p-town, located at the physical lands end of cape cod, has come to embody the pilgrims' initial intentr. and the monument commemorating their landfall in the new world, standing 252 feet tall, is an omnipresent beacon informing all who set eyes upon it that this is a community where personal liberties, self-expression, and above all, acceptance aren't just cultivated. they're celebrated. the pilgrim house, as it's aptly named, while it doesn't actually date back to the pilgrims, it does have a very storied and rich history. i mean, it's an institution here, the pilgrim house. thank you. yeah. institution's a good word for it. narrator: ken horgan holds the distinction of being the current proprietor of providence town's oldest inn, first opened in 1810. in 1857, i think henry david thoreau stayed here and famously wrote what i call our, you know, first bad yelp review. he actually, in-- in his journals, mentioned us by name. and then the pilgrim house, at one point, became the vixen. it was dedicated to woman. it was known as a lesbian bar. it was a nightclub. and that motivated me. i

the pilgrims had hardly explored the shores of cape cod for four days before they robbed the graves of my ancestors and stolen their corn and beans. wamsutta went on to i am number rate broken promises and ended by saying, you, the white man are celebrating an anniversary. we will help you celebrate in the concept of a beginning. it was are the beginning of a new life for the pilgrims. now 350 years later, it is a beginning of a new determination for the original americans, the american indian. now, frank james was not the first native new englander to remind the public of the long history and continued presence of the native population of the region. in 1838, not too far from the boston public library where this event was originally scheduled for. the methodist preacher he reversed the pilgrimage story to turn them into heroes and english into villains, but wamsutta address on poles hill was significant, it was the first of an annual event called the day of mourning which has evolved over the years in its demands and tax particulars, but which edits harm and remains assertion of the i

the pilgrims headed for virginia but wound up at cape cod.tain sets his course almost due south to gain the help of the tradewinds. in many ways the ships company lived and worked 17th century style, even on a small ship that means lots of work. the diet was largely lime juice and salt beef, all-time nautical staples. they are solid but not monotonous menu was brightened by the watercress garden grown in the box by the ships doctor fresh greens every day. salt beef and greens all the way without an epidemic of seasickness, , that's some kindf record right there. for 16 16 days the mayflowers southwest from england with the steady wind and smooth seas, , i sense of adventure and only saltwater to shape in. what better time to grow a beard. going it is easy. trimming get on the deck of the heart rolling ship looks downright hazardous. in the tradewinds the vessel turns the corner heading west a meeting its first rough weather and the ship is rolling sharply. but the wind is there and each days of voyage is longer and longer. once the mayflower

in the region around cape cod where the pilgrims would settle some communities suffered losses of overpercent. in one village site that became but those were not in those communities. but then in champlain impacted here, was deserted in 1620. in addition to the ravages of disease the native suffered from the aggressive intentions of some traders who kidnapped individuals brought them to europe. but then that was a fate that they spent time in london to make his way back to new england and his devastated homeland. given this history that the natives with the exception of a brief clash that first encounter beach observed them but made no attempt to make contact the english found deserted villages ands desecrated graves and seized for their own use for their own spring planting. there are two accounts of these explorations by bradford and the plantation and for the first time we receive is a significant difference when winslow with much more curiosity with that expedition came across when bradford mentioned abandoned villages in graves. recording the nature of those inin the first encount

cape cod became cape cod tourist attraction. where i live in mashpee nobody ever look to mashpee, not until part of the '90s. and mashpee was the fastest developing town in massachusetts in the '90s. and today, let me go back, today we have, we literally just got fully recognized by the u.s. government back in 2007 as a people, okay. what we do today we have health services, programs or housing, health, education. we do our powwow, which is july 4 weekend. this is, this writer is a a special dance we did this past powwow. this was a lot of my family. we did it for my brother who passed away back in 97, he got got killed down in rhode island. his name was milton and we danced for him. this -- want to share something. i haven't visited here in eight or ten years, but my daughter and myself we went out to the cemetery of the road where my family is buried, a lot of my family. my father was raised here. my aunt was raised here. my grandparents were raised here. my grandfather, his first being -- from mashpee. my grandpa moved here f

cape cod became a tourist attraction. it was the fastest developing town in massachusetts and today we just got recognized as a people. what we do today we have health services, education which is july 4th weekend. this right here is a special dance we did and for my brother that passed away in 97. we dance for him. up the cemetery where my family is buried, my grandparents were raised here, my grandfather was a second. my grandpa moved here and my grandmother born in 1895 passed away in 1964 and had a stillborn son. i visited the grounds yesterday. i came across the picture that i have on my wall. this is my grandmother. the society has it right here. i'm going to do some more digging to see where the actual roots are from. i can't find the records so i will keep digging to see what i find. that'sth my story. [applause] granted a full unconditional presidential pardon. i wish all americans a happy thanksgiving and mayss god bless you. [applause] the ceremony also marked the centennial of arlington cemetery's tomb of the

not on similar with the mayflower took over to cape cod, and you were able to assemble it because ittaken over in the cargo bay in four pieces so they had to assemble it and then they took it on to land and ultimately to get to land on plymouth at the famed plymouth rock. and then in the actual virtue readily demonstration you can see the fish house there. you can see the chain. so again even though it may not amend the in the 16 '20s it was definitely the most important part of the fortification. so observers from plymouth castle could look at and if they thought there was a threat the chain would come up and that would protect them from the french or the spanish. you can then, you are automatically taken out in this rather leaky little boat and then you're able to look around, you can see the view of the last view of plymouth, the mayflower pilgrims would've seen. the system would take you up on to the ship itself and with various pilgrims and crew. the guy sat directly footage you with a hat on, as we'll see later on, it's not very well at all. he's not at all well and that's bad

when we met, at his home on cape cod, we found sullivan anxious about the future of the republic.s, he told us, are no longer the citizens that the founders were counting on. >> andrew sullivan: the american constitution was set up for people who can reason and argue and aren't afraid of it, and then reach compromises. the whole thing is designed that way. well, if you're in a tribe, and all that matters is the victory of your tribe, and you have all the truth, and your other tribe has none of it; and you have all the virtue, and the other side has none of it; you can't behave that way. you can't make it work. this country came to the point where we had violence in the usual peaceful transfer of athuge warning to how unstable our system can be, if we remain tribalists in a system that's supposed to be designed for reasonable citizens. >> pelley: you know, we wring our hands about the strident nature of politics today. but hasn't it always been that way? >> sullivan: oh, yeah. there's a lot of what you might call rough and tumble, sharp rhetoric. and that's healthy. what's not heal

. >> nantucket island, a gorgeous place off the coast of cape cod. a simple inelegant place in a way this is serious money. the beaches are pristine, the food phenomenal, and the shopping? pack your credit cards. as a setting for romance with its surf, sunsets and see braces, nantucket is 50 shades of fabulous. but then, the fog rolls in. dense, mysterious and everything changes. suddenly, it seems, anything is possible in this movie place. maybe even sinister things. >> 9-1-1. state your emergency. >> we have an emergency -- my sister, she's not answering her phone. >> reporter: it was october 25th, monday, 2004. a great day. officer daniel was on patrol when the car radio crackled at about 1:15 pm. >> she was supposed to pick up my son a day camp and she won't answer her phone. >> okay, i'll find her. now >> it was a routine matter, or so it seemed. the officer met his partner at hawthorne lane. there were two houses on the property. both were owned by longtime island resident barbara. >> she said, are you miss lochtefeld? and she said, no, and poi

major joe f-15 pilot otis air force base cape cod massachusetts: a scramble order was issued. i ran to the jets and i started up and realized we didn't have any weapons. they filled the jets with gas, and even though we were winchester -- that didn't mean we had weapons -- we took off. lieutenant colonel duffy f-15 pilot otis air force base: when we took off i left it in full afterburner the entire time. we were supersonic going down to long island, and my wing man, dan nash, called and said you are super and i said yeah i know, don't worry about it. i just wanted to get there. colonel bob mar: at mach one it would take 16 minutes to get to new york, that's 10 miles a minute. lieutenant colonel mission commander northeast air defense almost simultaneously, we brought in more surveillance technicians to look at the scopes. staff sergeant larry thorton northeast air defense: the area was so congested the hijacked flight was incredibly difficult to find. we were looking for little marks in a pile of clutter on a two dimensional scope. master sergeant joe mccain, northeast air def

david: i have a home in cape cod. i see a lot of those farmers. they are good people.ery best. tom, thank you. happy thanksgiving. tom hayes from ocean spray. >>> after the break, luxury going electric. the head of bentley usa, how his company is planning to go all-electric in just a couple of years. what's strong with me? i'm ready for anything. find out what's strong with you with fitbit charge 5 and daily readiness. david: so bentley is joining the push for ev the british carmaker is planning to introduce its first electric car in the next couple years. joining me bentley motors president and ceo of the americas region, kristof george. how long before you are 100% ev? is that where you want to go? >> good morning and thank you for having me. our goal as we have announced it to be by 2030 the most sustainable luxury mobility company and at this point our fully electric. the full electric car coming on the market in 2026. we'll have a little more optimistic what we can do but in 2026 we will have the first full electric bentley. david: now we have 2%, if anywhere two

. >> from cape cod, massachusetts. >> travel from west monroe, louisiana, to new york city to hug hodae we said i do in new york >> here's to you, welcome back, everybody. so happy that you're joining us. it is a tuesday morning. nice crowd outside, we're going to go visit, savannah is taking a little time off. tom joins us at the table, good to see you guys. let's get to our news at 8:00 as americans head to the polls today, no contest is gettingovea more attention than the race for governor of virginia many see this as an early test of the broader political mood in this country nbc's chief white house correspondent and weekend "today" coanchor kristen welker joins us now from fairfax with the very latest. hey, kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning to you, the polls are already open in virginia, in fairfax, in roanoke, all across the state, voters are already turning out. overnight, the candidates, former democratic governor terry mcauliffe, and republican businessman, glenn youngkin making their closing arguments now, as you say, this race has national implicati

they also mentioned something about cape cod, but i can't member the date.re are other instances of thanksgiving meals before, and i was wondering if you want to comment on that. thank you. guest: thank you, mary. i do have a chapter in my book talking about these claimants to the first thanksgiving. the one that i found perhaps the most interesting, you're right about florida and texas. but i particularly love the story from berkeley plantation in virginia, and -- which celebrated thanksgiving a couple years before the pilgrims did, and during the kennedy administration, a state senator wrote to kennedy complaining that his thanksgiving proclamation in 1961 did not mention virginia. fortunately for this senator, the letter landed on the desk of a special advisor to kennedy who as we know, was a great historian of america, and they wrote back and said you are right and he said it won't happen again and sure enough, the next year, kennedy's proclamation mentioned both massachusetts and virginia. host: melanie kirkpatrick with us this morning for about another