for sunday today, harry smith, new york. >> harry smith, thank you. >>> this week we highlight anotheritics who spend their lives studying the world's master pieces and then there are people who simply love art and just want to talk about it. sister wendy beckett falls into that second category. >> some pictures you can come and thump and bang on the drum, say it's wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. others you have to sort of feather into speaking for you. >> sister wendy had millions of adoring fans both in the u.s. and over seas. she was a nun and after living a reclusive life in a trailer at a monastery, she became famous for her take on art. she appeared for just a few minutes in a bbc documentary, but those few minutes were enough to cement her place in this new world. >> michael angelo is an artist of the utmost telobelotar. he's awesome. >> she would go on to appear in several more documentaries with her unscripted comments on the works of van gogh, da vinci, and more. sister wendy was born in south africa in 1930 and knew from an early age she wanted to be a nun. she joined a tea

harry smith has our sunday closer. >> poppy bush was cut from different cloth.f a material we rarely see nowadays. shot down over the pacific in world war ii, bush's lifelong regret was losing two men on that mission. others would want to make him a hero, butush was then and forever a person who would prefer teflect praise than to bass being in it. after doing his bit, as he would say, he and barbara fled greenwich, connecticut, and the shadow of his prominent father to find their destiny in the dusty oil rich permian basin. bush was the quintessential good guy. a straight arrow, the kind of guy you'd want as your congressman, and he became one. his career in politics was marked byeveral failed campaigns, but he was always quick to rejoin the frey t ando take jobs which seemed to not be sprirds to something bett better. we've got to go to work. >> bush was ambitious, but he was also imbued with that old school american value of paying your dues. service and hard work were their n rewards. that, he felt, should be resume enough for someoneho aspired to be preside

. >> all of that plus tom hanks, harry smith and another life well lived in the show. let's start thi w morningh the next big storm that will probably affect your new year's eve plans. maria larosarosea is in. we have quick moving snow showers in the northeast and new hanging ut the rain is on across the southeast. not to mention a lot of dense fog. watch the drive off the gulf idast and fl we turn our attention to the northwest where we have snow showers happening now. this storm system producing winter storm watches and warnings. 're talking feet of snow. th plains. we get into a few inches from monday into the great lakes. >>> nine days in, there is still no end in sight to the partial government shutdown. that's setting president trump. nbc's white house correspondent kelly o'donnell is following it all. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hallie. days and days of no negotiation has l vt ad so easily filled with recrimination. who is to blame? which party has done what? the president has had no public even since his christmas night trip to iraq and he h

harry smith has our sunday closer. >> reporter: some of us are just drawn to horses. women have that in common and something more. sherry allen's son was named dusty. >> he was good looking. he was charming. everybody liked him. >> dusty died of a heart attack at the age of 28 in 2009. >> i didn't want to go to the funeral. i was stunned. >> becky hodge also lost her son. he, too, was named dusty. >> my son dusty was very kind hearted. he never met a stranger. >> dusty drowned in a boating accident in 2002 at the age of 19. >> i miss his smile and i love you mom. >> tracy bazillion's son was named matt. >> he was a joy. he was just full of life. >> matt died in a skateboarding accident in 2010 at the age of 19. >> it was like something's been cut off of you that's not going to grow back. matt's spirit lives on in people all over. >> tracy could find solace on the back of a big sweet quarter horse named shirley. somehow this horse seemed to sense what she was going through. turns out sherry allen and becky hodge had felt exactly the same thing. they found each other on

for sunday today, harry smith, atlanta. >> well done, guys.e highlight another life well lived. when you pop a piece of bread in your toaster or mow your lawn or take the trash, thank a man named charles harrison for making your task easy. harrison avs a ground breaking industrial designer who drew up or reimagined some 750 products from sewing machines and hair driers to food slices and furniture, all with the goal of making them lighter and easier. the product for which he is most famous is a 3d view master. once used by pressure photographers, but redesigned by harrison to become one of the most popular toys in history and a precursor to virtual reality. in 1961 harrison was hired by sears roebuck and company becoming the first african-american executive in the history of american icon. he rose to become the chief product designer at sears. among his contributions, transforming in 1963, the old heavy loud metal trash can into the lightweight plastic bin with wheels we all use today. harrison came up through seg degr -- segregated schools in

our harry smith tonight with their unforgettable story. >> reporter: december 21st, 1968, men aboardapollo 8 are no joke, about to go where no man's gone before. the crew, rookie bill anders along with space veterans frank borman and jim lovell, knew their mission was risky business. nasa's first flight to the moon. >> i thought i had one chance in three of a successful flight. and then one chance in three of not surviving. >> three, two, one, zero. >> the saturn five rocket thrust the crew first into earth's orbit and then fired them on a path to the moon. once in lunar orbit, anders' assignment was to shoot photos of the moon's surface. on the crew's third pass, the commander frank borman tweaked the position of the spacecraft. >> all right, we're going to roll. >> it was in the turning around looking forward process when i saw this thing coming out of the corner of my eye in the window. turned out it was the earth. >> oh, my god, look at that picture over there. it's the earth coming up. wow, that's pretty. >> and the earth came up over the lunar horizon, that's what it really imp

here's harry smith. >> they came by the thousands and waited in line for hours. that it was cold outside was not an issue. their purpose was to pay respects. a respect that all who came felt george bush had earned over and over again in his lifetime of service. the crowd, the throng, looked like america. beautifully diverse. a quilt of many colors, of beliefs and political persuasions. we chatted amongst ourselves. all had stories to tell. few had met the man but all felt like they knew him. to be at the capitol, to stand for a moment or two in silence, was not an act of obligation. it was an act of gratitude. these last two days, it's felt like the nation has stopped to catch its breath and feel again that maybe there really is more that unites us than believed that with all his heart. remembering him is helping us remember that too. harry smith, nbc news, >> a true moment of national reflection. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this >>> right now at 6:00, is it a google takeover or makeover? we break down google's expansion plans that just cleared a major hurd

harry smith, nbc news. >>> as for president bush's loyal service dog sully, he's going to walter reed center to help another bringing back more officers to crackdown on overlooked crim >>> right now at 6:00, bringing back more officers to crackdown on overlooked crime. is it working? >>> a new storm on this is different than all the storms we had last week in just a f minutes. >>> but first, a showdown against google. opponents are lining up before a major decision on whether to allow google into downtown san jose. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thanks for being with us on this monday, i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. they are on the verge of something that would change the city dramatically. the city voting on a $111 million land deal with google. >> they expect google and the city to come out on top, but what about everybody else? >> reporter: city all is the focus for a hunger strike, a three-day hunger strike put on by homeless advocates and a place where protesters are using the fight tinighttime art displ love to ask a question, does city hall lovie its homeless citiz

death a friend of going underground the world war two veteran harry leslie smith the whole house wish to pass our condolences as well to the family and friends of harry leslie smith given the late veteran's damnation of to raise amaze policies the favorite to be britain's next prime minister was perhaps predictably less muted i also misspeak i want to pay tribute to my friend harry leslie smith. harry passed away early this morning in canada harry also served in the war he was an irrepressible campaigner for the rights of refugees for the welfare state and run national health service he was passionate about the principle of health care for all as a human right we thank you harry for his life and his work will be paying our own tribute by repeating going underground's interviews with the tireless and in your liberalism campaign in a future edition of the show here is the world war two veteran on seventy years since ve day the government seem to feel that austerity is the only way to. resurrect a good standard of living and it certainly isn't because it's just making more and more poor

harry smith had that pleasure.? >>> in the third hour, we're going to introduce you to two teens that are going above and beyond to spread smiles. mr. roker, do you have a check of the weather? >> this "sunday night football" weather is brought to you by verizon. >> you can see, it's raining out here right now. let's see what's happening for your christmas weekend. stormy in the pacific northwest. gusty winds in the northeast. quiet in the midsection of the country. a weak clipper comes across the northeast. mountain snows out west. rockies, snow on christmas eve. snowshowers, western new york. sunshine elsewhere. on christmas day, widespread snow through the northwest and the northern rockies. sunny skies along the east coast. wet weather down through texas. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall tracking spotty rain across parts of the bay area. looking at it with storm ranger. mobile doppler radar tracking rain haywardened fremont and across the peninsula. seeing filters rain. much of that tapers off goin

nbc's harry smith. >> the first thing you thinke o? those things, as the culture continues to change and as we go through evolutions, one of the things that kept coming to my md was that let he who hath not sinned cast the first stone. >> reporter: we have been wondering, when it comes to oscars, how exactly is the atute or, shall we say, statue of limitations applied? >> kev hart had to step down as host of the upcoming academy awards because of hophobi tweerom 11. doesn't themy acade nominate mel gibson for an award last year? >> reporter: yes, they did. he spent years in show business purgatory because of an anti-semitic dt.nken r when does hollywood or ourcu ure determine a sin is forgiven. what is a sin? here is willie gui with jerry seinfeld. >> when i started out there were dirty comedians. go back to -- well, if you want to get on "the tonight show" or get on tv, you can't use any of those words. all tho words are out. and a lot of us went, okay. i still want to play. i'll play. oh, here is a new rule. we are cutting this okay.

federation a poem a woman's executive team member and captain says she witnessed firsthand the sexual harry smith of members on the national team back at a training camp in jordan to may represent or drum to one of their players who tried to touch their body pal said she immediately complained to the federation's president but instead of getting fired the two men we're promoting it we found out that one also. those man. became their head of legal community oddly got the part of homes that were. not the other becomes the one of the to responsible persons loaned us seventeen months now to the afghan football federation has denied all the allegations and him to pull pal had an axe to grind. for the hope powell was team manager everything was fine but after she was sacked then the women's team becomes bad and abusive resurfacing of about me pal was so concerned that she contacted. i report it and in and krell. two thousand and eighteen. it took like florida we want to put pressure on the file to start investigating to see two zero zero zero zero to help the victims. says it has a quote zero tolerance

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that was harry lies the smiths last interview for going underground his legacy will live on and it was arguably channeled in the past twenty four hours on the last grenville silent walk of the year dream of those who died in what many consider to be a monument to violently liberalism hip hop artist and activist loki will play us out with his song ghost of grandfather that's after the show on monday we go to the birthplace of jesus to speak to the mayor of bethlehem under siege by de facto british backed israeli settlers until their keep in touch via social media will be back on monday one hundred eighty eight years to the day of the death of revolutionary simone believe are his battles against imperialism would arm future freedom fighters propose a party to chavez here is loki and karim kamar with ghosts of gravel. words cannot express please allow me to begin one thirty day you have to shout it from a window people craned in the street watching the burden of big. tower would now historically be a symbol of people reaching out windows screaming for their lives deep in their graves tryi

minister was perhaps predictably less muted i also misspeak i want to pay tribute to my friend harry leslie smith. harry passed away early this morning in canada harry also served in the war he was an irrepressible campaigner for the rights of refugees for the welfare state and run national health service he was passionate about the principle of health care for all as a human right we thank you harry for his life and his work will be paying our own tribute by repeating going underground's interviews with the tireless and in your liberalism campaign or in a future edition of the show here is the world war two veteran on seventy years since the day the government seem to feel that austerity is the only way to. resurrect a good standard of living and it certainly isn't because it's just making more and more poor people. it's. it frightening actually and. i. don't what they and. i'm not a politician. i am history and in my book tried to describe to people what it was like and how it could be again unless we. were to bring god against it after the break as the e.u. contemplates yet more economic war w

harry smith got to sit down with him. >> so much fun. i should have a cigarette going now.. we got together at his apartment in new york city to discuss his music, art, and how he has found love again. at a white house concert a couple years back, john mellencamp played this civil rights song. ♪ keep your eyes on the prize hold on ♪ >> that song has become the corner stone of new album. >> it's soul, blues, folk songs that if i had to say i had an american song book, those songs would be it. >> mellencamp learned long ago that being true to yourself would speak for itself. >> i live an artist's life. every day i have to make something. i need to paint. i write. i'm either rehearsing. art is not being on the radio. that's the most common denominator. if you look at my songs that were hits, and i had a lot of them, they really weren't that good as far as songs go. >> just as a member of the general public, though, i need to stand up for jack and diane. >> i have to tell you i can sing that song anywhere in the word and don't have to say a world. ♪ >> we know those words, and

bush our harry smith looks at the lighteside of his legacy as an unlikely fashion trend setter, and friendst friend.trendsetter, friend to man's best friend. >> reporter: for a man who is adverse to attention, george bush sure did want you tose what was on his feet. >> i like a colorful sock. i'm a sock man. ul> reporter: the more colothe better, but his preference was red, white and blue. entrepreneur john took t otice and sent the presa box of some of his favorites and soon on world down syndrome day, the president wore these socks john designed. john's george bush socks are sold out today. th he was often in a wheelchair the last heseveral years, all t better to show off the losocks and if a f former president was stopping by for a visit, clinton socks. when sully the service dog came on boar he often co-starred on instagram with the socks and with the president when he went to vote a few weeks ago. and there was sully, dutifully at the president's side even after he passed. the president will be buried in these socks, to his service in world war ii, jets in formation and the wi naval a

harry smith, nbc news, washington. >>> a true moment of naatti ions "nbcef nightly news" for this wednesdayof us at nbc news, thank you r fo > lights, camera, "access." >> celebrate for the moment you fos on the work. >> taking the honor seriously before bringing the funny. kevin hart. >> i love that you got in the shower with your

rest in canada tomorrow we celebrate the life of passion of campaigner against neo liberalism harry leslie smith who fought so that we might live plus the ghosts of grand fell following the last side of pork before christmas we remember those who lost their lives to the neo liberalism with hip hop artist and activist loci all the civil coming up in. today's show but first is to resume and the future of the british government now in the hands of dublin joining me now from the irish capital is t.d. for calvin monaghan and former shin fein doyle leader david ok on cave on welcome back to going underground so to be overawed saying it's your westminster m.p.'s that should be taking up their seats to vote try to raise a maze of bricks that deal that's the that's the big issue and. well it's a bit ironic that he would be so commenting in the week that we celebrate the major irish electoral success of nineteen eighteen when you shouldn't fan having swept the boards across this island took the very historic and courageous decision to set up an irish parliament here in dublin which met next month one hund

there were warm words, too, for world war ii veteran and political activist harry leslie smith, who'snst austerity and had more than 250,000 follows on twitter. harry also served in the war. he was an irrepressible campaigner for the rights of refugees, for the welfare state and for our national health service. he was passionate about the principle of health care for all as a human right. we thank harry for his life and his work. labour's lloyd russell—moyle revealed in the house of commons chamber that he is hiv—positive. he made the announcement in a speech ahead of the 30th hiv and world aids day. next year, i will be marking an anniversary of my own. ten years since i became hiv—positive. it has been a long journey, from the fear of acceptance, and today, hopefully advocacy, knowing that my treatment keeps me healthy and protects any partner that i may have. when you are first diagnosed, you get that call from the clinic and theyjust say, "you need to come in." they don't tell you the details. and you know immediately something is going to be wrong. so, all the different worst—cas

topic that's over the show will be back on saturday with a tribute to world war two veteran harry leslie smith and russia's former deputy prime minister now head of the world chess federation jill then keep in touch by social media was here on saturday one hundred twenty eight years since the killing of sitting bull at standing rock and a quarter of a century since the downing street declaration guaranteed a possible united ireland has. with float. time you guys. this is the time again and this lack of. insight. from. season. for the t.v. news poll since it's. so hard to stay afloat. it's . been so hard to control the police to. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei always declared. in international affairs a failure what is needed according to him is a new liberal order led by the united states such an order calls into question some important issues does this mean the universe was ation of american law and limited sovereignty for the rest of the world. seems wrong. to me. yet to shape out this day become active. and engaged equals betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose

passing of the nation's 41st president, george herbert walker bush, peter i in buenos aires and harry smith is here. >> a lotf memories are flooding in this morning. former president bushed dedic life in in -- his life the service of the country. the condolences have been pulling in since late last night. let's get to garrett haake. >> reporter: the president's long term skesperson announced the death late last night and condolences poured from from all over the world. the former president had been 94 years old and he has been ttling a form of parkinson's disease and he had been in failing health for some time. he was last seen in public casting his vote in the midterm elections back on november the 1 but he had been receiving guests as late as this week. we know that president obama dropped by while he was in texas on tuesday. as we had the statements coming in, we have had statements from the bush fily coming out. the former president bush 43 releasing a statement ts morning on by half of his siblings writing in part, jeb, neil, main, and i are saddened to announce that our dear dad has d

and harry leslie smith who passed away only this morning. and an irrepressible campaigner for the rights of refugees and the welfare state in the national health service. he was passionate about the principle of healthcare for all as a human right. we thank harry for his life and work. before and secretary said of their brexit deal it mitigates most of the negative impact. prime minister tell us what to mitigate? >> can i first of all, i am sure the house wishes to pass condolences. what we see behind the analysis we published today and the chancellor recognizes this morning, our deal is the best deal available for jobs in the economy that allows us to honor the referendum and the opportunity of brexit. the analysis does not show we will be poorer in the future. it shows better off with this deal, what would make an impact on the economy for the future would be the polities of the right honorable gentlemen for borrowing higher taxes, the biggest writ to our economy is the right honorable gentleman and his shadow chancellor. >> on the same da

. >>> and harry smith goes for a ride with a paralyzed former race car driver.and others like him get back behind the wheel. >>> plus, a celebration of top chef's return with a delicious recipe. >>> first lance armstrong's first u.s. tv interview in nearly six years. what the former cyclist is saying about the life after his scandal and his future coming up right after this. moving? that's harder now because of psoriatic arthritis. but you're still moved by moments like this. don't let psoriatic arthritis take them away. taltz reduces joint pain and stiffness and helps stop the progression of joint damage. for people with moderate to severe psoriasis, 90% saw significant improvement. taltz even gives you a chance at completely clear skin. don't use if you're allergic to taltz. before starting, you should be checked for tuberculosis. taltz may increase risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection, symptoms, or received a vaccine or plan to. inflammatory bowel disease can happen with taltz, including worsening

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fought in that war to end all >> but a film by peter jackson ll s to make sure we remember and harry smithhat's 100-plus years ago. peter jackson has taken a magic wand to the whole thing. take a look. he images of world war i are hades of iritless, gray from a time beyond memory. perhaps in the right hands, someone could change that. >> they said, well, it cane anything you want it to be. the only proviso is you have to use original footage and we'd ve you o use it in a fresh kind of way. >> reporter: they are britain's imperial museum and he is peter jackson. >> i wondered what we could do with the fowtage and well we could restore it. i didn't know the answei because ad never done it before. but we do have computers in speciaepeffects. >> rter: and you've used them a bit. >> occasionally, from time to time. >> reporter: his films have won arm loads of bloscars, no for special effects. now, in that new jackson and his crew have, again, used technology with remarkable results. >> whaps jum out on the faces of these men, the humanity of these men that were alive 100 years ago. their t char

generals holland smith and ulian smith commanding the orce division. admiral harryill commanding the task force. sometimes we actually have to dig the japs out of their holes. the island is infested with buried pill boxes. many of them still crawling with japs. these bunkers are so deep and strong that heavy shelling and demolition charges failed to crumble them. many of them are over 20 feet eep. our first prisoners. the wounded are given first aid and then carried by stretchers. with them always are the navy ospital doctors. at the transport, they are lifted from the barges and lowered into the hole. they are taken to the ship's hospital. ot a second is lost. these are marine dead. this is the price we have to pay for a war we didn't want. before it is over, there will be more dead on other attlefields. burial aboard ship for marines illed in action. just to make sure they are not concealing weapons, the prisoners are lined up and their clothes cut away. we give them new ones later. the rest of the island's defending force is dead. none escape. tokyo once boasted