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Well as journalists, university professors, doctors, a concert pianist, and an american pastor who has lived here for more than 20 years. barbaros sansal is a fashion designer who just spent two months in prison for posting comments online that offended the government. comments online that offended the government. >> reporter: he was beaten by a pro-government mob in january, and is so worried it will happen again, he rarely leaves his house. thats a pretty frightening thought in what is suppose...

And then asking how wrong they all were has now become debt obvious. so why should anyone still believe the same teams assurances on irans ability to produce nukes? joining me now, charlie heard, "the washington times" and a senior fellow composer and fox news contributors. thats a reasonable question, isnt it? >> definitely a reasonable question and heres a thought on this. while i love the president, former president rather than, i think that we can all agree that hes got syria wrong. when cre...

And then asking how wrong they all were has now become debt obvious. so why should anyone still believe the same teams assurances on irans ability to produce nukes? joining me now, charlie heard, "the washington times" and a senior fellow composer and fox news contributors. thats a reasonable question, isnt it? >> definitely a reasonable question and heres a thought on this. while i love the president, former president rather than, i think that we can all agree that hes got syria wrong. when cre...

And he represented through his music like no one before. >> reporter: two highly anticipated reunions were front and center at last nights party party. to accept their honor, rocker yes reunited front man jon anderson, who left the band nearly a decade ago, remembered cofounder chris squire, who passed away in 2015. >> it was a magic moment when i met chris ♪ dont stop believing >> reporter: the biggest question of the night involved the induction of journey. perhaps a let-down for the journey...

>> duthiers: pearl jam, tupac shakur, and yes were among the music legends inducted into rock n roll hall of fame last night. anthony mason says the ceremony kicked off with a tribute to one of rocks founding fathers ♪ early in the morning >> reporter: e.l.o., the newest members of the rock n roll hall of fame, opened the show with chuck berrys "roll over beethoven." berry, who passed away just three weeks ago, was in the halls first inductee class in 1986. e.l.o. founder jeff lynne, would

From 29 top colleges. what was the lowest grade you ever got in school? >> a b in math. it was not a good time. >> one great thing about having brothers that are all intelligent, you compete to see who is better. >> reporter: all the boys nearly straight a students at their public high school. the success, the result of parents with high expectations. >> what i feel a dad does is, hes there to help you out and make sure everything is square and reassure you, not to coddle you at all. >> reporter...

The new england compounding pharmacy, which cadden owned. meuck barris produced two of tvs most popular game shows, "the newlywed game" and "the dating game," but hes best known as host of one of the most bizarre shows ever to hit the tsrwaves, "the gong show." riuly awful amateur acts competed for a prize of $516.32, if they could avoid the gong. chuck barris died yesterday. he was 87. up next, audience participation at the vatican. bad. ...at t. rowe price... ...weve helped our investors stay ...

Le pelley: elvis became its king. disc jockey alan freed gave it a name, and chuck berry, he was the godfather of rock n roll, its inspiration and driving force. chuck berry died saturday at the age of 90. jim axelrod has his story and his music. ♪ >> reporter: there are plenty of heys to articulate the importance of chuck berry. he was the first inductee into the rock n roll hall of fame, where the rolling stones keith richards came clean. >> i lifted every lick he ever played. ♪ down in lo...

♪ i got a 1966 cherry red mustang ford ♪ and then theres the man himself explaining his uncommonly common touch. >> everybody drives cars. everybody has to have money. everybody has a love affair, inspirations. boese are things i write about. ♪ roll over, beethoven, i got to n ar it again today ♪ >> reporter: but the best way to measure chuck berrys influence is not through words, but through music. for their very first song of ereir very first u.s. concert, the beatles chose berrys veol...

Obsession. tonight on his life and extraordinary career. >> reporter: chuck berrys johnny b. goode is one of four songs on the voyager spacecraft. thats how good he was. born charles edward anderson berry, 1926 in st. louis, missouri, but the world knew him as chuck. he learned to sing in church, but caught the showbiz bug after performing in high school at age 15. >> i came with the blues, and that was sort of raunchy then. but i got a terrific ovation. >> reporter: with the influence of blues ...