his name was terry melcher. one of l.a.'s top music producers. and lean late spring of 1969, melcher agreed to come to spahn ranch to hear manson saying. >> charlie almost expected somebody to pull out a contrast dependency here, sign here. you now have a contract with columbia records. >> but there was to be no contract. because later, terry melcher, politely but firmly rejected charlie manson. >> charlie was really crushed. >> he would not be a rock'n'roll star. he would not be rich and famous. he was a failure. which to manson meant, said his parole officer roger smith -- >> charlie was in serious danger of losing the family. he did something that politicians are masterful at. and that is, he creates this horrible thing out there. that there is going to be a race war. >>. . it was a time of racial strife in america. especially in early. and mentioned blended that information somehow with the book of revelation. to proffer site armageddon and a world ending race war. he called it "helter skelter", after one of the songs on the the beatles map "

now, everyone knows in the family that terri melcher has moved from his wonderful house on siala. even though they don't know who is liveing there now, they know you have to be rich and famous to afford that place. and as well, tex watson is going to lead this group that night. tex watson has been to that house before. he knows how to drive there in the middle of the night. that's why that house is chosen. adds crinwinkle tells it, manson and watson emerge and watson tells three women, patricia, susan, linda, go change your clothes into something dark, get your knives. it's not unusual for them to say that because they were going around armed. they expected black panthers to come after them any time. so they go get the knives. the women have no idea what's about to happen. they think maybe they're going to break into a place and steal things. they've been doing that lately. they get in the car. they start driving. they get lost a couple times. but finally, they clamor up -- have any of you been to the site of the murders? it's up a very steep hill, narrow winding road, signs every

do contradicted each only invasion of course they will use old or stone here money terry melcher their answer but that's what every invading power does when it invades another country show us dishes and invasion a lot of venues former deputy speaker of the belgian parliaments thank you for joining us on the program by. thousands are protesting against austerity and i quote arse capital for a 6 day earlier the government in quito relocated to the country's 2nd city amid unrest and clashes. was. it was the it. was the protests were triggered by the removal of fuel subsidies as part of a loan deal with the international monetary fund many of the demonstrators come from poor and indigenous communities across ecuador nicholas o'donovan reports from kiddo. yet another day of violent clashes between protesters and police forces here in ecuador what we've seen today is the indigenous communities thousands and thousands of people that came from different parts of ecuador here to the capital to protest there was a moment of tension when they stormed the national assembly the 1st few moments afte

his name was terry melcher. one of l.a.'s top music producers. in the late spring of 'kind, melcher agreed to come to spahn ranch to hear him sing. >> charlie expected somebody to come out with a pen and say now here you have a contract with colombia records. >> but there was to be no contract. because later, terry melcher politely but firmly rejected charlie manson. >> charlie was really crushed. >> he would not be a rock 'n roll star. he would not be rich and famous. he was a failure, which to manson, said his parole officer. >> charlie was in serious danger of losing the family. he did something that politicians are masterful at. >> that is he creates this horrible thing out there. there's going to be a race war. >> it was a time of racial strife in america. especially in l.a. and manson blended that information somehow with the book of revelation. he called it helter skelter after one of the songs on the beatles "white" album. his followers believed it. but did he? roger smith isn't so sure. >> i think it was basically used to keep them focus

a guy named terry melcher at colombia. doris day's son. the guy who made the birds into a powerhouse. took a local garage band called paul revere and the raiders. made great hits for them. all he had do was audition for melcher to get the contract. there it would go. at this point things start to go pretty wrong in several ways. out on spahn ranch a drug deal goes wrong. a motorcycle gang wants money back from the family who were brokering the deal. a friend of manson's named a couple of the manson women go to gary's house music teacher to get the money out of him. he gave them the bad -- in theory, the bad drugs. he claims he doesn't have any money. they are beating him up. manson shows up. he has a favorite weapon, a sword he took off -- he acquired from another biker. slashes at hinman. leaves -- they keep trying to beat him up. didn't work. finally calls manson and said do what you need do. they kill gary hinman. but at the same time charlie has been preaching about this race war that is coming. and he is telling the members of the "fa

when i was recording the beach boys during the 805, terry melcher, he was a very famous record producer, he produced all of the birds records. for me as i record producer to get to work with him, co—writing many of the songs, e55entially he co—wrote a lot of the beach boy5 songs, but i got to work with them for a long time. the best story of all, dori5 wa5 with them for a long time. the best story of all, dori5 was not getting the residuals that you get. when stuff is on the television repeated you get residualfee5. she was not getting them because her contract was so terrible. terry went to law school, learned how to become a professional mu5ic lawyer and they fought the case against the american networks and he managed to give her the life that she had in later life as they managed to get residuals acro55 as they managed to get residuals across it. he was a fantastic person. so many stories, of which many i cannot say on breakfast. sadly he is not with us anymore. it was lovely to hear his story. the externally legacy of lyra mckee, the political conversation in northern ireland 5

she had one son, terry, with third husband martin melcher, who signed her to a television series during three decades in film she starred opposite kerry grant, jimmy cagne, james garner, to name a few. >> hello i'm doris day and i would like you to meet two of my very best friends. >> reporter: in her real life she stood for for animal rights. later honored with the presidential medal of freedom for her work this morning tributes pouring in for the legendary actress. paul mccartney wrote "will always remember her twinkling smile and infectious laugh. goldie hawn tweeted "the great doris day left us and took a piece of the sun with her. america's sweetheart and hollywood icon leaving behind an incredible legacy. for "today," natalie morales, nbc news, los angeles. >> oh, my goodness what a rich, full life. >>> seattle seahawks quarterback russell wilson recently became the highest paid player in the nfl. so he wanted to do something really special for mother's day this year. his mom tammy was a little more than surprised take a look. >> what's this >> the key to your house it's the key t

her only son, music producer terry melcher, helped her make that show a hit. she retired from show business nearly 50 years ago, making a rare appearance in 1989 to accept a lifetime achievement award. >> and it's been a wonderful life, and i'm not finished yet. >> reporter: she was far from finished, dedicating herself to the humane treatment of animals and creating the doris day animal foundation. born 97 years ago in cincinnati, ohio, doris mary ann kappelhoff leaves a legacy of love. as goldie hawn wrote, the great doris day left us and took a piece of the sun with her. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york >> that smile, you see that sunbeaming. >> you can see why she was a star all those years ago even some just now hearing about her incredible career she had. >> thanks for starting yr daou y thanks to move free ultra. i keep up with this little one. see the world with this guy. and hit the town with these girls. in a clinical study, 4 out of 5 users felt better joint comfort. move free ultra. movement keeps us connected. >>> and on a tuesday morning. may

. >> manson knew wilson was very close to music producer terry melcher who lived in this benedict canyon mansion on cielo drive. he believed that relationship was his ticket to stardom. >> he tells manson, your music is good but i wouldn't know what to do with you. and at that moment, charlie manson's life turns completely. the dream of being a rock star is not going to happen. for manson, the house on cielo drive comes to represent all he wants to achieve and hasn't been able to. >> charles manson has dispatched some of his most devoted followers to go to that house and kill everyone inside. whoever they are. >> melcher had already moved out. manson knew that but didn't know the house's new residents were director roman polanski and his pregnant wife, actress sharon tate. their new home a target for manson and his clan. >> on the night of august 8, manson goes out and picks three of his women. susan atkins, patricia krenwinkel and linda kasabian. >> charlie came and woke me up and he said, get up. i want you to go somewhere. and so i did. and he said, do everything that tex says. and we

so he brought manson to meet terry melcher. terry melcher listened to his music and passed on it. that night they all got in the same car and they gave melcher a ride home. manson was in the car. terry melcher's home was 10050 cielo drive. later to be the scene of the tate murders. manson had been there before. the time he was there was at a time when he had been rejected by someone in the business for something he wanted very, very much. which was -- >> he was going to be a star, that's the man who told him he wasn't going to be a star? >> that's right. >> and the place they dropped that man is where the murder occurred. >> that's right. >> so it was a revenge killing. >> i believe it was, but they got the wrong people. >> so a disguise within a disguise, a man who claims he's trying to launch some sort of revolution or start a war between whites and blacks. >> actually wanted to be a rock -- >> he's killing the guy or he thinks he's killing the guy who prevented him from being a rock star. >> from being a rock star, right. >> hmm. >> one of the most basic motivators of murder, r

stephanie: today governor terry branstad homeland management director mark their day surveying the damage in knoxville. they headed to the walmart there and walked around neighborhoods to get a first- hand look on all the damage. knoxville had the most powerful confirmed tornado out of yesterday's storms with winds up to 110 mph. "we didn't have any serious injuries and we're hopeful most of this will be covered by insurance and i want to complement marion county emergency management for the way they've handled this situation as you see they are already well into the cleanup and recovery process " stephanie: there was one injury reported in this storm. jack/lam iowa farmers know that tornadoes are hit and miss. one farm can be devastated and the next farm over has no damage at all. and that's how it is in melrose tonight, where norman vote's farm is a shambles, and his neighbors are helping him pick up the pieces. hell yes it was a tornado. there's no doubt it norman vote's mind that the devastation at his farm (1478) was no funnel cloud or straight line winds. that's because his wife saw

he persuaded a friend terry melcher who worked with birds and raiders to audition manson. melcher the son of actress doris day lived with candace bergen in a house they rented in benedict canyon 100050. >> i don't think she found charlie interesting musically speaking but certainly found his lifestyle interesting and the girls and the bus and the ranch. >> greg jacobson will never forget the night he melcher and wilson accompany canned manson to the whiskey a go go. >> 40 years ago same booth. charlie slipped away from the booth without any of us knowing. the next thing we knew there was something happening on the dance floor and it was charlie by himself in the middle of the floor and people were literally moving back, clearing the dance floor for charlie. it was if electricity were coming out of his hair, out of his head, and people were just dumb struck. it was quite a spectacle. >> dennis helped to recordings fog manson. one was this tune. [cease to exexist ." >> cease to exist, come and say you love me. >> this is the beach boys version. >> ♪ cease to exist. >> denn

so he brought manson to meet terry melcher. terry melcher listened to his music and passed on it. that night they all got in the same car and they gave melcher a ride home. manson was in the car. terry melcher's home was 10050 cielo drive. later to be the scene of the tate murders. manson had been there before. the time he was there was at a time when he had been rejected by someone in the business for something he wanted very, very much. which was -- >> he was going to be a star, that's the man who told him he wasn't going to be a star? >> that's right. >> and the place they dropped that man is where the murder occurred. >> that's right. >> so it was a revenge killing. >> i believe it was, but they got the wrong people. >> so a disguise within a disguise, a man who claims he's trying to launch some sort of revolution or start a war between whites and blacks. >> actually wanted to be a rock -- >> he's killing the guy or he thinks he's killing the guy who prevented him from being a rock star. >> from being a rock star, right. >> hmm. >> one of the most basic motivators of murder, r

terry had to give him the producer speech got talent but there is nothing i can do for you. charlie was bitter about that. >> melcher rejection undoubtedly increased manson's hostility towards establishment. >> he felt he was being abandoned so he was becoming more desperate and becoming more threatening. >> greta: when doris day offered her beach house to her son, he decided to vacate the house on cielo drive. the new tenant? roman polanski and sharon tape. the couple moved in in spring, 1969 before taking off to europe to work on film projects. >> her departure was very rushed. it was chaos. knowing that bit time she got back home, it would be just prior to her delivery. >> in summer 1969 she finished filming, rush returning to the house at cielo in time to wacht moon landing with her mother and younger sisters. >> very hot. and she was extremely pregnant. and we all went into the master bedroom. pile nootd bed. i was at her beat feet. we watched the moon landing. that was the last time any of us saw her alive. >> greta: two nights of slaughter shocked the world. that is n

terry had to give him the producer speech got talent but there is nothing i can do for you. charlie was bitter about that. >> melcher rejection undoubtedly increased manson's hostility towards establishment. >> he felt he was being abandoned so he was becoming more desperate and becoming more threatening. >> greta: when doris day offered her beach house to her son, he decided to vacate the house on cielo drive. the new tenant? roman polanski and sharon tape. the couple moved in in spring, 1969 before taking off to europe to work on film projects. >> her departure was very rushed. it was chaos. knowing that bit time she got back home, it would be just prior to her delivery. >> in summer 1969 she finished filming, rush returning to the house at cielo in time to wacht moon landing with her mother and younger sisters. >> very hot. and she was extremely pregnant. and we all went into the master bedroom. pile nootd bed. i was at her beat feet. we watched the moon landing. that was the last time any of us saw her alive. >> greta: two nights of slaughter shocked the world. that is n

melcher at columbia he made the birds into a powerhouse paul revere and the raiders, and figured all he had to do was audition for vulture to get the contract and there he would go. then things start to go wrong. several ways. then the drug deal goes wrong of motorcycle gang once the money back from the family the broker the deal and a couple of the manson women go to gary's house to get money out of him because he gave them the bad drugs he claims he doesn't have any money but man singh shows up in has a new favorite weapon which was a sword that he acquired from another baker. he leaves and finally calls manson but at the same time charlie is preaching about this apocalyptic race for intel's the members of the family is in a of bible of the book of revelation where she underlined appropriate passages that what that feels tell us black bird fly, that means something but helter-skelter he tells his followers you have two choices to believe what i am telling you and when the tide is right we go out to the desert but one of two things of happen. they will either kill you but it is corb

a guy named terry melcher at colombia. doris day's son. the guy who amaze thebirds to a power house. took a local garage band and made them. all he had do was audition for melcher to get the contract. there it would go. at this point things start to go pretty wrong in several ways. out on spahn ranch a drug deal goes wrong. a friend of manson's and cup of the manson women go to gary's house music teacher to get the money out of him. he gave them the bad -- in theory, the bad drugs. he claims he doesn't have any money. they are beating him up. manson shows up he has a favorite weapon, a sword he took off -- he acquired from another biker. slashes his him. leaves -- they keep trying to beat him up. didn't work. finally calls manson and said do what you need do. they kill gary. but at the same time charlie has been preaching about this race twhar is coming. and he's telling the member of the "family" and again i have it separately from leslie and patricia. it's in the bible book of revelation which he helped memorize with his grandmother. i h

he persuaded a friend, terry melcher to audition manson. he lived with his girlfriend candice bergeron in a house they rented. >> i don't think terry found charlie interesting musically speaking but found his lifestyle interesting and the girls and the bus and the ranch. >> greta: greg jacobson will never forget the night they accompanied manson to the whiskyagogo on sunset boulevard. he slipped out of the booth and the next thing we knew there was something happening on the dance floor and it was charlie by himself in the middle of the floor and people were literally moving back clearing the dance floor for charlie. it was as if electricity were coming out of his head and people were just dumb struck. it was quite a spectacle. >> greta: dennis wilson arranged some recording sessions for manson. one of the songs recorded was this song "cease to exist." >> greta: this is the beach boy's version. ♪ dennis changed the phrase cease to exist to cease to resist. when and the beach boys recorded the song in september of 1968. now, called never l

he persuaded a friend, terry melcher to audition manson. he lived with his girlfriend candice bergeron in a house they rented. >> i don't think terry found charlie interesting musically speaking but found his lifestyle interesting and the girls and the bus and the ranch. >> greta: greg jacobson will never forget the night they accompanied manson to the whiskyagogo on sunset boulevard. he slipped out of the booth and the next thing we knew there was something happening on the dance floor and it was charlie by himself in the middle of the floor and people were literally moving back clearing the dance floor for charlie. it was as if electricity were coming out of his head and people were just dumb struck. it was quite a spectacle. >> greta: dennis wilson arranged some recording sessions for manson. one of the songs recorded was this song "cease to exist." >> greta: this is the beach boy's version. ♪ dennis changed the phrase cease to exist to cease to resist. when and the beach boys recorded the song in september of 1968. now, called never l

he persuaded a friend, terry melcher to audition manson. he lived with his girlfriend candice bergeron in a house they rented. >> i don't think terry found charlie interesting musically speaking but found his lifestyle interesting and the girls and the bus and the ranch. >> greta: greg jacobson will never forget the night they accompanied manson to the whiskyagogo on sunset boulevard. he slipped out of the booth and the next thing we knew there was something happening on the dance floor and it was charlie by himself in the middle of the floor and people were literally moving back clearing the dance floor for charlie. it was as if electricity were coming out of his head and people were just dumb struck. it was quite a spectacle. >> greta: dennis wilson arranged some recording sessions for manson. one of the songs recorded was this song "cease to exist." >> greta: this is the beach boy's version. ♪ dennis changed the phrase cease to exist to cease to resist. when and the beach boys recorded the song in september of 1968. now, called never l

greta: one thing not eager was record producer terry melcher. >> charlie counted on terry, this is the guy, this is my savior. he'll get me into the music business. terry appreciated charlie for what he was, but not as a musician. and terry had to give charlie the old speech, got some talent, charlie, but there's nothing i can do for you. and charlie, he was terribly bitter about that. >> melcher's rejection of manson undoubtedly increased manson's hostility toward the establishment. >> i think he felt that he was being abandoned. he was being deserted. something he lived with all of his life so he was becoming more and more desperate. and he was becoming more and more threatening. greta: when doris day offered her malibu beach house to her son, terry melcher decided to vacate the house on cielo drive. the new tenants, roman polanski and a now pregnant sharon tate. the couple moved in in the spring of 1969, before taking off to europe to work on separate film projects. >> her departure was very rushed. it was chaos. knowing that by the time she got back home, it would be just prior to

greta: one thing not eager was record producer terry melcher. >> charlie counted on terry, this is the guy, this is my savior. he'll get me into the music business. terry appreciated charlie for what he was, but not as a musician. and terry had to give charlie the old speech, got some talent, charlie, but there's nothing i can do for you. and charlie, he was terribly bitter about that. >> melcher's rejection of manson undoubtedly increased manson's hostility toward the establishment. >> i think he felt that he was being abandoned. he was being deserted. something he lived with all of his life so he was becoming more and more desperate. and he was becoming more and more threatening. greta: when doris day offered her malibu beach house to her son, terry melcher decided to vacate the house on cielo drive. the new tenants, roman polanski and a now pregnant sharon tate. the couple moved in in the spring of 1969, before taking off to europe to work on separate film projects. >> her departure was very rushed. it was chaos. knowing that by the time she got back home, it would be just prior to

greta: one thing not eager was record producer terry melcher. >> charlie counted on terry, this is the guy, this is my savior. he'll get me into the music business. terry appreciated charlie for what he was, but not as a musician. and terry had to give charlie the old speech, got some talent, charlie, but there's nothing i can do for you. and charlie, he was terribly bitter about that. >> melcher's rejection of manson undoubtedly increased manson's hostility toward the establishment. >> i think he felt that he was being abandoned. he was being deserted. something he lived with all of his life so he was becoming more and more desperate. and he was becoming more and more threatening. greta: when doris day offered her malibu beach house to her son, terry melcher decided to vacate the house on cielo drive. the new tenants, roman polanski and a now pregnant sharon tate. the couple moved in in the spring of 1969, before taking off to europe to work on separate film projects. >> her departure was very rushed. it was chaos. knowing that by the time she got back home, it would be just prior to