tom tom brokaw: thank you, judy. tom brokaw: thank you, judy. senator quayle, there's been a lot of talk during the course of this campaign about family. it was a principal theme, as i recall, in your acceptance speech in new orleans. tonight i'd like to ask you about the 65 million american children who live with their families in poverty. i'd like for you to describe to the audience the last time that you may have visited with one of those families personally and how you explain to that family your votes against the school breakfast program, the school lunch program, and the expansion of the child immunization program. [applause] senator quayle: i have met with those people, and i met with them in fort wayne, indiana, at a food bank. you may be surprised, tom, they didn't ask me those questions on those votes, because they were glad that i took time out of my schedule to go down and to talk about how we are going to get a food bank going and making sure that a food bank goes in fort wayne, indiana. and i have a very good record and a commitmen

mark milley and nbc author tom brokaw. >> good morning, my name is jane droppa and -- the proud mother -- daughter of a world war ii veteran, -- victory over japan day. or vj day the allied victories in the pacific in the end of world war ii, the deadliest conflict in human history. thank you for joining us to celebrate our world war ii veterans who served overseas. all of those who served on the home front and our allies who together helped defeat tyranny, preserve freedom and literally save the world. the front of the national world war two memoriam your friends online commemorations is a small nonprofit organization whose mission is to honor and preserve the national memory of world war ii, and to create the next greatest generation of tomorrow. the ceremonies taking place throughout the day today are part of the friends for a year world war ii 75th anniversary commemoration, which began on pearl harbor day 2016. friends is the only organization to have hosted a full four year 75th anniversary tribute, marking every major battle in which american troops participated during world war

my colleagues are john margolis of "chicago tribune," tom brokaw of nbc news and brit hume of abc news. the importance of tonight's debate is underscored by two facts, both george bush and michael dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 50/50 chance one of the two men herep to t tonight will welcome president of the united states. the candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator lloyd bentsen, the democratic nominee. for the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. however, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i may ask this evening. by prior agreement between the two candidates, the first question goes to senator quayle. and you have two minutes to respond. senator, you have been criticized, as we all know, for your decision to stay out of the vietnam war, for your poor academic record. but more troubling to some are some of the comme

i don't understand that. >> tom brokaw, a question for senator quayle? >> senator quayle, i don't mean to beat this drum until there's no sound left on it. following up on brett hume's question, hypothetical situation it is, sir, the reason we're here after all is because you're running as the united states vice president. surely you must have a plan in mind about what you would do if it fell to you to become president of the united states as it has to so many vice-presidents just in the last 259 years or so. >> let me try to answer the question one more time. i think this is the fourth time that i've had this question. >> third time. >> three times. i've had this question and i'll try to answer it again for you, as clearly as i can. because the question you're asking is, what kind of qualifications does dan quayle have to be president? what kind of qualifications do i have and what would i do in this kind of a situation? and what would i do in this situation? i would make sure that the people in the cabinet and the people that are advisers to the presid

mark milley and nbc author tom brokaw. >> good morning, my name is jane droppa and -- the proud motherughter of a world war ii veteran, -- victory over japan day. or vj day the allied victories in the pacific in the end of world war ii, the deadliest conflict in human history.

hosted a online commemorative program including remarks from general mark milley and nbc author tom brokawd morning. i am the vice chair of the friends of the national world war ii memorial and the proud daughter of a world war ii veteran. thank you for joining us

i think brokaw, howard fineman, mike barnicle. this is something for people to be looking at at 7:15, 7:30 when the florida results came in. i started looking -- because the whole state of florida doesn't report obviously until 8:00 when the central time zone of florida, my part of the state starts reporting, but i could tell by 8:00, by comparing what bush had done in 2004 with what he was doing in 2004 and these florida -- in these florida counties, whether it was in miami-da miami-dade, broward or palm beach or whether it was the center of the state or up in jacksonville and duval county. i could tell that bush was so overperforming his 2000 numbers and i turned to people on the panel, i said, hey, florida is not going to be close this year. since there are so many transplants in this state, if bush is outperforming himself here, this is going to also be true across the midwest. also -- and it ended up being that way. that's why, steve, we have all been hearing that, yes, pennsylvania, it's going to take them 18 years to count

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prompted uninterrupted discussions from london brokaw center bringing this event from the white house donald trump is set to address his supporters this is his 1st public event since being diagnosed with coronavirus last week he's holding it at the white house and let's listen in. was. well thank you very much and keep that enthusiasm going get out and vote we got to vote we have vote these people into oblivion. vote him enjoy oblivion to get rid of them so bad for our country 1st of all i'm feeling great i don't know about you however. i was and i'm honored to welcome we call this a peaceful protests. to the white house in support of the incredible men and women of law enforcement and all of the people that work so well with i have to tell you our black community our hispanic thank you. but before going any further i want to thank all of you for your prayers i know.

every night and some watched walter cronkite interviewer another generation you watched rather and brokaw and newshour. now i can go to my aggregator, my websites, my cable news channel. i never have to encounter anybody who thinks differently, when you don't - you do think they are either venal or stupid. you really have to make a pledge to get out of our own a go chambers, stop going to be places where people say amen to everything we say, we are reinforced in the rightness and certainty of our opinions and we are willing to listen and if we can begin to get our >> and share information, we will be better off and ultimately be more civil. >> many americans agree with what you said, how did they get motivated to do that, when not hearing that advice at the very highest level right now. >> we are not hearing it in washington and frankly not hearing it across pennsylvania avenue, is not just 1600 and not just in the congress, i think our leader kept reflecting and you have to have strong opinions and hold them strongly, the word compromises a bad word, but institutions in our founders buil

when tom brokaw and dan rather said that george bush had won, they thought it was game over. there was a furious scramble to find somebody in the motorcade. >> maybe a minute after we left the hotel, my white house pager went off and it was a call from michael hooly. >> i think my words were where are you guys? he said we're at the war memorial. and i asked why. i was obviously incredulous. and he said we're about to concede. and i said for what? we haven't lost. >> something was fishy and it smelled all the way to austin where team george w. bush nervously waited. >> jeb bush looking like his life is passing before his eyes because he's the good brother whose state is going to let down his brother george. and george and laura bush looking pretty like kind of shell shocked a little bit. >> finally after 3 a.m., a second call to bush from gore, who was still hunkered down backstage at the war memorial. >> the phone rang again, and i heard governor bush in this very incredulous voice saying you're retracting your concession? and, you know, i mean there's no precedent for anythi

brokaw: we have just about run out of words to describe the madness that is beirut.: lebanon's civil war started in april 1975. religious militias fought on the streets and mountain sides of the country. the strife didn't end until 1990 after a peace agreement took effect. on beirut's damascus road, there's a bullet-riddled memorial to the war known as the barakat building. architect mona el hallak is fighting to preserve it. el hallak: this corner was called in 1976, "the door to hell." damascus road became the green line. the green line is what really divided beirut east and west. lemonis: the barakat building sat on the dividing line between a mainly muslim west beirut and a mainly christian east. upstairs, snipers were positioned behind sandbags targeting the street below. el hallak: and then you're here. and you're looking. and this is where you would have killed someone. you would have been the sniper. and you would have killed anyone who crosses in front of you. and today, this street -- lemonis: and their job was just to stand here... el hallak: and kill. lem

. >> my unusual montana bureau chief when it comes to montana senate is our old friend tom brokaw who in montana. he's been watching a lot of television ads. he goes, my goodness. neither candidate knows -- will let the other one outgun them, and he meant it literally. he's saying the amount of ammunition he's seen gun related ads both from bullock and danes has been up there. in your -- is he right? is he seeing something that bigger than we've seen before when it comes to bullock showing off his second amendment -- his second amendment rights? >> that's a staple of montana politics. if you are a democrat or -- if you are a republican running for state office here, you talk about guns and you talk about how the democrats have f ratings from the nra. you get yourself out there with a rifle or shot gun and get your picture taken. i look at the sheer volume of ads. we have a race here where the total spending is going to be in excess of $150 million, twice as much as any race we've seen here before and the wesleyan center which you're familiar with has shown there have been more ads in

[rousing music plays] tom brokaw: there were enough votes to bring about a fundamental shift of power in washington. in nevada, congressman harry reid was a giant killer, winning the senate seat of president reagan's close friend, paul laxalt, now retired. christensen: it's election night, harry reid has won the senate seat. big celebration, lots of reporters around, microphones getting stuck in his face. one reporter asks him, "what's the most important thing you're going to work on?" reid: i said, "water." now, frankly, at that time, i didn't know what i was talking about. man: from a staff perspective, one of the things i really appreciated about him is his sort of decisiveness. he would make a decision, and then you would go do the thing. he decided that he was going to saveyramid lake. he decided he was going to end the water war between california and nevada. there were components of doing that that were wildly polically unpopular, and he didn't care. he knew that it was the right thing to do, and he set about doing it. [tires screech] christensen: but he doesn't craft a top-dow

what i learned talking to tom brokaw who remembered that quite well was that both cbs and time life hadthe goods on lbj. they had the full dossier and they were ready to go public with it. and when kennedy was assassinated, they made a deliberate decision to put it back in the box. because the country had been thisbecause the country had been is really important through such , a dramatic transition where you cannot have a situation where kennedy was assassinated, skala breaks, and at the height of the cold war, the new president has to resign. of the united states has to resign. remember, there's no 25th amendment. so there's no provision for replacing the vice president. they had flipped the speaker. in the president pro tem. you would have gone to the speaker for the acting president and the secretary of state would have had to schedule a special election. so this is an interesting sort of ethical issue to debate in the context of history. i'm sorry? i should know the name - - so, the country had been through this dramatic transition. what was also fascinating is we all know the story

tom brokaw of n.b.c. news. and brit hume >> of a.b.c. news. the importance of tonight's debate is

the partnership actually began during the 2020 nba playoffs with fans will odds featured during the brokaw back to yesterday fanduel rival draftkings did a deal with turner sports providing a sports book for all the sports on the network other than the mba which vandal has currently 18 states allow online sports betting and another six are in active discussions to allow sports betting. as i said it's the new gold rush. stuart: why not, an open field and all the revenue going to the states from allowing that kind of gambling in their states, it's a sure thing. thank you ashley. how about this one, interesting, fans are back in the stadium, the baseball playoffs this week, ken rosenthal with this, report of mlb on fox sports. are we almost back to normal or does it seemed like that with the fans back in the stands? >> it is more normal and is not full capacity at the ballpark in arlington, it is 11000, that's about 44000 that the stadium would normally hold in the other series going on in san diego, there are no fans allowed, this is a bit of a trial run for baseball as it starts to plan for

what i learned in talking to tom brokaw who remembered that period quite well was that both cbs and time life had the goods on lbj, the full dossier, and they were ready to go public with it. and when kennedy was assassinated, they made a deliberate decision to put it back in the box. really important because the country had been through such a dramatic position that you could not have a situation where kennedy was assassinated, scandal breaks, at the height of the cold war, the new president of the united states has to resign. remember, there was no 25th amendment and no provision for replacing the vice president so it. would have gone to the speaker of the house as acting president and the secretary of state would've had to schedule a special election. interestingn ethical issues to debate in the context of history. sorry? [indiscernible] but thisknow the name, -- yeah. the country had been through a dramatic transition. we all know the story of how bobby kennedy hated lbj. what was clear to the kennedys when they took the final trip to texas was not lbj didn't have this way in texas b