fall.ll.ell. >> reporter: the congressman and four others were killed including nbc correspondent don harris a brown, camera man. when did you realize you were shot? >> i was lying on the airstrip with myead wn, pretending i was dead then all of a sudden, the right side of my body was blown up. i mean, it was -- i had a bone coming out of my arm right. there was a hole in my thigh the size of a football. >> reporter: back in jonestown, jim jones haave a faithful order. >> ier when people say it was a suicide. they weren't willingly taking their lives.th at was a mass murder. orter: they died from kool-aid laced with cyanide including 300 children. those who refused were forced or injected with poison. >> we failed 900 americans. >> reporter: did they die in vein? >> of course they did. their lives were shattered in pbet use they had been attracted to this charismatic maniac. they shod have been able to get out of there. our country owed that to them. >> reporter: they saved her arm and leg but she was forever changed and ten years ago she won congressman ryan's old seat inspired in part by j

but then a man passed nbc correspondent don harris a note, some wanted out. >> my heart just sunk because i knew that everything we were afraid of was true. >> reporter: spear started taking statements from people who wanted to leave. >> what is your wish today? >> to go back home. >> anybody wants to get out of here, can get out of here. we have no problem. >> reporter: when they tried to go taking people with them, tensions exploded. >> bring those kids back here. >> there were couples with children, one was pulling the child one way, the other way the other way because one wanted to stay, one wanted to leave. >> reporter: suddenly jones' men tried to knife the congressman. they got as far as the landing strip and were ambushed. >> the congressman had been hit and i was running towards him, he got hit again and fell. >> reporter: the congressman and four others were killed including nbc correspondent don harris and cameraman bob brown. when did you realize you were shot? >> i was lying on the airstrip with my head down, pretending i was dead. then all of a sudden, the right side of my b

don harris was shot and killed.> and in fact bob brown shot these pictures -- photographed these pictures and was still -- the camera was still rolling when he was shot. >> when he was shot and killed. so it was waiting for the gunshots to stop. meanwhile i got hit and shot five times. and all of a sudden i looked down at my bed and my phone is coming out of my arm and there a huge hole in my leg the size of a football. and the trauma obviously sets in and the shock. but your brain does kind of a funny thing, it sort of ignores the one side of your body that was so badly wounded. but i thought i was dying. and i said the act of contrition and waited for the lights to go out. >> how did you survive the night in the jungle with no medical aid? >> well, the producer at nbc would come out from the bar that was nearby that most of the survivors were staying at and i was in a tent at that point in time. and he would bring some rum, 150 proof, would give me a couple swigs. and literally that is that you i got throu -- how

brian: here is an interview by don harris of nbc. don harris was killed. who else was killed? rep.peier: bob brown was killed. he was the cameraman. the photographer from one of the bay area newspapers was killed. one of the defectors was killed. they were all remarkable people. i had just met them, and over a course of a few days had come to really respect all of them. brian: this was directed by a man named stanley nelson. in 2006.k the harris interviewing jim jones. >> that's right. someone passed me this note. this is the man i was talking about. >> doesn't it concern you that this man -- >> people play games man. they lie. what can i do about liars? i just say, please leave us. we don't bother nobody. anybody who wants to get out of here can get out of here. no problem. they come and go all the time. i do not know what kind of games. brian: is that true? he did not like publicity? rep. speier: no, actually, he lived for publicity. he was an egomaniac. he was at one point a charismatic leader, no doubt about it. but by the time we met him, he was on drugs, he was sweating a gre

>> at first, they saw smiling faces and cheering crowds.bu then a man passed nbc correspondent don harris someone is t. >> my heart just sunk because i knew that erything we were afraid of was true. >> spears started taking atements from people who wanted to leave. >> what is you wish today? >> to go back. >> anybody who wts to getut of here can get out of here. we have no problem about getting out of here. >> but when they tried to go taking people wit them, tensions exploder. >> there w couples with children in which they were -- one was pulli the child one way, the other the other way because one wanto stay, one wanted to leave. >> suddenly jones' men tried to knife the congressman. they got as far as the landing strip and were ambushed. >> i was running towards him, he got hit again and fell. >> the congressmen and four others were killed, including nbc correspondent don harris and camera man bob brown. >> when did wou realize ye shot? >> i was lying on the with my head down, pretending i was dead. then all of a sudden the right de of my body was blown up. i had a bon coming out of my

don harris, who was the nbc reporter, had been walking around the pavilion.s. and he hands the notes over to congressman ryan who opens them and says, oh my god, it's true. everything we've been told is true. >> just know that there's a place for you. always a place. >> and then word spread. and more and more people wanted to leave. >> now do i both understand you to say that you both want to leave jones' camp on this date, november 18th? 1978? >> yes, ma'am. >> then i remember seeing this couple with a child between them. >> get back here! you bring them back! don't you take my kids! >> you could feel the tension. >> last night, someone came and passed me this note. >> people play games, friend. they lie. they lie. what can i do about liars? you people leave us, i just beg you, please leave us. >> instead of just letting that plane take off with minimal damage to his movement, jones snapped. >> good evening. for about the last 30 hours we here at nbc news have been trying to establish what happened last night at the airstrip at a place called port kaituma. w

: at first, they saw smiling faces and cheering crowds, but then a man passed nbc correspondent don harris a note, someone is out. >> my heart just sunk, because i knew everything we were afraid of was true. >> reporter: speier started taking statements from people who wanted to leave. >> what is your wish today? >> to get out of here. we have no problem getting out of here. >> reporter: but when they tried to go, taking people with them, tensions exploded. >> you bring our kids back here! >> there were couples in children, one was pulling the child one way, the other the other way because one wanted to stay, one wanted to leave. >> reporter: suddenly jones' men tried to knife the congressman. they got as far as the landing strip and were ambushed. >> the congressman had been hit and as i was running towards him, he got hit again and fell. >> reporter: the congressman and four others were killed, including nbc correspondent don harris and cameraman bob brown. when did you realize you were shot? >> i was lying on the airstrip with my head down, pretending i was dead. all of a sudden the rig

don harris is interviewing him, it has shown him the note he had showed to congressman ryan and myself that night after congressman ryan had addressed the audience there. i had such a sinking feeling because once we we received that note, i knew everything was true. what happened next? where did you stay while you are there? rep. speier: i stayed in a cabin with a group of members of the people's temple, again, women. they were very modest cabins. it was raining that night. all night long i'm listening to the rain on the roof. i know what tomorrow is going to bring. i could not sleep. i just wanted the morning to dawn so we could get on with taking those who wanted to leave. there were only two people, but i wanted to be able to get out of there. as the day wore on, more and more people want to leave. that became problematic because we did not have enough plane. congressman ryan was going to stay behind with another group of 40 people in the people's temple who wanted to be taken out. i was going to take the first group out. we got onto this dump truck with the first group of defectors

old ricky luca don't cheat to help the dallas mavericks to win over the houston rockets don church in devin harris post-school twenty points as dallas speak to one hundred seventeen to ninety five despite a true triple double from rockets star james. madison minnesota timberwolves well to the san antonio spurs one hundred twenty eight eighty nine it was the third biggest green in minnesota franchise history it was also the symbol almost all straight when after twelve draws in a series of rapid fire type breaks we have a winner magnus carlsen of norway has beaten challenger fabiano caruana of the united states to retain his world chess championship title carlsen who has won the championship three times before this was looked at a record breaking streak of twelve drawn games with carolina that hope to become the first u.s. champion in thirty six he is a correspondent lee wellings has been following this championship from the start three weeks ago he spoke to colson after that victory. congratulations thank you so much i feel fine today was it was a very good day i so energized right from from the st

harry litman. good evening. laura, to you first. >> hey, don. >> the president has been reluctant to condemn russia and it seemsmay be learning why. >> well, you're very generous about the word reluctant. it seems like all this time one of the main questions that robert mueller has had and everyone looking at the collusion investigation has been to figure out why would there be a foreign country, particularly russia, that would think that they would have a receptive year to a united states campaign for the presidency? why would there be some inclination on their parts that they had a safe haven? and when you follow the money trail and follow whether or not someone would be a mayor net or have some self-interests or financial ties that might give you the motivation why, one, russia would feel they have that receptive ear and why perhaps the president has acted, at least to the outward eye, that he is beholden to russia and not criticizing them. what you saw from this cohen guilty plea, if we are to believe it, and certainly robert mueller who has much more access to information than we do and corroboration, if w

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prosecuting hillary clinton and james como and don mcgahn had to issue a warning saying that such a step could be an impeachable offense. kristen welker in florida for harry litman and the former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant general, and msnbc analyst and spokesman eric miller who was the chief spokesman for previous attorney general eric holder. and so this is breaking all norms, kristen welker, a a tnd president not unaware or concerned or determined to go after thehe rivals even though there is a fire wall between the president of the united states and the justice department and prosecutions. >> that is right, andrea, and it is going to raise real questions of how he sees his powers, and his relationship with his own justice department. i spoke with a former administration official who said, look, this should not be coming as a surprise to anyone, because this is something that president trump has signaled since he was a candidate. as you just pointed out, it is something that he has effectively signaled after he took office, and still the fact that he had these conversations is striking. now, based on that new york times report, we know that mcg

. >> harris: fox news alert, a group of senate democrats have fired don mike filed a lawsuit today. it challenged president trump's appointment of acting attorney general matthew whitaker. calling the move unconstitutional. the president is weighing in on that appointment, and the mueller investigation. keep watching. this is "outnumbered," and harris faulkner prayed here today, melissa francis. fox news contributor jessica tarlov, host of "kennedy" on fox business network, kennedy. and, in the center seat, lawrence jones. editor in chief of campus reform. he outnumbered. great to see you. let's rock 'n' roll. the justice department is pushing back on the lawsuit, saying the president's appointment as lawful and in line with actions taken by past presidents. meanwhile, president trump is in an exclusive interview with our own chris wallace, saying he will not get involved with the decision making when it comes to oversight of the special counsel investigation. but he was not aware of acting ag whitaker's criticism of the probe. >> i did not know that. i did not know he took views on

don junior in iowa and nevada, respectively. also, two possible presidential candidates for the democrats, kamala harris in las vegas, elizabeth warren in wisconsin. today's stars follow the appearance of perhaps the biggest star of all on the campaign trail thursday, oprah herself. the final message of both parties, i'm sticking up for you. for democrats that means health care. for republicans that means standing behind the president's tough talk on immigration. both parties claiming momentum heading into this weekend stretch. naturally, the president's claim coming with an excuse, perhaps, if things turn out badly. >> now, we did have two maniacs stop a momentum that was incredible, and we don't care about momentum when it comes to a disgrace like just happened to our country, but it did nevertheless stop a certain momentum, and now the momentum is picking up. >> we start with our road warriors on this friday, ali vitali is in huntington, west virginia, garrett haake is in fort worth, texas, chris jansing in california, gadi schwartz in arizona. let's start with ali vitali. she's in west virginia. what's the president's goal there

over in texas that was nineteen year old rookie who could don it she would help the dallas mavericks to win over the houston rockets and devin harris both scored twenty points in dallas and houston one hundred seventeen to ninety five spot a triple double from lockett star james harden. on the minnesota timberwolves thrashed the san antonio spurs one hundred twenty eight eighty nine in what was the third biggest win and minnesota franchise history it was also the timberwolves fourth straight victory and that's all you sport for for now more for me later but now it's back from our thank you very much thank you for joining me for the news hour to keep it here we have much more news on the other side of the break. december on al-jazeera. from hospitality to hostility toward hotels tells dramatic stories about high cons a complex and last resort in divided city. an exclusive interview with nobel peace prize laureates. denis mccoy get an ad try special antarctic sanctuary follows greenpeace as they campaign to create the largest protected area on. an annual convention that gives a platform to a global dialogue on critical challenges fac

. >> harris: fox news alert, a group of senate democrats have fired don mike filed a lawsuit today.appointment of acting attorney general matthew whitaker. calling the move unconstitutional. the president is weighing in on that appointment, and the mueller investigation. keep watching. this is "outnumbered," and harris faulkner prayed here today, melissa francis. fox news contributor jessica tarlov, host of "kennedy" on fox business network, kennedy. and, in the center seat, lawrence jones. editor in chief of campus reform. he outnumbered. great to see you. let's rock 'n' roll. the justice department is pushing back on the lawsuit, saying the president's appointment as