for "sunday today," harry smith, new york. harry, thank you very much. highlight another life well-lived. before world war ii, african-american service members were not allowed to fly for the united states military. in 1941 under legal pressure, the army air core created an all black squad-ron who trains together. history knows that group of people as robert freund was one of them. he flew with the fighter group, carrying out 142 missions over europe and africa in his peace 47 and mustang fighter with the tail poiainted red. robert friend was born in ecuador. he served in the united states army world war i. as a boy robert loved airplanes and signed up for a training program in college before joining the military. lieutenant colonel friend also served during the korean and vietnam war. friend led something that's called the project blue book. in recent years, he said publicly he does not believe earth has been visited by aliens but there is life out there. robert friend one of the last of the tuskegee airman. the tuskegee airman. he died last weekn i i k

, nbc news. >> and tomorrow, harry smith meets with corey booker for his big idea >>> thanks to a strong economy, young people graduating from college this spring face the best job market in decades while that's good news, it doent they often compete with private industry here's pete williams >> reporter: the fbi is faced with a problem it seldom has because so many higher-paying jobs are available, it's having trouble meeting its recruiting goal 16,000 applicants a year to be whittled down to 900 special agents so it's trying to change the image of who a potential agent is, not just ex-military or former accountant or lawyer. two investigate financial crimes a big change from what they used to do. take russ, for example no last names for investigative reasons. he's a new agent in the baltimore field office >> one of the misconceptions i had is i thoughtrcent. they liked his background as a nuclear engineer. >> part of the investigative proces s sespecially hard to attract women and minorities last month a class action lawsui training. some saying they were subjected to sexual h

what does that m for "sunday today," harry smith, new yo. >> harry, thank you very much. >>> this weeker life well lived. before world war ii, rican-american service membe no united states military. in 1941, under legal pressure, the army air core created an all black squadron of pilotsai who d together at a base near tuskegee, alabama, to defend the country overseas that discriminated against them at home. history knows that group of heroes as the tuskegee airmen. robert friend was one of them. lieutenant colonel friend flew with the elite 332nd fighter group, eventually carrying out h africa in his mustang nd fighters with the tails famously painted red. friend was born in columbia, south carolina, the son of an ecuadorian immigrant father who boy robert loved airplanes and signed up for a pilot training program in college before joining the military. over his 28 years in the air forceieutenant colonel frien korean ved during the and vietnam wars. in the late 1950s and early '60s friend led project blue book. the government's secret study of unidentified flying objts. in recent years

for president would like you to know about the issues driving them to to the white house tonight harry smith talks with washington state governor jay inslee. >> what's your big idea? >> my big idea is america needs to defeat the climate crisis. >> former congressman, current governor of washington and climate author, jay inslee's campaign has a single focus. >> we know the crisis is burning our towns, flooding our fields, causing diseases to spread north. we're losing massive economic wealth and benefit because of it. >> we met governor inslee at a des moines area community college. you know this provides a lot of power here >> about 30% plus in iowa. >> yeah. >> it's incredible. >> reporter: he would use executive power to restores obama-era regulations.

up next, democratic presidential candidate john hickenlooper tells harry smith his big idea well, here'syou look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neckkstry downy . unlike detergent alone, downy helps prevent stretching by conditioning and smoothing fibers, so clothes look newer, longe'. (crunch! crunch!) (cwhoosh!m) (sniff sniff) no way sister! try listerine ready! tabs. they turn into liquid as you chew, so you can swish and clean your whole mouth on the go. try listerine ready! tabs and see men in black international in theaters. kokyu "coc >>> and we're just over a week away from the first democratic debate and we are giving candidates the chance to talk directly to voters about the ideas that define their campaigns. this morning, nbc's harry smith sits down with former colorado governor john hickenlooper >> what's your big idea? >> my big idea is skills training and we are facing right now a huge skills gap. >> we met john hickenlooper at a high-tech mid cal supply factory in denver. the former colorado governor is mightily interested in jobs because when he f

harry smith, nbc news, chicago. >> the mystery of what happened to the american medical student that disappeared in mexico deepened tonight. he spokeor the first time late today after vanishing for five days aer his friend was killed. but tonight he says he doesn't remember what happened. here's kathie park. >> for the first time we're seeing and hearing from the medicalool graduate that vanished a week ago in western mexico after a night of violence. >> i thought my life was over. but i'm home. >> he appeared with his mother and cousin in arkansashis afternoon. visibly shen. i can't recall anything. it was just complete rslack out. >> hfter receiving his medical degree in gathe 29-year-old went celebrating with a friend at this night club but when they left, mexican officials say a group of people attacked beating, shooting and killing his medical school friend. meanwhile, he was nowhere to be found. his family back in arkansas pleaded for a safe return. >> we were just, you know, worried. danxiety, just stresse out. obviously, we always had hope that, you know, he was oer it fiv da

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that's amy klobuchar's big idea harry smith, nbc news. >> more tomorrow when elizabeth warren shares her big idea >>> just ahead, the robo call invasion they're not just annoying hospitals now warning they could put lives at risk. >>> and a deadly horror on the highway. >>> we're all annoyed by the incessant robo calls but now some hospitals say they're a matter of life and phone lines. here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: at th medical university of south carolina in charleston, robo calls could be more than a nuance >> it could be a matter of life and death. >> reporter: the manager of security says they've become a life threatening problem. health care workers across the country flooded with robo calls >> very frustrating. it's confusing to the people who are trying to take care of patients they're expecting legitimate calls to come in. >> reporter: scammers often use a techniqu known as spoofing to cover your tracks the call appears to come from your area code and that tricks hospitals into thinking it's a local patient. patients are claiming scammers are masking their numbers pre

primary debate here on nbc, and tonight in our series "my big idea" senator cory booker tells our harry smith about his vision to benefit america's next generation >> what is your big idea >> my big idea is baby bonds every child born in america should have a savings account, a bond when you're 18, every kid in america has a stake in the economy. >> as the almost famous mayor of newark, new jersey, cory booker made headlines for helping neighbors in distress. he took his seat in the u.s. senate in 2013 we bet booker in a section of columbia, south carolina, wrestling with the economic realities of america's racial wealth gap booker believes baby bonds will be particularly impactful for minority families. >> there are people in america who will hear baby bonds and say this is just a different word for reparations. >> well, it goes to every single child. and we know that there's differentials in wealth that are inherited from bigoted pollicis of our past excluded families from doing things that created wealth >> on a sliding scale, booker's baby bonds program would put money into an account for

tonight harry smith sits down with business man andrew yang. >> what's your big idea? >> my big idea is a freedom dividend of $1,000 a month for every american adult starting at age 18 >> he is a business entrepreneur provocateur. >> hello new york city >> yang says his program is needed because one in three american jobs is at risk of being eliminated by new technology within the next 12 years. >> gdp is going to go up and up with things like self-driving trucks stock market prices correspond to the fortunes of the top 20% of americans and unemployment does not include people who have left the work force when you start digging into those numbers, you will see that we are falling apart >> yang's program, a thousand dollars a month for every american ages 18 and older would be opt in. people could choose to stick with other social programs he plans to pay for the benefit with a 10% value-added tax on goods and services >> so, how would it work literally? >> so, the way it works is i become president in 2021 everybody knows my idea is the freedom dividend i don't need 80

that's julian castro's big idea harry smith, nbc news, hanover, new hampshire. >> and we continue withs tomorrow when former colorado governor john hickenlooper talks about his big idea >>> tonight, new surveillance video of the incident that led to the arrest of actor cuba gooding jr. video obtained by tmz appears to show gooding having contact with the woman who accuses him of groping her at a new york bar. gooding pleaded not guilty and was released without bail. >>> more fuel tonight in that controversy over delaying wing harriet tubm nbc's blayne anda look at what the new $20 bill might have looked like. last month, treasury secretary steve mnuchin announced an obama-era plan to put harriet tubman, a famed abolitionist, on the $20 bill, to be unveiled in 2020, would now be delayed until at least 2026. mnuchin at the time calling it a security issue. >> it is my responsibility now to focus on what is the issue of counterfeiting and the security features. >> reporter: but tonight, "the new york times" is reporting a preliminary design of the bill was almost finished, created before

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harry smith sat down with her for our series "my big idea." >> what's your big idea?> my big idea is to bring peace and prospety to this country by ending these wasteful regime change wars. >> reporter: in a ow crded democratic field tulsi gabbard stands out. the hawaiian congresswoman is ly sian, born in american samoa. >> aloha. >> reporter: and she's an iraq war veteran. llwe met her on the ma in washington, d.c. >> people may not know that you've been in the reserves for years, that you did o twours of duty in the middle east. how did that shape your views vis-a-vis whatin you're talk about now? >> immensely. every single day i was confronted with the high human cost of wa>> eporter: gabbard wants to end u.s. overseas effort at regime change. for instance, she opposes the u.s. arming of syrian rebels. she wants to put more money toward health care, a green economy, and socirograms by clawing back trillions of dollars from defense spending. >> so i'm just ckimagining the push from all the lobbyists and all the industries that are out there that benefit from the ou

harry smith, nbc news, chicago. >>> the mystery of what happened to the american medical student who disappeared in mexico deepened tonight jesse pacheco spoke out for the first time today, after vanishing for five days after his friend was killed, but tonight he says he doesn't remember what happened here's kathie park. >> reporter: for the first time, we're seeing and hearing from the medical school graduate who vanished a week ago in western mexico after a night of violence >> i thought my life was over. but i'm home. >> reporter: jesse pacheco appeared with his mother and cousin in arkansas this afternoon, visibly shaken. >> i can't recall anything it was just complete black out. >> reporr: hoursing s medical d guadalajara, the 29-year-old went celebrating with a friend at this nightclub, but when they left, mexican officials say a group of people attacked, beating, shooting and killing his medical school friend, carlos meanwhile, pache krchco was nowe to be found. his family, back in arkansas, pleaded for his safe return. >> we were just, you know, worried. anxiety, just stresse

harry smith has his story. >> reporter: louis alvarez was a new york city cop, a detective who worked narcotics and then years on the bomb squad, a family man. after 9/11 alvarez combed through the damaged buildings and across rooftops looking for human remains. then he worked on the pile, that human excavation chain of first responders searching for the shreds of the people who died we know that a lot of cops and firemen and emts who worked in that pile had trouble breathing. was finesaid the air so they kept on working. >> you all said you would never forget well, i'm here to make sure that you don't. >> reporter: with some of his last breaths, he addressed members of congress. >> you made me come down here the day before my 69th round of chemo and i'm going to make sure that you never forget to take care of the 9/11 responders. >> reporter: lou didn't have that 69th round of chemo he went home and went into hospice after three years of fighting 9/11-related cancer >> if i can help just one more first responder, then it makes it all worthwhile you know, it sounds like a cliche, but

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harry smith, nbc news, washington >> a lot more of our series to come tomorrow night, senator kamala rris shares her big idea. >>> just ahead, multiple wildfires erupting as we enter another dangerous fire season why thousands were intentionally left in the dark >>> also, america under pressure millions use physical fitness trackers, but could they actually be harmful to your mental health we hope you will stay with us. we will be right back. >>> we're back now with those evacuations underway as a wildfire rages in california, and the power company now cutting off electricity to homes, taking no chances after power lines were blamed for sparking the deadliest fire in state history. here is molly hunter >> reporter: hundreds of firefighters in northern california battling the sand fire as temperatures continue to rise the first major blaze of the season has already scorched more than 2,000 acres, and while the fire is now 30% contained the blistering heat is a growing concern. this year pg&e tells nbc news it is taking a more proactive approach, intentionally shutting off power. >> thi

harry smith, nbc news, iowa. >> lucky us, joining us now, nbc news correspondent harry smith, himselfe. a new nbc news poll found that the third most important issue for democratic voters in 2020 is climate change. governor inslee wants to make it number 1 and then when you get yourself down to republicans, it's a much lesser priority. >> right. >> can he use this to get himself to the top seat? >> he sure has devoted a good portion of his life to this. and you hear him talk. he speaks about these issues in a very informed way. in a very passionate way. >> personal way. >> from a personal way. especially, when you think about how serious it actually is, lots of other issues swimming around out there. he is the one with the clarion call like no more than the green if you deal, we've got to act now. do this quickly, or else. >> so is there a problem in the back that all the other candidates accept the reamiowe reality that -- reality that this is important? others say healthcare is more important. you have to beat donald trump on a climate change message because a number of republicans

that's elizabeth warren's big idea harry smith, nbc news, portsmouth, new hampshire. >> next up, andrewis big idea on "nbc nightly news" and don't miss the first democratic debate in miami on june 26 and 27 on nbc, msnbc and telemundo. >> a political lightning rod is giving it another shot in alabama. roy moore says he's running for the senate again in 2020 despite push back from republicans his previous campaign was derailed by accusations of sexual misconduct by several women when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. moore was defeated by democrat doug jones in a 2017 special election >> a boston-area family was in for quite a surprise when they took their bull dog mortimer to the vet. and guess what they found insideacefiers espp luckily they wer luckily they wer ♪ love them, hate their laundry, protection. lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria. detergent alone can't. lysol. what it takes to protect. ® >>> welcome to friday morning. a live look from the east bay. good morning walnut creek, good morning, bay area, if you're up early, getting a jump on your weekend plan

tonight harry smith talks with washington state governor jay inslee. >> what's your big idea? >> my big idea is america needs to defeat thelimate crisis. >> former congressman, current governor of washingtonnd climbed author, jay inslee's campaign has a single focus. >> we know therisis dis burning our towns, floo our feeds. we'reosing massive economic wealth and benefit because of it. >> we met governor des moinesa area community college. you know this provide a lot of power here? >> about 30%-plus in inwhat. >> it's incredible. >> reporter: he would use executive power to restores obama-era regulations. oe wants to end the usef coal in ten years, and for all new cars and light trucks to be electric be 2030. there are only a million electric cars on the road. we set 17 to 20 million cars a year. >> and in 1940, only 70 creeps made in the united states. in four years we maid 640,000 jeeps. >> what if even some of your goals are not achieved in, say, the next decade? >> well, if we do not in the next administer make in job one, we are going to be in a world of hurt. when my tim

harry smith, nbc news, new hampshire. >> we continue with this tomorrow when former colorado governor john hickenlooper talks about his big idea. >>> tonight, new eillance video that led to the arrest of actor cuba gooding junior. video shows him having contact with a woman who accuses him of groping heat a new york bar. gooding pleaded not guilty and was released without bail. >>> more fuel tonight rs in that controy over delaying a new $20 bill showing hard harriet tubmriet tubman. $20 bill showing we're getting a first look at what could it d cove looked like. blayne alexander has more. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, a ok lot what the new $20 bill might have looked like. secretary steve y mnhin announced an obama era plan to put tubman would be delayed until 2026. mnuchin calling it a security issue. >> it's my responsibility now to t focus on whais the issue of counter fitting and the curity features. >> reporter: but tonight "the new york times" is reporting a preliminary design of the bill was almost nished created before president obama left office. in a new statemen

this morning senator cory booker shares his big idea with harry smith. >> what is your big idea >> mydea is baby bonds, that every child born in america should have a savings account, should have a bond so when you're 18, every kid in america has a stake in this economy. >> as the almost famous mayor of newark, new jersey -- >> a new day is dawning in newark >> cory booker made headlines for helping neighbors in distress he took his seat in the u.s. senate in 2013 we met booker in a section of columbia, south carolina, wrestling with the economic reities of america's racial wealth gap booker believes baby bonds will be particularly impactful for minority families. >> there are people in america who will hear baby bonds and they'll say, this is just a diffent word for reparations >> well, it goes to every single child. and we know there's differentials in wealth that are inherited from bigoted policies of our past, excluded families from doing the things that created wealth >> on a sliding scale, booker's baby bond program would put money to an account for every newborn in america, man

the pete buttigieg big idea harry smith, nbc news, south bend, indiana. >> more tomorrow when julian castro talks about his big idea >>> a war veteran who stunned the political establishment last fall when he suddenly dropped out of the race for kansas city mayor to deal with his ptsd is now speaking out. jason kander was pursuing his political ambition, even as he quietly struggled with the demons of war. in a conversation day, he opens since you, i think, shocked a lot of people with your announcement so i think it's fair to say, how are you doing? >> i get that a lot. i appreciate it. i'm doing a lot better it's worth it to get treatment. it's been really worth it for me. >> reporter: since his deployment to afghanistan 12 years ago as an army intelligence officer, jason kander has struggled with depression and anxiety. >> i went almost 12 years without a good night's sleep. i mean, just violent nightmares every night. i kept telling myself, you know, i should not be dealing with this now. i should feel better by now. >> reporter: though he often traveled off base into unpredictab

but nbc's harry smith caught up with the governor for the series, my big idea. >> what's your big ideaa is ending dark money spending and elections >> if there was one thing montana governor steve bullock wants democrats to know, it's that he is the only candidate in the field who won office in a trump state. >> steve bullock >> nice to see you >> he tells voters that as he introduces himself we met the governor in chicagoa. >> taking time to grab lunch at the landmark manny's deli. >> you know, i've been ten years in public office i've been traveling as candidate for president. no one has ever come up to me in a place like this or anywhere else and said, you know what, i don't think there's enough money in our elections or i don't think there's enough spending >> as president bullock would sign an executive order requiring corporations to disclose money spent toward elections. and he wants a constitutional amendment overturning citizens united the supreme court ruling that allows for nearly unlimited spending in politics >>> is this differentiator enough for you >> most folks, if you

this morning nbc's harry smith sits down with washington state governor jay ensley. >> what's your big> my big idea is that america needs to defeat the climate crisis >> former congressman, current governor of washington and climate author, jay ensley's campaign has a single focus. >> we know the climate crisis is burning our towns, flooding our fields, causing diseases to spread north we're losing massive economic if it >> we met governor ensley at ada money area community college >>> you know this provides a lot of power here. >> about 30% plus in iowa. it's incredible. >> as president, ensley would use executive power to restore environmental regulations from the obama administration that president trump eliminated ensley wants to end the use of coal in ten years, and for all new cars and light trucks to be electric by 2030 >> there are only a million electric cars on the road right now in the united states we sell 17 to 20 million cars a year in the 1940s, there were only 70 jeeps made in the united states. and within four years we made achieved in, say, the next decade? >> well, i

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. >> you sat down with nbc harry smith to talk about your big idea, jobs and skills and training.is a big theme for you. in colorado you helped create the apprenticeship program career wise. what job or industry do you think will be most important that we should be focusing on the next decade? >> well, the nice thing about career wise and this notion of apprenticeship available for anyone is it incorporates for any professions. they're going to be the most aggressive to participate in apprenticesh apprenticeship. we have a waiting list of businesses that want to get a 16 or 17 years old and they work two days the first week and two days per week, the first year and three days the second year and four or five days the third year. these give kids the steal to understand what it is like to work. more importantly they provide businesses and trained workers. right now we got 7.5 million unfilled jobs. >> this is not a new idea. president obama had it in his labor department and what ivanka trump talks about all the time. >> are the current program fail sng. >> no, they have not been im

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this morning, yang tells nbc's harry smith about that idea. >> what is your big idea?month starting at age 18. >> a zress dated driven strategies and says his program is needed because one in three american jobs is at risk of being eliminated by new technology in the next 12 years. gdp is going to go up with things like self driven trucks. unemployment does not include people who have left the workforce. when you look at those numbers, you see we are falling apart. >> his program of $1,000 for every 18-year-old and older. he plans to pay for this on 10% tax. >> how would it work? >> i become president in 2021. everyone knows my big idea is the freedom dividend. i just need 51% to pass the law. >> check this out, 2,500 people in new york city's washington square. giving people money. that's andrew yang's big idea. harry smith nbc news, new york. >>> trump attacked me. the new accusation of sexual misconduct. why come forward now and what does it matter to voters? cancer is the ugliest disease mankind has ever faced. we got the idea that if we took two dimensional patien

tonight harry smith talks with former governor john hickenberg >> my idea is skills training >> we met him at a factory in denver. he is mightily interested in jobs when he first moved out west, he lost his. >> i got laid a geologist in 2006. they had nothing for me they tried to teach us how to write a resume. there were none. he became an entrepreneur, started a brewery, was mayor of denver twice and served two terms as governor >> in colorado, we have 12,000, 14,000 of cyber security they are unfilled. his answer, a public/private apprenticeship called career wise. kids start working in high school, earn, learn and get college credit >> how much awareness do you think there is of the actual pressing need for this. >> i think the awareness of the solution is low. a president campaign is the perfect place to change awareness. once we do that, the solutions are right there. >> today, there are 7.5 million jobs in the united states. jobs of the future will require new skills giving people training to do that is john hickenlooper's big idea >> tomorrow more on the big idea the need to le

harry smith, nbc news, ankeny, iowa. >>> good monday morning, a rough night in san antonio, houston, southeast texas, a lot of people up in the middle of the night with these photo storms rolling on through. the houston area is getting a little bit of a break now. san antonio, the worst is exiting your area but right over the top of victoria, texas, and as we pan out, it's going to be a wet three to four days here from st. louis through kentucky. it's been raining on and off it seems like forever in areas of southern ohio, and now it's raining in west virginia. for today, we could get isolated severe storms. watch out around d.c., baltimore. southern jersey, areas of delaware, richmond, we're not going to see tornadoes but we will be watching wind damage, maybe small hail. here's an idea of how many areas are dodging the rain drops late today. this morning, it's hit and miss and scattered. summer like pattern with the afternoon storms, anywhere from nashville through areas of kentucky, notice washington, d.c. area, could be some pretty significant storms. we mentioned that to philade

harry smith started a serioes looking at each candidate's big idea.ttigieg would include same day election. >> twice in my young lifetime, i see the american people overruled. . it's time for that to go because it's undemocratic. >> senator kirsten gillibrand chose paid family leave for her big idea. it would call for three months a paid leave up to 66% of a person's pay rate. she said the cost would be minimal. >> is it worth it to you to pay $2 a week to know it will be there for you when you need it. opponent will say it's a tax but it's an investment that over your lifetime will help you. >> former colorado governor john hickenlooper wants focus on kills training. a apprentice program aimed at young people who do not get a four year college diploma. it came from personal experience. >> i got lads oid off oz a geologist. >> julian castro wants to see pre-k. >> the price tag would have been about $75 billion. it does cost to invest in great education for three and four-year-olds but it's a lot cheaper than a year of prison. >> bernie sanders big ide

in his continuing series, harry smith asked senator gillibrand about her big idea.ch this. >> what is your big idea? >> my big idea is having national paid family leave. we're the only industrialized country in the whole world that doesn't have national paid leave. >> why do you think america is so far behind on this? >> because there is not enough women in congress. >> reporter: kirsten gillibrand has been a stalwart of the "me too" movement and she likes to point out that she has voted against donald trump's legislative initiatives more than anyone else. >> i will go toe to toe with anyone do the right thing. >> reporter: we talked with the senator on her d.c. front stoop. >> i met a mom whose son was dying and she literally couldn't be by his side. i can't imagine. and that is what people face all across this country every day. it is an outrage. >> reporter: gillibrand's plan would allow workers up to three months of paid leave at a pay rate of 66% of their regular paycheck. how do you pay for it. >> to pay for paid leave, it is a very small amount of money, it i

just ahead of that debate, nbc's harry smith sat down with 14 of the democratic candidates talking toabout their campaign, and he now joins us live from new york. thanks for being with us. that's a lot of peoplewith a group this big. how are they going to differentiate themselves. >> reporte i know, wendy. well, really becomes such an interesting question because especially for some of the people whongot in the campa late but still got on the stage, some of the people with low poll numbers, do they go after their competitors? do they go after the occupant of the white house? how do you articulate in a very finite amount of time who you are and why, why you deserve their vote? it's not going to be easy. >> how are they going do that and especially about going after each other. you know, eventually whoever wins this contest has to go up against whether you agree with his tactics or not a great communicator, so do you give him ammunition overxt the ne you know, few months? did they talk about whether they are going to be -- how aggressive they are ng to be with each other, you know? >> e

mayor pete buttigieg sat down with harry smith and talked about his idea to fix democracy. >> i'm petetigieg and my idea is to strengthen american dr democracy through better voting. >> reporter: south bend, indiana is a small city in the rust belt, its mayor is perhaps this political season's most unlikely contender. pete buttigieg is a scholar, afghan war veteran, his big idea nothing less than to change the way our democracy works. >> i'm afraid we're taking our democracy for granted but right now we have work to do to make easier to vote and register to vote and make sure all the votes count equally. which is making sure that d.c. and puerto rico get to be states and getting rid of the electoral college so a vote in indiana counts the same as new york. >> if you get rid of the electoral college is there a need for states? >> yes. i'm saying when we pick our national leader, when we pick the president of the united states, we're picking somebody for all of us. yet if you live in a red state like mine or very blue state, it's like your vote doesn't count at all when it comes to the p

amy klobuchar tells harry smith. >> my big idea is we need really do something about treating mentalion. >> reporter: when she runs for office, she wins big elected three times by margins of 20 points or more she is both minnesota nice and a former prosecutor. >> ithat's what i've done my whole life >> reporter: it was the first day of this year's des moines, iowa market when we caught up with klobuchar at the downtown coffee shop, java joe's. >> my dad struggled with alcoholism his whole life. he went to treatment and in his words he was pursued by grace and that was his faith and that was the treatment, a community, his friends, his family. surrounding hum and saying you got to change. and he did >> reporter: klobuchar wants $100 billion over ten years. unpart for more beds and treatment centers and early intervention for mental health disorders. she'll fund her plan >> we have the resources unthis country and we do. we just need to take them from the people who have been profiting on addiction and get them to the people to get off of the drugs. >> reporter: that's her big idea >>

nbc news' harry smith is highlighting 2020 candidates' big ideas. her about her teacher pay gap. >> what's your big idea? >> to raise teacher pay. >> kamala harris is the second african-american woman and first south asian american elected to the u.s. senate. >> just last week i got an email from my middle school tornado watch, mrs. wayne. >> we caught up with kamala harris in south carolina, in town to talk with and about teachers. >> two groups of people are raising our children, parents, often with the assistance of grandparents and aunts and uncles, and teachers, and we are not paying them their value. >> recent demonstrations across the country is proof that a plan like hers is needed. teachers on average make 11% less than other comparably educated professionals. >> what's the price tag? >> we will pay for it by increasing the state tax. >> the teachers' union, massive. millions of people. >> uh-huh. >> let's give them $13,000 each. is this just a play to that crowd? >> absolutely not. i will tell you, my entire career and, frankly, my entire

harry smith had a chance to sit down with harris to talk big ideas and her plan for shrinking the teacher. >> what's your big idea? >> my big idea is to raise teacher pay. >> kamala harris is just the second african-american woman and first south asian-american elected to the u.s. senate. >> just last week, i got an email from my middle schoolteacher, mrs. wayne. >> we caught up with harris in west columbia, south carolina. she was in town to talk with and about teachers. >> there are two groups of people who are raising our children, parents often with the assistance of grandparents and aunts and uncles, and our teachers and we are not paying them their value. >> reporter: harris says recent teacher demonstrations across the country are proof a plan like hers is needed. she claims teachers on average make 11% less than other comparably educated professionals, so she wants to give them a $13,500 raise. what's the price tag? >> the price tag is $315 billion over the course of 10 years. we will pay for it by increasing the estate tax. >> reporter: the teachers union, massive, millions of pe

that's kamala harris' big idea harry smith, nbc news, west columbia, south carolina >> more when kristin gillibrand talks about her big idea i will be among the moderator on that first debate along with savannah guthrie and rachel maddow that's june 26th and 27th on nbc and msnbc, and telemundo >>> the popular service to transfer money how scammers use this to scam your accounts in seconds >>> then, is your bedtime ritual making you gain weight stay with us >>> next our nbc news investigation into a popular banking service. so many use it to transfer money fast, but experts warn scammers can use it to hack your account. vickie nguyen on how to protect your money >> reporter: if you have mobile banking, odds are you have zelle, a program built into many of the most popular banking apps >> zelle is an easy way to send and receive money to friends and family >> reporter: here is how it works. the app is linked to your bank account. all you need to send money is someone's email address or phone number just press "send," the cash is transferred. this happens in minutes and not days >> reporte

. >> cancelling student debt, making public college free that's elizabeth warren's big idea harry smith, nbc news, new hampshire. >> there's more tomorrow when andrew yang talks about his big idea >>> just ahead, alarming health news about the effects of all that time you're spending hunched over your smartphone how it could be changing your body in pretty bizarre ways. also growing outrage over the fate of a beloved bear it's a story that has a lot talking. stay with us >>> if you're always staring down at your phone, listen up. it may be leading to physical changes in our bones, especially young adults sniff goss explains. >> reporter: look up, pay attention. sustained bad posture over a tiny screen could lead to one of these. it does look sort of like a horn, but this is a bone spur near the base of the skull researchers in australia examined x-rays and found 40% of people 18 to 30 years old who used their phone four hours or more a day dell the cause. >> did you find ourself on your phone a lot? >> yeah, i'm addicted. you're like that and you're body is call screwed off. >> reporter

this morning, harry smith is told about his big idea for our nation's children. >> my big idea is universalm for 3 and 4 -- pre-k for 3 and 4-year-old. >> what does that mean? >> to make sure they can start with a great public education. >> elected mayor of san antonio at just 35, julian castro gave the keynote speech at the 2012 democratic national convention. >> thank you. >> he later became secretary of housing and urban development. >> i see universal pre-k as a key ingredient in making sure that the united states is the smartest nation on earth. >> we met castro at dartmouth college, which just happens to be in new hampshire, where the first primary will be held. >> i'm a proud father of the public owe pro duct of the public schools. my dad was a public school teacher for years. >> voters in san antonio agreed to raise taxes for universal pre-k, which is free to low-income families. what he wants now is free pre-k for all 3 and 4-year-olds nationwide. >> what's the price tag? >> well, in 2012, president obama proposed one version of universal pre-k and the price tag would have been abo

the congresswoman from hawaii is -- like the one she sard with harry smith in his series, my big idea big idea? >> my big idea is to bring peace and prosperity to this country by ending these wasteful regime change wars. >> in a crowded democratic field, tulsi gabbard stands out. the hawaiian congresswoman is pal indonesian, born in american sa samoa. she's an iraq war veteran. we met her on the mall in washington, d.c. >> people may not know that you've been in the reserves for years, that you did two tours of duty in the middle east. how did that shape your views vis-a-vis what you're talking about now? >> immensely. every single day i was confro confronted with the high human cost of war. >> gabbard wants to end u.s. overseas efforts at regime change. for instance, she opposes the u.s. arming of syrian rebels. she wants to put more money toward health care, a green economy and social programs by clawing back trillions of dollars from defense spending. >> i'm just imagining the pushback from all the lobbyists and all the industries that are out there that benefit from the amount of

solidarity to make sure we have more racial fairness in this country. >> joining me now, nbc's harry smithirst of all, but i notice that he didn't necessarily directly answer how this would happen. he said maybe we'd wait until the 2030s. >> to roll it out. >> it's been talked about in modern times certainly since 2000. when does it get done? >> one of the most contentious issues going back to the founders. >> there you go. >> spent more time talking about this than almost anything else. every one of our big idea conversations comes the point, well, this would actually -- this would entail needing a democratically controlled senate and a very different supreme court. all of these things would get discussed. here's the super bonus i need to tell you about that everybody doesn't know about. www.nbcnews.com/mybigidea. an extended version of the interview that everybody can really dive into. >> and tonight, julian castro? >> julian castro. >> thank withdrew. always great to see you, harry. we appreciate it. thank you for watching "velshi & ruhle." i'm chris jansing. here's morguan picking up o

harry smith, nbc news, dallas. >> and there is more tomorrow when senator amy klobuchar shares her big idea. >>> just ahead tonight, another tragedy in paradise. the 9th american to die mysteriously in the dominican republic this as officials are urgently testing the alcohol at mini bars for potential clues. >>> a billion dollar bust and shocking discovery at a major u.s. port. >>> next tonight, the questions only grow this evening about the safety of traveling to the dominican republic after a new jersey man became the 9th american tourist to die there in the last year. our morgan chesky is in santo domingo tonight. >> reporter: tonight the family of josef fallon in mourning after his trip to celebrate a friend's birthday in the dominican republic >> the maid opens the door, screams, slams the door. my brother is on the floor dead. >> reporter: alan's brother said he skipped dinner the night before telling friends he wasn't feeling well tourism security police in the dominican republic tell nbc news alan's body showed no signs of violent trauma, saying he died of a heart attack accord

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