peter marshall: peggy lee and benny goodman.at. "i'm beginning to see the light," pretty kitty kallen and harry james band. "racing with the moon," vaughn monroe, "blue skies," with art lund and the benny goodman band. "yes indeed," jo stafford and the tommy dorsey orchestra. "flamingo," herb jeffries, i love herb jeffries, with the ellington band. and "you'll never know," rosemary clooney and harry james. "peg o'my heart," guess who did that. nick clooney: buddy clark. peter marshall: yeah, with who? nick clooney: with the ray noble orchestra. peter marshall: you got it. nick clooney: "indian summer." peter marshall: i love it, my favorite song. ginny simms and the kay kyser band. nick clooney: "cow cow boogie." peter marshall: ella mae morse with freddie slack. "tampico," nick clooney: [singing] from the gulf of mexico. peter marshall: june christy with stan kenton and dozens more of the greatest big band songs ever recorded. [music playing]. narrator: nothing compares to the great big band sound. pledge at the $150 level and

it seems that when a majority of people internalize the big bang theory and asked with peggy lee is that all there is, when many people decide that the universe is merely the result of the cosmic sneeze with no transcendent meaning, when they conclude that there for life should be filled to overflowing with distractions, comfort and entertainments to assuage the boredom, then they may become susceptible to the excitement of politics that promise meaning and salvation from a human condition bereft of transcendence and therefore barron. we know from bitter experience of the 20th century the political consequences of this felt meaninglessness. the political nature and the vacuum of meaning is filled by secular fighting such as fascism and communism. fascism gave its adherents a meaningful life of destiny. communism taught its adherence for meaning for the participation in the drama of history on folding destiny. the excruciating political paradox of modernity is this. it's the moral bloody history of religious strife but there is no precedents for blood shed on the skill produced in the com

peggy. police are investigating the murder of a teenager in northwest d.c. 18-year-old nicole lee of takoma park was shot in the head in the middle of the night at 5th and nicolson street. so far, police have not said anything about a motive or suspect in this young person's death. >>> joe biden hitting the road today to promote stricter gun laws. first stop, the progun state of virginia. biden sat down with state leaders in richmond and talked about ways to control gun violence, all in the aftermath of the virginia tech shooting. here in d.c., some lawmakers said existing enrcing laws is the way to go, including screening to prevent the mentally ill from getting those weapons. >> that's what we have to figure out what to do. cure them if we can, separate them if we must, and prevent them from obtaining dangerous weapons. >> gun control supporters say public opinions shifted after the new town school shooting. thousands of people are expected to call for stricter gun control laws during a march on the national mall tomorrow. >>> and thousands marched for life, protesting the u.s. supreme co