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text of the lyrics refsurfaced n lyric's ireport calling for the death of u.s. soldiers.yrics. he did write them. another south korean rock band penned the words for their song "dear america" but psy was one of three performers rapping the lyrics on stage. he did write them or he did not write them? he did not write them. okay. so he did it on stage. let's bring in dean obeidallah in los angeles. we did our moment of the week first because you were having problems with your earpiece. it's live tv. you have an issue. it's not a big deal. it works, all right? >> exactly. >> dean on the phone and on tv, should he be held accountable for another band's lyrics he rapped back in 2004 or are people orr reacting about artistic freedom? >> honestly if he had not apologized, if he stood up for those lyrics and that's what he really still feels now, that american troops should be killed, people are right by protesting. time has passed. he said he's performed for the u.s. troops. he's sincerely apologetic. some will forgive him and some will not. those lyrics were horrible. they were

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it's at the lyric tomorrow and saturday. how much are tickets? >> you have a good memory because i don't know. >> reporter: down here at the lyric, thank you for joining us this morning. back to you guys on tv hill. >> all right. >> very cool. a lot going on. mickey's music fest ival. >> got you. >> all right . >> kind of neat. i feel like i've been there. >> done that. >> i mean just now. by the way way, still to come on wjz. >> a prank caller gets confidential information about the duchess prince middleton's pregnancy. more on the royal security leak coming >>> it is 6:24. we just learned the duchess of cambridge left the hospital this morning. this comes after private details of kate middleton's pregnancy were broadcast for the world to hear by a prank caller who was posing as the queen. mary bubala has the recorded phone call that duped almost everybody. >> the duchess of cambridge gets a hospital visit from her sister and brother the day after a phony caller claiming to be the queen got through the kate's nurse. >> hello. good morning. >> he

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first he says he is deeply sorry for how these lyrics are being interpreted. says he deeply regrets the inflammatory and inappropriate language he used. >> he did not write the apology and that's what upsets me. i don't care about apologies. if you are going to do it, write your own apology. >> but i do think, greg, i think we should give him the benefit of the doubt when he says he is sorry about how the lyrics are interpreted. it is a stretch to say kill those fing yankees. as meaning kill the fing yankees and daughters in law and fathers. you are stretching. >> andy if i may, he could be a red sox fan. >> have i seen somewhere else where -- i have seen where yankee is a bad translation and it should be a b-word. >> the bo -- the boston red sox? >> anne, you brought up the fact that when they were talking about -- i think gavin had a really good point saying when psy was doing this he was being fashionable. >> greg might have said that. >> maybe it was me. >> i think gavin -- yes. >> and anne, you brought up the fact that he never would have done an anti-gay

he sang these lyrics. kill those bleeping yankees who have been keeping them hostage. kill their daughters, mothers, daughters in law and fathers. >> if you were thinking of horrible things that could get pop stars in trouble, you would have a hard time coming up with worse things than this. >> reporter: many fans are reacting with fury, saying spy should not be able to headline the christmas in washington concert on sunday. the president scheduled to attend. this is not the first time an artist has courted a political controversy. but this is different. spy is so popular. his youtube video is the most watched of all time. it was social media that helped make his career. now it's social media that could break it. even after psy apologized, saying it was a deeply emotional reaction and said he will forever be sorry for the pain he caused, there are still negative twitter posts. the white house says the concert will go on and president obama will attend, saying they have no control over who performs at the concert. >> the anger is exploding. thank you to you tonight. >>>

some of the lyrics, randi, are pretty dramatic.hey say kill those f'ing yankees torturing iraqi captives and calls for the death of the mothers and doubt errs and the westerners that killed and led to the execution of the south korean missionary. >> he's apologizing. >> trying to do a pr blitz and issued this apology and he said while i'm grateful for the freedom to express one's self i've learned there are limits to what language is appropriate, and i'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted. i will forever be sorry for any pain that i've caused. >> this is a guy who is so popular. i mean, his music, his song, that one song, has everybody getting up and out of their chair. what could this mean for his career? now has the most watched youtube video? >> very popular. when i first popular video on reddit and had 5,000 clicks and now there's 1 billion clicks. falls in line with other artists who said similar things. the dixie chicks came out against george w. bush and sinead o'connor, the ripping of the pope's photogra

it included lyrics calling for the deaths of american troops serving in iraq. in his apology he said his performance was emotionally charged and, "while i'm grateful for the freedom to express one self, i learn there is some limits to what language is appropriate and i'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics will be interpreted. i will forever be sorry for any pain i have caused by those words." >>> we've got much more ahead this hour. here's a look at what's coming up. >>> it was the picture that spark eed outrage. what the photographer that snapped that disturbing subway photo told cnn about that moment. >> all of those who argued for nonintervention because of the things that might happen have now happened because we failed to intervene. >>> when is enough enough? that is the question many are asking about syria as the death toll climbs and concerns mount over chemical weapons and now lawmakers are saying it may be too late to stop mass destruction. >>> have a question about the fiscal cliff? we have answers. our expert explains how going over the fiscal cliff w

. >> but if you listen to the lyrics you can find those same glad rag dolls today as you did at that time. i found it still-- . >> stephen: i wouldn't know, i'm married. >> it was still contemporary kind of tragic song. i'm drawn to kind of tragi tragic-- drawn to tragic lyrics, yes. >> stephen: when we come back will you show us what it is all about. >> i will have the great mark rib ot to help me do that to sing a song. >> we'll be right back with >> stephen: here to perform the title track off other album glad rag doll with mark ribot, ladies and gentlemen, diana krall. ♪ all dolled up ♪ ♪ in glad rags ♪ tomorrow ♪ may turn to sad rags ♪ they call you glad rag doll ♪ ♪ snoed snoed admired ♪ desired ♪ by lovers who ♪ glad rag doll ♪ you're just ♪ a pretty toy ♪ they like to play with ♪ you're not the kind they choose ♪ ♪ to grow old and grey with ♪ ♪ don't make this the end here ♪ ♪ it's never too late to mend you ♪ ♪ poor little glad rag doll ♪ ♪ ♪ you're just a pretty toy ♪ they like to play with ♪ you're not the kind they choose ♪ ♪ to grow old and gray with ♪ ♪ don't make this

i am deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be intercepted.ason, they've heard the song, seen on all the videos, a billion youtube views, many people have seen it, got it all going on on the football field, then all of a sudden you find out that he had a different past than anybody would have thought today. >> well, what's troubling about what president obama did, he gave this guy an audience with the president of the united states for somebody who's advocating the killing, the death, of americans and their family members. i got to tell you, i was just out on the uss eisenhower, these people put their lives on the line. when you go out, say we should be killing these people, that raises it to a different level. the white house had a choice. there was no consequence for these comments. they didn't dismiss him from the program. how about the president actually standing up for our servicemen and women, saying, you know what, that's not acceptable. you do owe an apology and you don't get to go to the concert. but that's not what happened. that's w

that despite the controversy surrounding the rapper's anti-american song lyrics. 2004 concert.he killing of american soldiers fighting in iraq with psy apologizing for the lyrics. former house majority leader and tea party group leader dick armey blaming the republican party and candidates saying, quote, stupid things responsible for the loss in november. he said leaders did not fulfill the obligation to teach candidates not to make inflammatory remarks. >>> today's "gut check" on two australian deejays on the prank call being blamed to the death of the nurse who answered the call. they're speaking out saying they're sorry. their show is canceled but is that enough? should they be fired? what is your gut telling you? you can go to facebook.com/newsnation.com to vote. that does it for us. thank you for joining us. boo! i am the ghost of meals past. when you don't use new pam, this is what you get. residue. [ female announcer ] bargain brand cooking spray leaves annoying residue. that's why there's new pam. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink

seeing all the songs now i realize how wonderful the lyrics are.ions," "you can't hurry love," these are heavy songs. you cannot say which you love best like children or grandchildren. this was we had great songs like "stoned love," those were really wonderful. it is hard to say which ones. tavis: when diana ross left the group, what made you continue? you took it up to 1977. and diana ross left in 1970. >> what happened was i always say this. we wanted - dared to dream and we made our dreams come true even though we were in an infirmary where it was impossible dream. for black people to dare to dream. i think what happened to me after flo and diana was there, i realized i enjoyed what i was doing and what to do the rest of my life. -- wanted to do the rest of my life. i was happy when berry brought in gene. i stayed cause i love being on stage. i feel so blessed that i am doing something everything -- time i wake up, i am happy. i am a happy person. that is why i continued on hoping i could develop my talent and people would like me. now, to answe

his southern swag and woody lyrics put him on the map in the late '90ed.aimed trouble man about his family and more. >> thanks for spending some time with me. >> my pleasure. >> you're in new york on the book tour. tell us about this first leg of the book tour. >> we're out here reaching the primary outlets to promote the release of the second installment of the book "trouble and triumphs." >> i thought it was going to be a nonfiction. now it's rare to write novels. >> right. that's why i did it. i just really don't know how to do a biography right now. i think i would be the youngest cat on the show with a biography at this point and i don't know how to end it. you also have a very, very vibrant acting career right now. you've done film and now you're about to start the second season of "boss." >> you are a man with influence and community. foot soldiers at the ready who know how to disturb the peace. the bombs bursting in air. i assume that means more to you than drunken sing alongs at a sox game. >> sir, i was just hoping to have a more legitimate role

for harsh anti american comments and even hate filled lyrics are killing american families and soldierss comes hours before he is schedule to do perform in front of the president of the united states. this has been around longer than his gaungham video. >> how did we miss it? we show reporters looking red faced because the anti american rants are notorious in south korea. back in 2004 he rapped in a live concert about killing yankees here are the actual lyrics mriterred with bad language about giving military families a slow and painful death. this was an emotional reaction to the iraq war. insiders saying this is so bad. look at some of the language. it is so bad he needs to make amends. >> when they published the lyrics kill the american soldiers, kill their wives, kill their in-laws, kill them painfully, kill them slowly. that is more than saying i hate war. there is one way for him to change the narrative. that would be to give a big chunk of money to a disabled veteran's society or a similar organization. >> also adding even though american america is a for giving country he better

♪ >> the baby knows all the lyrics. >> i don't know if the baby knows the lyrics or just knows the pitchg kind of goes. it's crazy. when the street performer stops the baby keeps going for a solo. >> no. ♪ >> if that doesn't break your heart, doesn't get you in the holiday spirit, i don't know what will. ♪ >> something was caught on camera that we don't often experience. i'm going to call this video gorillas in the wind. >> gorillas in the wind. >> this is in rwanda and that's a female mountain gorilla. not something you catch on camera very often. especially this close. now she doesn't seem to be alarmed by the camera and shes just sits down, starts enjoying a little bamboo shoot. >> got that belly. eating a lot of that stuff. >> keep watching. >> she looks right into the camera for a solid ten seconds like something is coming here. >> she hikes up to do it. does a -- well, i'm -- >> okay. please tell me this is real. >> people are asking. this was shot by the guy who was a client of natural world safari, named richard. we believe that he just captured this moment on camera. >> she does

music to hit all those notes back and forth and then the guitar which is a spanish instrument and the lyrics are from spain and the type of song is indigenous and the type of percussion can is african. >> (inaudible). >> yeah, you could hear in the music. it has that pitch and that sadness to it. >> (inaudible). >> okay. so can you play the first song? we will show you a little bit and then you guys can come up and dance. (music)

tavis: you have said before that you are not comfortable having to explain the content of your lyricsk that every song is left to the interpretation of the listener. not every song writer feels similarly. tell me why you feel that way. >> that is what the exchange is. that is the responsibility of the artist and listener. i am depending on what i write songs, that is what i am depending on. if they find that relationship in there, that is required. i think i'm not writing term papers for people. [laughter] there is nothing factual. is meant to be listened to and i do not want to get in the way. we have an experience of listening to a song and when the author tells about it is often disappointing. that is important to the process. tavis: you do have me thinking i wonder what is more lucrative, writing term papers were kids or hit records? -- for kids or hit records? >> i have not seen the numbers but i have a hunch. tavis: that is pretty big business. i digress. how 0 excited is the band about touring with their clapton? >> i had a chance to put him on one of the solo records in 2008 o

killed a man. ♪ put a gun against his head ♪ pulled my trigger and now he is dead ♪ >> he sang the lyricsx minutes even after arriving at the station house the mounty allowed him to finish the song. ♪ baby >> and only admonished him once. >> calm down. >> i can't. >> a lot of people can't stop singing the song. ♪ i see a little silhouette of the man ♪ ♪ very, very, very frightening >> parts of the dash cam solo were frightening. ♪ mama, whoooo >> you have to give the guy credit, even beyonce messed up the lyrics and she was sober. it's not put a bullet to his head, it's put a gun to his ad

psy says sorry, the rapping sensation known for gangnam style apologizes for anti- american lyrics. find out what he said. >> and dramatic rescue, how a california woman's hike nearly ended in tragedy. >> it's a holiday effort to help victims of superstorm sandy. i'm tim williams with more from towson coming up. >> i'm meteorologist bernadette woods. the mild air is going to continue, but so does the chance for some rain. we'll have your first warning forecast coming up when eyewitness news returns. >> complete coverage continues with adam may and meteorologist bernadette woods and sports with stan saunders. it's wjz, maryland's news station. ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the -- ♪ ♪ oh, what fun it is to ride... ♪ get in the holiday spirit with dunkin's peppermint mocha new white chocolate, or gingerbread flavors today. america runs on dunkin'. have you started shopping? just waiting for inspiration to strike. and there it is! done. genius. give the gift of dunkin' coffee. get two pounds for $14.99, only at dunkin' restaurants. america runs on dunkin'. 74 . >>> looks like

finish the lyrics to this song made popular by mariah cary. ♪ i just want you for my own ♪ more thanld ever know ♪ ♪ make my wish come true ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> yeah! >> that was easy. >> that was easy. >> good girl. that was -- and i like she did it with a few hand motions. >> did you know when mariah did that video for her song, her then husband, tommy matolla, played santa claus. he always wanted to keep a close eye on her. >> certainly did. back across to kath. >> sweet lady from georgia. what item do alvin and the chipmunks wish for in the song "christmas don't be late," is it socks, drum, a football or a hula hoop? >> it's a hula hoop? >> yes, it is. >> it's a sad day for kathy so far. >> i wouldn't know the answer i hate those chipmunk songs. good eatin'. someone likes the song that song got three grammys. >> are you kidding? did you say good eatin'? >> yeah, some chipmunk -- >> nasty. back across. let's go. >> from ontario, canada, name the artist who sings this original version of this popular holiday tune. ♪ rockin' around >> brenda lee. >> thought you'd b

. >> i wrote the lyrics to that show. >> yes, you wrote the lyrics to that too. question. who said this? aren't we forgetting the true meaning of christmas? you know, the birth of santa. >> okay. the three choices are? >> roll up, please. >> charlie brown, bart simpson, cosmo kramer. i think it sounds like bart simpson. >> b. it is? >> yes! [ ding ] >> somebody's drinking a lot of eggnog. here it is. what movie is this quote from? okay. this is extremely important. will you please tell santa that instead of presents this year i just want my family back? is it from "home alone," "christmas vacation," or "how the grinch stole christmas"? >> "home alone." >> i'll say. [ ding ] >> you see? all right. here we go. number 4. >> next time i'd like a chance to get -- >> moving along. who said" santa, o my god, santa's here, i know him, i know him"? is it a, frosty the snowman? b, buddy in elf? c, rudolph the -- >> i'm going to say b, buddy in "elf." >> i remember that. >> yeah! >> who coined -- who coined the holiday festivus? would it be cosmo cramer, george costanza or frank cost

, i could understand the lyrics a little bit better than in a theater. > > tom hooper kind of plays thefilm almost more like an opera more than sort of a musical, there are not a lot of big dance numbers and camera movements. the anne hathaway number that everyone is talking about, it's just a camera right on her face, and just letting her do the numbers, and that i think is very successful. > that's the beauty of film. you get those closeups. you don't get that on the stage. > > absolutely not. > what about "django unchained?" > > "django unchained" is a very entertaining quentin tarantino film, sort of a spaghetti western meets blaxploitation film. a western that i think adult males are really going to have a lot of fun with, probably up until when "zero dark thirty" comes out next month, kathryn bigelow's film about osama bin laden. so the ladies can go see "les mis," and the guys can go see "django" > guys love quentin tarantino movies. it's just one of those guilty pleasures. > > it's more than a guilty pleasure. the guy makes great movies. he really does. > very good. erik childre

what i love about the christmas songs, they come from the world of a melody and lyric.al melody and real lyric, that kind of song writing is going down the drain. these christmas albums give me an opportunity to go back and sing songs that have great melodies and a great lyric. i play around with santa claus is coming to town and that's fun too. >> is this the sort of music you like to listen to? >> i like the family. you know, when i'm on the road, i'm -- my band and crew become the family. right now i have ten people and six dogs. can you think of any other way to make yourself happy? >>> santa may not be delivering presents to one house in seattle. genie moos explains. >> maybe if this homeowner had measured better, his christmas tree wouldn't have burst through the roof. >> that's crazy. >> what's crazy is how crazy everyone is about this christmas stunt. he artfully arranged shingles around it. >> your house is proof that the price of trees has gone through the roof. >> seattle architect patrick kruger has always been a huge fan of the movie christmas vacation in w

a wildly popular singer is having to apologize for anti-american lyrics.s the most watched dance video, i'm told, ever on youtube the south korean star is now saying he's sorry for past comments criticizing the for president re a scheduled obama. kelly knows the dance, how do you pronounce his name psy? >> psy. >> jamie: dominic di-natale, do you have the moves? kelly did. >> reporter: i believe he did during the commercial. i'm not doing it on air in front of the-- he was scheduled to sing before the president on december 23rd, probably not likely now. the south korean actually educated here in the states is quickly spun out a grovelling apology when the internet exploded with outraged fans and a rap in the 2004 concert about killing yankees and you can see the lyrics here. the quote here. and he was against the torturing the iraqi captives and the lyrics were littered with expletives and vulgar, written by a different korean act. and a couple of years prior he smashed a model of a u.s. tank on stage in protest of the deployment of american soldiers to so

military tank accidently killed korean schoolgirls want to show you some of the lyrics he says kill those f. ing yankees who have been torturing iraqi captives kill those f. ing yankees who ordered them to torture kill their daughters mothers daughters in law and fathers kill them all slowly and painfully distance topside from performing at last night's annual chris. miss in washington concert where the members of the audience are more famous than the performers among them president barack obama who gamely shuck size hand after his special christmas version of gangnam style now aside did apologize for the graphic anti american lyrics and it seems it was accepted just as quickly but some people are wondering why the white house so easily led by gone be bygones with a korean pop star when it wasn't nearly as kind to government employees one of those people is with me now retired colonel morris davis a professor at howard university hey there now you were tweeting about this over the weekend sort of drawing the comparison and before we start i want to put up a couple of the tweets from your

this is a real melody and real lyric, that kind of song writing is going down the drain.give me an opportunity to go back and sing songs that have great melodies and great lyrics, and as an arranger, i play around with "santa claus is coming to town" and that's fun, too. so i jump at the chance to do these christmas album. >> is this the sort of music you like to listen to? >> i like the family. you know, when i'm on the road, i'm -- my band and crew become the family. when i'm not on the road, like now, my family, right now i have ten people and six dogs. on the lawn out here. can you think of any other way to make yourself happy than that kind of thing happy. >> barry manilow talking earlier with our miguel marquez. >>> santa may not be delivering presents to one house in seattle. jeanne moos explains. >> reporter: maybe if this homeowner had measured better, his christmas tree wouldn't have burst through the roof. >> that's crazy. >> reporter: what's crazy is how crazy everyone is about this christmas tree stunt that really doesn't stump anyone for more than a few seco