aretha and wilson pickett's stuff was already set. they weren't interested in building of developing another r & b act. >> hinojosa: so you basically have this moment where, you know, american popular culture is being decided... you know, one of the ways in which it's going to go, by a couple of guys. >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: and you were the victim. >> right. >> hinojosa: and at that point, you said that you got under a table for how many days? >> i got under the dining room table, and i stayed under there for three days. i just had this big jug of wine, and i just poured that in a paper cup and drank it, and i would come out, and go to the bathroom, and go right back up under there. >> hinojosa: are you crying? >> oh, yeah, all day. i was just devastated. and then somebody called and said, "come and do something." >> hinojosa: you know, you talk about the fact that you had these 40 years... you had your first hit in 1962, and then essentially 40 years of still working, but without a hit. and you talk a lot about what that felt like,

joe pickett and nick prewer are here. here is the sort of thing you are going to see.ngblood, just doing my thing. he is just doing his thing. and then, we have music from the winner of the first ever guitar center singer/songwriter contest. this is his self-titled album. it comes out in october, the very talented josh doyle from the bud light stage. [ applause ] after seven very successful seasons on tnt "the closer" close said a week ago and our first guest is already back to work. her new movie with jeffrey dean morgan and matisyahu is a thriller. it's called "the possession." it opens in theaters a week from tomorrow, please say hello to kyra sedgwick. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: you look fantastic. you really do. >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: you just celebrated a birthday over the weekend. >> i did. was it over the weekends? yeah, i guess it was. the 19th. >> jimmy: do you hate birthdays? >> no, not yet. thought all this year, was 47 turning 48, then i realized before my birthday that i in fact was 46 and was just turning 47. >> jimmy: i get confused

exhausted and appalled after sixteen years in the death row pastor pickett left the prison administration and has chosen to fight it from the outside in a book he speaks of the atrocity of the system the racism and the execution of innocents because of these radical opinions he has been subject to threats and tax inquiries. the state of texas is not one to tolerate criticism of its ways and even if these executions do not help lower the crime rate these cowboys care for their reputation. even proudly promote the death penalty in a museum dedicated to it in hunt one of the best prison you. saw nothing is missing from the movie describing life in prison and the forced work of the inmates you they also specify that there is no air conditioning no intimacy in the cells no tourists are reassured security is at its highest level and the number of prosecutions is increasing. nothing to see people come from far away to see it's still an electric chair nicknamed old sparky it was discontinued in one thousand nine hundred sixty four lethal injection has replaced it. oh yeah that's right you're goin

you have several teachers who teach at this school manning a pickett line. my stance is a lot of parents do not want their children to cross that pickett line and having to against, if you will, their own teachers. there are churches in chicago. there are parks in chicago that have also set up temporary spaces, facilities for the children to go to. some of them operate four hours. some of them are all day. for many parents we've seen kinds wanders around in this neighborhood who should be in school. that's clearly a big concern for a lot of parents. the teachers say they are very concerned about job issues, specifically job security. there's a new teacher evaluation system being put into place that relies on test scores. the teachers don't like that. they also don't want any changes to their health benefits. the school district for its part says it has made the most generous offer it can to these teachers. a 16% raise over four years for the average teacher. here's what the school district had to say. >> the mayor said last night that this was a strike of ch

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into the end zone is justin pickett, a six-yard score is all they needed. terps win 7-6. the first-ever college football game in ireland. navy facing notre dame, an atmosphere in an historical outing. first quarter, it would go awfully well for those from south bend. george atkinson went right, left, into the end zone, 56 yards, 13-0, notre dame. navy's first drive of the second half, its best of the day. trey miller perfect throw, nice catch to sean lynch, 27-10. navy finding a way to get back into it, never happened. atkinson finished with 99 yards rushing. great trip but forgettable game for the mids. 50-10, notre dame victorious over the midshipmen. i'm pete gilbert. we will see you at 6:00 p.m. >> let's look at this finished product, absolutely delicious. >> i'm going to visit you guys. you've talked me into it. i got to go to your restaurant. you guys are awesome. >> he says some people put the chicken on top of the waffles and eat it altogether. >> i think you had the right idea with the waffle sandwich, the waffles and the chicken. is that wrong? >> let's see you

last hour i talked with a veteran teacher manning the pickett lines.orists hornging their horns in support. first listen to her scoff at the claim by city officials that teachers turned their back on a deal that was close at hand. >> if we were that close, we would not even have spent as many hours and months we have spent talking about this contract. >> there are many people in america without jobs right now. they would say, are you crazy? you teachers should be grateful you have a job. >> well, we are. that we are. we also want those people that are with jobs to know how hard we work every day, how hard we work for those students that will one day go into the work force. it's our responsibility to put the students in the work force and to prepare them to work. >> some people might ask, though, how you're doing that when you're not in the classroom. you know, you're in charge of our nations children, and yet, you're on strike and the kids kind of have no place to go. >> well, chicago here, we are survivors. we would not say that that would be a major

today more than 29,000 educators walked the pickett line.t shut down the third largest school system. teachers are battling the city over pay raises, health care and changes to teacher evaluation and tenure. some 400,000 students are out of school for who ndz how long. let's put this historic strike through the spin cycle. regardless of whether you think you substantively they have agreement, i don't think you can argue the optics are terrible. two months before an election and chicago is dealing with its own corruption and crime issues. of course, you know, you have millions out of work, desperate for a job that would give anything to go back to work. then, of course, you have wisconsin which just spent a ton of money launching and losing a recall effort as sort of a retaliation over cuts to public employee benefits. i can't think of the worst time to try to elicit some sympathy in this manner. >> from the political standpoint i tend to aagree with you. i think this is tough for me to see, urn, when it's the teachers against the city, again

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. >> reporter: last week pilots took to the pickett lines.ots and american are in a stalemate, flight attendants and mick anybody unions have come to terms with the airline. those two unions have very little confidence in the company. >> obviously there was very poor decision-making. i don't believe american can survive this. >> reporter: if and when the parties go back to the table remains to be seen. american airlines says it will emerge from bankruptcy protection with or without a renegotiated pilots contract. charlie and norah. >> they'd of the pilots union told american pilots this week please conduct yourselves as the professionals that you are. bruce hicks joins us now at dfw airport. good morning. is your airline losing credibility so that people should ask themselves should i be flying american? >> charlie, first i want to say to our customers that we sincerely apologize for all of the disruptions and that they've been through over the past two weeks. this is not the way american airlines runs an airline. for our customers we had mor

into the end zone is justin pickett, a six-yard score is all they needed. terps win 7-6.ame in ireland. navy facing notre dame, an atmosphere in an historical outing. first quarter, it would go awfully well for those from south bend. george atkinson went right, left, into the end zone, 56 yards, 13-0, notre dame. navy's first drive of the second half, its best of the day. trey miller perfect throw, nice catch to sean lynch, 27-10. navy finding a way to get back into it, never happened. atkinson finished with 99 yards rushing. great trip but forgettable game for the mids. 50-10, notre dame victorious over the midshipmen. i'm pete gilbert. we will see you at 6:00 p.m. >> 7:48, 71 degrees on tv hill. we are in the 11 news kitchen for sunday brunch. >> we are minutes away from nbc's sunday's "today show" and jenna wolf has a preview. good morning. coming up on a sunday morning on "today," details out this morning on the raid that killed osama bin laden. excerpts from the controversial book, no easy day, by a former navy seal involved in the mission were leaked. also ahead, wh

but a 75 yard game sealing drive capped by pickett. look at the touchdown run there.ak. head coach of maryland. terps improve to 2-0 with a victory over temple. that's sports. we'll see you back here tonight at 6:00. >>> ravens had a day off. while some might want to stay home and rest, others like to get out in the community. >> ray lewis and ray rice giving back is extremely important. they made lots of ravens fans very happy. rob roblin has that story. >> for some ravens check card holders today was their lucky day. not only did they get three tickets to the ravens opening monday night game but the tickets were delivered by ravens running back ray rice. >> it will be great to actually personally hand somebody tickets to the game. obviously, you can thank m&t bank for that. me being a partner with them, they get to see me. out of the pads is great. get to see me in my normal attire. monday night i'll be a different person. >> i want to invite you to the show. >> it was quite a nice surprise for ten lucky winners. they got tickets, a signed football, and their pictur

. >> reporter: last week pilots took to the pickett lines. while pilots and american are in a stalemate, flight attendants and mick anybody unions have come to terms with the airline. those two unions have very little confidence in the company. >> obviously there was very poor decision-making. i don't believe american can survive this. >> reporter: if and when the parties go back to the table remains to be seen. american airlines says it will emerge from bankruptcy protection with or without a renegotiated pilots contract. charlie and norah. >> they'd of the pilots union told american pilots this week please conduct yourselves as the professionals that you are. bruce hicks joins us now at dfw airport. good morning. is your airline losing credibility so that people should ask themselves should i be flying american? >> charlie, first i want to say to our customers that we sincerely apologize for all of the disruptions and that they've been through over the past two weeks. this is not the way american airlines runs an airline. for our customers