ok alexander good luck to you. traditionally the last helicopter to leave will circle the station. the ship leaving antarctica will sound its horn three times signaling the start of winter. before you may still remember the feeling of the helicopter made its last farewell circling was off mark riley was the beginning of winter and only thirty two people were left i felt kind of sad what. better than to fall off. then the long pole and nights begin along with inevitable depression because of six months absence of some exhausting snowstorms loan letters home and the desire to see friends and family but even after all that many will still dream about coming back fortunately there's plenty of work here in antarctica for many generations to come. together and unsolved mystery for me. that is an interesting question. which is why does this place attract me so when i sold mine which if you know what that blowing already. precious three goodbye horns. the antarctic winter has begun. live. live. live. live live live. her mother live. the speech. she gave. her her her mother will. ultimately

ok alexander good luck to you. traditionally the last helicopter to leave will circle the station. the ship leaving antarctica will sound its horn three times signaling the start of winter. they may still remember the feeling of the helicopter made its last farewell circle and was off work early it was the beginning of winter and only thirty two people were left i felt kind of sad what. better the movement. then the long pole and nights began along with inevitable depression because of six months absence of some exhausting snowstorms loan letters home and the desire to see friends and family but even after all that many will still dream about coming back fortunately there's plenty of work here in antarctica for many generations to come. together and unsolved mystery for me. that is an interesting question. which is why does this place attract me so when i sold mine which if you know what that blowing already. three goodbye horns. the antarctic winter has begun. come. to. her. if you leave with economic ups and downs in the finance column on thursday the london new york sang i and t

through careful alexander what is the dad's. cooler good scurries bring him. over. in spinal years alexander began to have heart problems he grew physically weak and he took me to the island to help him shift machinery or something but i couldn't help that much. who could kind of help or could i be. so this could happen several days before his death when he was already at the hospital one of the he was so weak he couldn't smile or talk so he told me. don't give the island to anyone. after that he died. only fifty six. happened in two thousand and four. on the island chapel. was there everybody trying to our house after the funeral and we could all feel these questions floating in the air what's going to happen what are we going to do who is going to do it one of my children i don't know who exactly said mom you'd better stay here because you know everything you're always with dad will help you. everybody gave a sigh of relief and after making that decision we parted when i came to think of it if i knew what would happen afterwards i don't know if i would have agreed

by that time we already had three children and alexander had a good job he was the head of a factory. i can't explain how it happened but at some point alexander quit his job he told us that he'd love the factory and he did this without looking for a new job without thinking about the fact that he had a wife and three children. he didn't talk about it and i didn't dare ask us. about that moment none of us could have imagined that our lives were changing at that very moment but then they would take a completely new turn and it wasn't just us. that enough of them on the story was started on the island of the thirteenth century after the revolution of the twentieth century the monastery was closed and the cathedrals worn out of the island who just fill it no one but fishermen and hunters came here to. spend the night and have a drink by the fire leaving trash and campfires all around it was like that until the ninety's when two people decided to restore the monastery in interesting to note that this one a steri wasn't downed by a monk but was it by a russian prince even. and it was broug

should be by that time we already had three children and alexander had a good job he was the head of a factory. i can't explain how it happened but at some point alexander quit his job he told us that he loved the factory and he did this without looking for a new job without thinking about the fact that he had a wife and three children. he didn't talk about it and i didn't dare ask. about that moment that none of us could have imagined that our lives were changing at that very moment but that they would take a completely new turn and it wasn't just us. that enough of a monastery was started on the island of the thirteenth century after the revolution of the twentieth century the monastery was closed and the cathedrals worn out of the island who just fill it no one but fishermen and hunters came here . spend the night and have a drink by the fire leaving trash and campfires all around it was like that until the ninety's when two people decided to restore the monastery it's interesting to note that this want to stere wasn't downed by a monk but was it by a russian prince even have and i

alexander. patricia's good piece makes a good point. what we have created is an ideological revolving fund where groups raise money, they elect candidates on the right fringes. those candidates create issues. if members of congress don't go along. then they raise money off the issues. and then they threaten more members just like haley barber talked about with primaries. and it just keeps going like this. there is going to be an ipo for these ideological revolving fund. i do think in the long run it is damaging for the republican party, a, because a lot of primaries aren't helpful, but b they end up with candidates like richard mourdock and other kind of people who lose elections. patricia is right. the people who give money to the groups feel very passionately and this machine just keeps that passion alive. >> patricia -- on the buzz feed -- makes this point about cruz compared to other republicans. as of june 30th, the cruz pac earned $313,323 with $183,000 cash on hand. that its a far cry from the $1.348 rubio's pac has raised. and p

we begin with peter alexander at the white house. peter, good evening. >> reporter: natalie, good evening to you. with a series of urgent calls and meetings, this has been a busy weekend for the president and his national security team, trying to sell their plan for strikes in syria as they face deep divisions within congress. the fierce debate over u.s. military action in syria is not confined to washington. at a town hall in connecticut today -- >> the united states can't let dictators kill their own people and do nothing. >> i really think for their warmongers who basically talking about going and shoot and bomb, et cetera, put them in the front lines and let me see how they will fire and shoot. >> reporter: the president's challenge, to convince skeptical lawmakers on both sides. those opposed to u.s. intervention, and those who insist limited strikes don't go far enough. among the foreign policy hawks, republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham, who met with the president today. afterward expressing optimism that the white house is

that is this looming shutdown, peter alexander is in washington. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. simply put, everyone is looming in on next thursday. if congress doesn't reach a bug dell by then, federal agencies close. it is also the first day when uninsured americans can sign up for the president's health care law. with the clock ticking, here is where things stand. it's getting down to the wire. lawmakers have barely 100 hours to agree how to keep the government funded or shut it down tuesday. republicans remain deeply divided. senator cruz's 100 hour talk-a-thon, quickly dismissed by john mccain, which insisted it is not worth shutting the government down over opposition to obamacare. >> but we not as hard as we could in a fair honest manner and we lost. >> reporter: in northern virginia, people are being more contemplative about it. people will say they will think before they boy a volvo. >> reporter: a shutdown could mean furloughs, tense of thousands of workers have to settle for ious instead of paychecks. the nationa

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man saw that the olympic gold i think the thing that's very unique with with alexander and myself is there was always a good level of competition when we competed there were never any problems i think there was a high level of respect and and that's carried over not only with him but with all the athletes. you know where we're not working together and we're working together for the goal and that's to win when you know it at the olympics for russia to get it i like working with looters well just a couple of years ago we were competing against each other so it didn't take long for us to understand how we'd work together after three decades on the track in two different disciplines and with a host of achievements thirty nine year old zuckoff now has just one target gold for russian such concern about out of r t. now after all that wintry action let's catch up with the rest of the week's news from the world of sport sprinkling you sign bold once again failed to show at the below me event in zero eight as the six time olympic champion dominated the men's one hundred meters topping nine point nine zero seconds ha

first man saw the olympic gold i think the thing that's very unique with with alexander and myself is there was always a good level of competition when we competed there were never any problems i think there was a high level of respect and and that's carried over not only with him but with all the athletes. you know where we're not working together and we're working together for the goal and that's to win when you know it at the olympics for russia but it. i like working with looters well just a couple of years ago we were competing against each other so it didn't take long for us to understand how we'd work together after three decades on the track in two different disciplines and with a host of achievements of thirty nine year olds of course now has just one target gold for rushing sorry constantly by the above r t now after all that wintry action let's catch up with the rest of the week's news from the world of sport sprinting you sign bold once again stole the show at the door i'm going to bend. as the sixth time the limbic champion dominated the men's one hundred meters talking nine point nine zero seco

nbc's peter alexander is the at the white house with the story. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. these videos are among 13 you tube clips ploided to nbc news by a government official. they were shown during a classified briefing last week and we should let you know the videos are quite graphic. they are paralyzed with pain and fear. a little boy barely conscious. a young girl almost unable to move. rows ofs, many children. the only sound is the greens of the victims and prayers for the dead. government officials tell us the intelligence community authenticated the videos as chemical attacks on august 21st. nbc news cannot independently verify the video's authenticity, but there no visible injuries with the symptoms, foaming at the mouth and uncontrollable shaking consistent with a nerve agent. dianne feinstein requested the videos from the cia and spoke about them thursday. >> we received that this morning. it's horrendous. >>. >> the videos, the latest elements in the administration to convince congress and the american people of the ne

peter alexander has the latest on what's unfolding. peter, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. it looks to be almost certain that the government will shut down beginning at midnight tonight. democratic and republican aids are predicting that much. the senate won't even begin considering the house bill until late this afternoon in what is as much a partisan crisis as a fiscal crisis the country is barrelling toward it's first shutdown in 17 years. >> it's decision day. congress has until midnight tonight to avoid a government shutdown but no one is getting their hopes up. house republicans are refusing to fund the government unless the president's healthcare law is delayed one year. >> the american people deserve to have time to see what this will do before it's implemented. >> and the house plan is a nonstarter for senate democrats or the president who huddled with advisors insisting republicans agree to fund the government without conditions. >> don't shut down the government and fail to pay the government's bill with the debt ceil

peter alexander is live outside the white house this morning. good jumping back into this debate as he was flying home from his meeting with world leaders in russia. the president made calls to members of congress, republicans and democrats, trying to persuade them on the need for military action in syria. returning to washington overnight, president obama faces what even he acknowledges is a hard sell with congress on syria. his weekly address this morning, the case he'll make to the nation tuesday night. >> failing to respond would increase the risk chemical strikes would happen again. it would send a horrible signal to other nations there's no problem with them using it. >> reporter: the president's window is closing. nancy pelosi insisted president obama needs to make a stronger case to regain momentum, the white house is accelerating the lobbying blitz. sunday, vice president biden will host key republican senators. monday with congress back from summer recess, a classified briefing for all house members. tuesday, president obama's chief of staf

good. for all. this is a man who's ready to bring charges against god himself at the last judgment his name is alexander savor of he lives in a small apartment in moscow suburbs and at two o'clock every thursday afternoon he sits by his front door wearing a device around his neck the minute it vibrates and the likes to read he knows a delivery has arrived and it's time to open the door. every week for many years a korea has regularly delivered meals for alexander from a nearby restaurant he knows his client is blind and deaf but still tries to talk to him. here are the bread rolls i leave them on the table that gave it so then the curia can't understand how anyone can live without hearing or sight he has no idea that this particular deaf and blind man unable even to cook a simple meal is more deserving of admiration pity not everyone has successfully achieved a ph d. and then become a professor of psychology fewer still who are deaf and blind alexander savor off is one of the great accomplishment for anyone but truly remarkable for a man who lives in complete darkness and silence only able to perceive t

alexander. thanks so much, peter. >> karen, good to visit with you. >> so tell us the latest. we heard reports from our own andrea mitchell that john kerry is cutting his trip short, not picking up as much support abroad as we hoped. and we know starting tomorrow we have full-court press going from the white house. >> that's exactly the case. can you say that it begins today with denis mcdonough making rounds on sunday morning shows a couple of hours from now the vice president joe biden will invite over to his residence several senators, republican senators, that this white house believes are crucial for them to get a win on the senate side. then again tomorrow, as you've noted, not just the president doing those interviews in advance of his speech to take place tuesday night. his national security adviser, susan rice, will be giving remarks as well. so this has been a very deliberate concentrated effort over the course of the next days. building it that crescendo tuesday night where the president will speak. obviously this remains an up hill battle. this is frustration among

alexander. what's the latest there? >> reporter: crystal, good day to visit with you right now. the president is wrapping up meeting with senators on both sides as we can show you from new pictures we're just getting in as he heads back here to the white house to prepare his remarks for tonight's speech, of course, in prime time. a senior administration official tells us that the president is updating his speech over the course of this day to reflect the new diplomatic developments that are taking place. they say the president will argue that america's national security interests are at stake and that's exactly why assad must give up -- must be removed of his chemical weapons, that the president will say military force may be necessary as well, otherwise in the words of the president, his conversations with senators today, syria could simply walk away and we also understand the president and white house has been in support of the senate leadership of harry reid's decision to pause any floor action there. within the last few minutes, i heard from another official telling us withi

good in anything. >>> also want to say happy birthday to actor jason alexander, george on "seinfeld" who is 54 today. rocker bruce springsteen turns 64. and actor mickey rooney is 93. keep it here. thanks for watching "early today." have a overnight less than an hour ago explosions and gun fire heard from inside the shopping mall where islamist militants are holding people hostage. the latest details next. >> i wanted to let it be known this is a problem and something that i will get fixed. >> plus, 49ers all pro linebacker aldon smith apologizes for his recent arrest, now it's unknown when he will return to the field. and san bruno neighborhood on edge this morning after a gas line break. pg&e crews working to cap it off. we'll have the latest details. >> a live look outside at san francio'

alexander. you have a good sunday. you have new reaction to the the assad interview? >> we have details we just received in the last five minutes from the white house. a national security council member reaches out with the following quote -- it doesn't surprise us that someone that could kill thousands of his own people including children with poisonous gas would also lie about it. those words from the white house in response to the if interview that bashar al assad did with a television network in last 24 hours. as for the videos you spoke object that dennis addressed earlier they are significant for a varity of reasons, they are videos that were played, about 10 0 that the u.s. intelligence committee were played and will be played at another classified briefing for all house members on monday. where do we stand now? here's a look. two days before the president's crucial national address the white house hopes these videos will help to shift congressional and public opinion. >> we cannot turn a blind eye to ims pliej we've soon out of syria. >> but it's an uphill bat

peter alexander is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the obama administration insists that the u.s.' very credibility is at stake here. already the white house has kicked off a high stakes lobbying effort to try to convince congress of the need of military action. in the words of one administration official, they will flood the zone with more calls and meetings with lawmakers scheduled for today. while syria's civil war rage uninterrupted this morning, washington is debating its next move. the president's call for military action faces an uphill battle with skeptical lawmakers. many back early from summer recess for a rare classified briefing sunday. afterward, showing little consensus. >> i think members of congress were divided. >> accountability has to be certain, swift, and severe. >> certainly the mood in the district that i represent is do not do this. >> reporter: still, the white house insists it will step up the pressure. secretary of state john kerry presenting new evidence that sarin gas was used in the deadly attacks. >> bas

peter alexander is live at the white house with more on this for us today. peter, good morning. >> reporter: erica and craig, good morning to you. these videos are among 13 youtube clips that were provided to nbc news by a u.s. government official. they were shown to members of the senate intelligence committee last thursday during a classified briefing. and before we play them, again, we warn you, these videos are quite disturbing. they appear almost lifeless, frozen in fear and pain. rows of bodies, many of them children. the only sounds, the groans of victims and prayers for the dead. u.s. government officials tell nbc news the intelligence community has authenticated the videos as evidence of chemical attacks with the nerve agent sarin in a dozen damascus suburbs on august 2 1st. nbc news cannot independently verify the video's authenticity. diane feinstein requested a compilation of the videos. >> it's whorrendous. >> reporter: they'll be shown to classified committee members tomorrow. >> everything i've seen points towards a chemical weapon. >> reporter: two days

brady had good luck getting places late, his rival alexander gardner had gone to richmond as many photographers had, right after the south abandoned it and it was set afire. the pictures were so stunning and everyone had been focused on richmond from the beginning of the war so consequently they all went and took these pictures of burned out buildings and nobody went to appomattox so there are no pictures from appomattox at all. but anyway we had known lee from the mexican war and he had been superintendent at west point and there had been a tradition that west point to come down and be photographed at the studio in new york. he had a connection, a further connection from washington put him in touch with mrs. lee, and his son said there was nothing he liked less than having his picture taken, comes back from the war. imagine how weary he must have been, how disheartened. and he agrees to be photographed at the next day on easter sunday. the day he agreed to do it was the day lincoln died. they're must have been some connection, he had been telling soldiers who had been coming up to his men go b