. >> and what does the unemployment rate have to do with former president nixon, the exorcist, marvin gaye, and the oakland a's? we'll give you the answer on the other side of the break. cnarrator: ed gillespie and i wants to endis ad. a woman's right to choose. ed giof a woman'sd put thpersonal decisions,rge not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie never becomes governor. >>> the year was 1973, richard nixon was president, marvin gaye was rocking the charts to let's get it on. the exorcist was scaring the heck out of people in the theaters, and the oakland a's won the world series. that's also the last time the unemployment rate was lower than today. i know that's a lot of numbers. experts say that low level of unemploymeea in the economy to hold onto workers. but, you know, when sales are slumping, employers have to make some unpopular decisions, and blue apron is cutting about 6% of its workforce. thi

accused robin thicke and pharrell williams of essentially infringing the copyright of marvin gayed inspirations. pharrell williams said he worries that it's going to freeze what he calls the creativity inside the entertainment business. you've been very involved in this sort of issue, too, about borrowing other people's styles and sort of musical genres. are you worried now? i've said over and over again, the greatest motivator in music isjealousy. you hear a song and say to yourself, "god, i wish i had written that." then you go and try and take it apart and figure out all the cool things you can do to incorporate that into your sound, your music, your songs, and then you move forward. that's the great thing about music. there is no—one i know that's a good musician that also isn't also a great fan. they're a fan of somebody and, on some level, they're channelling that person. they're channelling that composer, that performer. the genius classical composer verdi said, "what's the difference between good composers and great composers? good composers borrow, great composers steal."

that's what marvin gaye said. who knew it was about marvin gaye. okay. you and we hope we can inspire young people. remember, we're 14, 15, and just turning 16. so we want to inspire the young people and elizabeth coined this phrase. "don't think of us as special because we're ordinary people. but ordinary people can do extraordinary things." and we're proof of that. thank you very much. >> giving remarks on behalf of thelma wear, please welcome her son, gabriel wear. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> good morning, president clinton, dignitaries, family and friends. my name is gabrielle wear. i'm more than honored to speak on behalf of my grandmother, beautiful grandmother thelma wear. >> it has been many years since i enlt therd historical building and i did so today with a sense of anticipation and hope for the future of those educated here and other facilities throughout the state. the year i spent here was filled with uncertainty, mostly related to safety. fortunately, other than verbal and certainly psychological issues, i experienced

my mother named me after her favorite singer, marvin gaye. >> how would you describe your upbringing?> my mom had me at a very early age and she was in an abusive relationship. she made me learn to be responsible at a very early age because of -- because of everything that she was going through. >> mahaj tells me during the tough times, he was abused by a man from his childhood. >> he raped me and he consumed this. that's really when a lot of things changed. i went from really kinda tender, peaceful type of guy, to, i had to seek a way. >> did you become a violent person after that happened? >> yeah. between that and watching my mother hurt, i was fighting at a young age and i was fighting the hurt in man. you could not -- my mother and my sisters, no, you do whatever you wanted to, to me. i was going to take it. you wasn't doing it to them. not them, not them, not them. >> mahaj said he knew his anger would destroy him. but at 15, when he got a school assignment, he saw a way out. >> it was black history month and we had to find a person in black history that was not dr. king, that w

if you put on marvin gaye right now, i'd burst into tears. what do you do?'re young, you go to the beach. you know, you get laid, and you get high. it was here, all the way out at the tip of cape cod, provincetown, massachusetts, where the pilgrims first landed. and it was where i first landed. 1972, washed in a town with a head full of orange sunshine and a few friends. provincetown, a wonderland of tolerance, long-time tradition of accepting artists, writers, the badly behaved, the gay, the different. it was paradise. the joy that can only come with an absolute certainty that you're invincible. that none of the choices that you make will have any repercussions or any effect on your later life. because we didn't think about those things. i don't even know what i thought i was going to be. at that point, i certainly didn't think i was going to be a cook. i don't know what i thought i was going to be. i was just, you know, hanging out in a beautiful place. >> anthony: a golden time, i look back on those fuzzy memories and they seem golden anyway. oh, there's

-- who knows about marvin gaye? [laughter] [applause] ok. we are here to remind ourselves and you and we hope that we can inspire people. remember we are 14, 15, just turning 16 so we want to inspire the young people. elizabeth coined this phrase -- don't think of us as special because we are ordinary people, but ordinary people can do extraordinary things, and we are proof of that. thank you very much. [applause] giving remarks on her behalf, please welcome her grandson, gabriel. -- gabriel wair. thank you. i am more than on her to speak about my beautiful grandmother. [applause] it has been many years since i entered this historical building and i did so today with a sense of anticipation and hope for the future of this educating here and other facilities throughout the state. the year i spent here mostly -- was full of uncertainty mostly related to safety , fortunately and psychological issues i experienced no physical harm. the years since have seen my continued growth and experience and education as a teacher and counselor. i can a lot