that is willie nelson. the book is called willie nelson and epic life. that's by joe nick. it's not the most readable. i think what joe does is give us the name of everybody in the world who had anything to do with willie nelson. but given the fact that willie nelson is one of the more -- he's clearly one the great entertainers of our time and he's really an icon and a unique type of individual because of who he is and his entertainment qualities. in vermont, where i've seen them a number of times all over the country, he brings together just a huge range of people. you know, most singers will appeal to this group of people, that group of people. willie brings them all together. i think it has a load to do with the personality, receive -- deden si as a gentleness. he has been a strong supporter of rural america. if people are interested in learning about the life of a guy that was born in arkansas, his family migrated to texas. you know, he worked in the cotton fields, you know, he grew up very, very poor. and he has a unique tie, i think, to working americans today. so he

nelson, but given the fact that willie nelson is one of the more -- is clearly one of the great entertainers of our time and is an icon and a unique type of individual because of who he is and his entertainment qualities in vermont where i've seen them a number of times she brings together the huge range of people. most singers will kill the score but the point that for both people and will layerings them all together. that has to do with his personality, decency as a human being. he's a very gentle man. his decency is just a very strong supporter of the american some people are interested in learning about the life of a guide that is born in arkansas and born to texas and move in the cotton fields. he grew up very, very poor, and he has a unique type to working americans today. so i am a big fan of his and this is a good book that talks about his life. last book is interesting naturally the topic might be a book called the financial crisis and that was put together by the admission congress stopped to look at the causes of the financial crisis on wall street and how they ended up bringing u

and i was able to go with the nelsons, willie nelson and lucas nelson, we went on the road with them. they're performing and touring to the. and nothing makes this music icon happier than being with his family. he's got a daughter, a couple daughters, and we're going to spend time with the nelsons on tour in just a few moments. >> before we get to that, let's get another check of the headlines. melissa francis is inside at the news desk. >> we begin with president obama getting in a game of golf today with an unlikely partner. nbc's athena jones is live at the white house with more. >> good morning, melissa. well, in just a couple of hours, president obama will be teeing off with house speaker john boehner. vice president biden and ohio governor john kasich are going to be rounding out that foursome. the white house says this is an opportunity for the president and the speaker to have a social outing, to get together in an casual atmosphere, outside the confines of the white house or the capitol. we expect the big issues of the day, topics like the debt ceiling and the deficit talk, c

nelson but given the fact that willie nelson is one of the more -- is clearly one of the great entertainers of our time and is really an icon and a unique type of individual because of who he is and his entertainment qualities. in vermont where i had seen him a number of times he brings together just a huge range of people. most singers will appeal to this group of people with that group. will leave brings the mall together and that has a lot to do with his personality and his decency as a human being, his gentleness. he is a very gentle man. his decency is -- a strong supporter of rural america. people are interested in learning about life of a guy born in arkansas and his family migrated to texas, he worked in the cotton fields, grew up very poor and he has a unique tie to working americans today. i am a big fan of his and this is a good book that talks about his life. last book, pretty interesting, the topic might be considered boring, a book called the financial crisis and that was put together by the commission congress established to look at the causes -- and how they ended up bringin

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. >>> turns out willie nelson's marijuana charges won't have his blue eyes crying in the rain after all. i'm not going to sing. his wallet won't take too much of a hit, either. he has to pay a texas court $787 to settle the marijuana charges. an attorney joked the judge could sentence him to perform his hit song in court. that attorney says his suggestion was just a joke. nelson was arrested when an agent searched his tour bus after smelling marijuana on board. >>> bribery charges against a san francisco cop. the scheme that let taxi drivers on the streets. >>> this town isn't big enough for two of them. gavin newsome is moving out of town to make room for baby number two. >>> good morning, i'm christy smith, live in oakland where a couple driving by thinks they saw a car floating here. we'll show you the recovery efforts going on this morning and what these rescue crews are waiting for. >> reporter: i'm damian trujillo live in san jose where a new ambulance company prepares to hit the streets in the south bay. coming up, we'll take you inside. >>> muni drivers voting on a new contract.

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plus, a plea deal for willie nelson and his pot possession case. and "ridicu-list" tonight, the people you don't want to sit next to at the movies. >>> check in with isha for some of the other stories we're following tonight. >>> in texas, authorities now say they've turned up no evidence of any homicides at a home they search after a person called in a tip. earlier law enforcement sources said at least 20 bodies had been found on the body northeast of houston. >>> it's unclear whether the soon ambassador to france has in fact resigned. earlier today a woman identifying herself announced her resignation by telephone on french telephone. but a short time later, syrian state television aired telephone denials from someone they identified as the ambassador. >>> meantime, syrian american blogger has allegedly been kidnapped in damascus. he had been blogging about the middle east up risings and what it's like to be gay in chancellor. >>> the german chancellor and her husband were honored today at a state dinner by president obama and michelle obama. >>>

he gives us the name of everybody in the world having anything to do with willie nelson but given the fact that willie nelson is clearly one of the great entertainers of our time, he is really an icon and a unique type of individual because of who he is, his entertainment qualities. in vermont where i have seen him he brings together just a huge range of people, most singers will appeal to this group of people or that group of people. he brings them altogether and that has a lot to do with his personality, his decency as a human being, his gentleness, his decency, a strong supporter of rural america. people are interested in learning about the life of a guy born in arkansas and migrated to texas, he worked in the cotton fields, he grew up very poor, he has a unique ties to working americans today. willie -- i am a big fan of his and this is a good book that talks about his life. last book, pretty interesting actually, the topic might be considered boring, a book called the financial crisis. that was put together by the commission congress established to look at the causes of the finan

. >>> well, no blues this morning for country music legend willie nelson. it looks like he cut a deal on his recent drug arrest. a.j. hammer is here. how did he get out of this one? >> i was hoping the original plan would hold this one, but it turns out he didn't have to sing his way out of trouble. his lawyers negotiated a more typical deal. a $500 fine, and according to his lawyers, the charges will disappear from his criminal record as long as he stays clean for the next 30 days. the prosecutor previously suggested he could pay just a $100 fine, like the money matters to him, if he would serenade the court with his hit "blue eyes crying in the rain." the judge overruled that plan, said the courtroom was not a jester court. still would have liked to have seen that happen. he's a known use of marijuana, but he has nothing on this next story on flava flav. >>> he talks about this huge crack cocaine addition, a.j., $2600 a day? >> yeah, these are some staggering numbers. flav is talking about his drug use and a lot more in a new book. and while promoting the

dennis kucinich was endorsed recently by willie nelson. appreciate her sentiments that we need people with magnetism -- pragmatism. i think brian schweitzer is a big fan of president obama. he is tremendous. there is no doubt. he is a total star. love him dearly. he has been quite an iconoclast and montana -- in montana. he has a tremendous story to tell. i am glad to hear you are supportive of him. i know he is supportive of the current administration. let's make it happen in 2016. host: on twitter, "run, dennis, run." join the conversation at twitter.com/cspan. politics've been into since 1950. regarding the elevation of the wto during the clinton administration and many of the senators controlling the house and the senate at that time, and that administration, voting for the wto -- that has closed many steel plants. their retirement went out of the door with it. many manufacturers, about 15 to 20 years ago, and to the present day, have also been going under, and they will continue to go under because the fact is that anytime you have a

dennis kucinich was endorsed recently by willie nelson. appreciate her sentiments that we need people with magnetism -- pragmatism. i think brian schweitzer is a big fan of president obama. he is tremendous. there is no doubt. he is a total star. love him dearly. he has been quite an iconoclast and montana -- i montana. he has a tremendous story to tell. i am glad to hear you are supportive of him. i know he is supportive of the current administration. let's make it happen in 2016. host: on twitter, "run, dennis, run." join the conversation at twitter.com/cspan. politics've been into since 1950. regarding the elevation of the wto during the clinton administration and many of the senators controlling the house and the senate at that time, and that administration, voting for the wto -- that has closed many steel plants. their retirement went out of the door with it. many manufacturers, about 15 to 20 years ago, and to t present day, have also been going under, and they will continue to go under because the fact is that anytime you have a gov