anne thompson looks back at his ground-breaking career. >> is the caller there?re was "donohue". for almost 30 years, phil donohue led a lively, informative talk show. he elevated the genre to issues. >> we grew up with the gay rights movement. we grew up with the anti-war movement. >> reporter: no subject was off limits. >> do you feel that discussions of sex might be useful and positive and help promote a healthy society? >> reporter: or at the end, too salacious. >> it's more competitive. >> reporter: as the syndicated show moved from dayton, ohio, to chicago, to new york, he was the first to let his audience ask questions. >> our radical idea was called democracy. >> reporter: yet, it was his incisive probing and energy that made him the king of daytime talk, earning 20 emmy awards and a pea bod body. he moved to cable but never duplicated his success. president biden, who awarded him the presidential medal of freedom. >> he rose to transform television. >> reporter: called him an icon. a father of five, donohue married twice, including 44 years to actress ma

team usa's noah lyles sat down with anne thompson to talk about his two medals and competing with covidribes the paris olympics as a rollercoaster, winning gold in the 100-meter and bronze in the00. wt the 200. >> reporter: what was the highest high? >> right before and after the gun went offer. the crowd was electrifying. >> reporter: and the lowest low? >> it was definitely the moment that i tried to go out for the semi-final round of the 200, and i knew, i already knew i had covid. and i was on a bunch of medications, and i couldn't get my body to do what i wanted it to do. >> noah lyles, bronze. >> reporter: what would you say to the critics who said you shouldn't have run with covid? >> to be honest, i don't really listen to critics. but we did our best to try and make sure that we didn't ruin anybody else's olympic experience. >> noah lyles is the olympic champion. >> reporter: but the race he won. what made the difference? >> the difference was my start. and i have improved it by leaps and bounds. >> reporter: and at the end, you leaned. is that something you practice? >> no, no,

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one mother speaking from the hospital told our anne thompson just how serious it can be. >> reporter: 30 weeks pregnant, abby parks is in the hospital tonight, the schoolteacher still dealing with the impact of the parvovirus she got this spring. >> the placenta is not pushing the blood that it needs to to give my son the oxygen and nutrients and those things. >> reporter: parks says initially the virus made her unborn son anemic. dr. kathy bligard performed a fetal blood transfusion. >> abby is not the only patient whose fetuses have needed a blood transfusion for parvovirus, and it's certainly something that i used to see maybe once every other year but have seen multiple times in the last few months. >> reporter: a new health alert from the cdc says parvovirus infections jumped from less than 3% in the last two years to 10% in june. also known as fifth disease, the respiratory virus in children can cause a rash on the face leading to its other name, slapped cheek disease. it can spread in schools, but is most risky for pregnant women and those with some blood disorders. >> why is p

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anne thompson, nbc news. >>> a michigan family is going to court over a car crash that killed their 18old son last year, but in a twist, they're seeking justice for the teenager's alleged actions by focusing on his mother, the victim's parents claim the driver's mother was aware her son drove recklessly upwards of 150 miles per hour at times. they claim she knew this because of a safety monitoring app. joining us to break it down is danny cevallos. the parents of this teenager are basing their argument based off the crumbley's case, the school's alleged shooter -- excuse me a michigan school shooter who -- the parents bought a firearm. >> for all american history, we haven't held parents responsible for the crimes of their children, unless they participated in them or otherwise encouraged them not on the theory of just recklessness of the child's out there is doing reckless things and the parents are aware of it therefore they're criminally responsible. the crumbley case, the first in american history, and they reflexible a sea change in the way americans appear to be thinking about pa

anne thompson has what you need to know about the recall. >> reporter: this is the worst outbreak ofyears. 57 people hospitalized, nine people dead, including six since the last update earlier this month. one from florida, tennessee, new mexico, new york, and two people from south carolina. originally linked to boar's head strasburger brand liverwurst, the recall now involves 7 million pounds of meat produced at a jarret, virginia factory. they either have est 12612 inside the usda mark of inspection on product labels. if you have these meats, the cdc says throw them away. >> listeria is a serious infection, the most deadly form of food poisoning. >> reporter: in a statement, boar's head said it regrets the impact of this recall, and it's conducting an extensive investigation with leading food safety experts. the cdc says listeria is a hearty germ. it can linger on surfaces like meat slicers and foods, even when refrigerated. symptoms can appear the sameday or up to ten weeks later. the symptoms include headache, confusion, and convulsions, along with fever and muscle aches. >> our t

nbc's anne thompson has the late details. >> reporter: this is the worst outbreak of listeria in 13 yearsple hospitalized. nine people dead including six since the last update earlier this month. one from florida, tennessee, new mexico, new york, and two people from south carolina. originally linked to boar's head strassburger brand liverwurst, the recall now involves 7 million pounds of meat produced at boar's head jarratt, virginia, factory. the products have either have est-12612 or p-12612 inside the usda mark of inspection on product labels. if you have these meats, the cdc says throw them away. >> listeria is a serious infection. it's the most deadly form of food poisoning. >> reporter: in a statement today, boar's head said, it regrets the impact of this recall, and it's conducting an extensive investigation with leading food safety experts. the cdc says listeria the cdc says listeria is a hardy job that it can linger on meat slicers and foods even when refrigerated. symptoms can appear the same day or up to ten weeks later. the symptoms include headache, confusion and convulsions,

anne thompson joins us now. e really was a trail blazer in daytime television. >> he was. when phil donahue hit the air waves before nbc news now, before 24-hour cable news network, back in 1967 and he believed that women would sit and watch a show that was about an issue in the news for an hour. and he was right. they did. he took that and ran with it for almost 30 years. and that's the difference he made, being very serious. certainly at the beginning and the middle part of his career, toward the end of it when he was trying to get eyeballs he went down the same road as some of his imitators did. but he made his mark on serious, serious subjects, the economy, abortion, civil rights, women's rights, it was must-see tv back in day. >> he made his mark, talk about the tributes pouring in. >> first and foremost comes from oprah winfrey who said that, without phil donahue there wouldn't be an oprah show, he proved that daytime talk and women watching should be taken seriously. she called him a pioneer. ricki lake sa

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nbc's anne thompson covered the paris games and has our "sunday focus." >> reporter: the afterglow ofeek later. the city of light was never more enchanting than during the olympics. using its monuments and sport to create an irresistible spectacle. >> in the shadow of the eiffel tower with a landmark u.s. gold medal in the women's road race -- >> reporter: telling stories of redemption, dominance -- >> usa, it's gold in the women's 4x4! >> reporter: -- and photo finishes. >> how close this was on the line -- >> reporter: battles on the court -- >> curry again! >> reporter: -- and celebrations in the pool. >> and the greatest swimming machine we've ever seen rolls on to another gold here in paris. >> reporter: we tasted and toasted all that paris and these games had to offer. >> bonjour. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: marked by supports sportsmanship, romance, even heartbreak over four seconds and a judging controversy. >> jordan chiles calling the loss of her medal unjust and devastating. >> reporter: in the stands the game's own minister of happiness, snoop dogg. pari

so heather anne thompson has done really important work on this on this on exactly this comparison. so what thomson is that we should understand southern convict leasing practices post-civil war as as as as an adjustment on the pre-civil war practices that originated at auburn. so you could you could she was for her for four for thomson the similarities are much more significant than the differences and there are important differences. southern post-civil war convict leasing is not primary early in factory based manufacturing, for example. so there are really important differences. but thomson's argument is that the similarities in the continuities are more important than the similar than the differences. and i agree with that and what i would also add is that the lines of influence are explicit and direct the post-civil war south was adapting process is that were innovated in the north and i'll go backwards just a moment to say there are these really wonderful books about convict leasing in the post-civil war south and they have produced so much knowledge that is so important and t

ann arbor as the conquering hero. all right. mark the date on your calendar november 12th. the nba has announced the dallas mavericks, with new guard klay thompsonrriors at chase center as part of that in-season tournament, which is back. and now it's known as the emirates cup. they got a sponsor for it, so it's going to be like both weird and emotional seeing klay take the court wearing a mavericks uniform. >> it'd be really weird. and i know we're all going to have that date circled when he comes back to chase. and that will be one of the strangest, most emotional nights of all of our careers for sure. >> absolutely. to on baseball. if the giants had any kind of offense at all, they would be right in the thick of the playoff chase. instead of trying to barely scratch away to get the last wild card spot in the national league, they're two and a half games out as they take the field tonight. blake snell did all he could last night. he pitched into the seventh inning against the braves, striking out 12. snell threw a no hitter on august 2nd. it looks very much like the ace that the giants thought they were getting in the off season. even a hanger

anne diamond and this is gb news. breakfast. >> i really hope we do celebrate kjt. you know , because she's kjt. you know, because she's katarina johnson—thompsonose things when you said i thought it was a bit, a bit pointed. if i'm honest, when you said at the thought she's, she's got an olympic medal at the fourth time of asking. yeah. >> but i think, i think that in itself has to be, has to be celebrated. of course it is. of course it is. is that that was exactly the phrase that i used, wasn't it, in a couple of hours ago. but is her story then why why didn't she succeed in the previous three olympics? >> was there anything particular that happened? >> no, i don't think so. i think it was. it requires a hell of a lot of consistency when you've got to perform over seven different events. it depends who's around at the time as well. you know, sometimes if you're if you're competing over four olympics, that's over, what, 12 years? you could be up against a generational one. 31 exactly, exactly. i mean, we've seen competitors at this time, especially in the pool, 22 years old, who could go probably be around for the next 15 years, you know, depe

thompson-herah isn't here because of injury. shericka jackson has withdrawn interestingly, to focus on the 200 but we have to give a shout-out to shelly-ann fraser pryce is her last her all her fifth straight olympic games as swan song. after three olympic golds at olympic medals in all day take back to beijing in 2008 and paris is treated her well in the past and it's you saw those images of sha'carri the other day has gone by the big and bold with a hair and nails. the nails are definitely still there, but the hair is more low-key and she's really determined that this time it's her performances that are gonna do the talking okay good stuff. amanda, back with you later. thank you so much for joining us from paris stories in the spotlight this hour to ukrainian athletes have won accolades in paris without winning any olympic competition. the city's mare awarded than the city's highest distinction on thursday for their bravery and their perseverance. the athletes say they had to train in the shadow of the war whilst keeping an eye out for airstrikes. and worrying about loved ones. the ceremony also on the ukrainian athletes killed in the c