little richard, richard penniman, who has died at the age of 87.e official biography of little richard. dr rock, welcome to bbc news. who influenced little richard ? dr rock, welcome to bbc news. who influenced little richard? equally influenced little richard? equally influenced many after him but who did he follow in the footsteps of? yes, he was great, marvellous. just turn that off, hello... can you hear us turn that off, hello... can you hear us ok? i can hear you now, thank you. charles, who influenced little richard? who influenced him? i think he was unique. he had several influences but he was all unique. he was the originator, the creator of rock and roll, full blast, the greatest thing. i was reading his dad was a preacher who owned a nightclub and sold bootleg whiskey. i suppose there are some very potent ingredients. absently. it was a smoldering time. his father was about six feet tall and his smoldering time. his father was about little et tall and his if”: vi—lil—lffiff i l" i smoldering time. his father was about little indian and

little richard — richard penniman — who has died at the age of 87.th little richard joins me on the phone now. thank you so much. our condolences to you for losing such a dear friend. how did you meet him? first of all, it's a pleasure to be on with you. i just of all, it's a pleasure to be on with you. ijust got of all, it's a pleasure to be on with you. i just got a of all, it's a pleasure to be on with you. ijust got a call from him out of the blue one day, apparently a friend had recommended me for guitarist and his band. wejust called me from los angeles one day. at first i thought it was somebody playing a joke on me, but i soon realised it was really him, and he asked me if i could get on a plane to los angeles. i got on the first plane running the next morning. i sat with him in his hotel room and played with him that night. i spent the better part of 20 years in his band. how nerve-racking was that? very nerve—racking. it was very... because up to that point, i mean, of course i was always because up to that point, i mean, of course i was al

little richard — richard penniman — who has died at the age of 87. come thick and fast for little richard, can you try and give us a sense of why he was so important in the history of rock and roll. he was a pioneer for his generation. he was the wild man of rock and roll and really did lead the way for some of the biggest names in the business from the rolling stones to the beatles to eltonjohn, prince, rolling stones to the beatles to elton john, prince, to rolling stones to the beatles to eltonjohn, prince, to michael jackson, and there is a little bit of little richard in all of those artists if you think about how they perform or performed on stage, there is something of little richard, his extravagance, his exuberance, the fa ct extravagance, his exuberance, the fact that he would play the piano with one foot on the keyboard. and wouldn't be afraid to be different. and i think that is a big part of how people will remember him. his persona. as a little boy he was bullied at school. he was slight in stature. he did not get on well with his dad.

little richard, richard penniman, who has died at the age of 87.band. i asked him how they first met. ijust got a i just got a call from ijust got a call from him out of the blue one day. apparently a friend had recommended me for the guitarchair in his friend had recommended me for the guitar chair in his band and hejust called me from los angeles one day and at first i thought it was a joke on me. but i soon realised it was really him. and he asked me if i could get on a plane to los angeles andi could get on a plane to los angeles and i got on the first plane running the next morning. and i sat with him in his hotel room and play with him that night. and spent the better pa rt that night. and spent the better part of 20 years in his band. how nerve—racking was that? part of 20 years in his band. how nerve-racking was that? it was very nerve—racking. because up to that point, of course i was always aware of little richard and his legacy, but the only songs that i was really familiar with were the obvious ones, the ones that were hits. the band le

little richard was 87.nthony mason has this tribute. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: with the unforgettable opening lyric to his smash hit tutti fruity, little richard crashed the pop charts like a force of nature in 1956. no one had ever heard anything like him. ♪ ♪ ♪ she's the gal that i love best ♪ ♪ >> reporter: including a man who found fame with creed enclearwater. john fogarty got to perform with little richard at the grammys in '48. >> he had that grip, that edge he sang with. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: born richard penniman in macon, georgia, as little richard he developed a high-energy stage act. >> he was just over the top wild, flamboyant. >> reporter: the black keys, dan auerbach. >> if you like the black keys, you were all that to little richard. >> reporter: producer quincey jones hailed richard as an innovator whose influential is seen from jengenres from gospel hip-hop. raised in a christian home, his boot leger father was killed. leaving him to an attraction of men. he spoke to ed bradley in 1985. >> there must ha

who is little richard's modern equivalent. someone came out. last time with this earlier it's so hard because you couldn't never have a little richard not for multiple reasons because he knocked down those doors and they're already knocked down so you can't do that again you can never shock people as much as. american men being born with makeup and screaming and. nothing could shock anyone now anywhere. then with richard and didn't like people then this sort of. also. divided these. kind of 3 television channels and everyone watched. the show everyone in america basically was nothing like that. there is no one like him now and there will never be anyone like him again i'm so glad you could join us to talk about little richard thank you so much for your time thank you for having me. earlier we mentioned events marking 75 years since victory in europe well it is the 70th anniversary of the declaration that led to the founding of the. beethoven's ode to joy his 9th symphony they're being played by 9 artists for 9 minutes each one after the other t

the self—proclaimed architect of rock ‘n‘ roll, richard penniman, better known as little richard, hasay this morning in tennessee — he was loved by his family and adored by millions". david sillito looks back at his life. # wop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bom—bom. # tutti frutti, oh rutti.# little richard and tutti frutti — nothing had sounded quite like this before. and while it would be going too far to say he invented rock and roll, he was certainly one of the founding fathers. i wanted to sound different. me and the young kids, we was tired of all those slow tracks, we wanted to boogie. lucille, long tall sally, good golly miss molly, his run of hits became rock and roll standards. of course, in 1950s america, his songs often reached a bigger audience when covered by white artists. did you know that elvis presley and pat boone sold more of tutti frutti than i did? and then, in 1957, he quit music to become a preacher. the tussle between god and the devil's music was a lifelong battle. # lucille, baby, satisfy my heart. but he soon returned to the stage, and all around him — the beatles, th

lawrence jones, richard goodstein.you to address what we've learned about this email, that susan rice wrote to herself. it gives us the accounting of at least from her perspective, what was going on in that oval offic. >> richard: there was a record that, two days after the election, barack obama advised donald trump not to make michael flynn's national security advisor. we know that michael flynn lied to the fbi, lied to mike pence, lied to different federal judges. somehow the notion that he is a saint and that the obama administration are the center here, it just twist things in a way that i think most people in the public just won't buy. sorry. >> harris: how is it that the recollection of details are so different? you know, the routine way to tell an incoming administration, according to karl rove and others, even on this program, you may have somebody want to take a loo look at a near next national security advisor, that the notification didn't happen. but now you're saying president obama did make that notificat

one of 12 children, richard penniman grew up 12 children, richard penniman grew up in 12 children, richard upina 12 children, richard penniman grew up in a house overlooking the railway tracks in macon, georgia. he was badly behaved, a show—off, and began to perform in clubs and strip joints. i wanted to sound different. me and the young kids, we were tired of that slow music. we want to boogie! # tutti frutti, oh rutti. the clothes, make—up. no one looked or sounded like a little richard. sex, drugs, rock and roll, he embraced it all and then... rejected it to become the reverend richard penniman. # baby, penniman. # ba by, satisfy penniman. # baby, satisfy my heart. but he was lured back. he played on the same bill as the beatles, even taught, currently the little richard scream. his life a seesaw between god and the devil's music. james brown, jimi hendrix, mickjagger, the devil's music. james brown, jimi hendrix, mick jagger, paul mccartney, elvis, all of them owe a debt to the quasar of rock and roll, little richard. little richard — richard penniman — who has died at the age of 87. t

richard? >> richard: i think somebody like kamala harris does an awful lot.ple at the absolute upper echelon in the white house think a biden-harris ticket is the one they fear most. >> lawrence: why, though? >> richard: with suburban women, i think she is progressive but not too liberal -- >> lawrence: okay, i want to jump in real quick, because as someone that traveled around the country following this race, kamala harris couldn't even win black voters. okay? they didn't like her record on crime. joe biden already has a shaky record on that. i understand from the objects standpoint, you got a black fem. senator, state attorney general. but when it comes to values, she doesn't accomplish that on the ticket. many would say, can she when minority voters? she didn't win minority voters in the primary. how can she do it in the general election? >> harris: we are going to run out of show, here. richard, i'm going to cut you off. when we get together again, i'm going to ask both of you this question. why does it only get to be -- or have to become a potentially --

the pardon of richard nixon was certainly a factor. one of the key factors with many voters that caused ford to lose. one thing interesting to think about is why didn't ford's communication people get this story out there better? all of the stuff we heard today and the stuff that was revealed in the next couple decades. ford had been in office for a month at this time. he had no real inner circle. he was still operating with nixon people for the most part. secretary resigned in protest when ford gave this pardon. that kind of overtook the news and overshadowed everything else. there was no internet back then, no cable news. they galloped away from there and there was no way to put the pieces back together to explain the story. thisn studying of all of suggests ford and his people were walking on eggshells. it was obvious that nixon would turn over his papers and tapes and that he would agree to a pardon. especially given nixon's mental state at that point, they were afraid if they pushed too hard on all of this they might snap and the

he was also a very long time friend and stalwart supporter of richard nixon. ford is appointed vice president. as the battle over the tapes escalates, a federal judge john circa orders nixon to hand over the tapes. the court of appeals agrees with that, saying the judge, at a minimum, is allowed to listen to them in the privacy of his chambers to determine if there really are any national security issues involved with them. the white house counters with what they called the stennis proposal, which is mentioned in the video. senator stennis at this time was a 71-year-old senator from mississippi who had hearing aids, he had hearing problems, he had recently been shot in a burglary attempt. the plan was he was the only person who was going to be allowed to listen to the tapes. cox would then get summaries of the tapes, nothing else. it was a bold move. nixon was basically going for broke here. i interviewed stennis' doctor. he told me the senator was on heavy doses of codeine at this time because of the shooting at -- shooting and the burglary. he didn't want to

this is the anniversary of your richard to pardon nixon. the issue that dwarfed all others in the eyes of the american public after the pardon was -- did president ford cut a deal with richard nixon in advance to pardon him. could you answer that directly, mr. president? former president four: i : itified there was -- ford testified that there was not a deal. i can assure you 25 years later there was absolutely no credibility to that allegation. the truth is, i was going to be president without any question of a doubt, because president nixon was either going to be resigned and forced to or he was going to resign on his own as he did. so i was going to become president period, regardless of any comments between him and myself. that you're able to look back on your presidency with 25 years hindsight, i ask you this question -- would you pardon richard nixon again if you had to do it over? onmer president ford: based testimony, etc., i think today if i had to go through the same process with more evidence, i would certainly have executed a pa

it confirmed that bowser is richards and richards was in the confederate white house. i was chagrinned i hadn't found it myself. i hadn't thought in a million years that mary jane richards would pop up in brooklyn in september of 1865. of course, with our wonderful digital newspapers, we can key word search, i might have found the source more quickly using modern technology. that article represents a new set of leads i hope folks will follow in this story. riches and others like her key to van lew's network. beginning in the winter of 1863, van lew's double life, where she's pretending to be a loyal confederate lady while working for the union, her double life becomes more risky as she and her fellow union operatives are enlisted in the federal secret service. took a while to get together but finally they do. they have gotten wind from various people who made their way out of richard mondof richms an underground. they sign her up. van lew's role at this point is crucial. her mansion is the nerve center of this spy operation. she is best described as a spy master who ov

little richard — richard penniman — who has died at the age of 87. i asked him how they first met. ijust got a i just got a call from ijust got a call from an out of the blue one day, apparently a friend had recommended me for the guitar chairand his band had recommended me for the guitar chair and his band and had recommended me for the guitar chairand his band and he had recommended me for the guitar chair and his band and hejust called me from los angeles one day and at first i thought it was someone and at first i thought it was someone playing a joke on me but i $0011 someone playing a joke on me but i soon realised it was really hand. he asked me if i could get on a plane to los angeles and i got on the first plane running the next morning andi first plane running the next morning and i sat with him and his hotel room and played with and that night and spent the better part of 20 yea rs and spent the better part of 20 years and his band. how nerve—racking was that? years and his band. how nerve-racking was that? it was very nerve—racking. it wa

so that's the kind of thing that richard nixon did. he wasn't in any trouble of losing his job, ever, but it was amusing and it was perhaps addictive also. we are going to end with this building. this is the watergate hotel. still there in washington. it was brand-new then, very, very, posh, it is curvy, interests. it is apartment. people have offices there. including the democratic national convention. the dnc has its office there and richard nixon wants to break into the dnc to see if they have anything on him. nothing particular, but just to see. it was a mistake. because the people who haveburgeled on his behalf are actually caught and arrested. and that's the beginning of the down fall of richard nixon. thanks. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is? and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder the jean harris murder trial before this class. >>> the deepest cause was in this transformation that

richard nixon, former vice president under eisenhower. earlier a republican congressman from california. he wins the election in 1968 in part by taking away some of waltzes issues so nixon talks about restoring voice to the quite americans. the americans who do not go out in the streets making trouble. the americans whose children are fighting a vietnam. he takes some of that vote from wallace. he has a vice president who becomes famous, spiral agony who is the former governor of maryland. sparrow aga new. he says nixon's campaign was bringing us to gather after the democratic debacle of the convention nixon was going to bring people together. here is how spiro agnew defined that. it's time to rip away the rhetoric and divide along authentic lines. when the president said bring us together, he meant the contributing portions of american people. the new president would have his job cut out for him. the same americans who voted overwhelmingly for nixon and catapulted him into the white house gave the democrats both houses of congress. so ri

the flamboyant father a brocken role done teaching the 7 little richard is known for changing the face of music in the 950 s. and really audiences with his exuberant performances. i'm married to evanston thanks for joining us the corona virus infection rate in germany has again risen above the critical value of one that means one patient is now infecting more than one other person on average this comes after the government loosened many of the restrictions that have been in place for weeks now but in several german cities thousands of protesters rallied against these restrictions accusing authorities. infringing on people's rights the demonstrations remained largely peaceful but there are concerns about the growing influence of right wing extremists. and unfamiliar scenes for a country where large gatherings and close contacts abound thousands defy distancing rosenstock got to protest the coronavirus restrictions families with children young and old. it's been young but i'm not because i think the restrictions of gone too far. more and i don't think wearing a face mask is necessary in

francine: richard, thank you so much for joining us today, richard edelman.d exclusive conversation with peter orsak, chief of financial advisory. we did start the program off with the german constitutional hearing on the legality of qe. german stocks rising along with u.s. equity feeling -- futures. buoyed.t is boyd -- i am looking at euro falling after him esters tried to gear out -- investors try to figure out the verdict from top judges over the legality of the ecb stimulus. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: germany gives the ecb a three-month ultimatum to fix qe. judges say parts of the program are not backed by treaties. a gradualtinues easing while the number furloughed tops 40 million. shares rising. we talk earnings and wall street with peter orsak. this is bloomberg "surveillance," a lot going on in your markets. there was marble in europe and bonds when we had the decision from the constitutional courts in germany about qe. if you look at oil, it is rising for the third day in three. if you look at some of the other things out there, there does seem

host: i'm going to let richard trumka jump in. you said joining the union was the best thing that has happened to you. why do you say that? caller: the wages are significantly better. they got rid of the pension plan. to be honest, i have been on a 401(k) my whole life. is not very good. because who has the time to study economics. and finance. you have to be a financial genius. it is pretty unfair to put that pressure on anybody. host: thank you for the call from connecticut. present richard trumka on getting america flying again him and the airline industry? -- president. guest: a bigger point here because i have talked about some employers not doing such a good job. but there are a lot of employers out there that are trying to do what is right. a lot of those employers are asking for the same standard we are, because they want to know what to do. they want to say, we want to do what is right by our employees. but if we do not have some kind of standard, what do we do? how do we just do this? so they are asking for the same stan

little richard who has died today.on little richard and his rock'n'roll legacy. just talk us through his legacy. what will it be? we are having a little issue, didn't catch the end of that. we will give it one more go because we can hear roughly every other word. i'll start by asking what do you think his legacy will be? i think little richard's legacy is unmatched. there will never be someone legacy is unmatched. there will never be someone like him again. he is someone who ultimately... inaudible aspects of rock ‘n' roll from the music to what it means to be a rockstar to the spirit of rock vnv rockstar to the spirit of rock ‘n' roll, which is a of rebellion, a spirit of ignoring boundaries and rules. there will never be anyone like him again. and just watching and listening to his music there, my feet were tapping, my head was hopping, there is something so infectious about the music he managed to create. i was listening to... i'm afraid, brame, i am so sorry, the technical problems have just got the better of us ——

little richard was 87 years old.hael george cbs news, new york. . >>> well you may have noticed images of honey bears wearing masks all around san francisco on boarded up shops a local artist is using his work to help others in big way, kpix 5's kenny choi has the story. >> the artist who goes by the name of finch raised more than 100,000 dollars for various charities because of these mo honey bears now he's working on a new project that will make these bears even more visible. it's been nearly nonstop. printing, cutting, and spray painting his signature honey bears. >> it's a universal symbol of happiness, positive, nostalgic, inclusive. >> he's been creating all kinds of bears since 2013. but the masked bear and soap bear took off. >> to have anything at all that's really positive, the response has been extra strong. >> people started flocking to his website as hundreds of arstarted popping up over thety. he sold 750 prints and 250 wood paintings in weeks and donated $129,000 to two nonprofits. including safety net

it is from richard haass.nly is expertise, service to the nation, but his commitment to the council on foreign relations over the many years. and best of haass -- ambassador haass joins us now. how did you get it all into 400 pages? did you have to cut away 300 other pages? richard: there was already one encyclopedia britannica, we did need a second. as a writer it was a challenge to shrink it. i thought, what do you really need to know? the whole idea was to write a primer. essentially give people a foundation so they could understand the world and hopefully be more informed. tom: you see it in the photographs at your council on foreign relations, the photographs on the wall, there is always the theory of the moment. whether it is washington consensus or something westphalian. what is the theory throughout the world? the wholee have got set of international challenges and great power arrived -- great power rivalries. we have a new, set of international challenges. pandemics, climate change, the lack of regula

love you >> reporter: richard penniman, little richard, was 87 years old and died of bone cancer ♪ owother legend has left the stage, but his music will burn forever. kevin tibbles, nbc news >> a giant and that's nbc nightly news for this saturday i'm jose diaz balart thank you for the privilege of your time stay safe, please, stay safe. and goodnight. ♪ ♪ >>> right now at 6:00, the tug-of-war between tesla and alameda county escalating. elon musk now suing the county and levels a big threat that could mean job losses for the bay area. >>> but first it was a medical center rapidly set up to help hospitals facing a surge of patients. now exclusive video of what's happening there today and the hope it signals in the fight against coronavirus. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. even as the field hospital in the south bay ends operations, cases continue to increase across the bay area. tonight there are more than 9,600 reported cases here. you can see alameda county with a significant increase of 60 new cases today. a

# tutti frutti, oh rutti. # awop—bop—a—loo—mop alop—bam—boom. # little richard, richard penniman, who there's more on all our stories on our website. you can also read this article written by one of the bbc‘s producers on how he used technology to stay in touch with his dying mother in hospital. she'd needed urgent surgery but had also been kept in isolation due to suspected covid—19. there's a guide to the technology he used to comfort her in her last waking moments at the bottom of the page. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. hello. it's hard to overstate just how different our weather will be by the end of sunday, certainly in the feel of things out there as it turns much colder across the uk. the cold accentuated by a strengthening wind as well. more cloud around, too, the chance of seeing a bit of rain. sunday begins with the cold air already in place in scotland, and then it surges south across the uk. cold arctic air coming our way, so very different from what we've had. now, these are the temperatures to start the da

let's focus on richard burr, the most recent development coming from the united states.t's all an issue of stocks. remind us of what he is believe. to have do >> well, going back to february, when richard burr, as the chair of the intelligence city, was receiving daily briefin from the intelligence community -- intelligce committee, was receiving daily briefings from the intelligence community about the threat of the coronavirus to the united states. on february 13, he began selling stocks, anywhere from 600,000 dollars to more than $1 million in stocks and industries that were going tofee severely ed by the pandemic, travel, shipping, restaurants. after that, he said privately to some people that it looked like the pandemic was going to be as bad as the 1918 fluenza pandemic. the accusation is that he used the informationin he was ge as chair of the intelligence committee to educate his decisions on stock and was able totock in advance of what would be a massive u.s. stock market drop that began at the end of february and stretched into march. that is al violation of fe

i think that said says a lot about little richard and his his music.how up dressed like him or and no laws that is like the only light 6 o and will be crazy about you know we did to disney music producing is a chill. if he did for disney. they knew him from to the freudian and latos. and those slots sure. >>mister glenn at tell us a little bit about a behind the scenes what lich with little richard was like as as a person. >>the most humble percent you could ever want to meet the always always because earned about people. he's amany people cool it caused it. and stuff it. it was the best the really us that fact. he called me up. if you know what to charles and no. i want to do so or you he i'm going to treat you like mice. he said new your day your dad was a good guy he's my friend, he said blow to all. i feel as you need you need me for that and embrace me like thousands kit. all those years. it's called the u.s. up. >>so your relationship with little richard went well beyond just a professional relationship. there were there to us you know. of those

richard?ard: here's the thing about this tara reade case which i think is very interesting and very important for the viewers understand. at the end of the day, joe biden will end up seeing a jury anyway, and that'll be the jury of the american people. just like president trump saw. he was accused many times and he went to the jury of the american people, and they made their verdict by electing him as president of the united states. in the last there they were talking about the poles, and if the polls for joe biden has a head, understand the story has been on the marketplace. they seen the story, they're at home watching television. i think it speaks to the fact that they sort of dismissed it. >> harris: dismissed it, or it doesn't matter as much? how -- >> richard: i think it doesn't matter as much is probably a better word. >> harris: politics playing a bigger role in terms of what democrats decide they will and will not accept? >> richard: in the tara reade case, a lot of news agencies has

born as richard wade penniman. boy from america's deep south georgia. with of all those are good members as little richard was one of the founding fathers of rock n roll. his spam born in style of playing the piano and distinctive stage presence was a fine blamed office gospel roots and the blues jam to create something electric was a. little richard exploded onto the scene with his 1st hit single in diet 155. tutti frutti whose lyrics were considered so racy that have to be censored. it sold a 1000000 copies over the year and has been described as the one greco it that changed the world of music in the u.s. a bad name out now downright was a time when black and white americans was segregated but little which is music book that racial divide both on the dance floor and on the billboard charts. he sold more than 30000000 records worldwide and influenced a generation of musicians from the beatles. round. to david bowie elvis presley. bob i'm all them all but i was. and prince even formed a band with jimi hendrix but later fired him for being late with the

he got them from little richard, right?y wrote "little richard came screaming into my life when i was a teenager. i owe a lot of what i do to little richard and his style, and he knew it. he would say, "taught paul everything he knows." so many people. viola davis also went on social media and wrote, "he was the originator, the innovator, the musician, performer, who influenced generations of artists." demi moore. did you guys know, little richard, officiated her wedding to bruce willis? i did not know that. i had no idea! he was a man of many hats, right? and remember, he actually became a minister later on in his career when he ended up leaving rock 'n roll and then he came back. but she wrote, "remembering little richard today. bruce and i were so lucky and honored to have him officiate our wedding." i'm telling you, people, it was so shocking to learn of this news yesterday morning, but people have so many memories and have been playing "tutti frutti" and all of his songs all weekend long, including myself. >> you know,

this evening, remembering little richard, a rock 'n roll pioneer. >>> covid-19 sending air travel into a tailspin. we have what you can expect the next time you take a flight. >>> in bay area weather, yesterday's heat up is now history, low clouds and fog pushing back into the area, and eventually we are talking about a return of some rainfall, i know it sounds strange but we will have your forecast, coming up california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right now or call during business hours. >>> united airlines says it has slashed its schedule by 90 percent. united has several hubs including one at sfo. management has indicated the company's ministry team could be cut by 30 percent starting in october and has asked employees to take a voluntary leave. >

but we've re-established a signal with richard lui in brooklyn. richard, what's going on? >> reporter: hey, chris. yeah, what had happened at that moment when the crowd was running towards the camera is that the crowd began to throw bottles and rocks at the police. and then the police then pursued the crowd. they ran towards us and our camera position. that's when we got disconnected. so the crowd now is dispersed, and they have brought in another group of police officers from the opposite end. you're now seeing them return back to the location where we were standing a little bit earlier. and at the moment, it seems like the crowd has been dispersed because they're not behind us either. they were all running that way when you had us on camera a moment ago. so at the moment, it seems that this protest group has been dispersed, but you can certainly see what was zero police presence has now turned into counting maybe ten on my left, ten in front of me, around 30 police vehicles. and they seem to be closing in on something there in the center of the block. we now have an ambu

you're like, oh, little richard.d old, who loved that music. you mentioned at the top there that he would say, no, he started this whole thing, it was him. >> yep. >> he wasn't one of them, one of the founding fathers. >> he was bold, he was very direct, very confident. and again, we have to mention that he was performing at a time where musicians as big as he was had to come in through a backdoor to perform to an all-white audience. and so he paved the way, his flamboyant style was unheard of, unseen at the time. even though now we're like, what are you talking about? there are lots of little richards. but there wouldn't be if it weren't for the original little richard. >>> celebrities on mother's day. >> who best to start with than queen bey herself posting a throwback photo collage of her mother tina knowles on instagram. >> reminding everyone that tina is savage and she got that from tina. she paid tribute to mom saying, quote, thank you for giving me life and thank you for expanding my consciousness. >> also cel

it confirmed that bowser was richards. i hadn't thought in 1 million years that mary jane richards would pop up in brooklyn in september of 1865. now, of course with digitized newspaper where we can do keyword search, i might have found the source more quickly using modern technology, but in any case, that article presents a whole new set of leads a hope will follow in the story. richards and others like her key to fan lew's network -- beginning in the winter of 1863, then lew's double life, where she's pretending to be a confederate lady while working for the union, her double life becomes more risky as she and her fellow union operatives are formally enlisted into the federal secret service. took the federal's a while to get their act together, finally they do. they've gotten -- they sign her up. van lew's role at this point is crucial. her mansion on churchill is the nerve center of the spy operation. she is best described as a spy master who oversaw and deployed a devoted group of unionist operatives. people were willi

born in 932 in the state of georgia richard wayne penny men that i'm known as little richard was renowned for his showmanship and electric before my with the flamboyant persona working within the genres of blues r. and b. and gospel he was integral to the evolution of rock n roll in the fifty's and sixty's. his music embrace to all. in a time when parts of the united states were still segregated. members many of the world's greatest musicians have cited him as an influence. how do you think little richard influenced mick jagger when you stop on my show he started with me i was with the prince of last night and i love your music and i'm so glad keep it up there but you know you got it. i am oh rock n rollers i'm up forever praise for his contribution to music spanning generations pay their respects to the legend. for. it's a deadly city. and the women of nature. to face up. to refuse to release.

this is a point richard made. all of them are below william harry harrison who was in office for a month. so let's just take a quick look at how the modern presidents fared. ronald reagan was the only one that made it into the top ten. lou cannon who covered him as a journalist in california is the chapter that we did. he had a lot to say about reagan's command of storytelling as he was in the office. next, george h.w. bush, in 20th place. interesting to see what happens to him now that he's passed, now that more records are available and there's a bit of a halo effect once they leave office. interestingly he's book ended by the two adams' presidents. bill clinton came in at 15. we had david maraniss, really the biography of the chapter. "the washington post" reporter, you're familiar with his work, he writes about bill clinton's duality. he could be both good and bad at the same time and that kind of impacted everything that happened throughout his public career. okay. how about george w.? just out of the bottom

richard penniman, little richard, was 87 years old and died of bone cancer. ♪ another legend has leftles, nbc news. >> there are regular colors and then neon. he is the neon of music. >> he was the ultimate >>> it is scary to go to work. i think that i'd be a lot safer if i was sitting at home than i would be going to the west wing. it's a small crowded space you know, it's a little bit risky. but you have to do it, because you have to serve your country >> coronirus races into the ranks at the white house the trump administration fights to contain the spread of covid-19 after top aides test positive >>> newly surfaced video reveals the final moments before ahmaud arbery was shot and killed while his family says he was out for a jog. and the growing calls for the department of justice to ste

born richard wayne penniman in 1932 in man, grgia, little richard sang at a nearby church as a boy andlored r&b, blues, andountry before landing his first record deal in 1951. known for anhis pounding and howling voice, little richard's music attracted fans both black g and white durtime of segregation in the united states. little richard sold more than 30 womillion corddwide, and his music has been covered by artists like the beatles, the kinks, and elvis costello. little richard was 87 years old. >> sreenivasan: for the latest national and international news and a peek at mars from the home of a nasa scientist, visit www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: with just six months until november's presidenti election, states across the country are trying to determine how they will safely collect and count ballots during a national health emergency. for many states, that means reevaluating in-person versus absentee voting. just yesterday, california governor gavin newsom announced that the entire state would be asked to vote by mail in mbe nor election. but for states like connecticut, with

even harder to imagine rock 'n' roll without little richard. axelrod looks back at two men who entertained us for decades. ♪ whop-bop-a-loo-bop a-whop-bop-bop ♪ tutti frutti >> reporter: every star who followed little richard, from james brown to the beatles, said they owed an enormous debt to this founding father of rock 'n' roll. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ richard penniman first took the stage as a 14-year-old in 1947. he synthesized a mix of r&b, boogie woogie and gospel, added a pompadour, pencil-thin mustache, an outlandish stage personality, to revolutionize american music. here's what he told ed bradley on "60 minutes." >> you look at michael jackson. you look at prince. >> yes. >> what goes through your mind, when you see these guys? >> i said, whoa! whoo! i was way ahead of my time. ♪ good golly, miss molly >> reporter: little richard died of cancer at t o a fs for e resf >> reporter: "seinfeld" fans knew jerry stiller as the father of festivus, but by that time, he'd been a bold-faced comedy name for decades. >> lance, you're moistening my knuckle. >> r

we remember the remarkable, barrier-breaking little richard. and later... ♪ get up, get on up ♪ displa the coronavirus has shut down the firgt place of jazz. how local musician improvising. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> knox: and good evening. i'm debby knox reporting from wttv cbs 4 in indianapolis. well, ready or not, most states in the country have eased coronavirus restrictions this weekend. but the damage is deep. more than 20 million americans lost their jobs last month as the worst devastation since the great depression. unemployment has risen to nearly 15%. and the virus is still spreading in a third of the u.s. minnesota and nebraska with the most worrisome trends. at least 13 states are moving in the right direction. more than 1.3 million people, though, in this country, have been infected. deaths now top 78,000. danya bacchus begins our coverage. >> reporter: parks, businesses, and malls are starting to reopen across the country as a new report shoals the devastatingact coronavirus continues to have on the economy. after week

and tonight we'll look back at the lives of two remarkable entertainers, little richard and jerry stiller, who made us smile and brought us joy for decades. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight at the white house where masks are now mandatory for all staff members and visitors. the new rule comes after two aids, including the president's valet, and the vice president's press secretary tested positive for coronavirus. tonight the nation's top infectious disease expert, along with the heads of the c.d.c. and f.d.a., are all in what they call modified quarantine, because they were in contact with one of the aides. the administration says the prt ce president do not have coronavirus and that they're being tested daily. and late today, the president declared the u.s. has prevailed on testing, saying any american who wants to get tested can, though he did not explain how. he did say the white house is making $11 billion of funding from the stimulus bill a

imagine being in the shoes of richard nixon. he had a pretty well-earned reputation as a communist buster, one of the premiere communist busters in america, and along comes this democrat from massachusetts suggesting that he, richard nixon, was not quite anti-communist enough. it was galling. kennedy had somehow managed to outflank nixon as an anti-communist hawk. the probably the best example of this occurred in one of the nixon/kennedy television debates. not the first debate, the one that's most famous, but the fourth debate. this debate may have been the most important in the campaign. at the very least it offered a glimpse into the wonderful strangeness that was richard nixon. kennedy had come out in the press the previous day with a statement about cuba. in his statement kennedy suggested the eisenhower administration was being negligent against castro and they should find castro cubans to take up arms against castro. the this is what the eisenhower administration was trying to do. when nixon saw this in the newspapers, he

what's going on right now, richard? >> reporter: well, right now from the last shot we were with you on, it is clearly much calmer. you can probably tell behind me the police force right now probably numbering at about 100. but this is that location where there were some people that were knock over when we saw the crowd running away from police officers who were responding potentially if you remember seeing in some some of that video to projectiles being thrown at them. we were not close enough to see what exactly. we have seen rocks being thrown at windows so far tonight, but that was really the peak of the evening. we have not seen any violence or altercations up to that moment that we were on camera. as you know last night we had 200 arrests. there were 70 reported earlier as you mentioned from some police officials. so tonight if this is the amount of altercations we're seeing at least in brooklyn so far it has not necessarily been at the level it was at the barclay center last night where it was absolutely packed,

richard penniman, will know him as little richard, has died of lung cancer. ♪ ♪ . >> how it all startedin 1956 with tutti-frutti. little richard cut series of unstoppable hits in the 50s and 60s. you helped shadow the color line of music charts bringing what was once called race music into the mainstream. little richard sold more than 30 million records worldwide. he influence some of the biggest names in music including elvis presley, paul mccartney and mick jagger. little richard was 87 years old. >>> boy horn of the legendary las vegas and magical stage act siegfried and roy were an institution in vegas since 1967. you might remember roy nearly died when one of his of our tigers dragged him offstage during the 2003 performance. he was born in germany, and that his performing partner while working on a cruise ship. he was 75 years old. >>> the state of california training thousands of people to perform contact tracing to contain the spread of the coronavirus. it is time-consuming and labor- intensive work. tech companies like apple and google are jumping to help. the use and potential

little richard exploded onto the scene with his 1st hit single indite 155. the tutti frutti whose lyrics were considered so well received but have to be censored. it sold a 1000000 copies over the year and has been described as the one greco would that change the world of music in the u.s. in the founding me down which was a time when black and white americans was segregated but little which is music book that racial divide both on the dance floor and on the billboard charts. he sold more than 30000000 records worldwide and influenced a generation of musicians from the beatles. round. to david bowie and was presley. bob i'm all the more but i am even formed a band with jimi hendrix but later fired him for being late for the bus. at times in his life his lifestyle seemed to him to be at olds with his faith he went on to study fiola g 7 bibles and producing cost. good music i bet he would keep returning to the world he will be inventing and relaunching his career in the 1970 s. he vanished from the scene for more than a decade returned with a smash hit and an