if you knew pete seeger, he was a man of the moment, of his time.e loved to go back through history. he had deep roots in much of the american story, but he was always updating that history, bringing it up to the present. so when you saw him at those occupy wall street marches, you know, you could sigh the joy in the faces of the young people, some of whom had heard his songs as kids in day care. it's notable in 2011 at the age of 92, he didn't just show up at that occupy wall street event. he led a march through the city streets. i think he went the better part of 30 blocks with thousands of people gathering around him. soo this is a guy who is very electric and whose moment did not pass during his life. >> onni defranco, you started your record label as a critique in which the way the muses tick works in the united states. >> i imagine it comes in and out of fashion, like anything, being political, but, oh, well, you know. i don't think that ever mattered much to pete, you know. and nor i, you know, or anybody who is really dedicated from their so

we are talking about pete seeger who died monday at the age of 94.till with us from madison, wisconsin, job nichols, a political writer from "the nation." and oni defranco and joe ulinea folk singer and laborogers and sandy backum. one of the largest demonstrations i have seen in my life of covering demonstrays were the protests around the republican convention in new york in 2004. what struck me was unlike other mars that had a unifying idea, this is what we are here about. there were will 80 different causes on display in front of madison square garden that day, and i am wondering whether that's a motif of the age that really there aren't one or two or three big causes the way there might have been in other times. but people's attention is going to a lot of different things. >> i think that's right. i think in the introduction where we heard pete talk about big things and little things, you know, he once sitting in a bar explained to me what he called his pomegranite strategy and some other guests may have heard about this. when you open it up, the

folksinger and activist pete seeger died sunday in new york .. >> born into a musical family in 1919,harvard to travel the country on freight trains with folksinger woody guthrie. >> guthrie offered him useful advice as seger told anthony mason a few years back. >> put your seger on your back and buy and somebody will say kid i have a quarter for you if you pick us a tune, now you swing around and play your best song. >> he went on to write folk classics such as if i had a hammer. >> if i had a ma'am her in the evening. >> his refusal to testify about his past communist associations led, led him to conviction which was later appealed, his opponents on the right tried to protest against performances but to no avail. >> all they did is give me free publicity and sold more tickets. >> we shall overcome. >> pete seeger helped lead the folk music revival in the fifties and sixties. >> we shall overcome. >> osgood: and also helped to make we shall overcome a civil rights anthem. president obama said pete seeger believed deeply in the power of song. >> i am going let it shine. >> osgood: add

for the report, everybody, folks, before we go, legendary folk musician and friend of the show pete seegeray yesterday at the age of 94. it was an honor to have met mr. seeger. and to have him on the show. and to commemorate his extraordinary life we close our show tonight with a performance we didn't air last time of pete seeger singing if i had a hammer. good night. ♪ if i had a song ♪ i'd sing it in the morning ♪ ♪ sing it in the evening ♪ i'd sing it in the evening ♪ ♪ all over ♪ all over this land ♪ i had a sing out danger ♪ yeah ♪ warning ♪ i'd sing out warning ♪ i'd sing out love ♪ between my brothers and my sisters ♪ ♪ oh ♪ over this land ♪ i got a hammer ♪ well i got a hammer ♪ i got bells ♪ and i got a bell ♪ i got a song ♪ and i got a song ♪ all over this land ♪ it's a hammer of justice ♪ it's the bell of freedom ♪ and talk about love ♪ between you my brothers and my sisters ♪ ♪ oh over this land ♪ it's the hammer ♪ it's the hammer ♪ freedom ♪ it's the song about love ♪ it's the song about love ♪ between you my ♪ come one, come all to a beautiful show ♪ ♪ it's gonna be awesome a

the show called "good night, and salvage >>> a sing along tribute tonight to honor folk singer pete seegerea performers put on the show called good night pete. among the performers wave gravy. the show sold out quickly, so hundreds of people who couldn't get inside stood outside and sang. pete seeger was 94 years old. >>> this has to be one of the best super bowl ads of all time. i just love it. i can watch it forever. it's wonderful. >> now we learned it really was a labor of love. take a listen. about a dog's determinationo hang out with his friend, t clydesdale horse. it took 3 months budweiser's puppy love, it's got a name, is about a dog's determination to hang out with his friend, the clydesdale horse. it took three months to shoot this on a southern california farm. eight puppies, all 10 months old, remember used to get the desired shots -- were used to get the desired shots. one of the biggest challenges was making sure the horse was comfortable nuzzle noses. >> and they have these beautiful little faces and they look so sad. it breaks your heart. >> it looks like taco. >> it does

dozens of people gathered in northwest to honor the late folk singer pete seeger by taking part in a sing-along. >> he died at the age of 94. the sing-along took place in columbia heights. organizers encourage people to bring guitars, banjos, and other instruments. it is a huge weekend for football fans. law enforcement as well. i had, what is being done to keep crowds safe at the super bowl. a not so warm welcome for new jersey governor chris christie this weekend. more trouble for rondo mayor robinson. okay. let's train like it's race day. what's up ted? i think i forgot to pay a bill. yep, paid that one. what about your mortgage? yep, paid that too. alright we're good then. man i feel like i'm forgetting something. eh, it's probably nothing. you worry too much ted. alright, hammer down! bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. citi, with you every step of the way. news side. richardr chicago mayor daley is in the icu tonight. he became disoriented while returning home from a business trip on friday night. an ambulance took him from the airport to a chicago hospital wher

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folk music icon pete seeger died at the age of 94. classics like if i had a hammer and where have all the flowers gone. seeger's political views got him blacklisted in the 1950's, but he went on to be inducted into rock 'n roll hall of fame. on wednesday, angela merkel presented her government's legislative program. speech sitting down because of a recent skiing accident, she singled out germany's transition to renewable energy as a major challenge. an overwhelming majority of germans support this decision. make no mistake, the world is watching with interest and disbelief, wondering whether this transformation will succeed. merkel also spoke to the growing criticism of mass surveillance practices and had sharp words for allies. right that our closest partners like the united states or britain gain access to every imaginable piece of data with the justification that it serves their own security and the security of their partners? no, that is not right. >> but the opposition was not buying her indignation. order for an embassy employee

democratic party's chances in november's mid term congressional elections american folk music geico and pete seeger died at the age of ninety four. many of his songs became anthems for the peace and civil rights movements. classics like if i had a hammer and where have all the flowers gone. seek his political views gone to collect listed in the nineteen fifties. he went on to be adopted into rock'n'roll form of fame. on wednesday german chancellor and the man who presented her government's legislative programme. delivering her speech sitting down because of the recent skiing accident she singled out germany's transition to renewable energy as a major challenge the overwhelming majority of germans support his decision make no mistake the world is watching with interest and physically. wondering whether this transformation will succeed. up up and be on view in a tube in the game. metro also spoke to the growing criticism of mass surveillance practices and the chalk boards for certain our lives it's a dry that are closest partners like the united states or britain gain access to every imaginable peace

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pete seeger will live forever, he died this weekend 94 years old.owed a lot about what he did against the blacklist. how much he changed the world. he wanted to change society so he went out pripet hit really planted his feet and told his troops, he was quite remarkable. he wrote we shall overcome. >> there are so many others. he was just a man who really walked the walk and talk to the top. it will never and see anyone else like pete seeger. >> he just loved to help people. he wanted people to find their way in the world. he will be missed. >> we talked about earlier how people can see a documentary about him. >> pete seeger, the power of songs. it gives you the history of what he gave to the world and all was in america. >> so, moving right along the skull to some movies that are out. one is called a labor day. >> there is so much a graphic into this. hats off to the writer who is giving us this, a movie that lets us use our imagination. >> this is a touchy, romance, it takes place in the 1980's, and that extends from prison, he decides to move in

couple different directions one emphasized social justice in its roots in the kind of you know pete seeger love the commune ality and and shared interest but i think there was also a kind of up against the wall break the you know break the windows kind of don't tell me tell me what to do kind of emotional dimension to it that i think went off in a different track first of all it got commercialized by you know rock and roll labels record labels and so on but it also went off into a kind of howard stern you know i'm going to express myself with sexual acting out an over consumption of goods and you know. and a rejection of political correctness which at the end of the day is just consideration for the feeling of others so i think there was a very anti communitarian stream that came out of that too that's resurfaced today and in this sort of hipster libertarianism in the or in the random rap. cyber libertarianism apropos of that in the one thousand nine hundred fifty one or fifty two when russell kirk wrote the conservative mind he warned conservatives that if the working class ever became th

earlier this week political activist pete seeger died at 94. on tuesday we posted a link to a 2001 program on the late folksinger. booktv tweeted a new york times article about simon and schuster's plans to publish a book by former president jimmy carter on women's rights and on facebook we posted a portion of our recent interview with georgetown university law center's paul butler. >> if you listen to hip-hop you are reminded that there are 2.5 billion people locked up. you can watch all the reality shows about real housewives and all these movies about vampires and how that's and you will never know the we lock up more people in the united states than any country in the history of the world. >> you can watch this interview at booktv.org. week wheated an article from library journal about 8234, recently introduced maryland bill on e-book pricing and libraries and on facebook we added some pictures to our booktv behind-the-scenes. follow us on twitter at booktv, like us on facebook, facebook.com/booktv for more news about the world of publishin

we can go back in history to pete seeger, all these people split when the crap hits the fan. >> i think do with they look at what's happening in venezuela now, and their view and their vision of what socialism would look like, they think, oh, they're just not doing it right. >> right, yeah. >> if they were -- that it could be done better, but a utopia only exists in fiction. these guys live their lives in fiction. they make their money doing things, acting out fictional things. i wanted to say, access to a free media and to the internet, to television news, all sorts of diverse opinions is the only way to guarantee a country to be able to fight for their own freedoms to make their own decisions. and america should be helping them rather than just saying they are concerned. that's what we said. >> real quick, about sean penn. i will say this on his behalf. he's one of the few people who didn't abandon haiti. he goes back and tries to help the people. otherwise, he's enjoying a personal life with charlize. >> a lot of people do that in haiti. >> sure, he said where he is. >> to bob's comn

so glad pete seeger isn't here to see that. >> eric, what about that? do you feel sorry for russia, or in a way is there a silver lining here? nbc's richard engel got off the plane and the minute he got off the plane he's complaining his computer was hacked. greg said these reporters, they are whining about everything, almost not doing their job covering the games because they are so busy talking about yellow water and how bad the conditions are, but isn't this exposing russia a bit for what it really is for their hacking and how unfair they are and how underdeveloped? >> i think it's exposing for what they are in the corruption world. it's the most corrupt -- don't forget, they are new at the democracy game. if you find out who these russian billionaires are who are buying the nets and big yachts, they are the ones in political power when they went from communism to -- to democracy. all those people took care of each other. you got that. you have gazprom, yukos oil. they split up all the assets of russia, and those people, not because they were good, j

nstein, stravinsky, whitman, hughs, kelly, the marx brothers, woody guthrie and pete seeger, tommy morello, just to name a few. in a free and democratic society we learn to live with questions. learn to speak with the possibility of being heard and we learn simultaneously to listen with the possibility of being changed. remember the brief but famous dialogue in the form of two simple questions between ralph waldo emerson and henry david thoreau shouted over a prison wall not far from here? what are you doing in there, henry david? emerson asks his incarcerated friend for locked up for failing to pay taxes. thoreau responds, what are you doing out there? that's a good question. what are you doing with your spirit of democracy, your rumors of freedom, and your various uests for justice? there is a wisdom simple to state but excruciatingly difficult to enact, to state to the spirit of democracy and justice. simple to state. open your eyes, pay attention, as step one, be astonished, do something, and then doubt or re-think. i will elaborate. open your eyes. this means you cannot make simple, p

caller: this week, we are ourning the death of pete seeger.e sang at the president's initial inauguration with bruce springsteen, the old woody guthrie song," this land is your land. " if he were able to sing it to the president today, he would add a new verse. he did it in one concert and it had to do with fracking. e, farm google youtub aid, pete seeger expressing his opposition to fracking. would be toibute continue this fight against fracking. he realized there were many reasons it was dangerous for groundwater and for climate change. maybe the biggest danger with fracking is that maybe the thing that slows down the switch to renewables more than any other fuel because it is mistakenly being pushed by companies likebp which is the biggest gas reducer and halliburton which is the biggest fracture. --fracker. host: what about that last point? guest: i have given the perspective of looking at get a big -- at getting better information on the fuel. we are in that stage of the process now. it's a very important stage to go through. we have to m

the late great songwriter and singer pete seeger passed away last week.en one of my favorites called turn, turn, turn. and he wrote that song based on ecclesiastes chapter three. that has always been one of my favorite scriptures as well. so i would like to read the first part of this morning. do everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose for having. a time to be born and a time to die. a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted. a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build up. a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together. a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away. a time to rend and a time to sew. a time to keep silent and a time to speak. a time to love, and a time to hate. a time for war and a time for peace. thank you. [applause] >> mr. president, madam first lady, mr. vice president, ladies and gentlemen, good

i mentioned to the president that we had an opportunity to have a dedication to pete seeger, what have wonderful american, a singsong, and my new congress, aiend in great player and singer, we had others. we played a view all simon songs as well. i got the president to seal on the presidential podium, my mama loves me. if my mother could only see me now. our next speaker is the perfect conclusion to what has been a marvelous and wonderful two days despite the weather. on helping us to shape our goals and agenda for the rest of 2014. critical issues including minimum wage including equal pay, unemployment benefits, immigration reform. they all need to be tackled. we need to help our country move forward. we should not bother in an election year. all of these issues get lost in the chaos of the republicans' lack of leadership. i say otherwise. so does our president. just look at what we have accomplished with this man, this wonderful man. we are helping people today because of his leadership, the the leadership of nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, and all the house leadership because of what we

signed, whitman, hughes, kelly, the marx brothers, woody guthrie and pete seeger, tommy morello, justo name a few. in a free and democratic society we learn to leave -- live with questions. learn to speak with the possibility of being heard and we learn simultaneously to listen with the possibility of being changed. brief but famous dialogue in the form of two simple questions between ralph waldo emerson and henry david thoreau shouted over a prison wall not far from here? what are you doing in there, henry david? yes is incarcerated friend for locked up for failing to pay taxes. thoreau responds, what are you doing out there? question.ood what are you doing with your spirit of democracy, your rumors of freedom, and your various quests for justice? there is a wisdom simple to state but excruciatingly effort -- difficult to enact, to trade ofstate to to the spirit democracy and justice. open your eyes, pay attention, as step one, be astonished, do something, and then douse -- d oubt or re-think. i will elaborate. open your eyes. this means you cannot make simple, participatory -- decis

seeger. excerpt from show bay area performers put on e show called "good nigh >>> a singalong tribute to honor pete. ♪ >> bay area performers put on a show called goodnight, pete. among the performers, there's waivey wavy gravy. -- there's wavy gravy. >> he spoke about the things we care about most in such a joyful and colorful way. >> tributes like this have been going on all over the country. pete seger died january 27. he was 94 years old. >>> i had to do something special -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, administration...st art the clock! >>> it has been 14 years since the sharks lost to the philadelphia flyers. 13-0 date back to the bush at mid -- to the bush administration. start the clock. niemi gave up 3 goals in the first # 4 minutes of the 3rd period. flyers scored 4 time in the 3rd to wipe out a 2 point deficit. >>> to milwaukee, brandon knight for the bucks to win the game, yes, winning over the nicker boxers -- over the knickerbockers. the 3 for the win, ken. oh my goodness. denver takes down lob city. >>> and iowa state trying to win it in the 2nd overtime, deandre kane misses, melvin ejim to stuf

pete seger sang about all that this this >>> believe deeply in the power of art to change the world. seegers' work and whether that spirit survivors today is the inside story.