immediate reaction kind of like, "hmm, ray charles..." >> "oh, tell us the story. what's going on with him?" rolling stone was always quite open-minded, and back then, it was not so much worrying about a person's popularity the way so many magazines are today. and so if you made your case, then you were sent out and got the story. >> hinojosa: oh, so it wasn't about a popular rock star. that wasn't... >> no. this was a man of history and a man of pride and a man of... who deserved a lot more than he was getting at that time, and he knew it, too. i mean, he was... >> hinojosa: and in that interview, he actually revealed to you-- he talked about the fact that he was addicted to heroin. >> correct. >> hinojosa: he talked about the fact that he felt that he wasn't getting a lot of recognition, too. >> yes, yes. so we played on pretty much the reasons i had for the story, and by the time we got to know each other, it got to the point where, for the first time, he revealed details about his addiction to heroin and his kicking cold turkey in an institution. he wasn't that

. >> ray charles. >> yeah. >> and next week our promo's going to air.et to sleep. >> just a lot of really stressed out people drinking caffeine. >> chugging, yeah. >> popping ambiens. >> you know what helps with that? >> what? >> a workout. >> so they say. >> and while most gyms have strength classes and all that other stuff, one gym in the new york area is taking some of those classic workouts to another level. >> it's not what you might think, though. wnbc's lauren glasswork dives into the story. >> reporter: you've got to get into the water for this class at temple gym. but then you need to try to stay above the water on one of these, an aqua base, a floating exercise mat. >> it really unstable surface. you're forced to stabilize just to keep yourself upright. so it's an amazing core workout. >> reporter: bryan jarrett leads us a class that emphasizes strength training and high-intensity intervals. so once we get a sense of how to balance with low-intensity moves he starts to crank it up. >> wee starting to create a little bit of instability. yes. >>

you look better put to ray charles. >> oh. >> makes you feel good. enthusiastic and people love this show and it's because of the personalities and the fact that i think everyone is sincerely loves each other. [ applause ] >> very blessed. >> well, you know what this morning is, we continue to count down to that little thing called the oscars. yeah. i can't believe it's just a few weeks away. all of hollywood's biggest stars gathered for the annual nominees luncheon on who was there, chris connelly went one-on-one with them behind the scenes. here's a look. >> reporter: for a sit-down meal to the class photo monday's academy award luncheon a chance for this year's nominees to get their mingle on. >> justin timberlake came up and he was like, i really loved you in "moonlight." i was like, oh, my gosh, i used to listen to you when i was a child and you're here. >> reporter: from "loving." >> we may lose the small battles but win the big war. >> reporter: to "lion." oscar first timers feeling particularly thrilled. >> this is extraordinary. so you have

you know, that's what we do with the image of doris day and gary cooper dancing and ray charles singing. you know, and we continue on and on and to make as if, you know, we have different set of heroes. and everything, you know, we give the black community something, we gave the native americans something, we gave women something, but we make sure that they are kept divided. and we have a president that is a phenomenal divider of this country. and we need to wake up and again build alliances, start to talk to each other in a real conversation and make sure that we come from the same history, we need to recognize this dream in built on two genocide. we can't even voice the word and baldwin did at a time where it was dangerous to voice them. and today, we are like mesmerized, we are afraid to speak up our mind. there are very little space where we can have that kind of conversation. imagine, today, 2017, you know, people are fragile, they are insecure and they are afraid to speak up their mind, and as baldwin as far as i'm concerned as well, you know, we don't have time to take prisoners.

would rent them a hotel room, morgan wallace said all the guys went to a rate -- concert date -- ray charles concert. down one aisle and blacks on the other. he said the same thing happened at the muhammad ali sonny liston fight. a rope right down the middle of the field with blacks on one side and whites on the other. nasa inter at huntsville got the young men homes in the black community in huntsville, and that is where they lived during their time there. despite nasa's efforts to integrate its workforce, this is the way things work at nasa at the time the students got there, according to morgan watson. thereon't even think there were any clerical workers. i remember ground workers and janitors. the young menbout walking to the nasa facility one day and somebody said excuse me are you visiting dignitaries from africa? them that occurred to black americans could be working at nasa. morgan watson said the young man felt the expectations >> that the black press and placed on them. we went out of our way to study and work hard and do whatever it image ofe thought the black people were writing

i failed typing and did a ray charles impression the entire class why i failed and my father said you'll never need typing, that's for broads. 30 years later the entire world is based on typing. i thought women were going to do this for me and there's nothing worse than when you say yes to the wrong question. i don't hate your mother. i want to go to appalebee's. >> i write to the person i'm mad at and i send it to jeff and then jeff's like was this meant for me. >> then you have to ask like it was. >> it changes the whole dynamic of communicating. >> artie, on the show what do you think your role is? >> i feel like i do want to help you. have you that face and that look. i have done this with other comics and you bomb and i see you bomb and my role is i see him and i sort of engage first not to get him to sleep in my place but maybe get in this kid's head a little bit and then he grows on me. i think my role is in a weird perverted ways sometimes trying to help this kid and show him the ropes. don't step on the land mines but a rated-r edgy way. >> it seems like he's trying to save your

i did a ray charles impression the entire class, and that's where i failed.er, was of legendary wisdom, said typing, that's for broads. [laughter] the worst part of technology to me is falling behind in text. you actually say yes to the wrong question. i don't want -- i don't hate your mother. >> i keep doing this thing where if i mad at someone and trying to complain to someone else, i write the emailed to the person i'm mad at. i'm so mad, i'm just like -- jeff. and then i send it to jeff. jeff is like, was this meant for me? then you have to act like it was. >> it changes the whole dynamic of communicating. it's crazy. >> so, what do you think your role in the show is? >> i think -- chris pete -- pete's character -- i got to tell you. i said this before about the charisma you have, you can't be born with this. i do want to help you. and i have done this with other comics, and other comics did it with me. you bomb, and i see you bomb. it is really an emotional thing, which i relate to. my role is, i see him and i sort of engage with him at first. and then h

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king, aretha franklin, ray charles, all of these people played in nashville on jefferson street.the inner city. we didn't have broadway. we had jefferson street. back in the day, it was the place to go. ♪ >> anthony: the jefferson street district no longer resembles its neon-lit heyday. like a lot of historic neighborhoods in nashville, it's being slowly eaten by developers to make way for the shiny and the new, to accommodate all the new arrivals. ♪ it was over before it even began ♪ >> anthony: what's left is a pretty amazing musical legacy, and one that's often overlooked or sometimes simply forgotten. i? v8 or a powdered drink? ready, go. ahhhhhhhh! shake! shake! shake! shake! shake! done! you gotta shake it! i shake it! glad i had a v8. the original way to fuel your day. juswho own them,ople every business is different. but every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. whether it be help starting your business, vendor contracts or employment agreements. legalzoom's network of attorneys can help you every step of the way so you can focus on what you

lane hill, outcast and ray charles and herbie hancock have won over the last 20 years but when you comparedw it is four. >> yes. >> exactly, four. >> you add her to it, it is six. >> whose two. >> he solange. >> we're talking about album of the year. >> yes. >> they are winning grammys but album of the year, biggest ones they are not winning them so, it is when you put it that way. >> have you ever seen the grammy, what is the academy called. >> recording academy. >> yes. >> well, i mean they are people that look like me. >> what is looking like you what does that mean. >> what do i know. >> why would i have a vote. >> well, it is kind of like oscars when that all happens. >> bunch of old white dudes, they don't enlist even. if i was voting, i would have voted beyonce over adele. >> you would have. >> hands down. >> i have heard enough of it. >> yes. >> have have you heard beyonce cd. >> yes. >> visual album. >> yes, it is something to think about. adele is just wining and crying about everything. >> she does have a powerful voice. >> mary j. blige, nothing goes right, everything is so dram

charles murray. >> sure. of course. aruba ray, you said people won't take care of themselves that i would go further than charles murray does. when you were 18, you are given a pile of money. i don't know what that number is, we'll figure it out. then it's up to you whether you want to go to work, whether you want to invest it, or if you want to spend it all. but here's the deal. for the rest of your life, once it runs out, you get nothing more from the taxpayers. so you can live large for a 10-20 years and then you've got to get a job. i would love that! this way, young people who are fit and able, they can go climb mountains and whatever. and when you are older, you will get a job. >> tom: i get it. i like how you think. >> i don't think it will work either, but i think is a great idea regardless. i think i came up with that idea. when i was a young person. now i think that everyone at the age of 50 should be given a huge pile of money. [laughter] >> tom: i just want some money. >> your beliefs change as you get older. you beco

rays came back negative, kevin durant will miss tonight's game after bruising his hand. it will be the first game he'll miss as a warrior. and we know there's no love lost between charles barkley and the warriors, and now another member of the tnt show is continuing attacks against a certain warrior. after the win thursday shaq med fun of o' neil. it sparked a war between them on twitter. >> i love when people meet me and then they're like, they're like, oh, you're actually smart, it's kind of like, kind of rude, but i'll take it. >> if someone isn't hating on you you ain't doing something right. that's how i look at it. >> reporter: what do they have against you guys? >> we're good, and they hate that. when you were balllied and pick -- bullied and picked on by the team that was winning for so long, then you hit the bully back, they don't like that. they're used to coming in here and checking off the warriors as a win, then all of the sudden you're almost checking it off as a loss? they don't like that. >> and giants fans are probably curious to see their new closer. he didn't disappoint today, giving three straight outs. but here a triple to right scoring baez. botto

ray findley l.a. clippers over the new york knicks in the boston celtics seven games winning streak. the real drama was at the next game. charlesakley arrested after a fight at madison square garden. you are watching "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. ♪ nicole: it is snowing. but i'm ready for sports and i hope you are too. major drama last night. off the court. in fact, new york knicks charles oakley was involved in an altercation of security. you can see oakley pushing and shoving personnel as they try to remove him from the urbina. police say oakley was charged with three counts of assault, and the next issue statement in an abusive manner. the next on the clippers second quarter acid rivers to blake griffin for the job. the third-quarter, carmelo anthony goes up for the layout of six. fourth-quarter tie it at 109. nick too. moments later when a login. a big-time three. they go on to win it 19-115. to milwaukee, red-hot miami heat taking on the second quarter. down nine to third-quarter miami pulling away. james johnson drives down the lane, makes the layout. he is at 18 after free throws and the

charles goodyear mixed it with sulfur accidentally dropped some but notice that didn't melt. bad that accident brought as today's tires. there are lots of other examples. velcro, nylon, x-ray> that mold crew and that's how penicillin was discovered he had some people question if you really happen that way but lots of good innovation has grown out of failure. the last time this man was on my show his experiment failed on me. he claimed that if people inhaled chemical oxytocin they become happier. but i'm as grouchy as ever. i try to take a full dose but paul zack has done other experiments with oxytocin that have succeeded. it also failed on autism and schizophrenia. paul: why it fails does you what to look for next. john: doing this experiment in america say hurdle of government gets in the way? paul: you can get fda approvals and lots of money to move forward. john: they say they want to make sure people are saved to. paul: that's true but we fail them to keep trying and you know the history of medicine is full of these happy accidents. john: so the fda safety rules may make us less safe by stopping experiments? paul: exactly so we have to balance the expected benefits bu

x-rays came back negative, kevin durant will miss tonight's game with an injury because of a bruised hand. it's the first game he'll miss as a warrior. and we know there's no love lost between charlesarkley and the warriors, and now another member of the tnt show is continuing his attack against a certain warrior. after the win thursday shaq made fun of mcgee highlights his embarrassing moments on the court, and it's sparked a war of words between the two on twitter. he believes shaq has given a misconception of him. >> i love when people meet me, and then they're like oh you're actually smart. it's kind of, it's kind of like rude, but i'll take it. >> i was always taught if someone isn't hating on you you're not doing something right, so that's how i look at it. they're not talking you better worry. >> reporter: what do they have against you guys? >> >. we're good. we're good! and they hate that. you know, when you were bullied and picked on and the team beat on for so long, then you hit the bully back down, you know, and they're used to coming in here and it's like oh, it's the warriors, check it off as a win, and all of the sudden you're almost checking it off as a loss, they do