the third jackie robinson day was 2004, so this year we will celebrate the te10th anniversar of jackierobinson day. so i thought i had to teach that relate to do that movement. if jackie robinson were here, i have no doubt that he would come to this podium and tell you the history for that great day for him did not begin then, that you have to look back to the great ball players that came long before jackie robinson. and he would say, moses fleetwood walker, the first black in major league baseball, in fact, in 1884. and he said in paving the way, leading the way for me, jackie robinson would say you have to understand the great players of the negro leagues and especially the king of the negro leagues, leroy robert satchel paige, none other than satchel paige. you have to understand him because he paved the way. many would say satchel paige was the world's greatest pitcher. i certainly agree with that. some of the testimonials. joe dimaggio, when he was first starting out and he was playing against black ball players in the california winter league, and this happened. white players and

interesting thing about jackie robinson, the brooklyn dodgers actually stole jackie robinson from themonarchs. they never compensated them. wilkinson who owned the team and a man who had part ownership, they could not say anything, because they would be looked upon as holding the black player back if they were to argue this debate about why didn't you compensate us for this player. this is a business. so they didn't say anything. quiet quietly, they had their own boycott. no kansas city monarch plays for the dodgers again. that's the way they boycotted. brooklyn dodgers. >> do you have any record of anthony kansas in the monarchs? >> sure. >> my dad played for anthony about 90 years ago. if there's some way you could -- i would appreciate it. it's been a long time since i even knew -- my dad has been gone 50 years. >> i tell you what. they did play anthony kansas. as i was coming down the freeway today, i'm driving past all these places that i know the monarchs appeared. i know they played at fort riley, at junction city, they were at manhattan, clay center. i can go out west. practic

that money is profit from jackie robinson west t-shirt sales. robinson beat the philadelphia team during the little league world series in williamsport. >>> the governor's office in delaware is apologizing for accidentally tweeting a racy photo to their followers. the picture shows a woman in a suggestive pose wearing what appears to be bondage gear. it was attached to a tweet from governor markell from one of his staffers as the governor announced a new $5 million plan for low-performing schools. the woman, the staffer who tweeted it says she accidentally deleted part of a photo link and it autoç finished, resulting i the wrong picture. i db know that could happen. now i know. governor markell's office released a statement saying, the lessons here are not to compose tweets too quick ly. we just wish the accidental link would have been a cat video. pretty good. >>> dillworth park is opening today outside city hall. we brute you live the opening of that park that held its ribbon cutting yesterday. the residences at the ritz-carlton are holding a

. >>> the cubs will honor jackie robinson west at their game. jackie robinson west lost to south korea last year in williamsport. over the weekend, two young delaware county teams got their chance in the spotlight. good for them. a parade honored the 13-year-old and the 15-year-olds from broomall, newtown. they won the babe ruth world series championships. the parade started at the newtown scare shopping center and ended at thomas field. >> amazing feeling. we all worked hard to get here. put up a fight. lost a couple games, but it happens. we fought back, won it all. >> congrats from all of us at nbc 10 news. >>> some philadelphia students will be heading back to school in style. hairstylists gave free hair cuts to girls as part of an annual event called curls for girls. it was held on west girard avenue in north philadelphia. stylists say it's their way of giving back to the community. kids in camden will get the same opportunity today. level z barbershop is giving free back to school hair cuts today. children in elementary and middle school c

the jackie robinson west all- stars just got a big financial boost. dick's sporting goods presented the team with a check for more than 164-thousand dollars yesterday, the net from proceeds from t-shirt sales. the store sold nearly 12- thousand regional and national championship shirts at its south loop location. league officials say this is by far the biggest donation it has ever received. it plans to use the money to build new facilities for jackie robinson west's 28 teams. congratulations to them. >> good morning. we are looking for showers and storms and refine them generally north of cook county towards a kenosha. it's not a severe line but there is thunder and lightning there. out to the west we have action across central and western illinois. we will wait to see if any of that energy transfers into our area. but either way we have the chance of showers or storms. really warm temperatures also. 76 degrees. in wheeling to book a high is 79. we are 67 already. the two-point temperatures are pretty high. 90 degrees today. 73 tonight. scattered show

in keeping with the sentiment of the book he wrote keep your smile a long long while, jackie robinson. anywhere -- anyway years later i was able to get it on our roosevelt award to rachel robinson and his widow at hyde park and to tell her the story of my crush on her husband in the story about the autograph and it seemed like it had come full circle. i do think he is an extraordinary public figure and i think there have been some good biographies on him but i thinking possibly in my book on leadership in addition to dealing with what are the traits these people have in common how do they do what they did did how did they knowledge the era, how did they stay close to the country, how did they communicate, how did they build teams etc. i might have a chapter on not only eleanor roosevelt but on jackie robinson. they are everything i've looked in my whole life. >> do you still have that autograph? >> i can't even blame my mother because my mother died before these autographs and after my father died everything had been at his house. i was in college and i didn't come and get it all. not

helped take the jackie robinson team all the way to a second-place finish at the little league baseballorld series. his family were homeless. they were forced to split up and were staying with family and friends since june. the owner of a local funeral home heard about their situation and offered to pay their rent for an entire year. good deal. >> has been a busy night so far. >> things will continue to quiet down. so hot through the first half of the week, then a little bit cooler and less humid by the end. we still have another half-hour for you.

the celebration for the jackie robinson west little league continues today..as the team heads to disney world. the boys and their families are set to fly out of o'hare this morning.. for a three night stay at orlando's disney world resort. a send off party is set to happen at eight this morning in the airport. the team from the south and southwest sides won the little league national series.. but fell short of the international title by losing to south korea. >> when you were a kid and you played sports you're lucky to make it to little caesars. >> these kids are rock stars. other kids will be playing this weekend. we're talking high school football. it's going out tonight we're looking at showers and storms of the chance of rain will diminish around 7:00 p.m.. that's good news for kickoff. we are dry for the bears game sunday. 77 at the lakefront. 78 at midway and o'hare. satellite composite is dry. we have showers and storms to the north. we'll watch this rain as it moves closer to us. the chance will spike around lunchtime. you'll probably need it later in

in baseball, jackie robinson west honored at wrigley field. things were going in the first with a double. a pair of doubles. one-zero. three rounds come in its 3-0. a solo shot. its three-one. the cubs got a big insurance run off the back of a plan of their and its four- two. and that was the final the brewers have now lost six in a row. they are one game behind the cardinals. that's sports. have a great day. >>markets were closed yesterday for labor day. stocks ended the week up friday. the dow rose 18 points. nasdaq added 22. the s-and-p gained 6. move over starbucks...peet's coffee and tea is opening 16 new shops in the chicago area. many in former caribou coffee locations. company officials say they aren't worried about the competition from the national chains. the california-based company opened two peet's in the area in the late 90's... one in chicago and one in evanston. both are said to be doing extremely well. the teenage mutant ninja turtles gave up crime fighting to help a little boy fight cancer. five-year-old sam biggs, of downsta

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did you think immediately of jackie robinson? he is after all a fixture of american culture.told in history textbooks and hollywood movies. his name is on middle school and post offices. today there's a jack key robinson day where every player in the league wears robinson's number on his journey. everyone seems to know the inspirational trail about how they paved the way for african-americans in baseball for years to come. and you might think he was the first in pro sports to do what he did. he wasn't the first. he wasn't the second. he wasn't the third or fourth. a year before he made baseball history in 1957, four african-american athletes endured taunts on a different field and made history of their sport. they are the forgotten four and their story is next. yobut you may notds. know we're a family. 12 brands. more hotels than anyone else in the world. like days inn, where you can do everything under the sun. save up to 15 percent and earn bonus points when you book at wyndhamrewards.com (yawn) (ding!) toaster strudel! more fruit in the filling, ya? mmm! ya! warm, flaky, g

it is a travesty african-americans were not able to participate in organized baseball until jackie robinson did in 1947. ronald reagan was for integration and all those things. but he never quite got beyond that. he did not realize something else to vatican happened in this country. -- he did not really something else dramatic happened in this country. he was behind the curve on the revolution. i don't think there was a bigoted bone in ronald reagan's body. i write biographies. i think you have to say on civil issue, the civil rights one of the few issues ronald reagan was behind the curve. >> do you want to respond to that? we have about one minute. the campaign strategy after the convention in detroit, don't forget carter carried the entire south in 1976 but there was polling that showed reagan had a chance. it was politics and not only overt strategy. michael dukakis also want the neshoba county fair. to think reagan going is a racist act is ridiculous. carter kicked off his 1976 campaign in the deep south and kicked off his 1980 campaign in the deep south. he did it in alabama on a stag

world war ii on our road to jackie robinson. perhaps each of those is bought with those goals or purposes d.c. then in the preceding 10,000 years? >> some people with generalized beyond the u.s. to say on bill whole societies fought in one big war tend to grow through liberal period it's. one reason for that you have to mobilize fast numbers of people to go into uniform and have to get this social consensus. if you don't you're just very on likely to win. many of you see the new book where thomas is interested my wealth and the quality is increased so much built into the logic of rich and poor that the government has to make these deals to get them to fight and the results is 30 years with these very progressive tax rates that promotes the liberals and here is one gloomy conclusion we should expect that a liberal period with less and dramatic action so i suspect you are right about that. >> what is your reaction to environmental trends in terms of reversing a the death rate severus 7 billion now that goes up at the same time doe

. >> reporter: katharine hepburn, frank sinatra, jackie robinson, and so many others pulled from thes of papers in the archives. each making a mark in history. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> you are in the "cnn newsroom." hello, everyone, i'm randi kaye in new york. we begin this hour with a smess the u.s. and allies are making crystal clear, we'll do whatever it takes to destroy the isis terror group. a third western hostage, david haines, beheaded at the hand of isis militants. secretary of state john kerry heading to paris tomorrow trying to sell the president's plan to build a global anti-isis coalition, and so far, he says it's working. >> we have countries in this region, countries outside of this region, in addition to the united states, all of whom are prepared to engage in military assistance, in actual strikes, if that is what it requires. and we also have a growing number of people who are prepared to do all the other things. people should not think about this, this effort just in terms of strikes. in fact, as some have pointed out, that, alone, is not going to resolve

the celebration continues for jackie robinson west as the team goes to disney world. the boys and their families flu of all here this morning for a 3 night stay at a florida resort. a breakfast reception at the airport. all expenses on the trip will be paid for by the rainbow pushed coalition and united is covering the flights. for most of the boys is their first trip to disney world and the whole team is excited. >> this is your first time? >> yes. i want to see the roller coasters. >> i am going to jump the line and be the first one on the ride. we're going to have fun. i am going to have a ball with them. >> these boys from the south and southwest side of chicago won the little league title. they will be back sunday night just in time for school. tom it is humid out there and i know some storms are on the way. >> the storms will start developing over the city and favor the southern suburbs after that but we'll all get in some storms and showers tonight as we transition into a cooler one weekend pattern. cool air on the way. this steamy atmosphere is producing she m

history of cancer, a biography of jackie robinson. massive ten-part, 18.5 million series on the war, country etnam music, a biography of earnest hemingway. gluttons for punishment, we're planning for if 20s. we want to talk about american and technology. you would have to include, you know, the 19th century. thinking about it. if we were given 1,000 years to live, we wouldn't run out of toipings in american history. that's a good one, thank you. ost: talk about the one that gives us the voice i felt the third person narrator, if it's alone, it's a scold. it's telling you what you should know. the last time i checked was homework. to break it up with first person voices that read and diaries and military things and telegrams. amazing supporting cast, patricia clarkson. delano reed, clarkson is a disabout the cousin. ed harris and adam arkin and the late eli walk. giamatti to do fdr and a meryl streep to do eleanor. i think she's going some place. attention to that name, s-t-r-e-e-p. she's fantastic. is.t: she host: shawn up next for "t

[applause] >> when they made the final out and won the little league world series the jackie robinson west players went from obscurity to national champions. since then the celebration has not stopped and the boys are living a dream. they just returned from disney world where superstars go to on wind and have fun. but today they are at the center of attention at the chicago city council or the mayor are giving them top city honors. >> i congratulate you i am very proud of you. on behalf of myself and the 31st ward congratulations. >> is not easy to play hooky from school with the superintendent and mayor looking non but when you have brought the city in major national championship everyone kind of looks away. >> we appreciate everything that you all have done. god bless you. >> in other news they are trying to put the brakes on efforts by real-estate developers to do away with a single room occupancy buildings. >> if somebody can get a permit to change them to condos or apartments overnight without any input from the community and what we would like is a little more time to work throu

chandler, as you may know, was a baseball commissioner when jackie robinson began playing. he was all for that. he ended up choosing general curtis lemay was that one of the great generals of world war ii. and the inventor of the strategic air command was somebody who was ill suited. when wallace announced lemay's nomination he held a press conference and decided to hook him a gotten amusing about nuclear weapons and how they were not that bad and if you go to an island and find out the crabs were bigger than ever and it went on and on. what that did was for many voters who would've liked to have voted for wallace and was planning to vote for wallace, it made them think, there's actually a consequence if we vote for this person. his part of the ticket was clearly unsuited for civilian leadership of the united states. that was part of what you see wallace's support going down and down and down. he still ends up carrying five states, all of the deep south states of south carolina, arkansas, forces electoral votes. if he had been closer between nixon and humphrey, it would've

the jackie robinson west league is getting a share of its profits from the sale of its t-shirts.ick's sporting goods has been overwhelmed by demand for the shirts. that adds up to $164,000 for the league if counting, and one coach certainly is. >> it will provide first class facilities, first class fields. that alone will attract kids to give baseball a chance. >> we did all the work. >> the kids from chicago came within a game of winning the little league world championship this summer but lost to south korea in the final. they'll use some of that money to improve their four fields. >> that is great for them. that is the spirit. now if we can get the ncaa to follow suit and allow athletes to profit from all the work they're doing. >> reporter: yes. >> thank you. >>> as ebola instead west africa scientists are finding ways to fight the eye russ. in washington state they have turned to the world of gaming for help. allen schauffler with this one. i've been waiting for you to tell bus this one. >> reporter: fascinating stuff. the man who runs the lab in washington where we shot thi

the kids and coaches from jackie robinson west are waking up in their own beds this morning.. after their big trip to disney world. j-r-w flew back to o'hare airport yesterday. their trip to florida was paid for by the rainbow push coalition and united airlines. the players came back with stories about all the great rides, but now it's time to get back to their normal routines. >> i want to go to sleep, play my game spirit go to school to mark. playing games. >> i was scared a first but not anymore. >> they dared me to read certain rides. i got on one. i had to ride one of them. >> alike have the says curtis school ... my walmart ...the reverend jesse jackson welcomed the team back home. he says the team could look forward to more educational trips this fall. we're just trying to stretch this championship out. we don't have a lot of good news in the chicago sports these days. >> cure only on top once. nice weather coming today. we will see are temperatures climbing up to 80 degrees by the afternoon. satellite radar composite indicate we are dry. across the country we're findin

with the phillies and the success that they've had, everyone talks about baseball, jackie robinson, being a football player at ucla, one was one of the best players in the country, and was never given the opportunity to be drafted. and george hallux played a major part of trying to get the nfl to integrate, to give him that opportunity. it didn't happen. it was turntd down by the owner of the washington redskins. also we had bill will is, toe matily, frits pal archbishop wood played a major part in this. i think everyone will be participating and watching this movie. something really interesting that i noticed the washington redskins who were going to be playing, they were one of the last teams to have african american on their roster. >> absolutely. the owner, like the commissioner, s what the end all be all. people would bring it to his attention and he would deny it. for their team to be the last to integrate says a lot about that organization and what it was able to do to the league. > at the rest of our satellite, if you pop out of here, it means our satellite window closes. you have

little league world series team help keep a roof over his head. 12-year-old benton helped lead the jackie robinsonto the united states title. benton's family recently lost their home after her hours were cut at work. that's when had someone decided to step in and pay the rent for a year. >> he's a superstar. you can't -- >> superstar and homeless don't go together. our superstar, chicago's superstar. >> chicago recently honored the little league heroes with a parade and celebration. a party the chicago cubs haven't seen since 1908. congratulations to them. >>> still ahead at 4:00, inside north korea. rare access to three detained americans. what they're saying about their living conditions and the message to the u.s. >> plus, britain's prime minister announces new steps to keep islamic fighters out of the country. later -- >> take a ride on a sleed. i'm wayne freedman in oakland. remember what we helped build. it's open for busine great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. >> announcer: t

. >> jackie robinson and so many others pulled from the billions of papers in the archives, each makingtory. tom foreman, cnn, washington. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards, even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. >>> it is true, i am thinking about it. >> all right. not much surprise there, she's thinking about it. thinking about running for president of the united states again. her comments at a fundraiser in iowa over the weekend for senator tom harkin, the retiring democrat. there are more signs the race is starting to heat up a little bit. the independent senator, bernie sanders of vermont says he's thinking of running as either a democrat or independent. that could complicate hil

forefront of change in -- has been at the forefront of change in society whether it was with jackie robinson in baseball. we talked about being able to work effectively in diverse groups. sports has led the way. so out of this i'm hoping to see the same kind of change and i think it will happen. those of us on the periphery who will articulate that and put it in perspective, i welcome that opportunity, derek. >> reporter: always so great to talk to james issioner came before we knew about the a.p. report about when or when he didn't see that videotape. so we will see how that plays out for him. >> reporter: it's been so hard, too, for these analysts to talk about. >> reporter: they're not that anxious to talk about this. they want to talk about football and who is going to win tonight, who has to win. instead they're talking about this disciplinary situation. >> reporter: the question now becomes what's the future for ray rice? >> reporter: let's get down to dave owens and kristen berset who are on the field with more on what's ahead tonight and what this game means. >> reporter: yeah, guys,

dodgers pitcher, leans over to jackie robinson in the dugout and says, i've got nothing left to jackierobinson says you go back out there and pitch until your arm also. that brought to court in effect dodgers take a lead in the bottom of the ninth. then he begins to get tight. gives up his finger. gives up another single. runners at first and third. gets an out. gives up a double. now it is second and third. the manager knows his pitcher is spent. he goes out to get him. he makes a decision on who to bring into the gang. he brings in a guy named ralph franken. his second pitch goes at 60 feet and into left field seats for a three-run homer that prompts the giants announcer to exclaim, the giants when the payment. the focus is on that moment. that's the moment that remains etched in history of the king. that's the moment that if he ever say program talking about key events in baseball, that's always in the top few. that's the consequence. when you're considering think some a security perspective, the consequence matters. far more important setting yourself up to do without to try to pre

. >>> and jackie robinson west little league in chicago is getting some big bucks, dick's sporting goodsnating to the league. league organizers say they are now considering putting the money toward an indoor practice facility and upgrading the fields. the team from chicago's south side were the champs from last month's little league world series. >>> sunglasses recall that parents will want to know about. sunglasses that your children may have. >>> hot and sticky today, plus i'm tracking storms as we head into the start of your weekend. i'll let you know what to expect in your eagles forecast. it's all coming up in my first alert seven day. >>> the nato summit is wrapping up in wales with important developments on the battle against isis and the crisis in ukraine. nbc's chris jansing reports from wales. >> reporter: some major developments coming out of this nato summit starting with an announcement this morning by secretary of state john kerry that they are forming a core coalition of nato nations to develop a plan to fight isis reflecting the growing unease about the threat posed by th

you know, just recently the jackie robinson team won the national title because they were invested inwe have to do is invest in the community, and make sure that when we talk about building a stronger and a healthier community, that we are investing in the right resources and the right programs. and the police, they are paid to serve and protect. we can have lots of police on the corners, but what they should do is make people feel safe and not threatened when you walk down michigan avenue, you never hear that people are feeling threatened by the police, they feel safe. so they have to feel safe on the west side of chicago as well with the presence of the police. >> appreciate all of you being with us. "america tonight's" christof putzel who has put so much time in the streets of chicago following up on this. we focused on this here is al jazerra. also with us tonight is illinois state representative lesean ford and the activist reverend robin hood. we appreciate all of your inside tone. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> ahead, doubling down in atlantic city. the boardwalk's latest gamb

daughter and son-in-law sarah burns and david mcmann a two-part history of the whole life of jackie robinson, not just 1947. jeff and i are in the middle actually more than half way through editing with our colleague sarah buxtein, a ten-part, 18 plus hour history of the war in vietnam which will be out in 2017, early 2017. then we are already shooting a massive series called i can't stop loving you about the history of country music and we're also begun shooting early stages a biography of earnest hemingway. we have four or five films threatening to sort of go from development and ideas into production. once they do, we'll start talking to you about them. i'm already in discussions with pbs to talk about what the 2020's look like. it is very clear jeff and i sort of feel that if we were given a thousand years to live we would not run out of topics on american history. >> you have a new app that draws from your many documentaries. you describe it as not a collection of your films but as an entirely new way of looking at american history. can you tell us a little more? >> well, that sounds li

. >>> honors keep coming from jackie robinson west little league teem. >> the city the chicago fell in love with the team to its journey to winning the little league title. they lost the world championships to south korea, the accolades continue. they were honored by the chicago white sox and today will be honored by the cubbies. >> good for them. >>> san jose zone, joey jaws chestnut add another competitive eating title. he just won the u.s. chicken wing championship. none other than than buffalo, new york. chestnut scarred down 195 wings in 12 minutes. yuck. breaking a previous record he set two years ago. he holds 33 different competitive eating records including those for apple pies, fish tacos, hot dogs, and twing i cans. what a combo. i would think the bones would be dangerous. >> it could get dangerous. >>> stanley cup made a visit over to sharks territory over the weekend. the general manager of the l.a. kings decided to spend his day with the cup in sonoma county. now he wasn't showing off, he was just trying to make people happy. he took the trophy to the napa west inn that's

. >> reporter: katharine hepburn, frank sinatra, jackie robinson and so many others pulled from the billionsn the archives. each making a mark in history. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> reporter: nice, right? thank you so much joining me today. i'm carol costello. "at this hour with berman and michaela" after a break. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards, even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. live in the same communities that we serve. people here know that our operations have an impact locally. we're using more natural gas vehicles than ever before. the trucks are reliable, that's good for business. but they also reduce emissions, and that's good for everyone. it makes me feel very good a

. >> jackie robinson, segregation of baseball before we desegregated society, that's sports. >> woodruff to turn away from sports to talk about something that happened this week. president obama, mark, went before the neighs, talked about defeating the network of death, the islamic state, appealed to the world to come support the united states. is that speech going to make a difference in the success of this effort? >> i don't know, judy. it certainly was a speech seeking allies and making the case and making it far more assertively than the president when he spoke to the nation. it was a different constituency he was seeking. but the white house is frank that this is seeking a reset of the president's leadership credentials, burnishing his credentials. i do think that it was a more muscular speech or a less conflicted speech. but, judy, when you talk about destroying an ideology -- i mean, hamilton, former chairman of the committee at the house i was talking to this week, says who writes this stuff? you defeat an ideology. and these people are the ideal adversaries. they are the worst o

. >> i'm looking toward to seeing "the roosevelts" and your next film about jackie robinson. will you come back for that? >> absolutely. >> that's a promise. >>> still ahead, my thoughts on why what happens to roger goodell really doesn't matter. >>> as more men and women who head to iraq, a real look at the women fighters. i'm randy and i quit smoking with chantix. as a police officer, i've helped many people in the last 23 years. but i needed help in quitting smoking. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced the urge for me to smoke. it actually caught me by surprise. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these, stop chantix and

with my daughter and son-in-law, senator burns and david van, a two-part history of the life of jackie robinsonthe whole wife, not just 1947. geoff and i as i mentioned before are in the middle, actually more than halfway through editing with our colleague sarah bob stein, and most importantly lynn notebook, a 10 part, 18 plus our history of the war in vietnam, which will be out in 2017, early 2017. and then we're already shooting a massive series called i can't stop loving you, about the history of country music. we are also a begin shooting early stages, a biography of ernest hemingway. we have four or five films that are threatening to sort of go from development and ideas into production. once they do we'll start talking to you about them. i'm already in discussions with pbs to talk about what the 2020s look like. it's clear geoff and i sort of feel that if we're given 1000 years to live, we would have run out of topics on american history. >> you have a new that draws from your mini documentaries. you describe it is not a selection of your film but as entirely new way of looking at america

but you know, i have already got the rest of the decade, i am doing one at jackie robinson, i've editing -- that penn state sweatshirt drives me crazy -- >> thank you. x and ernest hemingway. ken burns should next to native americans? >> i did that with the history of the west in 1995 and continue , you know, the national parks committees and we deal with the west, we are also going to do with the native american question. >> and final answer -- ken burns, but you know, i like john tucker's suggestion, the history of bowties. >> that would be too much. ken burns, congratulations. obviously the numbers coming in right now are just absolutely anperb for "the roosevelts," intimate history. ken burns of course changing film history for stop >> absolutely. rett wallace, as you listen to us discuss the parallels between the gilded age, what we are seeing right now, what is the story to be written about the guys in silicon valley? trthe interesting parallel, was a famous trust buster, and right now, concentration, there are five banks, to airlines, three telecom companies, the market is doing t

with my daughter and son-in-law, sara burns and david mcmahon, a two-part history of the life of jackie robinson. the whole life, not just 1947. jeff and i are in the middle, actually, more than halfway through editing with our colleague sarah a ten-part, 18-plus-hour history of the war in vietnam. which will be out in 2017, early 2017. and then we are already shooting a massive series called "i can't stop loving you" about the history of country music, and we've also begun early stages a biography of earnest hemingway. we have four or five films that are threatening to go from ideas into production, and i'm already in discussions with pbs to talk about what the 2020 look like. and it's very clear jeff and i sort of feel that if we were given a thousand years to live, we would not run out of topics on american history. [laughter] >> you have a new app that draws from your many documentaries. you describe it as not a collection of your films, but as an entirely new way of looking at american history. can you tell us a hitting more? >> -- a little more? >> well, that sounds like it was written by

daughter and son-in-law sarah burns and david mcmann a two-part history of the whole life of jackie robinson, not just 1947. jeff and i are in the middle actually more than half way through editing with our colleague sarah buxtein, a ten-part, 18 plus hour history of the war in vietnam which will be out in 2017, early 2017. then we are already shooting a massive series called i can't stop loving you about the history of country music and we're also begun shooting early stages a biography of earnest hemingway. we have four or five films threatening to sort of go from development and ideas into production. once they do, we'll start talking to you about them. i'm already in discussions with pbs to talk about what the 2020's look like. it is very clear jeff and i sort of feel that if we were given a thousand years to live we would not run out of topics on american history. >> you have a new app that draws from your many documentaries. you describe it as not a collection of your films but as an entirely new way of looking at american history. can you tell us a little more? >> well, that sounds li

helped take the jackie robinson west team all the way to the second place finish.r his mother had her hours cut. offered to pay her rent for an entire year. >> he's a super star. super star and homeless don't go together. we had to do something for our super star. >> hopes the rent there l turn into a mortgage and into homeowner shup for the benten family. >>> the a's continue the losing streak. the giants win big against the brewers. >> a live look here and the deserted approach to the bay bridge. no traffic and lots of sunshine. alex jenny jenny carlos alex carlos good morning burrito team! we set out to make a bigger, tastier breakfast burrito and i think we nailed it. introducing bigger, better breakfast burritos. the grande sausage, packed with hash browns, sausage, and creamy sriracha sauce and the meat lovers, stuffed with ham, bacon and sausage, both wrapped in a warm guerrero tortilla. burritos so big, they make everything look smaller. ild ur o chien wpsor lded eakfth es tt me i c get th newapto w abt a ake a ell ngs] itre: weome den's! >> baseball. two t

with my daughter and son-in-law, sarah burns and david mcmahan a two-part history of the life of jackie robinson. the whole life. not just 1947. we are actually more than half way through editing with our colleagues and most importantly, the ten-part, 18 plus hour history of the war in vietnam. which will be out in 2017, early 2017. and then we are already shooting a massive series called i can't stop loving you about the history of country music. and we've also begun early stages, a big biography of earn hemmingway. once they do, we'll start talking to you about them and i'm already in discushions with pbs to talk about what the 2020s look like. and i want's very clear, jech and i sort of feel that if we were given a thousand years to live, we would not run out of 2 to topics on american history. >> you have a new app that draws from your many document tears. describe it as not a collection of your films, but as an entirely new way of looking at american history. can you tell us a little more? >> that sounds like it was written by somebody in pr. so we have an app, it's called the ken burns app

been a hell of a lot of progress made in terms of the comfort level of players of color since jackie robinsont has ever come down the pike. >> a lot of people do not understand him. but if some people say that he didn't know what he was doing, that's wrong. he knew what he was doing. he always knew what he was doing. >> this looks fascinating, "no no," a documentary is out in limited release today and also available on itunes. jeff and tom, thank you so much for being on the set this morning. >> i can't wait to see it. >> he did a fantastic job. >> it looks great. >> it's his party, let me tell you. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, the broken down marriage defense wasn't enough for bob mcdonnell to escape 11 of 13 corruption charges brought against him. what's next for the former virginia governor ahead on "morning joe." >>> plus senator claire mccaskill is stacked by. she's going to weigh in on the isis threat, vladimir putin, and the senate shocker in kansas. >>> also the latest jobs report in just about half an hour we'll have that live straight ahead. >> i can't wait to see claire, t

. >> reporter: katharine hepburn, frank sinatra, jackie robinson, and so many others pulled from theistory. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> and we have much more just ahead in the "newsroom". it all starts right now. >>> and hello, everyone. i'm deborah feyerick in for fredricka whitfield. and here are some of the top stories we're following for you in the "cnn newsroom." america on a mission, trying to nail down support for the battle against isis. >> bottom line is that terrorists like isil have no place in the modern world. >> secretary of state john kerry seeks support from critical allies in the middle east. we are going to tell you if he got it, just ahead. >>> and another nfl player in hot water. minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson charged with felony child abuse. hear the allegations and the defense. >>> plus, pressing questions about what the nfl knew about ray rice's violent fight with his wife in that elevator. commissioner roger goodell claims the running back misled him. the growing seemingly endless controversy, coming up this hour. >>> and first up, the bat

speaking of america's future, i must acknowledge our national champion, jackie robinson west little league team from the great state of illinois. they are a shining example of how far hard work and teamwork can get you and what happens when you have the opportunity to pick up a ball, a pen, a book or a skill. as we return to business, i urge my colleagues to follow the examples of this little league and business heroes because hard work, teamwork and innovation make us all better. lastly, i salute the heroes of 9/11. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. furred the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. this summer america has witnessed the horrific actions of isis as it marched into iraq as part of its mission to create an islamic state. as a 29-year air force veteran i know trouble when i see it and so do the american people. isis is a direct threat to america and our dem

jackie sears said she has successful pushed for an oversight committee involving ray rice and the domestic violence policy. the 49ers have suspended veteran broadcaster ted robinson for two games for comments about the ray rice incident. robinson said rice's wife is partly to blame for not speaking up. he's since apologized for his remarks. robert mueller has been asked to investigate the league's handling of rice. if they found roger goodell lied or involved in a cover-up, the owners are ready to fire him. >>> here at home, domestic violence was the main topic of discussion at santa clara university today. >> abc 7 news reporter lillian kim joins us at levi stadium with more on that. lillian? >> reporter: dan and cheryl, experts from all corners of the sports world converged on the santa clara university campus today, including the president of the 49ers. >> given a lot of the ongoing situations with the domestic violence, i'm not going to take questions on that. >> reporter: he quickly set the ground rules after his key note address at santa clara university. while he wouldn't talk about the domestic violence troubles of ray rice, or the 49ers' ray mcdonald, he

ryan heads off to guyana, with the nbc crew, his assistant jackie speier, print reporters tim ryderman and charles krause, photographer greg robinsononcerned relatives. >> here comes this man into our community. we face them coming in secretly, some of them coming in that we know of, on a commercial plane. it will be easy to handle. >> the only interest the united states government had in jonestown was americans were being held against their will. which is why i don't understand why jones adopted the only strategy that would bring the united states government to our doorstep. >> they say we are communists. we are degenerates. we are against christ. if we have to kill some of them or provoke them to kill each other, we will do that. they come here with that full knowledge. >> i remember thinking, this is dangerous. i was in the process of purchasing a condominium in arlington at the time and i made the purchase contingent on my surviving the trip. because i didn't want my parents to be saddled with the responsibility if i didn't live. >> i've had no direct response from the peoples temple of any kind so far. none. zero. none. >> it

congresswoman jackie speier plans to hold hearings on a possible connection between domestic violence and the use of steroids. >>> the 49ers have suspended their play by play radio announcer, ted robinsones after he made what the organization calls offensive comments about ray rice's wife. ted robinson made those remarks monday during an interview on knbr. robinson suggested that rice's wife should take some of the responsibility for not immediately reporting that violent attack. robinson also called her decision to marry ray rice after the assault and i'm quoting "pathetic." last night robinson released this statement, "i understand that the cycle of abuse keeps people in unhealthy relationships. no blame or responsibility for domestic violence should ever be placed on a victim." >> 7:41. >>> the family of defensive lineman ray mcdonald is speaking out for the first time. he faces felony domestic violence charges following his arrest in san jose last month. but prosecutors have still not decided whether to file charges and the team is still allowing him to play. mcdonald's family in florida is telling the contra costa times, the 49er did not physically attack his pregnant fiance. his