went, clack, clack that you cannot not here it. >> reporter: still very cool, from "sunday today," harry smith >> harry, thank you very much. this week we highlight another life well lived. 28 years after jackie robinson broke baseball bare year. frank robinson broke down another wall as the game's manager. before he made history, frank robinson was one of baseball's all time greatest players. he broke into the big league in 1976 with the cincinnati reds and named rookie of the year. the 14 times a stall ll-star re the only player in both the national and american leagues. on april 8th, 1975, robinson became the first african-american manager in major league baseball history. even as he continues to play as well. in that first game, he hit a home run. robinson was raised in oakland, california, the youngest of ten children. he was a high school basketball teammate, a future nba legend, bill russell. during his time with the orioles in the 1960s, robinson became active among civil rights issues. in 1982, robinson was in ducted into the baseball hall of fame. in 2005, president george w. bush aw

from "sunday today," harry smith, new york. >> we'll see if brady gets that sixth title in tonight's wl. harry, thank you very much. >>> this week we highlight another life well lived. a historic site yesterday in the sky over tennessee. the united states navy conducting its first ever all female fly over, the women guiding their aircraft in missingor mitigation mis missing formation to honor rosemary mariner. the next year she became the navy's first ever female jet pilot earning her wings of gold at the age of 21. in 1990, captain mariner was the first woman to command a military aviation skra. she fought successfully for the repeal of combat restrictions on women. mariner was fascinated by flights from a young age. her father was an air force pilot who died in a plane crash when rosemary was just three-year-old. mariner graduated at college at the age of 19. she watched planes and clean houses to save money for high school and got a pilot rating before joining the military. after serving 24 years in navy, she taught at maryland university. rosemary's husband of 40 years said of his

. >> that sunday sit-down is coming up and harry smith with "another life well lived." >>> jussie smollettpolice are turning their focus on him this morning. morgan is here with overnight developments. >> reporter: a stunning new development. chicago police trying to figure out if justisie smollett was staging the entire thing and possibly paying for it but his team says it's not true. overnight, law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells nbc news that chicago police are now looking into whether empire actor jussie smollett actually paid two men to fake an attack against him. the chicago police confirming in a statement that new information saying the following. smollett's attorneys saying the following. the release-of-grainy surveillance photos from the night of the attack raising questions that smollett addressed in an interview with abc news. >> i have no doubt in my mind that that is there. >> reporter: smollett stood by his story even as the case has faced growing scrutiny. >> he said this magazi country [ bleep ] punches me in the back so i noticed a rope around my

harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> a moment in history and a photo that will live on.hat's "nightly news" for this monday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. the move just made in t >>> right now at 6:00, suing the trump administration one more time. the move just made within the last hour by california's attorney general. plus -- >> we've been trapped up here. >> trapped by a the families in the south bay waiting for days for crews to clear a mess. > >>>. >>> that gun taken at sfo belongs to someone who trained police. it's on the streets tonight after it was taken from a baggage carousel. tonight, the owner said he did everything by the book. nbc's damian trujillo is there with questions about who is to blame. the airline or the man transporting that gun, damian? >> reporter: jessica, the man has a gun permit and he does not want to be identified but he does train police officers. the man says he checked in his gun with tsa and unitedirline at the air las vegas. as is protocol. the gun arrived on a different flight when

harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> george and greta. >> iconic photo.t it's a different time. >> it is. >>> a boat depicting a giant sewer rat known in venice as pontagana led the annual venice carnival water parade over the weekend. hundreds of gondolas led the powerf parade through the city's canal . enjoy venice while you can. >> that rat is huge and a little menacing. this is charlie not coughing because he took delsym 12-hour. and this is charlie still not coughing while trying his hardest not to wake zeus. delsym 12-hour. nothing lasts longer for powerful cough relief. america >>> and good tuesday morning to you. february 19th, and wow! beautiful shot this morning, just looks very light outside this morning, too. this is the transamerica building you can see right there in san francisco, just a beautiful shot there. makes me feel good on this tuesday. >> that's good. that's why we're here, to make you feel good! >> it's all about me? >> you are warming our hearts, marcus. >> see, that's why i'm here. >> that's true. >> thanks so much for joining u

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generals holland smith and julian smith commanding the force division. admiral harryanding 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 deep. our first prisoners. the wounded are given first aid in the field, and then carried by stretchers to boats. with them always are the navy hospital doctors and corpsmen. at the transport, they are lifted from the barges and lowered into the hole. they are taken to the ship's hospital. not 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's over, there will be more dead on other battlefields. burial aboard ship for marines killed in action. [gun salute] 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 fo

harris' hero.>> i'm cory smith at dulles international airport where we are getting behind the scenes look at customsnd border >>> a young woman who left our country to join isis now wants to return. and the family is suing the trump administration so she can. she's currently an refugee camp that's been reserved for isis families. drshe's among hs of women and children. she left alabama in 2014 to join the terror hegroup. no says she regrets it and claims she had been brainshed online. >> do you want to go to the united states? -- prefer that to oth than anywhere else, yeah. >> what do you want to do, if you wen back to th states? what do you think will happen to you if you were allowed to go back? >> of course, i'd be given jail time. >> sry of state, mike pompeo said yesterday that she is not a u.s. citizen. the government says her father, ar diplomat from yemen had been a active foreign officer when she was born here. so in 2016 the obama administration notified her family that they were going to revoke her passport. >>> it was shipped under the guise of green tea but customs officials said it tur

field, we spent the morning with corey booker, and senator kamala harris is doing basically the same thing, she has a town hall up in port smith. we asked her about her reaction to andrew mccabe's interview on "60 minutes." >> i heard what he has been saving, and he has been in a position to be in rooms that most of us are not and can share information that the public should know about how their president handles important issues that affect national security. >>> and to remind you what he said, in his resurrection,th president seemed to side with putin, and kamala harris, on the senate intelligence community, not saying she feels troubled by what was said by andrew mccabe. she was also answering questioning by voters and it gives you a sense on what is on the mind of democratic voters as she gets to know these candidates. she was asked about dark money and her answers are only going to evolve, if you ask voters right now, they're interested me in the money and they feel they have a wide field, but they feel lesseded wi blessed with a lot of options. >> that is a good problem to have, thank you, ali. when i saw her earlier it

smith: yes. mr. jordan: we'll take the united states senate. mitch mcconnell and ted cruz. the republicans say, corey booker and kamala harris are the democrats. independent is bernie sanders. mr. smith: that would work. mr. jordan: that would work. that's what the majority intends for it to be in 2021. something like that. maybe not those people. es h.r. 1 require -- limit free speech? mr. smith: i believe it does. in significant ways. as pointed out in my testimony. in ways it was not limited even before some of the supreme court decisions that h.r. 1 purports to want to overturn. mr. jordan: let me take a whack at a little summary here, professor. h.r. 1 requires taxpayers to pay for a holiday on election day for government workers, h.r. 1 requires taxpayers to pay for six days of paid leave for government workers who want to be poll workers. h.r. 1 requires taxpayers to pay for politicians' campaigns. and if those same taxpayers give to some organization, they can be outed under h.r. 1 so that the anyone could harass them or their families? mr. smith: yes. mr. jordan: such a deal for the taxpayer, right? mr. smith: i'll

to words too for dj and producer calvin harris, best single four two with dua lipa and best producer. best british female went to... jorja smithll of us, all the little girls and women who are just being themselves and loving everything they are doing. while best british male was george ezra. this is an incredible honour, thank you very much. there is not, oh, my... there is not a day goes by that i don't consider myself very lucky and this is the icing on the cake, so thank you very much. little mix won best video, which also features nicki minaj. the winners of best international group, the characters, beyonce and jay z, who accepted their award in front of a portrait of meghan markle, duchess of sussex. thank you so much to the brit awards for this incredible honour, you guys have always been so supportive. everything is love. thank you. you're welcome. best international female was ariana grande. i want to say thank you so much for international female solo artist, this is so cool and i am so grateful. i wish i was there with you guys, i have so much love for the uk and my fans. i wish you guys, i have so much love for the

smith, bbc news, in baildon, west yorkshire. the 1975 were big winners at the brits last night, scooping up awards for both best british group and album of the year. while dj calvin harris any upsets? this report by our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba does contain some flash photography. # tell me, do you wanna go? hugh jackman kicked the night off, performing from the greatest showman. the movie soundtrack — 2018's biggest—selling album. # this is the greatest show! the night's big winners were pop rock band, the 1975, taking home best album and best british group. they used their speech to speak out against the prejudice facing women in the industry, quoting journalist laura snapes. in music, male misogynist acts are examined for nuance and defended as traits of difficult artists, whilst women and those who call them out are treated as hysterics who don't understand art. best british female went to... jorja smith! ..while best british male was george ezra. girl group little mix were the winners of best video, for woman like me, which also features nicki minaj. # like a woman like me. the winners of best international group, the carters, aka beyonce and jay—z,

harris campaign appears to have done in that congressional race. here to talk about that, the president and ceo of the leadership conference and civil and human rights and jamil smith thought experiment. what would we be looking at if there was a democratic congressional candidate that engaged in what appears to be illegal criminal ballot, you know, ballot fraud. >> i mean, there would be no question that we would have seen about, you know, 20 tweets from the president and the whole package of folks with the lies for so long really to advance policies aimed at shrinking the electret and preventing folks of color mainly from exercising the franchise. this would be a massive thing just that they would be using to justify a slew of propels and policies to shrink the electret and that is ironic. we're at a moment where november elections brought out voters that were frankly really annoyed and fed up with the corruption in the political system and voting for democracy reform up and down and we have h.r. 1 in congress seeking to end all of these lies and that's where i think the american public needs to be. this kind of scandal i think really, the crickets we're hearing

harris campaign appears to have done in that congressional race. here to talk about that, thiena gupta, the president and ceo of the leadership congress on civil rights. and jamel smithout the thought experiment. what with we be looking at if there was a democratic congressional candidate who had engaged in what appears to be flagrantly illegal criminal ballot fraud. >> i mean, there would be no question that we would have seen about 20 tweets from the president. >> yep. >> and the whole cadre of folks who have been peddling these lies for so long really to advance policies aimed at shrinking the electorate and preventing folks of color mainly from exercising the franchise. this would be a massive thing that they would be using to justify a whole slew of proposals and policies to shrink the elect rat. and that's what is so deeply ironic. i actually think what's so interesting right now is we're in this moment in this country where the november elections brought out voters that were frankly really annoyed and fed up with the corruption in our political system and they were, you know, voting for democracy reform up and down. we've got hr-1 now in congress seeking to en

harris, mr. chairman. >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. rodney smith of the southern district of florida. mr. grassley, mr. lee. mr. cruz, mr. holly mr. tillis. ms. ernst, mr. crapo, mr. kennedy, mrs. blackburn, mrs. feinstein. mr. leahy, mr. durbin, >> did you call leahy, he is a aye. mr. whitehouse, >>ms. klobuchar mr. mr. blumenthal, ms. hirono, >> 17 yeas . next windy burger -- windy burger for the middle district of floridamr. durbin, mr. whitehouse, ms. klobuchar mr. mr. blumenthal, ms. hirono, mr. booker, ms. harris, mr. chairman. >> 12 yeas and 10 nays. next is thomas with the middle district of florida. mr. grassley, >>mr. lee. >> aye mr. cruz, >> aye mr. holly >> aye >> aye mr. tillis. ms. ernst, >> aye mr. crapo, >> aye >> aye mr. kennedy, mrs. blackburn, mrs. feinstein. mr. leahy, mr. durbin, >> aye by proxy. mr. whitehouse, ms. klobuchar >> aye by proxy mr. >> >> aye by proxy mr. blumenthal, ms. hirono, mr. booker, ms. harris, mr. chairman. >> nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. next the northern district of florida. >> >>

harris during our interview in iowa on saturday. joining me now, corinne jean pierre, tiffany cross, msnbc political contributor jason johnson and jameel smithlling stone." i will go through everybody to get reactions. starting with you, corinne. on the notion we have gone right to identity politics at the start of the campaign. the most diverse field we have seen. there are whole segments about the fact there are not a lot of white guys. pete buttigieg is in. where do you make of the fact that's where we are and kamala harris's response. >> boo, hoo, not enough white guys. it's time that it's diverse and we have two african-americans in the race and an lgbtq person and a latino-american. i think -- and plenty of women as well. that's fantastic. i'm glad we are finally in this place today. identity politics, the other side likes to use it as a pejorative. we should not allow them to do that. if we are talking about income inequality, the working class we need to talk about identity politics, period, full stop. it used to be a time when you talk about working class it's always about the white working class. we can't do that anymore. we have t

anti-catholic attacks of feinstein and kamala harris which are making the traditional catholic votes that democrats used to get starting with the days of al smithn the party that recognize that success ought not to be a hindrance in political process, like howard schultz and mike bloomberg. this is all happening to the party at once. >> sandra: going back from congresswoman omar's comments there, chelsea clinton decided to weigh in on all of this and she responded to a jewish journalist responding to omar and the top part which is not highlighted reads please learn how to talk about jews in a non-anti-semitic way. chelsea clinton co-signed as an american. we should expect all elected officials and all public figures to not traffic in anti-semitism. that was chelsea clinton. you are broadening it out in a way similar to congressman peter king on "america's newsroom" earlier today when he said this. >> this is the resistance movement of the democratic party. the left wing base. they've provided a lot of energy for the democrats. the democratic leadership is afraid to take them on and afraid to stand up to them. like years ago conservatives had to

harris who went that all scores 25-26. he spoils the curry homecoming party and takes on the 3 point trophy. about the high fire slam dunk contest? you finalist here dennis smith jr. he gets help from stiff curry and dwayne wade. duane gets hopped over and smith slim so. that is good for a perfect 50. your winter, the thunder, he gets rapper to help him. he hangs onto the rent for some play. he needed 43 points. he got 45. he is your slam dunk king. >> seven, 27:27. we have information on the chaos at hamilton performance in san francisco. >> it was a combination of the action on stage and a -- i couldn't find a job. i had so much doubt in me. my current supervisor reached out on linkedin. we set up a phone interview and from there i was hired. linkedin was the matchmaker. >>> the golden gate bridge on a beautiful day. that is life. we have not seen it that clear and gorgeous in a couple of weeks. mary stark wanting a little otis redding sitting at the dock at the of the bay. i think she will be able to do that in a couple of days and not get wet. good to have you on board on a sunday,. that shot is one of my favorites. it looks like a postcard. >> i was telli

awards, too, for scottish dj and producer calvin harris, best single for one kiss with dua lipa and best producer. best british female went to... jorja smithi minaj. the winners of best international group, the carters, aka beyonce and jay z, who accepted their award in front of a portrait of meghan, duchess of sussex. thank you so much to the brit awards for this incredible honour, you guys have always been so supportive. everything is love. thank you. you're welcome. best international female was ariana grande. i want to say thank you so much for international female solo artist, this is so cool and i am so grateful. i wish i was there with you guys, i have so much love for the uk and my fans. i wish i were there. and singer p!nk, received an outstanding contribution to music award, and closed the show with a medley of hits. lizo mzimba, bbc news. earlier i spoke to al horner about how last night's ceremony compared with previous years. it was a slightly tamer brits than i have seenin slightly tamer brits than i have seen in recent years, last year felt like a breakthrough in terms of returning the brits to something that could surprise