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>> well continue to follow it. >> i like your haircut. you look like me. >> whoa. what did he just say? up next, glenn beck is back and he has something interesting on the cop in south carolina. plus hell weigh in on the cable news host when she became very upset when hard worker was used to describe a republican congressman. >> i want to be super careful when we use the term "hard worker." i actually keep an image of folks working in cotton fields on my wall because its a constant reminder of w...

Of folks working in cotton fields on my office wall. because it is a reminder about what hard work looks like. i feel you that hes a hard worker. i do. in the context of relative privilege, and i just want to point out, when you talk about work life balance and being a hard worker, the moms who dont have health care who are working -- >> i understand that -- >> but we dont call them hard workers. call them failures, people who are sucking off the system -- >> no, no, no -- >> thats true. >> that...

>> reporter: born rileyb. king in mississippi, he worked in the cotton fields before the music career. he started recording in the 1940s and became known as blues boy king. then b.b. king. in 1956 at the height of the popularity he played an astonishing 342 one-night stands stands. he continued a rigorous touring schedule into his 80s. he won 15 grammys. >> it feels very very good to go on stage whether you win a grammy or not. >> reporter: king worked with various artists like u2 on the song "w...

Mississippi, he worked in the cotton fields before embarking on his musical career. he began recording in the 1940s and became known as blues boy king and then more simply b.b. king. in 1956 at the height of his popularity, he played an astonishing 342 one-night stand. he continued a rigorous touring schedule into his 80s. kings persistence and passion for the blues paid off. winning 15 grammies. >> it always feels very, very good to go on stage. whether you win or a grammy or not. >> throughout...

Mississippi, he worked as a tractor driver in the cotton fields before embarking on his musical career. he began recording in the 1940s and became known as blues boy king and then more simply b.b. king. in 1956 at the height of his popularity he played an astonishing 342 one-night shows. ♪ he continued a rigorous touring schedule into his 80s. kings persistence and passion for the blues paid off, winning 15 grammys. >> it always feels very, very good to go on stage whether you win a grammy or ...

And "let the good times roll." born riley b. king in mississippi, he worked as a tractor driver in the cotton fields before embarking on his musical career. he began recording in the 1940s and became known as blues boy king and then more simply b.b. king. in 1956 at the height of his popularity he played an astonishing 342 one-night shows. ♪ whole lot of loving waiting for you ♪ >> he continued a rigorous schedule into his 80s. his persistence and passion for the blues paid off winning 15 gr...

Him as an influence and does anyone exist like that today? >> you know, i think whats really sad, obviously aside from the life lost, hes a missing link to a time thats gone. he was born in 1925, on a cotton plantation, father left when he was a child, mother died when he was 9, grandmother died when he was 14, he picked cotton. so he not only played the blues, he really lived the blues, and he said some of the earlier sounds he ever heard that he remembers were people working the cotton fields ...

Roll." he worked as a tractor trail driver in the cotton fields before embarking on his musical career. he began recording in the 1940s and became known as the blues boy king and more simply b.b. king. in 1956 at the height of his popularity he played an astonishing 342 one-night stands. he continued a rigorous touring schedule into his 80s. kings persistence and passion for the blues paid off. winning 15 grammies. >> it always feels very, very good to go on stage. whether you win a grammy or no...

Hands, rubbed raw from washin and cleaning and holding the household together. his cousin, a ava remembered swt ers days on her hands and knees in the cotton fields with lyndon beside her, boy, theres got to be a better way to make a living than this, theres got to be a better way. it wasnt until years later, when he was teaching at a so-called mexican school, in a tiny town in texas, that he came to understand how much worse the p persistent pain of poverty could be for other races in the jim c...

The feel of a mothers calloused hands rubbed raw from washing and cleaning and holding the household together. his cousin a va remembered sweltering days spent on the hands and knees in the cotton fields and lyndon whispering boy, there has got to be a better way to make a living than this. theres got to be a better way. it was not until years later when he was teaching in a so- called mexican school in a tiny town in texas, that he came to understand how much worse the persistence of pain and p...