You may think of it as the channel that rattles your china, occasionally your teeth and hypnotizes your children. But what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the music business in this country. Unskinny bop just blows me away mtv makes the hits. It s as if there were just one national radio station for new songs. Ending the 80s in terms of rock music you re getting a lot of hair bands. You ve got poison, ratt, warrant. She s my cherry pie cool drink of water, such a sweet surprise tastes so good make a grown man cry sweet cherry pie a lot of hairspray going on. There s a lot of sexually suggestive lyrics. It s not particularly deep music, but mtv pushing it. So that s selling. When i would turn on mtv, all the rock bands looked a certain way. They played a kind of music. They were expected to have a certain facade. Mtv s ratings are surprisingly small. But those who do watch, mostly teenagers and young adults, buy a lot of records and tapes an
Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Danish footballer christian eriksen is in a stable condition in hospital after he collapsed on the pitch during his nation s european championship match against finland. The danish football association said he s awake, and is awaiting further tests. The 29 year old suddenly fell to the ground in front of his home supporters in copenhagen, causing the match to be temporarily suspended. The match resumed after a lengthy break at the request of both teams. Nathalie pirks reports. Christian eriksen is the talisman of the denmark national team, butjust before half time, without a player around him, he staggered to the ground and collapsed. Team mates immediately recognised how serious it was, forming a protective ring around him as medics rushed onto the pitch. Fans could only look on in horror as doctors attempted to resuscitate the midfielder. His team mates could barely look as they hope to would be ok. The game was righ
Find a new way for humanity. America in the early 60s, it was a real good time of prosperity, but it was also kind of a stagnant time in terms of spiritual growth. Things were kind of at a standstill. The baseline culture was materialism, and also the feeling that the culture itself didn t honor the human spirit and didn t honor creativity. The early 1950s, the nation recognized in its midst the social movement called beat generation. A novel titled on the road became a bestseller. When kerouac s book comes out, it became a revolution, defined a new generation of what being beat means, and it defined it as a spiritual revolution. That if we re living in an age of conformity, if everybody s trying to work for the corporation, that you re losing a sense of self. I was traveling west one time at the junction of the state line of colorado. I saw in the clouds huge and massed above the golden desert of even fall, the great image of god with four fingers pointed straight at me. Come on, boy
Congressman matt gaetz. We touched on this story before, but i have never said what i m about to say to you tonight. The feds are eyeing possible obstruction of justice. This stemming from a phone call that a witness had with the maga favorite and republican congressman matt gaetz s exgirlfriend who patched gaetz into the call. This is a story broken by politico. It has been confirmed by nbc news. We can see how the investigation is moving with this key witness spilling everything to the feds, including what, by definition, sounds like things that some people might not want to get out. Meanwhile, gaetz s guilty and convicted association cooperating, talking to the feds under a legal obligation to share anything and everything, whether he wants to or not, whether he thinks it is relevant or not saying, quote, congressman gaetz pursues justice. He does not obstruct it. Let me be clear. That is a specific new charge that tells you on the one hand that this is a big and significant thing t
And heavily armed guards, of course. Hello, i m katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The us hasjust pledged about $100 million to help palestinians after the 11 days of violence in the middle east. The us secretary state, who s injerusalem, said he hoped the money that goes to help rebuild gaza will undermine hamas not encourage it. But it s just a hope. There s a widespread belief that hamas hold in the region has been strengthened by the attacks. Mr blinken said lives on both sides of the divide must improve, but he was at pains to reiterate the biden administration s strong support for israel. The cease fire creates space to begin to take those steps. Attending to the urgent humanitarian needs of palestinians in gaza and helping rebuild is a key starting point. The united states is committed to rallying international support to the effort in doing our part. That s why we announced additional assistance for the palestinian people today. Laura trevelyan is injerusa