seeger was black listed in the mccarthy era where he refused to answer questions. he went on to found the newport folk festival. his songs will last forever. where have all the flowers gone? became the anthem of the peace movement, and after he poplar e poplarized we shall overcome it became the rallying song for the movement. he won a national medal of the arts. in 1996, he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. pete seeger s focus was on the activism. president obama said today in a state, pete used his voice and his hammer to strike blows for workers rights and civil rights. world peace and environmental conversation, and always invited us to sing along. and on his 90th birthday, bruce springsteen said about his beloved friend and collaborator, at some point, pete seeger
you, dennis rodman back in rehab. sources say the nba legend checked into a new jersey clinic after a booze-filled trip to north korea. rodman blaming recent media outbursts for all the pressure of dishing out basketball diplomacy. he recently organized a basketball game in the communist country. the 52-year-old has had multiple stints in rehab. an international team of nuclear inspectors has arrived in iran to scale back the country s uranium enrichment begins tomorrow. in return the united states and five other countries lift exmommic sanctions. those are your headlines. well, the honor of a lifetime, our own lauren green invited to perform for pope benedict and his brother for the monosignor s 90th birthday. here to talk to us, lauren
know? trick or treat. and he was musical like his father. christmas before this last year, we had a drum set. for jackie s father, his 90th birthday, the kids and i got together and played what a wonderful world, and daniel played the drums. he was really proud of himself. [ cheers and applause ] on the morning of december 14th, he said, can you show me something on the piano? i said i showed him how to play jingle bells. i was watching his little hands, and he did, he dead it very well.
it is time for new hands to lift the burdens. it is in your hands now. that was nelson mandela s 90th birthday. we re back. more on your final thoughts on nelson mandela? it s not lost on me, we saw strikes of fast food workers in over 100 cities. and nelson mandela was a statesman and a lot of things, but he was also an organizer. he was sentenced to a five-year jail sentence in 1961 for organizing a three-day national strike of workers. this is before he got the life sentence. and i just want to remind viewers that it took thousands if not millions of ordinary people to do extraordinary things in south africa to lead to freedom, so we should absolutely honor nelson mandela and never forget his legacy but
it is time for your heads to lift the burdens. it is in your hands now. that was nelson mandela s 90th birthday. we re back with dorian and joy reid and eugene robinson. your final thoughts, dorian. we saw a strike of fast food workers in over 100 cities. nelson mandela was an organizer. he was sentenced to a five-year jail sentence in 1961 for organizing a three-day strike of workers. this was before he got the life sentence. and i just want to remind viewers that it took thousands, if not millions of ordinary people to do extraordinary things in south africa to lead to freedom. so we should absolutely honor nelson mandela and never forget his legacy but also recognize