that's because they didn't have the one thing that elvis presley had -- colonel tom parker.d the notion that he was going to perform in las vegas gave a lot of people that did not come to las vegas on a regular basis a new excuse to come. zoglin: it so happened that the international hotel was just being completed. it had 2,000 seats, twice as large as any showroom in las vegas, and they were looking for a suitably big star to open the hotel, and they wanted elvis. but the colonel said, "elvis will play your hotel, but he doesn't want to be first." the hotel was still being completed, he wanted to make sure that all the sound system was right, there weren't any glitches. he said "let somebody else be first, we'll come in second." so the hotel went to their second choice. barbra streisand opened the hotel in july 1969. ♪ colonel parker had in mind a traditional kind of vegas show with dancing girls and stuff. elvis said, "i'm doing it my way or i'm not doing it." man: i think you're aware that this is called elvis' summer festival. i feel that we, as members of the internatio

alabama chief justice tom parker is a self-described constitutionalist and during that interview in whichovernment, he also said he was constitutionalist and carries around a pocket constitutionally. does this not have the first amendment in it? >> exactly. i mean, the very first part of the first amendment is the establishment clause, which says, congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. and that basically means that the government should not have an official or favored religion. and there are a lot a very good reasons why the establishment clause prohibits that. for example, it protects the civil piece if the government, any government, can have a favorite religion, then you're going to have a competition among various religions to try and become the favorite. that would cause strife. the separation of church and state actually protects the favored religion, because anytime religion gets intimately involved with the government, it unfairly compromises its integrity and finally, the government is not supposed to have a favorite religion because it undermines the

. ♪ zoglin: strangely enough, he never toured outside the u.s., partly because his manager, tom parker was being pushed to the limit. he just should not have been performing as much as he was, both in las vegas and around the country. elvis needed help. schilling: "why didn't anybody do anything?" that question comes up. well, i can say i did. and i went to vegas. when i got over there, he was really in bad shape. and i had a confrontation with the doctor. i said, "i better never see this man like this again." of course, next day, he went to elvis, and i go there, and elvis is really upset with me. "when you get your damn medical degree, you tell my doctors..." ♪ sidney: in his last years, he was just going down, you know? he was grossly overweight. he was sweating, and... i felt badly for him. he was declining. it's like my husband said, "showbiz is the greatest business in the world if you're on top. anything below that, it's not very good." ♪ don't be cruel ♪ ♪ to a heart that's true ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ newton: i noticed a decline in elvis' appreciation of being on stage. i could see that hi

behind this decision is a christian nationalist, alabama chief justice and off-duty captain crunch, tom parkerviously, judge parker's ruling is disastrous for people trying to have children through ivf. because it would force parents to pay for lifelong storage fees of embryos they will never be allowed to discard. so people are gonna be desperate for cheap storage spots. if you go to your parents' place, do not open that christmas tin from the popcorn factory! it's your frozen brother! experts say this ruling would "require embryos to remain in cryogenic storage even after the couple who underwent the ivf treatment have died and potentially even after the couple's children, grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren have died." that's gonna make for some weird family reunions. "parker, say hello to your great-great grand-embryo. i don't care if he smells weird, give him a kiss!" and this alabama ruling is really just the beginning. as of 2023, fetal personhood bills have been introduced in at least 14 state legislatures, and they've already been enacted in georgia and missouri. on the bright

the current chief justice, tom parker, who cited bible verses in his opinion in the ivf case, is tooer the state's constitution to run again. dasha burns is reporting from montgomery, alabama. how much is the ivf controversy looming over the super tuesday contest today? >> reporter: well, it's certainly looming, chris, but perhaps differently here in alabama than it is across the country. look, let's remember this is a case that was ruled here in alabama. the deep red, religious south. there are a lot of folks who agree with the supreme court decision who do believe that embryos are children. there are also plenty that disagree. we've had a wide array of conversations with folks at the polls today. take a listen. do you think people who want to have children should have access to ivf? >> i don't know about that because i believe in god put them when they want them. if they supposed to have a baby, let god do the work. >> reporter: it's a tough spot for you. >> it is. it is. i mean, abortion and the whole thing, i do think they're children. >> reporter: how important is that issue of

. >> claire did you say tom parker? >> obviously they go way back. and tom is not running away. he's been there an awfully long time. he's rounding the corner, he is now over in front of the senate section and once he gets another few paces he will be up on the dais. >> does this make you miss it, where these fun nights or were these work? >> the first time, the first couple of times, it was really interesting and i kept pinching myself that i was where i was, when barack obama was elected president while he was running, they were very interesting. we had an interesting vignette, about whether or not barack obama snubbed hillary clinton that night, but after you've gone to about six or seven or eight, then, you really think they take too long. >> it's like the junior prom was exciting but if you had to go to postgrad prom -- postgrad prom is very sad. >> i don't know what that is. >> everybody has childhood issues. all right, let's settle in. president biden delivering the state of the union for 2024, as prescribed in our constitution. we do this every year and it's never the sa

parker have all been recognised for their performances this year. the hit musical sunset boulevard scooped 11 nods, including scherzinger for best actress in a musical, and tom manager gareth southgate — has nine, withjoseph fiennes receiving his first. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. after a very wet february, the rain has continued to fall during march, particularly across southeast england. here, it's been much wetter than average. we've seen two inches of rain, 50 millimetres in some places — and that's more than the average march rainfall, and we're not even halfway through yet. it is looking a bit drier for the southeast in the next few days, but there is rain elsewhere. and we'll see a spell of milder conditions in the next few days — that's because the air is coming all the way from a long way south, up across the uk. in between these two weather fronts here — and it's this second one here that's focusing the rain as we head into wednesday. now that is stumbling its way across scotland and northern ireland, heading into northern england and north wales. there'll be some sunshine following to the north, but the winds picking up,

parker have all been recognised for their performances this year. the hit musical sunset boulevard scooped 11 nods, including scherzinger for best actress in a musical and tomjoseph fiennes receiving his first. with me is our reporter meghan owen. interesting that this year quite a few hollywood names. 50 interesting that this year quite a few hollywood names.— few hollywood names. so many familiar faces _ few hollywood names. so many familiar faces for _ few hollywood names. so many familiar faces for the _ few hollywood names. so many familiar faces for the also - familiar faces for the also glamorous. annoyingly glamorous. we know herfrom the glamorous. annoyingly glamorous. we know her from the pussycat dolls and she's in the running for her starring role in the revival of lord andrew weber sunset boulevard. that's about a faded star of the silent screen era. it's also the first time that sarahjessica parker has been nominated. of course a six and city star but now she is up for best actress for her performance in plaza suite she's actually appeared alongside her husband matthew broderick in the 1968 play for the critics have said that her performance a