you know, paul simon and elton. they sang their own songs. before that, anybody sang their songs. net king cole didn't write a song, not that i know of. tavis: that is where the money is, you know. >> yeah, i mean, i don't know. sinatra did all right. doinga streisand isn't too bad. elvis did pretty good. [laughter] tavis: but if you can write and perform. >> i think that is somehow where things get a little diluted. because it works both ways. probably, if cole porter had to sing his own songs, maybe he wouldn't have had some a great songs. it is two different talents. a used to be more separate back in those days. and the songwriters would get in there and write songs and that was their craft and the singers would just knock them out. billie holiday didn't do too bad either. all these people, there were two different things. they didn't write those songs. she did write a couple very tavis: i find myself always -- she did write a couple. tavis: i find myself always coming back to this. what do you think about the invisibility or the absence of melody these days? >> it's a shame.

. >> paul simon started to write this shortly after the assassination and the effects of the aftermath. even though he never commented on it. the song starts with, "hello darkness, my old friend." he is basically telling where the country was at that time. the innocence was gone. we were going through somber, darker, uncertain times and this song reflects that very much. >> paul simon is such a genius songwriter. he is not referencing it in any direct way but channelling the depression that the country was -- >> the feeling the country had after the president was assassinated. >> this is more literal. "he was a friend of mine" by the birds. gave listen to this one. ♪ ♪ shot him down he died in dallas town ♪ >> no doubt who they are talking about in this one. even though it is a traditional folk song, the lead guitarist, the night jfk was assassinated went in and rerecorded lyrics and basically made it a eulogy to john f. kennedy. even though it wasn't a big hit for the birds it was released two years after the assassination. it wasn't a hit but it became a standard when they play

. >> paul simon started to write this shortly after the assassination and the effects of the aftermath. even though he never commented on it. it starts hello darkness, my old friend. he is basically telling where the country was at that time. the innocence was gone. we were going through somber, darker, uncertain times and this song reflects that very much. >> paul simon is such a genius song writer. he is not referencing it in any direct way but channelling the impression of the country. >> the feeling the country had after the president was assassinated. >> this is more literal. he was a friend of mine business the birds. gave listen to this one. ♪ ♪ shot him gun he died in dallas town ♪ >> no doubt who they are talking about in this one. even though it is a traditional folk song, the lead guitarist, the night jfk was assassinated went in and rerecorded lyrics and basically made it a eulogy to john f. kennedy. even though it wasn't a big hit for the birds it was released two years after the assassination. it wasn't a hit but it became a standard when they played live. two years

." >>> next year sting and paul simon will hit the road together for a north american tour. >> i think that's going to be a big ticket. >> that would be awesome. 18 dates are scheduled for spring with more expected to be announced. >>> and ellen brought the a cappella group pentatonics and performed "the evolution of beyonce." ♪ you looking like you like what you see ♪ ♪ ladies let 'em check up on me ♪ ♪ to the left to the left ♪ everything you own in a box to the left ♪ ♪ in the closet that's my stuff ♪ ♪ yeah if i bought it please don't touch ♪ >> i love that. >> yeah. because it's talent. that's just pure -- the practice, they have cocoordinate. how did those five people even get together to form the group? >> exactly. and then they each have their own -- if you've ever sung, and i sung with a group of girls, three harmonic blends. five, even harder. >> you? who knew? >> you never heard of "mrs. robinson"? moving on. i'm alex witt. this is "early today," we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> leading the news, border patrol rejects curbs on fo

he's talking about his music, his legendary partner, paul simon, and the challenges he would come. and how he lost his singing voice. that's coming up next. >>> but first a check of your local weather. it's estimated that 30% of the traffic in a city is caused by people looking for parking. that's remarkable that so much energy is, is wasted. streetline has looked at the problem of parking which has not been looked at for the last 30, 40 years, we wanted to rethink that whole industry so we go and put out these sensors in each parking spot and then there's a mesh network that takes this information sends it over the internet so you can go find exactly where those open parking spots are. the collaboration with citi was important for providing us the necessary financing; allow this small start-up to go provide a service to municipalities. citi has been an incredible source of advice how to engage with municipalities how to structure deals and as we think about internationally, citi is there every step of the way. so the end result is you reduce congestion you reduce pollution and you

first place they would have kept the grandfathered policy but now they'll lose access to their doctors paul simon has a battery of doctors for serious illness and he will now lose access because of the cancellation. gerri: it is a big problem and we have noticed that there was not dead in the "wall street journal" yesterday about a woman with cancer losing access to her doctors and her hospital and a similar situation. what i found interesting is that company kept pounding the people offering new policies to say they were trying to entice them that and the blue cross would have to keep paying? >> it looks like they tried to get people off the grandfathered policies because it costs them more than the newer policies. said they had enticed them from the grandfathered policies to the others which debut at the time they would be cancelling but did that tell the people that. gerri: here is what a of the blue cross had to say because we have not refused -- review the lawsuit we decline to comment. >> it is too early they have not even been served yet. they were just filed yesterday but we hope to

first place they would have kept the grandfathered policy but now they'll lose access to their doctors paul simon has a battery of doctors for serious illness and he will now lose access because of the cancellation. gerri: it is a big problem an we have noticed that there was not dead in the "wall street journal" yesterday about a woman with cancer losing access to her doctors and h hospital and a similar situation. what i found interesting is that company kept pounding the people offering new policies to say they were ting to entice them that and the blue cross would have to keep paying >> it looks like they tried to get people off the grandfathered policies because it costs them more than the newer policies. said they had enticed them from the grandfathered policies to the others which debut at the time they would be cancelling but did that tell the people that. gerri: here is what a of the blue cross had to say because we have not refused -- review the lawsuit we decline to comment. >> it is too early they have not even been served yet. they were just filed yesterday but we hope to get i

. >>> nearly 50 years ago art garfunkel and paul simon simply became known as simon & gar funkle. their music captivated the country. art garfunkel is now 72 and this morning in a note to self he looks at the highs and lows of fame, the joys of family, and the struggles of losing his singing voice. ♪ i've really never been in love before ♪ >> my darling, my younger self, what do i know that you may value? it's what you know that i have forgotten. here are some things that i do know. singing brings joy. such a tickle in the throat. singing was my silent companion as i stepped in a threshold of strangers. then if you can embrace the differentness of another tightly fused in beautiful disnance, you give power of music to the musicianship, to the partner. ♪ hello darkness my old friend ♪ i am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told ♪ ♪ >> fame is a kick. the party's at your house. it helps the introvert and it pays the bills. it puts momentum into the current project at hand. >> these two young men have attracted a tremendous following among the youth of america. >>

. >>> nearly 50 years ago art garfunkel and paul simon simply became known as simon & gar funkle. their music captivated the country. art garfunkel is now 72 and this morning in a note to self he looks at the highs and lows of fame, the joys of family and the struggles of losing his singing voice. ♪ i've really never been in love before ♪ >> my darling, my younger self what do i know that you may value? it's what you know that i have forgotten. here are some things that i do know. singing brings joy. such a tickle in the throat. singing was my silent companion as i stepped in a threshold of strangers. then if you can embrace the differentness of another tightly fused in beautiful disnance you give power of music to the musicianship to the partner. ♪ hello darkness my old friend ♪ ♪ i am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told ♪ ♪ >> fame is a kick. the party's at your house. it helps the introvert and it pays the bills. it puts momentum into the current project at hand. >> these two young men have attracted a tremendous following among the youth of america. >>

julian simon excuse me and. paul ehrlich the guy who wrote the population back to three decades ago they bet that a basket as population and continue to increase that commodities would become more rare therefore the price would go up and that a basket of commodities price would go up or go down paul ehrlich lost the bet the price of commodities went down julian simon won the bet and julian simon is promise and he's no longer with us and most people would think of him as a curmudgeon really conservative but i think that there was a lot of truth to his promise which was that it doesn't it's not that we necessarily predicate our growth on the expansion of resources if we can use resources more efficient ways or if we can use different resources for example is in solar power instead of using oil or using post solar power instead of burning trees we've got much more efficient little you can do with a little tiny laptop that now has more computing power there's more computing power in your i phone than there was in th

julian simon excuse me and. paul ehrlich the guy who wrote the population back to three decades ago they bet that a basket as population and continue to increase that commodities would become more rare therefore their price would go up and that a basket of commodities price would go up or go down paul ehrlich lost the bet the price of commodities went down julian simon won the bet and julian simons promise and he's no longer with us and most people would think of him as a curmudgeon really conservative but i think that there was a lot of truth to his promise which was that it doesn't it's not that we necessarily predicate our growth on the expansion of resources if we can use resources more efficient ways or if we can use different resources for example using solar power instead of using oil or using posthole or power instead of burning trees we've got much more efficient little you can do with a little tiny laptop that now has more computing power there's more computing power in your i phone than there was in t

dan simon breaks down how it all started. >> "it's going to be a major, major, incident." >> reporter: los angeles international airport, 9:20 am local time. the f-b-i says 23-year old paul anthony ciancia enters terminal 3, pulls a rifle from a bag and opens fire. >> "he proceeded into the screening area where tsa screeners are and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself." are >> >> reporter: at the security checkpoint, tsa officers, who are not armed, are shot. one - 39 year old gerardohe is the first t-s-a officer to die in the line of duty since the agency was established in 2001. authorities say after shooting his way through this security checkpoint, ciancia manages to make it all the way down this hallway. they say he is stopped by authorities in the food court area. hundreds run for their lives. >> "it was a complete panic. people were screaming and i saw children crying." >> "pure and utter mayhem. people were tripping over each other on the floor, bags everywhere. crying. screaming." >> flying down the hallway and they were just jumping ov

police identified him as paul ciancia. overnight, we learned about a series of texts he sent to his family that concerned them so much, they contacted police. cnn's dan simon joins me from los angeles. dan, good morning. what's the latest on the bags left behind by those passengers who fled terminal 3? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, allison. first of all, you have a lot of luggage that was left behind. when the shooting happened, people just bolted for the exits and just dropped their bags and left their personal belongings, and as you can imagine, people are eager to retrieve their stuff. at one point, they were going to be allowed back into terminal 3 to retrieve their belongings, but that's been on hold. the fbi is still investigating this crime scene. it's a very large crime scene. and so, it is closed indefinitely. perhaps it will reopen later this afternoon, but we've not been told of the plans. >> you think about how all of this -- all played out yesterday, this gunman shooting up -- shooting up the terminal, basi

paul richards is back live with where that currency may go next. welcome back. >> hey, scott. >> it was a great call you made. did you call the top in the euro at 1.38? >> i think this year i probably called the top. the ecb going one way, the fed headed another. it might be heading to 1.33. >> selling it hit? >> i'm comfortable. they will cut rates in some shape or form, and talk about it next thursday, and the fed might be in the process of tapering before we talk about it. >> maybe the ecb was finished cutting rates for a while, now with the data simon was bringing us, in his words, the european story is in tatters? >> not quite in tatters. they need a little longer. they're behind the u.s. in terms of recovery. >> let's switch gears and talk about the united states. a lot of talk, this week, as we mentioned from the outset about bubbles. do you think the u.s. stock market is in one right now? >> no, i don't. i think it's getting a little toppish on the year, being up 20-plus-percent. but it's a very well-manage pd recovery, as long as the fan i

and dan simon. dan, good morning. bring us up to date. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, victor. at this point, we don't have a precise motive but it seems that the suspect here, paul ciancia seemed to have anti-federal government feelings directed towards the tsa, according to some material found on the suspect. cnn has learned that he made reference to quote/unquote the new world order. what we know is that when he went into terminal 3, he pulled a rifle out of his bag, started opening fire. two tsa suspects were hit, including 39-year-old gerardo hernandez who was killed. he was the first tsa officer to die in the line of duty. following that shooting he then made his way into the airport into the departure area where he was confronted by police. i want you to listen to how one passenger described the mayhem. >> i ran out on to the tarmac and away from the terminal where the shooting was happening. and as i was running, the police came toward me, you know, the car is racing towards me. and they jumped out of the cars, pulled their guns, hands up, hands up, get down on the grou