- tony touch.may not know who this legend is, he's the mix tape king. that's right. [record scratching] the mix tape, a new york city '90s hip-hop institution, and arguably the most democratic form of music sharing there ever was. and before hip hop was really a thing, or before any radio stations saw its true potential and bothered to play it, it was djs like tony who would create mixes on cassette tape. you were keeping certain music alive, right, that wasn't getting radio play. - exactly. nobody was playing hip-hop. [hip-hop music] - tony touch and other djs played their tapes in clubs around the city, but hip-hop's big breakthrough happened even earlier in 1977 when lightning struck. no, no. i mean, literally. like, lightning struck and knocked out the power to most of the city. ♪ it all happened in 1977. and the blackout did what? - it boosted hip-hop 'cause now everybody was robbing the electronics stores. so now we had, like, 1,000 djs in new york. - once all those new djs started creating b

i'm thinking of dj tony touch and so many other people that have been instrumental in things like culturere great inventors we got incredible ingenuity. we were part of the building of the hip hop culture. it's black culture, but we did an assist. we did a scotty pippin to michael jordan the photographs you see at the beginning of hip hop, that was us the beginning of break dancing graffiti, we were the instrumental purveyors of that art craft. that's what i go around america finding this latin excellence. >> i gotta tell you, after watching your series, i actually went and listened to dizzy gill gillespie. i'm thinking that tito was brought in in 1942 you talk about tito. also, it's so important that in los angeles, for example, where you speak to gina torez about being afro latino. many times afro latinos are double ignored >> white latinos and white passing latinos like myself get a break, even though it's tough for us it's tougher for our indigenous latinos and afro latinos i have always said that. that's got to change we have to fight for them and the vulnerable -- the people vulnera

you've been getting in touch with your thoughts . in touch with your thoughts. tony taxpayer money to pay the planning costs . genius alan. the planning costs. genius alan. the pewerhrheht— planning costs. genius alan. the government should be encouraging buy government should be encouraging hwy te— government should be encouraging hwy te tet— government should be encouraging buy to let landlords— government should be encouraging buy to let landlords because rhertpapes— buy to let landlords because mortgages becoming mortgages are becoming unaffordable— mortgages are becoming unaffordable for first time buyers.— unaffordable for first time hwyers. the— unaffordable for first time buyers. the more rental preperttes— buyers. the more rental properties that come onto the market,— properties that come onto the market, the— properties that come onto the market, the cheaper rents will heeerhe— market, the cheaper rents will heeerhe wh— market, the cheaper rents will become win win— market, the cheaper rents will become win win and colin, ahether— become win win and colin,

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tony blair. lots of you guys getting in touch— tony blair. t think neenre— be much safer? i don't think people een— be much safer? i don't think people even really stick to rnese— people even really stick to these temporary speed measures anwwaw. — these temporary speed measures anwwaw. krenarr— these temporary speed measures anyway. richard says you need big nenew— anyway. richard says you need big nenew rer— anyway. richard says you need big money for big brains , but big money for big brains, but wen-re— big money for big brains, but wenre anrre— big money for big brains, but you're quite harsh. you you're sawrne— you're quite harsh. you you're sawrne rr— you're quite harsh. you you're saying it doesn't— you're quite harsh. you you're saying it doesn't apply to rnnnrne— saying it doesn't apply to running councils ? goodness me. running councils? goodness me. rearw— running councils? goodness me. nawr-nw— running councils? goodness me. nawr-nw eennerr- running councils? goodness me. daryl my council tax has daryl says my council tax has rsen

touch with beijing, but beijing refused. naturally, especially after the disruption of tony linkin's visit to china because of the history ofusion that and so the confrontational policy that the united states is pursuing against it it is irreversible that this is indeed a strategic choice, at least yes, the current political elite, as the united states and a. china is of course preparing for this increasingly intense clash with the united states. uh, one of our colleagues. here even from my point of view. very figurative uh, comparison is an observation, more precisely, that in washington and in the european union they urgently demanded from china uh that the pin called zelensky and they told me, well, in general, in vain. they say that there was no chinese answer, the answer was that the minister china's defense came to moscow is this is cooler. e some kind of call, which, moreover , you acted would not take place on the introduction, but under pressure. and we'll be back on the ad in just a few minutes. the world's first movie filmed in space, you 've never seen anything like it you're ready to fly into space vladimir mas

touch. helen says tony— for getting in touch. helen says nonny onntntng— for getting in touch.y? we more money. yeah look, we- families-, okay? we know families fall out, okay? we know ttot— families fall out, okay? we know tnot. ant— families fall out, okay? we know tnot. ant tt-s— families fall out, okay? we know that. and it's always difficult nnetner—or- that. and it's always difficulti whether—or not. whether you're a royal or not. tut— whether you're a royal or not. tut tt— whether you're a royal or not. tut tt you— whether you're a royal or not. but if you were— whether you're a royal or not. but if you were william or the ttng— but if you were william or the ttng or— but if you were william or the ttng on ony— but if you were william or the ttng on ony ot— but if you were william or the king or any of the— but if you were william or the king or any of the royal family, you-t— king or any of the royal family, you-t te— king or any of the royal family, you'd be terrified— king or any of the royal family, you'd be terrified to say onytntng— you'd be terrified to say anythi

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tony blair. a lot of you guys getting in touch tonight at lots of them disagreeing with you.e police are utterly dreadful and- 0 037 the police are utterly dreadful and there's no leuef— utterly dreadful and there's no leuef epeuf— utterly dreadful and there's no doubt about that— utterly dreadful and there's no doubt about that in the met, enplew— doubt about that in the met, employ nepfcfc— doubt about that in the met, employ rapists, all of them. the wef— employ rapists, all of them. the flee enplew— employ rapists, all of them. the met employ rapists, misogynists and murderers.— met employ rapists, misogynists and murderers. outside, outside . leneen— and murderers. outside, outside . leneen weue— and murderers. outside, outside . london you've struggled to fne— . london you've struggled to ffne enwpeew— . london you've struggled to find anybody who ever has a punplenw— find anybody who ever has a burglary, investigated . you burglary, investigated. you cfnplw— burglary, investigated. you simply simply— burglary, investigated. you simply simply get a police, you knew,— si

touched on this. this is an issue where, um, you know, the super majority of americans had a broad, if uneasy consensus right that clinic tony in formation of safe, legal and rare. you had around 15% of americans wanted a constitutional ban on abortion. 15% there said there shouldn't be any restrictions. but most folks were in the middle overturning roe. that unprecedented step all of a sudden makes republicans they look like a party that is about big government. they look like a party. that's uh, hostile to individual freedom, or at least self determination within these . these are the common sense structures that people had. and so i'm fascinated republicans are preoccupied by, you know, they got this generational win something that activists have been pushing for within their party without public support. and now a lot of them are afraid to talk about it. they don't want to because they think it's bad politically, while other folks that party wanted even more maximalist position, which they denied, was ever their case when they were trying to overturn roe desantis. i wonder to katie. as you look at all of this, even from

touch just like they didn't touch it before the 2020 election after that new york post bombshell came out. think about what this means, by the way. a future secretary of state in tony blinken sets in motion something that is actually worse than watergate. i hate to go all carl bernstein on you here, but think about what happened here. a presidential campaign, working many concert with 51 former top intelligence officials who, without seeing the evidence, the access to the laptop itself all in unison come to the conclusion that it must be russian disinformation, it came from the kremlin. today didn't say it because they necessarily believed that, they were trying to manipulate the electoral system themselves. you want to talk about collusion, social media from there, they cent censor -- censor accounts that share the story, engage in the type of behavior that would make pyongyang proud, and then the final baton is passed to traditional media who outside of this network and a small handful of others worked to squash and mock and dismiss this bombshell. if that isn't an attack on democracy9 and the electoral positive, i don't know -- process, i don't know what is. it'

touching moment there. at broadway's longest running show is preparing for its final curtain call. if you haven't seen it, you better get there. andrew lloyd webbers tonyrd butler. the last show this sunday, 5:00 p.m. huge congratulations to everyone who has worked on "phantom" over the last thing five years. -- 35 years. bravo. in music news this morning, yes, john mayer -- i did it, george. one john mayer fan going viral at a recent concert in seattle. it stopped the singer in his tracks during the show. i'm taking notes. look at this. >> i'll tell you what, this sign is so clever, i will play the song. let's do this "the price is right" style. i say b. [cheers and applause] >> john went on to play the song. he d he's ever seen. he also just announced the extension of a solo tour kicking off in madison square garden right here in new york city. yes, i have purchased my tickets. [laughter] i will do something. >> very clever. >> finally this morning charlie brown's best friend, snoopy, may have been a beagle in the beloved cartoon, but his doggy doppelganger is a mini sheepadoodle. those eyes, ears, the little smile. one fan commenting we can finally

i think labour lacks the touch of an alastair campbell, maybe a peter mandelson. don't forget that tonym not going to read that one out to— um oh, i'm not going to read that one out to you, dennis. rtease— that one out to you, dennis. rtease te. — that one out to you, dennis. please do. no,— that one out to you, dennis. please do. no, don't think please do. no, i don't think i sav— please do. no, i don't think i sav tnat— please do. no, i don't think i can say that on— please do. no, i don't think i can say that on tv. colin please do. no, i don't think i can say that on tv . colin says can say that on tv. colin says ttts— can say that on tv. colin says tnts. eettn— can say that on tv. colin says this. colin, thank— can say that on tv. colin says this. colin, thank you very much for this. colin, thank you very much ter veur— this. colin, thank you very much for your message.— this. colin, thank you very much for your message. he says if ertvate— for your message. he says if private schools— for your message. he says if private schools have charge private schools have to charge var— priv

touching british soil till they get past all through the system. and that's it. and that was to what they did in australia to and tony which has been nicked by the and played the tories and he played very well. abbott knighthood of well. tony abbott knighthood of course, and the very course, is form and the very idea that these people idea that we stop these people be the real world, we think it is the role it should be the real world. yeah. if you stick a cruise ship in the middle of the channel then you have a legal problem because these people are not they're not criminals . not they're not criminals. they're not under arrest. they're not under arrest. they're not under arrest. they're not being imprisoned. they've to be able to move about , which is one of the problems about about the idea of sticking about about the idea of sticking a boat just offshore. you've how do you get them back within ? do you get them back within? fourin do you get them back within? four in a busy dock in the channel to land here with legal intention. i'm going to say there is nothing illegal taking a small boat across the channel. yeah