but for whatever the reasons, ben frank left leaving his brother and wife behind. his wife sara will return to her hometown of middle borrow, massachusetts taking her son abraham with her. william frank continued his service with the first rhode island regiment. the older brother stayed. the younger brother left. but i don't know how. the segregation of the rhode island troops affected him and others. i have tracked over 50 soldiers of color free born or freed before their enlistment, before the slave enlistment act and segregation, only three deserted. after the act, 17 deserted including ben frank and his brother-in-law salomon. salomon was retaken and would later die of disease in camp. ben was never retaken. his older brother william would continue to serve. why? he may have felt responsible to uphold the family name after his younger brother deserted. he may have felt a sense of loyalty to his fellow soldiers in the rhode island regiments. maybe he didn't want to jeopardize his chances of getting land or money for his service. maybe he believed that the america

he passed along the story of the frank brothers to his two sons. i call him the frank brothers. part two. check out the names my uncles, john, william franklin jr and ben franklin. and they would also continue the service, the frank of military service. both of them served in world war. my uncle. we call them buster john, william franklin junior, served in the philippines, served in the pacific, i should say. and my uncle ben served in europe. and my uncle ben was the individual who passed the story along to me. but both of them served in world war two and they also served in the korean conflict as well. so i want to end by a section from the epilog of the book. okay, learning about franklin family background in origins has been a fascinating personal journey there struggled to gain standing in their communities and to fight on equal footing with their white counterparts in the canada army has helped me to put my own life and career choices in perspective. like the frank brothers, i followed in my own father's footsteps. when i became police officer in toledo, ohio, in 1976, one

because of the change, the frank brothers were able to enlist because they were freeborn. - enlisted the second rhode island regiment. his younger brother signed up to serve with the second providence in may of the same here. his father probably had to give permission for his son to enlist. why did they list? for a variety of reasons. mostly economic. they were members of the working class. they were listed as general laborers. their fathers did not own land. with enlistment they thought they could look forward to earning a steady wage and receiving food and equipment. giving limited opportunities, military service was one of the few ways to better your life. congress had improved enlistment bonuses and different states had promised land bounties at the end of the war. the initially served an integrated regiment and received the same pay and equipment. as freeborn blackman, frank brothers were receiving the sought after equality. but what were they getting themselves into? they became members of the second rhode island regiment, which was commanded by colonel israel angel was one poi

the frank brothers were among the survivors. after the battle, the first rhode island regiment was assigned patrol duty in rhode island. this is when the younger r did something ger brothers do. they do not think things out. during this time, january of 79, ben frank got married, married sarah wilbur, he was 18 years old. sarah was a mother of one child, abraham. they were married but an elder from the baptist church of east greenwich, rhode island he had also married hannah, to solomon wanted who was also a member of the first rhode island regiment. but, a year after his marriage, ben frank made a pivotal decision, so let's review his life up to this point . he is 18 years old. he is married with a family to support he is serving with the army who could not afford to close or feed him at this point in time. he and his fellow soldiers are called the naked, lousy, ragged regiment, he survived the miserable winter at valley forge. he fought in two major battles and on both occasions his regiments had to retreat. he lost comrades at

heidi's brothers, frank and harold -- >> true your mom was known to wash out a potty mouth with a bar of soap, or is that a metaphor? >> i got it. >> true, yup. they were strict. >> as she grew into her late teens, heidi started to bristle under her parent's strict house rules. by 19, she, the next to youngest, became the first to leave the family nest. but the grass wasn't greener. right away, reality offered up a deadbeat roommate and a succession of low paying jobs that evaporated like the morning dew. yet, she could count on her girlfriends to buoy her up. it was one night she caught the eye of a guy holding a cue stick. it was steven cook. >> they were shooting against one another. he noticed heidi in the bar. the first night, they went home together and three days later, they moved in together. so it was really fast. >> steven was five years old enthat are heidi. his sister said he could be quiet and shy, but always wanted to be around heidi. >> they did everything together. i don't think they really did much without each other. >> in 1998, steven and heidi moved to this rental

this, this frank began because his brother miscalculated 1st on october 8th, my sla analysis that he has nothing to do with how much it back on october 7th, 2023. of course, and even the iranians said that they have nothing to do with it, and they were not kept the price of it. and then uh, starting on the 8th of october and asylum gradually escalates as sort of a token contribution a, the token probably involvement. and one thing led to another. and he lost control over the skill authority or the estimation process rather. and so in that respect, as far as user was concerned, setting peace, butler back is, is all that they sent out to achieve. now you have to remember there's a political angle to this. so if you notice with mr. nathaniel statement, he committed again to that, what i think is a policy, but nonetheless, he's allowed to make that. so to make that statement, he's committed to the eradication of how much meaning that he disconnected the 2 fronts. by reaching a, he's a tenuous agreement with these by law, but he feels he is free to maintain the war to keep on prosecuting,

frank, track drill, baby. i will cut your energy prices in half 50 percent, 5. 0, brother been here within 12 months to take it off. we have tremendous wealth in this country, but it's under our feet is called liquid gold. and we're going to bring down your energy costs. and with that, everything is gonna follow to achieve this rapid reduction in energy cost. i will declare a national emergency to allow us to dramatically increase energy production generation is supply starting on day one. i will approve new drilling new pipelines, new refineries, new power plants, new reactors, and we will slash the red tape. he can do it the u. s. has become in need, an oil and gas producer ascends to the sale revolution box. the additional production comes with environmental concerns. as a boomerang effect for the companies involved, increased oil production tends to lead to lower prices, spots lower energy prices, make it a harder for the companies to sustain production, considering, of course, that they're selling the same product. but pull us, it's exactly what happened last time. renewed off your energy production will

frank contassessa next. when you're in the military you're really close with your brothers and your sisters that are in the militaryh you. and when you get out of the military, you kind of lose that until you find a new family. we can talk about our struggles and the things that we did overseas and not everybody can do that. adam! how's it going, brother? we live pretty close to each other. so he's always coming over. when i go to jack's house, we watch a lot of football, hang out. we go outside the friendship has kind of grown into a family i was overseas on a deployment. i got separated from my marines and i got hit in the neck, and it broke my neck and paralyzed me. 14 years ago, i was on a training mission. did a military freefall, and i had some faulty equipment. i hit the ground. going, 30 to 40 knots and was instantly paralyzed. i met jack fanning when he invited us to park city, utah, through his foundation. i was able to actually get on the mountain and ski with my family, i can't put into words what that meant. i got paid in the military to do crazy fun stuff. and after my accident, i'm still that same gu

frank. >> reporter: prosecutors charging the officers with reckless homicide. >> no one is above the law. >> reporter: saying the third-degree felony could carry three years in prison. that point frustrating for tyson's brother. >> you don't believe those charges are strong enough. >> no, i do not. in today's time when a man said he can't breathe and whether he can't breathe or not, just saying it should be an eye opener. >> reporter: a police union rep saying we urge people to give these officers the same rights as the people they arrest. they are innocent until proven guilty. police said the april encounter began with tyson crashing his car into a pole and running into the bar. >> we're a private club, somebody came in, we've asked him to leave, he won't leave. >> what is he -- >> he's screaming at our members. he won't leave. >> reporter: an autopsy report obtained by wkyc showed tyson died of cardiopulmonary arrest in association with physical altercation and prone restraint. a push to hold police accountable. maggie vespa, nbc news. >>> millions are at risk this morning as severe storms barrel across the plains. let's turn to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman who is tracking the system for us. good mo

frank. >> reporter: prosecutors charging the officers with reckless homicide. >> no one is above the law. >> reporter: saying the third-degree felony could carry three years in prison. that point frustrating for tyson's brother you don't believe those charges are strong enough. >> no, i do not. in today's time when a man said he can't breathe and whether he can't breathe or not just saying it should be an eye opener. >> reporter: a police union rep saying we urge people to give these officers the same rights as the people they arrest. they are innocent until proven guilty. police said the april encounter began with tyson crashing his car into a pole and running into the bar. >> we're a private club, somebody came in, we've asked him to leave. he won't leave. >> what is he -- >> he's screaming at our members. he won't leave. >> reporter: an autopsy report obtained by wkyc shows tyson died of cardiopulmonary arrest in association with physical altercation and prone restraint. tonight a push to hold police accountable. maggie vespa, nbc news. >>> we're back in a moment with the volunteers at polling places, but are some of them taking it too far? days ruined by flare-ups [cough] that could permanently damage my

brother. israel katz said the killing of the group's leader hassan nasrallah in september, was a �*crowning achievement�* and all that is left to do, is to �*finish the job�*. our security correspondent, frankadh. he explains why it�*s significant. this is the second so—called emergency arab and islamic summit to discuss what the organisers are calling the israeli aggression against the people of gaza and lebanon. it�*s exactly a year since the last one held here in riyadh. and of course, since then, the conflict in the region has grown into more than one conflict. israel is now at war with notjust hamas in gaza, but hezbollah in lebanon, and exchanging blows with the houthis in yemen and intermittently with iran as well. so this conference is aiming to try and do two things. they�*re trying to get a ceasefire in both lebanon and gaza, and also to try and find or push forward plans for a palestinian state. i think reaching some kind of consensus isn�*t going to be that easy. usually the final communique is always a little bit of a fudge, because you�*ve got to try and match everybody�*s aspirations, and not everybody agrees here. you�*ve got countries that have got full diplomatic relations

brothers and my sisters to let them know that it existed. then it still exists now. and i've been here for 40 years. >> sammy davis jr. wanted to be with frankmartin. they were the epitome of entertainment in that era but it wasn't always the kind of entertainment that a mixed audience would have appreciated. it was appreciated by the audience that they performed for and that was the white las vegas audience why don't you fill my heart with song? >> let me sing forevermore because in las vegas, everything has to do with the tourist. >> so you still have segregation existing. and it didn't make sense. please be true but as the country started changing, las vegas would change too in other words i love you for the las vegas showgirl was a unique specimen. >> vegas probably hung on to its sexism longer than it should have. >> the state of nevada was constantly vigilant about doing whatever it took to keep the feds out for the mafia. >> las vegas is an open city elvis was the hottest thing in