we will spend the hour remembering pete seeger after headlines.aine's parliament has voted to repeal around of anti-dissent laws in an effort to calm opposition protests that have gripped the country. the measures are unlikely to appease protesters who have demanded the resignation of president yanukovich. earlier today, ukrainian prime minister mykola azarov offered to resign. yanukovich had previously offered mykola azarov's poston opposition leader, who rejected it. talks in geneva between the two sides in syria's conflict remain deadlocked over the future role of president bashar al-assad. another issue at stake is the delivery of aid to the besieged city of homs. u.s. state department theesperson jen psaki said situation there is desperate. >> we firmly believe the steering receive must approve the convoys to deliver badly needed humanitarian assistance into the old city of homs. the situation is desperate and the people are starving. what the regime has proposed is an evacuation of women and children from the old city is not sufficient post

pete seeger gone at the age of 94. >>> that is our broadcast on a tuesday night.rian williams. we're on capitol hill in washington tonight, where we'll be coming back on the air, 9:00, 8:00 central with the president's state of the union address. for now, from washington, good night. >>> tonight we witness an american tradition. >> mr. speaker. >> the president before congress and the nation. but after his toughest year in office and a public in no mood to trust washington, can the president make his case for action on the economy, on income inequality, on the environment, education, and foreign policy, and can he do it withwithout congress? >> from nbc news, the state of the union address live from washington. here is brian williams. >> and good evening on a cold night in washington. we should warn you there will be fleeting moments of warmth inside the house chamber beneath the capitol dome right behind us here on capitol hill.

>> he was, as mary said about pete seeger and the weavers, we were seeger's raiders.ction, he was our inspiration. he lived his ethic and his whole perspective which was that music was there to bring people's hearts together was really the basis for peter, paul, and mary's doing what we did and always using the music when we were called upon to be a part of the march on washington in '63, the selma/montgomery march, the antiwar movement. and even through today. and it never stopped and pete was always there, he was a beacon of what was possible if you made that kind of commitment. he was extraordinary. >> brown: how did he -- did he see himself with a mission, if that's the right word? >> well, i think he did. i think he believed he had a mission. but i don't think he was -- it was presum chief justice. it was just the way things were. remember, he came out of a period in the blacklist when he and the weavers were just not allowed to perform anywhere and it was a very, very difficult time and it destroyed their career when they had actually ushered in the beginning of

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>> pete seeger died last night at the age of 94. ever since the 1940s, seeger used his music as an instrument of social change. today, president obama issued a statement of gratitude to the musician for reminding us where we come from and showing us where we need to go. the kind reports. where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? >> is gentle protest songs and deep social conscience made heat -- his gentle protest songs and deep social conscience made heat seeger a social icon. he played at union meetings and political rallies. sii, his groupr were blacklisted as communist sympathizers and kept out of falls. he went so low. anshall overcome became anthem of the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. >> ♪ if i had a hammer, i'd hammer in the morning ♪ >> that was not his only song to become a protest movement standard. cleaning up my dirty street ♪ >> in later years, he channeled his protest to environmental causes, particularly the hudson river, beside which he built his home. >> normally, i am against big sayings

the music world mourns a pioneer, pete seeger.er yarrow of peter, paul and mary joins us next. >> today's data dive goes to the movie, guidelines have been issued to standardize film marketing. trailers can only be shown five months before release. the biggest change is limiting the coming attractions to only 2 minutes. as you probably notice, trailers have gotten very long. some films start nearly a half hour late thanks to the previews. we know trailers are called that because the reels were spliced on to the movie's trial as a trailer before movies went digital. how did it start? the first trailer is widely believed to have come in 1913, before the film the adventures of caplin. it wasn't for a movie, but prefeud a show called "the pleasure seekers", a short film made up of performance footage. sound came 13 years later when the future head of what became the motion picture association boasted about the sound system for "don juan", and "the jazz singer" changed attractions as an announcer opened with "good evening, ladies and g

pete seeger passed away.student newspaper and described himself as a communist with a small c. he was fighting alongside unions and was indicted for contempt of congress for defying the house un-american activities committee. he had success with his musical kbrup, but many

the folk singer and civil rights activist pete seeger.ndary musician and progressive, ahead of his time in crossing barriers to the fight for justice. in 1957, seeger attended civil rights workshops with martin luther king and rosa parks. it was there that he first played for dr. king an old spiritual that he had updated with new verses and a new title, a song that became the anthem for the movement. >> i sang a song called "we shall overcome." afterwards, a friend of mine drove dr. king to a speaking engagement in kentucky, and she remembers him sitting in the back seat saying "we shall overcome, that song really sticks with you, doesn't it?" >> in 1963, seeger helped register voters deep in the heart of mississippi. and he helped teach students during the freedom summer of 1964. >> pete, you know, played a constant role in the movement long before i was involved in anything having to do with civil rights, pete seeger was doing that. >> seeger never gave up his fight for justice. later, he marched against the vietnam war. and i had the h

pete seeger was 94 years old. >> thank you very much. memorials are growing after the deadly shooting at the columbia mall. rihanna and tyler. there are questions surrounding this man. what caused him to snap? why did he choose them? tom roussey at the latest. >> people through flowers into the fountain. outside of the mall, there is another memorial to briana and tyler. many stops to pay their respects. >> we are so proud. >> the and describes him as a loving man who helped people battling addictions. saturday was a nightmare. >> it became clearer and clearer as the day went on. it is in on our family. we have the monster. >> police are struggling to find connections between the shooter and the victim. one thing they are looking at is how close they lived to each other. this was his house. if you drive two minutes and five blocks, you come to a home in the same neighborhood where benlolo lives. the store where the murder happened is boarded up. many returns to support the mall. >> i feel empty walking in and i will look at people differ

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pete seeger was 94.nteresting, i read a bunch of pieces on him back in 2010 when he was obviously 90 years old. he would get up every day and chop wood and he would respond to -- >> he did occupy wall street. he was involved. he went there. >> he would respond to letters. he got bag fulls of letters every week and responded to most of them. >> yeah. >> pretty cool. >> nice guy. great legacy left behind. >>> let's talk about what's going to happen in the west as we watch the rain finally showing back up. we are looking at areas up in the pacific northwest, especially, where the southerly jet stream is coming in. not a lot on the radar but we'll take whatever we can get. so dry, this is a good change in the weather pattern. a little bit of rain. so how much rainfall are we looking at possibly in the next ten days? we look at the european computer model. the mountains of northern california may be up to 3 inches. northern california, 1 to 2, san francisco a little rain. don't get much if any in southern cal

. ♪ >> that was seeger singing the hit turn, turn, turn.e performed with bruce springsteen at president obama's concert. he said the key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known. he died monday night of natural causes after being hospitalized for six days. pete seeger was 94. >>> bill karins is back with more on the cold and snow. we're in it and it's not letting up. >> what a winter. this january is just insane. it's going out with a bang. eastern north carolina, historic winter storm for you. you'll need plous coming from raleigh to help you out with this one. norfolk area, 6 to 12 inches. raleigh around 3 to 6. an inch in atlanta and 1 to 3 inches in the g sip north of new orleans of all places. we have snow this morning all the way to central louisiana, it's snowing and snowing hard in some cases. drive carefully if you're going to go out in the roads at all. that's your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. >> look at these temperatures, detroit, michigan

seeger. and to have him on the show.and to commemorate his extraordinary life we close our show tonight with a performance we didn't air last time of pete seeger singing if i had a hammer. good night. ♪ if i had a song ♪ i'd sing it in the morning ♪ ♪ sing it in the evening ♪ i'd sing it in the evening ♪ ♪ all over ♪ all over this land ♪ i had a sing out danger ♪ yeah ♪ warning ♪ i'd sing out warning ♪ i'd sing out love ♪ between my brothers and my sisters ♪ ♪ oh ♪ over this land ♪ i got a hammer ♪ well i got a hammer ♪ i got bells ♪ and i got a bell ♪ i got a song ♪ and i got a song ♪ all over this land ♪ it's a hammer of justice ♪ it's the bell of freedom ♪ and talk about love ♪ between you my brothers and my sisters ♪ ♪ oh over this land ♪ it's the hammer ♪ it's the hammer ♪ freedom ♪ it's the song about love ♪ between you my >> it's 11:59 and 59 seconds. a snowstorm dumped four inches of snow on atlanta, causing

pete seeger, 94, was performing just until a few months ago. recognize some faces, john cougar mellencamp, willie nelson. >> he died at new york presbyterian hospital. his family says they were holding hands and singing when he passed. >> he will be missed. he's an icon. ly said they were together and singing when he passed. >> an icon. everything life throws my way. except for frown lines. those i'm throwing back. [ female announcer ] olay total effects. nourishing vitamins, and 7 beautiful benefits in one. for younger-looking skin. olay. your best beautiful. hd3 so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it helps pick up some of w

pete seeger is being remembered as america's connence and folk music.ercome. we spoke in 1983 on the cbs news program "night watch." why is it that music is so associated with protests? >> i think not only the civil rights movement in america, but you think now about the fight against ar par tied in south africa. >> it may be because it's a little less threatening than talking, singing is and you can get away with things singing that you can't get away with talking. >> wonderful man. lived a long and good life. >> singing sometimes is less threatening than talking. >> he used to go up and down the hudson. he had this wonderful boat and my colleague did a wonderful piece about him. >> i'm always fascinated when we get to see old charlie rose pieces because we have either awkward photos either your hair wardrobe or the delivery. you have none of the above ever. >> look at this here. i mean ooh! is it hot in here gayle? >> a little bit. >> what do you remember about pete seeger though? what do you remember? >> just what you saw. wonderful, soft-spoken, but

. >> other news, legendary folk singer and song writer and activist pete seeger has died. he passed away monday at new york presby attorney presbyterian hospital. he was part of the quartet, he was an inspiration to many including bob dylan and bruce springsteen. seeger recorded more than 100 albums and he always saw folk music as a catalyst for social change. again, pete seeger, dead at 94. >>> jazz drumming legend max roach will live on forever in the library of congress. the library purchased his entire collection works spanning decades. that collection is more than 100,000 items. it includes manuscripts, papers, photographs, and hundreds of sound and video recordings. this you see here is roach performing at d. c.'s blues alley back in 1981 and all of the material will be available for researchers in the library's performing arts reading room on capitol hill. >>> still ahead, when the news continues, she is an american hero who has saved hundreds of lives when a gunman stormed her school. we're going to talk to antoinette tuft about that fateful day and why she >>> he

. >>> new this morning, the world loses a music legend, remembering pete seeger. his influence on music today. >>> land ho, a ferry makes a crash landing on shore but it was no accident. why would any captain want to do this? >> wow. >>> pachyderm photo bomb. tourists catching to capture wildlife on their cameras just needed to turn around. >>> love that picture. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> i'm john muller. >>> another brutal cold snap for the upper midwest and rare snow and ice storm for the south. >> the national weather service shall ared winter storm watches and warnings from virginia all the way down to the gulf coast. >> parts of the carolinas could be buried under as much as a half a foot of snow. a rare southern winter storm stretching more than 1200 miles is expected to dump snow and ice from southern virginia into south texas. >> folks will be tempted to go out and cruise neighborhoods and want to look for the ice. don't do it. enjoy being at home. stay off the roads. >> reporter: residents were ordered to stay o

the death of music legend pete seeger. the singer-songwriter and activist took folk music from the fields to this world's biggest concert halls. actually singing woody guthrie's "this land is your land," but from his pen came "if i had a hammer" and "where have all the flowers gone?" he wrote so many wonderful songs and was a frequent face, too, of rallies and protests and special events for more than seven decades, even performing on the stechtz lincoln memorial for president obama's first inauguration. pete seeger, a true, true legend, was 94. >> i can remember singing his songs, especially his children's songs at summer camps and stuff, around the campfire. i mean, he's somebody who, wow, a real american treasure. >>> all right, coming up, olympic fears, a shocking statement from u.s. hockey officials about whether players will head to the games. we are live with the very latest. >>> and horror inside a high school cafeteria. a student set on fire. new developments this morning right after the break. are you ready grand

pete seeger passed away. he foundsed a radical student newspaper and described himself as a communist with a small c. he was fighting alongside unions and was indicted for contempt of congress for defying the house un-american activities committee. he had success with his musical kbrup, but many songs came fame through other groups. he was a voice of protest during vietnam playing for tens of thousands in d.c. then 40 years later he stood in front of the lincoln memorial alongside his grandson and bruce springste springsteen singing "this land is your land." he was a kennedy center honoree and a member of the rock and roll hall of fame. his impact on musicians from rock to folk, his tireless efforts to clean new york's hudson river and in the later years participating in the occupy wall street movement, pete seeger was 94 years old. >>> we want to get to the latest about the weather. the deep freeze continuing across so many states. 2,500 flights have already been cancelled because of the bitter cold. it it c

pete seeger's focus was on the activism.bama said today in a state, pete used his voice and his hammer to strike blows for workers' rights and civil rights. world peace and environmental conversation, and always invited us to sing along. and on his 90th birthday, bruce springsteen said about his beloved friend and collaborator, at some point, pete seeger decided he'd be a walking, singing reminder of all of america's history, a living archive of america's music and conscience, a testament of the power of song and culture, to nudge history along, to push american events towards more humane and justified ends. pete seeger was 94. his music is ageless. >> the song isn't a speech. a song isn't an editorial. a song is a story at best. and it can mean different things to different people. ♪ we shall overcome ♪ clovers and blue moons ♪ hourglasses, rainbows ♪ and tasty red balloons let's go! ♪ lucky charms ♪ frosted lucky charms ♪ they're magically delicious yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and

vietnam, civil rights and its anthem, "we shall overcome," match seeger and the movements.in this, 2009 at 89 years young, seeger performing with his grandson and some guy named springsteen at the first obama inauguration. ♪ this land was made for you me ♪ pete seeger, no matter what you thought of his politics, his words and music will live on forever. as one robert zimmerman said, without pete seeger, there would never have been a bob dylan. your eyes really are unique. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age, your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care experts as bausch + lomb. ocuvite has a unique formula that's just not found in any leading multivitamin. your eyes are unique, so help protect your eye health with ocuvite. [ all ] bigger! now let's say a friend invites you over and they have a really big, really fun pool. and then another friend invites you over who has a muc

this morning, americans young and old are taking to social media to remember pete seeger. ♪ pete seeger hundreds of songs, performed by many of the greats in american folk music. ♪ everything turn turn turn >> reporter: seeger's career as a mainstream performer with the weavers was ended by the red scare. he was blacklisted and september to jail for refusing to answer questions about his ties with the communist party and would reemerge as a pioneer of protest music. ♪ we shall overcome >> reporter: his song became one of the anthems for civil rights. another in 1962 to protest the vietnam war still resonated decades later in a concert against the war in iraq. ♪ where have all the flowers gone ♪ ♪ all my life's a circle >> reporter: seeger was a mentor to topical singers in the '50s and '60s, but his music inspired decades of generations, including bruce springsteen, who said seeger's music reawakened the lost voices of america. just last summer seeger sang with dave matthews and willie nelson at farm aid. ♪ this land was made for you and me ♪ >> and this truly sums up seeger, the messag

folk singer and activist pete seeger has died at the age of 94.ger's hits include "turn, turn, turn" and "if i had a hammer" he influenced bruce springsteen, joan baez , and dave matthews. those three performed at seeger's 90th birthday party at madison square garden. that sold-out show was also a fundraiser for his favorite local cause: cleaning up new york's hudson river. a warning this morning for smokers out there. another marlboro man has died because of a condition caused by smoking. eric lawson's wife says her husband died at their home in san louis obispo earlier this month. he was 72. lawson appeared in print ads for the cigarette company in the late 70's and early 80's. in 2006, he was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.or c-o-p- d. up until then.he was a marlboro smoker.up to three packs a day. in his later years.lawson became a anti-smoking will the latest on two people arrested for killing the un command at his 21st birthday party. twins arrested. will have details ahead. plus the winter blast from the midwest cancel

seeger's family said he died peacefully.e was 94 years old. >>> three people are dead after a helicopter crash in colorado. the three person crew was on a routine flight. the helicopter snagged a power line and went down north of grand junction. a mounted rescue pilot he was among those killed. the faa and ntsb are investigating the crash. >>> dozens remembering two people shot dead at the maryland mall. shopping center reopened. mourners left throw you ares and prayed. >> it is chilling to think people were witnessing all of this and the weirdest thing is not knowing the motive. >> 19-year-old aguilar is accused of killing two people inside the skate board shop in the mall on saturday before turning the gun on himself. a journal discovered at his house shows he was unhappy in life in general but no firm clues on a motive. aguilar's mother said she doesn't think her son knew the victims. >>> the united states strongly condemning an order to release 37 taliban prisoners from afghanistan prisons saying the prisoners pose a thr

pete seeger, remarkable man gone at 94. >>> moving on., president obama delivers his state of the union address before congress. according to new polling, the president faces a fractured nation skeptical he can turn things around. the nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows 30% of americans say our state of the union is divided. other words used to describe it, troubled, deteriorating and broken. just 3% believe the union is strong. 33% say they are pessimistic and worried about the remaining three years of president obama's second term. just 16% say they are optimistic and confident. so eight points down from the same time last year. 63% say they were currently on the wrong track, that we are on the wrong track, also up from last year. just 28% are satisfied with the economy. 71% are dissatisfied. when asked who the economy works best for, 81% say the wealthy and 53% say men. only 22% said the economy works for the middle class. all of those factors contributed to president obama's 43% approval rating. it is the third straight poll by

passing ♪ . >> you know the song, folk singer activist pete seeger died.ave all the flowers gone, one of his best known songs, became an anti-war anthem. his family says he died of natural causes. he was 94 years old. >>> this credit card warning has a lot of us checking our bills tonight. if you see a charge for $9.84, that's right, $9.84, your card could be in the hands of thieves. the better business bureau has gotten a flurry of calls. the charge is disguised as being from a customer service website and promises a full refund. an investigation into the thief found 230 websites all connected to a handful of individuals in london, india and cypress. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,, these are the hands a pediatrician. these are pioneering advances in heart surgery. and these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. they're the hands of the nation's top doctors. kaiser permanente doctors. and though they are all different, they work together on a single mission: saving lives. discover how we are advancing medicine at kp.org join us, and thrive. th

." >>> president obama paying tribute to pete seeger today saying the singer-songwriter believed in the power of "community." ♪[ music ] ♪[ music ] >> seeger died on monday night after 70 years in his career and performed into his 90s. best known for folk songs including turn, turn, turn, where have all the flowers gone. he died at the age of 94. >>> it is super bowl media day today on this tuesday before the gig game sunday and seattle seahawks richard sherman drew a lot of attention following that media storm from his post-game rant last week. >> i regret it just attacking a man, you know, attacking it and taking away from my teammates and just you never want to talk down on a man and to build yourself up and things like that so i regret it bad and i regret taking that attention away from my teammates. >> the denver broncos face the seahawks sunday in the super bowl. >>> fellow raiderettes are blasting a former cheerleader who is suing the raiders. a woman named lacy claims the raiders paid less than the minimum wage rate for cheerleaders but a retired rate read loreen lee says the $1

do i'm not a martin this is breaking the set yesterday the world lost a legendary man pete seeger was a folk musician who produced over one hundred records with hit singles such as where of all the flowers gone and guantanamera but seeger was also an extremely influential activist advocated for issues ranging from workers' rights to environmental conservation he was certainly a radical especially for the one nine hundred fifty s. when he openly oppose mccarthy's witch hunt against communism he was even thrown in jail for a year i mean subpoenaed by the house un-american activities committee in the sixty's continued to advance multiple progressive movements and helped popularize the civil rights and then we shall overcome so as we say goodbye to a true american legend or a number of people figure not only for his music first courage to defend and resist now let's break the sets. the police the killers they all are very hard to take the target. that he ever had sex with that her right there are those. that believe. the three little. little. little. separation of church and state is a no

pete seeger, his words, his banjo. take up a hammer for civil rights and justice. abc's john donvan, now, on the man who put music to america's conscious. >> reporter: watch what pete seeger did here two years ago. where just for a moment, he stopped singing, mid-chorus. ♪ to everything turn, turn >> reporter: knowing, the words would get sung by everybody else. for the better part of a century, that was one of his goals, whether singing other people's compositions, like dylan's "a hard rain's a-gonna fall." ♪ did you see my blue-eyed son what did you see, my darling ♪ ♪ young one ♪ if i had a hammer >> reporter: or his own, "if i had a hammer," which peter, paul and mary made famous. ♪ i got a hammer and i got a bell ♪ ♪ to everything >> reporter: or "turn, turn, turn," which was a huge hit for the byrds. ♪ a time for love >> reporter: the goal was to get everybody else up and singing. so, it was a natural, that he delivered to the civil rights movement, a song he collected from the labor movement and reworked, "we sh

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we remember pete seeger. >> your "new day" starts right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "new day." it's tuesday, january 28th, 6:00 in the east. i'm chris cuomo coming to you live from capitol hill. we're here at the belly of the beast because tonight the president's going to deliver his state of the union address. >> and i'm indicate bold juan in new york. the nsa spying on you through mobile apps. >> breaking news because overnight cnn learned that president obama isn't going to ask to raise the minimum wage. he's going to do it himself by executive order. that's right. an increase in the minimum wage to 1$10.10. what else does the president have in store for his sixth state of the union address. get ready to hear the words income inequality a lot. what will the president chart and what could be his last year to get anything meaningful done. let's go live at the white house with a preview. we've heard him talk jobs. we've heard him talk income inequality. what do we expect? >> reporter: kpst really going to be tough for him. in this announcement out just thi

do i'm not a martin this is breaking the set yesterday the world lost a legendary man pete seeger was a folk musician who produced over one hundred records with hit singles such as where of all the flowers gone and guantanamera but seeger was also an extremely influential activist advocated for issues ranging from workers' rights to environmental conservation he was certainly a radical especially for the one nine hundred fifty s. when he openly oppose mccarthy's witch hunt against communism he was even thrown in jail for a year when subpoenaed by the house un-american activities committee in the sixty's continued to advance multiple progressive movements and helped popularize the civil rights and.

somebody i knew and met three or four times, pete seeger, has died.ingle-handedly saved the hudson river. he was a great folk singer. he will be missed enormously by anybody with a conscience. and particularly, i hope that the people of west virginia who polluted that water would remember pete seeger and the people who are dying because of him. ♪ this land was made for you and me ♪ >> everybody. ♪ this land is your land this land is my land ♪ >> that was pete seeger and bruce springsteen singing together before barack obama's inauguration. he will be missed. >> that song will get in your head and never leave. so we'll be singing it tonight when we do the fox news chat. who do you think has the toughest job this week? anybody in football, the owners, the coaches, the referees? >> the people who clean up the stadium. >> a guy named john bateman. he's hired by the nfl as the meteorologist and he has to report every morning about the weather forecast for the game. you know, it's going to be great. it's going to be about 20 degrees warmer than today and i

. ♪ [music break] >> pete seeger and the almanac singers. at the age of 94 on monday here in new york at columbia presbyterian. president obama issued a statement from the white house yesterday before the state of the union address about pete seeger, saying once called america's tuning fork, pete seeger believed deeply in the power of song but more important, he believed in the power of community to stand up for what is right, speak out against what's wrong, and move this country closer to the america he knew we could be. he said, over the years pete used his voice and his hammer to strike blows for workers rights and civil rights and world peace and environment will conservation. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in the republican reaction to obama's state of the union cathys, how was woman mcmorris rodgers said securing our borders is a key part of immigration reform. >> yes, it is time to honor our history of legal immigration. we're working on a step-by-step solution to immigration refor

. >>> and president obama's reacting to the death of folk legend pete seeger at the age of 94. "if i had a hammer" and "we shall overcome," which became an anthem for the civil rights movement. he was a dedicated peace act vi -- activist. he said, he believed in the power of the community to stabbed up for what's right, speak out against what's wrong and move this country closer to the america he knew we could be, reminding us where we come from and showing us where we need to go. we'll always be grateful to pete seeger. >>> a new photo exhibit in new york city has a lot of people talking. photographer ellen jacobs spent four years photographing dozens of nannies and the children they care for in her series called "substitutes." she says, quote, i live on manhattan's upper west side here. the women pushing the strollers are almost always black and the children white. i wondered why. my work explores the social, racial, and economic relationships that power from i affect life and largely go unnoticed. my images are about the things that seem natural but aren't. photographer elle

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comcast nbcuniversal jon: american folk legend pete seeger pass the away.al hit songs including "where have all the flowers gone" and "turn, turn, turn". he popularized "we shall overcome." he also inspired many other famous musicians. here is more in the fox 411. >> rock n' roll hall of famer pete seeger was as iconic as they come. he lived 94 years, enter twieping his musical career and political activism. he wrote owe co-wrote, if i had a hammer and kisses sweeter than wine. in 1948 he joined the weavers, a quartet that set the stage with hits like "good night irene." in 2009 he was still singing. in a statement today, the president sent his thoughts and prayers to pet family saying once called america's chewing forks, pete seeger blefed deeply in the power of song but also believed in the power of community to stand up for what's right, speak up to what's wrong and he believed in the power of the community. even in his 90s he took part in occupy wall street demonstrations. he was most recently in the news after his wife of nearly 70 years passed away an