in 2012, the late randy weston appeared on democracy now! and talked about the making of "uhuru afrika" which featured lyrics and liner notes by langston hughes. >> i wanted to create a work of music, the freedom of africa. poemton wrote a freedom for me. the song was dedicated to our mothers, sisters, those african women who were always in the background, who always supported as. amy: can you play a little? >> sure. ♪ withto see the full hour , as he played and spoke, youou can go to democracynow.org. randy weston died on at the age saturday of 92. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. confirmation hearings begin this -- today for judge brett kavanaugh president trump's pick , to fill justice anthony kennedy's seat as the supreme court's swing vote. if he is confirmed, it would likely make the court the most conservative since the 1930's. ka