and then to end up writing which is the kentucky derby >> then there was the article before and after. of raw power he didn't know that he had. been at was a desperation instead of rejecting netball and it is a sporting event and wanted to be a sports writer. some of them. football, basketball, be that was a big part of his life and constantly betting on large sums of money. but there is a reading unbacked i will be a sports writer. river member better than i do that style love sports righty and that is formulaic pdf and growing up to tell us about hunter is mother and above was virginia like wax will dash? evacuate. >> hunters dad died when he was about 17. a middle-class family. to yogurt brothers and his dad died suddenly. and had to go back to work in began drinking rather heavily. and over seven years that was very difficult. for hunter. then does the results been of the rest to be thrown under the bus his mom was brought them tough been a survivor. cement and his mother in is the librarian. end always to babysit but hearing it is of the cover with a cigarette and the glasses. i

prized mares, all thoroughbreds, magnolia and margaret have lines of descent that include 11 kentucky derbyners. in this year's triple crown races while we can't claim american pharaoh, we can claim fermento who ran in the belmont against american pharaoh. we're on the second level of ashland, second floor landing and here we have one of our most important portraits of henry clay, we have many but few that would rise to the level of importance of this one. the reason for that is that this portrait is a visual enkaps lags of clay's political ideology. this is a copy of an original painted here at ashland in 1842. by artist from philadelphia, the whig party was the political party and wanted to have a visual image to help him get nominated for the presidency and ultimately elected in 1844. clay's ideology was economic in nature. he felt that the best way to enl sure that the nation remained united and intact through a strong national economy. that blended the agricultural economy of the south and industrial economy of the north together as one into one strong national economy. you can see at

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it's the kentucky derby or the preakness but more than 1,0001,0 people turned out to watch an ox raise. it happens every four years. the very first raise began nearly four years ago. it's definitely a challenge to raise on an ox. that's the pay off. that's what we wanted to see. to you you should have seen us from the get go. of course they have to keep their balance or the ox will throw h them off, which is never any fun. how fast do they really go? >> i'm trying to -- > there they go. coming up we're going to have gwen and your local news.. > we'll tell you if the heat is going to stick around or if we're going to have some cooler ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded suv of the century. before we talk about weather we a big daygh -- it's for teisha lewis. >> tuesday. birthday.day. > but she's also in the hospital having her baby. she's watching us. hi, teisha. she is in the hospital, but the big day is coming, but it would be a great birthday gift for her h. >> she's in the hospital becaush she's about h to have her

this would be if a clydesdale won the kentucky derby and they said we'll balk for the preakness and belmontyou have to become a different horse. trump can't run as a thoroughbred or racehorse. he has to run in his own way which is to stomp all the ponies down with his giant hooves. this is foolishness. kennedy: there has to be a middle grounds. he definitely hits the sweet spot where he appeals to people's fears and hopes. the fear is their lives will continue down a path that is not sustainable for them. the fear is they get better jobs and make more money. they can do that by pinning their hopes on the donkey that is hillary. he has the tools as his disposal but he's not working with drizzle and buzz saws. he's working with sledgehammers and backhoes. >> we have a clydesdale operating backhoe. i like the imagery there. but the problem for trump is in a recent bloomberg poll they found out a lot more people agreed with donald trump's view of america as a place that is teetering at the brink. people have real concerns about the future of the country. f all of those things are true. but hill

. >> i was reading this morning marathon, two super bowls, kentucky derby, now rio. that's insane. >> yeah. when i'm at an event i'm focussing. i'm not taking in the environment as much thinking, wow, how cool to be here. i'm thinking, all right, serena is playing. how can i clean up the background? >> on a typical day maddy covers sports in boston. days are long. she's there six or seven hours before the games start. capturing a winning shot takes patience. mentor elsa garrison. >> she works hard. she's a talented photographer. >> reporter: when we spoke the games were weeks away. >> what is great about the olympics the pure joy and agony and defeat. everything you loved andme mewa about sports is at the olympics. the poetry of emotion of sport is great. >> maddie's success didn't happen overnight. little girl watching her friends's dad take pictures at their soccer games. >> he was shooting our game and he showed me how a camera work. ever since then i wanted to do photography. >> reporter: she literally worked her way up. shooting games at school in the athletic d

kentucky derby, tampa bay downs, same thing they start in things like they fly open and they are off. but september 17th, it's not horses its people on this historic track first time ever. fundraiser for tampa bay unid soccer club. youth soccer league here in tampa. i will tell you how you can get involved and racing on this >> a lite ove three hours to fifinish an average major league basebl came commisoner r man ford says at'sontely he pseropod new rules that would change and speed up the game. defensive shift.at's when infie e side of the field or the other depending on where the hitter tends to hit the ball. second, implementing a pitch clock at 20 seconds. some pitches will take forever. and minor leaguers have had this since 2015 and mlb teams have tied it in spring training. third, and this we think is most significant, it would lim relief pitchers. you know, sometimes a team batter. a new rule would stop this. of course if >> but the collective bargaining agreement ends in december we might see at least some of these changes negotiated. you and i were talking about this. i'm k

open, kentucky derby, coldplay concerts. tell me exactly how it works. stereo topic technologyereoscopic that is perfect for virtual reality. me about the fear he behind live events and why virtual reality can make them so much better. live events -- you cannot be and always places at once. whether it is a live sports event, a concert, anything like that. virtual reality, if you have not tried it, you are putting on a pair of -- currently they are goggles, they will become a very lightweight pair of glasses statue will look around, see and feel -- not feel, but you feel like you are there. it is stereoscopic so it is 3-d and everywhere you look, you would feel like you were there in person. you work with samsung. you are on multiple hardware platforms. tell me about what gear you need to experience this. guest: currently on the mobile side -- because there is a mobile and a pc side, samsung headset a great initial . and you need a samsung phone -- of course they are trying to sell samsung phones. we call them goggles because they look like ski goggles cu

open, the kentucky derby, cold play concerts, tell me exactly how it works. >> well, we've got a stereoscaupicression technology we developed years ago, actually around the 3-d television days. that same compression technology is perfect for virtual reality. emily: talk to me about the theory behind live events and why virtual reality can make them so much better. >> well, live events, i mean, you can't be in all those places at once. whether it's a live sports event or a concert, anything like that, virtual reality, you haven't tried it,-year putting on a pair of, currently they're goggles, they're going to become a lightweight pair of glasses. you're able to look around, see and feel, well not feel, but you can feel like you're there. it's stereoscaupic, so it's -d. wherever you look, you see as if you're there in person. emily: i know you work with samsung but you're on multiple hardware platform. tell me what kind of gear you need to experience this >> currently oon the mobile side of this, because there's a mobile and p.c. side. the mobile application is with samsung gear v.r. they've mad

the feeling i get going into the sport aid show is that the five super bowls i've done, the 12 kentucky derbys, the three olympics, shows with president reagan, the pope and tito, were all minuscule." (laughs) in the u.s., where the new york race drew fewer than 5,000 runners, as compared to london's 50,000. hands across america's domination was so complete, some sport aid competitors did double-duty. "yeah, i've got to get home and change so i can get my kids and wife and go hands across america." "and that was a problem in this country: two charities were competing for the public's attention today and sport aid lost." but african famine victims won withmi "the finish of the race coincides with the start of a u-n special session tomorrow. the first ever meeting of the general assembly to discuss africa and its problems." "we're saying to those people, it's now in your hands. we're showing we -- we care, we know it is within our power to solve the whole issue of hunger worldwide." when our journey continues, together some of the industry' biggest names for a good cause. we look back on the daw

thompson's famous article about his trip to the kentucky derby. >> it did not make much sense at all. just kind of bundle it all of and took a walk up the street around the corner to ask. it wasn't a crowded night. i sat in a booth and spent a cocouple o of hours reading this thing. it was episodic. likike, oh, dear, it was sort of like trying to assemble a very big complex crossword puzzle without having the picture on the box. amy: warren hinckle died on thursday at the age of 77 from complications of pneumonia. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. an explosion at a police station in turkey near the border with syria has killed at least 11 people and wounded 70. state-run media is r reportingng that kurdishsh militantsts were responsible fofor the atta, , bt there hahas been no claim m of reresponsibility. this comes as s the turkish military has s sent additiononal tanks into north

i'm sitting next to you at the kentucky derby and going with you to buy your next lotto ticket. evan mcmullin he qualified to appear on the state's ballot in november potentially squeezing donald trump to the right and on the heels of hillary clinton's op-ed in a salt lake city newspaper, donald trump is following suit with one of his own. well clinton in her piece discussed religious liberty, and invoked her shared work with former governor jon huntsman. and the warnings against trump from mitt romney and snowstormer senator larry pressler all mormons so trump is more like his standard stump speech slamming clinton for their approach to tax policy, radical islam, also illegal immigration and the death of police officers in dallas and baton rouge. on to religious liberty he writes quote barack obama and hillary clinton have tried to undermine our religious liberties on the altar of political correctness. they've challenged the rights of businesses and rnlous institutions to speak openly about their faith. undermining religious liberty has been a trend in the democratic party for

kentucky derby. now rio? >> mm-hmm. >> that's insane. >> yeah. when i'm at an event, i'm focusing. in the environment as much, thinking wow, how cool to be here. i'm thinking, serena is playing. how can i clean up the background? >> reporter: on a typical day, she's there hours before the event starts. it takes patience, something she learned from her mentor. >> she's a talented photographer. >> not a gallery. >> reporter: when we spoke, the games were weeks away. >> what's great about the olympics at the moment, the pure joy and agony of defeat. everything you've ever wanted and loved about sports is at the olympics. great athleticism. poetry of emotion of the sport is great. >> reporter: all of maddie's success didn't happen overnight. she remembers catching the little girl. watching her friend's dad take pictures at their soccer game. >> i remember when i was 8 years old, he was shooting our game. i went up to him and he showed me how the camera works. ever since then, i knew i wanted to do photography. >> reporter: she worked her way up. shooting games at school in the athletic

and because of the philosophy, 11 kentucky derby winners can draw their bloodlines back here to ashland. next we have the library. henry clay began his legal career in 1797. we have his law license up here on the wall. and this was issued to him in 1797 in virginia. henry clay would turn to his legal career throughout his life as a source of revenue or income. his legal career and his great oratory really helped define who he was. >> we will be back with you throughout the program. you're going to be available to answer viewer questions and will take us on a tour of other places in the house, avery malone. thank you very much for this view of ashland and henry clay's period. who are some of the famous people he may have hosted here? >> several presidents came here. william henry harrison met with clay here. mark van buren came here two years before they thought they would be running against each other in 1844. four or five days. it's a question really, did they talk about trying to make the texas issue go away because they both issued letters later on that said they opposed the annexati

kentucky derby move. we'll talk to you again soon. have a great weekend. donald trump looking at flood damage in louisiana today, the flood is receding, but 40,000 homes have been damaged statewide by this flooding. 95,000 louisiana residents now seeking help from fema. the maximum, by the way, payout from fema it for flood damage is $33,000. historically people never get anything close to that amount. many say that the government actually should be doing a lot more and doing more for help. in the next hour, i'm going to have head of fema on to respond to critics of the program and of course the pleas of the residents of louisiana. but first, i want to go to nick who's one of the residents asking for help. his grocery store was flooded. nick, how hopeful are you -- we have a photograph of your grocery store on screen now that you'll be able to get the kind of help you need to recover from this from our government? >> yeah. i'm just hoping that they come through, you know? i mean we haven't seen president obama here yet. i mean i would think, you know, back

. >> fair brief races, but the kentucky derby is the fastest two minutes in sports. in the 200-meter water fly in london. michael thought showed the world that even at age 31 via still faster than anyone else a baltimore native narrowly wide the butterfly in rio last night. the 400th of a second between first second, closest finish ever in the event of the olympics. he was going for 21 last night. as anchor of the four by 200 relay, michael phelps was raising two for tuesday and he got it. his 21st olympic gold. 25 medals overall. still three more races likely in rio. victory of his 14th olympic medal ties him for the ever with an all-time reset. the united states with inches -- 16. what else is new. three-time world champion does it again on the balance beam. also shining on the floor as her parents watched on an adoration from the crowd. some mobiles would deliver her floor routine as the united states blew by competition to defend her olympic title. team u.s.a. leads the overall medals count with 26, nine more than second-place china. 20 more gold medals up for gr

kentucky. i went for derby under probably drank too much bourbon, and saw all these wonderful farms at all these pretty ladies and hats and dresses and i thought this is a cool place to stay for a while. what i didn't realize at the time was southern food was going to be, a huge part of my identity. the other thing i did not know about was that kentucky was going through a major transformation. in 2000 the tobacco settlement agreement had passed, and what that meant was states were getting funds for the tobacco settlement the entity was one of the few states that actually allocates some of those funds to supporting small family farms. there's an organization called a community farm alliance that spearheaded this movement. what that meant what i got this, i got to kentucky in about 2003 and what that meant was i saw all of these farms that were growing tobacco that were now growing produce. they were growing everything from oil, walnuts, chickens can anything you could think of. for a chef like me who was disillusioned with city life, i had hit a jackpot. and so that for me was, that was the begi