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It is an oscar shocker. one mans nomination has been revoked. the composer, bruce botten, was nominated for best original song, but he made a very, very significant mistake. he e-mailed voting members to make them aware of his song and that kind of contact is not allowed. he says he was trying to compete with songs that had major marketing budgets. those are your headlines. >> thats too bad. >> yeah. we dont think of it as a campaign. but it really is a campaign of sorts. >> breaking the rules. ...

Found a direct link to the shooting victims as police tried to determine why it happened. investigators are trying to determine if the suspect assembled that shotgun once he got inside the mall or if he carried it in in that backpack. jeff, that is the backpack that also had crude homemade explosives inside. >> glor: jeff pegues, thank you very much. former nsa contractor edward snowden is expanding his claims about the extent of n.s.a. surveillance overseas. charlie dagata has details of the in...

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Didnt know if i should open up. thats when ms. bianconi talked to me. she was like the mother i never had. >> reporter: you never give up? >> no. no. never, never, never give up. these kids have all been given up in a lot of different areas. my role as a teacher here is to come in everyday like its the first day, positive energy, give these kids 100%. >> reporter: all 102 students here are required to take two hours of music a day, join the choir and play at least one instrument. bianconi believ...

But there are sympathizers among the tribesmen, al qaeda sympathizers, so theres a risk some of these guns will end up in the wrong hands but its a risk that the u.s. is willing to take. >> pelley: by why take that risk? why the urgency now? >> all western diplomats agree situation in anbar is a powder keg. one misstep on either side could be a botched military assault, maybe a high-profile assassination and a widespread sectarian and ethnic civil war could be ignited in a moment, scott. >> repo...

>> reporter: then, in their quiet way, the brothers were shattering barriers. ♪ wake up little susie its 4:00 and were in trouble deep ♪ >> reporter: that song, "wake up little susie," was banned by radio stations. those lyrics, not quite innocent. and two other boys, in new york city, were also astonished. paul simon and art garfunkel said their harmonies, their poetry harkened back to this. ♪ hello, loneliness i feel like i could die ♪ ♪ hello darkness my old friend ive come to talk ...

♪ boy, the way glen miller plays ♪ ♪ songs that made the hit parade ♪ ♪ guys like us, we had it made ♪ those were the days ♪ one day at a time ♪ one day at a time ♪ one day at a time ♪ different strokes to rule the world ♪ ♪ yes, it does ♪ it takes different strokes to move the world ♪ ♪ singing freedom ♪ freedom ♪ freedom >> three, two, one, zero. ♪

>> axelrod: hard to believe, perhaps, but it was 50 years ago today the that capitol records released "i wanna hold your hand." it would become the first beatles hit in the u.s. in three days, a quarter million copies were sold. the latest trend in literature takes us to the chicken coop. thats next. he energy in one gas is also enough to keep your smartphone running for how long? 30 days? 300 days? 3,000 days? the answer is... 3,000 days. because of gasolines high energy density, your car doesn...

>> a lot of older musicians are not around anymore. its a different place after the storm. >> reporter: the storm. the scars of hurricane katrina still run deep here. what trombone shorty is providing -- an ointment for the soul. one of troys star students -- 17-year-old pianist tassion lott was adopted by her aunt after her own parents ran into trouble with the law. >> when i started this program i just gained a bigger passion for music. i was like i want to do this for the rest of my life. >> ...

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