. >> a sunday sit down with tiffany haddish plus harry smith and another life well lived all a bit later in the show. let's begin this morning with big questions and outrage over the death in jail of accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein and what it means for his victims. nbc's morgan radford is here with the latest developments morgan, development. >> willie, good morning. the 66-year-old convicted sex offender and disgraced financier was found dead by apparent suicide in his jail cell early saturday while in federal custody. epstein, who was being held on sex trafficking charges was no longer on suicide watch and now investigators are wondering just how prison officials allowed this to happen as his accusers are left without their day in court >>> this morning accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein bringing new grief to his alleged victims, even in death >> and he really stole a big forward of my life >> jennifer claimed epstein raped her when she was just 15 >> what he do to me was disgusting, and i know that justice will be served >> but the financier's apparent death by suicide rob

harry smith tonight on why it almost didn't happen ♪ what would you do if i sang out of tune ♪ >> reporterodstock was billed as the aquarian exposition, three days of peace and music. and looking back it's hard not to believe the stars were indeed aligned. michael lang is one of the woodstock founders >> i hope for something like what happened but certainly not in tho nand and built for 200,000. we told people 50. >> reporter: a half million people showed up that weekend. as seen in the academy award winning documentary "woodstock," they saw some legendary performances credence ♪ born on the bayou the who. and a virtual unknown named carlos santana ♪ but town after town had turned lang and his partners away a month before woodstock was to begin, they had no place to hold it until an up state dairy farmer from bethal offered his place to rent. the cost $50,000 >> max was heaven. max was really the savior of woodstock. >> reporter: a republican and a supporter of the vietnam war but also a believer in an america where everyone fit in. >> a half a million young people can get together and hav

right. ♪ >> reporter: harry smith, nbc news, bethel, new york >>> and that's "nbc nightly news" for this lester holt will be in tomorrow. i'm jose diaz balart thank you for the privilege of your time. good night >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. a ride share driver accused of taking advantage of a customer. police say he drove a woman more than 0 60 miles and sexually assaulted her. she asked for a ride in san mat mateo. the driver drove her to his house in tracy where thom jensen is with this developing story. >> reporter: we did background checks and looked for this trac. police have not confirmed it. we traced him back to a neighborhood here. neighbors around that address on both sides next door told us that they have seen the suspect, 46-year-old tonye

nbc's harry smith spoke with him at the site of the festival. woodstock the festival was captured brilliantly in woodstock the documentary, a rock and roll masterpiece. ♪ freedom, freedom ♪ >> reporter: how, nt analog they amplify the music >>> did you feel like a pioneer? >> i was a pioneer there's no question about it >> reporter: that's bill handly, sound engineer, one of the first to realize that as venues got bigger, the sound needed to reach farther. >> and i said, wow, we've got to do this better this is crazy. why can't i hear the guy who is doing the solo better? >> reporter: woodstock organizers told him to prepare for an audience of 100,000 a half million showed up >>> did you anticipate that? >> no. i wanted to make it happen as best i could it was our mission to do that. >> reporter: the amphitheater at the farm was no small challenge. he built everything from scratch. some of which is on um, includiy sound board and a massive speaker. >>> you didn't get these at best buy. >> right we built them all. >> those of you in the back hear

chanel is here and harry smith is here. member this >> i think you do. >> a trip down memory lane, yes. >> you remember. >> yes, really cool stuff. woodstock 50 years ago this weekend we are going to take you on a trip down memory lane, and it is a woodstock love story. >> oh. >> okay. looking forward to that. we will also have a concert for you. if it is friday in the summer here, that's right, city concert series al o aloe blacc, there he is. we will have more right after your local news. (seal noise) oh, how about some smucker's natural? yess. first ingredient, real strawberries. and that's how you make a sandwich. (wind blowing) mommy's home! hey honey, i didn't even see you come in! ♪ ♪ noall dogs descend from wolves size... or the age... and for thousands of years they've shared a love for meat. grain-free blue wilderness is made to satisfy that desire. feed the wolf that lives inside your dog with blue wilderness. [ soft piano music playing ] mm, uh, what do you do for fun? al a flo has it, i want it, it's a whole thi

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. >> our special two-part sunday sit down with david letterman and harry smith and a life well lived. >> let's begin with breaking news overnight isis is claiming responsibility for a bomb detonated at a wedding killing 63 including women and children the taliban condemned the attack this comes as the united states is working on a deal with the taliban. we approach 18 years of war in afghanistan following the attacks of 9/11. this morning, the mayor of portland is praising his police force forei ensuring a stand of did not turn into a violent scene like other cities have seen in the past joining us now from portland good morning, steve. >> reporter: for weeks, this was essentially a planned and promoted clash that could have easily gone into a street brawl. it didn't. it was another day for hateful rhetoric and pockets of violence peace shattered in portland as national attention turned to another clash echoing in the streets. saturday, right wing extremists went head to head with left wis. protesters anti-facists starting when hundreds of right wingers gathered for a rally a show of

and we want to leave you with some thoughts on this from harry smith, along with the names of some of those who died in the most deadly mass shootings since parkland >> city by city, school by school, the idea that it can't happen here gets erased and erased again the anguish and suffering strewn across community after community is an epidemic, an epidemic so virulent the medical community views it as a public health crisis astounding to us so little has been done to combat it with each new mass shooting, cries for change ring out. and with each act of terrifying violence, they are drowned out by the silence of our response we are told it is unreasonable to equate these acts with the number of ultra effective killing machines that the gun lobby has made so easy for americans to purchase. and gun rights defenders point to instances where armed civilians successfully intervened bu add to this the confluence of our country's unanswered mental health crisis and an internet where hate flows unfettered on to the screens of millions, and you have week after week of images of cops attired in

harry edwards actually -- his relationship with tommie smith and john carlos broke because harry edwards did not go to the medal stand protest in mexico city. so the relationships were broken and money was lost. i think today -- just as a follow-up to that question -- that many athletes -- black athletes do not protest today because the black athlete of that day was less concerned about the money they made and more concerned about the future of their culture. today, many black athletes are so in love with the income that they might lose, that is the reason, in my view, that many black athletes today do not stand like lebron james. it could be argued that lebron james if he lost a lot of money would still have more than other people. to lose any of your money is your right. he doesn't have to do that. he is choosing to do that and i applaud him for it. i applaud colin kaepernick for what he is doing but you have to make a decision, culture or cash. >> and why did you decide to write this book? clyde: i wrote this book because i was trying to participate in an ongoing discourse that i felt

here is max harris's attorney tyler smith. >> maybe what this means is that since their first question was about something in the jury instructions and now we have something specific about an exhibit maybe it means they're going through all of the jury instructions first and now they're going through all of the exhibits one by one which there are a lot of exhibits. if that is the case, then they're going to be probably doing that for the rest of the day today. and they'll be doing that on monday still. >> now, derek almena's attorney show us this artwork he created while sitting at the defense table. we're told it's a stress reliever for al mane while he listens to what has been very difficult testimony regarding the 36 people who died in the ghost ship. the jury now has the weekend off. they will be back deliberating first thing monday morning. in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> thank you. we send out updates about the ghost ship case through the abc news app. download it now so you'll find out when the jury reaches a verdict as soon as we do. >> the right to free speech is bein

smith. manchester united have made harry maguire the most expensive defender in the world — signing him fromon pounds on a six—year deal. for more on the transfer, here's our sports correspdondent david 0rnstein. manchester united have been struggling in central defensive areas for a long time now. they have expended with many players, many players they have given long contracts too, so a bit of an issue there, because what will be do with them now that harry maguire has come in? a huge amount of money, £5 million more than liverpool paid for virgilvan dijk in million more than liverpool paid for virgil van dijk injanuary 2018 to sign him from southampton, and what a su ccess sign him from southampton, and what a success he has been. united will hope that maguire has a similar success hope that maguire has a similar success rate at old trafford. it is a six—year contract with an option ofan a six—year contract with an option of an extra year on top, and this is a player who made 76 appearances for leicester, scoring five goal two, and is of course now a regular england international, as we s

it means that jean harris had to go to smith college because it is one of the best schools open to her. the students to go to yale and go to stanford. they can go to the university of virginia, they can go all to these places. the expectations are changing. your college get married and have kids, and relive the 1950s. you're supposed to have a career. socially, things are changing as well. the 1980s, when recreational drugs. they're probably doing it. in the early 80s drugs were pretty printed on the east coast. madera, there's no exception. river it's 1980 it is northern virginia. marijuana is not legal in any way shape or form and it's not legal for kids under the age of 18. they were facing financial challenges. she's under pressure her board of trustees because they want to be raising more money. she is trying to balance keeping her girls safe from drugs. should add that those prescriptions weren't all in her name. by which they in her name? does anyone know what the deal is with first descriptions of our doctors allowed to prescribe to families? no, they are not supposed to provid

a chris harris try in the second half sealing the win dina asher smith can begin making plans for theps next month. she booked her place in the british team after winning the 100 metres at the uk athletics championship yesterday — with the event doubling up as trials for the world championship in doha. asher smith won in 10.96 seconds — a new championship record. the men's100 metres was much closer and there was a surprise winner. 0jie edoborun edging out adam gemili and zharnel hughes — all three finishing in a time of 10.18 — the result decided on a photo—finish. all three should make the british team. reigning champion marc marquez will start in pole position for today's moto gp british grand prix. but home favourite cal crutchlow has work to do. he will start from ninth after crashing during qualifying yesterday. thankfully, he wasn't injured. no such problems for marquez as he held off valentino rossi to claim pole for today's race at silverstone. play had to be suspended at golf‘s tour championship in atlanta after a number of people were injured by lightning strikes near a fan

a chris harris try in the second half sealing the win. dina asher smithh. she booked her place in the british team after winning the 100 metres at the uk athletics championship yesterday with the event doubling up as trials for the world championship in doha. asher smith won in 10.96 seconds, a new championship record. the men's100 metres was much closer and there was a surprise winner. 0jie edoburun edging out adam gemili and zharnel hughes, all three finishing in a time of 10.18, the result decided on a photo—finish. all three should make the british team. there were mixed fortunes for the home nations yesterday on the final day of the eurohockey championships. england's men retained their place in the top tier of european hockey after beating scotland 3—0 in theirfinal match. sam ward scored twice for england. the defeat relegates scotland. while wales avoided being demoted after thrashing ireland 4—0, benjamin francis with theirfinal goal. the defeat for ireland relegates them. and take a look at these pictures at golf‘s tour championship in atlanta w

a chris harris try in the second half sealing the win dina asher smith can begin making plans for thee 100 metres at the uk athletics championships with the event doubling up as trials for the world championship in doha. she won in 10.96 seconds — a new championship record. making it look easy as she so often does. very differnt in the men's race, take a look how close this was. 0jie edobboren edging out adam gemili and zharnel hughes, all three finished with the same time, the result settled on a photo—finish. all three should make the british team. reigning champion marc marquez will start in pole position for today's moto gp british grand prix. but home favourite cal crutchlow has work to do. he will start from ninth after crashing during qualifying yesterday. thankfully, he wasn't injured. no such problems for marquez as he held off valentino rossi to claim pole for today's race at silverstone. and take a look at these pictures at golf‘s tour championship in atlanta where play had to be suspended after a number of people were injured by lightning strikes near a fan zone. six fans

show joe biden, cory booker, kamala harris and bernie sanders, their campaigns paying thousands and thousands of dollars for research from schmidt's data firm. smith who helped run and fund hillary's 2016 campaign still serves as technical advisor to google's board, as far as i know. he's not on the payroll, but there it is. joining us tonight the new york times best-selling author, president of the government accountability institute and host of a new investigative series entitled "the drilldown". great to have you with us, peter. >> good to be with you as always, lou. lou: i can't imagine that he would support, advise, counsel, a democratic candidate. it's just -- this is to me fascinating that there is not more of an inquiry into google itself and what they've done is just extraordinary in terms of all the visits their executives paid to president obama during his time in the white house. i believe they were the most represented of any firm or maybe entity, private entity in the country. >> you are exactly right. we are all familiar with the term revolving door and people think of it, you know, defense contractors going in and out of the pentag

harris. and james pattinson returns to the bowling attack instead of peter siddle. marnus labuschagne is in for the injured steve smithports extra. they are on air right now and there will be in—play video highlights alongside the commentary on the bbc sport website. wayne rooney was shown a straight red card after elbowing the face of an opponant in d.c united's 2—1 loss to new york red bulls. the referee missed the incident where england's all time top scorer hit red bull defender christian casseres with his forearm during a corner. it was reviewed by var and rooney was sent off in the 2ath minute. it's the second red card of his mls career. rooney will leave d.c united this year after agreeing to join derby county injanuary. 12 million pounds for four days work. that's what the winner of golf‘s tour championship will pocket this week the final event of the pga tour.. rory mcilroy is in contention for it too. thursday's thought of the day from rory mcilroy coming up saying money can't buy you happiness.. i was listening to music on the way here and it was a song called middle child and it topped about the medics abo

smith. if you can bear it, you can watch all ten wickets to fall today on the bbc sport website. they are £80 million lighter. manchester united have made harrycts to. a bit of an issue there. what are they going to do with them now maguire has come in? it is a huge amount of money, £5 million more than liverpool paid for virgil van dijk injanuary 2018 to sign him from southampton, and what a success he has been. united will hope maguire has a similar success rate at old trafford. it is a six—year contract, with an option of an extra year on top. this is a player that made 76 appearances for leicester, scoring five goals. he is now a regular england international, as we saw last time at the world cup. manchester united will be hoping this is the signing that helps propel them back into the big time, back into contention for the major trophies. celtic now know their path if they are to reach the group stage of the champions league. they face the romanians cluj in the third qualifying round home and away over the next week and if they come through that, czech champions slavia prague stand between neil lennon's men and a place in the lucrative g