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Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Arie g this morning, floodwaters are slowly receding in Southeast Texas following days of rain brought by the remnants of Tropical Storm imelda. Some areas have seen upwards of four feet of rain over three days. The storm killed at least two people including a 19yearold who drowned and was electrocuted. More rain could be on the way for the area. Laura podestas here in new york. How are storm victims coping . Reporter annemarie, this is an unfortunate case of deja vu for a lot of these victims who just finished recovering from Hurricane Harvey in 2017. They say this storm when it comes to rainfall may be even worse than that disaster. Longtime residents of Southeast T ....
[indiscernible] two songs i wrote in the summer of 1965. Look up yonder in the sky, what is that i pray . A bird, a plane, a man insane, my president lbj. Hes flying high way up in the sky just like superman, i got a little piece of kryptonite, im gonna bring him back to land. I said, come out, lyndon, with your hands held high, drop your guns, baby, and reach for the sky. Got you surrounded and you aint got a chance. Gonna send you back to texas make you work on your ranch, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. He can call super woman and his super dogs. It sure wont do him no good i found out why from a russian spy he aint nothing but a comic book. Gonna pull him off the stands, clean up the land were gonna have us a brandnew day and what is more i got the fantastic four and spiderman to help him on his way i said come out, lyndon, with your hands held high drop your guns, baby, reach for the sky got you surrounded and you aint got a chance gonna send you back to texas, make you work on your ranch ....
[indiscernible] he can call superwoman and super dog it wont do him no good i found out why from a russian spy he aint nothing but a comic book gonna pull him off the stand clean up the land gonna have us a brandnew day and what is more i got the fantastic four and spiderman to help him on his way i said come out with your hands held high drop your guns, reach for the sky aintu surrounded and you got a chance gonna send you back to texas, make you work on your ranch yeah ah, yeah, agriculturalm in worker. [applause] lordy, lordy, [laughter] gave me an f. F. Thank you. I needed that. Got himself in a terrible jam way down in vietnam. Put down your books pick up your gun where gonna have a lot of fun what are we fighting for . Me, i dont give a damn aint no time to run under why to wonder why we all gonna die. There is plenty good money to be made supplying the army with the tools of the trade 2, 3, what are we fighting for . Dont ask me, i dont give a damn next up is vietnam open up the ....
[applause] gave me an m m thank you, i needed that. 2, 3, 4 [laughter] [applause] please welcome to the stage mr. Peter yarrow singersongwriter and political activist and the executive director of the Grammy Museum at l a live joining mr. Country joe mcdonald for our next panel. [applause] well, joe, on behalf of everyone here i want to thank you for exercising your freedom of expression and freedom of speech. Thank you very much. [applause] 50 years. And boy, for those of us who were alive back then and remember that song and remember those days, that was one song that could always get a response going and it did even here. Interesting, huh . Look, every generation has a sound track. Every historical era has a sound track. Every historical moment. Every movement. Music has played a vital part in americas history. Its been there from the revolutionary times and it goes right through our history even today. And almost always the mus ....