did william ellis push him over?especially when people dig into the background and realize he may not be this mexican figure that we thought he was. and it may be something else. so that is the big, whether he is a murderer or not. that is one of the big mysteries in the book. i believe afterwords william alice's blend into the state department and debriefed also by teddy roosevelt was president at the time. since he, this of course brings him notoriety. this is one of the paradoxes. only in exploring his back when can he rise to this station in being involved in diplomacy at the same time becoming more visible he rest being unmasked and his background being revealed. that is one of the real sort of paradoxes he has to navigate during this particular time. and he is extremely nervous and anxious after this murder accident takes place because there is the risk of him being unmasked in a way. and then to follow up on the threat about the, in some ways i opened the questions about here, in 1895 when he is behind bringin

ellis. it strips away the layers surrounding ellis revealing a long ignored history of slavery and emancipation of racial mixing and segregation. the national boundaries that rendered mexico and the united states and several elements of a shared north american history so please join me in welcoming carl jacoby. [applause] i thought i'd give a very brief overview about the book and i wanted to read a short excerpt for you and then we will have a short conversation up here and we wanted to get some questions from the audience if that sounds okay with everyone. it jeff columbia university and it is a pleasure for me to get outside of the classroom and be at a book festival at this one particularly because i think of history as literature i think it can be told in a creative sort of way and i think about the book i wrote here although it technically is a history i like to think about i of as a nonficn novel. it is to tell a true story and we need to think about what makes it true and the story a

and ellie downie becomes a history maker at 17, she's the new european queen of gymnastics. again. england manager gareth southgate sez the death of his friend and former teammate ugo ehiogu is difficult to come to terms with. the two played together at both aston villa and middlesbrough, and paying tribute today southgate says he's stunned and deeply saddened at his passing. former wales international striker dean saunders spent three years alongside a young ugo ehiogu at villa. asa as a person he was like, you know, i've describe him as he could have been a doctor or policeman, he was one of them type characters who was methodical in everything he done, really dedicated. but on the training pitch hejust... you wanted him in yourteam, training pitch hejust... you wanted him in your team, you training pitch hejust... you wanted him in yourteam, you didn't want to play against him. a bit like playing against martin keown, quick, strong, aggressive, and he had the knack of hurting you in training every day. but he was a great character, i can't believe we're even talking like

joe ellis points out that statement isn't exactly accurate. with the articles of confederation in place, the founders had achieved independence from england, but we could well have become a new europe, with 13 independent countries. the quartet, washington, madison, hamilton and j. were responsible for making the transition happen, from a confederation of states to a new nation. ellis clearly and eloquently explains how the united states constitution and the bill of rights came to be, and america was born. quote, it could be considered the most consequential act of political leadership in american history. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm palm beach welcome to dr. joseph j. ellis. [ applause ] >> i'm not sure i'm going to be able to live up to that. no human being can, and that's going to be one of my themes that the founders were all human and we finally have a moment in our own history we can understand them as creatures like us, imperfect human beings, impressive nevertheless for reasons that i'll try to explain. i want to begin wit

liz: tammy bruce, ellis hennican, great to see both of you.rump and imf chief christine lagarde share one of the same fears, a stronger dollar. i will ask her about this economic threat and her take on president trump's policies tomorrow in part one of my exclusive interview with christine lagarde right here on "countdown," 3:00 p.m. eastern. yes, the markets may be closed for the holiday in just 15 minutes, but fox business we will still be making news. dow is down 112. lots to talk abo we'll be right back. are allergies holding you back? break through your allergies. try new flonase sensimist instead of allergy pills. it's more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy pills only block one. and six is greater than one. break through your allergies. new flonase sensimist ♪ liz: as the president's son-in-law jared kushner and one of his top advisors steve bann

though ellie's story is very well known by 70 people, it is always worth repeating. auschwitz. he watched his father slowly dying before his own young eyes. he lived through an endless nightmare of murder and death and he inscribed on our collective conscious the duty we have to remember that long, dark night though as never to again repeat it. the survivors in this hall, through their testimony fulfill the righteous duty to never forget, and engrave into the world's memory the nazi genocide of the jewish people. your witness of evil and what you saw is beyond description. beyond any description. many of you lost your entire family, everything and everyone you love, gone. you saw mothers and children led to mass slaughter. you saw the starvation in the slaughter. you saw the organized attempt at the extermination of an entire people. , and great people i must add. you survived the ghettos, the concentration camps and the death camps and you persevered. you tell your stories. you you tell of these living nightmares because despite your great pain you believe in ellie'

joe ellis and i are rare birds. that is, we're academics who happened to write this quasi popular history that reaches out beyond the academy, but for the most part most historians are writing for each other. they're like physicists writing papers, and to try to read an article in william & mary quarterly or one of the historic journals requires knowledge of what previous historians have said because they're talking to each other. and that's understandable. they're trying to expand the discipline, and good things have come out of that, but it does mean that they neglect their responsibility to reach out to the public. physicists don't have to do that. they're proof of what they're doing comes in the -- in the invent of the nuclear weapon. but historians can't just talk to each other, they've got to reach out. it's the kind of discipline that needs to be spread to the general public, and i just wish more of them would attempt to do that. but that's not how you get ahead in the academic world. you write for your peers

please join me in thanking professor joe ellis for his comments. [ applause ] >> thank you. well done. >> thanks for coming. >> thank you, everyone. >> there will be an opportunity to sign some books in the lobby. thank you, everyone. >>> american history tv continues in prime time all week. tuesday we'll take you inside

ellie price, thank you.y corbyn has stressed the importance for labour of young people "stepping up" and registering to vote for the upcoming general election, before the deadline to do so in three weeks' time. addressing supporters in east london, mr corbyn stressed that "apathy and resignation" would hand seats to the conservatives. 2.4 million young people are missing from britain's electoral register. barely 40% of 18 to 2a—year—olds normally turn out to vote. the conservatives are more than happy with this state of affairs. apathy and resignation will secure them seats on election day. the ukip leader, paul nuttall, says he will stand as a candidate in boston and skegness in the general election. people in the constituency voted overwhelmingly to leave the eu in last year's referendum. mr nuttall, who recently tried to get elected in stoke, said it would be an honour and privilege to be standing in the seat. the prime minister will be campaigning in scotland this afternoon for the first time since calli

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the last man on the screen was joseph ellis. david: was who question might brian: joseph ellis.nd you talk about character and i'm not going to besmirch joseph ellis except to go back and remember the time in 2001, he won the pulitzer, and at the same time, "the boston globe" reported he had lied to his students about serving in vietnam, the airborne and making , the freedom march in mississippi. for a year,ed him but went back, and now he is a historian and involved in politics. why are we supposed to believe someone who would tell students those lies? you write about lies in your speeches. david: brian, joe ellis is a friend of mine. and i cannot answer your question. he is a friend, and i will not speak negatively about him. there is much that i could say that is positive about him, particularly as a historian and as a friend. when the story broke, it came as a shock to me. a serious shock. but i called him right away and said, "i just want to know, i am your friend and will stand by you," and i have. it has happened to some other people, plagiarism charges and so forth. i gu

two history professors chosen to lead the discussions among these elite were gordon wood and joel ellis. i have talked with federal judges doug ginsberg and ricecamp who is here today, among many others, and they said how much they benefited from these incredible seminars which coincided with the annual conferences that our federal judges have by district around the country. wouldn't you love to have been in those meetings? dr. wood was one of three historians chosen to write for the oxford history of the american people, by far the most respected, multi-volume history of the united states. this is the equivalent of the american history of encyclopedia.

. >> ellis, how thud this first 100 days be measured?at trump set for himself, right? none of the major things he promised in the campaign have actually been done. the border wall is going nowhere. the immigrant ban is tied up in a court in some island in the pacific, i keep hearing. the foreign policy is almost dramatically the opposite of what we had come to expect. don't get me started on obamacare. how's that going, right? listen. he set the standard. we're just pointing to the facts. >> yeah, meaning president trump called it the trump contract, brian. >> yeah. >> yeah. well. >> not looking too good. >> ellis, you're being much more overly pessimistic than a lot of particularly conservatives who were skeptical of trump. neil gorsuch was a home run. his joint address to congress was very well received. the serious situation, the way he was able to sort of enforce a red line without getting us into a boondoggle. he's got some real wins here and his sort of the pro business roundtable and reaching out to the business community and tryi

ellie downie won gold in the all—around final yesterday and she has won another two medals today at theopean gymnastics championships in romania. first up, was the vault final, where she won silver. she was leading with a score of 14.35, but was beaten into second place by the very last competitor — coline devillard of france. after the medal ceremony, downie was straight back out on the uneven bars — her third final in two days, where she finished joint third. she isn‘t done yet — tomorrow she‘ll go for more medals in the beam and floor finals. concern though for ellie‘s older sister becky, who injured herself

i want to bring back in ellis henican and political economist greg valiere. greg, floated yesterday we're told tomorrow will be lts principles revealed. what do you make of it? >> there will be a lot of lavish promises. this is like cat nip for stocks and the idea that we could go maybe not to 15 but maybe go to 20% as the top rate, that's tremendous for corporate earnings down the road, it's a big story for stocks, but there has to be a flip side to that. the flip side is the bond market and interest rates and i think you have to conclude right across the board more spending for defense, v. a, tax cuts right across the board the deficit i think is headed higher, maybe dramatically higher in the next two or three years. >> ellis, i think that the deficit hawks in the house are really concerned about a president they think may be not too afraid of red ink. >> right. he was supposed to be one of them. i think it's great. this is a dumb system, right? if you have a high rate but nobody pays it or if only the small businesses pay it who start feeling like suckers

ellie price reports. this week to great fanfare — and letters. theresa may wrote to the eu to trigger article 50, the eu in turn published draft guidelines on its negotiation strategy, but as expected there was no more detail on the content of a deal, and this morning sir michael fallon would not be drawn on whether the uk would have full control over its immigration system by 2020. well, you're speculating about the course of the negotiations, which haven't even started yet. well, you can rule it out. we've made clear that we are not expecting to take advantage of the four great freedoms, including the freedom of movement of people, because we're not going to be members of the european union. i'm talking about transitionally, now you can't give me any timetable. we can't give a timetable on negotiations that haven't even started. the uk is set to leave the eu by the end of march 2019, just over a year later the country will have a general election. the government will want to avoid setting time limits on

. >> i would like to thank joe ellis for coming, and thank him for the remarks. [ applause ] we have about an hour, and we may go over [ laughter ] we will try to keep it tight to the hour. and i thought that we would cover a few topic, and one being professor el ellis' books, and the writing process, and i want him to take us behind the scenes in his research and the writing process. and get back to the founders and talk about the eternal and important legacy contributions up to today and the meaning today and the relevance today, and we want to touch on a few historical topics that he alluded to in the the remarks and get back to that and i would like to open up with knowing joe ellis the person. on that note, can you tell us what sparked your interest in history, and at what age did you realize that this was your calling? >> well, i don't have a canned answer to that, and usually, i have heard the questions and so i'm scripted to do this and -- i went to college at the college of william and mary. before that i went to a school in d.c. which was a jesuit school called gonzaga and

the web site is here for people to visit. >> all of our information is ellie's hats, ellie's hats.orgng up. >> there's the web site there. brian mary and jay thanks for all that you're doing and continued success. >> thank you. >> coming up, we are going to spin some tunes the old fashioned way. did you guys know today is record store day? yeah, you did. okay, i guess i'm behind. which means your favorite artists will be releasing some of your favorite songs via vinylsly we'll check them out coming up let's take a live look outside. yeah its a little dreary out there, a little rainy in some spots. hopefully things get better as the week progresses. mike will tell us not only about our weekend forecast but the week ahead. stay with us. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> we're just getting situated here. welcome bing a big comeback. one vinyl store in our area says they never left. today vinyls getting celebrated in a very big way. here to explain how owner of record and rarities brian lynch. for you it never left. >> never. >> for us it's what's old is new again and it's different for you. >> today is supe

ellie price, bbc news.ief minister fabian picardo that the uk is "absolutely dedicated to working with gibraltar for the best possible outcome on brexit". with me is our political correspondent ellie price. the issue of gibraltar is not likely to go away soon. no, it has been one of the biggest issues since article 50 was triggered. theresa may wrote a letter triggering article 50 in which she did not mention gibraltar. that might not have been an issue had the eu not replied with its guidelines in which it said the spanish, twitter have the veto over any trade agreement relating to gibraltar. this has set in motion a lot of headlines. today downing street tried to dampen this down. theresa may has spoken to the chief minister of gibraltar to reiterate her long—standing position that the uk remains committed to gibraltar, its people and economy. this morning we heard from the defence secretary who is reiterating that gibraltar is a key priority for britain in these negotiations. the letter was about notific

both james hall and ellie downey have more chances to win medals this weekend in romania in individuall the finalists get on across the bbc. team sky rider geraint thomas has become the first british rider to win the tour of the alps event. the welshman won — onlyjust — by a mere seven seconds after today's fifth and final stage in trento, northern italy. thomas, the overnight leader, held on to finish third on the stage. his victory is a major boost for thomas's chances at the forthcoming giro d'italia. recommendations aimed at improving athletes' welfare have been published as part of a major report into british sport. the duty of care review was commissioned by the government and led by 11—time paralympic gold medallist baroness tanni grey—thompson. the publication comes amid bullying allegations against coaches, mounting concern over the use of medication. over the last few years, the duty of ca re over the last few years, the duty of care is something that has slipped away but i do not think it has been intentional or malicious. there are ha rd intentional or malicious. there are

the last man on the screen was joseph ellis. andyou talk about character i'm not going to besmirch joseph ellis except to go back and remember the time in 2001, he won the pulitzer and the boston globe reported he had lied to his students about serving in making the freedom march in mississippi. and now he isian involved in politics. how are we supposed to believe someone who would tell students lies?life -- those is a: brian, joe ellis friend of mine. he is a friend and i will not speak negatively about him. as much as i could say is positive about him as a historian and as a friend. the story broke and came as a shock to me. a serious shock but i called him right away and said i just want you to know i am your friend and i will stand by you and i have. it has happened to some other people, plagiarism charges and so forth. isuess the answer to that historians are human. we all have our flaws and sometimes what we think will be and i think is not that as a professional point of ellis, i've never sat in on one of his classes. i'm

elli price, bbc news.also raised questions about the status of gibraltar. our political correspondent ellie pricejoined me a little earlier to explain more. theresa may wrote a letter triggering article 50 on wednesday in which she didn't mention the issue of gibraltar. that might not have been an issue had the eu not replied with its draft guidelines in which it said the spanish government would have a veto over any future trade agreements that britain had with the eu specifically relating to gibraltar. what this has set in motion is a lot of newspaper headlines and lots of people talking about it. today we see downing street trying to dampen it down, theresa may has spoken to the chief minister of gibraltar on the phone to reiterate her position that the uk remained steadfastly committed to gibraltar, its people and economy. this morning we heard from the defence secretary, who was also reiterating that gibraltar is a key priority for britain in these negotiations. the letter was about notification, the

ellie price, bbc news, westminster.g the attack on a young asylum seeker in south london on friday have charged a further six people in connection with the assault, including a 15—year—old boy. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is outside croydon magistrates court. what has been happening today? just to remind you, this relates to an incident on friday night when three young asylum seekers were heading to a bus stop in a suburb of croydon. they came into contact with a large group of people at a pub nearby, between 20 and 30, and there was a confrontation and the result of that was that a 17—year—old asylu m of that was that a 17—year—old asylum seeker was kicked and beaten and given quite serious head and spinal injuries. as you say, 16 people arrested. we now have eight further charges today here at croydon magistrates court and those charged are being processed by the court, bail terms considered and discussed. they have all been charged with violent disorder and that involves the threat of violence on the p

elli price, bbc news. with me is our political correspondent ellie price. the government? theresa may has come out today, phone the chief minister of gibraltar that britain's long—standing position is that it will remain steadfastly committed to support of gibraltar. this has all blown up following the triggering of article 50, theresa may wrote that letter to the eu triggering article 50. she did not mention gibraltar in that letter specifically. then on friday we had draft guidelines written by the eu and in it was a clause that said spain should have a veto over any future trade agreements in gibraltar. that sort of kicked off over the last couple of kicked off over the last couple of days. today we have seen the government trying to dampen this argument down saying it has been overblown, britain will maintain its interests in travolta and this mortar —— this morning this happened. the letter was about notification that we are leaving and about the process of negotiation, how we want the talks to be handled. the letter referred to the brexit white paper

today she sells it as ellis island tropical tea.nd it's being distributed through hundreds of retail locations like whole foods and meijer and more to come. >> is this month they will put us in all the krogers in michigan mitch. i'm doing business in airports. i've got a distributor as large as u.s. foods. >> when you give that list, it sounds fantastic. >> reporter: these accomplishments have brought her lots of attention. she was named to forbes 30 under 30, michigan food show entrepreneur of the year, and has had a number of national and local tv appearances. looks like everything is going great. so why did she write to us? >> if you had to measure her business on a scale from uh-oh to this is amazing, where would she fall? >> i think it's probably in the first third of near uh-oh. i think there are issues based on con vefsh sayings with her that need to be addressed. >> arrest 24ur isthur is a beve. we asked him what he thinks. >> if this were your business, would you throw in the towel? >> i might. it could be fixed, but it req

ellis, chuck schumer said since trump took office he has been all talk and no action.t trump has it all wrong? what do you snthink? >> a little toughness in action might be nice to catch up with that rhetoric. one of the dangers of the way that you're talk when you're a major world pow are, you shouldn't be bluffing. and when the other side says no, what then do you do? are we really prepared to invade north korea? do we really want to put soeoul at risk? i don't think we know the answers to that. >> allice, there's no secret china has a lot of leverage in the united states, both with the country they own the and issue of trade. is it perhaps that the president has become more enlightened as he's been on the job, i cannot just spout off, we need china? >> i think he's realizing that governing is much different than campaigning and he's realizing that on a lot of fronts. we saw that with regard to nato and russia and also with china. and i think it's important for him to make these changes and course corrections if you will on a lot of these issues. and i think having a

. >> so, ellis, what are the chances of this tax plan actually getting the blessings that it needs? >> the first 100 days were any indication, not too high to get the kind of cooperation he would need from congress. also, i got to tell you, i don't have brian's optimism on the deficit. as i read it, everyone of the major tax cuts of the past generation has led to significantly higher deficits. there are a lot of deficit hawks in the republican party who i don't think are going to be too pleased about that. >> brian, ellis, elise, thanks so much. we'll leave it there for now. >>> next, the fate of the health care bill back in focus this week. the president is pushing hard for victory after the republicans failed to gather enough support to hold a vote on friday. >> we have -- we're going to have lower premiums. and before you start there, let me just tell you something. obamacare is dead. obamacare right now, all the insurance companies are fleeing. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your appli

baylin was the great and rival of ed morgan who taught joe ellis. teachers matter. in 1969 wood joined the faculty of brown university where he is still professor emeritus. he told me nothing he had ever done achieved as much excitement on campus or the wide approval of his students as the few seconds of fame he had when matt damon and ben affleck mentioned his name in the 1997 movie "good will hunting." the campus went nuts. and he said when newt gingrich praised woods' 1992 prize-winning book "the radicalism of the american revolution, wood describes newt's praise on c-span saying, that was the kiss of death for me among academics. none of them are republicans and none of them are conservative. george mason law school sponsored american history seminars for united states federal judges for about five years. the two history professors chosen to lead the discussions among these elite were gordon wood and joel ellis. i have talked with federal judges doug ginsberg and ricecamp who is here today, among many others, and they said how much they benefited from these incr

so i do say don't take too much comfort in this, but it is a good development that it failed. >> ellis that capability has been the red line for just about every recent administration. how should this administration respond? is the military option realistic or are there other ways to prevent this, and can you really prevent it from happening at all as far as having the ability to launch this attack? >> martin, what we've learned obviously is that president obama's strategic patience policy failed and it did not work. north korea continues its nuclear weapons program and i think what's good is that president trump is at least on the front end trying to encourage china to put some influence on north korea to halt their weapons program. if not, he's made it quite clear the united states will go it alone. obviously we have the concerns about missiles coming to the united states, but our allies in that region, japan and south korea, we need to step up for them as well. i think it is important that we stress all options are on the table. obviously military action would be the last resort. bu

rehema ellis has our "inspiring america" report. >> reporter: these boxes are more than care packages for the ronald mcdonald house of south florida. >> if people want to volunteer for different jobs. >> reporter: they're the dreams of a girl who know what it's like to be stuck in a hospital. she's spent her childhood battling autoimmune diseases. >> i felt so incredibly bored and bad about myself that i was in the hospital and not able to do the things i loved. >> reporter: then an idea. she went door to door asking for dvds. >> there's 300 dvd's in our living room. i was like, wow! she's on to something. >> reporter: they've delivered 12,000 dvd dvd's, books and video games. >> it gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling. i know what you've been through, and i'm so happy i can make a difference for you. >> it's really hard with all the medical stuff that our family goes through. but she's turned it into something so beautiful. >> do you have any favorite movies you like to watch? >> reporter: this 12-year-old has been in the hospital for months, waiting for a bone marrow transplant. >> how

. >> reporter: and then the police track down this woman. 39-year-old sherry ellis. a now familiar story. she was walking down highland drive when she was stopped by a cop in a squad car. >> and that's when he started doing things that he shouldn't be doing. >> reporter: what kind of things did he do? >> he was -- when he searched me, he searched under my clothes. he patted me down up under my clothes. >> reporter: ellis says the officer ran her name and found she had an arrest warrant and multiple unpaid fines. >> he's like, well, okay, what do you think we need to do about this, miss ellis? and i said, i don't know, are you going to take me to jail? and i was looking down, because i was saying in the back of my mind, oh, my god, i'm going to jail, you know? and when i looked up -- >> reporter: when she looked up, she says the officer forced himself on her, but her ordeal would not end there. afterwards, she says he drove her to this abandoned schoolyard. >> he drove me to -- he drove me to a school. and outside of the school in the back and he opened the door and t

rehema ellis, nbc news, bridgeport, connecticut. >>> that's going to do it for us on a wednesday nightlester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. rit n at: clnerodyas d eughru=0 >>>. >>> i think everybody has had enough. >> right now, at 6:00, cleaning up in a danger zone in the bay area's largest city. we have the exclusive story. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm raj mathai. an unusual tactic used to crack down in a hot spot for crime. san jose p.d. has opened an office right in the hot zone. nbc bay area damon trujillo has the story. >> reporter: we're talking about fountain alley here in downtown san jose and looking at the police stats posted by san jose police, there have been 60 calls for service in this area alone in the last 30 days. there are police officers on the corner ever fountain alalley, ad between first and second. police are moving in right here for good. you name the drug, and you'll likely find it here on fountain alley. crime happens here virtually daily. >> w

they say we have got cohen and ellis who used to work for nunes. put this thing together.gressman, it looks like it was an alley-oop play. i like to use that phrase. dick cheney used to do it. give it to somebody else to deliver. and then you can say, as i was saying. they have got this guy, nunes, pegged. they used him. they fed him stuff out of the white house. one night. the next morning he came back and announced it with the president with alarming he had just gotten from the president's people the night before. how do you see it yourself? >> i'm listening to the three stooges theme in the background unfortunately. it's extraordinarily troubling and frustrating. and at this point in time, the only thing we have is the opportunity to go forward. i'm not giving up on the house investigation. there's a lot of good people over there. clearly, we have had an extraordinarily tough week. and you know, you know that there have been calls for mr. nunes to step aside. that's not going to happen, unfortunately. so we are going to work together, hopefully, and pivot and go back to

we've got that guy ezra cohen and ellis who worked for nunes. put this ithing together. congressman, it looks like it was an alley-oop play. i like to use that phrase because dick cheney used to do it. give it to somebody else to deliver, and then you can say, as i was saying. they've got this guy nunes pegged. they used him. they fed him stuff out of the white house one night. he came back the next morning and announced it tot president with alarming news he'd just gotten from the president's people the night before. how do you see it yourself? >> yeah, i'm listening to the three stooges theme in the background unfortunately. it's extraordinarily troubling and frustrating, and at this point in time, the only thing we have is the opportunity to go forward. you know, i'm not giving up on the house investigation. there's a lot of good people over there. clearly we've had an extraordinarily tough week. you know, you know that there have been calls for mr. nunes to step aside. that's not going to happen unfortunately. so we're going to work together hopefully and pivot and g

rehema ellis, nbc news, mckinney, texas. >>> that will do it for us on a tuesday night. i'm lester holt for all of us at nbc news. thank you for watching and good night. breaking news in san jose. a shooting in the parking lot of the east ridge mall. the new details we )re learning at the scene -- as police search for the gunman. ==peggy/2-shot== the news at 6 starts now. thanks for joining us. i )m peggy bunker -- in for jessica aguirre. ==raj/2-shot== and i )m raj mathai. multiple shots fired. we )ve ben tracking this story -- on air and online -- for the past 90 minutes. raj/vo here )s what we know: a witness sent us these pictures from the mall parking lot. you can see crime scene tape in front of a car and the paramedics on site. this is right at the chili )s restarant. boxes nbc bay area )s terry mcsweeney is at the eastridge mall. terry -- that chili )s isa busy restaurant. any evacuations at this hour? peggy/rail new det tonight about the visit conservatve

along with ezra watnick and michael ellis. our cameras caught up with eisenburg and michael ellis, also named by the "new york times." >> i'm not talking. >> reporter: sharing more about his meeting on white house grounds last week where he viewed classified intelligence reports. >> there were people that probably knew about this, knew about me being there but the fact of the matter is, that doesn't make them the source of my information. >> reporter: his democratic counter part adam schiff visiting white house grounds to see the same reports today. it comes as nunes who worked on the president's transition is batting back criticism he's too close to the white house to lead the congressional investigation. >> it always goes back to who else is going to do it? >> reporter: late tonight, democrat adam schiff who you saw leaving white house grounds after reviewing that intelligence says nothing in those reports warranted a departure from the usual procedures and is now demanding the information be released to the full house intel

rehema ellis, nbc news, university city, missouri. >>> that's going to do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. battles for ber win the war for berkeley runs=06 ==jess/take vo== right now at 6: free speech exercised -- without any violence. a day full of protests -- that continue into the night. ==jess/2-shot== the news at 6 starts now. thanks for joining us. i )m jessica aguirre. ==raj/2-shot== and i )m raj mathai. this is usually when the trouble begins...and that )s why the police presence -- remains in full force. raj/live our sky ranger has been overhead throhgout the day. this is right above civic center park -- across the street from berkeley high school. so far -- peaceful protests. conservatives -- and liberals -- separated by police officers -- in riot gear. the question now...will this turn violent? and will these protestors -- march toward the cal campus jess/boxes we have multiple reports for you tonight. let )s begin with nbc bay area s thom jensen -- live at civic

nbc's rehema ellis has the story. >> reporter: the wade brothers have always been inacceptable, nigel, zack, nick and aaron born two minutes apart, two months premature. the quadruplets shared everything, a love of learning, sports and now an extraordinary distinction. each one accepted to both harvard and yale. the big news came on their cell phones during track practice. >> i remember i didn't even read the whole thing at first. i just saw the congratulations and my jaw dropped. i was like what? >> one by one they kept rolling in so it was amazing. >> reporter: by the end, they had acceptance letters from 29 top colleges. what was the lowest grade you ever got in school? >> a b in math. it was not a good time. >> one great thing about having brothers that are all intelligent, you compete to see who is better. >> reporter: all the boys nearly straight a students at their public high school. the success, the result of parents with high expectations. >> what i feel a dad does is, he's there to help you out and make sure everything is square and reassure you, not to coddle you at all. >

nbc's rehema ellis has more in our inspiring america report. >> hey, kids. >> reporter: he's best knownampion baseball player but these kids are cheering for the other side of bernie williams. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: what came first? your love of baseball or your love of music? >> they both came around the same time in my life. >> reporter: the former new york yankee and latin grammy nominated guitarest grew up playing baseball and attending a performing arts school. he's now joined another team called turn around arts, that gives students something his mother made sure he had. >> she said, well, you have to be a well-rounded individual. in order for you to do that, you need to be exposed to arts, music, and sports. >> reporter: funded through a grant from the kennedy center, the program allows schools to mix the arts and into all academic subjects. drawing and history and it's working in 68 schools nationwide with turn around arts programs, math scores are up by more than 22%. reading by more than 12%. >> when you bring the arts into school, schools go from grade of color, parents become more

the unbreakable ellie kemper is joining us live.ing, america. how about that ellie kemper energy right there. happy tuesday to everyone. got a lot of energy in this crowd as well. welcome to all of you. >> we got a lot of energy and ellie kemper helped bring it up. i want you to take a look at this picture. that is prince with his first wife mayte garcia. they had been together for ten years, and she has rarely spoken publicly about him but she's here today for the first time on live tv to talk about her new book and about their life together. >> yeah, some revelations about prince. >> a lot of revelations. >> yeah. >>> then also coming up you just saw her, "dancing's" eliminated couple. the one and only charo. they have tango'd in times square. put in such great effort on that dance floor. charo is also going to share with us today her preshow ritual. never before seen. it is very funny and we're going to surprise charo with a special message. charo, it's coming up. >> coming up. [ applause ] we do have a lot coming up. first the h