there's going be vocal inflections, there's how the rhythm sections work together, the drums, the percussion work together. it's really complex, but a lot of times if you listen to a song and you pick apart each part you realize that there's no one part that is just incredibly complex. they're all real simple parts, all put together weaved together to make this thing that sounds really complex but in its essence it's really simple. [mellow rock music with flute and drums] (berlin) the live performance-- that's the place where we get to sort of try it out on people and see how it works. the parts really take on a new depth to them. (glabicki) the audience gives to it. you can visualize it as a tree. back to when i receive a seed of it i bring it until it's about this big, you know and i present it to the band and then we work on the foundation of it. then when you perform it it starts to change all different seasons, and change colors, and then it gets much bigger. then you truly realize that there's something bigger happening. it's not your song anymore. it's gone. [music continues] funding

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the rainbow! ♪ >>> ron's percussion can mean only one thing. time for "pop news." >> oh, wow. th our backup band. >>> we'll start with music. everybody -- ♪ it's time to play the music it's time to -- ♪ it's time to play the music it's time to light the lights ♪ ♪ it's time to meet the muppet the muppet show tonight ♪ >> okay, we're going to keep going? disney and abc are now confirming that there is a "muppet show" revamp. the original show featuring kermit the frog, miss piggy, and fozzie with guests like elton john aired from 1976 to 81. >> i remember it well. absolutely. i identify with animal. i feel like you might -- >> ah! is that animal? >> animal was the drummer. >> i totally can relate. >>> the final season of "mad men" kicks off tonight. in preparation of the big event, i have the theme music playing. you might recognize it. and put together a pop quiz to find out just how mad we all are. jump in with your answers. okay. how many secretaries has don been through? ron, i know your guess. >> three. >> four. >> five. >> nine. >> nine? >> that's not true. >> that is true

the weekend in lima peru. more than 2,000 people playing a percussion instrument called the kakone all at the same time. >> they were attempting to set a guinness record for the largest cahone ensemble ever. wow. pictures of the video of the event have been analyzed. they have to be analyzed before the new record is declared. i hope that sets the record. otherwise 2,000 people got together for nothing. well maybe for something. >> it's actually the 8th annual event taking place actually this coming sated. >> that's good. they said 2,037 people actually showed up. that's good. this cahone the only thing that i can think of sounds like cahones. i wonder if that's related. i don't know. you look at this and you see all these people together. it's kind of amazing. big party. >> it sure is how do you investigate that for us. >> a scary break in at a suburban home. the culprit was not human. >> also ahead, the reunion 25 years in the making involving a young man and a quick thinking cop who saved his life just hours after he was born. >> but first military boot camp where no men are allowed. the first women to go thr

because the reason it haste major re percuss cents beyond his offers and office in north jersey, playing leading role on iran and cuba every day and then we see key deciding vote on coincidentally the president's choice for the next attorney general loretta lynch, and it is the same attorney general's office, the justice department, that just indicted him yesterday. so he is now said by staff to vote yes on lynch. that will will break the 50-50 tie, after saying he was going have staying while his case was going through the justice department. so likely not happy with eric holler the current attorney general, he want to see him go as fast as possible, because he made the ultimate decision to charge menendez. and the charges, if you haven't red the 68-page indict, why that's normally boring stuff this one is really startling and head turns beyond all the stuff we already new in it, first class travel menendez buddy paid for, and the senator did not report, required by law, from the smaller first class plane ticket from newark, down to west palm beach for just 900 bucks, to private charter

the most popular instrument they want access to? >> definitely percussion. no doubt about it. is a close second. >> really? >> maybe. >> clarinet? >> trumpet is a good one. >> the woodwinds and trumpet -- the noisiest. >> they love it. making a statement. >> music director for the bso, conductor conductor. thank you very much. >> thank you for being here. >> appreciate it. that will wrap it up for msnbc live for me in baltimore. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern and throughout the day here on msnbc as we continue to cover the unfolding event in baltimore. the death investigation of freddie gray. until then keep the conversation going on social media@roberts@msnbc. "the cycle" is next. american express for travel and entertainment worldwide. just show them this - the american express card. don't leave home without it! and someday, i may even use it on the moon. it's a marvelous thing! oh! haha! so you can replace plane tickets, traveler's cheques, a lost card. really? that worked? american express' timeless safety and security are now available on apple pay. t

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the laboratory island. it had all these wooden structures on it. that's where they're making everything explosive. powder, percussion caps. everything was coming off of there and it completely escaped evacuation fire. in 1863, it did blow up. a little girl caused an explosion that killed almost 69 of her colleagues. but the day it should have exploded it didn't. what's cool about this especially from today's standpoint, is you have got all the important sites that you can see like the gun foundry which is now the american civil war museum. and over here with the unfinished roof, well, that's where i work. it's always neat to see places you are intimately familiar with in an 1865 photograph. that photograph is now chock full of exhibits and displays helping you understand richmond's history during the civil war. i prefer this one which is up on the richmond and petersburg embankment. this thing here is a burned out gate onto a bridge that is burned out as well. you're overlooking the ruins of the federal arsenal or armory. this is essentially the war making heart of the confederacy. without what you're looking at in this im

the day, this is a police officer who is trained. he knows how to fill out police reports and arguably we would want him to do that accurately. so this has wide percussions with respect to whether or not this is something this police officer has done in the past and whether or not this is a police department that tolerates filling out inaccurate police reports and here you can see that this is such a miscarriage of justice in this particular case that for him to do something like this, it just speaks so many volumes. >> which we don't know yet, that is still going to be looked at and investigated. i want to turn to the other shooting that we've been focused on in tulsa, oklahoma, fred, to you on this. we know we heard that bates, the man who shot the suspect, was a reserve sheriff's deputy. is he even a real cop? what was he doing in the first place, part of the undercover operation armed with a gun and it'ser? >> it raises troubling questions in my mind. the fact he's a reserve deputy, is he -- has he been properly trained certificated. why is a reserve deputy out there with deadly force with a firearm and taser? you know, the real question that comes t

the power of satisfaction. ♪ >>> oh, yeah. >> uh huh. >> sara may be gone. but ron is still percussingit away. >> rachel smith, great to have you. what you got? >> great to be here. you're up for this. this morning, diehard "grey's anatomy" fans are still reeling from a mcnightmare after an 11-year run, oh yes, a mcnightmare. after an 11-year run on the hit show patrick dempsey, his character known as dr. mcdreamy flat-lined in a shocking twist. following his character's death dempsey tweeted i love you all to his fans. but his good-bye is making some wonder if this is also his departure from acting. crazy, right? he's hinted in the past at wanting to take up his racing hobby full time. he enjoys getting on the track, racing around. according to a rep from "entertainment weekly," he's likely taking a step behind the camera for the time being with two tv pro squekt -- projects in the works. >> i heard he was going to med school. >> really? >> to become a doctor. >> a real dr. mcdreamy. >> a lot of viewers were torn up. >> we may not see his dreamy self on screen. but we'll feel his pres

he does a lot of percussive therapy which keeps his lungs clear. >> in the last 15 years groundbreaking research has occurred. new drugs are becoming available every year. in the past doctors have only been able to treat the symptoms and not the cause. recently a new drug has come out that treats the root of the disease. >> more recently we have been able to treat the basic defect. a treats the genetic defect in cf. lung function is improving their weight is improving. it has been a dramatic change from the time we used to treat the symptoms. >> the new treatments are a tremendous symbol of hope. these exciting advancements were made possible by the generous funding from the government and nih 20 years ago. >> in the early 2000's, the nih legit doubled -- budget doubled. congress and everyone came together recognizing the orton's of medical research -- importance of medical research. it went from $11 billion to $20 billion in a few years. >> the federal government had made devastating cuts to the nih within the last five years. >> it started to level up and go down. as of fiscal year 29

percussive therapy, which also keeps his lungs clear. narrator: life with cystic fibrosis is difficult but in the last 15 years research has occurred.drugs are becoming available every year. in the past, they have only been able to treat the symptoms and not the cause. recently, a new drug has come out that treats the root of the disease. >> more recently, we are starting to be able to treat the basic defect in cystic fibrosis.a nd and that is treating the genetic defect in cf. your lung function is improving, the weight is improving. it has been a dramatic change in cystic fibrosis from the time we used to treat the symptoms. now we have the capability to treat the basic defect. narrator: the new treatments are symbol of hope in the community. these advances in biomedical research remain possible in part by the generous funding the federal government gives the national institutes of health or nih 20 years ago. >> in the late 1990's, the nih budget doubled. it was a fantastic time. everyone came together, congress and the president came together recognizing the importance of biomedical research. they doubled the budget. it went from