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Him. today the world is remembering the blues legend that died thursday in las vegas. bb stands for blues boy. as a young kid, he rose from poverty to king of blues inspiring generations of artists from clapton to lenny cravits that tweeted this morning. president obamaed president obama tweeted a simple bb king. he was humble when it came to his skills. >> its a lot of people that can do exactly what i do and do it better, theyre just not me. >> president obama released a statement remembering ...

Chicago." he sang in february 2012 at courthousethe white house. you guys had so many top hits with bb king. how many, 30 35? >> 35 top singles. and also tops on our top 200. >> who was louvcille? >> that was the guitar. he was playing in a club and two men were fighting over a woman named loucille. he went back in and saved his guitar. >> why is it that he was the man that embodied blues? because of the timing, his bill street memphis upbringing? >> i think bill street helps. that was the precu...

Clinton on the democratic side theres not going to be much of a difference there. the difference is going to be what are they going to do in the foreign affairs in the situation we face today and thats where hes going, i think, have to get to pretty quickly. >> carl one thing he said quickly. i personally wouldnt think this is a problem with this politically, he says when it comes to israel ill go to my brother. middle east, he would do that as well. is that a problem? >> first of all we dont kn...

His 80s and never gave up his spirit to play the blues. music icons are tweeting their condolences lenny kravitz tweeted b.b. anyone could play. lee brice said, my heart just broke into a million pieces. not enough space to describe my feelings of the man. legend, pure teach. >> brian, elisabeth, back to you. >> trace their roots back to him. >> thats a story that was breaking yesterday. this story has been breaking all week long. fatal acceleration right now we have comes from that am tack trai...

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He was the face of blues music. >> so many people he influenced. rolling stones on down. playing with u2 not all that long ago. >> 1988 and more recently than that. unbelievable performer. tireless on the road. averaged 275 nights a year for first 50 years of his career. >> extraordinary. that is why he was such a success. blues music in general may not be the same money maker as rock-n-roll or country western now. its because of his persistence on the road. >> he was out in front of people sing...

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♪ every day. >> well now b b king is receiving hospice care. the mississippi native was not eating and was dehydrated and taken to the hospital thursday. officials say may have suffered a minor heart attack. >> i saw him just a few years ago in savannah georgia. diabetes. older sitting down the whole concert but tore up the room. >> so sorry i never got a chance to see him. >> unbelievable. coming up on the show. three of the terrorists traded for bowe bergdahl trying to we join evil fight. >>...

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I speak they language. one thing about the road in general, its always been a young mans game or young womans game, its always been a young persons game. the minute you get old and let the game outplay you, thats when youre out. >> the thing about hip-hop, now you and dra have to create that next generation of hip-hoppers. can you be doing this for 30, 40 more years? >> i feel like i dont have no time period on what i do, you know. i feel like im timeless. i say it with confidence, you know what...