we're back with russell simmons you said you've had an undue amount of power. that you should not have influence you believe that well i come out i believe that celebrities have a lot of power and i believe that you know it's a lot of they have it i might as well take what i got i think to use what i have you know for various different social political and philanthropic endeavors causes you know i think it's important to do if you have a voice and you can use it then in the head and you know make you happy to do it and i do it you compared the war on drugs to slavery spilling that all she says well look what i've what the rockefeller drug laws. we had all of rappers came out everybody came from you know every rap you can think of showed up a lot early clinton came she was then a senator you know reverend sharpton jackson all the people all the progressive students around the world but really all of rappers one hundred thousand kids we were fighting to change the rockefeller drug laws at that time and we did make a change that time and then another change later

. >> i walked into russell simmons' office and there's no entourage. no assistant.hy i was sitting in day as an unpaid intern all over again. >> just like her journey, alonzo has a successful story of his own. >> what's up? all right. that's recep up? who saw avatar? who saw jumping the broom, fast and furious? who saw stomp the yard? tell everybody about your story that they may not know. obviously, i had seen you in avatar and they have seen you on television now with nbc. r all of that, hoy you got here today. >> well, i have been doing this for a while. it didn't happen overnight. it just takes patience, a lot of commitment and a lot of fiscal responsibility. when i say fiscal re be very, very careful how you spend your money. don't spend . save it. a lot of people in hollywood fail -- or not fail, but they have to put their dreams on hold or kill their dreams altogether not because they don't have talent. they have the talent that god gave them. sustain themselves while they were growing their business. >> on their grind. >> on their grind. and let's talk about

russell simmons has been on the phone for the last 20 minutes. >> you need meditaon. >> many people thinkeed to set the mood. but the experts say -- that would be you and russell -- you don't necessarily have to dim the light or hold the candles, right? >> that's right. there's so many ways to be a meditator and use this practice. >> russell, i've heard you say you do it on the train and subway. >> i did it in the car on the way here. >> what did you think about it? >> i have a mantra. mantra-based meditation is where you repeat a mantra to yourself. eventually it becomes more satisfying than the ththought. >> does the mantra take you to the place you want to go in terms of stillness? >> it's very helpful. >> hold that, hold that, russell. they will open our minds ahead on "cbs this morning." ♪ we've been waiting all summer, just to get back in the kitchen gotta see our favorite kids, the excitement got us twitchin' you got tammy in those sweet jeans, louis rocking blues could maya look any fly-ah in her tricked out shoes?!? jeans and hoodies, kicks, jeans and hoodies shop your way member

at the same time, you were hateing on russell simmons but you were right, he is putting down system, worse than the system. charles: my goodness, how do you drive up on occupy wall street in a limo, and get out, and get high 5s from everyone in the crowd, it is the hypocrisy of it. i think a lot of those kids were angry, confused and afraid, they were afraid they were going to nyu, and columbia and when they came outs ars there would be no 100,000 gig waiting for them, they are afrairee frayed. >> there are a lot of jobs. charles: thank you, up next, government hubris run among, a surprising story out of oakridge, tennessee, all about the act sepbgts, nice t since, - accent, nice to know that this is what the government thinks we need to spend our money on. we'll be right back, this is what it's all bwe're making money. charles: i have a stock idea for you that i think the broaden your portfolio, be not afraid. we'll handicap tomorrow's job report. tell you how to make money from it. in keeping the denture clean. dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softe

. ♪ media mogul russell simmons made his mark in hip-hop and now looking for a different artist. a nationwide search for the next big name and visual art. i sat down earlier with russell and senior brand manager victoria perez to talk about the artisan series. i asked him why he is getting involved in this type of artform aside from music. take a listen. been doing this forever. my older brother and artist. he became my showcasing artist. showcased the work in that jam offices. then we started the rush philanthropic foundation. >> this program is five years old. >> i will tell you a story. >> the brand immediately gain traction. ever since then we have been so ingrained in that community and to whot is so important we are and development of society overall. >> so for you a five-year journey. from the beginning of the series until today, what has been created? have these big events. the culmination of the event that happens during the art basel series. in miami at the scope series. artists from all over the country, and compete. chosen. we have had a lot of success stories. rex rea

we go don't forget to tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's encore episode features russell simmons a music industry magnate here in a preview of what's to come russell explains how he does meditation. but you do you sit. and you say to yourself i'm not going to leave you have a clock you put in the twenty minutes and you sit i give away a mass montreaux the montreux is wrong so if you repeat yourself. quietly the mind will go crazy like a monkey will go crazy i'll tell you i'm not going to meditate i don't care what you do and you're going to say i'm going to sit so all you require is a little bit of patience so the my get bounced around like a monkey in a cage and within a few minutes everything will settle and you will see a meditating. so tonight nine pm tonight here on our team america and that does it for now for more on the stories we covered that you tube dot com slash r t america check out our website r t dot com slash usa and follow me on twitter at a mirror david make sure to leave me some feedback and i'll see you right back here at eight pm thanks for watching. i marina

we go don't forget to tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's encore episode features russell simmons the music industry magnate here in a preview of what's to come russell explains how he does meditation what is meditation what meditation is for thousands of years always been a great tool and i would say the meditative or the quiet mind is the happy mind the noisy mind is the sick sad my this is fact there are throughout the ages when you know every prophet you know was always every great religion and never mind religion just you know didn't your allah just tell you a quiet mind when the noises in the mind fluctuations in the moment but how do you attain it meditation when you do you said you put them on trial and you say to yourself i'm not going to leave you have a clock you put in for twenty minutes and you sit i give away a mass montra in the montrose room so if you repeat yourself. quietly the mind will go crazy like a monkey will go crazy will tell you i'm not going to meditate i don't care what you do and you're going to say i'm going to sit so all you require is a little bit

love going to larry king now our special guest russell simmons finally a man who needs no introduction business mogul best selling author philanthropist meditator and the godfather of hip hop from his seminal record label def jam to the fat farm fashion line to his newly launched using project a.d.d. fifty two russells made an imprint in the worlds of music fashion finance media t.v. and film cultural average here and all he does russell's latest book is success through stillness meditation made simple but how did you discover the art of meditation it could be called an art service should. my first introduction of meditation came to yoga and i went to yoga.

spend money for the albums like capitalism but like there's other things at play that i feel like russell simmons i think has been put on blast recently by chuck d. about this stuff hot ninety seven a lot of a lot of other companies who were big tastemakers in hip hop early on who went the very easy and cheap route later on they deserve criticism because. they were lucky to be in a position where they were when they were in it and when everything was was brand new and fresh and they did push artists like public enemy who changed the way people think about hip hop and music and for positive change. and then for everything to just get so. cheap and watered down and that's all they cared about was all they pushed it's like there was no dialogue about how do we better this look what it's doing to the communities and where hip hop originated from slate how are we giving back to those places that's beyond me i don't feel like that's my position to talk about a but i do think that they deserve a lot of criticism i have to talk about this on because that's what turned me on to you make shit patriot back

russell simmons wants you to meditate all you requires a little bit of patience so the mind can bounce around like a monkey in a cage and within a few minutes everything will settle. a meditating they have this belief that you cannot fail and to quit the global grind. no one believed didn't run the house they hated def comedy jam it was what a brilliant idea you came up with yesterday that idea is seven years old and i've lost a lot of money getting you there plus you remain close with your best friend you better everybody should make friends ex-wife. is selfish not to all next on larry king now.

spend money for the albums like capitalism but like there's other things at play that i feel like russell simmons i think has been put on blast recently by chuck d. about this stuff hot ninety seven a lot of a lot of other companies who were big tastemakers in hip hop early on who went the very easy and cheap route later on they deserve criticism because. they were lucky to be in a position where they were when they were in it and when everything was was brand new and fresh and they did push artists like public enemy who changed the way people think about hip hop and music and for positive change. and then for everything to just get so. cheap and watered down and that's all they cared about was all they pushed it's like there was no dialogue about how do we better this look what it's doing to the communities and where hip hop originated from slate how are we giving back to those places like that's beyond me i don't feel like that's my position to talk about her but i do think that they deserve a lot of criticism i have to talk about this on because that's what turned me on to you makeshift patrio

probably playing at a bat a basketball star the next one need only in the best for us thank you russell simmons thanks to my guest success through still this available everywhere meditation late simple little mound anywhere you want to go you get it and you go find me on twitter against things we'll see and i just don't. i. would say really good folks. filling in for abby martin and this is breaking the set so four hundred billion dollars can sure buy a lot of things these days right like feeding every school kid in america fighting every global humanitarian crisis and rebuilding this country's entire infrastructure but apparently one thing it can't buy is a phone it's a fully functional fighter jet c. for the last eight years u.s. taxpayers have spent a whopping three hundred ninety eight billion dollars on a fleet of f. thirty five joint strike fighters the next generation of lethal military planes the only problem however is that over the years the development and construction of this plane has turned into the poster child for military waste not only is the program seven years behind schedul

look at the house vote to sue the president and new research it out over power of ned daition russel simmons57 and why he says fining inner silliness makes minimum more -- we'll see you with everything is ten minute. >> beginners still. >> that's deep. >> that's deep. >> okay. >> thank you buddy. >> it will take you there won't it? >> it will. it will. >> our time is 6:49 seems nearly everyone loves donuts and we know philadelphians have a soft spot for cheesesteaks. >> with all the talk about foot getting you hungry. feast your eyes on this. the donut cheesesteak burger. we showed it to you yesterday and we september carl erikson out to try it out in northern liberties. >> he's hungry really hungry so hungry it may make you lose your appetite. they're fill up the pyt, pretty young thing, eatery. it also stands for specialty bugers you could not imagine, vegetarian. look away now. they're friday frying some up in the grill in the back and what joe up front ordered. >> donut cheesesteak burger. >> brand new menu up full flat cheese stake burder topped with slap of cheddar. some may call it. >

russell simmons wrote: >>> you have seen it before, the hashtag bring back our girls.lawmakers are saying more needs to be done. one senator was there last month and spoke saying it's not an african problem, it's a world problem. >> we cannot ignore boko haram and the plight of the missing girls. mr speaker, with a tweet and a hashtag you are showing the nigerian people, boko haram, the missing girls and the world that we have not forgotten. >> and vigils are being held in different cities throughout the world as well as gatherings. this one is in london. this one took place in nigeria. some engineering students here. a new petition is going around. it will be september to nigeria's president goodluck jonathan. >> who many feel has not done enough to find the girls or rein in boko haram. people from the administration, his administration are saying that we have a general idea of where the girls are. and they are asking what are you going to do about it, when are you taking abbing to bring the girls home. we understand these things can be tricky. >> that's all the time

we'll look at what russell simmons wrote. 100 days ago:. >>. >> you've seen the hash tack bring back girls. more needs to be done. florida representative was in nigeria, speaking at the house floor saying it's not an african problem, it's a world problem. take a look. >> we cannot ignore boko haram, and the flight of these missing girls. mr speaker, with a tweet and a hashtag you are showing the nigerian people boko haram, the missing girls and the world that we have not forgotten. >>> and vigils are being held throughout different cities, throughout the world as well as meetings here - one in london. these are some nigerian engineering students who have gathered, and you have a petition that is going around. it will be presented to nigerians president goodluck jonathan. you know we hear from the nigerian government officials, that they have an idea of where the girls are. they are being extraordinarily cautious. that mad epps you to hear that. you want the girls back. we'll continue to file this story. that is appreciated. that's all the time we have time for. inside story is next o

wanted to be a film director, but i got an opportunity because of my relationship with russel simmonsmy short films, the only people that showed up were rappers. that's the only people russell knew. and public enemy said, "we want brett to do our next video." and russell's like brett who? and he's like -- i'm standing right next to him. they go, "brett. white man brett. you friend brett." [ laughter ] and so that was my first video. and once you do one, and the day that video aired was the day -- remember they started putting the director's name on it. >> seth: yeah. >> every rapper started calling going, "i want brett ratner to do my video." so l.l. cool jay and then, jodeci, and every rapper in the world. so, i did about over 100 music videos before i did my first movie and then, of course, i did "rush hour." and that was -- that was the start of it all. >> seth: that's great. and you just posted this photo -- this is you and slick rick, right? >> that's me and slick rick. >> when i was doing music videos back in the day. [ laughter ] >> seth: that is such -- that is such an incredi

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joining me is president of the global grind and political director for russell simmons and lisa blooml analyst for nbc news and author. lisa, was this use of force excessive? >> absolutely. we've got it right there on the videotape. i mean, think about it. eric garner accused of illegally single cigarettes. not anything that's a threat to anyone. physically. when you see the officers approach him, he has some verbal engagement with them. he puts his hands up and not akousing anyone or hitting anyone and take him down clearly in a choke hold and yelling out i can't breathe, clearly a sign of distress. if the review commission does not see that, we need new home independent unbiassed people reviewing this incident. >> we asked the nypd. another issue is officer in question apparently he's been sued several times over allegedly unlawful, racial motivated behavior. >> before jumping to that conclusion, we have investigation and the leadership of the mayor who i support greatly and encouraged by the response to the horrible, horrible tragedy. watching that video and that man saying i can't

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this is -- the walls that michael jackson broke down for you and jay-z and russell simmons broke downcontroversy, blah, blah, blah. i'm in the process of breaking down walls that people will understand ten years from now, 20 years from now. >> seth: what's interesting -- yeah. [ cheers and applause ] to hear you talk about ten years from now, because, "college dropout," 10 years old this year. one of the great albums. [ cheers and applause ] it seems like schematically what you're talking about is very similar to what you were talking about on that album. because my favorite thing about that album, "last call" is a song at the end of the album where you sort of tell the story how everybody told you, you couldn't make that album. >> right. >> seth: and you record -- you put -- it's like you made a movie and put the dvd commentary on the movie, when it was released. because you're it's like, the album's not even out and you recorded a song basically saying, it's a hit. it worked. [ laughter ] and it's so confident. and that's why, you know, as you approach fashion i have to say that i a

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russell simmons, a meditator, is in studio 57. he'll show you how to relax and get ahead. you too? that's coming up ahead on "cbs this morning." ♪ in the nation, the safest feature in your car is you. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. which for you, shouldn't be a problem. opposite to the stress response you know, the flight or fight response where you get all revved up. >> this is the contra to that. >> the solution to that in many ways. you use lots of different techniques and that in the long term yields physiological bern fits. >> russell what's fascinating to me and why we should do on the show about this is the number of successful people who meditation whether it's oprah, jerry seinfeld george lucas, russell simmons. so many people have tried it. why do you think that is? >> again, when you operate from a calm space you're able to make good decisions. the nervous system is always -- always affected by your thought process. when the nervous system is calm you have a greater brain functionality. >> don'