paul simon of late has been covering your stuff, specifically the vietnam song. >> yes, i heard it. i met paul some time ago. we talked, and he told me the story of how he was listening to an album of mine for a long time, an album that came out here in the u.s. in the u.k. it was called just "jimmy cliff." it was fresh music at that point and time. he loved it so much, he said, " get the same studio, the same musicians in jamaica. i want to use the same band that jimmy cliff used for this record." and that is what we did. we recorded "modern showery union." "vietnam" was one of the songs that was very inspirational to him. tavis: what do you make of the fact that we are in a moment now where there are literally protesters in the street in this country, but around the world, the middle east and beyond, protesters doing everything they can to have their voices heard, leaders toppled in certain countries around the world? is now the time for new protest music? do we need more of that? >> we need that expression, whether we want to call at protest or not, we need to echo the people. art

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i learned all the paul simon songs. as i got older -- >> he is a hell of a guitarist.eople do not realize. he is not flashy, but if you try to learn his tunes, they are really hard. >> he is a brilliant guitar player. i eventually got interested in jazz, world music, everything. maybe that is one of the reasons. i enjoyed so many kinds of music, i did not have a preference. i did not want to be anything in particular. i just wanted to play guitar and get that sound that i was hearing in my head. >> is there a particular song of yours that you can trace back to and influence, sound that you were trying to get that you heard somebody else use and you wanted to use it? >> i will play you a few bars from a piece that i wrote in the 1970's, very much influenced by the british isles style. this one is called "inverness." ♪ >> i am cutting it short, but, to me, that is the quintessential british isles style. >> although, in your hand, it is more harmonically complex. >> it could be. >> one of the things i was trying to do -- i became a big fan of keith jarrett when i was youn

. >> jimmy: this one's a paul simon one. this is from @stevenmcneil.ays to use your butter just put it on a biscuit ♪ [ cheers ] ♪ put it on a -- i don't know what else. i don't know. i only got up to one. ♪ put it on a roll, joe [ laughter ] i don't know. oh, i know this one. can you give me a little -- this one's from @quinn5823. give me a little "under pressure." ♪ ♪ nice, nice, gravy nice, nice, gravy ♪ ♪ all right, stop. ♪ everybody and listen jimmy's back with the turkey in the kitchen ♪ no, i don't know. [ cheers ] why am i rapping? [ laughter ] oh, man. i can't rap. [ light laughter ] this last one here is from @tkimboss. and his song is -- ♪ because i got pie because i got pie because i got pie da, da, da, da, da, da, da ♪ ♪ i like thanksgiving because i got pie didn't eat the dinner because i got pie ♪ ♪ and now i'm too full and you know why because i got pie because i got pie ♪ ♪ because i got pie ya, da, da, da ♪ there you have it. those are tonight's "late night hashtags." to check out more of our favorites, go to latenightwithjimmyfallon.

. >> as paul simon would say, he's a one-trick pony, but that one trick is getting him up there in theom florida and chair of the democratic national committee, representative debbie wasserman schultz. >> and just so we had somebody to attack, we brought -- >> news chief white house correspondent and political director and host of "the daily rundown," chuck todd. >> chuck, i'm talking about newt here, but that little act of his -- and you can tell, it is all an act at this point. he's just going to keep attacking the media. and it is actually bolstering him in the polls. >> and it's all his whole campaign and his little twitter feed and all that stuff. any time they retweet anything that says go newt, way to attack the media. so it's a clear strategy he does with almost every question. but you're right, i didn't understand when he said, well, the media doesn't report the economy -- what does that have to do with the occupy wall street? i thought it was going to be a serious discussion. you know, he had an opportunity. and he said, well, we need to have a serious discussion about health

following in the footsteps of the late senator paul simon, senator durbin and i have now held more than 25 joint constituent coffees here in washington. it's like a town hall meeting, where we talk with illinois families about what is going on at home and in the congress. in march, senator durbin and i worked with secretary of transportation ray lahood to help the city of chicago, american and united airlines to come to agreement to keep the o'hare modernization program moving forward. this is the single greatest job creation program in northern illinois, and the agreement that we helped foster keeps thousands at work at o'hare. we've worked closely to bring high-speed rail to the state of illinois, and together introduced legislation to expand charter schools, to improve access to epi pens at school for children with severe allergies, and to ensure military families in north chicago continue to receive their federal education assistance. we fought to open a new federal prison in thompson, illinois, but without al qaeda detainees to create jobs in northwestern illinois and address also

senator paul simon spoke. >> he invited richard nixon to come back for his funeral in the capitol buildinge had not been back since watergate. he said he did not think any president should not be allowed in the city of. hubert humphrey said it was his dying wish. so richard nixon came back to the city. >> the premise of this series is people who were not successful in their presidential bid but change american history. how did he change american history? >> you think about major social movements of the 20th century, and the civil-rights movement, and hubert humphrey seems to stand at the top of that order in terms of people who held elected office and put themselves out as advocates, some might say on the right side of history. he was well ahead of the curve in terms of pushing the democratic party, was in politics in the direction of passing the civil rights act, the voting rights act, and so much change in this country when it comes to race relations. if you think about it in political terms, if you think about barack obama and the united states today, that does not happen with some of t

apparently tailing targets including angelina jolie, simon cowell, paul mccartney, and bizarrely, harryotter contaac dan yat radcliff's parts. he often took orders from the paper's royal editor. >> he would tell me to go to the airport and follow chelsy davy, who was prince harry's girlfriend. and follow her to where she was going. >> reporter: that royal editor has served time for hacking the voicemails of royal staff. and last summer, the paper owned by rupert murdoch's news international, shocked in the scandal. investigators have hacked voice mails of politicians, movie star, murder victims and allegedly kate and her family. but what webb did, this is his actual surveillance footage of a well-known soccer player. this is not illegal in prison. >> but the list of people i've seen, i would find it incredibly difficult to justify, you know, what were they looking at simon cowell for? >> reporter: though spying on royalty is not illegal. but certainly disconcerting for those who were secretly tailed. and that investigator has told the bbc, quote, i don't feel ashamed. if i wasn't doing

paul wagner. >>> traffic around the new mark center off of 395 in alexandrea expected to get worse and the new facility is now causing parking problems and sarah simons is live with more. >> reporter: -- sarah sipons is live with more. >> reporter: traffic is bad and it's expected to get worse and on top of that, it didn't have -- doesn't have enough space. neighbors are bracing and preparing for what is to come. not even half of the 6400 employees anticipateed to move into the mark center are here yet. when you watch the traffic pattern -- . >> it's noticeable and that is going to get worse. >> reporter: traffic is picking up and along with that, another problem. >> it was made part in the cars and go up to catch the bus and go to work. >> reporter: that's been a problem for the residents on rickenbacker street for some time and hey also live near the new facility and expect to make parking worse. neighbors who live close to the new building fought for these parking restrictions. if the car doesn't have a city of alexandrea rem straight, you can't park here between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during the week. >> we anticipateed a real flood of bracket p

simon, cnn, san francisco. >> and it's our talkback question of the day. is there really a war on christmas? paulhatever, we get so hung up on things that mean nothing. hmm. do you adegree with that one? your response is just ahead. ♪ ...there are no sick days. ♪ vicks dayquil. defeats 5 cold & flu symptoms. [ snoring ] [ indistinct talking on tv ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold...medicine. ♪ you know, typical alarm clock. i am so glad to get rid of it. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪ >>> well, you all have been talking, and our talk back question of the day, carol costello has been asking is there really a war on christmas? what do they say? >> got a good response to this question, t.j. is there really a war on christmas? this from carolyn. the only war on christmas is the one waged by retailers to turn it int