harry smith, nbc news, cambridge, massachusetts. >>> simply beautiful, and that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday night. lester holt will be here tomorrow. i'm kate snow reporting from new hampshire. for all of us here at nbc news, have a great

. >>> and up next, harry smith with a portrait of some wonderful artists. >>> as everybody knows, artan be uplifting, and for a group of people who are homeless or living with disabilities in the boston area, it is their own art that is providing a ticket to a better life thanks to a program that helps them and others see value in their creativity. harry smith takes a look tonight at the art of the possible. >> reporter: on a recent afternoon, artist scott bennett discussed his work with several admirers. >> i basically wanted to see what it would be like to do a st starburst pattern from the center of the participating. >> across the room, this artist held fans in thrall. >> this energizes me, makes me feel kind of more tuned in. >> the art in this pop-up gallery in cambridge, massachusetts, is notable for one very important reason. each artist is either homeless or disabled. when this opened up and you came in, and you saw your stuff up on the wall, what was it like? >> i see this banner with a picture of myself and a little bio and it's the first thing i see when i walk in the door

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nbc's harry smith looks back at her enormous impact. >> reporter: in larper lea's hometown of monroe monroeville, alabama, today, folks put up black ribbons in remembrance of the great author, tourists by the thousands still coming to the old courthouse to see the place so perfectly detailed in the film, the place where the hero at cuss finch defends an innocent black man. >> and in our courts all men are created equal. >> everybody wants to be atticus. everybody wants to be the defender of the weaker, and i think that's one of the will live on forever. >> reporter: perhaps the most important story in american literature, "to kill a mockingbird" captured the injustice and humiliation of racism. profound and difficult truths made palatable by the narrator, young scott >> you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. >> harper lee, "to kill a mockingbird. request ". >> reporter: truths made evident in english classes across america for more than 60 years. >> there's an important message to be learned from harper lee's book, being true to one's s

harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back >>> finally, we're less that be 48 hours from the super bowl, and while many of us big game just once in our lives, nbc's savannah guthrie talks to five friends who have been to every single one. >> where you been? >> reporter: 50 years ago these five friends from back east, sheldon shepler, lou rappaport, larry mcdonald and harvey rothenberg decided to attend a football event no one heard of, called the world championship game. now it's called the super bowl. they had such a great time, they went the next year, and the next, until five years became ten, and ten became 20. it would go on to be a lifelong tradition, going back to the super bowl every single year. eventually calling their posse the super bowl five. why do you think this group clicked? >> everyone here is a family man, and that was, i felt we'll have a family and we'll get together. >> reporter: they have personalized jackets bathrobes and even a racehorse named, what else, superbowlfive. just imagine, they have seen every play in super bowl history, but perhaps the

harry smith has more for us tonight. >> reporter: if you've been around someone smoking marijuana, younow it has a distinct aroma. but more and more, that scent is the smell of money. four years from now, sales are expected to exceed $20 billion. >> we're looking at a 30% compound annual growth rate. >> reporter: attitudes about marijuana use in america have changed drastically over the last 20 years. support for legalization was 36% in 2005. it's 58% now. the appetite for marijuana is hearty. aaron justice runs a medical marijuana dispensary in los angeles called buds and roses. >> we raised sales until last year we did over 3 million in sales. >> out of this little place here? >> out of this little place. >> reporter: and legalization has brought a windfall in tax revenue. colorado's 2015 total, more than $100 million. legalization initiatives will likely appear on the ballot this year in at least a half dozen states. medical marijuana in several more. >> if these ballot initiatives do well in 2016, it could really spell the end of marijuana prohibition in very short order. >> report

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harry smith..nbc news cambridge stick around, the agribusiness good afternoon.. this is the agribusiness report.. i'm david geiger. the iowa executive branch is still after its save initiative.. at the agribusiness association of iowa showcase and conference yesterday.. lieutenant governor kim reynolds was speaking on some of the ag issues in iowa. she spoke mostly on the governor's proposal funding education and water quality until 2049. in 2009 a 1 percent sales tax was approved for 20 years for school infrastructure.. the governor wants to extend it another 20 years.. guaranteeing the first 10 million dollars of annual growth to schools.. and using the extra growth for water quality funding. he estimates it would make 20 point seven billion dollars for schools.. and four point seven billion for water quality. but the proposal is struggling against the legislative branch.. reynolds says they're willing to compromise to get it through. "reach out to your legislators and encourage them to work with us. it's a framework, we're willing to look at different ideas, d

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harry smith, nbc news, new york. >>> the battle pitting apple versus the feds has ratcheted up to another level tonight with the justice department slamming the tech giant for refusing to help unlock the san bernardino killers' iphone saying the company is only worried about its reputation. tonight apple is firing back, and on top of all of that donald trump is now calling for a boycott. nbc's joe fryar has the latest from california. >> reporter: with apple publicly vowing to fight a court order to create software that would unlook syed farook's iphone today federal prosecutors filed a motion arguing a judge should force the tech giant to comply. the government says apple's refusal appears to be based on its concern for its business model and public marketing strategy, something the company denies. earlier this week apple ceo tim cook posted an open letter saying the u.s. government has asked us for something we do not have and something we consider too dangerous to create. they have asked us to build a back door to the iphone. prosecutors responded to that today, arguing the court order

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