. >>> first, willie nelson and pals are all set for this weekend's annual farm aid concert. we'll look for the answer to the cause next in our data dive. how it sees again >> after decades in the dark, >> i couldn't get around on my own >> a miraculous bionic eye... >> i'm seeing flashes >> great >> tech know, every saturday go >> today's data dive goes to some concerts. this year's farm aid takes place in raleigh, north carolina. willie nelson's all day music and food festival has raised more than $45 million for mark's farmers since it began in 1985. it's the longest running benefit concert series in the u.s. the idea for farm aid started at live aid which raised more than $200 million for famine aid in ethiopia in 1958. bob dylan suggested that some of that money should be spent in the u.s. >> willie nelson, neil young and john mellencamp were backstage. and in six weeks they raised a concert that raised more than $9 million for america's farme farmers. dylan was among those who remembered. there was held in austria for widows and orphans in austria, and these kinds of co

even willie nelson's braids, which waylon won in a bet.rything tells a little bit of the story. >> if waylon had an impact on people that was on and on. >> reporter: a rare motorcycle purchased by waylon's fan buddy holly and given to him after the plane crash that he perished on. jennings was supposed to be on that plane too. >> what is the story behind this? >> reporter: there's a robe worn by the great muhammad ali. given to jennings as a testament of their friendship. and several instruments including one of waylon's signature fender guitars. >> nobody's held it. >> well, i'm going to make a lot of people jealous. ♪ hearts don't break just to satisfy you ♪ ♪ just to satisfy you >> reporter: a honky tonk hero's life on the road that left a lot of good music and memories. kevin tibbles, nbc news, phoenix. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> flights grounded, how a problem at chicago's o'hare airport is creating a domino ef

up, you want willie nelson's abrade this is your movement. ore. >> you can get nelson to cut more but i doubt that. stuart: this is all for women jennings. >> the auction oct. fifth, hundreds of things from a man who changed the course of country music, beloved by millions not just in this country but around the world. stuart: whose. is that? >> hang williams. the most revered figure in country music. stuart: how much? you don't get a pair you get one of them. >> this will be an unusual and wonderful option. some of the proceeds for children's hospital. stuart: i got to know how much for will nelson's break. i don't believe it will fetch more than not when letter. >>, back in two weeks, we will see. stuart: thanks very much. we have more varney coming up in one minute. ♪ over 12,000 financial advisors. so, how are things? good, good. nearly $800 billion dollars in assets under care. let me just put this away. how did edward jones get so big? could you teach our kids that trick? by not acting that way. ok, last quarter... it's how edward jones

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willie nelson's farm aid concert goes on this weekend. and later the tough life of teenagers why their schedules are busier than ever. we'll look can he consequences. consequences -- at the consequences. >> every expectant parent fervently hope their child will are normal. but having a child with mental illness or developmental disorder, radically changes what normal is, the challenges of being a parent wit to a child wh special needs. liza long wrote a post, "i am adam lanza's mother." she has now written a letter, the price of silence, a mom's perspective on a child with mental illness. could that have been my child there for the grace of god go i. and in your case, especially so because just three days before your son had lashed out violently, there had been other incidents in the past with him. he was only 13 years old at that point. >> right. >> why did you feel compelled to write? >> it's interesting to me antonio that you said there were millions of other families who felt that way. i thought i was the only mother in the world who

contract that created the country's super group, the highway men with jennings, chris chris tofrson, willie nelsonything tells a little bit of the story. >> if waylon had an impact on people that was on and on. >> reporter: a rare motorcycle purchased by waylon's fan buddy holly and given to him after the plane crash. jennings was supposed to be on that plane too. there's a robe worn by the great muhammad ali. >> nobody's held it. >> well, i'm going to make a lot of people jealous. ♪ hearts don't break just to satisfy you ♪ ♪ just to satisfy you >> reporter: a honky tonk hero's life on the road that left a lot of good music and memories. kevin tibbles, nbc news, phoenix. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> dominating as well. adam giordano traction down the quarterback for the sack and complete win for camden

i saw an old 60 minutes rerun with willie nelson and he had bought a piece of property that had a western town movie set on it in texas and he finished out all the -- the whole thing to where everything worked. i thought, that's the idea. >> jimmy: but he was very high when he made that decision. [ laughter ] this is a -- this is a great addition. and i'd love to know how this works exactly. you've got a little jail there. >> yeah. there's the jail. >> jimmy: is there a jail inside the building? >> there actually, conveniently, there is a jail. >> jimmy: have any of your friends wound up in it? >> of course. we had some guys that get a little rough, get rowdy in the middle of the night and we're, you know, that's the kind of stuff that ruins the party. >> jimmy: yes. are you the sheriff of the town? >> i'm the voice of reason. i'm like, man, just sleep it off here and just lock it up. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this is -- you also have a car collection, but not the kind of car collection that people -- that you typically see. these cars do not drive. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and they're just strewn

. >> farm aid was launched by willie nelson, john melan camp and neil young, it raised more than 45 million and donates to programs helping to keep family farms in business. farm aid communications director talks about the economic tough times formers are faced with in 1985 when farm aid kicked off. >> the first thing about farming is you put your money. >> the ground and hope you make money. you don't always. farmers defaulted on the loans, their business is tied up in their home. they are not just losing a business, they lose their home. in many cases for the farmers, they lost the legacy of their family. >> federal law was passed in 1987 to help the farmers keep their forms, the 1990s brought new challenges, the rise of large corporate farms. to put it in pe spective in 1945, there were 6.8 million farms. today it shrunk to 2 million farms. 90% have a profit of just over 2500 a year. 74% of all income generated nationally comes from only the top five" of farms. >> they say we are against an army of goliaths. corporate control, corporate power, big guy versus little guy is a huge issue in

you will find it in willie nelson's country tour bus and snoop dogg's bus. the ultimate purple issue. people just understand after all this time it least harmful of all the drugs you can use. it is so much more benign than now call which causes so much destruction and that's legal. >> and it may even be good medicinally. >> for whatever i have it's worked great. [laughter] >> are you in good health? no depression? >> i've read a lot about how we are all crying on the inside. true?an idea that's not the majority of people you know who are good at what you do did not come from some terribly unhappy place? generally likee everybody else. there are ones who would and ones who would not. maybe in the comedy world it's more prevalent to have people who have craziness in their head because, come on, look at what we are doing. jerry seinfeld is on our show friday night from washington and he's about as sane and solid a person as we know. >> what do you think about stephen colbert going? >> i don't know what he's like when he's not being the character. will be iner w

i saw an old 60 minutes rerun with willie nelson and he had bought a piece of property that had a westernt all the -- the whole thing to where everything worked. i thought, that's the idea. >> jimmy: but he was very high when he made that decision. [ laughter ] this is a -- this is a great addition. and i'd love to know how this works exactly. you've got a little jail there. >> yeah. there's the jail. >> jimmy: is there a jail inside the building? >> there actually, conveniently, there is a jail. >> jimmy: have any of your friends wound up in it? >> of course. we had some guys that get a little rough, get rowdy in the middle of the night and we're, you know, that's the kind of stuff that ruins the party. >> jimmy: yes. are you the sheriff of the town? >> i'm the voice of reason. i'm like, man, just sleep it off here and just lock it up. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this is -- you also have a car collection, but not the kind of car collection that people -- that you typically see. these cars do not drive. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and they're just strewn all over your -- >> that car's not going anywher

. >> farm aid was launched by willie nelson, john mellencamp and you'll young. the organization has raised more than $45 million and now primarily donates to programs that help keep family farms in business. farm aid's communication director talks about the economic tough times farmers are faced with in 1985 when farm aid kicked off. >> the thing about farming is you put all your mine into the ground and hope at the end that you're going to make some money and you don't always. farmers defaulted on loans, lost homes, because their business is tied up in their home. they're not just losing a business, they lose their home. in many cases, they lost the legacy of their family. >> a federal law was passed to help the farmers keep their farms, then the 1990's brought new challenges, the rise of large corporate farms. in 1935, there were 6.8 million farms in america. today, that number is just over 2 million farms. 90% of an average profit of just over $2,500 a year. 74% of all income generated nationally comes from only the top 5% of farms. >> neil young says we're a

i think snoop has a thing where -- i think willie nelson has this, too.p. >> yeah. yeah. they're usually really nice to me. >> jimmy: yeah? >> anywhere that i smoke. pretty comfortable. >> jimmy: you're a young guy to be arrested 20 times already. >> yep. >> jimmy: that's a lot of times. >> my lawyer, he doesn't mind. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you got a lot of -- as we can see on the cd, you have a lot of tattoos. i can see some of them -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: what was the first one you got? >> the first one -- i got a bunch now. but the first one that i got was on this arm over here. the group that i'm in -- was in. i'm all tatted up. >> jimmy: there's no room for more. >> i'm doing more. i have an artist from denver. he's really good. >> jimmy: he better be. that's on you for the rest of your life. >> yeah. >> jimmy: your wife has a tattoo. this is one of the great -- if i ever got a tattoo, this is the tattoo i would get on my body. [ laughter ] it's you. you can never split up now. i mean, you have to be together forever. >> yeah. i feel bad for any dude s

willie nelson, you'll find it on snoop dogg's butt.s sort of the ultimate purple issue i think, marijuana. and i think people just understand after all this time. it is the least harmful of all the drugs you could use. it is so much more benign than alcohol which obviously causes so much destruction and that's legal. >> rose: it may even be good ma listally. >> it's definitely good medicinally. for whatever i have it works great. >> rose: are you in good health.5s>> rose: no depression nothing. >> no, not all comedyians are like that. i've read a lot about on you we're all crying. >> rose: as an idea that's not true. people you know who are good at what you do, they didn't come from some terribly unhappy place. >> comedians i think are generally like everybody else. there are ones that would fit that description and ones who don't. maybe in the comedy world it's more prevalent to have people who have craziness in their head because come on look what we're doing for a living. but i also know lots of people. jerry seinfeld is on our show

. >> jimmy: this is the exact record, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] thank "crazy", willie nelson, patsy midnight, this is released. you've got to be proud of this guy. i love the title track, it was great. >> thank you. >> jimmy: but this right here, this is the ultra-lp -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: so this is the ultra-vinyl. you guys have to see what you've done with this. i've never seen anyone do anything like this to a vinyl. you have to tell me all about it. >> you mean like some clown shoes? >> jimmy: no, no, no. so, look, here's the vinyl. first of all, it's got a flat edge to it, which normally is pointy. this is flat. >> like an old 78. flat edge. >> jimmy: yeah. 180 grams. heavy, too. >> one side is glossy, and the other side is matte finish. that's the glossy side, and then the other side is matte finish, like an old 78. >> jimmy: and then, this is the thing that's crazy. see the label right here, guys? that's actually a song. >> you can put the needle right on the paper of the record and it will play through the paper. the paper is sucked into the grooves of the record and you can

. >> farm aid was launched by willie nelson, john mellencamp and neil young.t has raised more than $45 million and now primarily donates to programs that help keep family farms in business. farm aid's communication director talks about the economic tough times farmers were faced with in 1985 when farm aid kicked off. >> the thing about farm aid is you put your money in the ground and you hope you are going to make money with farming. farmers defaulted on their loans. they lost their homes because their business was tied up in their homes. they are not losing a business, they lose their homes. for many of these farmers, they lost the legacy of their family. >> federal law was soon passed in 1987 to help the farmers keep their farms. then, the 1990s brought new challenges. the rise of large corporate farms. to put it in perspective, in 1935, there were 6.8 million farms in america. today, that number has shrunk to over 2 million farms. 90% of those farms have an avenue profit of just over $2,500 a year. 74% of all income generated nationally comes from only the

. >> musicians willie nelson neil young and john mellencamp organized the first farm aid to generatedhews joined the farm aid board directors and now performs with the original founders every year ♪ celebrate because life is short but sweet but certain ♪ >> all four musical giants will hit the stage in raleigh north carolina, for farm aid 2014. ♪ searching for a heart of gold and i'm getting old ♪ >> since its inception 29 years ago, farm aid's become the longest running benefit concert in america. and to date has raised over $45 million to help countless family farms thrive throughout the country. ♪ roll me out when i die ♪ >> thank you all very much. >> 80,000 turned out for the first farm aid in 1985 and this year has gather clark jr. and jack white. >> if you want to see it you can see it streaming on farmaid.org. >>> coming up when remember lucy and ethel got jobs in a chocolate factory? ♪ >>> everyone's favorite. >> one of the all-time greats. >> we'll take you inside the godiva manufacturing facility. first time cameras have ever been around. you're watching "cbs this morning:

then i noticed that on the intercom instead of hearing willie nelson or garth brooks, it was pearl jam [laughter] and i said, you know, it's just not quite the same here. [laughter] but i'm having a great time working with a dedicated staff including the staff at ginnie mae. and i'm happy to be here this morning. we all gather at a moment when our economy is growing, at a time when american businesses have created ten million new jobs over the last four and a half years, the most since the late 1990s, when auto sales are at their highest since 2006, and the housing market has gotten stronger with home sales, starts and values all rising in recent years. in fact, our nation is in progress across the board, and hud is focused on insuring these opportunities reach every american. in fact, at hud we think of ourselves as the department of opportunity. last week i gave my first major policy speech as secretary and started with a subject that some have shied away from in recent years, home ownership. in fact, i stated very clearly that it's time to remove the stigma associated with promoting

say, [indiscernible] in the words of willie nelson and toby keith, we will raise up against evil forces thank you. all right. democratic caller, hi, dan. back in the 90's, clinton proved you could take out what you need with air power. can do it. we did not lose one truth in there and it was a just war. is the warng on now that bush lied us into that we should not have been in in the first place, to the previous caller's comment, both obama's still have their law license. do not listen to right-wing nonsense. it is garbage. thank you. >> coming up, we will discuss the legal debate over this fight in iraq and syria. later, our college tour we will talk with their president there, and assignment. first, c-span's campaign 2014, as we work to bring you over 100 debates from top house senate and governor's races. debated district race to to the stage on issues of education and transportation. here is a little bit of that debate. >> why you voted against governor mcconnell's transportation. anwas hailed by some as infusion of money for transportation in a state and certainly in a region. a tr

there's -- >> only person to get away with that is willie nelson.opolitan started a twitter campaign to get rid of leo's beard, with the #free leo's face. they haven't gotten back to us about comments. >> and forbes has given us the top u.s. cities in which to retire. if you're thinking of retiring -- >> i am. >> no, you're not. okay, they checked on cost of living, taxes, weather, crime rates, doctor availability, walkability, bicycling -- >> and volunteering. and for those who plan to have a working retirement, because people are working longer either by necessity or choice. number three in the country is state college, pennsylvania. >> penn state. i think it's smart to live near a college because there's so much -- you're surrounded by youth. if you want to take courses it's there. like i like that college town. football team. >> with that comes a lot of tailgating. >> yes. >> a lot of sorority parties. fraternity parties. >> yes. >> a lot of craziness. >> yes. >> everything hoda loves. tucson is number two and number one is venice, florida. on t