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Rings you're wearing. >> i did. in liverpool everyone sort of got a nickname. >> would you ever change the name you chose? >> no. >> never? >> no, i'm ringo. hello, ringo. >> this drum kit is from the beatles first american appearance in '64 on "the ed sullivan show." what do you think of when you see that? >> i think of an incredible moment of coming to america. even on the plane, you could feel new york buzzing. >> do you ever wear any of this stuff? >> yes, i wear them around the house. no. >> starr even drummed up and developed a book of negatives. these are all photos he's taken during th...

>> reporter: fans can put the pieces together themselves by looking at the man behind the music, his drums, wardrobe and personal belongings. i love the postcard you wrote to your mom at the bottom. >> i know, call me ringo starr because it wasn't getting through when, tell your mother i'm richard. >> reporter: you got your name by the rings you're wearing. >> i did, in liverpool everyone got a nickname. >> reporter: would you ever change the name you chose? >> no. >> reporter: never? >> no, i'm ringo. hello, ringo. >> reporter: this drum kit is from the beatles' first american appearance in '...

Made peace with it to the extent that you can. but visually you walk into the house and it's a 10,000 square-foot house, not that i saw all of it. but he's alone there. there's a sense of this man rattling around in this big house. with purpose, but having kind of streamlined his life. there aren't kids, he's separated from tipper. so there isn't that famous drum kit in the living room. you have a sense of this other life having been wiped away. streamlined for his new purpose. but still, there's a sense of what the past was. that is always with him. >> karen and howard, we were talking about ...

Rock legend eddie van halen, hip-hop icon ll cool j team up on ll's latest album. talking about your son who joined you in the band, he's 22, wolfgang. been playing since he was 10. you had this eureka moment when you realized the boy had got rhythm. >> i bought him a drum kit and it sat there for awhile, you know. one day i faintly hear this and he was doing something that i had never heard any drummer do, for one thing. it had the lope. i wondered who was playing, i ran up there and it was him. he must have been 8, something like that. so i just went no! more interesting, though, the perspec...

I, that do reserve exceptions of rape and incest and life of the mother. i recognize the party platform supports life and then also recognizes we rescind the issue to the states. >> reporter: because she said of the federalism issues involved. mitt romney does favor the allowance louse in case of rape or incest are involved. it's soon to be the home of the convention forks news. >> i think that is bill and martha getting ready for their 5:00 show. james, we apologize for some of the music in the background. thank you. >> my son is a droumer, you have to tune that drum kit.