. ♪ >>> yes, that is david bowie's "fashion." not his best but a classic. >> very appropriate. >> very appropriate for this next one because new york original is making some big old headlines again at new york's fashion week. not just for her designs. >> no. alina cho sat down with donna korca karan. >> reporter: the reining queen of 7th avenue, she's been called america's coco chanel. she's not just a designer, she's a one-woman empire. >> you failed at draping? >> yeah. >> how is that possible? >> you've got to fail to move for regard were in the early days she trained under anne klein. in 1985 the now 63-year-old designer launched her own label, donna karan new york, a global empire that today includes dkny, members wear, fragrance, home. and a second company, urban sevzen, a socially conscious line. more than $2 billion a year in retail sales. >> you know, i started as a dream. >> but did you ever think? >> no, because i started donna karan, i wanted to design seven easy pieces that were just for me and my friends, and that's

how cool is david bowie? >> 65 years old, david bowie. >> is that right. >> he can finally get a free bus pass in london. he's the one guy, if you look alt of the rock stars, he's the one guy who has remained ice cool. to his brand, it's as cool today as it was in the '70s. >> some kids don't even know who david bowie is now, and when they hear him, they go, oh, yeah. >> he knew when to stop performing. ziggy stardust in the '70s and all of the reinventions he went through. he was saying around 2000, he last performed. >> the vision tour, yeah. >> it's to give up when they want you back on the stage. >> you have to get off the stage if people want you back on stage. right now, he could have a giant comeback. i think he's working on a book. he's got to be working on something. >> can i e-mail you? >> no. really? i can't e-mail you? >> you can go through my publicist. by the way, there's a guy on saturday night live, a great, great cast member. taryn killm. he does an impression of you. it hasn't been on air ye

david jones adopted the name david bowie in the late '60s and hits and grammys soon followed. >>> one hour special day more s calendar. the african national congress turned 100 years old this weekend. former president nelson mandela we're told will not attend the festivities due to his failing health. >>> a thrilling tourist adventure goes horribly wrong. could have been worse, though. this is erin worth, a tourist from australia, plunging toward the river right there. oh, my gosh. and then the cord of that bungee breaks. watch the cord, one more time there. she falls to the water below, 300 feet, and amazingly, she actually survives that. >> it wasn't black straightaway and i felt like i had been slapped all over. i had to swim down and yank the bungee cord out of whatever it was caught under. i think it is a miracle i survived. >> it turns out the cord broke at just the perfect moment if there is a perfect moment. she avoided serious injury because it broke when she was already so close to the surface of the water. she's bruised pretty badly. that river is known for being filled wit

happy birthday, david bowie. and how about a comeback tour? that sure would be nice. >>> up next -- must see television. my no talking points segment. tonight's subject, the gop candidate and black people. and . and it's very physically demanding. if i'm sore i'm not at my best. advil is my go-to. it's my number one pain reliever. [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. >>> it is time now for no talking points. >> tonight's segment is about that very uncomfortable subject for many. especially the gop presidential candidates. black people. first the question for you. what exactly is a blah person? don't think about it too much. let's hear rick santorum use it in a sentence. >> i don't want to make blah people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. i want to give them the opportunity to go out and turn them money. >> well, to just about everybody it sounds like he said black people, but he walked it back in a cnn interview. >> i looked at the video and i don't -- in fact, i'm pretty confident i didn't say black

bowie and elton john. the show lasted for 35 years. a lasting legacy for a man who increased the visibility of african-american culture and changed the face of television. >> i'm don cornelius. we wish you love. >> love, peace and soul. isha is back with the 360 news bulletin. >> deadly violence following a soccer match in egypt. at least 73 people killed and 1,000 injured. rioting broke out inside the stadium. fans from the competing teams attacked each other with rocks and chairs. >>> facebook today officially filed to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering. they earned $1 billion last year on sales of $3.7 billion. check this out. video of the far side of the moon. it was shot by one of two that nasa spacecrafts. they are equipped with what are called a moon cam anderson? >>> tomorrow on start tg point with soledad o'brien more on romney's comment about not being concerned about the poor and an interview about a texas teen mistakenly deported to colombia. >>> coming up, joan rivers smoking a doo

and david bowie was there, and elo spoke to living and dancing. you want to get up and you want to dance. by the time the end comes, which is this great elo tune at the end, it's very uplifting. she wants them to have it all, so she combines it all. >> hunky dory official rell leased -- officially released in the u.k. they are hoping it gets picked up in the u.s. >>> just a little heads up here. we're going to be speaking with a mother who is joining me a little later this hour. she has not seen her son in eight years. eight years. he was kidnapped as a baby by his godmother, and today that godmother is in custody. i'll be speaking with the mother waiting to beie reunited with lost son. the last time she saw him, he was eight months old. >>> first, a couple stories we're watching for you. new word of terror plots involving iran and western targets. also, president obama talking about the future of war at the white house. and as always, we're watching the dow. secretary leon panetta arrives in afghanistan today. time to play reporter roulette. i wa

and non-r&b stars like david bowie and elton john. the show lasted for 35 years. a lasting legacy for a man who increased the visibility of african-american culture and changed the face of television. >> i'm don cornelius, and as always, wish you love, peace, and soul. >> love, peace, and soul. isha is back with 360 news and business bulletin. >> deadly riots after a soccer match in egypt. 1,000 injured when a riot broke out inside a stadium. fans of competing teams reportedly attacked each other with rocks and chairs. >> facebook timed to raise $5 billion in a public offering. the company also revealed it earned $1 billion last year on sales of $3.7 billion. and check this out, video of the far side of the moon. no matter what, it's always facing away from us. it was shot by one of two nasa space crafts called ebb and flow that arrived in ornt on new year's eve and day. both are equipped with moon cams and they tape the lunar gravitational field. >> tomorrow, more on mitt romney's comment on not being concerned about the poor, and an interview with a teen that wa

david bowie was bisexual, and that was part of his appeal. and david bowie's wife told me that she found he and mick in bed together. and it's interesting when you look back from this part where we have sir mick jagger, he wasn't that. you know, he built his fame and his wealth and his iconic status on being an enemy of the establishment. and that's what got him in trouble with the queen, for example. >> the fact that he slept with both men and women is almost the understory to who some of those men and women were. >> yes. >> in your book, you have a ton of amazing names here. eric clapton. david bowie. uma thurman. madonna. >> madonna was a groupie in the early '80s. and just recently, madonna chose mick's daughter as the face of her material girl clothing line. so the connection goes on. >> i'm more stunned by the fact that he went to the london school of economics. and you describe him as a financial wizard overseeing his $400 million financial holdings. >> right. those are his personal holdings. and he is also in charge of the minimum $2

david bowie turns 65 today. here are some other numbers that you might know about. you should know about. 43. that's how many years have passed since he released his breakthrough album. 140 million, you know what that is. that's how many albums he's sold over his four-decade career. 2003, that's the last time he released an album of original songs, so happy birthday and how about a comeback? we'd certainly like that. >>> it is alabama versus lsu on monday might for the championship of college football and the ultimate ending to a season for most player rs, but we're going to tell you about one who is just lucky to be alive. man on tv: two outs with a runner on first base. now the big guy comes up to bat, hitting .342 with 92 rbis and 36 homers. [fans whirring] [ding] announcer: chill raw and prepared foods promptly. one in 6 americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. keep your family safer. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. >>> i know you can hardly wait. i can't. monday night, the sports world will be watching the bcs college football championship gam

he also had nonafrican-american artists, like elton john and david bowie, the average white band. it was a badge of honor for a white artist to come on soul train because standing there next to don cornelius, you couldn't get any cooler sthan that. >> he got some key points for that, right? >> yes. he was the epitome of soul. at b.e.t. we're proud to carry on his legacy with the continuation of the soul train awards. as you said, suzanne, we were down there in atlanta a couple months ago. we've been doing that show for three years. and when the artists come and accept a "soul train" award, they still tell stories about how wonderful don cornelius is and they paid tribute to him like gladys knight did, like with "earth, wind, and fire" and he paved the way for b.e.t. to exist, for us to have a show like video soul, and now 106 and park. he paved the way for the video awards. we owe so much to this great man and it's a sad day in the music industry and the black business community to have to see his death happen like this. >> debra looer, thank you so much. ceo of b.e.t., thank you.

. ♪ >>> that's david bowie "modern love" off of newt gingrich campaign spokesman joe desantis' playlist. he'll talk about his candidate admitting he will most likely not be the republican nominee for president. >> you have to be realistic, given the size of his organization and the number of primaries he's won he's far and away the most likely republican nominee and if he does get to 1,144 delegates i'll support him and do everything i can this fall to help him beat obama president primary goal has to be to defeat barack obama. >> so far newt gingrich hasn't actually dropped out of the race, despite having been in a distant third with 140 delegates so far. let's get to joe desantis, who joins us from washington, d.c. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> it's my pleasure. thanks for being with us. he can't win, in debt roughly about $4.5 million in debt and when you hear him talk, he sort of sounds he's capitulating in one way but not capitulating, not getting out of the race. why not? >> well in that interview he was acknowledging governor romney's delegate lead but he went on to p

. >> explain this thing that david bowie and shakes would be proud of. as viv, what was the crux of the film? >> as a teacher, as an unconventional, quite eccentric