that arthur miller came to wilmington at least twice. the first time we know he came to wilmington was in the 1930's it he and tennessee williams went to the university of michigan playwriting program and for the jobs working federal arts administration's during the depression. tennessee being tennessee decided he would head off on his bicycle and have adventures, but arthur miller had that arthur miller-like new england strain, i am doing it. .e toured up and down the coast one of the things they were history's from people who had been a line during slavery. in the 1930's, you could still meet people who had lived through slavery and the united states. that was really one of the last chances you were going to have to collect first-person accounts of one of the satyr chapters of american history. , publishers starting putting out a series of books on a state-by-state basis, the one for north carolina is caught my folks still want me to talk about slavery. there is one specifically virginia, south carolina, alabama, mississippi. the secon

after 50 years in movies, tv shows, he's making his debut in arthur miller's "the price." >> he playsk maybe you got a few nice pieces. not that the rest can't be sold, but it will take a year, year and a half, and that, for me, is a big bet. i don't know what to tell you. >> okay, let's forget it. >> why are you jumping? >> danny devito, good morning. >> good morning. >> i love how we say you're a bright new face because on broadway, you are. this is your debut. >> yeah. >> why does that surprise me? >> so much fun. >> why does -- >> yeah. >> well, i'm a new york guy, i have done theater, years and years ago, before i went to do movies and television, and, you know, did off-broadway, off-off broadway, summerstock, children's theater, all that good stuff, but never broadway. >> it's arthur miller, too. >> oh, baby. >> so the dialogue, if people aren't familiar -- >> it's amazing. >> it's intense dialogue. you can't just phone this in. >> no, it's intense. and you also can rely on it. it's a great play because, when you have that kind of construction and dialogue from a master like art

that is the president and daughter malia with danny devito and the cast of "the price" by arthur millery the way. still ahead tonight, what some are calling a public health emergency. the skyrocketing cost of insulin and the growing number of americans who can't afford it. also, their remarkable achievement, marathon runners bounded by the wounds of war and a drive to succeed. >> we're back with a crisis faced by a growing number of patients with diabetes who rely on insulin to stay alive. the cost has doubled since 2012. driving hundreds of thousands much families to resort to desperate measures to get the drug. nbc's jolene kent on what is behind the increase and how families are responding. >> reporter: it is a life and death struggle that comes down to dollars and cents. >> the cost of the disease was so great that we actually sold our wedding rings. >> reporter: pastor mark bolin is among 300,000 people pleading for help on go fund me to help pay for insulin and diabetes supplies for his daughter. >> i'm checking my blood at school. >> reporter: prices skyrocketed in the past five

it brings to mind an essay i read years ago by arthur miller about politics and how politicians are actors in the end and that they put on a persona, a public face, and they act out that part. you know, obama did it beautifully. probably because it was closer to himself. and i think people like al gore and hillary, they separate themselves too much from that actor role they think is required and don't use -- they're not in their body as much, that is kind of an acting term. and then trump is so comfortable he could be sitting on a toilet like lbj and give a speech. >> solid lbj reference there. >> i think we have some pictures we want to show, we're not going to dip into sound yet because we have determined that this is not interesting enough per se. but it is a legend called bernstein, at this juncture he is handing out awards so it's more symbolic. but after the awards, we all know after that comes the party, then the after-party, and after that we get a daly show comic. so we'll fit in a break so we can carry it live, you're watching msnbc's white house correspondents dinner coverage. w

needless to say, president chester arthur vetoes miller's idea saying basically, this one is too close to a complete ban and we need to be available -- need to reevaluate and think of a different way of handling it. steps horace page, and he created an alternative law imaging chinese immigrants for a 20,ear period as opposed to in creating a category for exemptions. those exemptions would include ,eachers, missionaries , students, some family members, so your children, and pretty much that is it. everybody was willing to sign 1982, we havein the first piece of legislation that targets a particular population based on nation of origin. the chinese exclusion act. 1892, it wasr, in revisited. it was not only reaffirmed but it was expanded to include certificates of identity, certificates of identity. these are documents that chinese immigrants were required to have on their person at all times and any official could ask them to produce. they could be arrested and possibly deported. ok? as you might imagine, it was a bit controversial. 10 years after that, the passage of the scott act whic

federal government's role in and values.is ideal needless to say, that then-president chester arthur imposed miller's ideas think this one is too close to a complete and, we need to reevaluate and think of a different way of handling it. he creates an alternative law limiting chinese immigrants for 20,nure time as opposed to and creating a category for exemption. those exemptions would include missionaries, , students, some family members, and pretty much that is it. everybody was willing to sign but in 1880 two we had the first piece of legislation in u.s. history that targets a particular population based on nation of origin. the chinese exclusion act. in 1892, it was revisited, it was not only but it was to include certificates of identity. these were documents that chinese immigrants were required to have on their persons at all times, and that any official could ask them to produce. if they did not produce it, they could be arrested and possibly deported. .k as you might imagine, it was a bit controversial. 10 years after that we had the passage of the scott act, which renewed the chinese exclus

beautiful hacienda style home in brend wood, california in 1962 after divorcing third husband arthur millerures beamed ceilings, a pool, citrus grove. she was working on what would be her final film "something's got to give" and was atracked by the fact that this was a pa lay shall skaet but felt like it was a cozy home. interesting to get a peek into her final days, so beloved by so many. >>> finally, with all the recent bad publicity that we've been hearing about airlines and the doctor being dragged off that flight, well, we thought we would change things up this morning for you in "pop news" and show you this. saxophone superstar kenny g. giving an impromptu, whether you want it or not, in-air performance during his flight from tampa bay to los angeles on saturday. dude, i just want to watch netflix. [ applause ] this is nice though, really. the crew was trying to raise money for the american cancer society, and kenny said, hey passengers, if you help raise over $2,000, i'll serenade you, and he did. and now you have it too. >> they raised money, that's great. >> over $2,000 to fight ca

miller park. when they raced each other during the game, the hot dog won. and the actual game, however, the brewers lost. to colorado. >> oh, hot dog is always a winner. >> we arthur>> the hot dog is always a weiner. >> maybe the hot dog won that guy stopped to take selfies on the way. i mean what are you crazy. i'm in the middle of a very important race right now. the chef. >> come on in shorts. in these conditions. in boston, patriots quarterback, tom brady showed off, not again. >> oh, no. >> super bowl jersey. gronkowski took off. not ready to surrender the spotlight after the epic, wrestlemania appearance. then they watched the red sox beat the pirates. >> on silt of when fans streak the field. they have security chasing them. gronk grabbed extra clothes. >> how did he do on the first pitch? >> not bad. that tom brady he always connects. coming up. >> man crush. >> well, you know. >> man crush tuesday. >> yes, admit it. man crush, tom brady. do you blame him. no ryan reynolds? >> or ryan gosling. >> all right, truce. coming up, the flooding down under causing incredible scenes like this house, floating down the river. the family managing to escape just in the

miller park. when they raced each other during the game, the hot dog won. and the actual game, however, the brewers lost. to colorado. >> oh, hot dog is always a winner. >> we arthurog is always a weiner. >> maybe the hot dog won that guy stopped to take selfies on the way. i mean what are you crazy. i'm in the middle of a very important race right now. the chef. >> come on in shorts. in these conditions. in boston, patriots quarterback, tom brady showed off, not again. >> oh, no. >> super bowl jersey. gronkowski took off. not ready to surrender the spotlight after the epic, wrestlemania appearance. then they watched the red sox beat the pirates. >> on silt of when fans streak the field. they have security chasing them. gronk grabbed extra clothes. >> how did he do on the first pitch? >> not bad. that tom brady he always connects. coming up. >> man crush. >> well, you know. >> man crush tuesday. >> yes, admit it. man crush, tom brady. do you blame him. no ryan reynolds? >> or ryan gosling. >> all right, truce. coming up, the flooding down under causing incredible scenes like this house, floating down the river. the family managing to escape just in the nick of tim