montel, thank you. i've got my life back. i'm not sure what i'm going to say when i meet montel. him a hug. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome from seattle wa, karen whidden. and from corpus kristi tx, april thomas. welcome them to the show. give them a big round of applause. hi ladies. give me that hug. c'mon girlfriend, give me that hug. yes. come on over here. come on next to me. there you go. ladies, come on, april, talk to me for a minute. that knee problem, how long was that bothering you before you had the surgery? it went on for 2 years. then after that surgery, you thought you were going to get some relief, but what happened? it basically, the cartilage was so bad gone, that it swelled up 3 times the size it was. did you try the braces and other things? i bought braces, gels, endless pain killers where it was like i was more sleepy than up. you could no longer keep up with your littlest one. yes. and you had to ask someone else to step in to help you. right? and who was that you had to ask? my son. and he's only 10. and he's right there. right? but you knew you needed

. >>> shots were fired at dc police this evening on montell avenue. nobody was hit we're told but two suspects are in custody tonight following a foot chase. police say the officers never fired their own weapons. >>> up to 1,000 people march on washington for more control of guns. it's the first national demonstration since the sandy hook shooting. the marches want new laws to ban assault style weapons and magazines and they want more background checks. dozens of residents from newtown, connecticut joined the march today. >> reporter: emotions for newtown residents still raw. >> we have to start somewhere. >> reporter: katie kent says tn have not died in vain, but they must act. >> have to do something. that's why i'm here today. we have to write our congressman. we can't sit back and say i support you. we have to do something. >> people need to stand up for what they believe. also i just had a baby. he's two months old and it kills me to know i brought him in to a world that's so violent. >> reporter: adrian came to march because her step brother was

your dad is montel williams. >> it's true. awesome. it would be the best. >> jmy

your dad is montel williams. >> it's true. awesome. it would be the best. >> jimmy: ask his kids how good it is. i don't know. i think it would be best to have brian williams as your father. >> i agree. >> jimmy: is it good? >> it's great, yeah. >> jimmy: he seems like just a great guy in general. i have to say, i was surprised, he's been on the show. he knows so much about current music. and things you wouldn't expect him to bother with. >> well, he knows a lot about a lot, which ends up being kind of frustrating, because most kids experience the joy and often the frustration of having to tell their parents about stuff. like explain twitter. be like dad! this is what twitter is. i have never once in my entire life broken something dad for my dad. >> jimmy: you haven't introduced him to anything? >> he's been eight months ahead of me music-wise forever. he introduced me to hanson. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it was only two years ago, though. >> he goes and they're all boys. he preempted -- because they looked a little bit like you

it's untold in the public schools, it's untold to the popular audience to montell to people who get theirhistory from television. and so that's what we're trying to challenge. americans don't know much history. an issue from last year, americans are actually worse. u.s.s. school seniors were worse and understanding is true that they are math and science. they bemoan the fact that there we cannot and science, but only 12 percent of high-school seniors showed proficiency in u.s. history. 12 percent. the amazing thing was that the report also said that only 2 percent actually could explain what brown versus board of education was about, even though the answer was implicit in the question. so our kids don't know much history. a lot of what they know is wrong. and the great historians, the way this book is based upon the work of great historians. you are mentioned than air. a lot of great historians are doing some of that kind of work. we have a big sweep. we are able to couple this with the documentary, it will to make it more dramatic. >> macon a primer. an honest basic tact. history 101. i

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