i try to read history, drink dirty martinis, listen to marvin gaye, watch "true blood." vampires, everything. >> this has been fabulous. our thanks to katrina vanden h euvel, publisher of "the nation." [applause] we want to remind everybody that copies of her book are on sale in the lobby. she would be pleased to sign them. we aappreciate your allowing her to make her wait the lobby as quickly as possible. this meeting is adjourned. [applause] >> i'm warren corn field and we are doing a series called stay safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪ >> here we are at the spur urban ken center and we are in this little house that was built to show what it is like in san francisco after an earthquake. we are very pleased to have with us today, pat brown from the department of animal care and control and her friend oreo. >> hi. >> lauren. >> could you tell us what it would take after an earthquake or some other emergency when you are in your home and maybe no power or water for a little while. what it would

everything from bob dylan to --l cosby to marvin gaye everything. he was into pop music.tening to it in the mornings on the way to school, and on the weekends we listened to kids. i got a pop music was the old records. i knew a lot of music, so i did not get into the pot until junior high school. when i got into it from -- into hip-hop until high school. gooi knew the samples and was familiar with the records. >> you knew they were not the first ones to come up with it. >> even when i did not know them, that was one of the things about being a teenager, hearing the record and getting the sample. that is crazy. ifis: i love that you do your own way. i am always honored to have you on the program. tell your mom i said hi. >> i will. with us.ay a conversation with dan fagan is coming out in just a moment. ago, a die manufacturer brought jobs to a small new jersey town, but it also spewed chemical waste into the air so toxic a community was riddled with cancer. the efforts to close that is in his book. thank you for your work, and i am honored to have you on this program. >>

it's breaking down, you talked about the cultural unity that we used to have around, james brown, marvin gayelot of people especially in the northeast don't eat black eyed peas. the amount of people that are going to the traditional black churches depressed versus previous generations all of these ways that you think of being connected. but you think about the spirit of racism binds us universally? >> no, i did not say anying universally. there's a difference between the trends. let me respond to what you're saying because there's a distinction between trends and cultural patterns. they're not universal. but certainly, there remain cultural communities they're dependent upon region. they're dependent upon ethnicity. so there's contingencies there. there's a diversity in the cultures of black america, but they do still exist. there's still black institutions that are in place and functioning. the number of black people attending church may be lower, but it is not the case that they don't still exist. >> eddie, you can jump in here. >> i think it's important for us not to overstate the racial s

i grew up on motown, marvin gaye, diana ross, i always had love in the back of my mine, i grew up withh heavy d, the concept with him was let's take the eye off his weight and put your eye more on his style and his heart, and his swag. so when he was singing "i want somebody to love me for me" ♪ >> that was always the concept style and love and attitude. >> you gave us ghetto love, mary j. blige singing -- that is a great image. what happened to that stuff? >> in the 80s, radio, black radio especially was about rap. it wasn't necessarily a lot of love in rap. >> one of the things you mentioned was motown how the uptown sound becomes a response to motown and the critics said andre harrell was over his head, once he got to the big corporation he couldn't handle it. >> they knew me coming in the door they were this far in the hole and they could have said to me "we should do it this way" had to tell me i'll let you build the biggest record company. takes five years to build it. i was only there for six months before stuff started popping up in the papers. >> that is one of the reasons mos

i had a lot of good contenders, maybe a class like marvin gaye's heard it through the grapevine.ers singing ain't no sunshine when she's gone and maybe something more contemporary that i find popping up in the first 500 songs of my itunes, "wide awake," katy perry who i saw, but was too afraid to go up and ask for my picture. for my money and that's what this show is about is money, the best breakup song are all written by health care companies that have gotten too big for their own good. you don't see them at the top of itunes. don't think they're not happening. i'm constantly promoting the idea that companies can unlock value with the stroke of a pen so that each component can become easier for wall street to understand because wall street can be really stupid. to put a value on it they need to have it broken up and by far the best of the break-up plays have been in health care which is why tonight i've got a new name for you with a ton of breakup potential. first, we have to go over the formula. abbot lab, the big medical device maker told us if it split off its pharmaceutical

i have a lot of god contenders like marvin gaye's "heard it through the grape 59."rs "ain't no sunshine when she's gone." maybe something more contemporary, i find it in my first 500 songs on itunes, it's nt i was too afraid to rry. ask for my pick. that's my money and that's what this show is about, money. the best breakup song are written by healthcare companies that have gotten too big for their own good. you don't see them on the top of itunes. don't think they're not happening. i'm constantly floating the idea they have value with the stroke of a pen, typically by selling off components of themselves. wall street can be really stupid. to put a value on it, they need to have it broken to have it broken up. by far, the best of tease breakup plays have been in healthcare. which is why tonight, i got a new name for you with a tonne a tonne of breakup potential. teasing. because first i got to go over the formula. back on october, 2011, abbott labs told us it would split off its pharmaceutical division as a separate company called abv. vie. i think it's silly. what

do "how sweet it is," which is a song that was originally done by marvin gaye, great song.l play "will you still love me tomorrow." we'll play "you've got a friend." we'll play "up on the roof." she'll do a couple songs of her own, "sweet seasons," and "so far away," and then we'll -- me last presence on stage is to sing "mexico," and since jimmy buffett covers that song, we'll bring jimmy out to sing that song, then i'll hand it over to him. that's our plan. you know, got to stick with it. >> got to stick with the plan. james taylor, it's truly a pleasure. >> brooke, my pleasure. thank you. >> we'll see you tonight. thank you so much. boston strong. ♪ we're here at nashville's renowned jimmy kelly's steakhouse, where tonight we've switched their steaks with walmart's choice premium steak. it's a steakover. it's tender. good flavor. it just melts in your mouth. mine's perfect -- man! we're actually eating walmart steaks. are you serious? fantastic! that was a good cut of meat. [ earl ] these are perfectly aged for flavor and tenderness. i would definitely go to walmart to b