anniversary of the woodstock music festival which affected half a million people to a dairy farm in up state new york. next an interview with woodstock co-creator artie kornfeld. he recalled how the concert came together, how he signed the musical artists and the business arrangements for the documentary film. this is half an hour. i wanted to be a baseball player but i always loved music and my mother always had benny goodman of the lombardos. not guy lombardo, but the two brothers. they both had bands. one of the two guys who had the big bands. anyway, she listened to big band music and my uncle loved jazz. and he was always listening to jazz. that was the influences i had. then was your mother a pianist, a performer? no, my mother founded the freedom rides and became a very famous she s a founder of the freedom rides. if you get my book, you ll see the letter that will blow your mind about shirley kornfeld. she s a star in my family. not me. today you are the sta
this is half an hour. wanted to be a baseball player, but i always loved music, and my mother always had beeny goodwin and the lombardos, one of the two guys that had the big bands. she was into big band music and my uncle loved listening to jazz so those were the influences i had. was your mother a pianist? no. my mother founded the freedom rise, and if you get my group you ll see the equality that will blow your mind about shirl kornfeld. she s the star in my family, not me. today you are the star. well, i m just a representative of a hope, of a dream. capitol records was a new concept at the time and you took a pretty commanding position there. how did that happen? my good friend sold his stock in martha stewart and was change an of the board of emi records for 15 years. we met if you read my book you ll see, we met by accident in a snack bar, and he had taken over the job working for donny kisher in, and if you were a writer, i had already had a record out
mr. kornfeld: i wanted to be a baseball player. my mother always, i always loved music and my mother always had liked benny goodman for the lumbardos. the two brothers, they both had bands. she listened to big band music in my uncle of jazz. he was always listening to jazz. those were the influences i had. was your mother a performer? my mother became a very famous, she was the founder of the freedom rise. if you get my book, it will blow your mind about shirley kornfeld. she s the star in my family, not me. today, you are the star. mr. kornfeld: i am just a representative of a dream. capitol records was a new concept and you took a commanding position. how did that come about? my good friend charles called berman, who just sold his stock in martha stewart, chairman of the board of records for 15 years, we met, if you read my book, we met by accident at queens college night school, and he had just taken over the job working for donnie kershner from evans kershner musi
lumbardos. the two brothers, they both had bands. she listened to big band music in my uncle of jazz. he was always listening to jazz. those were the influences i had. was your mother a performer? my mother became a very famous, she was the founder of the freedom rise. if you get my book, it will blow your mind about shirley kornfeld. she s the star in my family, not me. today, you are the star. mr. kornfeld: i am just a representative of a dream. capitol records was a new concept and you took a commanding position. how did that come about? mr. kornfeld: my good friend charles called berman, who just sold his stock in martha stewart, chairman of the board of records for 15 years, we met, if you read my book, we met by accident at queens college night school, and he had just taken over the job working for donnie kershner from evans kershner music. i had already had a record out when i was 16. i was signed when i was 16 so i had a record out, and it died and nothing els
pastor who was freed after two years of detention in turkey will land in the u.s. later today. details on the circumstances that led to his release. and a unique arts space. we ll take you inside plans to launch a sculpture into orbit that you ll be able to see from earth with the naked eye. but we begin with today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. hurricane michael, sounds like a very nice name. that was a vicious hurricane. it s pretty amazing to see the level of destruction that can be caused by a storm like this. the death toll jumps in the wake of michael s fury. it s like a bomb just went off. life as we know it is gone. these crews are moving the debris out of the way that s blocking one of the main roads in and out of city. a disturbing report about the journalist jamal khashoggi. he used his apple watch to record the alleged killing by the saudis. an american pastor free tonight after being held two years in turkey is headed to the a stateme