and especially mary lou williams. there were so few examples for her of what it was she was trying to become, and most of those examples were male. and yet she pursued it, she had absolute confidence in her talent and her ability and her importance. and so i think that i just, i sort of learned to welcome the opportunity to try and learn how to write about her. and how to write about the music. and then it just was a process of listening and listening and listening and trying to really write down what it was that i heard. and it was such a moving encounter. i mean, if you don't know her music, i strongly recommend -- i hope this book will make people listen to her. it was such a moving end counter and so powerful -- encounter and so powerful to me that i just decided to write about that element of it, that, you know, that there's something very soulful about her music and very ambitious. she's an incredibly ambitious writer and arranger. and she -- i loved her because she thought, ah, duke elington is writing these lo

you talk about someone like mary lou williams she does consider herself an activist or those made -- more traditional ways. >> when i was nearly down these three i wanted to arrange the different parts but also to show a continuing of of political and engagement so someone a young dancer at hunter college a end is probably the most conventionally radical of the three joining the communist party for a while that helped to shape pedernales this then somebody like in peachtree those were a political activist in defense them under assault by also keeps the distance she would not call herself a marxist or a communist but has the left leaning sensibility but does not like to be boxed in. she is engaged in various forums the sum i'd like mary lou williams who says her interest is how can she be of assistance to people in need? maybe that is through their poverty or philanthropy or other activities or fellow musicians with a drug addiction and who is the one woman rehab center so they fall along the continuum as the rethink a very different needs. >> i was looking and it was a hard thing to

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you'll notice the dates on the billboard don't add up to 50, they add up to 68, which is how long mary lou lived before she died five months shy of their golden anniversary. he just wanted everyone else to know that, too. >> we're having a wedding. >> the government shutdown. >> please welcome smoky the bear. >> i do. >> and mike, do you do all that same stuff? by the power vested in me, by the entire viacom family of entertainment network, you must kiss the bride. >> we are learning more tonight about that woman behind the wheel of the black infinity. the woman shot dead by the police yesterday after she rammed a barricade outside the white house and then took police on a chase. her name, miriam carey. she's a dental hygienist from stanford, connecticut. the motive is unknown, but evidence to suggest she may have suffered some sort of traumatic brain injury. according to cbs news, carey fell down some stairs, hit her head, and after that she was never the same. nine months ago she told police she was a prof profit and president obama had her house placed under surveillance. several medica

. >> joe was always big on surprising his wife mary lou who he married in 196 3. >> you have to inject some kind of we'll say leverty into the marriage just to see her smile is worth it to me. >> so long before their 50th anniversary this month he hatched a plan to mark that occasion, a big plan. >> a year and a half ago before our 49th i contracted for the saying. >> this one here on the i-190 south. >> it was just my way of saying i love you. >> if you look close you will notice the dates on the billboards don't add up to 50, they add up to 68, which is how long she lived before she died in april, 5 months shy of their golden anniversary. >> i miss her every day. i cry every day. i cry every night. i should cry. like i said, she was a beautiful woman inside and outside. >> while joe could have canceled the billboard before now he decided not to. he even let her in on the secret about it just before the end. >> about a week before she died i told her what i was going to do. all she did was look at me and tell me i'm nuts. but she was worth it. i wanted her to have some sort of recogni

i'm mary lou... henner. whoops, i slipped.. whoops, i slipped, too. now we're wrestling up and down. larry flynt, you wanna tone it down a notch? kelly: hey, guys. we're home! mommy! hey, you're back. hi! hi, hi, hi, hi! we caught an early flight so we could relieve you guys. these little monsters treat you ok? ok? they were fantastic! but enough about us. how was the funeral? you have fun? not as much as you'd think. yeah, death. not a fan of the big "d." what's going on? everything go all right? ok. yeah. smooth sailing. we, um... we gotta go. yes! yeah. you don't want to stick around, have some coffee? oh, no. you know what? if we're gonna tear ourselves away from these kids, it's gotta be quick, like a band-aid. yeah. you know, you rip it right off, it hurts. but she's off in a jif. we're outta here. yeah. ok. bye-bye, you guys. all righty. oh, man. if bologna smelled any better, i'd wear it. how can you just sit there and eat? kirby is probably telling them what we did right now. yeah, but look. they've been home for, lik

did not have come vichy inherited the social secretary but they did not get along because mary randolph wanted loudo things the washington society way and that is not how lou wanted to do things so they parted company after one year if she did not hire another social secretary said she introduced of what changes did was very unorthodox. >> how did they celebrate? >> they had of paul. >> it was pouring rain that day. they were soaked with the actual ceremony it in the parade but they did not attend the ball. it was considered a charity ball not now but we will think of as the inaugural ball. >> was a charity for? >> i don't have any answers. >> we will tweet dash. [laughter] >> i am the big face and of this series i know all about the president's but my question is what was lou hoover favorite activity she did in the white house? >> i am not sure there is just one. i will take to. one would be taking care of the gardens and loving the outdoors in the other issues interested to chronicle the history of the furniture and the decoration of the white house. >> host: how long were they in office before

mary randolph wanted lou to hings the "washington society" way of thanks. ings. she introduced a lot of changes. she was very on orthodox. hodox.rt --i believe >> some have opted not to have an inaugural ball. >> they got soaked in the ceremony. they did not attend the ball. the vice president and his sister-in-law attended the ball. it was considered a charity ball and not an inaugural ball. >> what was the charity? >> that's a good question. i don't have the answer. -- tweet tweak it it. >> i'm big fan of this series and i know all about the president's. s. what was lou hoover's favorite activity in the white house? >> i'm not sure there was one. i will pick two. one would be taking care of the gardens and loving outdoors. chronicling the history of the furniture and decorations of the white house. >> how long were they in office before the stock market crashed? >> eight months. >> were there any warnings? >> there were some in hindsight. there had been a stock market bubble coming into office. there had been a little bit of financial volatility. it had been so

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lou: breaking news. senator maryu and mark prior announcing they are supporting senator shaheen's call for obamacare enrollment. asking the white house to extend that deadline until health care.gov is fixed. last year's super bowl champions are being paid to do exactly that. the baltimore ravens receiving 100 30,000 dollars from taxpayers to promote the health care law on tv and radio and the team's official website and social media. valued at just under 1.1 billion, but still a surprising deal. my next guest says that spending hundreds of millions of tax dollars to fix health care.gov and whatever else is wrong with obamacare is like trying to overhaul what is still moving. it is time to press pause on the tech surge. joining us is congressman tim murphy and a cofounder of the caucus and a member of the energy commerce committee, which we will hear from secretary sebelius next wednesday. let's start, if we may. i just have to ask you here. do these problems manifest beyond the website? this is beginning to look like

lou: that's what i said. >> mary it up to a different concept because this makes a lot of sense. put into a box with all the glitches. what political now to may would be put in a place greek and say okay. we will go along with the 1-year delay. he saves face and they get the delay. lou: well the republicans persist? will the prevail? >> i have absolutely no idea what they're going too next. you are hearing very differentm. yesterday on the senate floor, he suggested that he was open to downshifting from his bush to defund obamacare to something closer to what the house is pushing for. reasons that you all just cited. couple of hours after that his office for in a statement saying we did not mean a bit were letting off the gas. you have others in eectay, maybe we should just get on obamacare altogether and give back to just talking about cutting spending. i think that would be crazy. look, the most likely outcome is that at some point the house of representatives moves toward a clean container resolution and passes with large support from republicans in the house, some support fro

marie callender's. it's time to savor. >>> rock legend lou reed has di died.cker, with the velvet underground. remember them? l he has influenced generations. perhaps us know some of his music. he died this morning of an ailment related to a recent liver transplant. lou reed was 71. >>> police arrest add carnival ride operator after several were hurt at a carnival. it's our top story as we go across america. >>> north carolina -- five people went to the hospital from injuries when the vortex stopped while riders were getting off and then suddenly started up again. authorities in raleigh say the man running in charged with felony counts with assault with a deadly weapon. >> we determined this ride was tampered with. >>> indiana. a stabbing at indiana university's bloomington campus sparked a four-hour lockdown. the student stabbed, expected to rov perp police have two suspects in custody. the campus is back open. >>> texas, a man dressed up as lee harvey oswald getting his day in court, and local lawyers wearing 1963 garb with props from back in the days. right

lou: we will take up all of that with the "chalk talk" and the 18. big money in business are behind the driver's mary effort with his return to immigration reform more than 400 conservative leaders say they plan to descend on washington to rally for immigration reform although they don't say what form it should take. hired news comes on tuesday the president of the american action forum and a man desperate to prove he is not a one trick pony americans for tax reform grover norquist all about immigration something he seemingly knew nothing about or is not interested to talk about and tell his colleagues in sponsors told him it might be a good idea. stocks finished higher with a handful of up beat earnings reports the nasdaq jumped 20 to the people filing for unemployment benefits were down by 12,000 in twitter announcing it has moved up with the update november 6 trying to price the offering expecting to sell 70 million shares of course, that is subject to change. kim co-founder does not like the apple buyback strategy of carl icahn. he said he should leave apple alone and spend more time like bill ga