the musical prodigy was an apt title for what he could do....melodies at one time.1857 imagine seeing that on stage you can see why the audience was astounded. tom's most famous piece was the battle of manassas.natstom heard his slave owner's son describe the confederate victory at bull run and played it on the ivory keys..... dramatizing the sound of the marching soldiers and the booming cannons..whites at the time... thought tom's music was supporting the confederate army... other slaves thought he was a traitor.after more than 40 years on stage... tom died in 1908 at the age of 59. natsalthough hidden in history... his music is still felt today. 2930 blind tom lived before audio or video recording existed--and he never wrote down his music. now classical artists are recording his work. tom's story of overcoming disabilities is featured in the book "the ballad of blind tom." the author provided some of the pictures for this story. next- we'll explain the status of donald trump's executive order on travel. what we know about the possibility of

he ended up apprenticing at a merchant firm and proved to be a prodigy when it came to trading and accounting and doing all of the things that merchants were doing at the time. he relates quickly and achieved partner any firm when he was quite young. he did not have a lot of formal education, it was pretty much on the job. that was characteristic of him throughout his life. he was not one of the most intellectual of cerebral founders. he was the guy that likes and he had kind of a common touch as well. he liked to drink, he liked to eat, he liked to sing songs of the problems with his club friends. and so he was more of a rowdy rougher around the edges founder than most of us think of when we think of that set of folks. he was less of a politician in what we traditionally think of the term. when the big question of independence finally came in 1776, whether to sign the declaration of independence or support that movement and so robert morris was i would say hesitant about declaring independence. he did not think it was something that would be helpful in the short term. he thought maybe in the

he ended up apprenticing at a merchant firm and approved to be a prodigy when it came to trading and accounting and doing all the things that merchants were doing at the time but he rose quickly in the ranks and a cheap partner at a firm when he was quite young. so he didn't have a whole lot of formal education, it was all on the job and that was pretty much characteristic of him through his life. he wasn't one of the more intellectual or cerebral founders, he was a guy who liked doing and he had kind of a common touch as well. you like to drink, he likes to eat, he likes to sing songs at the pump. he had his top friends so he was more of a rowdy, rougher around the edges guy than most of us think of. he was less of a politician in what we traditionally think of as the term when the big question of independence finally came in 1776 whether to sign the declaration of independence or support that movement so robert morris was, i'd say, hesitant about declaring independence. he didn't think it was something that would be helpful in the short term but maybe in the long term figure someth

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as far as your activity planner, enjoy the dry weather, just watch out for the prodigious amount of pollen out there. alexis. >>> that is crazy when you put the calendar up there, mike. it has been so soggy this month but this morning, we've got dry roads and we've got mostly wide open roads as well. the only spot we're starting to see things fill in just a little bit, westbound 205 to 580, approaching altamont pass there. 31 miles an hour, 22 miles an hour. if this were any other day of the workweek, we'd be around 10 miles an hour or so, so that is friday light as well. and here's a live look at 101 and 880 in san jose. we'll take a look at some drive times coming up at 5:00. >>> caltrans crews are taking advantage of a few days of good weather to fix the roads damaged by storms. they were filling potholes on highway 24 in oakland yesterday. it's going to be a mammoth job, though. thousands of car jarring potholes opened up from the rains and it will take months to get them all filled. >>> muni needs your help, so take a look at this. it wants to know which train signal is easier to spot

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it's nice to see you, i'm glad you're still working and just like i say, you're prodigious mustache in that show and all the rest of your face, it's nice to turn on the television and there you are and get to see you again. good luck. - thank you. - thomas haden church, thank you very much. we'd love to have you join us in the studio. visit our website at klru.org/overheard to find invitations to interviews, q and as with our audience and guests, and an archive of past episodes. - my brother was on the debate team. and i i said god i just that girl martha's killing me. he said then join the speech and drama club, man. he goes it's where all the hot chicks are. (audience laughs) there was only one, but it was the one i was pursuing, but it was my brother tex who pushed me in. - [narrator] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy and by klru's producer circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas community.

more important than the prodigious productivity is the quality of his work, said david hacket fisher. dr. wood is a trustee of the new museum of the american revolution which will open in philadelphia next april. they are so lucky to have him and we should all go and visit. ladies and gentlemen, it is such a privilege to introduce our second speaker for the founders and us, historian, professor, author, father of two daughters and a son, and 61-year long husband of wife louise who is in palm beach and joining us for lunch. ladies and gentlemen, dr. gordon wood. [applause] dr. wood: oh, my goodness. isn't she something? [applause] dr. wood: i'm delighted to be here and to be part of this extraordinary series on the founders. i've spent my whole career working on this period and it's got to be the most fascinating period of american history. the questions that joe raised last time i think -- i'm going to try to touch on two although i have not heard what he had to say. but why do we americans honor these historic figures who lived two centuries ago in the fullsome way that we do? "our f

vicariously, you don't want to figure it out yourself, kid, tough luck, whatever, i hope you become a prodigy by yourself. >> also whether it comes to colleges and things, they don't want you to go to school and come home any more. you have to have the extra courik lawm lar activities, not like hey we're doing this to keep our kids busy. we want them to succeed. learn these things now, and have these experiences, so they can be mark bl or get that. >> i like college, i just lied i said i -- >> second chair violinist? >> first chair on the owe bo, you know? are they really going to check up? >> yes, if you have your recommendation letters, don't they call sometimes? >> not back when i was going to college? >> no? >> there were no phones. >> just like okay, we'll take your word for it? then where did you end upgoing then when fibbing your way to college? >> university of kansas because my parent couldn't afford to send me anywhere else. >> no, nos not because of that >> why are you tracking my par ertz ?ents my mother was stay at home mom taking care of six kids, my dad worked every day, seven

my name is p, prodigy, whatever y'all want to call me.en incarcerated here for two years. i stabbed somebody in his neck a couple times. thank god he didn't die otherwise i would be looking at a little more time. how old is everybody here? how old are you guys? 14, 15, 16. >> 17. >> at your age i was already in a juvenile detention facility for stabbing another individual because i liked his bicycle so i i said you know what? [ bleep ] let me just stab that kid and take his bicycle. when i came home from juvey i went to jail for a drive-by and gun charge, came three inches from killing a kid's grandmother. i have been home since i was 15 for about a year. i was home for my 19th birthday. i am about to be 23. i have a 2-year-old son who doesn't know me. stay away from that lifestyle. trust me, you live a better life that way. >> robert campbell has a lot of experience to draw from. he recently pled guilty to assault with intent to cause physical injury with a we possible and attempted robbery. at the time of his arrest he was alongside the

. >> reporter: are you trying to create a child golf prodigy?ng to be a child that will be successful in academics and be a positive part of society. >> it's about him being happy and fulfilled, doing his part to contribute to society. that's it. >> we don't focus on golf. he plays five sports a week, and it's all about growing. every sport we play, it's all about learning. >> one handed! one-handed catch! >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> when a chef's restaurant in california burned to the ground, something priceless rose from the ashes. steve hartman first met him years ago. now they've reconnected on the road. >> all gone. >> reporter: earlier this month, bruno serano walked into the nightmare that used to be his dream. this is what's left of the white house restaurant in anaheim, california. >> there's a piece where my mom was on that. >> reporter: the picture of mom, pretty much everything he loved was in this restaurant. this is what it looked like before the electrical fire. during our first visit in 2010

. >> since they joined prodigy, a computer service accessed by telephone, the iremans do everything fromping online for christmas gifts. they even buy and sell stocks. they tell us this is just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come. >> there were all kinds of crazy ideas that really foreshadowed the next explosion of technology. >> a human being drives through aspen by touching the tv screen. >> is it reasonable to assume that our children will have such devices? >> i think it's reasonable to assume you will have all these things in your home in a short amount of time. >> the thing about decades is they don't often actually arrive on time. when it comes to the world of technology it really did. the world fundamentally changed in the 1980s and the world we now live in was born in some ways. >> this was the decade in which technology in general made our personal lives just that much richer and easier than they had been before, at least those of us who could figure out which button to push. >> we went from invention to innovation. innovation is taking a idea into a product. >> these conc

hamilton is the smartest, and the prodigy and the highest grades on the lsats and the most dangerous. if you let jefferson go, we become slightly or almost an anarchy. and if you letm hamilton go, we are at risk of becoming the totalitarian dictatorship. and therefore there is one thing present in this mix that you should notice. it is a diverse group of people. diverse intellectually and ideologically. that washington is prix ma s-- primacentor positive, and if you are looking at the system of checks and balances in describing the constitution, there is an inherent check and balance in the collective leadership in the founding. they argue with each other throughout the 1780s and 1990s and into the 19th century, and we will see if jefferson and adams are arguing this the correspondence at the end of the talk. history is an argument without e end, and they have created a republic in which the constitution is not supposed to provide answers, but it is supposed to provide a framework in which we argue productively. anyway, diversity in the original sense of ideological and political diff

it shows that dean's memory is prodigious. >> dean. >> i would say these people are going to cost a millionthe next two years. >> the president. >> you could get a million dollars. you could get it in cash. i know where it could be gotten. >> now, when individuals read the entire transcript, they may reach different interpretations. but i know what i meant, and i know also what i did. >> richard nixon's problem is they keep on subpoenaing more and more tapes. he says he's not going to give them up unless the supreme court demands him to. >> the supreme court today heard arguments in the historic case of the united states of america versus richard nixon, president of the united states. >> the television cameras saw the two main players in this classic confrontation arrive. first james st. claire, president nixon's attorney, then leon jaworski, special watergate prosecutor to argue his case against the president's refusal to surrender 64 tapes and documents. >> it is a strange notion that the president of the united states is the defendant and the government of the united states is the prosec

. >> how six year old golf prodigy with one arm found a way to beat the pros. >> have a great and wonderfulere-here! >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >>> good morning, it is friday, february 24th, 2017, welcome to cbs this morning. president trump speaks to a conservative activist group he refused to address last year in rare public remarks. chief strategist steve bannon trumpeted the president's agenda for nationalism. >>> cbs news is on the front lines on the battle to secure the u.s. mexico border when a man crosses into arizona illegally and taken into custody. >>> top country music star fights back. eric church tells how he cancelled tens of thousands of tickets to protect his fans. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye

and he's considered one of the league's top young prodigies. as the son of former 49ers assistant and 3-time super bowl champion, mike shanahan, kyle has the lineage. and he also has the credentials... he's spent the last two seasons as the falcons offensive coordinator...and this past year it was the top ranked offense in the league. however, his play calling is drawing criticism today...because we all know what happened over the weekend. the falcons blew a 25-point lead against the patriots... and there was a late red zone opportunity to tack on points and eat up time, but he elected to pass. regardless-- that's now in the past. he'll be working alongside general manager john lynch...who was hired last week. both of them are expected to be formally introduced in the coming days. we are following some breaking news tonight... two drifters involved in a pair of killings and a robbery in marin county and san francisco in 2015 have plead guilty in court today. 19-year old lila alligood and 24-year old morrison lampley now face life in prison. a t

anything comprehensive or real because of the freedom caucus which is the child, the product, the prodigyhave the tea party. >> woodruff: but to both of you quickly, you're hearing some republicans and the white house saying a lot of this is orchestrated. it's been somebody sitting there sort of pulling the strings. >> yeah. >> woodruff: how genuine is this? >> it's genuine. judy, the argument of those who are being criticized anytime, the viects movement forward, the anti-war movement forward, is it's always outside agitators doing it. "the wall street journal" had a good piece this is organic, it's not organized, it's real. are there people nationally working on it? sure. but people emerging from those districts when tom cotton hears a woman stand up in arkansas and said three members of my family would be dead but for aca include meg, and where do you get your insurance, senator ? they're all going to be asked that. it's genuine. >> nothing wrong with being organized. the changes in history tend to be organized. what the tea party also had was obamacare and the unpopularity of that, at

out and about, watch out for the prodigious amount of tree pollen today, mass transit is a little coldert the platforms and bus stops but if you're commuting, it's still dry. let's talk about the commute, alexis. >>> the you're driving and you're heading eastbound on the richmond-san rafael bridge, we do have a problem today. this is our sig alert, eastbound 580 -- i need to update that. it should be just after the toll plaza. they changed the location just a bit. we have a little less than a two-mile backup still and you're down to around 12 miles an hour so not terrible yet but if that's blocking for a long time, that will be a tough spot. good news if you're traveling through the fremont area or into it anyway. southbound 880 that earlier multi-car crash has cleared. you're slow from state route 92. next traffic update at 6:00. >>> new at 6:00, pg&e admits it violated strict federal guidelines for its workers. what wasn't happening in their facilities across the state. >>> there's been a lot of concern about the animals impacted by the san jose flood. what will happen with a dozen str

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. >> as a musical prodigy is discovered. >> so what shall i play. >> i really don't mind as long as it'sding. dance. what, are you aliens or something? how are you not understanding me? sick. >> oscar buzz for george stephanopoulos. >> okay, you know we need to choreograph this final dance number. kathryn, have a go at it. >> michael and ginger. >> 46. >> i get it. i see what's happening there. >> 77.3333 degrees west. >> great. let's get to work. >> reporter: with music for all ages you can't help but sing along. ♪ let me know ♪ what is beyond that line as i cross that line ♪ ♪ in the sky you can see it calls me ♪ ♪ and no one knows how far i'll go ♪ >> get for "gma: the musical". >> that's all i got. you better not say we got to do that again. [ cheers and applause ] >> obviously it's a ton of fun but then in the back of my mind i'm wondering what is everybody else on the crew -- you guys shooting. you did an unbelievable job. >> look out, the rock. >> you got a lot of ink. >> i'm kind of regretting that. >> ginger, you were double dutying. >> yes, i really practiced with that vocal ab

this is a company burning through cash at a prodigious rate.he financial hole. that: they are paying money for the cloud space to somebody else. it is not vertically integrated. whom are they paying to? shira: they have a deal mostly with google, kind of computer rental service, where in the cloud, they use google computers snap,re and send every story happening over snapchat. jonathan: before it has gone public, there is the story that they have just been upset help -- they have just themselves up to be sold. anything to that? shira: i don't know if there is anything behind it, but we saw a deal not long ago where cisco bought up a young company, after dynamics, literally 24 hours before it was supposed to sell its ipo shares. jonathan: i want to bring in dean curnutt. the scale of the losses of this company, what does it say to you that a company like this can come to the market and get a decent valuation? i immediately thought of the tech bubble, the ability to come to market with obviously a with suchth story but significant losses speaks t

these guys are prodigious in the mathematics we are talking about.ow politicians interpret that matt. -- that math. there's some downside to doing so, isn't there? agree with what dr. clarida said come over the medium and longer-term, we face a budget issue in this country. that is being driven by demographics. , there willon ages be larger expenditures of medicare and social security. at some point down the road, we will have to be altering the tax base or cutting back on those entitlements in order to get ends to meet. the immediate job is not to be focusing on the budget deficit, but rather thinking about what can be done. what can we do to increase potential gdp and thereby get more growth in the economy without generating higher inflation? scarlet: perhaps politicians have ignored all that for far too long. we are onlyten that beginning to see the impact of tight policy choices on our economy. given these macro economic should not be surprising that we see increasing signs of social fracturing and disengagement in many developing countries. the