charlie patton taught robert johnson. and that is him, so i know someone who knew someone.id not mean to geek out on you like that, but for me, the blues is where i come from. that is the foundation of every note i have hit or will hit, and this man represents the deepest blues that has ever existed. tavis: the collaboration might look good on paper, but what makes you know it will work good in the studio? i mean, for real, for real. >> i mean personalities and something that moves around us all that is bigger than us, that brings us to a place in our lives where we can live in to who we see ourselves being, and that is -- charlie and i meet right there. tavis: so the flip side for you, charlie, how does it feel for you to have these younger cats, people like ben harper, wanting to get in the studio with you. >> i do not know what it is all about, but i will take it. i appreciate it. it has been a long road, and i am still doing it, and it is great to be working with a guy like ben. we just resonate, not only musically but personally. it is great to be on the word -- on the

firefighters in particular, and so we have some members of that team talking about that here, sharl patton is back there, give a wave, and did rachel step out already? and rachel thought she was going to give a wave but she had to step out to go to another meeting, from the breast cancer fund, we have my two scien

from "patton" to "a beautiful mind" to "the king's speech," film makers have relied on artistic license to create historical dramas, not documentaries. if some confuse the two, that does worry historians. >> as i teacher, i find that what students think know know about history often comes from movies. you have to disabuse them about some of the misconceptions and give them broader context of history than hollywood movies are capable of giving them. >> reporter: in the oscar spotlight this year, three movies about significant, historical events, along with a story-teller's age-old question. why let the facts get in the way of a good story. mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. >> we do love a good movie. >>> that's our broadcast on a thursday night. thanks for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we'll look for you right back here tomorrow night. good night. >>> right now at 6 oob:00, a big mess and near miss. a live look from our nbc chopper. a crane collapses underneath the bay bridge project. good eveningen and thanks for joining us. i'm. >> i'm jessica aguirre. >> a massive crane ac

firefighters in particular, and so we have some members of that team talking about that here, sharl patton is back there, give a wave, and did rachel step out already? and rachel thought she was going to give a wave but she had to step out to go to another meeting, from the breast cancer fund, we have my two science leaders, [inaudible] and janet gray, so science questions galor, they can handle them all, policy questions, we'll have to deflect some of those to nancy for another time, so what i'm going to present today is what we call our healthy home and healthy world tours, i'll talk a little bit about who the breast cancer fund is and then we're going to walk through kind of the rooms in your home talking about tips for avoiding exposures that are linked to breast cancer and i will talk a little bit about the different chemicals, where they're found, things you can do to avoid them and also some policies, and then we'll kind of go beyond the home to talk about the kinds of exposures that might be not within our control in the house but elsewhere. and it looks like i have videos so that

from "patton" to "a beautiful mind" to "the king's speech," filmmakers use artistic license to createt documentaries. >> what students know or think they know about history often comes from movies. you have to disabuse them about some of the misconceptions and give them broader context of history than hollywood movies are capable of giving them. >> reporter: in the oscar spotlight this year, three movies about significant, historical events, along with a story-teller's age-old question. wyomi why let the facts get in the way of a good story. mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. >> we do love a good movie. >>> that's our broadcast on a thursday night. thanks for being here with us. i'm brian

the answer is "patton." he was not collaborative.even of the nine films up for best picture at this weekend oscar academy awards have already grossed over $100 million. what an oscar when been and even bigger job at the box office? it turns into a nice cash windfall if you end up winning one of those pretties that use. put some numbers on paper. >> a lot of these films have gone ahead since the nominations were announced to actually perform very exceptionally. shibani: you feel that just by being nominated, yoo see it being picked up. >> fast for this year. you have a bunch of blockbuster films that are widely claimed. a lot of these films have great international appeal. the reason why we are seeing a lot of films got nominated -- we may just be lucky to have the ratings improve. >> does the winner, let's say the best picture, whichever film it is, do they really get a big boost afterwards or are they already priced in? >> they are actually already starting to get it now. a good proportion of the bounce that i alluded to since the n

i heard about you probably in like 2002 or 2003 because i was a mike patton fan.nytime you went on the message board they talked about strapping young lad and you have to find him. i didn't know where to start. that's the thing like when i have been following you and i dove in. there is so much great stuff that you do. i sound like a pathetic fan. where do you tell somebody to start who has never listened to your stuff before. >> i think it is after 20 some odd years of doing this, having a record that in my minden capsule lats it all and puts it in a frame of mind that makes more sense. it is a cool record. >> you know what it is, it is like you took slayer and put it into a muse blender with a bit of hart and then queen. every song has a hook and a rif and a melody and a chorus. itit is the best album we have heard in a longtime. >> thank you, man. but just to be a jackass, i heard a description of my music. it was like a candy covered nursery rhyme i thought that was really good. >> what do you sing about? >> i don't really know. >> i don't even know either. i

the va spent 52,000 dollars to produce a video parody of the movie patton.t cuts are expect to do kick in tomorrow. some claim washington could snowfall set the impact by tripling waste with hires government studies and conferences. you can expect to hear more about this report. >>> diane, thank you so much. the time right now 45 after the hour. next on the rundown a warning for pregnant woman about c-sections and possible future health problems for the babies. >> she is being accused of being the biggest backstage diva at the oscars. s michael joins us to shine the light on who it is. >> first let's see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> i want to know now. >> it's a tease. >> a very good one. plus fox and friends kicking off about 15 minutes from now. we will see the latest on the pope's last day. also bob woodward one of the most famous and powerful journalists in the country says the white house threatened him. somebody at the white house picked the wrong guy to yell at. we are going to tell you the very latest. >> if you are in the market for a new

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i heard about you probably in like 2002 or 2003 because i was a mike patton fan.he message board they talked about strapping young lad and you have to find him. i didn't know where to start. that's the thing like when i have been following you and i dove in. there is so much great stuff that you do. i sound like a pathetic fan. where do you tell somebody to start who has never listened to your stuff before. >> i think it is after 20 some odd years of doing this, having a record that in my minden capsule lats it all and puts it in a frame of mind that makes more sense. it is a cool record. >> you know what it is, it is like you took slayer and put it into a muse blender with a bit of hart and then queen. every song has a hook and a rif and a melody and a chorus. itit is the best album we have heard in a longtime. >> thank you, man. but just to be a jackass, i heard a description of my music. it was like a candy covered nursery rhyme i thought that was really good. >> what do you sing about? >> i don't really know. >> i don't even know either. i have been on auto pi

spencer patton, steel vine investments the chief investment officer. peter schiff, europacific capital ceo and susan knox, former treasury department advisor under president obama. spencer, let me start with you, you talk about people retiring later and later, you blame the fed in part. >> i really do. the fed has done a tremendous disservice in robbing savers, people that are planning on retiring, the people that are not tradg in the stock market, but most people setting aside money, the chance to be able to retire. you're seeing not only have they not just made money, they have lost money due to the inflation and withering away of the u.s. dollar as the fed just prints money endlessly. it's horrible and it's, just further pushing back retirement for people that can't afford a delay. melissa: peter has retirement become a thing of the past? we're all working until we die and die at our deaths at this rate? >> well, you know, i think one day in america, one day soon, retirement will be as rare as a single-income household. at one time it was the norm i

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from "patton" to "a beautiful mind" to "the king's speech" there's historical dramas, not documentariesher i find what students know or think they know often comes from movies. you have to disabuse them and give them a broader context of history than hollywood movies are capable of giving them. >> reporter: in the oscar spotlight three movies of significant historical events with an age-old question, why let the facts get in the way of a good story? >>> so what does your gut tell you? does artistic license give filmmakers the right to change the events? my vote for best picture "argo." that does it for this edition of "news nation." i'm tamron hall. catch us every weekday 2:00 p.m. eastern here. please have a great weekend. we'll be back here for you monday. what do we do when something that's hard to paint, really wants to be painted? we break out new behr ultra with stain-blocker from the home depot... ...the best selling paint and primer in one that now eliminates stains. so it paints over stained surfaces, scuffed surfaces, just about any surface. what do you say we go where no pain

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tools they need to disenfranchise minority voters the stakes are really high let's turn over to mike patton tonio now attorney and host of ring of fire radio and mark riley host of the w w r l morning show with mark riley welcome to both of you thank you very much it's great to have you both to two good friends and people who i tremendously respect pat let me start with you in this case of contribution limits the plaintiff argues that he doesn't mind the individual contribution limits but thinks the total limit violates his first amendment rights assuming scotus agrees does that mean that the individual limits going to probably fall so. well of course in the last the last vestige of having something that looked like legitimate legitimate arm's length political process disappears at least now there was is this this myth that we could at least don't give a directly to the don't give it directly to the candidate give it to some pac and democracy is going to work i can assure you this court is going to push this is far as they can there is no separation of power anymore between the various bran

from patton to "a beautiful mind" to "the king's speech," filmmakers have relied on artistic licensecreate historical dramas, not documentaries. if some confuse the two, that does worry historians. >> as a teacher, i find that what students know or think they know about history often comes from movies. you have to disabuse them of some misconceptions and give a broader context of history than hollywood movies are capable of giving them. >> reporter: in the oscar spotlight this year, three movies about significant historical events, along with the storyteller's age-old question why let the facts get in the way of a good story. nbc news, los angeles. >>> there's a lot more to come including the search for suspects in the deadly shoot-out on a las vegas strip that intensifies as we learn more about the three victims. >>> first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> still to come on a saturday on "today," plus-size fashion all the rage on the runway. >>> we'll look at the amazing rescue mission dedicated to saving endangered pandas. you'll say aw a lot. some say it may not be worth it. first, thes

from patton to a beautiful mind to the king's speech.ilm makers rely on historical license to create hiss f historical dramas. >> as i teacher, find that what students know comes from movies. you have to give them a much broader context of history than hollywood movies are capable of giving them. >> reporter: in the oscar spotlight this year, three movies about significant historical events, and the story teller's age-old question, why let the facts get in the way of a good story. for "today," mike tiabbi. >>> and we learn more about the three victims on the las vegas strip shooting. first, this >>> still to come on a saturday on "today," plus-size fashion all the rage on the runway. >>> we'll look at the amazing rescue mission dedicated to saving endangered pandas. you'll say aw a lot. some say it may not be worth it >>> good morning to you, looking live at some of the water drops, the mist that we're seeing around the bay area on this start to saturday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda

now, if an american joined the wearmock in world war ii, i don't think anybody would say patton had toand large, as i understand it, these strikes don't happen in a matter of minutes. they happen over -- they're planned over a matter of days and weeks. in the case of an american which i agree with mr. robinson is pretty rare. but in the case of targeting an american, i don't see why they can't go to a secret court like the intelligence court that's already been set up and get what amounts to a warrant. this is why we're targeting this person. this is the evidence that they're a member of al qaeda. this is the evidence that they're planning some kind of imminent attack. then i think we could feel more comfortable about -- >> about the concept. >> -- about the protections of the fifth amendment. but the bottom line is i don't think we should also fully say -- whatever the executive decides is okay. >> right. >> i think that's a problem. >> richard haass. >> david ignatius has written so much about the intelligence community, so i wanted to ask him a question, mika. which is so much of th

now we are going to hear from vicki patton. >> the great work is happening across the eastern unitedhere are red states and blue states and purple states that are doing all sorts of terrific work to lead the way for forging innovative solutions and the climate and energy. 2012 was a historic year in advancing renewables in the country. there are now 29 states that have renewable portfolio standards, a variety of performance levels, but the winds of change are blowing because in 2012 our country put in place 60 gigawatts of capacity that's 20% of the global wind capacity worldwide for the first time in the nation it led a new electricity generation deployment in 2012 responsible for about 20% of new electricity generation over the past five years is about 35% from second only to natural gas. where is this being deployed crux it's being deployed in a number of places we are all familiar with and it is also being deployed in the heartland of the country in places like texas and iowa and illinois and minnesota and oklahoma and kansas and colorado all of those are in the top ten wind stat