so all of that grows within you, and you grow up with the mark in cross regions -- grow up with marti grasow the beat of the drummer. new orleans is a special place. tavis: did i read somewhere that when you got together to sing, you were i saw hogshead. what was the best you could do? >> the band was already together. and he was a singer, and they recorded a song. a doo-woparted with wh group, and they would go they let me sing with them. they were winning all the talent shows and everything, but they were the premier band of new orleans. there was a brand called the flamingos, -- a band called the flamingos, and they were the two best friends in the city. after "tell it like it is" art went on the road with me. a guy named derek brown was playing sax. -- barrett brown was playing sax. a lot of rap groups started assembling the music for. tavis: eventually it all more of into the neville brothers? >> yes, that happened in 1976. my uncle was the chief of the mardi gras indians. he called us together into the studio to do the album. i would say, you hit this note or that note. we decided to

. >> shep: folks along the mississippi coast will say every day is party but today it's marti gras, fatuesday. ♪ >> shep: cloudy skies today but a chance for a downpour, but the big easy drawing a big crowd to watch the annual parade with all those colorful floats and nonstop jazz music. brazil celebrates its own carnaval tradition. the party ends tomorrow when catholics head to church for the first day

. >> shep: folks along the mississippi coast will say every day is party but today it's marti gras, fat tuesday. ♪ >> shep: cloudy skies today but a chance for a downpour, but the big easy drawing a big crowd to watch the annual parade with all those colorful floats and nonstop jazz music. brazil celebrates its own carnaval tradition. the party ends tomorrow when catholics head to church for the first day of lent. let the good times roll. they had a mini carnaval in rome right behind us in rome. it will all be different tomorrow. i'm shepard smith. here comes your world with neil cavuto. >> neil: thank you. tonight barack obama has choice, maggie or nicky or keep playing the same games on spending that have the capital more looking like walt disney. >> all it took a report out out of treasury of a surprising surplus to take the pressure off this president to cut spending this cold night in february. democrats quickly seizing on the data proof the deficits are getting better thanks to higher taxes. the president apparently says that his debt slashing is all but done, he has come up with

. >> is the end of the mardi gras festival season, but this year, there is some rain falling in their parade. >> good evening and happy marty crop. bourbon street is packed and has been since early this morning. despite on-again off-again rain, it does look like anyone is anxious to leave anytime soon. the parades are rolling and like always, the annual fat tuesday- brings out a little bit of everything. from super heroes to the untraditional "charlie's angels'." this is a baby on the way as well as to pass a good time for those who have been celebrating for a long time. >> we've been doing this for over 50 years. we love new orleans. we are from new orleans, all of us. >> this woman wrote on a bus 21 hours from detroit. >> i love it. this is so much excitement and so much energy in the air. it is electrifying. >> and nonstop. but the beads are not the only thing falling from the skies. rain continued to fall as well, pushing some inside. outside, they haven't scared off the cash. millions will pour into that they will spend about $144 million during the festival. clearly, most here are not worried about getting wet. liquid

marty bass and >>> it's cloudy and 46 degrees in central maryland. your complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >>> police are examining cell phone video that captures a shooting in the middle of mardi gras. >> [screams] >> witnesses say a group of people were arguing just before shots range out on bourbon street this weekend. four people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. no arrests have been made. >>> the bourbon producer, makers mark is going to start watering down their product but they have a good reason to do so. the distiller known for its red wax field bottles is reducing their alcohol content to meet rising global demand. the change was first announced in a letter. it was 45% alcohol now it's just 42%. >>> the biggest stars in music gathered for the annual grammy awards. there was a lot of fun. fun made a big splash winning two grammys including best new artist. now last night's highlights. >> my personal favorite as far as performances was justin timberlake. he did this classy number and looked very smashing with his straight comed over hair. it was an epic sunday for justin because it reminded us how talented he is. it's his first performance at the grammys since 2009. he