and always working to be better. >>> russell simmons co-founded jam records in 1984.ilanthropist for the arts. he's now the executive producer of "romeo is bleeding." he follows donte hart from richmond, california, a tough place to grow up. >> trying to stack my plate up high. i'm not greedy, i'm not greedy. i'm not groupie. i'm just empty. >> russell simmons joins us at the table. powerle just watching that. welcome back to the show. what attracted you to dante's story? >> you know, the story is mirrored with so many others with people who pick the arts and survive because of them. he comes from a very difficult place. his brother was killed during the making of the difficult film. he transcended it through his poetry and through this movie he became a teacher and now an activist, you know, where he could have been a drug dealer. so many kids have been murdered. he created the romeo and juliet scenario over. it's been told many, many times. it's a timeless tale. it's called "romeo's bleeding." tremendous picture. >> they're making a comeback. >> yes. >> reflected ho

i'm just empty. >> russell simmons joins us at the table. powerle just watching that.w, the story is mirrored with so many others with people who pick the arts and survive because of them. he comes from a very difficult place. his brother was killed during the making of the difficult film. he transcended it through his poetry and through this movie he became a teacher and now an activist, you know, where he could have been a drug dealer. so many kids have been murdered. he created the romeo and juliet scenario over. it's been told many, many times. it's a timeless tale. it's called "romeo's bleeding." in the movie they made a tremendous picture. >> they're making a comeback. >> yes. >> reflected how? >> you know, the rappers -- you know, when the music goes away, they get to dig even deeper. the artist always express their time capsules, their poetry of where they come from and you get to understand their environment. america doesn't see themselves the way they see their truth and i think it's important that artists do that. it's a bay that the wrappists or artists can

. >>> plus russell simmons comes to studio 57 with a new movie of a young man changed by poetry. >> and girls came over numerous obstacles to compete in robotics in washington. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm kenny choi. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> you are looking live at the bay bridge on this monday morning. it was beach weather weekend over the weekend. and it's monday, july 17th. good morning. i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego. >> we were in pacifica yesterday. >> i was heading back in from stinson and we hit traffic on the bay bridge. >> it was 105 in concord. and 105 in pleasanton. today the temperature will come down well above average but you'll feel the difference. i chose to see the golden gate bridge because i wanted to see how foggy it is. but it's not that bad. 58 in san francisco. it's 68 in livermore. slow to cool after 103 yesterday. high 50s in santa rosa. and today san jose is well above average. notice the d

for us to start coming back together so you know this week we're going to have me on stage with russell simmons. he's one of the great leaders nick cannon is going to be their own both you know i mean so these guys are talking about listen we just was a separate cry for four years can we do anything can we help anybody who's you know we hope i'm a part of something called the dream corps and the dream corps is a solution center we support a lot of great initiatives including the love army the love armies and the idea listen let's fight cynicism with solutions and we can say that we're both sides and yell and scream complain and blame each other but part of the problem is you now have a leadership style. both left and right it's all projection no reflection all assigning blame no taking responsibility so that we are says let's take responsibility if we got all these kids in prison they were in president a republican and democrats we're going to help them get these kids with addiction what we're going to do to pull these needles our young people's arms they were getting addicted out to democrats

they are the daughters of russell simmons.s their journey to step outside the shadow of their famous families. >> all about making women feel powerful. not just pretty. you will get to see a relatable group of kids who are striving their best to reach our goals. that is what we want to inspire others to go after their goals and just relate to us and see that they have more in common with us than they think. >> season three premieres tomorrow on we tv. we'll see how it goes. >> nice young women. i met them today mid day. got a chance to say hello. >> a housewives? >> kind of sort of. that's an interesting analogy. >>> they are not always comfortable but often they are taught you have to have. pro tip: giant has great prices on produce. raspberries for john... strawberries for amy... what's a jicama? thanks! take a fresh look at giant's produce prices. ant has unbelievable produce prices. so you'll never have to choose between your favorites. i thought i was your favorite. take a fresh look at giant's pro