she said shout out to the legendary roots crew karen, where are you right now >> i'm in tulsa, oklahoma >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about, bud um, now, karen, last week daft punk broke up after being together for 28 years. they put on amazing shows. who was the first concert you ever went to >> my first concert ever was hanson >> jimmy: wow. oh, my -- wow. that's -- that is fantastic. i love that. hanson what is something you think you probably yelled at that concert? >> i love you, taylor! >> jimmy: yeah, i love you, taylor roots, we have our pal, karen, here her first concert she went to was hanson, i love that. and during the concert, she yelled, "i love you, taylor! since daft punk just broke up, can we do a song for karen in the style of, like, daft punk, or "get lucky? ♪ ♪ karen is he name freestyling is her game sh came in from ♪ ♪ tulsa, oklahoma and right no it's bound to ♪ ♪ get ugly y'al know we walk the ♪ ♪ funk there won' be no more daf punk because it ended ♪ ♪ the first concert you attended ♪ ♪ it was hanson h-a-n-s-e-n is how it's ♪ ♪ spelled and whe the band cam o

karen is in tulsa, oklahoma. karen is a republican. karen, good morning, also a veteran. >> actually i'm not the veteran myself. i'm the wife of a veteran who has been put into a nursing home with alzheimer's. and i have been working for almost two years to be able to get his benefits increased and to get him the care that he needs. and it seems like there are too many silos in the va as far as who does what, when and where and the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. and i end up going around in circles, and it's very confusing. i'm not sure exactly what can be done, but it would be helpful if there was a place to go. i had signed up with bso who's not helpful and it's like i said a little confusing. >> karen, who's your member of congress? >> as far as the house it would be kevin hern. >> okay. and you work from oklahoma, right? i suggest you also get in touch with your member of congress regardless of party, usually have a caseworker. some more than one caseworker that are dedicated to troubleshooting veterans issues

>> reporter: it was just before tip off and the high school girls basketball tournament near tulsa, oklahoma. the announcer sounded off using racist and explicit language not realizing they were speaking into the hot mics. >> they're kneeling? [ bleep ], kneeling like that? >> reporter: the announcer were not part of the school's district contracted by an outside group an dr. reno met with the players today. >> reporter: what was your first reaction when you saw that video? >> disgust and outrage and that hit me hard. i want to support them in their decisions in everything they do >> reporter: norman teachers took a knee in support. the city's mayor tweeting her outrage and from a state lawmaker -- >> reporter: were you surprised when you heard that language >> i was angry and frustrated particularly on the issue of kneeling >> reporter: the norman tigers are back on the court, this time both teams taking a knee one player summed up the event saying this is why we kneel. blayne alexander nbc news >>> the airforce is detailing a security of failure that allowed a man wandering off airfield la

t aaron is in tulsa, oklahoma. rrepublican and good morning. >> actually i'm not a veteran myself, i am the wife of a veteran who has been put into a nursing home with alzheimer's. i have been working for almost two years to be able to get his benefits increased and give him the care he needs. it seems like there are too any silos in the va as far as who does what and when and where. in the right hand does not know with the left hand is doing. and rain of going around in circles and is been a confusing that i'm not sure exactly what can be done but it would be helpful if there was a place to go. i had signed up with bso who is not helpful. and like i said, it's a little confusing. >> who is a member of congress. >> as far as the house, kevin earned. takano: and you are in oklahoma right. okay. so i suggest that you also try to be in touch with your member of congress regardless of party they usually have a caseworker, so more than one that are dedicated to troubleshooting veterans issues so i would recommend that y

host: tulsa oklahoma, republican, good morning. caller: good morning, i am glad we have a climate expert on because i wonder whatever happened to al gore's global warming scenario, particularly with all the democrats voting in colorado on climate change with getting all the snow and ice and so forth. what was the reason since the solution to climate change was and is the same as the solution to global warming? how come we moved away from global warming, because that could be measured, whereas climate change really is more of a difficult thing, since the climate always will change? host: climate change and the politics of it on capitol hill today? guest: climate change, i think the caller is getting into maybe the change in rhetoric from global warming to climate change. i don't have the numbers in front of me but i think maybe, probably last year, maybe the year before was the hottest year on record. if you keep on looking at global temperatures, they are rising more and more each year. that said, i think climate change refers to a

16 men's games scheduled today and we already have an upset. 15th seed oral roberts here, the tulsa, oklahoma team taking on second seed ohio state. in overtime oral roberts kevin o'baner inside scoring almost half their points 30. last chance for the buckeyes down three. dwayne washington had to go, had to have it, no. had a good look at it, but oral roberts pulled off a stunner, 75-72. they became the ninth 15th seed to upset a two. >>> pivot to hockey, a loose puck on the ice. somebody get a stick on that. sharks hosted the st. louis blues in white. san jose had a man advantage up 1-0, but st. louis tyler bozag, right place right time tied it up in the third period. game went to a shootout and here's how this ended. vladimir tarasenko got it by martin jones. the blues won it a final 2-1. the sharks have lost three straight. >>> golf at honda classic, wesley bryant today, took the ú hit it out of the mud, need a couple hacks to get it out of trouble. he was trying to save a good score. bryant shot a 6 over 78 and missed the cut. >>> shout out usf women's basketball, they won their nit opene

good luck charm to send a number one seed packing and how a 15 seed from tulsa, oklahoma, snuck intoeet 16. got from games to play, but they're looking good to start no upsets on the women's side as top seeded stanford opens tournament play with an emphatic statement, way no stephan curry is out. but for how long and how his replacement has gone from the gene league to having a major impact.

on february 16, tulsa, oklahoma, 13 degrees below zero. did that weather fold into this?like you put together a three month moving average based off what was clearly a disturbing cold? michael: two factors went into these numbers. one is the cold and the snow. the fact that much of the country shut down for several days if not a week. one of the best performances in the numbers is food and beverage stores were flat on the month. grocery stores up .1%. everything else is down. the other factor that comes into this is everyone got their stimulus checks in january, the $600 come and they spent. we got the huge retail sales numbers for january, 7.6% on the revised basis. we did not get anything in february. jonathan is right. the checks went out. the direct deposits went out this last weekend on the $1400. let's see what happens in march. tom: we have a fed meeting coming up. michael mckee in the press conference. michael mckee with all of our economic coverage. an hour ago we spoke to ian lincoln -- ian lyngen, head of u.s. rates. he joins us this morning. i make jokes but i

a christian university, in tulsa, oklahoma. had no idea. >> tough sight. real tough. >>> march is women's empowerment month and it is all about amplifying voices. >>> giving a bay area broadcaster a major audience is and a microphone. here is nbc bay area's anthony flores. >> she is a familiar voice on your radio talking sports. >> and they did. i love radio. >> reporter: kate scott is the host of the morning roast on 95.7 "the game." >> are you having as much fun as it sounds like you are on the radio? >> i'm glad it sounds like that. that's what we always hope happens. and, yes. >> born and raised in the central valley, she's been on the tv and radio air waves in the bay area for a decade. she's worked as a play by play announcer, anchor, host, and reporter for the pac 12 networks. now, she is getting her shot at the nba. doing radio play by play for the upcoming, warriors-bulls game. >> broadcast the warrior game! >> it was pretty overwhelming and i didn't believe them, at first. >> reporter: scott will join analysts mary murphy and warriors sideline re

come from tucson arizona ♪ ♪ where you come from where you come from ♪ ♪ where you come from tulsa oklahomaney, you guys. sitting on some bitcoin type of jam. next up is a power ballad, i love those things. from a singer, named jimi adam the song is called "naked in the rain." there's jimi right there, fully clothed in the rain. also, i don't think that's really rain in the graphic but, anyway, he's not naked, not in the rain. doesn't matter the name of the song is "naked in the rain. let's take a listen. ♪ ♪ naked in the rain naked in the rain ♪ ♪ living without yo i just feel so naked in the rain ♪ ♪ naked in the rain so naked in the rain ♪ ♪ living without yo i just feel so naked in the rain ♪ ♪ naked in the rain ♪ >> jimmy: stop, stop, stop, stop i think i got it >> tariq: i like that he just got straight to the title. >> jimmy: that's it. doesn't do anything else you don't know how he got there, or how he got his clothes off. was he locked out, in the weather. he didn't have his weather app, he didn't have his phone with him or nothing >> tariq: nothing. >> jimmy: and there he was, nak

. >> alcindor: 65-year-old michael karr lives in tulsa, oklahoma.r of former president donald trump. and, while he's eligible to receive the vaccine, he's still not sure if he will. what's the hesitancy there? >> i've never had the flu vaccine. i'm 65 years old. probably should be getting the flu vaccine, but i don't. am i chancing it? yeah, probably. but i just have never taken the vaccine before. i didn't really see the need for it. i'm kind of in that same boat with covid-19. >> alcindor: karr is not alone. according to a recent pbs newshour-npr-marist poll, 41% percent of all republicans say they won't get a covid-19 vaccine. that makes them the most vaccine hesitant demographic in the nation. and public health experts warn, if that opposition continues, it could significantly hamper the effort to slow the spread of covid-19. the virus has already killed nearly 540,000 americans. public health officials believe somewhere between 70% and 85% of all americans will need to take the vaccine in order to reach what's known as herd immunity. >> my fear

. >> three games went to overtime but none was more thrilling than 15 seed oral roberts from tulsa, oklahoma's march. expect the unexpected. >> reporter: their first ncaa tournament victory since 1974. another first -- >> it's a two-possession lead for the scarlet knights. >> reporter: -- rutgers stealing their first tournament win in nearly four decades. and while this year's tournament is taking place in indiana, it was not a good day for the hoosier state. their only team in the tournament sent home. >> for three, it's good. >> reporter: north texas knocking off purdue for their first ever ncaa tournament victory. >> and there she is. sister jean is ready. >> reporter: and it wouldn't be march without sister jean, the 101-year-old making the trip to cheer on loyola. according to espn more than 16 million brackets were submitted this year, and after just one day of the tournament, less than 1% are perfect. i decided to join the quest and put my knowledge to the test enlisting the help of my very own bracketologist and sports guru, j.j. faris. how do you have so much time to know this much

. >> reporter: it was just before tip-off in the high school girls basketball tournament near tulsa, oklahomaist and explicit language, not realizing they were speaking into hot mics. >> they're kneeling [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the announcers were not part of the school district, contracted by an outside group which announced an investigation. norman school superintendent met with the players. >> what was your first reaction when you saw that video? >> disgust and outrage. and that hit me, hard. support them in their decisions, in everything they do. >> reporter: today, norman teachers took a knee in support. the city's mayor tweeting her outrage. and from a state lawmaker. >> were you surprised when you heard that language? >> i wasn't. i was -- i was -- i was angry. i was frustrated. very frustrating that some of that's been so normalized. particularly, the issue of kneeling. >> reporter: tonight, the tigers are back on the court. this time, both teams taking a knee. saying simply, this is with he kneel. >> our thanks to blayne for that report. >>> meghan markle and prince harry

she's here now in her palm sunday's best is retired principal from tulsa, oklahoma and dedicated church what made you decide -- because the rest of us, even when we're not going to church on zoom, we're straight up in sweats and, you know, t-shirt and slippers. what made you say, you know, i need to look my sunday best? >> i didn't want to get out of a habit of dressing because i didn't want to become a slob. i wanted to keep my spirits up. and, also, maybe to keep the spirits up of our other church members. >> i've been with kendis, the rag amuffin. i don't think i've worn a waistband that wasn't elastic in 52 weeks. you've been doing this. you haven't missed a sunday service. you did it to inspire other people. how has it made you feel, also, dressing in your sunday best? >> it has made me feel real good! i believe that i was giving a service for myself and also a service to others. i just love serving others and helping others and so i was just delighted to do that. especially after i had received so many favorable responses of what i was doing and the way i dressed and the message i

there is a project plan for tulsa, oklahoma. are there any changes you would make in the future in a chipping program? -- chip in program? >> one of the things we learned is that the way the chip in act is set up is it is geared toward large facilities. the two examples of omaha that have been delivered in tulsa that we are working on our large facilities. very large facilities. that is not always easy to raise the funding on the donors aside for facilities that large. we are looking at is there a way to put the focus on mid tier facilities? something like a smaller outpatient clinic, is that something that might be a little easier from the donor perspective? i think we learned from that that we can change the way we do chip in projects. some of it -- some of the contracts are things we can do on our own, not with donors. i would like to ask for a couple of examples of that. >> chip in has been successful. they mentioned a couple of changes that we think will benefit the program. one of the biggest things that we learned is fran

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. >> reporter: it was a question that came up when we traveled to tulsa, oklahoma, to tell the storyfrom "watchmen" they tell the story of the black americans killed. they have just now finding the remains of some of these victims and the families here want reparations too. >> do you support direct payments to these families. >> i do personally, yes, for the reparations simply is repairing past damages and making amends. a segment of that can be cash payments to individuals who were directly harmed. i don't think there's anybody there would not support that. >> well -- >> given -- >> we will get back to that in a second. >> given the history and i'll put that in context, from its face value, you get a lot of resistance. >> yeah. people don't like to write checks for -- we -- >> uh-huh. >> you know, people don't like to write checks for things that -- for sins that they don't feel they committed. >> reporter: we'll have more on our investigation into the tulsa massacre later in the series at the end of the series. we're also working on a podcast that dives deep into that story that wi

karen is in tulsa, oklahoma. karen is a republican. good morning. also a veteran.aller: actually, i am not a veteran myself, i am the wife of a veteran who has been put into a nursing home with alzheimer's. i've been working for almost two years to get his benefits increased and get him the care that he needs. and it seems like there are too many silos in the v.a. as far as who had -- who does what when and where, and the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. i end up going around in circles, and it is very confusing. i am not sure exactly what can be done, but it would be helpful if there was a place to go. i have signed up with a vs oh who is not helpful, and like i said, it is a little confusing. guest: who is your member of congress? caller: as far as the house, it would be kevin hern. guest: ok. and you are from oklahoma, right? caller: right. guest: i would suggest you also try to be in touch with your members that your member of congress. members of congress regardless of party usually have a caseworker, some more than one caseworker, that are

host: let's go to cliff who is calling from tulsa, oklahoma. cliff, good morning.aller: on my seventh year of a.c.a., originally started out with really like $150 a month and i think i pay $300 a month. couldn't get insurance any other way. we have a deal called sure oklahoma on every year self-employed and was $60 a month. tobacco settlement actually funds it. they dropped income from $55,000 to $20,000 and hardly anybody can get on it and they're forcing us on the a.c.a. it should have been called the blue cross and blue shield act. i don't understand why the president of the company can get a $50 million salary with all these people all over the united states are going without insurance. we need to take the profit out and post the price list all over. my wife has a prescription and of course she's on the medicare and singulair costs $28 a bill for -- pill for her pain medication. host: you're the second or third person i heard this morning say we need to take the profit motive out of health care. how do you do that without the government taking over the entire h

host: this is carol out of tulsa, oklahoma. good morning.ler: good morning, i am from boca raton, florida originally, but i moved here not long ago because of my daughter and her family living here. my little dog and i have come here. but i will go home to florida when i die, be buried in the national cemetery. i had my shot yesterday. it didn't even hurt. i feel fine today. i didn't feel anything today, i don't feel anything today. host: thanks for sharing your story. nic florko, on those stories, this issue that has come up this week -- no scholars happy about their experience -- concerns about vaccine hesitancy. did that come up at the hearing? guest: it did, and this is an issue that we have known about in this country for a while. this has been the big concern. it is supply going to outpace demand? will there be vaccine hesitancy keeping us from her community? there was some talk about it that yesterday's hearing, but no policy announcements. my colleague at stat news recently wrote a story that the administration is readying a big camp

host: tulsa oklahoma, republican, good morning. caller: good morning, i am glad we have a climate expert on because i wonder whatever happened to al gore's global warming scenario, particularly with all the democrats voting in colorado on climate change with getting all the snow and ice and so forth. what was the reason since the solution to climate change was and is the same as the solution to global warming? how come we moved away from global warming, because that could be measured, whereas climate change really is more of a difficult thing, since the climate always will change? host: climate change and the politics of it on capitol hill today? guest: climate change, i think the caller is getting into maybe the change in rhetoric from global warming to climate change. i don't have the numbers in front of me but i think maybe, probably last year, maybe the year before was the hottest year on record. if you keep on looking at global temperatures, they are rising more and more each year. that said, i think climate change refers to a

hundreds of billions of dollars [indiscernible] host: philip, tulsa, oklahoma.emocrat, last caller in this segment. caller: i'm a blue dog democrat, not a progressive democrat. they should not do away with the filibuster. if they do away with it, the red states needed to secede from the union because all the things the red states are doing is paying for the blue states freebies that they want. host: that's philip in oklahoma and that will do it for the first hour of "washington journal." stick around, much more to come. up next we will be joined by republican congresswoman kelly armstrong of north dakota. later, two women's rights bills will be voted on later today. the violence against women's act and equal rights amendment will get a primer on each -- amendment, we will get a primer on each. stick around, we will be right back. ♪ >> american history tv, exploring the people and events that tell the history of american people. a discussion on sheridan's ride, the 1836 ride ending the confederate resistance in the shenandoah valley. four films marking women's hi

host: let's go to joe, who is calling from tulsa, oklahoma. good morning.ler: good morning, jesse, how are you. host: just fine. go ahead. caller: i got my second shot on the fifth of february. i am supposed to have my immunity built up now. and it was a very pleasant experience. host: let's go to betty who is calling from gray, kentucky. betty, good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: yes, i got my first shot the first day of march. i did not have to stand in line maybe 40 minutes and i didn't even feel the vaccine. i am just glad i finally got it. the only side effect i have had is a slight soreness in my arm and i am relieved i got my first shot and am looking forward to my second one. host: let's talk to carl, calling from lancaster, pennsylvania. good morning. caller: i got both of my madera shots -- madura -- moderna shot. i had a slight sore leg that lasted for 12 hours from the first shot. the second shot, i had heaviness in my nose after i got the shot. what we have to do, one of the most important things is not to take any over-

. >> if you literally put your finger in the middle of america you'd put your finger on tulsa, oklahomaith thousands of americans over breakfast, because that's what we do on breakfast with friends we bring the voice of the people. >> breakfast with friends you're for the people not the pundits. >> talking about the people the pulse of the people so we're here to talk to the people this morning. >> people share their ideas every morning as friends, republicans, and across the aisle as democrats. >> i sit down with a school teacher. >> i'm here with matt whose in education. >> i'm a retired teacher. >> or a construction worker. >> you were pouring concrete this morning and saw our show and you own a concrete business and i asked you how business iss great. pete: you're a small business owner. >> i'm a small business owner. >> we have small businessings in our family. >> for the first time in my lifetime, we have a president that understands small businesses. pete: and they're not talking about esoteric things that the ivy league talks about or msnbc talks about. they're talking about the