the same issue where maude considering having an abortion putting you in the cross hairs of the religious right. how did you handle that? >> very well. like any other show, let's turn on maude, we don't know what the episode is about, oh it's about abortion. that's the way the american families and american people handled it. nothing happened, i'm sure there were some letters but there was no big stir because we had done a show on the subject. time. but after, when the show went into reruns come april, may, by then the religious right said oh that show's coming back they're going to be rerunning that. then they were ready. then they made all the noise. >> the theme song itself was controversial, it talked about god being a woman, right? >> was that controversial? who knows, god to be a woman. you know, no -- i mean it's very interesting that nobody's come back to tell us. we just don't know. >> what do we know about god? ha >> ha ha. i think what people know about god is, comes from the way they've been raised. and i think they should honor it the way they do. but it should live within th

we begin with maude barlow. then a panel looks at the idea of food as a basic human right.ally tailored medical treatments and childhood vaccinations. >>> good morning. it's thursday, aust

and bill would say, okay, maude, come get arrested.and my husband who is a lawyer, keep -- oh, i'm coming to get arrested and he'd say no you're not. because it's not a joke anymore to get arrested. it goes on your record and you're suspected of terrible things and try explaining to a customs officers, well, it was a protest. they don't care. so i promised bill i would get arrested in canada at the first chance. so a year or so ago we held a big protest on parliament hill against all of these pipelines, not just keystone. and it was understood ahead of time that -- because the whole morality play. you know exactly if you do this you'll get arrested. so we worked with the royal canadian mounted police, they're actually called that, and they wear the red serge and big hats. if any of you come to canada you'll see the rcmp musical ride in front of the parliament buildings. it's very wonderful. but they police parliament. so that's who we were dealing with. so they put up barricades. and they said if you cross the barricade, we'll arrest y

. >> maude. >> i'm only here because of edith. the fact that you happen to be here with her is beyond my control. like any other freak of nature. >> before that show was off the air, fred silverman was on the telephone with me saying "there is a show in that woman." >> hello? no, this is not mr. findley, it's mrs. findley. yes, mr. findley has a much higher voice. >> get your coat on and come on? >> what makes you think you can order me around like that henry. >> you're my wife that gives me the right. >> when he says wife he means possession. >> so what, maude, you told me 100 time s you wanted to feel possessed. >> walter, i never said that standing up. and you know it. >> norman lear and bud yorkin turned the spin-off series into an art form. >> norman lear hates to call it the lear factory. all of his series come out of this building, allowing lear to move from show to show like a dervish. >> "good times" was like holy smokes. there are black people on tv. >> there had never been a complete black family on tv with the father.

the radio that maude cast the bong live noticed the discrepancy. the clock tower is known as the big ben the name actually refers to the bell inside. jonathan: major oops. kid in taiwan made a costly mistake. the 12-year-old stumbled over a rope barrier and punched a hole in a painting worth $1.5 million. the painting titled "flowers" is 350 years old. the museum is not asking the boy and the family to pay for the damage but it will ask the insurance company to cover restoration cost. kimberly: another story tonight comes from a flight from raleigh durham international air. the plane was delayed and the guy decided it's the perfect time to break up with his girlfriend. so another passenger decided to live tweet the breakup. started out posting this guy on the plane just broke up with his girlfriend and she is sobbing. the now ex-boyfriend went on to say i can't stand you. i can't be near you. i would switch seats if i could. the girl was not pleased and she said that the person great, just great. i'm so glad i paid $40 extra to be on the flight wit

she and my husband joined an expedition when she was 16 climb to maude everest for less of a cost to take their family to disneyland that she raised the money herself so i was that kind of supportive comments that's what you want to do let's go for it but i did not fight battles for them. i did not use my connection to help them improve their lot in life. my husband didn't coach so they could get a better spot on the team and that's the perception when i think of a helicopter parent trying to smooth the way instead of letting people fight their battles because that's how i knew and that's how i still know they are zero k.. i know they can fight, whatever obstacle comes in their path i know they have the internal skills to handle it to now do i like sometimes feel like i'm standing on the sidelines biting my fingernails? cheering them on of course but i need to have confidence that they are prepared for what is in front of them and so that was my and my husband's goal was creating an environment where independent and hard work was going to pay off. sometimes it wasn't there. sometimes

cyrus later commenting on minaj, you maude it agent you. >> we all do interviews and we all know howleep ]. nicky, congratulations. >> she's saying there's issues with way certain bodies are accepted, certain skin colors are accepted. that's more reflective of the broader culture. >> i think butts are pretty accepted if you ask me. >> reporter: one penn who had no problem making it about himself? kanye west who won the video vanguard award. the presenter? taylor swift. >> i first met kanye west six years ago at this show, actually. >> reporter: west infamously interrupted taylor swift's speech that year. >> i'm going to let you finish. but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. and i think if i had to do it all again, what would i have done? would i have worn a leather skirt? >> reporter: but last night there was no interrupting west. during a rambling 12-minute speech. >> yes, i wrote up a little something. i knocked the edge off. >> reporter: unlike performer justin bieber who experienced the show edge and all. and then there was miley who told me after her last vmas contr

sometime in late 1942, their project, called the maud project, by arrangements to winston churchill decided to join forces with the americans. so the british were shipped to los alamos is a group. there were maybe 6-8 of the same scientists, the most famous physicists in england at the time, including -- i have a list here. george thompson, marcus oliphant, philip moon -- now, it turned out that p.b. was a student of rutherford's, not chadwicks. he did his work at cambridge and did his work with rutherford, and then ended up at birmingham with marcus oliphant, who is another nuclear physicist. he was assigned jumbo too. i worked for him. i started my actual research. my research consisted of blowing up containers to see how strong they were. so i became an expert in explosives for two reasons, we did not do the work on the los alamos pace. the first reason was that they did not want us going up anything at los alamos because it was pretty dangerous. the second reason was that it was too disruptive, too many wires and electrical sparks all over the place, so we were really destroying some de

please join me in thanking maude barlow again. [ applause ] >>> tonight on american history tv, western history. at 8:00 p.m. mexican california in the early 19th century. a look at the history of california during the 19th century and the role of wealthy businessm businessman, the governor of the california region while it was under mexican rule. just before 9:25 p.m. the colonial west on lectures in history. william and mary professor paul map talks about the interactions between european colonial powers and native american tribes on the great plains in the 1700s. and at 10:35 p.m. rocky mountain national park. on january 26th, 1915, president woodrow wilson signed the rocky mountain national park act designating an area which 100 years later spans 415 square miles in north central colorado. author james pickering discusses enis mills and his involvement and its establishment. >>> the c-span cities tour visits literary and historic sites across the nation to hear from local historians, authors and civic leaders. every other weekend on c-span 2's book tv and american history tv on c-sp

in a move that would leave even maude impressed, the house just sold for $15 million. a library, gym, swimming pool and even a spa that would have made momma sofia very happy. ♪ thank you for being a friend >> i love that show. >> i do too. love hearing the song. >>> and then finally, guys, proof in "pop news" that you can teach an old dog new tricks. why stop at sit or fetch when you can teach your pup this. ♪ >> in "pop news," it's johann sebastian bark. >> oh. >> i'm on to you, lara. i'm on to you now. >> famous dog named beethoven already. >> yes, yes. >> he's got the tempo. >> i like how he's looking at the sheet music. >> he looks so proud of himself at the end. >> and that is today's "pop news." i hope everybody outside feels it. >> you definitely did it. we have a lot more ahead this morning. a lot of parents struggling with that work/life balance. what's the best approach, how you can beat mommy guilt. >>> and operation back to school. how to get the latest fashions for your kids' budget. >>> all right. what new breaks are out there to help women have one of t

you think of those great sitcoms from the 1970s "all in the family," "the jeffersons," "maud." >> i'mperson here that actually watched "all in the fami family" when they were broadcast. >> they were entertaining but they were about something. they were political. >> and they weren't padedantic. they did it in a way that didn't feel as though now you're going to sit down and get spoon fed. >> we're beating you over the head with it. >> right. >> let's see what this new show is all about. chicago tribune, my favorite story of the day, the hitchhiking robot. cross country trip. have you heard about this thing? cross country trip ends in philadelphia, damaged beyond repair after just two weeks into this cross country journey, hitch bot, launched by researchers who relied on strangers to pick up and successfully make it across canada in six days. they tried to do it in the united states. damaged beyond repair. poor hitch bot. >>> still ahead, we've been teasing all morning, we are minutes away from showing you the results of that brand new nbc news poll republican for president. is donald

it also offers no substandard replacement for the regulations are maude has in place. vermont does not oppose all of the federal regulation in this area nor all elements of the bill. what is important to vermonters is the ability to have accurate, factual information in front of them in order to make informed decisions about their food or kisses. and this is ahistorical design of our democracy. states and the famous words of justice brandeis have long been the laboratories of democracy, experimenting with social and economic policies in manners that allow them to determine the best course and there is a robust history of states leading the way towards ultimate federal regulation. two simple examples that come to mind. the first is they are -- fair credit reporting. vermont and other states were among the first to require credit reporting to consumers and as we all know congress ultimately move forward with that making it national law. another example that was referenced by mr. blasgen is menu labeling which new york began requiring the labeling of certain nutrition fac

we begin with maude barlow. then a panel looks at the idea of food as a basic human right. that's followed by senate hearings on personally tailored medical treatments and childhood vaccinations. >>> good morning. it's thursday, august 20th, 2015. on our three-hour program this morning, we'll be talking about police reform, u.s. national security challenges in the middle east, and the state of the u.s. auto industry. but we begin this morning with the renewed debate in the country over the 14th amendment and birthright citizenship. with republican presidential candidate donald trump and several of his fellow gop contenders now calling for an end to the practice of granting automatic citizenship to anyone born on u.s. soil, we're asking our viewers to weigh in on this latest debate over immigration policy. should the u.s. end birthright citizenship? if you think yes, the number for you is 202-748-8000. if you say no to ending birthright citizenship, the number is 202-748-8001. we also have a special line this morning for americans whose parents were foreign born, those first