obviously from our name, wright state university, you can tell that we are named for wilbur and orville wright and the university creates that inventive spirit of the wright brothers. and there is power in this story and to think that we are carrying on their legacy, that of the wright brothers and their creative spirit, it is so important. here at wright state university, we have the wright brothers report cards. so here we have a few report cards of welder, and he was such a good student. in algebra he was getting 80s and 90s most of the time. he was a pretty good student. he went to central high school in dayton and also a high school in indianapolis, indiana. end of report cards definitely let us know what they were studying in school and what their foundation was for their future experience. and they were not necessarily as good as those of welder. this one was from central high school in dayton and he got a 75 in algebra and you might think it's kind of a low score for somebody to go down and create an airplane. but he just didn't like the organized classroom although he was very inquisi

the first sustained power controlled flight was name bid wilbur and orville wright. >>> happy birthdaylla jovovich who is 38. chris matthews, 68. and pope francis, 77. keep it right here for more news, weather and sports. i'm richard li along with bill karins. have a great tuesday. . >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> good morning to you. it's 4:30, i'mterry mcsweeney. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. fire crews are on the scene of a scrap metal fire burning at sims metal management in redwood city. it's on seaport boulevard. >> today in the bay's chase cain arrived on the scene. what's it looking like to you? >> reporter: we have a lot of smoke but redwood city fire said they were able to contain this to a one-alarm fire. you may remember this is the exact same facility that caught on fire about a month ago. the fire broke out around 1:00 a.m., but unlike last time, which was a

the wrights were still conducting business and running the wright company, this was a tragedy for orville and the family and milton wright this morning at 3:15, wilbur passed away age 45 years, one month and 14 days. a short life full of consequence, and unfailing intellect, in terrible temper, great self-reliance and great modesty, pursuing it steadily, he lived and died. many calls, many telegrams. this was thursday, may 30th, 1912. very formal emotional tribute to his friend. a few days later mills and actually writes a lot shakier hand, wilbur is dead and buried, we are all stricken. it does not seem possible that he is gone. probably orville and catherine field is lost the most. they say the will. that diary entry really demonstrates how this is a story of an entire family who went through a lot of different things in their lives, not just printing business and bicycles and flight, but a lot of tragedy and the motion and family ties and a lot of interesting things that teach us something about what life was like early in the 20th century. >> next from dayton, ohio, learn about the se

is airplane which orville wright considered the world's first practical airplane was constructed and flown in less than six years time between the time that they built their kite and the success of this particular airplane. this is also a plane that was bill two years after their first flight at kitty hawk, n.c. on december 17th, 1903. what is interesting to think about is that the right flyer in kittyhawk. four times on one very historic day. there were four important flights and they very much for the proof of concept of power heavier than air flight. but the airplane behind me, the 1905 wright flyer iii was capable of repeated take off and landing, repeated flight of not just a few seconds at a time but upwards of 40 minutes by october of 1905. is airplane could fly graceful circles, a figure rates, a bank and turn and fly very much like a modern airplane flies. this is very much a modern airplane capable of being controlled through a three independent taxis of flight, pitch, roll and yaw. >> more from wright brothers aviation center, next weekend as booktv and american history tv

obviously from our name, wright state university, you can tell that we are named for wilbur and orville wright and the university creates that inventive spirit of the wright brothers. and there is power in this story

. >> this with the anniversary of the william and orville wright flight. next time a christian child dies in your country egypt, no more aid. none. come at me with it. no more student visas for muslim students until we find those missing in this country and beyond that, if you're going to continue to do this, if your prophet was for this let us know about it. you're cowards and afraid of the islamists. >> yeah. >> punks. >> you're right. >> you're up. >> i don't know how i segway from that, but last year rush finally was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame and this year other favorites have been inducted including hall and oates. yes. they were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame and this was a shocker, kiss. it took this long for kiss to be inducted. linda ronstadt is another one. nirvana and peter gabriel. >> i thought you were going to say limbaugh. >> no the band rush. >> there's a guy named simon beck making amazing art. he does this all by his skis. he used to orient maps. but if you're up on a chair lift and you're going to go skii

orville wright consider this the airplaneirst practical and was constructed and flown in less than 60 years' time. the time between they built their kite and this airplane. than two yearsss after their first flight in kitty hawk, north carolina. er in kitty hawk flew four times on one historic day. they very much worthy proof of heavier thanwered, air flight. flyerhe 1905 wright behind me was capable of repeated flights, not just for a few seconds, but upwards of 40 minutes by october 1905. this can fly in circles, figure eights, it could turn and fly very much like a modern airplane. this is very much a modern airplane capable of being controlled through three independent axes of flight. there is more from wright brothers aviation center next weekend as both tv and american history tv look at the history and literary life of dayton, ohio. saturday at noon on c-span2 and sunday on c-span3. energyrding to the administration' 2014 outlook, u.s. oil reduction will soon be 10 million barrels a day. the gap between production and demand will continue to close with the u.s. medium domestic

is airplane which orville wright considered the world's first practical airplane was constructed and flown in less than six years time between the time that they built their kite and the success of this particular airplane. this is also a plane that was bill two years after their first flight at kitty hawk, n.c. on december 17th, 1903. what is interesting to think about is that the right flyer in kittyhawk. four times on one very historic day. there were four important flights and they very much for

and it is signed wright brothers by orville right. they shared everything. they took credit for everything together. it was a joint project, a partnership. as the wright brothers went on integrated traveled a lot to sell the airplane and they went to france first. wilbert spent almost all of 1908 in france damaging the airplane and then into 1909. this particular problem is the aero club of america album put together by mrs. leon -- she gave wilbur and his factory in france to construct the airplane and fly locally at the local racetrack. so this album is full of amazing photographs, amazing pictures of a lot of the crowds that came to see wilbur fly. you can see the women in the hats and fancy dresses, and children and bicycles and carriages and so forth. a great photo album. one of the real treasures of the collection is this, of course. this is an original print of the first powered flight. this was printed from the glass plate negative from the wright brothers camera. they had a local life-saving man at the life-saving station take this image. when they w

this airplane which orville wright considered the world's first practical airplane was constructed and in less than six years time between the time that they have built their kite and the success of this particular airplane. this is also plain that was built less than two years after their first flight at kitty hawk north carolina on december 17, 1903. what's interesting to think about is that the wright flyer and kitty hawk flew four times, just four times on one very historic day. they were four very important flights and they very much for the proof of concept of heavier than air flight. the airplane behind me, the 1905 wright flyer three was capable of repeated takeoffs and landings, repeated flights of not just for a few seconds at a time but up words of 40 minutes by a cover of 1905. this airplane could fly in circles and fly figure eights. it could bank in turn and fly very much like a modern airplane flies. this is very much a modern airplane capable of being controlled through the three independent axes of flight, pitched role and y'all. general motors chairman and chief a thi

this airplane, which orville wright considered the world's most practical airplane, was constructed andhone in less than six years time between the and they built their kite the success of this particular airplane. this is also a plain guilt less than two years after their first onght in north carolina december 17, 1903. what is interesting to think about is the right flyer flu historics on one very day. there were four very important flights and they were the proof of concept of power, heavier than air flight. the airplane behind me, the 1905 right flyer free -- three, was capable of repeated takeoffs and landings and repeated flights of not just for a few seconds at a time, but upwards of 40 minutes by october 19 oh five. this airplane could fly graceful soakers -- circles, figure eights, and fly very much like a modern airplane flies. this is very much a modern airplane, capable of being controlled through three independent axes of flight. pix, role, and yacht. next week andre as booktv and american history tv look at the history and literary life of dayton, ohio. saturday at noon on

let me give you one quick historical example, orville and wilbur wright figure out how to fly, it wasn'til 1926 when the federal government established the safety and regulatory framework that allowed commercialization of aviation. we just don't -- melissa: yeah, for sure we don't kn any of these thing, but, bruce, when i saw in this, you were the first person that i thought of because i hought what fantastic marketing and advertising. if these little things are flying all over the place, and shockingly they all say amazon prime. what a marketing opportunity, right? >> jeff besos got on national television during the most important shopping week of the year and came up with something so outrageous that we're all talking about it. i mean -- melissa: so do you think it's fake? do you think it's just a scam, it's just marketing? >> i think the word for it is actually a technical term, it's called hogwash. [laughter] i would order stuff and just sit home with a baseball bat trying to -- [laughter] no, this was for him to get on television, and we're all talking about amazon. we all think it'

. >>> daily flashback, it was this day in 1903, folks, when orville and wilbur wright made their firsturse. it stayed airborne for 12 seconds. as every president has for the past 50 years, president obama issued a proclamation declaring today wright brothers day. >>> two sitting senators are former cabinet members. one was lamar alexander, bush 41's secretary of education. mike johans was bush 43's agriculture secretary and he is retiring after one term from nebraska. congratulations to today's winner, our returning champion, michael diamond. send your suggestions to dailyrundown@msnbc.com. shout it out for kiss who took way too long to get into the hall, but they're in. ♪ if you don't feel good, there's a way you could ♪ [ sn] i better take something. [ male announcer ] dayquil cold and flu doesn't treat all that. it doesn't? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast-acting antihistamine. oh, what a relief it is! [ female announcer ] holiday cookies are a big job. everything has to be just right. perfection is in the details. ♪ pillsbury cook