so the tipper gores and the senator liebermans and even the hillary clintons are very good for us, you know, when they attack the music. i've never felt that threatened, although i am working very closely with the hip-hop action network, and i'm back and forth to washington, protecting our first amendment rights. i don't think that they can really stop the music. there's nothing they can do about it except be angry. these records are going to get played, and these kid's ideals are going to be heard. and the more they attempt to shut 'em down, the more popular the artists and the music get. and it kind of reaffirms that it's young people's music. so when the old people are coming after the young people, they just get more rebellious. but this is a different story. i mean, they were upset about the language of some of these artists. most of their stories are really about survival and even condemn-- whatever you may view as negative is probably condemned on the rap record-- that you don't like. but the real thing is, when these rappers say things that are--that are important, and they mov

if it was lennon or mccartney, i would have felt dissed, but"-- [laughter] now, i remember when tipper gore came up with the parental advisory sticker and fear of a black planet was coming out. and automatically, they said that we had to wear the sticker on the cover of fear of a black planet, which was gonna mess up my artwork. and i was like, "well, i don't have anything derogatory "towards anybody in this album. i'm not saying a lot of curse words," i said. if they gave me "caution: revolutionary lyrics inside," i could agree with that. but i couldn't agree with the fact that parents had to watch out for what i had to say. i think that was the one of the most examined albums all the way up to eminem. and the fact is, they couldn't find anything inside it but deep, detailed discussion on things i think young people could look out for when they get older or even older people could look towards themselves or look towards their peers to inform them while still having a good time and jumping up and down and going to the concerts and doing their thing. i learned from james brown, "say it loud;

>> reminds me of the attention al and tipper gore breakup got. is there a certain amount of media pandering here? all those -- churning michelle about what really happened and was there another woman? why now? >> well, this is what happens with celebrities in particular. if you have a run of the mill politician who no one cares about -- anybody care why gray davis, you know, what his personal life is like? we are talking about a man, in particular, the governor is famous for all the rumors about his inappropriate touching or whatever on the movie sets. she stood by him during that period of time. people want to know now what happened. >> on that point, i talked to mark of the "l.a. times" that broke that story and said it came up in political circles and went to the family and asked about and it got the statement. he says he feels the "los angeles times" had a special responsibility to report on this because it had broken the story in 2003 when arnold was running for governor about 15 women accusing the then candidate of different kinds of sexual

al and tipper gore. tony danza, ending his 24-year marriage.n, divorcing after 20 years together. couples married over 20 years are making up 25% of all divorce. what's causing this 20-year itch? >> they're not saying as a generation ago was, i'm getting older. i better stick with this person. he'll take care of me. they're saying, i'm getting older. i only have so much time. better use it to the fullest. let me get out of here. >> reporter: all right. the couple does stress they have not filed for divorce. they have been spotted around town together, as recently as sunday, mother's day. and that they have real problems to work out. and different paths to follow. they say they are friends. and they are committed to raising those beautiful kids together. >> they celebrated their mother's -- celebrated their anniversary together. yet, they are apart. >> different paths. he's heading back to hollywood. the terminator is back. so, we shall see. >> hope it works out for them. lara, thank you very much. >>> now, to josh for the news. >> a question an

. >> how much tension goes on when somebody leaves office, al gore and tipper.hey were one of the top political couples in the country. you know, they ran causes together, they -- when he ran for president, she was right there beside him and then they split up, you know. >> well, but it's really difficult. it's really difficult in this world of politics particularly when you're that high-profile. you have not administered to the needs of each other during that time period because the world becomes where you live, where you recreate and where you do everything else. you can't easily give that up. and believe me when you no longer have the power it's real live difficult to withdraw. >> so why -- when bill and hillary -- when hillary and bill left the white house, people were betting they would split up in a short period of time. instead they have stayed together all the way through. why? because they stay out in the world rather than come back home? >> absolutely no change in their lives. in spite of the fact that they are not in the white house anymore, they are

made it clear this is a separation and not a divorce, another high profile couple split up, tipper and al gore some time to focus on what they want to do in the future. maybe that will include a reconciliation. >> thank you both very much. good to see you both. >>> coming up on "the early show," a special look at unemployment. what jobless americans are doing to cope. >>> later on, tablet computers are all the rage, but can they make your computers obsolete. you're watching "the early show" here on cbs. ? obsolete? you're watching "the early show." >> this portion sponsored by staples, easy to buy, easy to fix, easy to save. to buy a new laptop. or get one fixed. with highly trained tech experts, staples makes repairing technology easy. staples. that was easy. maybe it's because their department store makeup is so expensive. simply ageless with olay regenerist serum costs less and it won't glob up in lines and wrinkles. you'll look amazing and happy too. simply ageless, from olay and easy breezy beautiful covergirl. >>> welcome back. one of the biggest legacies of what's become known as the gr

. >> we saw it with al gore and tipper a few years back or a year back.ng a little bit of this trend. what surprised me the most from the study is why women want to leave. >> yeah. >> can anyone guess? >> it's good. >> you have to watch the segment. >> there you go. >> the whole maria shriver and arnold thing, i was so disappointed by that one. i thought they were long timers. >> you want people to work. you want relationships to work. >> that's the fairy tale, right? >> the most bizarre couple to begin with. i was rooting for them from the very beginning. >> that's a strange coupling but go for it. >> maybe they'll be back. i tried. >> very good. >> i'll be back. >> we'll talk about that and hopefully -- by the way, ages 50 to 54 the highest rate of this stuff. we'll tell you about. >> you have a little time. >> you're good. ,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back to "the early show." a beautiful view of midtown manhattan on a beautiful, not so bad saturday. not beautiful. not too bad saturday morning. no sun. >> no sun. >> not raining. not snowing. >> but we have goo