it became my job to walk down to the end of the hall to talk to yoko ono.oom, and i think that she knew as soon as i entered the door what i was going to say. >> there is muzak playing and it must have been about 10 after 11:00, the song "all my loving" starts to play. the song ends, a minute, two minutes later there's a scream, a shrill woman's voice screaming, "no, no, oh, no." it went on for a minute and a half and it was constantly repeated and there was silence. and finally the head nurse brought in her husband's ring and gave it to her and she understood the finality of the act that had occurred and the first thing she said to me was, please, delay making an announcement. my son sean is probably at home sitting in front of the tv. i don't want him to find out about his father's death while watching a tv program. >> i don't think it really hit me until i heard that muzak playing "all my loving." i called wabc, the newsroom, and told them what i knew, that john lennon had been shot and as i understand it they passed it on to the abc network and they mad

present the grammy for album of the year, please welcome a trio of grammy winners: alicia keys, yoko onoow, a grammy award that's gone to a who's who of music's finest, including george harrison in 1973 for "the concert for bangladesh" and to john lennon and yoko ono in 1982 for "double fantasy." >> thank you for remembering, alicia. >> these are this year's fabulous nominees for album of the year. "the blessed unrest," sara bareilles. "random access memories," daft punk. "good kid, m.a.a.d city," kendrick lamar. "the heist," macklemore and ryan lewis. "red," taylor swift. and the grammy goes to: "random access memories," thomas bangalter, guy-manuel de homem-christo, julian casablancas, dj falcon, todd edwards, chilly gonzales, giorgio moroder, panda bear, nile rodgers, paul williams, pharrell williams. >> whooo! pharrell. wow! this is, what, this is the most insane thing ever. >> you know, i used to imagine things that weren't there and were frightening and then i got sober and two robots called me and asked me to make an album. (laughter) >> we are-- we are random access memories, som

present the grammy for album of the year, please welcome a trio of grammy winners: alicia keys, yoko onoon. >> and now, a grammy award that's gone to a who's who of music's finest, including george harrison in 1973 for "the concert for bangladesh" and to john lennon and yoko ono in 1982 for "double fantasy." >> thank you for remembering, alicia. >> these are this year's fabulous nominees for album of the year. "the blessed unrest," sara bareilles. "random access memories," daft punk. "good kid, m.a.a.d city," kendrick lamar. "the heist," macklemore and ryan lewis. "red," taylor swift. and the grammy goes to: "random access memories," thomas bangalter, guy-manuel de homem-christo, julian casablancas, dj falcon, todd edwards, chilly gonzales, giorgio moroder, panda bear, nile rodgers, paul williams, pharrell williams. >> whooo! pharrell. wow! this is, what, this is the most insane thing ever. >> you know, i used to imagine things that weren't there and were frightening and then i got sober and two robots called me and asked me to make an album. (laughter) >> we are-- we are random access m

and lennon embarks on a solo career with his new wife, yoko ono. year later, the lennons move to new york city and take up residence at the fabled dakota apartments. the dakota's gothic facade had been featured in the film "rosemary's baby." it was home to some of the world's most famous artists, actors and musicians. >> i think he felt it was time for a change and i think they viewed america as being a breath of fresh air for them at that time. little did they know what trouble awaits them. >> in new york, john and yoko adopted a high- profile, politically and musically. perhaps inevitably their anti-war activism drew the attention and ire of the nixon administration. >> in the early '70s, the united states government began a campaign against john lennon to silence him. they were really concerned that he would influence young people who were going to be voting for the first time in the 1972 election. and they didn't want that to happen. >> they were conducting surveillance operations. they were monitoring him. cars would follow him around. they di

. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, she was dancing, having a good time, she and yoko ono. ng at people with two fingers. >> don't get on her bad side. >> macklemore cleaned up they did great. >> i feel bad for ryan lewis, because he never gets to say anything. >> i know. >> like hoda a little bit, you know? just not fair, right, hoda? come on. >> you're the ryan lewis of this duo. that's too bad. i'm not sure what ryan lewis is like, role is in that group. and they got cut off in their -- >> we made this album without a record label. we madth independently. >> still not giving him a chance. >> so they -- >> they crank the music up. >> that was not -- >> i don't know, it is weird, because he's like we made this without you all and then -- the music played. >> so many people are doing it their own way. they're taking advantage of social media, with the next subject we're going to talk about, i think justin bieber, justin's whole career came because of social media and youtube. >> absolutely. >> what is the latest on what is going on with him? >> justin bieber last week had th

yoko ono dancing in the aisles. in the u.s. >> reporter: 50 years later, fans were cheering for the beatles all over again. and in los angeles last week, director david lynch's foundation gave ringo a lifetime of peace and love award. >> how great it would be if there was more peace and love. >> words he'd like all of us to remember as we mark 50 years of the beatles. >> can you believe it's been 50 years? >> no. i'm 24. >> aren't we all? >> yeah. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine now, but back in the fall of 1963, americans had no idea an invasion was coming. >> "she loves you" soaring up the charts. extremely popular in the uk. people over here don't even know who you are. >> george had come on holiday because his sister was living here and came back and said, oh, they don't know us. >> reporter: the first newspaper account stateside wasn't about the music, but about the riots caused by beatles fans in europe. they dismissed the guys who look like limp, upsidedown dust mops. >> it's into the collection of insights

i like bob's question like what did yoko ono sing? he's cute. >> i had no idea.. >> you like the willie nelson and kris kristofferson. >> they're great singers, but daft punk? are you kidding me? that's what we used to call a guy, a methamphetamine freak. >> they stay up all night to get lucky, like you. >> they what? >> i heard you watched some of it? >> i got home in the middle of it and i caught a little bit of the jay-z acceptance speech and then i saw pink perform. i really love that song. i didn't love the performance, but what does it matter? >> dana, you're very athletic with your core fusion and all that stuff. you should admire her. >> i go fully clothed into those things. i really like taylor swift. i think she's an amazing performer. i prefer the country music awards. she had the best dress of the night. >> unfortunately, she was always dre dancing in the front row, which you never do. it was a bit anowing to me. i had problemed with it. always, these rock stars, the male rock stars are aging like women. paul mccartney looks like angela lands bury, st

nice opening for yoko ono. allyson, gang members aren't walking into gun shops to buy guns. >> right. when you have instances of violence in chicago they have the highest homicide right. , i don't think you can justify view banning a constitutional amendment. it was an ineffective ban. it's probably good they repealed it. >> gavin, will people ever figure out that the places with the most gun laws have the highest murders as a lay-up. >> we're talking about chicago, but why not let them -- maybe they have a grander plan. what about getting all the guns away from normal people and giving them to mexican gun cartels. then you go, wait a minute. then there's law that's disgusting. oh, my god, guns are bad. then the gangs start going, ew. i saw a picture of a mexican drug cartel guy and his head was like blown apart. he doesn't want to get into guns and then over maybe 100 years we start going, whoa, you were right. >> it would be successful. >> let's try that. >> one impression. >> let's try it. >> i didn't know t

. >> not only for yoko ono. actually he upstages her which is upsetting so she may have him killed. this seems like a victory for common sense. gang members are not walking into gun shops to buy guns. >> when you have instances of violence as high as chicago you can't justify violating a constitutional amendment when the entire purpose of the ban was to make it safer. that clearly hasn't worked. it was a terrible -- it was an ineffective ban and it infringed on people's constitutional rights. it is good they repealed it. at the end of the day it was not working. >> will liberals ever figure out the places with the most restrictive gun laws have the most gun violence? that's a lay up. >> i am not taking the bait. >> i think it is time to trust the government on a larger scale. we are talk about one town. oh, chicago. why not let them -- maybe they have a grander plan. what about getting all of the guns away from normal people and then giving them to mexican drug cartels. >> then there is tons of blood. then you say guns are bad. then the gangs go, ew. i saw a picture of a mexican dru

paul mccartney did a song with ringo starr while yoko ono looked on menacingly.ingo played a song on his own, too. that was my favorite moment of the show. not ringo's performance. rather the intro to ringo's performance by ozzy osbourne and the guys from black sabbath. >> please welcome black sabbath. [ applause ] >> the greatest band ever were -- for me the greatest band ever will always be on my mind. it's called -- >> didn't really become the beatles. >> believe it or not, they did that without any rehearsal at all. [ laughter ] ozzy's still got it. the hardest part about being a nominee at one of these awards shows is pretending you're happy when someone wins in your category. and even though the grammys is an event for musicians there was some top-notch acting in the audience last night. and i'd like to honor that acting here tonight. i will now present the award for best loser at the grammy awards. and the nominees are -- [ cheers and applause ] katy perry. lorde. kasey muss musgraves. gary clark jr. taylor swift. and the best loser is -- [ drum roll ] tay

even yoko ono was dancing in the aisles.th drummer ringo starr to look back at 1964, the british invasion, certainly not everyone was ready for it. >> it's not a check of insects but a quartet of young men with pudding bowl haircuts. >> reporter: nbc did the first news report dripping with sarcasm. >> one reason for the beatles' popularity may be that it's almost impossible to hear them. >> reporter: we were sort of the anti-beatles network at the time in the u.s. >> yeah, you've come around now. >> reporter: do you forgive us? >> i do. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ screaming ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the bold, all-new nissan rogue with intuitive all-wheel drive because winter needs a hero. ♪ how much mo

. ♪ paul mccartney and ringo starr singing mccartney's "queeny eye" as yoko ono danced in the crowd.d at a mass wedding of 34 couples. madonna wrapped it up with her classic, "open your heart." but the big winners were deft punk, they wear the masks and don't talk, album of the year, record of the year, and best pop performance. 17-year-old lord won song of the year and best pop solo performance for her song "royals" and macklamore and ryan lewis. they recorded that album without a record label. a list up at jansing.msnbc.com. k except it's 2 percent every year. k does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch! over time it really adds up. then go to e*trade and find out how much our advice costs. spoiler alert. it's low. really? yes, really. e*trade offers investment advice and guidance from dedicated professional financial consultants. it's guidance on your terms not ours that's how our system works. e*trade. less for us, more for you. hi boys! i've made you campbell's chunky new england clam chowder. wow! this is incredible! i know. and now it has more clams

someone get me a wide brim hat and sunglasses, because i am crashing parties at yoko ono. >> and i did. >> and part of the story of both of you is owning with what howard stern did, and you could have crawled into the shell, and you could have been hurt by it. >> walked out. >> but you owned it. >> and what is life been about you, because you created your existence? >> well, the thing is that we wanted to reach a different kind of audience. you know, i go on a lot of the speaking tours for the equality of the lgbt community, but people are busy pursuing their living and surviving, and how do you reach those people? howard has an enormous listenership of people who don't really pay attention to the issues of the lgbt community. he and he gave us that avenue, and we discussed it before going going on that we are going to do that show, because it will give us great access to that straight fair-minded group of people that are too busy to really think about equality for the restf of us, and howard helped me to get that by being outrageous. >> and because howard is such a story that you to t

. >> you bring up john which leads me to seeing yoko ono in the audience.gnificance of seeing them together? >> everybody in the beatle camp is trying to make nice. in recent years, in the last ten years or so, mccartney has given some news that has stirred the waters a little bit but in the last year or two it seems like everybody has calmed down and really just trying to concentrate on the band's legacy, concentrate on what their remaining members can do, paul and ringo, and concentrate on the future and the legacy of what this band is going to be. >> we'll be seeing more of these two. i know there's an upcoming show celebrating 50 years since the british invasion. anthony, what should we expect there? >> well, i think we're going to see a variety of celebrations. everybody is doing, i think, a beatle special. it was huge. it was a massive event when the beatles came to the united states in 1964 and performed on ed sullivan. to use the name game-changer is to completely underestimate what that event went. i think it's perfectly possible that paul and ring

it would have been more appropriate to quote yoko ono because she did the song walking on thin ice. she is no john lennon. the president is talking about let's give peace a chance and then rand came out with a tweet essentially saying he rolled the united states. the quote is our relationship with the world is based upon iranians' interest in hash tag geneva interest, world powers surrender to iranian nations will. we win, you lose. >> and then put a wreath on the grave. here is president obama telling democrats don't you dare put sanctions in place in six months should these talks fall apart you'll poison the well before we can actually drink from it. then iran, on the other hand, says the deal is in place. we won. they capitulated. are we sitting on two sets of rules here or what? in six months, if you're not sincere, sanctions will be worse. that strengthens the president's hand. he actually says he'll veto it. and iron cares so little about -- and iran cares so little about perception they make those statements. they are spitting in our face. >> jay carney said yesterday this wa