tell us what's so special about little stevie. >> stevie happens to be blind.e was abandoned when he was like a month old. he had a really bad accident. they had to -- you know, after everything was said and done, they had to take out both of his eyes because one was infected and was one so damaged. he's probably the most adorable and best-behaved puppy you've ever met in your life. i couldn't live without him. we decided to bring him out to the game that night. i adopted him the next day. >> is he a team dog? is he your dog? >> he's my dog. he's in chicago right now. he's just here for about a month, living in the locker room. he was like our team mascot. it was pretty great. everybody pitched in and was helping raise him. he couldn't have been any happier. you know, he would brighten up everybody's day. win or lose, we'd come in and get to see stevie. it was really uplifting to have him around the dugout. >> how does he get along without any vision? >> got to be sense of smell or hearing or something. he gets his way around. he very rarely bumps into anything

do you like stevie wonder? i love stevie wonder's music.here's going to be a tribute to him by the band house gigs. it's their first show there. it starts at 7:30. i'm welcoming the producer danny schwartz. thank you for being with me. >> it's my pleasure. >> a tribute, three hours, all his music. >> we're doing so much of his music. we've been doing it for about eight years now. it's been a long time coming to do the stevie wonder tribute. it's just amazing. we have 60 musicians performing on saturday. it is going to be d.c.'s best players. we have chopped teeth, a ten- piece afro funk big band. we have julia nixon. we have the leader of one of the biggest salsa bands in d.c. we have eric scott. we have all these wonderful, wonderful musicians. we also have a bunch of new young musicians kenny wesley pairing up with people they've never met who have been playing decades longer than them. it creates this wonderful excitement and it all surrounds a great catalogue of music. >> i'm so excited. why did you select stevie wonder? >> we obviously

>> we like stevie nicks.formance. wow. in his new film, the american pie star is taking on american politics in a movie called "grassroots." he's waiting in the green room. but fi >>> first off, no one going to quote you. grant, no one is going to quote you. i actually thought you sounded -- >> no, i didn't. don't lie to me. what the hell was that? it sounded like angels were coming out of his mouth. >> jason bates plays an unlikely campaign manager in grassroots. it's based on an actual election in seattle that happened about a decade ago. >> of course, we remember him from all the american pie movies. but he's a broadway veteran who started acting at five years old. jason biggs is all growed up and here in studio 57. >> hello. >> when you walked in the building today, did you get a happy tingle? i understand from -- that you were the world -- >> in this very building for a year i worked here. from the time i was 15 to 16, yeah. and nancy worked on it and for a lot longer than i did. yeah. brings back a lot

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we are talking about stevie wonder. group of local musicians will pay tribute to his one of a kind sound with a local tribute. joining us is the man behind the special show. he is the founder and director, one of the founders and director of band house gigs. good morning. also i want to introduce you to lea singing and playing guitar and on base will henderson. they are a couple of the many, many musicians taking part in the show saturday night. how many musicians in this one. >> 60. >> 60 musicians, singers, horn sections. it's quite a production. a chance for people to see an incredible array of d.c. based talent coming together to play the songs of steve very wonder. >> putting their own spin on the music. some will be close to stevie version, some not. >> people have ideas for a different arrangement. sometimes we go with that. people don't always get the chance to see that. people like julia nixon, marion redmond, kenny wesley. of course lea, tommy and soul crackers. >> all kinds -- >> anita king. tremendous collec

[applause] >> how many know the song living in the city by stevie wonder. that great skit at end where stevie plays all the voices and gets arrested. new york city, skyscrapers and everything. this is a poem that reimagines that gentlemen exists the bus in that skit as john henry. this is a section of it. skyscrapers and everything. j hammer henry mallet [inaudible] could barely fit hammer poking out like natural man's skyscraper to the concrete for deep machine sleep abouts income. don't go john henry traffic man, don't go across that street. the flood song poems were poems written in reaction to katrina. how can i enter that space of writing poems about that. i'm not from there and don't have family there. who benefits from that tragedy? who benefits from that disregard for humanity and the thought animals would benefit from that. this first poem is flood songs number 4 mosquitoes drinking didy. >> drink every hour next up this hour and every hour after. was born in the river there is enough to go around. drink every hour on the hour and every hour after.

i look over my shoulder, stevie wonder the reagan over here, the pointer sisters. -- stevie wonder.pointer sisters. we watch the movie, and it was fabulous, and we laughed, and everybody said, this is going to be huge. a month or two goes by, and everybody says, we are going to send you a song. see if you want to sing it. the guys the growth of donna summer's record are going to work on it. it sounded like are huey lewis thing. it sounded like something i might do, so i said, i can do it. i had a little christmas money, and i was happy. tavis: i am out of time. i am going to convince glenn frey to stay for another night, and we will take up this story about spending money for christmas. the new project is called "after hours." i think he is going to love it. his parents are going to love it. we will consider this conversation tomorrow. until then, as always, keep the faith. ♪ >> for more information on today's shown today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with glenn frey. that is next time. we will see you then.

have teamed up and you have a chance to see them for free and we're talking about rod stewart and stevie knicks. >> and for a chance to win two tickets to the show, come to our website. you must be 18 to enter and a legal resident of d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> and every time i think of him, i think of if you want my body and you think i'm sexy. >> you ruined a perfectly good stevie knicks song going through my head. >> i know rod stewart. >> and that is a good song. >> yes. >> and what are you trying to stay say? >> yeah. >> and that is fantastic. >> and now the weather. and -- >> you're right. a flash flood warning and into the county and we'll go out sledding here in frederick. otherwise, all that is getting much, much needed rain and some parts of the area with some heavy rain. to the south and east, to cambridge and that is a good thunderstorm. all of this is associated with a cold front that came through late yesterday during the afternoon and that is hanging up across the area and that is going to be slow to clear and not seeing much in the way of sunshine and some good news,

>> fleetwood mac. >> oh, i know fleetwood make. >> okay. -- fleetwood mac. >> and i know stevie nicks. >> yes. >> and enjoying rod stewart. >> yes. >> and we're going for some nice weather. >> there you go. >> the weather is going to be fine and cooperate. going to have clouds around from time to time and temperatures are in the upper 80s and humidity. but, better than last week. 87 the high at reagan national. dulles, 85; bwi marshal, 86 and for the first time in about two weeks, the temperatures were actually from -- and the temps were below normal yesterday and we'll take it. more of the same today and most of the week, the temperatures are going to trend a few degrees below average and 77 in washington. 67 in martinsburg; 73, hagerstown and that is moved with a few clouds out there and showers and thunderstorms to the south and that is a frontal system on sunday, to the south close to richmond and charlottesville. the showers are bubbling and thunderstorms and the farther south, the better cloud cover and can't rule one out here in washington and to our north. generally, we'll be

we are talking about rod stewart and stevie nicks.heir heart and soul tour 2012 comes to the verizon center on july 27th. >> for a chance to win, go to myfoxdc.com and you must be 18 to enter and a d.c. resident or maryland or virginia. you used to be a stevie nicks fan back in the day. didn't you have a little crush on her. >> i was a little young but she's beautiful. >> didn't you say they are getting back together. >> yes, in 2013. >> they get together for a summer and do some other things and come back together. >> fleetwood mac. >> let's take a look at our weather. >> it looks okay. it won't be the beautiful sunshine we've had but the temperatures will stay a little cooler than they have been but maybe a couple of needed showers. running about a 6-inch deficit so far this year. so honestly, every drop we get will be good news. generally very light. much of this is not touching the ground. but off to the south and west, it hasn't made a lot of progress to the east. o the eas front royal, after been in the showers for the past hour

only 3 shots behind adam scott whose caddie is stevie williams.he your leader. >>> the usa getting closer to official olympic basketball games. they're playing england this morning. there's only three guys who are going to start every game. westbrook throwing it down. lebron james doing his thing here. kobe tyson chandler. they win this game 118-78. >>> and jeremy lin, last time this year, cut by the houston rockets, he's back officially day. turned on new york city for a month last city. he's hoping to give the same boost to the rockets. >>> the troubles of dennis rodman hopefully turned a little for the better today. according to him, he has not seen his estranged father for 42 years. he was in the philippines for an exhibition game. fillander rodman junior has acknowledged 29 children by 16 mothers. they only talked for about three minutes. i'm not making the name up. [ laughter ] >> and dennis was signing autographs and talked to his dad for about three minutes and gave him his phone number. >>> and andrew luck officially an indianapolis colt.

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main characters in the book, stevie and susan.sports writer when i realized i wasn't a good enough athlete to make a living as an athlete. when i was in college i started writing about sports rather than competing in college. i was lucky. it gave me a way to be around sports, carry out my passion for sports and to get paid for it. i sometimes think, it's amazing, i get paid to do things that normally people pay to do. i was very lucky to stumble into it in college. >> we should all be so blessed. >> i consider myself blessed every day. >> thanks so much. first find out how the kids rated the book. on a scale of one to five, rush for the gold gets four and a half stars. you guys really enjoyed this. >> yes. >> i paid them off. >> that's a good way to make sure you get the stars. >> whatever works. >> joking. if you're between the ages of 9 and 12 and you'd like the chance to be our next guest kid, head to today.com. >>> time to reveal our next book in al's book club for kids. it is "vanished." by sheela chari. thanks so much, john.

talking about the heat is on, you reference going to at a screening, and use of quincy jones and stevie wonder and a few other great songwriters. what kind of songwriters and would intimidate you? i do not mean in the terms of frightening you and schering the gift out of you, but people who just look at you and say, that is a songwriter? >> brian wilson, smokey robinson, marvin gaye, paul simon, james taylor, for starters, don henley. tavis: have you figured out -- i always ask this question of every great songwriter what makes a great song for you. >> nothing is out of place. everything that happens in a song is natural, and you never go, why did he go to that gordcord? it always has a natural flow to it, so it is a certain combination about the lyrics and how it all flows together, and the other thing is it is visceral, and it gets you in a place of his mind, spirit, body, a cause big plays that happens when we listen to music -- a cosmic plays that happens when we listen to music. i have been playing some shows at the orchestra, and people in the audience -- i am not going to just in

. >> stevie wonder, neil young and foo fighters are just some of the talent scheduled to appear.there is quite a line up. >>> tonight on "world news," bold strike. an international mystery with real consequences. a bomb wipes out many of the syrian ruler's closest henchmen. is this the beginning of the end? >>> severe storms. lightning, hail, tornadoes hitting the northeast tonight. knocking out power, bringing travel to a standstill. >>> manhunt. heart-stopping video. a little girl nearly snatched by this stranger in broad daylight. how police are enlisting every one of us to identify the predator. >>> made in america. the firestorm over those olympic uniforms, made in china. well, what about the clothes on your back? tonight, david muir with american workers who are already

. >> rose: little stevie said this. we... was trying to be something, a doctor or dentist or lawyer or something. it was us who failed at that. >> rose: they were the misfits. >> rose: we had no place to go. that's all we knew. >> he wasn't a quarter back in a football team or a merit scholar. bruce springsteen as a kid, his early bands, hid behind a big curtain of long hair and practiced and practiced. you know those kids in high school and most of them don't become rock stars. >> rose: how conversational is he with you. there's a lot of quotes here. but just in terms of being interestingly and amazingly introspective about who he is and understanding perhaps with the help of therapy all of the twists and turns and realities of his life. he is a tribune for the dispossessed and the middle-class and the working class yet at the same time... >> at the same time he's on vacation in david geffen's boat and he lives on 400 acres in mid-central new jersey. he gets the joke. >> rose: he gets the joke. >> i think he gets it. >> rose

women who push the boundaries, a sneak peek for the country's most powerful conference for women in [ stevie wonder's "i just called to say i love you" plays ] ♪ ♪ i just called ♪ to say i love you ♪ ♪ i just called ♪ to say how much i care ♪ [ female announcer ] chevy cruze. from the top of your mind to the bottom of your heart, chevy runs deep. >>> hey, i'm lala ali. watch me on ""our world with black enterprise."" >>> welcome to "our world with black enterprise." i'm marc lamont hill. like her father, she floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. now she's not pulling any punches in her current fight. >> i'm here with athlete, entrepreneur, philanthropist, lala ali. >> and mother. that's a big one. >> you become mother again. >> a little girl and little boy. i'm done. i'm happy. >> i suppose you're not getting any sleep? >> no. but i can keep it moving. we're launching a new campaign called "pair up." kiz any disease affects 30 million americans. nine out of ten of them don't even know they have it. >> we all know someone suffering from diabetes or high blood pressure. a lot of the w

that is what is going on in our world, up next. [ stevie wonder's "i just called to say i love you" plays ♪ ♪ i just called ♪ to say i love you ♪ ♪ i just called ♪ to say how much i care ♪ [ female announcer chevy cruze. from the top of your mind to the bottom of your heart, chevy runs deep. >>> for decades his name sin none news with mary j. blige and sean combs. now he's looking for the next big star. ♪ >> welcome to harrell records. >> i recently caught up with him at the studio. >> thanks for spending time with us, brother. >> my measure. >> you can't talk about modern music without talking about you. many of the big names, you're connected to. how did that happen? >> i guess some of it was timing, some was luck. i think it was i was a rap star, i was in dr. jeckyll and mr. hyde. i used to work for r russell simmons, i wanted to do r & b, i bridged the culture with new jack swing. ♪ >> when you started off the group, you had hits yourself, three big hits. what made you leave being an artist --. >> what made me leave i was a manager as well as being an artist, l.l. cool j., when he got

that's what's going on in our world, up next. [ stevie wonder's "i just called to say i love you" plays ♪ ♪ i just called ♪ to say i love you ♪ ♪ i just called ♪ to say how much i care ♪ [ female announcer chevy cruze. from the top of your mind to the bottom of your heart, chevy runs deep. get educated. don't brush us aside and don't count us out. hear more of their stories at usoinvisiblewounds dot org. >>> this is blair underwood. >> i'm nicole ari parker, you're watching "our world." >> on black enterprise. >>> foredecades it's been lights, camera, action for these two superstars. now they're hitting the stage on broadway for their debut. they are our all-access guests, blair underwood and nicole ari parker. >> you must be stanley. i'm blanch. >> yes. >> where's little woman? >> in the bathroom. >> here with the stars of the revived hit "a streetcar named desire," blair underwood and nicole ari parker. con gratelationgratulatio congratulations. that's a big deal. >> yes. >> the shows are closing out around us. it's by word of mouth. the word on the street is this is the show to come

. >> that's going on in "our world" up next. [ stevie wonder's "i just called to say i love you" plays♪ i just called ♪ to say i love you ♪ ♪ i just called ♪ to say how much i care ♪ [ female announcer chevy cruze. from the top of your mind to the bottom of your heart, chevy runs deep. ♪ [ male announcer savor life's real moments... ♪ ...with mccafé real fruit smoothies. ♪ [ all surprise!! ♪ [ male announcer in 3 real delicious flavors -- wild berry, mango pineapple, and strawberry banana. mccafé real fruit smoothies at mcdonald's. because life is meant to be enjoyed again and again. the simple joy that lasts forever. >>> recent headlines reveal an array of injustices impacting our community. questions about the fairness of the economy and the criminal justice system has sparked a rise of social media driven abili activism. and the killing of trayvon martin caused such an uproar that even president obama had to comment. >> my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son he'd look like trayvon. >> occupy wall street, voter i.d. requirements and stand your g

shoot me an email or tweet me and let me know why you're awake right now or do what miami stevie vanord awake followed by your response to 622639 and we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, july 16th. there's a lot going on, the red cross joining the u.n. in joining the conflict in syria, a civil war. we'll have a live report from the region. >>> plus, a bat slips out of the hands of the yankee player and flies into the stands. not usually a newsworthy event, unless the bat hits academy award-nominated director spike lee. we'll show you later. but first the news live at 5:30 a.m. here in washington, d.c. we begin with the race for the white house. in the escalating battle over mitt romney's tenure at bain capital. today, president obama will

and a sit down with rock'n'roll legend stevie nicks. a little later on "cbs this morning." >>> for now, though, that will do it for the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. as always, appreciate you watching. take care everybody. i'm terrell brown. take care everybody. i'm terrell brown. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com www.vitac.com >>> several fires at a fan as a park. why they're being called suspicious this morning >>> police are chasing down a teacher >>>

shoot me an email or tweet me and let me know why you're awake right now or do what miami stevie van zandt does, text the word awake followed by your response to 622639 and we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this monday, july 16th. there's a lot going on, the red cross joining the u.n. in joining the conflict in syria, a civil war. we'll have a live report from the region. >>> plus, a bat slips out of the hands of the yankee player and flies into the stands. not usually a newsworthy event, unless the bat hits academy award-nominated director spike lee. we'll show you later. but first the news live at 5:30 a.m. here in washington, d.c. we begin with the race for the white house. in the escalating battle over mitt romney's tenure at bain capital. today, president obama will hold a town hall meeting in cincinnati, where he will continue the push where the narrative that a vote for mitt romney is a vote for outsourcing. mitt romney's tax policy will result in more american jobs moving overseas. >>> over the weekend, the pres

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." ♪ with a drunken stevie nicks. >> was there any kind of stevie nicks in the 70s. >> stephanie: i don'ts' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. ♪ >> look at her, steve, that is the most tasty, low fat -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. . >> -- ever. [ laughter ] >> this is the "stephanie miller show." i am chris lavoie. that is jim ward. and in new york we have john fugelsang for fridays with fugelsang. >> good morning, guys. >> good morning. stephanie is taking care of her puppy max who had a medical emergency last night. >> he broke into the wine cabinet, didn't he? >> yeah kind of. >> you mean wine armoire. >> all right. we're going to dan who is a reporter from denver. good morning. >> good morning. >> the biggest situation right now is the fact that the apartment complex of the shooter, james holmes, 24 years old, he told police when they found him in the parking lot of the movie theater, that his apartment building is booby trapped, and it is. so now what we're doing is -- is people who live in the apartment billing were evacuated early this

where stevie wonder jay-z, tom hanks and other celebrities were in attendance. coming up next: the best jobs for women. also ahead: a shock to the tech world.... yahoo introduces their new c.e.o. and later in lunchbreak: we're making a classic italian seafood pasta dish: "frutti di mare" the folks from villagio ristorante in roselle are here! hsbc did business with firms linked to drug cartels and terrorisms and iran ... there were details of lax controls at affiliate's of the bank around the world ... there were grilled at a hearing in washington today with a expressed remorse ... on four flights from amsterdam to the united states on sunday delta air lines reports that it is taking a matter seriously where it found sewing needles and some of the food on board flights ... at 37 years old person meyer brings a legacy of engineering expertise from google to your who where she has been appointed the new ceo ... and women continue to earn 82¢ on every male dollar ... the highest paid job is that of a pharmacist lawyers computer information systems managers and doct