i told you, i want snoop lion. i am not doing no snoop dogg.rs tended here what you used to sound like. you sounded also on qassam. i am not rapping on this. i need reggae. tavis: how difficult was it for you, since we are so used to you during your -- doing your stuff, how difficult was it to surrender yourself to somebody else's writing? >> i trust me. i never doubt me. you know what i'm saying? when you trust yourself, it does not matter who. i came out with dr. dre. how could i be more critical than being with the greatest producer in hip-hop? he takes me and he baptizes me in the game on my first record. not even talking about his record. to me, i baptized him because i took him to the hood. my second move, my record, he baptized me. i learned that sometimes i am at my best when i allow you to work on me. because i cannot see that. i'm too busy doing it. tavis: you mentioned dre. a lot of folks you have been on this journey with, speaking of collaborating. thankfully, dre is still here in a major way. >> and healthy and making a cake -- ma

that was then, now the superstar goes by a new name, snoop lion. part of his remarkable transformation. from movies to music to coaching football. he does it all. mr. lion, thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> i'm a huge fan of yours. tell me why you have dawn from dogg to lion? >> it's a transformation musically, spiritually, and mentally. i went to jamaica on a journey to make some music and it eventually became, you know, engulfed with the spirit of rostafarri and the spirit of reggae music, and the transformation was nesary. it became what it is. >> jamaica is a special place, isn't it? i have good friends from there, u usain bolt and others. it's a special place. >> it is. once you engulf jamaica, it takes over you. no matter what kind of person you are, it's a spirit of love and caring and giving that becomes a part of you. once i became a part of jamaica and the culture and music, it took me in as a brother. >> bob marley is up there smiling down on you. >> that's what it's about. to me, the whole title of the record reincarnated is becaus

did you even know he was snoop lion now, chip saltzman? >> i was behind the times. thought it was snoop dog. that's what i grew up with. >> and that's why i went to karen. many thanks to both of you. >> just a ahead, out on the football field a current nfl player is considering coming out within the next few months. what it will take for that to happen and what that will mean. also, fighting back. chicago teachers put their freedom on the line to protest the decision to shut down dozens of public schools. first, though, today's producer pick. the 15-year-old pakistani girl shot in the face by the taliban nearly six months ago will be telling her story. her memoir will be published this fall. wait until you hear how much the deal is worth. you can read about it all on thomas roberts' facebook page. introducing new febreze stick & refresh with command strips from 3m. designed to stick and eliminate odors anywhere. like this overflowing trashcan. to test it, we brought in the scott family. so what do you smell? beach house and you're looking out over the ocean. some pla

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>>> what do snoop lion, the former snoop dogg and rand paul have in common? smoking pot is crazy. >> the last two presidents could have conceivably been put in jail for their drug use. look what would have happened. it would have ruined their lives. they got lucky, but a lot of poor kids don't get lucky, don't have good attorneys and they go to jail. >> i think it actually would be the last three presidents but who's counting. >> apparently chris wallace. so could rand paul turn the red states green? turning us senior editor for th reporter and cornell belcher. first of all, i have to say, gay marriage and now marijuana legalization, or at least decriminalization. what is going on with the republican party? >> well, you know, i think what's really interesting there is, on the one hand, you've got this liberal shift on social issues on those two issues, and you're not seeing it on abortion. you've seen a real divergence where the country seems to be getting if anything more pro-life and when we could talk about social issues at one monolith ick whole, that's o

>>> tomorrow night snoop lion will talk fame, family, music, guns, drugs and spiritual transformation. the artest formerly known as snoop dogg, a fascinating encounter. that's all for us tonight. "anderson cooper" stars now. >>> we're following even more dangerous winter weather tonight. massive snowfall, deadly, icy roads, and the wind you normally see in hurricanes. we'll show you who got hammered and who is still in harm's way. >>> also breaking news from a place dedicated to preserving dedicated animals. a woman is mauled to death taking care of a lion she was trying to save. a lion which once appeared on "the ellen degeneres show." >>> we begin though with crime and punishment in the jodi arias trial and what could be a unique preview of what way the jury is leaning. what happened today in court is only permitted in two other states. jurors asking questions of a witness. and they had questions for the woman who shot, slashed, and stabbed her boyfriend to death. and now says her unbelievably brutal attack was self-defense and not cold-blooded murder. more now from our randi kaye.

. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> tomorrow night snoop lion will talk fame, family, music drugs and spiritual transformation. a fascinating encounter. "anderson cooper" starts now. >>> thanks. good evening, everyone. 10:00 here on the east coast and following more doing you winter weather. deadly icy roads and the kind of wind of hurricanes. we'll show you who got hammered and who's still in harm's way. >>> from a place dedicated to endangered animal. a woman is dedicated to death by a lion. we begin, though, tonight with "crime & punishment" and the jodi arias trial. jurors asking questions of the witness. and they certainly had questions for the woman who shot, stabbed and slashed her boyfriend to death. and now says her unbelievably brutal attack was self defense and not cold-blooded murder. more now from our rand yi kaye. >> reporter: more than 100 questions from the jury to jodi arias delivered by the judge. they started with a zinger about the digital camera. >> why did you put the camera in the washer? >> i don't have memory of that. i don't know why i would do that

. >>> tomorrow night, snoop lion talking fame, family, music, guns, drugs, and his spiritual transformation. a fascinating intercounter. that's all for us tonight. >>> we're following even more dangerous winter weather tonight. massive snowfall, deadly, icy roads, and the wind you normally see in hurricanes. >>> also breaking news from a place dedicated to preserving dedicated animals. a woman is mauled to death taking care of a lion she was trying to save. we begin though with crime and punishment in the jodi arias trial and what could be a unique preview of what way the jury is leaning. they're asking questions of the witness, and they had questions for the woman who shot, slashed, and stabbed her boyfriend to death. and now says her unbelievably brutal attack was self defense and not cold-blooded murder. more now from our rand yi kaye. >> reporter: more than 100 questions from the jury to jodi arias delivered by the judge. they started with a zinger about the digital camera. the couple used to take naked pictures of each other right before the killing. >> why did you put the camera in th