1,830
1.8K
Nov 30, 2011
11/11
by
COM
tv
eye 1,830
favorite 0
quote 0
presley disney land... amen! and get this out. get a load of the so-called improvements. the new nicene creed. the 1700-year-old profession of what all catholics must believe has been tweaked. it now describes jesus not as the understandable one in being with the father but as consubstantial with the father. really? consubstantial? what the hell does that mean? (laughter) we're trying to get into heaven here, not take the s.a.t.s. (laughter) and for the record... (cheers and applause) and for the record, co consubstantial is now istanbul. (laughter) folks, i don't think i'm overstating it when i say this is the single biggest scandal ever to hit the catholic church. (laughter) i certainly refuse to think of another. (laughter) the worst of all, with these weird new changes, now when i'm sitting in the pew i have to stop and actually think about what i'm saying instead of mindlessly reciting words while playing fruit ninja on my iphone. now, just because i think the pope dropped the ball on this one does not
presley disney land... amen! and get this out. get a load of the so-called improvements. the new nicene creed. the 1700-year-old profession of what all catholics must believe has been tweaked. it now describes jesus not as the understandable one in being with the father but as consubstantial with the father. really? consubstantial? what the hell does that mean? (laughter) we're trying to get into heaven here, not take the s.a.t.s. (laughter) and for the record... (cheers and applause) and for...
392
392
Nov 30, 2011
11/11
by
KNTV
tv
eye 392
favorite 0
quote 0
elvis presley, the beach boys, the beatles or the four seasons? >> i'm going to have to say the beatles. >> stop it! she's going to love this record! >> that's what i've heard. the streak is broken. the correct answer there is elvis presley. >> don't doubt the king. he had 50. 5-0 top 40 hits in the '60s. >> lady from houston, texas, how many times has michael jackson been inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. zero, one, two or three? >> one. >> because you didn't think it through. remember, there was the jackson five. >> yeah, uh-huh. >> another beautiful kathie lee cd for her. >> all right. again, he was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame twice. >> twice. for the jackson five and then as a solo artist. >> wow. when was he as a solo artist? >> 2001. i think right when he became eligible. >> sure. back across to kath. >> lady from new jersey, which rolling stones hit single was given to the group by john lennon and paul mccartney? "i wann barks your man," the last time," "boys" or "get off my cloud." >> "get off my cloud." >> the
elvis presley, the beach boys, the beatles or the four seasons? >> i'm going to have to say the beatles. >> stop it! she's going to love this record! >> that's what i've heard. the streak is broken. the correct answer there is elvis presley. >> don't doubt the king. he had 50. 5-0 top 40 hits in the '60s. >> lady from houston, texas, how many times has michael jackson been inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. zero, one, two or three? >> one. >>...
318
318
Nov 30, 2011
11/11
by
CNNW
tv
eye 318
favorite 0
quote 1
elvis presley's doctor was prosecuted after his death. it just can't be worth the money. even though his lawyer said he never got paid, i'm sure he was waiting for that big payday and he was hoping he could get michael jackson to england to do that tour. and i think doctors have to say, it isn't worth it. it's not worth ruining my career, my reputation or my client to die to give them drugs for a future payday. >> let's turn to big scandals infesting american sport at the moment. but in the last couple of days, we had this thing at syracuse involving bernie fine, the assistant basketball coach. what do you make of this? is there a parallel between these two cases? it seems that there was a cover-up that a lot of people knew, they didn't take action. people were being abused and horrible stories and horrible cover-ups both in big sporting organizations. what do you make of it? >> i think it's appalling. this is something i've been talking about for 30 years, the ability of children to come forward to a trusted authority figure, an adult and somebody will do something about
elvis presley's doctor was prosecuted after his death. it just can't be worth the money. even though his lawyer said he never got paid, i'm sure he was waiting for that big payday and he was hoping he could get michael jackson to england to do that tour. and i think doctors have to say, it isn't worth it. it's not worth ruining my career, my reputation or my client to die to give them drugs for a future payday. >> let's turn to big scandals infesting american sport at the moment. but in...
298
298
Nov 27, 2011
11/11
by
KNTV
tv
eye 298
favorite 0
quote 0
exclusively designed for elvis presley. >> these are our artifacts. >> reporter: this week, one of the largest collections of hollywood memorabilia ever sold will be auctioned off in beverly hills. >> there is something for everything, contemporary hollywood to vintage hollywood and to lady gaga right to john lennon. >> reporter: want george harrison's suit from "it's a hard day's night," cyndi lauper's "girls just want to have fun" frock, they can be yours for a price. hollywood auctions like these have become big business. last month, michael jackson's "thriller" jacket was expected to go for about $200,000. it ended up selling for 1.8 million. and when elizabeth taylor's jewels hit the auction block next month, they're expected to fetch as much as $50 million. and all of that money hasn't gone unnoticed. with real estate tanking and wall street on the roller coaster, some serious investors say owning a piece of hollywood isn't just sentimental, it is smart. michael eisenburg has been collecting hollywood memorabilia for 20 years. this week he has his eyes on these pictures from mari
exclusively designed for elvis presley. >> these are our artifacts. >> reporter: this week, one of the largest collections of hollywood memorabilia ever sold will be auctioned off in beverly hills. >> there is something for everything, contemporary hollywood to vintage hollywood and to lady gaga right to john lennon. >> reporter: want george harrison's suit from "it's a hard day's night," cyndi lauper's "girls just want to have fun" frock, they can be...
100
100
Nov 25, 2011
11/11
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 100
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> bill: 1970 elvis presley traveled to the white house to visit president nixon and asked for a federal narcotics badge for his collection. this photo famously captured the moment. what famous rock band did elvis tell nixon was spreading anti-american spirit? cards up, please. roll the tape, please. ♪ all my loving ♪ i will give to you ♪ all my loving ♪ darling, i'll be true. >> bill: elvis bad mouthing the beatles, a little jealousy as they were coming on strong. you both got that right. i'm very impressed. now the hard ones. bob woodward and karl bernstein revealed to the world's president's involvement in the watergate scandal. >> therefore, i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. vice president ford will be sworn in as president. >> bill: in 1976 a movie based on the book all the president's men under the same title. bernstein was played by dustin hoffman. who played woodward? >> bill: robert redford, that's correct. i wanted to break him in easy. he was up all night. during the gerald ford presidency "saturday night live" often lampooned him and portrayed
. >> bill: 1970 elvis presley traveled to the white house to visit president nixon and asked for a federal narcotics badge for his collection. this photo famously captured the moment. what famous rock band did elvis tell nixon was spreading anti-american spirit? cards up, please. roll the tape, please. ♪ all my loving ♪ i will give to you ♪ all my loving ♪ darling, i'll be true. >> bill: elvis bad mouthing the beatles, a little jealousy as they were coming on strong. you...
162
162
Nov 25, 2011
11/11
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 162
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> bill: 1970 elvis presley traveled to the white house to visit president nixon and asked for a federal narcotics badge for his collection. this photo famously captured the moment. what famous rock band did elvis tell nixon was spreading anti-american spirit? cards up, please. roll the tape, please. ♪ all my loving ♪ i will give to you ♪ all my loving ♪ darling, i'll be true. >> bill: elvis bad mouthing the beatles, a little jealousy as they were coming on strong. you both got that right. i'm very impressed. now the hard ones. bob woodward and karl bernstein revealed to the world's president's involvement in the watergate scandal. >> therefore, i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. vice president ford will be sworn in as president. >> bill: in 1976 a movie based on the book all the president's men under the same title. bernstein was played by dustin hoffman. who played woodward? >> bill: robert redford, that's correct. i wanted to break him in easy. he was up all night. during the gerald ford presidency "saturday night live" often lampooned him and portrayed
. >> bill: 1970 elvis presley traveled to the white house to visit president nixon and asked for a federal narcotics badge for his collection. this photo famously captured the moment. what famous rock band did elvis tell nixon was spreading anti-american spirit? cards up, please. roll the tape, please. ♪ all my loving ♪ i will give to you ♪ all my loving ♪ darling, i'll be true. >> bill: elvis bad mouthing the beatles, a little jealousy as they were coming on strong. you...
134
134
Nov 21, 2011
11/11
by
WMAR
tv
eye 134
favorite 0
quote 0
elvis presley's former home is lit up. festivities kicked off with former american idol singer. >>> hundreds of thousands filled the downtown many magnificent festival. live music and dancing in the streets along with eye catching floats and balloons and a familiar friend, mickey and mini, goofy and santa. one star seemed to steal the show. this video got someone's attention in the newsroom. our producers was returning around saying who is this woman? it helps jump start the season. many arrived early in search of great bargains. >>> occupy protesters are going to begin occupying the highway once again. >>> when they are leaving baltimore to head to dc, i'm linda so. >>> a terror suspect arrested in new york charged with making bombs to use against police and military. details coming up. >>> round with the in the trial for two twin brothers accused of setting a pit bull on fire and killing her. i'm sherrie johnson, i will have the start of trial coming up. >>> band of rain left the roads wet. next roped rounds of rain will
elvis presley's former home is lit up. festivities kicked off with former american idol singer. >>> hundreds of thousands filled the downtown many magnificent festival. live music and dancing in the streets along with eye catching floats and balloons and a familiar friend, mickey and mini, goofy and santa. one star seemed to steal the show. this video got someone's attention in the newsroom. our producers was returning around saying who is this woman? it helps jump start the season....
151
151
Nov 21, 2011
11/11
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 151
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> first, on this day in 1957, jailhouse rock by elvis presley was the number one song. boy, he's a very good dancer. >> he is. [ male announcer ] what if you have potatoes? but you've got a meat and potatoes guy? pour chunky sirloin burger soup over those mashed potatoes and dinner is served. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky -- it's amazing what soup can do. >> answer to the question of the day, troy aikman. winner, ron from texas. congratulations. well, today, accused murderer richard mendoza is going to be able to walk out of jail even though he's accused of fatally shooting his hunting partner and friend. so why isn't he staying behind bars? all because the district attorney forgot to file some paperwork? joining me now is christopher's mom, tracy gregory and his aunt, samantha tally. good morning to you ladies. >> good morning. >> i'm so sorry for the loss of your son. i know that this -- he went missing nine years ago and you've been holding out hope that he might come home some day alive but recently, they were able to find his remains in a field
. >> first, on this day in 1957, jailhouse rock by elvis presley was the number one song. boy, he's a very good dancer. >> he is. [ male announcer ] what if you have potatoes? but you've got a meat and potatoes guy? pour chunky sirloin burger soup over those mashed potatoes and dinner is served. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky -- it's amazing what soup can do. >> answer to the question of the day, troy aikman. winner, ron from texas. congratulations. well,...
138
138
Nov 20, 2011
11/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 138
favorite 0
quote 0
i don't think elvis presley's birth date was quite what the host was talking about right there. more likely it was this. let's listen to this one. >> what i love about new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you're the state where the shot was heard around the world at lexington and concord. >> how can you not know that lexington and concord was in massachusetts. she was in new hampshire when she gave that speech! wow. anyway, if it's not the gaffes, i wonder what bachmann would say was her disqualifying factor? what's brought her down? what's keeping her from grabbing this nomination? and finally, guess who. looks like rick perry has some company in trying to misrepresent president obama's upbringing. who is echoing perry? right wing televangelist pat robertson. let's hear how robertson jumped on the president's trip to indonesia this week. >> he spent four years in indonesia. i don't know if he was trained in a madrassa, one of those muslim schools, but nevertheless, that is his inclination. his father was a kenyan socialist, and he talks abou
i don't think elvis presley's birth date was quite what the host was talking about right there. more likely it was this. let's listen to this one. >> what i love about new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you're the state where the shot was heard around the world at lexington and concord. >> how can you not know that lexington and concord was in massachusetts. she was in new hampshire when she gave that speech! wow. anyway, if it's not the...
107
107
Nov 19, 2011
11/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 107
favorite 0
quote 0
i had the surfboard and the beach boys and neil diamond and and jimmy swiften and elvis presleys and the america's bestlies and all them guys. the dean martins and the nancy sinatras. and -- will you do it to me, i hear you do it good, honey. will you come up to my house later? so i went through all that and i seen that was a bigger prison than the one i just got out of. and i really didn't care to go back to prison. you see, prison doesn't begin and end at the gate. prison's in the mind. it's locked in one world that's dead and dying or it's open to a world that's free and alive. drugs, lsd, i don't consider a drug, i don't consider peyote a drug. those are more or less religiously significant awareness, mind-expanding apparatuses that come from the intelligence of the universe. the reason that the girls liked me was -- ♪ hey now, hey now, i'm all around you ♪ ♪ round you ♪ hey now, up on your heart i can sing through you ♪ and i'd play and i'd sing and they'd say hey, man, you got soul in that music. and i said, yeah, i play a little bit, you know. i like music. and they
i had the surfboard and the beach boys and neil diamond and and jimmy swiften and elvis presleys and the america's bestlies and all them guys. the dean martins and the nancy sinatras. and -- will you do it to me, i hear you do it good, honey. will you come up to my house later? so i went through all that and i seen that was a bigger prison than the one i just got out of. and i really didn't care to go back to prison. you see, prison doesn't begin and end at the gate. prison's in the mind. it's...
232
232
Nov 19, 2011
11/11
by
WRC
tv
eye 232
favorite 0
quote 0
american idol finalist loren alina flipped the switch to light hundreds of blue lights at elvis presley's graceland mansion for their annual holiday celebration. the grounds feature a life sized nativity scene. also santa and his sleigh and many of the decorations originally displayed by the presley family. fans were also treated to a live concert. a presley imitator? not quite sure from whom. >> you would have to think so. >> we know for sure it was not -- >> yeah. >> you might not enjoy the falling temperatures but it is perfect weather for a lap around the rink. >> that's right. the sculpture garden ice rink is officially open for business. skaters can hit the ice through march of next year. two hours on the rink will cost you $8 and if you skate today or tomorrow you get a free cup of hot chocolate. can't beat that. for rink hours and more information, head on over to nga.gov/g info. >>> two big named retailers are rebelling against the crazy black friday hours. j.c. penney says it will not open its doors until 4:00 a.m. the day after thanksgiving. that's still early but much later th
american idol finalist loren alina flipped the switch to light hundreds of blue lights at elvis presley's graceland mansion for their annual holiday celebration. the grounds feature a life sized nativity scene. also santa and his sleigh and many of the decorations originally displayed by the presley family. fans were also treated to a live concert. a presley imitator? not quite sure from whom. >> you would have to think so. >> we know for sure it was not -- >> yeah. >>...
152
152
Nov 19, 2011
11/11
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 152
favorite 0
quote 0
i don't think elvis presley's birth date was quite what the host was talking about right there. more likely, it was this. let's listen to this one. >> what i love about new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you're the state where the shot was heard around the world at lexington and concord. >> how can you not know that lexington and concord was in massachusetts? she was in new hampshire when she gave that speech. wow. anyway, if it's not the gaffes, i wonder what bachmann would say was her disqualifying factor? what's brought her down? what's keeping her from grabbing this nomination and finally, guess who? looks like rick perry has some company in trying to bring down -- misrepresent obama's upbringing. let's hear how pat robertson's let's hear how he jumped on the president's trip to indonesia this week. >> he spent four years in indonesia. i don't know if he was trained in a madrassa, one of those muslim schools, but nevertheless, that is his inclination. his father was a kenyan socialist, and he talks about the roots of his father. i don't
i don't think elvis presley's birth date was quite what the host was talking about right there. more likely, it was this. let's listen to this one. >> what i love about new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you're the state where the shot was heard around the world at lexington and concord. >> how can you not know that lexington and concord was in massachusetts? she was in new hampshire when she gave that speech. wow. anyway, if it's not the...
94
94
Nov 19, 2011
11/11
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 94
favorite 0
quote 0
i don't think elvis presley's birth date was quite what the host was talking about right there. more likely, it was this. let's listen to this one. >> what i love about new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you're the state where the shot was heard around the world at lexington and concord. >> how can you not know that lexington and concord was in massachusetts? she was in new hampshire when she gave that speech. wow. anyway, if it's not the gaffes, i wonder what bachmann would say was her disqualifying factor? what's brought her down? what's keeping her from grabbing this nomination is it and finally, guess who. looks like rick perry has some company in trying to bring down -- misrepresent obama's upbringing. let's hear how pat robertson's jumped on the president's trip to indonesia this week. >> he spent four years in indonesia. i don't know if he was trained in a madrassa, one of those muslim schools, but nevertheless, that is his inclination. his father was a kenyan socialist, and he talks about the roots of his father. i don't know what h
i don't think elvis presley's birth date was quite what the host was talking about right there. more likely, it was this. let's listen to this one. >> what i love about new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you're the state where the shot was heard around the world at lexington and concord. >> how can you not know that lexington and concord was in massachusetts? she was in new hampshire when she gave that speech. wow. anyway, if it's not the...
139
139
Nov 18, 2011
11/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 139
favorite 0
quote 0
i don't think elvis presley's birth date was quite what the host was talking about right there. more like it was this. let's listen to this one. >> what i love about new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you're the state where the shot was heard around the world at lexington and concord. >> how can you not know that lexington and concord was in massachusetts. she was in new hampshire when she gave that speech! wow. anyway, if it's not the gaffes, i wonder what bachmann would say was her disqualifying factor? what's brought her down? what's kept her from grabbing this nomination? and finally, guess who. looks like rick perry has some company in trying to bring down obama's upbringing. let's hear how pat robertson's jumped on the president's trip to indonesia this week. >> he spent four years in indonesia. i don't know if he was trained in a madrassa, one of those muslim schools, but nevertheless, that is his inclination. his father was a kenyan socialist, and he talks about the roots of his father. i don't know what his mother was doing. she ju
i don't think elvis presley's birth date was quite what the host was talking about right there. more like it was this. let's listen to this one. >> what i love about new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you're the state where the shot was heard around the world at lexington and concord. >> how can you not know that lexington and concord was in massachusetts. she was in new hampshire when she gave that speech! wow. anyway, if it's not the gaffes,...
81
81
Nov 18, 2011
11/11
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 81
favorite 0
quote 0
presley's birthday wrong but i don't think that's a qualifying factor to be president of the united states. what i did do is stand up loud and clear when we were dealing with the debt ceiling and i said let's pay off the interest on the debt today and also prioritize the spending. let's not do the supercommittee. the supercommittee is giving us one of two bad choices. one says let's raise tacks. bad decision. i signed a pledge and i think that means something not to raise taxes. i said let's not raise tax on the american people. it will hurt the economy. but the other choice for the supercommittee is cutting $600 billion out of national defense. that's a terrible disaster. when the president has engaged our military in more venues than of, libya, uganda, and now he's made a decision to have 2500 perhaps in australia in addition to the work we are doing in iraq and afghanistan and in light of the report that came out from the iea that iran could be nuclear power very quickly. in light of that to cut $600 billion out of our military in addition to the $4 billion,we are gutting the mil
presley's birthday wrong but i don't think that's a qualifying factor to be president of the united states. what i did do is stand up loud and clear when we were dealing with the debt ceiling and i said let's pay off the interest on the debt today and also prioritize the spending. let's not do the supercommittee. the supercommittee is giving us one of two bad choices. one says let's raise tacks. bad decision. i signed a pledge and i think that means something not to raise taxes. i said let's...
WHUT (Howard University Television)
151
151
Nov 17, 2011
11/11
by
WHUT
tv
eye 151
favorite 0
quote 0
elvis presley was in that room. royalty has been here. you are going to put on your best, and the other thing, that is kind of the emotional side, but the physical side is that that is a great sounding room. tavis: and you not -- do not get intimidated with all of those talented ghosts of floating around the room? >> you focus. tavis: so many things can out of this era. how do you figure out what to put in the project in terms of the play list? >> i think i had kind of an advantage. when i was growing up, my dad had just got out of jail, and he had a great record collection. these were the songs, so i heard a lot of these songs my whole life, so for me, it was easy. what i'm going to sing. for the rest of the band, they had to learn. they did not know them as well as i did. i was really impressed with the band. i love the guys. they threw down on this. tavis: what do you remember about your dad's record collection? >> my dad, he had the stuff that came before this, like lead belly and hank williams and that kind of stuff, and i heard that
elvis presley was in that room. royalty has been here. you are going to put on your best, and the other thing, that is kind of the emotional side, but the physical side is that that is a great sounding room. tavis: and you not -- do not get intimidated with all of those talented ghosts of floating around the room? >> you focus. tavis: so many things can out of this era. how do you figure out what to put in the project in terms of the play list? >> i think i had kind of an advantage....
50
50
Nov 17, 2011
11/11
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 50
favorite 0
quote 0
call it elvis presley care or i don't care, can't work. it can't possibly work and you know that in your heart. dave cody was on our commission, honeywell ceo. he got up after four months and he said, who are you people? you are stupid. you see the problem as politicians think business people are stupid and business people think politicians are stupid. that's not a good thing and that is very real. i didn't answer your question but i got a lot off my chest. [laughter] [applause] >> if you look at these forecasts, you would die, because again you can imagine what a trillion dollars of new debt does to a country's balance sheets and operating statements and by the way most people in this town if you put a balance sheet in this hand in income statement in this hand and asked them which is which, they couldn't tell you. but, most of them, you can see what the results are and for current path is not sustainable in the markets are not going to let it go forward. as soon as the market gets their eyes off of europe and refocus back on the u.s. i t
call it elvis presley care or i don't care, can't work. it can't possibly work and you know that in your heart. dave cody was on our commission, honeywell ceo. he got up after four months and he said, who are you people? you are stupid. you see the problem as politicians think business people are stupid and business people think politicians are stupid. that's not a good thing and that is very real. i didn't answer your question but i got a lot off my chest. [laughter] [applause] >> if you...
55
55
Nov 16, 2011
11/11
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 55
favorite 0
quote 0
presley care or i don't care, it can't work. it can't possibly work. you know that in your heart. dave cody was on our commission, hundred kneewell c.e.o., he got up and said, are you people stupid? business people think politicians are stupid and politicians think about -- think business people are stupid. didn't apps your question but i got a lot off my chest. >> if you look at the forecasts, you would die. to get -- you can imagine what $1 trillion of new debt does to the country's balance sheet and operating statements. most people in this town if you put a balance sheet in this hand and income statement in this hand and asked them which is which, they couldn't tell you. but most of them, you know, you can see what the results are. and the current path is not sustainable. the markets are not going to let it go forward. as soon as the markets get their eyes off of europe and refocus on the u.s., i think you're going to see a real reaction. i think it'll be a crisis. i think it'll force these guys to act. >> how did you descri
presley care or i don't care, it can't work. it can't possibly work. you know that in your heart. dave cody was on our commission, hundred kneewell c.e.o., he got up and said, are you people stupid? business people think politicians are stupid and politicians think about -- think business people are stupid. didn't apps your question but i got a lot off my chest. >> if you look at the forecasts, you would die. to get -- you can imagine what $1 trillion of new debt does to the country's...
302
302
Nov 13, 2011
11/11
by
KPIX
tv
eye 302
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> reporter: hoover kept files on celebrities like marilyn monroe, john lennon, elvis presley, and even albert einstein. >> in part because he wanted to have little gossip items to impart to presidents. on the other hand, just to maintain his aura as being this powerful person who knew everything. >> that's a complete fabrication. >> reporter: now 91, this man was one of hoover's topate lieutenants. so this is you and the director. >> yes. >> reporter: he insists that if the f.b.i. kept files on public figures, it was for legitimate reasons. case in point. the information that president john f. kennedy was sharing a girlfriend, judith campbell exner with chicago mob boss sam giantana. >> that came to our attention. the attorney general approved. the white house knew about them. we had that on him. as a result the white house would sometimes call exner and it would be overheard by a wire tap. >> reporter: as for the bugging of martin luther king jr., who feuded with hoover over the bureau's enforcement of civil rights, the f.b.i.'s alleged justification for tapping king was an inves
. >> reporter: hoover kept files on celebrities like marilyn monroe, john lennon, elvis presley, and even albert einstein. >> in part because he wanted to have little gossip items to impart to presidents. on the other hand, just to maintain his aura as being this powerful person who knew everything. >> that's a complete fabrication. >> reporter: now 91, this man was one of hoover's topate lieutenants. so this is you and the director. >> yes. >> reporter: he...
156
156
Nov 8, 2011
11/11
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 156
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> bob: this was many years ago but elvis presley's doctor was charged giving him too many prescription pills. it's amazing to me how many celebrities die of overdoses that have been administered by physicians. nobody is going to say no to the celebrities, obviously. you make a good point about the jackson family. knew he was getting stuff. difficulty sleeping. they used a drug normally not given in a home but in a hospital. somebody refused to step in or didn't want to step in. that is not to say he's not guilty. the evidence apparently he is. but it's amazing to me how celebrities get doctors get this stuff. >> eric: by the fact that the doctor ordered four gallons of propofol, that alone, you are telling a drug user, junkie, here is enough to kill yourself. >> bob: first, that amount is incomprehensible, even for me. i have seen a lot of drugs before. but that is the thing i don't get. how you stockpile that kind of -- this is a powerful drug. >> greg: the real loser in all of this are people like me. how am i going to convince my doctor to give me drugs? >> andrea: you don't have $1
. >> bob: this was many years ago but elvis presley's doctor was charged giving him too many prescription pills. it's amazing to me how many celebrities die of overdoses that have been administered by physicians. nobody is going to say no to the celebrities, obviously. you make a good point about the jackson family. knew he was getting stuff. difficulty sleeping. they used a drug normally not given in a home but in a hospital. somebody refused to step in or didn't want to step in. that is...
132
132
Nov 8, 2011
11/11
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 132
favorite 0
quote 0
was he as big as elvis presley and the beatles? he wanted to be. >> i think he probably was, i think he was bigger. i don't think that popular music has ever had two albums like "off the wall" and "thriller." i think that they were incredible works of art. and i don't think they'll ever be surpassed. and remember, it's hard today for people to reflect upon that, because, of course, there's been this horrific tragedy, and this death. but, actually, it's his music that continues to live, i think, will live forever. >> well, thank you, martin bashir for that emotional, actually, very telling description of the importance of this conviction sentencing today. thank you, martin bashir, my colleague. the reverend al sharpton is host of "politics nation" on msnbc. reverend, thank you for joining us. about this case, you've been following it. four years, is that about right? do people see that as an appropriate sentence with this verdict? >> i think some people see it as probably a light sentence. i think when you have a doctor that clearly
was he as big as elvis presley and the beatles? he wanted to be. >> i think he probably was, i think he was bigger. i don't think that popular music has ever had two albums like "off the wall" and "thriller." i think that they were incredible works of art. and i don't think they'll ever be surpassed. and remember, it's hard today for people to reflect upon that, because, of course, there's been this horrific tragedy, and this death. but, actually, it's his music that...
583
583
Nov 8, 2011
11/11
by
KQEH
tv
eye 583
favorite 0
quote 0
cases like elvis presley's death and anna nicole smith's deaths and doctors with celebrities seem to go out and do things that are unthinkable to all of us and most especially to physicians. you can't do that and can't take that temptation to please somebody and d what they may wavent because you're the dr. the hippocratic oath says, first do no harm. legally it's far beyond that. you can't engage in behavior that poses a substantial risk to someone, that was giving him an anesthetic at his house without monitoring him. i think the jury was quick, swift, and sure with the correct verdict. >> the question now is, will he be given the maximum sentence? what duke is likely to happen? >> i think he most likely will. it's such a short sentence for manslaughter, there's four degrees of homicide here in the u.s. first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, which is recklessness -- >> but he can get out after three years? >> with good time, two to three years. you have to give him the maximum to get any kind of jail time that's meaningful in a case like this. as i was s
cases like elvis presley's death and anna nicole smith's deaths and doctors with celebrities seem to go out and do things that are unthinkable to all of us and most especially to physicians. you can't do that and can't take that temptation to please somebody and d what they may wavent because you're the dr. the hippocratic oath says, first do no harm. legally it's far beyond that. you can't engage in behavior that poses a substantial risk to someone, that was giving him an anesthetic at his...