we are live on the scene. >>> plus brokaw, the benefactor. >> that's the news, i'm tom brokaw. >> we our favorite colleagues, the legendary tom brokaw donating his entire nbc news archive to his alma mater. >> this says 1984, tom brokaw photos, d-day france. >> that was the beginning of one of the most important chapters of my life. >>> and throwing some shade. ♪ been waiting for a lifetime for you ♪ >> they are steaming up studio 1a to perform their new single for "fifty shades freed." today, february 1st, 2018. >> we came all the way from dallas, texas, to meet hoda. >> and savannah! >> it's my third time in new york city and third time's a charm. i finally made it to the "today" show. >> it's our first vacation as husband and wife. >> saying hi to everyone in corpus christi, texas. >> all the way from iowa state. >> we're skipping class. >> to be on the "today" show! >> we are from baltimore. >> and we love "today"! >> and we love you right back. welcome back to "today" on this thursday morning. it is the 1st day of february, a new month, a clean slate and a fresh controversy. >>

and i think it was one of the big moments in my life. >> this is tom brokaw. >> i'm tom brokaw. >> i'm up one thing. i went to iowa and i had high expectations, they had high expectations for me, but after a year of very undistinguished scholarship, i went back to south dakota and then dropped out again for a while and meredith brokaw came alalong an rescued me and straighten meade out. iowa always kept in touch with me. i was on the floor of one of the conventions and this very familiar-looking man came over to me, he had been one of my political science professors. he said mr. brokaw, i have so admired your reporting and someone told me you might have been in one of my classes. he said i went back and looked up your record. i have a question, was it my fault or yours? it was all mine. >> as president reagan said, it worked out for you. >> it worked out pretty well for both of us, right. >> it's impossible to rnsanswer but is there one story that stands out? >> there's quite a collection. the civil rights movement i was in the south. in 1968 we lost dr. king and bobby kennedy, johnson

plus, a story from the korean war with tom brokaw later in the show.ut let's begin with team usa's first gold medal. an incredible aerial show as 17-year-old red gerard put the united states on the medal board in the snowboarding slopestyle event. we'll talk to red in just a moment. but first, my but natalie morales is here in the lodge with me with the overnight olympic highlights. natalie, good to see you. >> thanks for inviting me into your lodge, willie. good morning. you'll remember four years ago it was sochi that the american faith catsenberg was the first winner in slopestyle. a champion, american, who isn't old enough to vote stunning the world and winning team usa's first gold medal of the games. >> he goes huge. >> reporter: exploding off jumps. and twisting through the air. >> there he puts it down! >> reporter: 17-year-old red gerard delivered team usa its first olympic medal of the game. and it's gold. getting off to a rough start. >> oh! >> reporter: the snowboarder stunned crowds here in pyeongchang, in the men's slopestyle event, putti

brokaw isk os -- tom a pretty good fellow. that was just one of the pieces that we called "un-news." tom brokaw, to my knowledge, they would not tell the complete story. a part of it would be accurate but not the whole thing. let me get to something that i is always on people's minds because they know that i worked for the president. that is watergate. there was no former president alive during the period when watergate became a national scandal. truman had just died before christmas. after that, before the second inaugural, lyndon johnson died. and he was alone. i am convinced, now this is just thereing this although are those that would agree. i am convinced that if any of , at the time,ng they would have supported the president. and i am talking about jfk and lbj and of course, ike, president eisenhower. i believe they would have supported him because there was nothing that was done in the administration i anyone that had not been done by all of the presidents in my lifetime. from fdr forward. that was politics. it wastake

tom brokaw. that he was giving a speech in huntsville, alabama and he wanted big crowds. i am paraphrasing. i'm not reading anything. and so they put it on tv, and there were the federal crowds. and that was the narrative that the white house gave them, the federal workers, the day off. what nbc did not say was that indeed that was true. the federal workers were given the day off but it was not just to huntsville, alabama. it was any federal worker in the united states because it was the celebration of george washington's birthday. and the president chose -- he just happened to choose to give his speech in huntsville. of course they were let off. nbc did not correct that for three months because they were bombarded with the correction on a daily basis. they were inaccurate. it had zero to do with giving the federal workers the day off to see the president. it had everything to do woth -- to do with george washington's birthday. tom brokaw, to my knowledge, wanted to correct it immediately but i do not know what goes on at abc. i don't know. tom brokaw is a pretty good fel

that was along 101 at brokaw. it doesn't appear to be slowing anyone down. take it to our maps where we are tracking again those usual slowdowns and an earlier crash along 280. a rollover vehicle is still out there but not blocking any lanes. we'll take a live look at your ride along 280 near 85 and you can see traffic definitely not backed up along that stretch. you may see some emergency crews but they are working on getting retrieving that vehicle that went down the embankment there. so it could be a little while before that gets cleared. traffic is spreading out on the eastshore freeway. so it's about 20 minutes into san francisco. 27 minutes between 205 and 680. over to you. >>> the wind event will be starting tomorrow. today pretty calm out there. nice clear skies. no fog in sight. that's good news for drivers especially across the golden gate bridge, nice clear conditions out there this morning. and san francisco right now temperatures are feeling pretty comfortable. satellite-radar showing not much cloud coverage, there's a bit of fog throughout the

i want to take a moment, prer personal privilege, to wish a happy birthday to my friend, tom brokaw.50 year, tom has brought his intellect, his humor, his charm, his wisdom, to nbc news and msnbc. starting as a local anchor, then as white house correspondent during the nixon years, anchor of the "today" show and of course the longtime anchor of "nbc nightly news." no one was better at chronicling the history of our times. whether it was conducting the first television interview with gorbachev as the soviet union was about to break apart. capturing the significance of the greatest generation on the beaches of normandy. bicycling through tiananmen square after the media were banned. or declaring the failure of our own prague past cation on election nice in 2,000. tom reflected back on what he observed these many years withg show. >> i thought immediately by 1968 -- we lost dr. king, kennedy, 15,000 people died in vietnam that year, americans of ours. so i've always thought about that. and then that rush of extraordinary change where the soviet union collapsed, china reinvented itself a

there was also a crash reported in the area around brokaw and 101 coming in toward that area. we are tracking both of those scenes and i will see if the details from brokaw are the same or if there is a crash that is found. no slowing shows up on our roadway there. an earlier crash southbound 280 just off 85 coming over here, that should be clear from the roadway but the crews are on the shoulder because there is a damaged fence, just keep that in mind as well. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," disturbing allegations against a popular airline, a woman coming forward this morning saying that she was forced to flush her pet hamster down a toilet before boarding a flight. >>> more market mayhem, dow down more than a thousand points. >>> good friday morning. right now at 5:12 as you're getting ready to pack up the car and head to the sierra let's get a look at our forecast. squaw valley and alpine meadows today up to -- rather tomorrow up to 39 degrees, on sunday 45 and early next week slight chance of some snow flurries there. we have 49 inches of snow at the base and som

southbound 101 at brokaw, there's an accident. you can see minor slowing approaching the scene. a new hit and run reported northbound at tully. the one we've been watching is in cupertino. a rollover accident has been blocking the two right lanes. but so far traffic is going well in both directions. >>> frances, thank you. london breed was voted out as interim mayor and now she's making changes for those who removed her from the office. >>> state prison inmates are suing because of what happened during welfare checks. >>> we're officially getting >>> we're officially getting closure on mack the >>> good morning to you. highlights to take away toad. we're looking at a clear start. it will be unseasonably warm again today. the coast is cooler. gusty winds arrive throughout the day tomorrow. that increases the fire danger. it's going to dry out the atmosphere and bring our temperatures down not only for the weekend but into monday. >>> all right. thank you, lisa. >>> after losing her job as san francisco mayor, london breed made changes that could be viewed as retaliation. the chro

febrruarry is my favorite month forreverr." [ light laughter ] we love tom brokaw. ♪ thank you, cupidon has made someone think, "we should hook up." [ laughter ] baby has a bow and arrow. >> steve: i like that. that's hitting something with me. >> jimmy: that's a full on weapon, yeah. ♪ cupid and a crossbow ♪ thank you, olympic village, for distributing a record number of condoms to athletes at this year's games and sparing the world from an incredible generation of super athletic babies. >> steve: yeah! [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: what's the problem? >> steve: i said, what's the deal? >> jimmy: ♪ baby with a a crossbow ♪ >> steve: ♪ baby with a a crossbow ♪ >> jimmy: ♪ whoop there it is [ laughter ] what rhymes with crossbow? anything? >> afro. >> jimmy: afro? like -- >> like a afro. >> steve: yeah. ♪ baby with a crossbow wearing an afro ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's more like '80s, like -- ♪ ♪ ♪ i turn around it's a baby with a crossbow ♪ ♪ ♪ it's a drummer with an afro i turn around it's a baby with a crossbow ♪ ♪ baby with a crossbow >> steve: -- >> jimmy: there you go. [

this is along brokaw meter olgsz meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the storm. >> we are at a storm impact 1 but we are following what could bring hail, lightning and a snow level down to about 2500 feet. would he start up north. you can see things are quiet up there. get a little closer down here and you can see -- it should be showing you it's wet outside. what we've seen is the steady rain moving out of the south bay and scattered shower moving up to the north. that may mean we need an umbrella this afternoon. even though when you look out right now it's sunny. the evening commute will be better than the morning commute. i'll show you that in the big weather. >> thank you. >>> and you can track the weather where you live with our upgraded abc7 news app. get hour-by-hour forecast in your neighborhood and personalize the push alerts to get more of the news you want. download it for free from your phone's app. >>> the rain this morning didn't put a damper on the latest bay area student rally against gun violence. this morning students in palo alto were joined by grandparents in call

. >> celebrating birthdays today long time rose frontman axel rose turns 56 tom brokaw 78.eteran actor rip torn turns 87. we'll be right back. dear january, we're sorry. we've made you all diets and cleanses. thing is, food isn't a resolution. it's fuel for our resolutions. fuel to power us, made for us. it's whole grains, fruit and iron. protein, almonds and quinoa. food that keeps us strong. january. you deserve better. you're not a bad month... you're our beginning. special k. for 100 years, heritage and innovation have made gillette the #1 shave in america. now get gillette quality at lower prices - every day. brought to you by more than a thousand workers in boston. we're proud of giving you our best. gillette - the best a man can get. new aveeno® positively radiant it's timbody lotion...glow on! with the moisture-rich power of soy. it transforms dull, dry skin to leave you glowing. new positively radiant® body collection from aveeno®. for my constipation, i switch to miralax. stimulant laxatives forcefully stimulate the nerves in your colon. miralax is different. it w

. >> well, it was tom brokaw greatest generation. some of those people who had fought in world war ii, gone into normandy or iwo jima or were wounded and more, they didn't think casting a hard vote was the toughest thing they had ever done, but beyond that, it was simply, that was the way it was. none of them are perfect. i'm not saying they were. my favorite person in the world, he came to the senate in 1968 as an avid gun control advocate. he almost lost his election and he decided he wasn't going to be for gun control anymore. none of them were perfect but howard baker up in mice this, as they say in the book, i don't want to do a new panama canal treaty, howard baker said why now, why me and yet his staff said to him, senator, if you do this you'll never be president. he said i'm the senate leader and i have to figure out what's right for the senate. he did that. we remember him as a great senator and a great public servant. the talk as well about the transformational evolution of the senate and you cite certain moments when that

. >> stephen: also tom brokaw can pull this off.y similar, the three of you. >> thanks. >> stephen: how have you been? >> can't complain. haven't been found out yet. >> stephen: okay, yeah, haven't been found out in what way? is this that you feel like you're a fraud or something? >> yes. >> stephen: join the club. ( laughter ) yeah, it's called imposter syndrome. >> it's, it's waking up every morning and think, i'm an actor, people are paying me still to do movies and to beat up bad guys and stuff and-- >> stephen: yeah. >> i'm 65 and... it's great. ( laughter and applause ) >> stephen: and you're afraid that they're going to find out? >> they're going to find out. >> stephen: find out that you're too great? >> i did a movie with anthony hopkins many years ago. and anytime i see him now, we give each other a hug and i say, "how's it going, tony?" he says, "great, i haven't been found out yet." ( laughter ) and he believes it. >> stephen: what was the first movie that you ever did? >> it was for the evangelical outreach, it was a fi

>> well, it was tom brokaw's greatest generation. some of those people that had fought in world war ii and gone into normandy and iwo jima. they were wounded in war like senator dole. they didn't think casting a hard vote was the toughest thing they had ever done. beyond that, that was the ethos then and look none of them were perfect. i'm not saying they were. my favorite person in the world senator tom eagleton who was great on many issues. he came into the senate in 1968, an avid gun control advocate but he almost lost the election and he decided he wasn't going to be for gun control anymore. so none of them were perfect but the ethos was in howard baker epitomized this plan as they say in the book when jimmy carter said i want to do a new panama canal treaty something five presidents had looked at howard baker the new minority leader said why now, why a me? and he said senator if you do this you will never be the president did aker says i'm the senate leader. i have to figure out what's right for the country and what's right for

>> well, it was tom brokaw' greatest generation. some of those people that had fought in world war ii gone into normandy or iwo jima or wanted in war like senator dole. they did not think casting a hard boat was the toughest thing that ever done. but beyond that, it was simply, that was it then. and look, none of them were perfect. i am not saying they were. my favorite person in the world, senate tom eagleton who was great emanations came to the senate in 1960 as an avid gun control advocate. but he almost lost his election. he said he wasn't going to be for gun control anymore. so none of them were perfect. but howard baker epitomize this. when as a say in the book, when jimmy carter said we think we need to do, i want to do a new panama canal treaty, something five presidents had looked at and passed. howard baker, the new minority leader said, why now? why me? and yet, the staff said to him senator, if you do this, you will never be president. and baker says, i am the senate leader. i have to figure out what is right for the cou

you see the perils and tom brokaw said, let's wait and see. now he's also said he's persuaded there are parallels given the constant attack against the fbi and justice. >> that's right, andrea. there is a big parallel. and it has good news and i think bad news for donald trump. the good news is that donald trump has not executed, that is successfully removed the prosecutor investigating him. and as long as he doesn't under the precedent, it does not appear that he'll be violating the law in any direct way regarding the investigation while the wider obstruction probe proceeds. the bad news is, there are ways that you can still interfere without actually pursuing that. nixon created this spectacle with the rapid firing basically taking people out until someone was willing to carry out what many thought was an unlawful order and removing the prosecutor investigating him. trump here in slow motion appears to be putting pressure on everyone above and below bob mueller. and the reason why that subpoena important here, andrea, is at the end of the ca

and i thought it couldn't get any better and we had brokaw stewart talk about commercial landlords stealing san francisco's soul today. i think there is a lot of discussion around retail. my neighbourhood where i'm at in the upper market has had some retail [inaudible] for six, seven years since the projects have been built and nothing is coming. i think we need to -- we have this on our action item list. not just to help prioritize this at the time we prioritize the list, but it is a raelz topic of discussion today even at the board of supervisors. >> thank you. commissioner fong? >> thank you. i just wanted to follow up on commissioner richard's first piece and i very much appreciate your enthusiasm and house deep you dig into these items and often speak in public about them or individual project sponsors. and i agree with you many of these things are up for discussion, should be discussed. i also want to be careful that anything that you may have a feeling about is not represented as the entire commission -- >> absolutely. >> i realise the action you are requesting is for us to discuss i