lead singer rob thomas also earned himself a legion of new fa performing on the 1999 santana hit smoothd other singers and writers at the library of congress for the foundation we write the songs 2017 event. it brings together musicians to perform some of the their hit songs and share the stories that inspired them. kind of like a vh1 story tellers or any other '90's kids out there. >> ♪ >> today those same artists will visit with lawmakers on capitol hill for an event called stand with song writers. to ask for new rules when it comes to music licensing rights. i got a chance to about those rules and how streaming sites like pandora have change thed the game. >> ♪ >> we also talk about the inspiration behind some of his hit songs. and why his wife isn't loving taylor swift. check it out.. over the last 20 years because i came up 20 years ago i came up at a time when you can have your songs played on the radio record sales were really happening, you know, you can put out record and sell 20 million records or something and i got to build a fan base and got to have this career and you see

. >> do you think erin interviewed rob thomas at a.m. >> i see what you did there. >> anyway, moving. good to see you this morning guys that's a joke about one of their songs by the way. madonna reacting to biopick about her life before becoming famous on monday the hollywood reporterer mentioned rights for her film blonde ambitious were picked up by universal pictures and producer attached possibly brett ratner now the film will phobus ownerly days in new york trying to get her firstal bun made i think it was 1983 she spoingted to instagram saying what i know and what i've seen. anybody else that tries is a fool and charleston and instant grat fitions without doing work this is disease in our sew identity. >> we say that a lot. >> unauthorizedd i get it it's her life. >> should you tell your story without you on it. >> inevitably not that good. >> fans and freaking out about this slates for all release dates coming out disney said in the next three years and some big films are the last jedi we know it's coming out new december. other releases coming out secret to 2018 and line king

exactly. >>> also erin goes one-on-one with match box 20 front man rob thomas plus my amazing sit downe back in a moment.t. mazing. whoa! you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. mom, i'm taking the subaru. don't be late. even when we're not there to keep them safe, our subaru outback will be. (vo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> kind of a messy start to today. keep your head up. it will be nice later no doubt about it. >> sunshine. >> let's get a jump start on the sunshine right now, tuck. we can do it at 8:15. >> this morning we've got it right here. fox5 first five cuteness. >> that is an epic picture. >> that is so cute. >> i love everything -- i love the bow tie. love the little button down the suspenders and of course those epic glasses. >> yup. this is chance everybody. >> hi, chance. >> chance is three years old. >> all right. >> all right. he loves things lots of young people love. dinosaurs. >> i love them, too >> and enjoys playing musical in

police say ten days before the home burglary, peter thomas robbed gas station clerk at gun point. >>> developing right now in russia, investigators have named the suicide bomber behind the blast of the st. petersburg subway yesterday. he was a 22-year-old russian citizen who was born in occur sack stan the blast killed 13 people and the bomber. no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. it happened while president vladimir putin was visiting the city. >>> well the battle for president trump's supreme court nominee couldn't fir nation is heating up. senate debate began today ahead of a vote expected later in the week on supreme court nominee 19 gorsuch. this has president trump turns his attention to fueling the economy. fox's joel wad man reports from washington. >> reporter: president trump addressing the conference of national building unions earlier today. >> it was about time we had a building builder in the white house. >> reporter: just a few hours before, the president sticking to what he knows best, business holding a town hall style event with about 50ceo's from some

robbed. i call him mr. thomas in the book. he was a laborer. he had been working, moving boxes, breaking work. african-american men as was dante. no one deserves to be brought. but mr. thomas least of all. i went to talk to him and i told him the story, about how dante's mother had ended it did two drugs -- addicted to drugs. she left him alone to raise himself and he had fallen in with the neighborhood crew and put them up to this robbery is part of an initiation. but also, dante had tremendous potential. he was incredibly good with his hands. he was a master woodworker and it got him into this program, a job training program, carpentry type program and had a counseling component run by a minister out of a storefront church. dante was more either way on that part. but he got in. they would take and make as they had the armed robbery conviction. but this took him. i presented to mr. thomas and the final think about it. for the next three weeks, every day before the disposition, what they call sent it in juvenile court, i would think about what

thomas, abc 7 news. >> as many as ten teenage boys and girls robbed a woman in san francisco last night. she was on the bus at fill more and mcallister. that's the intersection you see here behind me. when one of them started to grab her stuff. the tussle continued as the two got off. that's when the other teenagers showed up. one of them punched the woman. the group took her phone, wallet and also bag of clothes. she's okay. no one has yet been arrested. >> milpitas police are asking for help identifying a man suspected of stealing a jerry rice ought grafred football at a charity event. police say video appears to capture him. take a look. stealing that ball during a fund-raiser benefiting special needs children at an orphan in china. organizers say the winning bid for the football was $3,500. they posted pictures of the man on our website, abc 7 news.com as well as the way to contact police if you do recognize him. >> well, flying high, the san jose airport is turning into a big engine of an economic development. >> looming, building boom, bay area home buyers are going in search of a

thomas, back to you. >>> let's get to your headlines a tacked and robbed inside of his own home is what police say happened to a 86 year-old korean war veteran simply walking hoping from his neighborhood store. man's wife was also attacked. now police, they are searching for the suspect. our steve keeley is at philadelphia police headquarters with the latest this morning, steve. >> reporter: this is second time this month our viewers will know that we are reporting on a attack of an esteemed philadelphia korean war veteran in his own home, getting stalked, attacked, and then robbed, as he got home. william ravenel shot in the leg 65 years ago, he was already walking with a kaine in a net brace before this attack occurred and then the attack made it worse. punched in the face so hard, the attacker broke his denture s as he a talked him and his wife with the raiser. >> they got me. he started punching me. kept punching me. >> victim in this case, obviously 86, wife was 83, and to assault two people, 86 year-old is a korean war vet. he served his country. everything to go through thinks unacceptable behavior.

rob schenck, vice president of george washington's mount vernon. susan stein, vice president of thomasctor of the new historical society. catherine robinson, president and ceo of historical charleston foundation. david roselle comes executive director of the museum, garden and library. beth hill, president and ceo of fort ticonderoga in new york. and bonnie joe griffith of the delaware tribe of indians. [applause] >> and now i'd like to introdue the members of the board of directors of the museum of the american revolution. will you raise your hand so everyone knows where you are and that you are here today. [applause] use of the volunteers who have guided and sustained the multiyear initiative to create the museum. and now it is a very great pleasure to welcome the mayor of the great city of philadelphia, mayor jim kinney. [applause] >> good morning everyone. i can't tell you how proud i am as a native lifelong philadelphia and to be stand here in front of this building and in front of all the great dignitaries that of kinder today. i personally am very much honored. it's fantastic to

for two armed men this evening robbing convenience stores, in at least one case, the men were caught on video. brad sattin live in bensalem with pictures, brad? >> thomas we can tell you that bensalem police are calling this a crime spree, two 7-elevens were hit, a third one, they want to capture these guys, there is surveillance video, we want to show you that of one of these locations the 7-eleven where we are on neshek shamny boulevard. this happened on thursday morning, white men wearing black with the faces cover. customer and clerk and robbed them. i spoke briefly to the clerk who told me they had him clean out the cash registers. within about 20 minutes they were spotted outside another 7-eleven about two and a half miles away at street road and windsor drive. a clerk telling me that the men did not actually go in the store, but then again this saw thursday morning, 90 minutes later, two men fitting the same is description robbed a 7-eleven. they're hoping someone might know something looking at the mannerisms, the stature of the men and possible be able to help. the good news no one was hurt. bensalem police asking for help, if you think you ma

thomas back to you. >>> just a couple more days here. police are searching for suspect whom they say filled a korean war veteran home from the convenient store and then violently robbed him. eighty-six year-old william ravenell walk to the produce store in west philadelphia and then went across the street to buy lottery tickets. investigators say the suspect you where to see in a green shirt approached ravenell on his way out of the store asking for money. ravenell kept walking unaware he was being follow. there is the suspect right there. as he returned home that is when man attack war veteran and stole $60 worth of lottery tickets. >> he pushed... >> eighty-six year-old is a korean war vet and he served this country, and this is just unacceptable. >> ravenell who is already wearing a neck brace has bruce s, broken dentures from the attack. police are searching for the suspect, they is once again. >>> soccer coach accused of sexually assaulting a 14 year-old girl is apparently in this country illegally. federal authorities say francisco pratto contreras paid a 15 year-old for sex at lee five times and fathered her nine in old baby. police arrested him last week. inv

robbed in tampa. what he did moments before the crime that caught the suspect's i. >>> get ready to start scratching not talking about lotto here. it could be one bad summer for mosquitoes. >>> sean? >>> thomass ended their fifth straight season with losing record this year. anybody ever talks about the process. will the the process ever amount to wins. head coach brett brown gives his fired up answer later in sports. yo, check it. my parents pimped out our crib with fios internet. sick. word on the street is it's bomb.com. i think you're bomb.com michelle, wanna come over and surf those sweet fios speeds like old times? todd, i've moved on to xfinity, they have the fastest internet. sorry todd. fios has fallen behind. don't fall with it. xfinity delivers the fastest internet. sign up today or get started with this great offer. call, click, or visit an xfinity store today. ♪ >>> shocked customers watch as 65-year-old man is attacked and robbed in tampa. eddie would know just gone to the bank to get cash to pay some bills before heading out of town. wong withdrew $6,000. then drove to nearby grocery store. what he didn't realize he was being followed. a guy grabbed him as he tried to walk int

rob. >>> we're going turn now to a sensitive but very, very important topic. we want to give you a heads up in case you have little ones watching. keep that in mind. zeke thomasll great isiah thomas. choosing to go public with private information about himself in hopes that his story will help others. >> my name is zeke thomas. and i am a survivor. >> reporter: this morning, 28-year-old deejay and music producer zeke thomas is appearing in this new psa for sexual assault awareness month. >> the path is not always a straight line. and you don't need to do it alone. >> reporter: and sharing something deeply personal. publicly. for the very first time. how is it for a young man to have to stand up and say, you know what? i was raped. >> being gay. being african-american. it's definitely something that -- i never imagined would happen to me. >> reporter: when was the first time you were avictim? >> the first time that i was a victim was when i was 1 years old. and then it happened again. last year. last february. when it happened again, i was terrified. i really felt that my manhood had been taken from me. >> you did not press charges. >> in pressing charges, the