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rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> what a terrific story. we certainly wish her all the best.o it for us on this tuesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news thank you for watching, and good night. . >>> shawn robinson from the "access hollywood" family. >> it is wonderful to be here. >> and so it began. the 16-year "access hollywood

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>> rehema ellis at the park for us this morning. thanks. no the a bad way to start the rest of his life. victor espinoza is his jockey bob baffert is his trainer, joining us exclusively this morning with american pharoah. nice to have all three of you with us. congratulations. >> thanks for having us. >> thank you. >> we know american pharoah is a little quiet this morning, understandable he worked very hard yesterday. as for the two of you, i imagine you're still riding high this morning. victor how did you celebrate? >> oh man, stay up all night thinking about it. i'm really excited to be here with american pharoah and all three of us triple crown, you know? american pharoah and bob baffert and myself. honestly i didn't sleep one minute. >> somehow, i'm not shocked. i have to be honest with you. bob, as we heard in rehema's piece, we are basically just passengers here. you guys did work very hard to get to this point. watching the race yesterday, probably felt like the longest two minutes and 26 seconds of your life. at what point did you

. >> one of the best in the business rehema ellis is also one of the best in the business and at thee people feeling? >> reporter: everyone feels american pharaoh is the one to watch and this is the horse that's going to take the triple crown. your fans out here and groomer, trainer, they all say he looks like the triple crown winner. he has a hall of fame winning trainer and experienced jockey. so can he do it? there is a couple of things that are going against him. history for one, there hasn't been a triple crown winner since 1978. in addition to that this track here at belmont park is a quarter mile longer than kentucky derby, 5/16 longer than the preakness. may not sound a lot if you're walking it but it you have to run against other thor thoroughbreds it may be a challenge. the others were based here in new york and trained on this field. that's not the case for american pharaoh, it's from california, having based at churchill downs most recently and it only came here this week trying to get the most could vetted of sports challenges. >> indeed half of america will be watching

and we'll see if american pharoah can break that record. >> thank you so much rehema ellis.overage of the belmont stakes begins at 4:30 eastern on nbc. >>> coming up more on the latest developments surrounding former speaker dennis hastert and the allegations against him. >>> and legal analysis of the duggar scandal. should the parents have done more to protect their daughters after josh duggar admitted to touching them? aleve pm. the first to combine a sleep aid... plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. for pain relief that can last until the am. so you... you... and you can be a morning person again. aleve pm for a better am. now available with an easy open cap. ♪ one, two, three o'clock. four o'clock pop. ♪ five, six, seven o'clock. eight o'clock pop. ♪ ♪ nine, ten eleven o'clock ♪ ♪ twelve o'clock pop ♪ ♪ we're gonna pop around the clock tonight. ♪ pop in new tide pods plus febreze a 4 in 1 detergent. now with 24-hour freshness. ♪ roundup ♪ ♪ roundup has a sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ just point and shoot, and weeds are gone ♪ ♪ 'round fences, trees, even mulched

>> rehema ellis in the los angeles newsroom tonight, thanks. >> authorities in upstate new york said the search area for the escaped killers is 75 square miles, an area larger than washington d.c. the hunter that surprised sweat sweatand matt saturday gave them the best chance yet of capturing them but the killers may have slipped through the dragnet around the cabin. >>> there are 13 republican candidate os officially running for president obama as louisiana governor bobby jindal jumped into the race today. the conservative lawmaker released an announcement showing jindal and his wife speaking to their three young children about their decision. >>> there is new hope tonight in the battle against one of the deadliest forms of cancer. nearly 49,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every year in this country, often by the time it's caught it's too late because there is no way to detect it early but today we got word of a new test that could change that in the future. ann thompson has more on that. >> reporter: actor patrick swayze, michael landon, opera singer luciano pavaro

here is rehema ellis on the koelt's raceative lifetime. >> reporter: american pharaoh returned to churchill downs, getting the royal treatment after a heartpounding run into the record book. >> 37-year wait is over. american pharaoh is finally the one! american pharaoh has won the triple crown! >> reporter: the 3-year-old thoroughbred lived up to his name ruling the racetrack, an electric moment for the fans. when the horse went racing by here, what was going on inside? >> my adrenaline was pumping. i didn't really think it was going to happen. we witnessed history in the making. it was fantastic to see. >> reporter: grueling mile and a half at the belmont, the toughest and final race of the triple crown, longer than both the kentucky derby and the preakness. >> i've never seen a horse run that like. that was pretty you know in awe of him myself. >> reporter: jockey victor espinoza said it was the best race. >> best feeling i ever had. >> reporter: a rare club of only 12 triple crown winners like the magnificent secretari at. 1973 victory, the stuff of hollywood movies. >> the 12th triple c

joining me now is rehema ellis. take us back.ncer was. >> reporter: yeah. i mean inside. i wasn't screaming like the 90,000 people here in the stadium. i have to tell you, i was feeling the excitement. this place was packed. one inch of this place to the next. there were people everywhere. it all seemed they were rooting for american pharoah. they may have been one or two that weren't but it seems like everybody was. this is a record they were ready to have met by this particular horse. even bob baffert, the trainer of this horse, been here before he said when he brought american pharoah into this track unlike previous times he said no one heckled him. it seemed after 37 years and drought that went that long people everywhere were interested in now getting a triple crown winner. what's next for this champion horse? listen to bob baffert talking just this morning before he went back to kentucky. >> for a horse that ran a mile and a half. he looked pretty darn good. he's just a tough horse. he's handling it so. i don't think -- we'

sandburg released a heart wrenching letter discussing her loss and the grief she's been coping rehema ellisorter: it went viral almost immediately. cheryl sandberg thanked friends for helping her pull through the last 30 days mourning the loss of her husband. the coo and mother of two shared what she learned about the grieving process. i think i got this all wrong before. i tried to assure people that it would be okay. thinking that hope was the most comfortable thing i could offer. she went on to say real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be ob, but acknowledging that it is not. when people say to me you you and your children will find happiness again, my heart tells me yes i believe that. but i know i will never deal pure joy again. those who have said you will find a new normal but it will never be as good, comfort me more. because they know and speak the truth. she ends with a touching promise to her late husband to carry on for his sake and their children's and signs off, i love you, dave. >> i've been reading these since dave died. and i just feel like she's making such