Friday Nite Videos -- April 19, 2013

Scientists create a see-through brain. Boston Marathon suspect interrogation may answer many questions. Lewis Black on the moocher class. Brubeck's 'Take Five' with sitar and tabla. Glenda Jackson's 'tribute' to Baroness Thatcher. Documentary film: Ain't I a Person?

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The See Through Brain

Scientists have come up with a way to make whole brains transparent, so they can be labelled with molecular markers and viewed with a microscope.

Captured Alive, Bombing Suspect May Provide Answers

Michael Isikoff talks with Rachel Maddow about how investigators will interrogate Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Back in Black -- the Moocher Class

Lewis Black learns that the moocher poor should pay their fair share -- just so long as it doesn't involve taxes on cigarettes, soda or guns. 

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Brubeck's 'Take Five' With Sitar and Tabla

Sachal Studio (Pakistan) pays remarkable tribute to Dave Brubeck with this cover of the classic Take Five.

Actress Glenda Jackson's 'Tribute' to Margaret Thatcher

Actress Glenda Jackson has been a member of British parliament for more than two decades. Here is her clarion discussion of the motion to pay tribute to the Baroness Thatcher. (Thanks to Yvette Pollack.)

Ain't I a Person?

The focus of this award-winning documentary film is the stories of the poor (and near-poor) about how they manage their lives and families.