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Alka seltzer plus liquid gels rush liquid fast relief to your tough cold symptoms. and they outsell mucinex liquid gels 2 to 1. alka seltzer plus liquid gels. celebrating a new law that help california women earn they deserve. and: its a gift she thoughe >> axelrod: we close tonight with a mission to change the composition of classical music. not the sound, but the color. fewer than 4% of symphony musicians in this country are black. lee cowan found its not for lack of talent. >> reporter: rachm...

Not only the orchestra but this festival, called the color of music, now in its third year. >> a lot of musicians of color get pigeonholed into jazz and hip-hop. >> reporter: its a stereotype. >> its a big stereotype. a lot of people claim there are not any musicians of color out there doing classical music, when there actually are, in reality, tons of us. >> reporter: clarinetist robert davis says, in most symphonies he sticks out as a black classical artist, but not here. >> you usually see th...

You are sleeping and tells santa if you have been nice. his pictures so popular online, people shared and shared twice. strangers all over the world clicking photos of this kid. >> not really expecting it would go viral and get the attention that it did. >> reporter: but this family has had a taste of what it is like to spread joy. look at who is next to rockwell. do you recognize that boy? that is will. he can fly, as weve told you before. his pictures, proof kids with downs syndrome can soar. ...

Finally tonight in this season of kindness, giving back takes many forms. but well-known rock bandit has meant creating a new christmas song each year as we hear from joe fryar. >> reporter: theyre the rock band with the scary name but generous heart. this month, the killers released their tenth annual christmas song. ♪ pretty girls holy lights ♪ >> you dont see us smiles as much as you do making these videos and making these christmas songs. >> reporter: we caught up with front man brandon ...

And james earl jones and cicely tyson in "the gin game." but while those actors draw big lines at the box office, some of them are having trouble remembering their lines. each has reportedly used teleprompters, or an earpiece, so someone off stage can cue them. the reviews are not great. in fact, al pachinos "china doll" may be the worst reviewed play of the season. "the wall street journal" says "yes, hes using teleprompters." and that he was not at ease with his lines. "the new york post" writ...

And there is some lobbying arm here. the thing thats really interesting to me is that they want more account ability. they say they want to give their dollars and maximize those dollars and this structure will do it. >> glor: jill, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> glor: a pioneer of the american kitchen has passed away. chuck william, founder of williams-sonoma. he started the company in 1956 to sell quality cookware to quality chefs as well as those who just aspire to quality. a demographic w...

They say there is no place like home. we have a unique test on that concept for a group of college students in cleveland. home has become a local retirement community. nbcs john yang stopped by for a visit. ♪ >> reporter: 25-year-old daniel par vin has a lot on his mine these days as he finishes up his ph.d. at the cheefld institute of music. but one thing he doesnt worry about -- >> ive got the best student housing arrangement in cleveland, i think. >> reporter: its not just the apartment in ...

He had stage four liver disease caused by hepatitis c. which has infected as many as 230,000 veterans. most contracted it in vietnam where it was spread by battlefield blood transfusions and vaccinations. >> the longer it goes, the harder it is to treat. >> reporter: after decades of suffering, earlier this year yisrael was overjoyed to learn there was a cure. >> i felt like my prayers were answered. >> i am ready to be cured. >> reporter: the drug, sofosbuvir, is sold as sovaldi and harvoni and...

At a rodeo in texas, and he stopped on the side of the road to listen to me, and it was just a huge, huge moment for me. >> reporter: the radio show has had six homes in its 90er crews. none more thames than the ryman auditorium. >> the radio show has the bedrock of country music, really. >> reporter: 20 years ago, a young hopeful named dierks bentley would sneak in to watch the show. now, the multiplatinum artist is among just 211 stars to become opry members, countrys crowning achievement. >> ...

Dancing to the estefans music. and stephen sondheim, i think is someone who is not interested in that. as a composer and a lyricist, and a genre unto himself. sondheim challenges his audiences. his greatest hits arent tunes you can hum. theyre reflections on roads we didnt take and wishes gone wrong. relationships so frayed and fractured theres nothing left to do but send in the clowns. yet stevens music is so beautiful, his lyrics so precise that even as he exposes the imperfections of everyday...