sound becomes a response to motown and the critics said andre harrell was over his head, once he gotporation he couldn't handle it. >> they knew me coming in the door they were this far in the hole and they could have said to me "we should do it this way" had to tell me i'll let you build the biggest record company. takes five years to build it. i was only there for six months before stuff started popping up in the papers. >> that is one of the reasons most of the time taken over your own corporations, your own interests and new label. >> four guys from atlanta, 18, 19 years old, singing about love. ♪ >> it really is about love. one of the things you're doing is global talent search. >> correct. >> people can meet andre harrell. >> london, france, new jersey, kansas city, l.a., go to and have a live meeting with me. >> you don't have any space for like an over the hill tv host looking to start his rap career? >> that boat sailed. >> i can do something. >> i heard you got obama rap. >> i got political rap. i could bring back dr. jeckyll. >> you could bring back public enemy. >> anothe

it's motown legend smokey robinson and he came to our town talking about what's more important than music to him. >>> first, when someone moves into a new home, someone is usually moving out. not when you are talking about animals. it's a major problem in one area. tisha thompson got a look at what local animal control officers face on a daily basis. we want to warn you, some of the pictures you might see might be tough to watch. ♪ >> reporter: if it's furry, angry or hurt, officer tonja roberts will answer the call. she's taking us on a trip to the wild side of prince george's county. a home under construction with a problem that comes back. >> i'm getting out your way. >> you have them in the shower? >> reporter: that's right, there's a raccoon in the bathroom. robert's carefully wrangles her opponent in the cage only to walk back outside and release the raccoon into the trees behind the house. >> this is where he used to live, so he doesn't know any betterer. >> they are being displaced. >> reporter: prince george's housing boom produced a showdown between new residents and the animals

. >>> still ahead tonight ♪ music playing >> motown legend smokey robinson is in town, and local studentseliver the serenade of a lifetime. >>> plus the revitalizing power of honey. how to stay healthy and feel young with a treatment that is simple and sweet kong up. -- coming up. >>> utter humiliation. that's how our hawaii yin mom describes her deal at an airport after she was forced to prove that her breast pump was for real. that woman says a tsa agent flagged her for additional screening at the airport wednesday because of her electric breast feeding pump. the agents told her she could not take the pump on the plane because the bottles in her carry on were empty. >> i asked him if there was a private place i could pump, and he said, no, you can go in the women's bathroom. i had to stand in front of the mirrors in the sink and pump my breasts in front of every tourist that walked in that bathroom. i was embarrassed and humiliated and then angry that i'm treated this way. >> when the bottles were full, she was allowed back on the plane. today they are apologizing saying it was all a bi

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the motown legend paid a visit to the duke ellington school of the arts in northwest washington this afternoon. problem in son has scored 37 top -- robinson has scored 37 top 40 hits in his 50 years in the music business and today shared his insight with dukeling ton students who serenaded him with a song -- duke ellington student who serenaded him with a song. ♪ he's the guy that puts tears in my eyes ♪ >> always give kids stuff that they're interested in that keeps them connected to school, that keeps them wanting to there be and so we should do whatever we can to restore the arts in all of our schools. >> smokey robinson will take to a larger stage tomorrow night at the kennedy center. he will headline a benefit concert for duke ellington school in the concert hall at 7:30. going to be quite a show. >>> tonight at 7:00 on 9 news now the d.c. primaries are a month away, what you need to know to make sure your votes counts. >>> still ahead in this half hour bags of money, paper or plastic, montgomery county's bag tax is adding up. we'll tell you more just ahead. >>> a message, a tee

let's go to motown. capitals needed this guy to heat up, alex ovechkin, four goals this month.nsen, looking for who else? ove? good pass. top shelf. take a look. perfectly placed sloeapper. capitals up 2-0 on another power play. ovechkin. shoots once, stays with it. shoots again. gets to the go. his 32nd goal of the season. that matches his goal total from all of last season. there are nine games to go. capitals hang on to win, 5-3. there would be no upset in college park tonight. even with the star players struggling. brenda friesz and her terps are moving on to the sweet 16 in the women's ncaa basketball tournament. friesz against jeff walsh, coach of louisville. terps down one. good ball movement. lauren mincy, top of the key. got it. 14 of her game high 24 in the first half. terps up two. and going for the home run. uh-oh, tianna hawkins turns it over. and last chance for louisville now. down by three. the shot from asia taylor. block. maryland ends the game on a 13-4 run. they win it 72-68, the terps moving on to the sweet 16. coach friesz celebrating with her family and e

and this is r and b and motown and blues and more. check it out if you want more information. it's on abc2news.com and you can find it also not only on the home page but on the lifestyle section. another thing going on, there's every sunday at the baltimore museum of art, you can take your family there go for free. they have great exhibits so there's a special one going on right now. this sunday it's 3d mechanical creatures. all the information is on abc2news.com now back to you. >> thanks. >>> if you are heading to walt des any world or disneyland if you go and want -- disney world or disneyland if you want to use the fast pack visitors to the parks can buy the fast pass tickets and give them a one hour window to get access to the shorter ride line. there's the problem, people are abusing the tickets using them outside the one hour window. park employees are looking to crackdown on the rule breakers. >>> and travel experts say if you going to travel, now is the time. the next few years it's going to be harder to book the flights you want. the faa is predicting passenger air t

have all the things going on friday and saturday live bands and we are talking about everything from motown to blues and jazz and r and b and check it out. 's more information on that. and if that's your thing you can do that friday night and sunday, head over to the baltimore museum of art because they are having every sunday, free family outings. you can go there and check out their exhibits and then for example on sunday march 1th a 3d mechanical creature he can hibt from 2 to 5. all the -- exhibit from 2 to 5. there's all sorts of free stuff from food to dvds. check it out at abc2news.com. >>> thanks we are joined by aleen gabey with the maryland spca and we have the special guest of the day who is this? >> camille who is a puppy. we are not sure of the breed. something big. >> it doesn't matter because she is gorgeous and seems so well-mannered. >> she has very sweet temperament and seems pretty calm but that could be deceiving sometimes they come out of the shell a little bit. >> you put them on the ground and let them go and it's fun from there? >> you know i. think she will be a lot

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my mother listened to motown, stax, atlantic, from roberta flack, aretha franklin, stevie wonder, you know. "chuck, do your chores." and you've got music playing, just, you know, seeping into your bloodstream and ear stream. and my father liked jazz here and there. but i was mainly into sports. i was into the organization of sports, and a lot of black folks made strong inroads into sports, and that captivated my interests. and the whole hip-hop thing that hit me in the middle of the 1970s got me into the music, because it was the technical aspect of it. technology. two turntables, a mixer, a microphone. i was totally confused. i was like, "why do they need two turntables? in case the one over there breaks down?" [laughter] "this person is very prepared." but that struck me as being, you know, something to get involved with this thing called hip-hop and rap music. and then if you study rap music, you will understand that it's not a music. it's rap, a vocal application over music, and the musics have already been defined as soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, then rock and roll, and so on and

. >> a living motown legend will be performing for a school benefit at the kennedy center. smokey robinson spent some time today hanging out with students. sam and ford was there. how to score such fickle assignment? what's i had a good time. -- how did you score such a school assignment? >> so far artists from the comedian dave should help stevie wonder, and others have donated their services to help the school. blacks today they had smoked a robinson on the hall monitors as student musicians practice to perform with him at the kennedy center. >> he touches people, and that is what i want to do with my music. >> smokey robinson was around when tv was black and white. how can these kids relate to somebody from their parents and grandparents era? that did not seem to be a problem. in another setting, he talked about an artist's desire to succeed. >> i made no bones about it. i wanted to be a cinder. i grew up in the hood in detroit. -- i wanted to be a singer. >> the kennedy center is donating the space. they expect them to net $500,000. >> this is a game changer. >> i sang

same time, this was the biggest company in my city, which signed me in 1972, but it wasn't really motown then. but my voice wasn't the sound of young america. so while they all knew me, they all watched me starve. so i've had the opportunity to tell several people nice things recently, and to see them. you should have seen when i walked out on the stage at the kennedy center honors, because you don't know who's going to be there, even though you've been there for two days by that time. you don't know who's going to perform. so wn walked o, there were several mouths that were... "the bettye lavette that i know... the bettye lavette that's my age?" >> hinojosa: "she's up there singing at the kennedy center honors, and i didn't know about this?" >> the o'jays told me, they said that... they were my very best friends in show business, and i haven't seen them in maybe 30 years, until recently. and they said, "we called everybody we know trying to be on that inaugural show. we called... pulled out every stop. so we decided we're going to stay home, we aren't going to go stand in e cold we're g

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soundtrack to the documentary "hyundai veloster presents re:generation," the crystal method, featuring motownmartha reeves, on the bud light stage. that will be interesting. and weird. and by the way, here's some trivia for you, about me personally. ken from the crystal method was the first guy ever to fire me. he was program director at my college radio station at unlv. and he fired me. even though i was an unpaid volunteer. [ laughter ] but i am a forgiving man. a lot of people say i remind them of jesus. tomorrow night, channing tatum will be here. beautiful genesis rodriguez will join us. and we'll have music from the joy formidable on the show. they say formidable, even though it's supposed to be formidable. they're from another country. our first guest is an oscar-nominated actor for his work last year in "moneyball." and while he probably won't get another oscar nod for his new movie, it is very funny. and involves both money and balls. starting friday, see him fight crime alongside channing tatum in the feature film version of "21 jump street." please say hello to jonah hill. [ cheers

last night they won a crucial game in motown.have outscored a good red wings team 12-4 this evening. the general manager on hand last night in detroit. we start the first period, capitals on the power player. alex ovechkin goes top shelf. take another look, nothing was going to stop this shot. capitals on top 1-0. later in the first period, capitals up 2-0. ovechkin shoots once. look at him stay with it and finally put it in there. that's his 32nd goal of the season, matching his goal total from all of last season. the capitals hang on to win an important game 5-3. >> we're really trying to play playoff hockey right now. we're battling for our life to get in, so we got -- you know, we were doing the little things. you see us sliding all over trying to block shots and we're desperate. it's tight out there and hard hitting. but, you know, it's every night it's games like this and that's what playoff hockey is. >> do a little hitting in hockey. >>> we do have some sweet 16 teams to talk about, folks. georgetown's women's basketball

yesterday the 72-year-old motown artist visited the students. a really cool treat. the kids put on a show full of robinson's greatest hits. check this out. ♪ had us all singing in there. robinson told the students they are starting out as he did, with a love for doing something creative. tonight's concert is sold out, by the way. school officials hope to raise about $500,000. this is the fifth installment of the series of legends concert. so far, the concerts have raised more than $2 million for the school to assist with staffing and resources in the arts department. >> how fun. >> absolutely. >> i swear that guy never ages. >> he looks fabulous and he has the most beautiful green eyes. i was there. i was trying to entice him to sing for us. all i got was a hug, but i'll take that. >> that's major. >> he said you have to wait for the show. i said all right. we'll wait for the show. >> that's a good tease. >>> it's 6:12. good morning. young children are accidentally given breast cancer medicine instead of the medicine they were prescribed. we'll tell you how the medi

today, with unemployment hovering near 20%, motown is a tough place to find a job. that is, unless you happen to be dealing in one of the few lines of merchandise that still pays around here -- the buying and selling of sex for cash. >> we actually have a number of partners that are in the task force. >> special agent michael glennon heads up the fbi's human trafficking task force in michigan. >> why the need for a task force when it comes to this issue of human trafficking, sex trafficking? >> in detroit a lot of people don't realize that we're kind of a hub of both recruitment as well as what they call a destination city and recruitment city. that, coupled with what is the end of the i-74 corridor, there's a lot of truck traffic. there's a lot of components that actually make it a very popular area for trafficking, unfortunately. may use deadly force only when necessary. >> today the task force has invited us to ride along for a firsthand look at their efforts to combat the illicit sex trade in the motor city. >> our objective overall obviously is recover as many

. >>> the king of motown meets students from our own duke ellington high school. you to smokey robinson's class. >>> first be ready for some potential problems at our local airports tomorrow. we'll tell you why there could be some passenger confusion up next. >>> back now with a consumer alert about a big airline merger. we are hearing that the integration of operations for united and continental airlines could cause some major confusion for passengers at reagan national airport. starting tomorrow united will operate out of several terminals. make sure to read the message boards closely for your gate. starting at 1 a.m. the two airlines will take down their computers to integrate everything and that means you won't be able to check in online for three to four hours. so if you're trying to check in for a flight tomorrow at any airport, you actually might have to do it in person. that's something you want to know. >>> now an update on a problem with baby monitors that our consumer team told you about last year. we exposed how your video monitor could inadvertently p

young black students were trading in their feel-good motown records for the recorded speeches of malcolm x and the angry jazz recordings that are not colburn. i went down to 125th street in harlem that night, tonight dr. king king was assassinated. overturning cars sitting trashcan fires and hurling bricks and businesses. intakes close appliances and whatever else they can carry. not everyone else alluded in fact. most of the crowd continued to do see the king is dead and black power and it was enough for the cops to swing clubs, shoot their pistols and make arrests. before he could handcuff me and put me into the paddy wagon, a group of writers across the street from the police car over to the cop told me to stay put and ran towards the writers. i was scared, but i wasn't. i took a front in the opposite direction. i blend in with the group of writers who try to figure out which way to go. a group of cops headed toward us. some writers ran into a clothing store those be booted. i followed. the cops swung clubs and made arrests. my heart pounded as they read into the back of the store and

yesterday the motown artist visited the students. kids put on a show full of robinson's greatest hits. ♪ all right. robinson told the students they are starting out as he did with a love for doing something creative. tonight's concert is sold out. school officials hope to raise about $500,000. this is the fifth installment of the series of legends concert. so far concerts have raised more than $2 million for the school to assist with staffing and, of course, all their resources in the arts department. >> so cool to see him bring his star power here. >> he's an icon. >> doesn't get better than that. >> as much as you try to stay reserved in front of people like that. oh, i've done this a million times, you lose it. you go -- >> it's those eyes. those eyes that just suck you in. >> you go geek and you take out the phone like, i've got to take a picture. >> then it's all blurry because you are shaking. >> i'm not a stalker. anyway, we'll be able to take at least a little picture of some fleeting sunshine later on this afternoon. i'll gi

young black students were trading in their feel-good motown records for the record speeches of malcolm x and the angry jazz recordings of arnet coleman. i went down to 120th street in harlem that night, the night that dr. king was assassinated. protesters and writers swarmed the streets, clashing with cops, overturning cars, setting trashcan fires and hurling bricks of white owned businesses. one of the windows was shattered by an airborne trashcan. looters ran into the store and started taking clothes, appliances, and where else they could carry. not everyone who looted. in fact, most of the crowd continued to chant the king is dead, and black power. but it was enough to start swinging clubs, and making arrests. a cop grabbed me and threw me against the wall. before he could handcuff me at plugging into the paddy wagon, a group of riders across the street turned the police car on. the cop told me to stay put, and ran toward the riders. i was scared. but i wasn't stupid. i took off running in the opposite direction. i blended in and try to that which way to go. the group of cops headed

young black students were trading in their feel good motown records for the record of speeches about comebacks and the angry jazz recordings of arnett coleman. i went down to 125th street in harlem that night. the night that dr. king was assassinated. protesters and rioters stormed the streets clashing with cops, overturning cars, setting trash can fires and hurling bricks a white on businesses. one of the windows was shattered by an airborne trash can. lewis ran into the stores and started taking clothes and appliances and whatever else they could carry. not everyone looted. in fact to most of the crowd continued to chant the king is dead and black power. it was enough for the cubs to start swinging clubs, shooting pistols, and making arrests. the cops grabbed me and threw me against a wall. before you can give me and put me into the betty wright a group of writers across the street turned the police car over. a cop told me to stay put and ran toward the riders. i was scared. i was a stupid. i took off running in the opposite direction i blended them with a group of writers and try

i won't fight that because we definitely draw a lot of influence from the motown stacks period of musicn there. the back beat of the record has a lot of hip hop influence. then there's just sort of a little bit of an indy diy aesthetic. >> just really let the music take you where it's going to go. we try to really widen the spectrum of what we talk about. this particular record was, you know, driven out of a heart break fitz went through. just dealing with a breakup. you have a lot of love story in there. you're just trying to get over the person, getting through your life. we also have songs that have more of a play on what was happening in our economy here in america. >> i believe it was nietzsche said all art aspires to music. it can generate so much feeling and emotion. ♪ the only people that get mad are guitar players. they come out after the show and say do you know what you're missing? i say let me guess. guitar. in every live setup, you see guitars everywhere. would we make a big full sound that was relevant in today's modern music without it? and also you've got a lot of keyboa

which is incredible when you think become to the motown years, people like jackson 5 or destiny's childll that is about to change. so i would like a group to do well this year and there's a gap in the market. >> that's interesting, especially to hear that coming from your mouth some all the groups in the bay area, get ready for simon cowell! simon, we have a facebook question. we asked our viewers to come in on facebook, mikey garcia wants to know if janet jackson really was in the running to become one of your judges on "x factor." >> you know, i made an agreement with everyone who approached us that i would never reveal whether they did or they didn't. but janet would be a very, very good fit on the show. i'm a huge fan every hers. >> i'll take that. i'm also hearing britney spears is in the running. what is the word? >> well, i've always wanted to work with britney. i'm fascinated by her. and every time i've done any of these shows and show comes on as a guest, it's always created the biggest buzz within the studio. so we'll have to wait and see. >> so everybody wants to work with yo