it -- i hope to do it until i can't do it anymore. >> what is your connection to marvin gaye?> well, i loved him a lot. he was another guy i chased after because i wanted to do his autobiography. and i just adored him and had been listening to him ever since i was a kid. and in 1979 he put out -- 1978 he put out and out an album called hear my year which is autobiographical treatment, autobiographical musical treatment of the acrimonious divorce he was going through with his wife and the critics absolutely dependent and i loved it and i wrote a letter to the new york times praising and arguing with the critics attacking him hoping he would read the letter. he didn't call me. me. we got together and began working on his book. now, at the time he was not ingratiate wound up in austin belgium wound up in europe, belgium. i went to belgium to continue to work on his autobiography. that is where we wrote sexual healing together a song which was my way of trying to help understand just what he was going through. wwor >> >> he was sweet and gentle and aristocratic and troubled and ch

king or smoky robinson or marvin gaye are i am pleased with. i don't mean they're perfect books, but i feel as no though from an historical point of view if you want to get to know these people and hear them talking to you and hear them telling you their stories then the books i've done with them are accurate and good and filled with funk and soul and heart. but in the case of aretha, i just didn't feel that way, and i just felt as though i owed it to her and to history to do my own version. >> host: david ritz, when you make an arrangement such as with willie nelson or smoky robinson -- >> guest: yeah yeah. >> host: -- first of all, is there a nondisclosure agreement? do you, can you be censored by the main author, by willie nelson? >> guest: yes, yeah. and i'm extremely glad you asked me that because that's one of the most interesting things about my work. i give away all control. i have no control. and i remember once peter i was at a conferences in austin on -- conference in austin on a panel of biographers and this biographer attacked me a

lou: in the immortal words of the late great marvin gaye, let's get it on.reen:♪ let's get it on ♪ lou: look at this. maureen and doug! that is what i'm talking about! let's do the second half of the baseball. schedule makers hooked us up for the second half. dodgers the best team in the n.l. west in town to battle the best team in the n.l. east. zimmerman on the bump against bolsinger. like the end of the first half matchup with baltimore, the three games should be tasty. >> we have great starting pitching. they have great starting pitching. it will be the team to make the least amount of mistake to capitalize on the opportunities. openfully we're that -- hopefully we're that team. i don't expect us not to be. lou: the british open is known for the challenging weather that makes the golfers put on that rain gear and brace for ridiculous wind. well i was disappointed to not see that during round one. but today mother nature said hold up. i have got you hooked up lou holder. this seagull shot sums up the condition in scotland. over three-hour rain delay. the

they will have to pay marvin gaye's family $5.3 million for copying part of his 1977 song "gotta giveup." the judge awarded the family 50% of "blurred lines" future royalty. >>> amazon's megasale in celebration of the company's 20th anniversary. the prime day sale promises to rival black friday with rock bottom deals on everything from electronics to toys. the deep discounts available for just one day only to samson prime members who have a subscription service which is $99 a year. >>> the christmas in july promotions include a 32-inch l.e.d. tv for only $75 and bose headphones for just under 80 bucks. on twitter overnight some called it a letdown and joke. walmart is also putting thousands of products on sale. >>> the finance division of honda paying $25 million to settle claims it charged minorities higher interest rates. those minority customers paid an average of $150 to $250 more during the terms of their loan according to the justice department. an investigation revealed honda dealers could raise interest rates at their own discretion and get more money from honda by doing so. >

a judge upheld the case saying the song copied marvin gaye's got to give it up. they plan to appeal and the judge reduced the damage award to $5.3 million and ruled the family should get a share of future royalties for the song. an attorney is reviewing the decision to cut the damage award. >>> still ahead highway 84 remains closed in livermore at this hour. the deadly chain reaction crash and what has to happen before the road can reopen and greece reaches a deal on a bail out. >> and a plane's remarkable emergency landing. look at that. right on a highway. rest free for 3 event! is ending soon! get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster serta icomfort even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, free set-up, and free removal of your old mattress and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sleep train's interest free for 3 event is ending soon. ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> a marriage thorough o fair in -- thoroughfare in livermore is still closed 12 hours after a dead

so let marvin gaye and get it on. >> this is going to be a good one. breaking news now on fox news channel. district attorney in texas is speak bath woman's death in a jail cell. we're expecting the d.a. to talk about the autopsy findings, which have not been made public. we heard debate over the death of thewoman, sandra bland. a straight trooper pulled her over for a turn signal violation, then arrested her after she said he became aggressive. jail officials say she hanged herself in their gel but her relatives demand on independent booking autopsy. one booking form indicated the woman had tried to commit suicide at points in the past but another form indicated she said she had not. we'll get to that as the decision comes in. >>> now, donald trump, snubbed at the united states mexico border and getting ready to talk about it. the republican front runner is now in texas right along the mexican border. he was supposed to meet with members of the local border patrol union for a tour, but they pulled out at the last minute. union official says they talke

while unblurring the lines around his marvin gaye controversy.rce from ex-wife paula. is he finally ready to move on? >> definitely a new season in my life. >>> now "the insider" together with yahoo. a royal christening turns into an epic who wore it better? princess kate, pippa, and queen. speaking of cuteness debbie matenopoulos, what a better way to give you to the inside anchor. >> loving it. and charlotte's big day, william and kate found ways to honor the late princess di. >> katie

. ♪ ♪ and i want to get it on ♪ ♪ you don't have oh to worry ♪ >> a little marvin gaye.m jessica agui are re in the bay area. she said that's the same hotel where they got married. >> that's nice. >> marvin gaye is hot now. >> absolutely. >> always. >> carson thank you. mr. roker, a check of the weather. >> a few shours and thunderstorms pushing their way through the mid section of the country. memphis looking at showers and thunderstorms pushing through. by the afternoon you will see showers and heavier thunderstorms on the way hope. afternoon highs nice and cool. great lakes to the northeast. the heat continues through the south. we do look for wet weather from the central plains into the southeast. also up into the cascades. sunshine along the west coast. >>> yes, sunshine today. good morning, i'm meteorologist karrie hall. in the mid-60s. 62 degrees in san francisco. not much of a change but after the skies clear through the rest of the bay, our temperatures warming into the 70s and 80s. south bay, 81 degree ls. east bay, 72 degrees. in the tri-valley expect a high o

collaborated with the motown museum in detroit and brought original artifacts, including marvin gaye's "what's going on" and diana ross and supremes dresses. that is highlight of one of the shows we've done. we recently had a rare book collection focused on a new acquisition of slavery tire for the study of transatlantic slavery. it represents the most significant individual gift the schomburg sent irhas ever received, 400 rare books items related to the abolition of the slave trade in the earl 18th and 19th century and endowment gift to celebrate programs and conferences here forever. we also put on display items from the lupitsa collection. >> why don't you show us some current sixths. >> sure. look forward it. >> dr. mohammed, where are we headed? >> the gallery named for one. earliest libraries in schomburg. con-ed helped to support the renovations. >> what do we have showing here? >> this is a documentary of, that was completed in 1970. it was aired on television of the selma movement led by dr. king in 1965. this particular footage represents a number of outtakes because we have

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