the buck continue to be passed. mr. secretary i'm glad that i did and i'm glad the i told him it turned out to be the truth, we had a president administration understood the need to right the wrongs that had been in the past and equitable infrastructure in the proud to call and tell them that we delivered on it because of the ability to pass the 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill . . . >> i also appreciate you mentioning pipes

you've seen all those, you know, flat boats going up the missouri river louis clark, you know, jim bridger, kit carson, george armstrong they all came through. kansas city and in charlie's youth idea of going west was super powerful. and so when he graduated from high school, he, a couple of buddies decided, they were going to drive to los angeles. now the catch was were no roads between kansas city and los angeles. the model t had it in its infancy. so that was the birth of culture in the united states. people were talking about building road all the way across the country one road, but the way they were going to lobby for it was encourage people to just start driving and they would, you know, make the road happen that way. so they published a guidebook on how to drive to los angeles. they would say things like go eight miles to the old hemlock tree, you know, and turn. drive another seven miles to the white barn, you know. and so they picked their way, you know, across the old santa, santa fe. one of the boys, the boy with car, didn't think his parents would let him go. the two, charlie and his best friend, edgar sno

you've seen all those, you know, flat boats going up the missouri river louis clark, you know, jim bridger, kit carson, george armstrong they all came through. kansas city and in charlie's youth idea of going west was super powerful. and so when he graduated from high school, he, a couple of buddies decided, they were going to drive to los angeles. now the catch was were no roads between kansas city and los angeles. the model t had it in its infancy. so that was the birth of culture in the united states. people were talking about building road all the way across the country one road, but the way they were going to lobby for it was encourage people to just start driving and they would, you know, make the road happen that way. so they published a guidebook on how to drive to los angeles. they would say things like go eight miles to the old hemlock tree, you know, and turn. drive another seven miles to the white barn, you know. and so they picked their way, you know, across the old santa, santa fe. one of the boys, the boy with car, didn't think his parents would let him go. the two, charlie and his best friend, edgar sno