it's narrated by keith david, with jamie foxx reading jackie robinson's words. r and fuller view of robinson's achievements and challenges. here's a short excerpt about how jackie was treated after brooklyn dodgers president rickey selected him to breakec the color barrier. a warning: the documentary is explicit about the epithets and racist language that robinson endured and some of that is inat this clip. >> robinson faced everythingg rickey said he would. pitchers threw at his head.Ñi more than once, runners sprinting towards first base spiked robinson with their cleats, and a hard slide by robinson would not go unnoticed bioposing infielders. before brooklyn played ben chapman's phillies in philadelphia, branch rickey received a call from the president of the team. don't bring the nigger here, he said, we're just not ready for that sort of thing yet. >> rickey said, well, he's a member in good standing of the national league and if you don'n want to play us, we'll accept the forfeit to have the game. g >> you thought of philadelphia as the city of brotherly l

. >> rose: we conclude with ken burns with a new film on pbs about jackie robinson. >> the first real societal and cultural progress after the civil war happens in baseball and baseball has sometimes not lead but followed but retiring his number it speaks volumes how jackie was. he said a life is measured by the difference it makes in other people's lives and he lives that creedo and that's an amazing testament. >> rose: bernie sanders, adam schiff and ken burns when we continue. funding is provided by the following: >> rose: we're joined by senator bernie sanders of vermont. welcome. >> my pleasure. >> rose: let's talk with the call fictions you said she doesn't qualify because she takes super pac money. >> the washington headline west clinton questions whether sanders is qualified to be president. i felt it's appropriate to respond. >> rose: is it tit for tat? >> no, it should not be i've tried to run an issue campaign not just attacking each other every day but if we are getting attacked every single day by the clinton campaign i want them to know we're going to respond in kind. >>

the annual jackie robinson day ceremony takes place this afternoon at the philadelphia stars negro league memorial park. though robinson was not from philadelphia, organizers say the mission is to remember his legacy and educate kids today. 900 am w.u.r.d. is one of those organizers. >> that's why this event is so important to our community. why we are here, we'll be broadcasting live so we can amplify the message not only to the people on site today but also to the community that we reach here in the philadelphia region and beyond. >> today's event is free and open to the public. >>> a live look at citizens bank park. sun just coming up. the phillies are one of the many sponsors of the jackie robinson celebration day. the team is donating tickets for local kids to attend the game. tonight fans will take part in a jackie robinson salute. >>> an employee at a chester county chick-fil-a received a special surprise. >> yes, he did. nbc 10 was there as a group of mothers gave him an unexpected gift. george holston has worked at the chick-fil-a in downingtown for eight years. those who know hi

this is the president in ken's newest film, "jackie robinson". >> jackie robinson felt a reason to speakp. power where our voice matters. where we are heard. have to do a constant gut check. are we doing enough to make sure that voice is active on behalf of the values that are deepest in us that matter most to us. >> race continues to be a big conversation in this country. a new poll from gal up says the percentage of americans who say they worry a great deal about race relations has doubled. director of jackie robinson, film maker, ken burns. always good to have you at the table. welcome back. >> thank you for having me. >> it's a powerful documentary. big carveout of someone who has done wonders with baseball. how early did you know you were going to do this? >> well, his widow, rachel, had been asking me for many years to consider a stand alone, and sara burns and i were finishing up a film dealing with race again and figured it was the time. jackie, like many important figures in history, become kind of superficial and mythological. and if you liberate them from the tyranny of that m

. >> britteny: uriah a personal connection with jackie robinson and a scholarship founded by jack robinson's wife which gives thousands of dollars for children a good school i was lucky recipients of to be out here today and all players warming up behind me all about jackie every april 15th as jackie robinson day the coaches and umpires will be sporting 42 is happening across the entire major baseball league we of more details and send it back to you . really exciting day for someone who deserves. >> pam: choir's first play optimist moral from a teen and rock. the warriors first playoff game is tomorrow. next. we'll hear from the team as they prepare for the houston plus. a train controversy in the being shipped out of the port. why former contestants of the presidential candidate donald trump. warrior fans are taking the day slow. so they be ready for the first playoff game set for tomorrow. the warriors face the houston rockets at the oracle arena at 12:30. as kron 4's haaziq madyun found out. even the players are pacing themselves. even though playoff excitement is growing. tickets for to

on april 15, 1947 baseball great jackie robinson broke the color barrier and played for the brooklyn dgers. today people in philadelphia will come together to honor robinson's legacy. the annual jackie robinson day ceremony takes place this afternoon at the philadelphia stars negro lead memorial park. though robinson was not from philadelphia, organizers say the mission is to remember his legacy and educate kids today. 900 am wurd is one of those organizers. >> that's why this event is so important to our community. why we are here, we'll be broadcasting live so we can amplify the message not only to the people on site today but also to the community that we reach here in the philadelphia region and beyond. >> today's event is free and open to the public. >>> robinson's number 42 was retired from all major league teams in 1997. today every major league baseball player and coach will wear number 42 in honor of robinson. >>> a live look at citizens bank park. the philadelphia phillies are one of the sponsors of the jackie robinson celebration today. the team is donating tickets for loca

tough and embarrassing time in our history but through jackie's hardship came major changes in the world of sports. while no one can speak for robinson feeling that if he were here today he would be happy about how things turned outer. >> i bet you every april 15th jackie is up there having a party. he can't believe that his legacy has carried on the way it has and i think that's great for all of us to think about on this day. >> reporter: and tributes were held throughout the day for jackie robinson and also today all major league players will be wearing the number 42. live outside citizens bank park, gray hall, channel6 "action news. brian. >> all right, gray, thank you very much. >>> there are new developments today in a deadly hit and run crash. philadelphia investigators say they've charged the driver responsible for killing a man who was riding a scooter. 62-year-old ramon morales is charged with murder and homicide by vehicle. "action news" was outside his port richmond home yesterday as officers served a search warrant and arrested him. he hit thomas dunbar in kensington wednesday night dragging him hundreds of feet. dunbar w

obviously, a more important one, the presidency, but all of them drawing from the forbearance of jackie robinsonn he says you're questioning to go home and have somebody who loves you and has your back, this is exactly what jackie felt with rachel. one of the most poignant things, is he began to speak of what he did on the field. he would say what we did. and if, even the spectacular play, hall of fame career that he hard, was theirs. and that they could -- they could together weather the storm as rachel says in the film. charlie: okay. how good was he as a player? as a pioneer? >> howard bryant says he's arguably you could say the best american athlete ever. he was -- charlie: best american athlete ever? >> that was -- major league baseball is wonderful, that was the place where the experiment happened. the first real great progress, societal progress, a cultural progress, after the civil war happens in baseball. baseball sometimes has followed but i think in retiring his anybody and making it so symbolically important, it speaks volumes about how jackie was. he said that the life is measured b

door, obviously, a more important one, the presidency, but all of them of m the forbearances jackie robinson. so when he says you're questioning to go home and have somebody who loves you and has back, this is exactly what jackie felt with rachel. poignant things, is he began to speak of what he did on the field. we did. say what and if, even the spectacular play, hall of fame career that hard, was theirs. and that they could -- they could together weather the storm rachel says in the film. charlie: okay. how good was he as a player? pioneer? >> howard bryant says he's arguably you could say the best american athlete ever. he was -- harlie: best american athlete ever? >> i don't know. i don't think he's the best baseball player. i think he's the most important baseball player. baseball o other player whose number is retired in all 30 stadiums in which no one, rivera being the last, who consciously chose 42 because he anted it, that's allowed to wear the number 42, except on april 15, when everybody wears to the the batboy manager to the star pitcher --its has to do with his pinener and -- >>

but are not comfortable talking today having a courageous krvetion about race, let's look at jackie robinson'ssame tropes that are part of our life today on today's headlines jackie addresses. and then you realize how important the action is. the most porpt person in baseball, and the most important person in american sport. >> stephen: and a great player. >> hall of fame. no, no, you could argue that he is not the greatest baseball player but he's the most important person who has their number retire tired in all 30 stadiums. no one is allowed to wear the number 42 except a week from friday when everyone from the bat boy to the manager to the star pitcher, the guy sitting on the bench on both teams in every stadium in every game they wear the number 42 because he didn't in this media culture, didn't just talk the talk. he walked the walk. and ef reef day he got up and said i wish to make the lives of other people better. and that is, you know, what we're trying to do is tell a more complete story with sarah burns and maik mcma hon and i wanted to do is once you stripped it of the sentimentali

one of the 'maize can things if he hadn't been married to this woman, rachel robinson, i'm not sure that jackie could have made it. >> dickerson: want to get to that. first play a clip here. >> pitchers threw at his head. more than once runners sprinting toward first base spiked robinson with their cleats. and the hard slide by robinson would not go unnoticed by opposing infielders. away from the field, jackie spent little time with his teammates. on the road, he still has to stay at the hotels and took his meals alone. jimmy cannon, writing in the "new york post," called jackie, in sports. >> dickerson: the loneliest man in sport talk about that. >> when this man passed away at age 53 he looks old and stooped like white haired retired carver. it was the load he carried. i'm 62, he was 53. he didn't -- he carried something for so many of us not just african americans, but as he is to say decent whites. people who were concerned with advancing the progress of america. and that's why the story is so important and the as a matter of fact that a lot of us talk the talk. he actually walked the walk.

come up next, cbs film maker ken burns previews his latest project, jackie robinson. ,,,,,,, >> dickersonmaker ken burns whose latest works is "jackie robertson." sim else starter question, why jackie robertson. >> most important person in the history of baseball. he may not be the best player but most important because he was this pioneer finally making the game what it always claimed to be. the national pastime. the first african american in the modern age to cross the color line. we don't focus too much. we say he crossed the color line but we don't talk about it. tell the story that we've been working for sever years, deep dive, not just the narrow story of what we're familiar with that 1947 turning the other cheek christ like thing. that the whole story from the 1919. >> if i have room jammed with trophies, awards, citation,, and child of mine came into that room asked, what i had done in defense of black people fighting for freedom. if i had to tell that child to keep quiet, then i had been timid, i would have to mark myself a total failure. jackie robinson. >> dickerson: tell us ab

i was struck by replaying that clip of jackie robinson on "meet the press." along with others threw away a lot of stuff over the years. we did have the audio. >> we used that audio in our film and had to sort of pretend it was radio. >> i know. i know. it's too bad. i was struck by his comments now in thinking about the black lives matter movement, because i have a feeling that that would be the explanation that an activist today would give. >> he would be the greatest civil rights leader ever if he was still alive. our film, when you strip jackie robinson of the imprisoning tyranny of the mythology and get to the full man, he speaks to us today loudly and clearly about what went on in the southern strategy of '64, what happened in the election, a republican supporting nixon, black lives matter, integrating swimming pools, driving while black, stop and frisk, con fed rat flag, every issue we're talking about today with such an important story about race in america, he's there and on it, and almost looking over our shoulders and speaking to us. we found this i

you guys are celebrating jackie robinson.s, we have been celebrating since 1996, when major league baseball instituted jackie robinson day. we have a great line up at the ballpark. we will honor jackie robinson and philadelphia a stars. we will be recognizing jackie robinson foundation and philly's rbi scholars as well. the for the first time this year, we will have have, six local churches singing one of the jackie robinson's favorite songs oh, happy day on the field. >> i have a special t-shirt on right new the that the fans can get tonight, correct. >> yes, absolutely. first 500 fans that purchase tickets on line to the team night page have an to opportunity to have that commemorative philadelphia a stars t-shirt. >> i know you are friend with the family, you know, what does this day mean for them as well. >> it means a lot for them. i have been lucky enough to get to know them and their families. they have become my surrogate grandfather almost getting to know them throughout the year tonight philadelphia a phillies will

. >> stephen: well, the new documentary is jackie robinson.son who was the first african-american baseball player in the white a major leagues. >> that's right. >> stephen: it was already the neglect ro leagues. why is jackie robinson's story >> this film that we just finished t say small fim, two part, four hour, not the big long one, it will be out monday and tuesday i made with sarah burns and david mcma hon and they desearch equal credit. they are coproducers and codirectors. we treated him in our 1994 baseball series and it was an important part of that series. but jackie robinson, like george washington, abraham lincoln is smothered in mythology. we thought it might be possible to liberate him from the sentimentality that attach and try to free him because what jackie has to teach us now is almost what is going on. the bible say there is nothing new under the sun. that means human nature doesn't change. it just superimposes it self on these random chaos of the events or seemingly random chaos of the events. so jackie is talking about con

he followed jackie robinson 11 years later. jackie made his debut. he became the second african-american and first in the american league. he went through everything, through, and he didn't have the benefit of playing a year in the minor leagues to know what was going to happen. he went from the old negro leagues to the majors. and when he arrived, with the exception of one teammate, joe gordon, all the cleveland indians in 1947 ignored him. and then he played in the 1948 world series. in the 1948 world series, becoming the first african-american to win, that with the pitcher steve grumic, that was his pride and joy. because that's when he felt black guy and a white guy together hugging, that's the way it should be. you know what? to his credit, larry dolby, no bitterness. kerry: cool story. thanks for sharing that. that's it for the news at 6:00. thanks for joining us. i'm kerry drew. for all of us in studio 5 and we'll see you back here on at stop & shop, shoppers are discovering low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped.

ralph and i talked about that day with his good friend jackie robinson and whether the dodgers chose >> jackie was capable of it because he was smart and strong and aware of what position he had to break the color barrier. >> to hear ralph talk about that yesterday and to hear what jackie robinson went through it was so hard. there was players on the dodgers that did not want jackie to play their. >> as the story goes, there will be a petition that does not allow jackie to play for the dodgers. he and jackie were lifelong friends. >> everyone wears his number tomorrow. >> it's great! >> thank you. let's check the weather forecast. >> it's good running weather out there. >> yesterday was nice.it was a little bit brisk. it's good. >> they say the ultimate running temperature is 51 degrees. >> that's for your body to perform optimally . >> we start out 42 and we go to the midmorning run. here is what we have out there. actually one is coming up . the nice temperature drops to 420 for the low.it's a little bit cool but you get the son going and it will feel just fine. 450 in central park

. >>> we honor the legacy of jackie robinson. straight ahead we'll check in with cole as they both needed to win. only one got one. highlights coming up. their opening >>> third night in a row. leaving the playoff because it is playoff time. game one was not perfect, but it was a win as they would take that to move on to game development tonight -- move on to game two. they did what they had to do in the opener trying to do the same in this one. second period, they are already ahead. that is goal number two. 41 saves for the panthers. he gets to him late making it a one-goal game, but the panthers would score the empty -- would score an empty nether and that is that. game three in brooklyn on sunday. now the rangers will play their tomorrow. everything points to henrik lundqvist being back on the i'm he took a stick to the eye in the series opener. there is a little swelling, but good. nothing happened. for probably 20 to 30 seconds thoughts going through my head. >>> yankees are off the road for nine straight. jackie robinson ma

. >>> we honor the legacy of jackie robinson. straight ahead we'll check in with cole as they both needed to win. only one got one. plus the islanders continue in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and new infrastructure for a new generation attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in rochester, with world-class botox. and in buffalo, where medicine meets the future. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - >>> third night in a row. leaving the playoff because it is playoff time. >> the best time here. game one was not perfect, but it was a win as they would take that to move on to game development tonight -- move on to game two. they did what they had to do in the opener trying to do the same in this one. ahead. that is goal number two. 41 saves for the panthers. he gets to him late making it a one-goal game, but the panthers would score the empty -- would score an empty nether and that

jackie robinson was a republican. he was continually disappointed when candidates liked nixon or goldwater seemed to betray the original birthright of the republican party, which was founded to end slavery in a country that was withering. culver city, california. good morning. guest: first of all, ken burns, you are one of the finest filmmakers in the country. i got to tell you this. your documentaries -- you don't seem to try to persuade or push an agenda. put out facts and people can deduct what they want to from your documentaries. your documentaries are outstanding. the meter you will quickly story. -- the only appearance he ever made at dodger stadium. he came out on the field. , ands an old timer's game they were going to retire jackie 's that day. i was there standing right behind the dodger dugout. fieldwere players on the and right on the field before the game. signing autographs and talking with people and things liked that. when jackie robinson, the last one to walk out on the field, he on the field with a

the annual jackie robinson day ceremony takes place this afternoon at the philadelphia stars and eagle league memorial park. though robinson wasn't from philadelphia, organizers say the mission is to remember his legacy and educate kids today. 900 amwrud is one of those organizers. >> that's why this event is so important to our community and why we are here, wurd radio will be broadcasting live so we can amplify the message not only to the people here on site today but also to the community that we reach here in the philadelphia region and beyond. >> that's wurd radio. and today's event is free and open to everyone. robinson's number 42 was retired from all major league teams in 1997. today every major league baseball player and coach will wear number 42 in honor of jackie robinson. >>> taking a live look now at citizens bank park. philadelphia phillies are one of the many sponsors of the jackie robinson celebration today. and the team is donating tickets for local kids to attend games to learn more about the history of the sport and of course jackie robinson at the ballpark tonight.

. >> today is jackie robinson day.obinson broke the color barrier becoming the first black major league ball player of the modern era, ending decades of baseball segregation. >> yesterday the city of philadelphia issued an apology to robinson for the racism he faced while he was visiting the city as a player. this is for the dodgers, including taunts by the team manager and players. and he was even denied, gosh, it's crazy how things have changed. he was even denied a room at the team hotel. of course, jackie robinson no longer with us. died in 197 2. >> on my facebook page, i wrote a post. my five-year-old son, i'm teaching him about number 42. all the players in the league, including the a's, will bewaring the number 42 in honor of jackie robinson day. the team tweeted out this picture of the jerseys before tonight's game against the kansas city royals. >>> let's go back in history. on this day the british passenger liner titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. you know the story by now. it set sail on its maiden voya

the story of jackie robinson is also a story about love and marriage, told through robinson's wife, plus and michelle obama. who draw parallels from the robinson's marriage to their own. says rachel robinson in the film, it was us against the world. i have good friends, but it's not like having jack. and before we go to break, some more news from the political world. bernie sanders won more colorado delegates at the state convention there yesterday, securing 15 of the 23 delegates available. that adds to the 26 delegates he's won at the congressional district conventions. he won that state's caucus on march 21st. and larry david dusted off his bernie sanders impression once more on "snl" with help from host julia louis-dreyfus. >> you have been pretty vague in the past, but how exactly are you going to break up the big bank. >> a big bank breakup? >> yeah. >> you break them up. >> how? how? >> once i'm elected president, i'll have a nice schvitz in the white house gym and then i'll go to the big banks, sit them down, and yada, yada, yada, they'll be broken up. >> what? no. no. you can't

it is jackie robinson day. the 69th anniversary when the hall of fame great play for the rcra and doctors and broke major league baseball's color barrier in 1947 again played against the boston braves in brooklyn's amex field and from that day on the face of baseball would change forever robinson of course would go on to have a hall of fame career before retiring after 1956 season. there can be no question about it what jackie robinson means to history but you know what, sometimes sisterly folks can be unfair but if i asked you who very dopey was in the sewer baseball fan and even if you are one many of you wouldn't know the answer to that. debut he became the second african-american to enter the major leagues and the first to do so in the american league. he made his debut with the cleveland indians in 1947 mike robinson robinson dolby with go on to have a hall of fame career but unlike robinson dolby didn't have the benefit of playing in the minors to get used to the indignities he would have to deal with. do

sports says philadelphia will apologize to jackie robinson. nson broke big league baseball's color barrier 69 years ago. some members of the phillies threatened to boycott games against the dodgers. the city will honor robinson and apologize to his widow on april 15th. >>> "variety" reports that cirque de solei is suing justin timberlake. ♪ >> the performance company says timberlake "don't hold the wall sample" from an original cirque song. >>> up next, amazon has an idea for delivery drones that will tell you to get out of the way. more ahead on "moneywatch." uh huh. yeah...sorry about that. ♪ think about it ♪ there must be higher love ♪ down in the heart what do you think? ♪ and in the stars above hi ted, glad you could join us, we think you're going to like these numbers. ♪ bring me a higher love ♪ i could rise above befoburning, ♪ bring me athe pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pain, these feet were the first in my family to graduate from college, raised active twin girls, and trained as a nurse. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain

today is jackie robinson day. the number 42 being worn all over the league and jackie robinson obviously had profound effect. this is the 13th year in row they're celebrating this day. jackie robinson broke in the league on this day, april 15, 1947 and obviously he was the first to do it but many more to help break the color barrier and he's one of the guys responsib responsible. not just bringing african-americans here in the game but people of all color. you know several people from spanish speaking countries and every countries to come in and make profound effect on the game. we talk to cedric hunter earlier today about the effects that jackie robinson has had on him. >> it's amazing man to honor this day for him. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him and things he had to go through just to get us here today is huge. >> i didn't know much growing up at first, you know, later on, you know h they came out with the movie and everything and just going into details about stuff and black history month you started l

it's been under construction since 2009. officially apologized to jacky robinson. >> timeout, hold on. he'sigate to take a nap. come on [ bleep] >> he was playing the phillies back then. the resolution named april 15th is jacky robinson day in the city. >>> and it's a close call in kentucky. a wildlife worker falls while trying to free a bald eagle. and the second try goes much better as the eagle flies into the distance. there it goes. >>> well the las vegas police k9, nicki was shot and killed confronting an armed suspect. he had just recovered from a february machete attack. the suspect was also shot and is in the hospital. >>> california police, they were vehicle when they found a young girl and her mother living in their car. one officer helped the woman get in touch with homeless services, the other one took time to teach the girl hopscotch. >>> tesla unveiled its lower price model 3 sedan at a starting price of $35,000. within 24 hours, more than 15,000 people had preordered the car. >>> and the snp 500 finished in green with 6.6% gains in march. and investors turned to gold, w

first pitch is at 3:00 p.m. >>> deck kadz gone by cannot dim the courage and accomplishments of jackie robinsonof philadelphia will apologize to the family of that baseball and civil rights icon. city council passed a resolution naming april 15th as a day to honor robinson'sç achievements. that date in 1947 is when robinson became the first black player in modern baseball history. when robinson visited philadelphia, he was refused service at a hotel and the phillies slurred racial slurs at him every time he came to bat. >>> a 7-week-old was abducted from the king of prussia mall. >> we were there as police handed the baby back to the family. hear from the grandfather of the baby as he recaps the emotional night they had. >>> plus, we're live in the upper merion police headquarters trying to learn more information about the woman arted after the abduction. that's all ahead at 6:00. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> smiles, hugs and tears of joy as fear melted away. our cameras captured the reunion of a baby taken from its mother at the mall last night. >> this was a bad night. it was all a bad ni

jacky robinson. reverend king and his life. larry bird. i can point to larry bird. i can point to many people in the athletic arena that they understand that phrase extremely well. it doesn't matter if it is junior high, high school, college, or professional. we used to do things in high school football practice in southeastern oklahoma that today coaches would be put in jail for doing it. but, you know, the way i was -- i grew up under an old school coach under an old school father and old school grandmother that it was no excuses, get it done. i look at the university of connecticut women's basketball today and just how dominate they are and those young ladies they make it actually look easy but it is not. they work hard enough, they perfect their trade and skill to the point that it looks easy. i remember you watching magic johnson play and larry bird play and bill russell and karem abul and they would make it look easy but they are not. -- abdul. the university of connecticut women's basketball game won five championship. i remember when ucla had an 88-game winn

. >>> in the "new york times" 69 years later philadelphia apologizes to jackie robinson.arlier in the year officially apologizing to the icon and later today the phillies celebrate jackie robinson day at citizen's park honoring the life of the baseball legend. >>> a man post add facebook chat picture holding a rifle threatening to shoot up an indiana school and traced it toport saint lucie, he did this to upset people. >> now on bond. might be a little upset himself. >>> a father of six awake in critical condition this morning after being shot several times in the back. he was working 0en a traffic stop when a gunman approached, fired six shots, then ran. the officer was wearing a bullet-proof vefrt and is expected to recover. police are trying to determine if he was specifically targeted and are talking to a person of interest now. >>> norway's public broadcaster is throwing things down and airing 12 hours of the sea's ebb and flow on the 20th. music. experts in the area of geology but the water the big star. yeah. kind of a chill down may 20 there. >>> think your mornin

. >>> philadelphia city council officially apologized to jackie robinson yesterday who faced extremeacism playing with the phillies in 1947 as seen in the film "42." >> hey! >> time-out. hold on. he got take a nap. come on [ bleep ]! >> the resolution named jackie robinson day in the city, april 15th. >>> and check out this close call in kentucky. a wildlife worker falls trying to release a bald eagle. lugly the man holding the ladder reacted perfectly catching the woman. the eagle flies off into the distance. >>> a las vegas police canine named nicky was shot and killed. he returned after a machete attack. reports of a man firing a gun randomly. the suspect shot and is in the hospital. >>> california police investigating a suspicious vehicle when they found a young girl and her mother living in their car. one officer helped them get in touch with homeless services, the other officer took time to teach the girl how to play hopscotch. pretty cool. >>> down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning. >> hi. today is the first day of the second quarter for wall street and stocks

jackie robinson. he broke the color barrier with his debut with the team. bombers up 1-0. another off night for luis severino, who gave up three runs and ten hits in the last start. cries iannetta pumps one to the seats in left. a four and five and two-thirds innings. yankees 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position. 7-1 the final from the bronx. >> mets and the indians. he says thank you very much, t.c. solo crank in the first. there was more where that came from. alejandro de aza with another to make it 2-1. wait. there is more. yoenis cespedes makes it 4-1. the mets had two homers in the first eight games. four tonight. mets up 6-1. they win it 6-5. >> a quick break. when we return, will the king return? henrik lundqvist back at practice after taking that stick in the eye wednesday night. tomorrow? american workers know how to fight back and rebuild an economy. so does she. we need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. new penalties to stop companies from moving profits and jobs overseas. for businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. and let

and over time jackie robinson has pushed us forward.k at the new two-part pbs documentary jackie robinson which examines the boundary breaking baseball player's life and impact far beyond the field. it's the latest project from award winning filmmaker ken burns and ken joins us now along with nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw who was interviewed in the film. good to have you both. >> an extraordinary story, an extraordinary man, of course, but even before he will get into baseball and was fighting that uphill battle you talk about how in 1944 and show how in '44 he was arrested because he refused to sit in the back of the bus. >> so when jack roosevelt robinson makes his way to first base in 1947 martin luther king is in college, harriet s. true man hasn't integrated the military, there are no organized sit ins, no brown versus board of education, we are years away from rosa parks but he has done it in '44 and gets court-martialed. he is as dr. king said a sit inner before sit ins and freedom rider before freedom rides. this is

phillies fans helping commemorating jackie robinson tonight. each player wearing number 42 in anniversary of the 69th anniversary of robinson breaking the color barrier. second pitch by jeremy hellickson. remember our old friend jayson werth. he has a bases clearing double. he allowed five runs in the innings. nationals batted around. hellickson had allowed two runs total in two previous starts. in the sixth, jason werth again. and then phillies down seven to nothing. the brett oberholtzer on the mound. make that nine to nothing. that is his 100 career home run. he is just 23. phillies lose nine-one. >> that first inning set the whole tone for the game. it wasn't a lot of fun. it was ugly. hellickson was not at his best and it seemed like we were out of it from the very beginning. >> now, really upset, about jason werth's hair. >> okay. >> we knew it would be hard for flyers to win that first game against best team in hockey on the road. we didn't know they would lose more than the game. last night a huge hit when sean contact tore use way hit b

jackie robinson, reverend king and his wife, larry bird. i can point to many people in the athletic arena that understand the phrase extremely well and it doesn't matter if it's junior high athletics, high school, college or professional, we used to do things in high school football practice in southeastern oklahoma got today coaches would be put in jail for doing it. but i grew up under an old-school coach and father and old-school grandmother that it was no excuses, get it done. i look at the university of connecticut women's basketball today and just how dominant they are into those young ladies make it look easy but it's not. they work hard enough and perfect their trade and skill to the point that it looks easy. i remember watching magic johnson play, larry bird and bill russell and kareem abdul-jabbar, jerry west. some of these guys, most of them when i was in junior high school, they would make it look so easy, but it's not easy. those men and women are challenged every day and as i said, the basketball team and the university of con

what they're doing today for jackie robinson day. >>> it is just about 6:30. this morning on "nbc 10 news today," a hearing for bill cosby. what his accuser is asking a federal judge to do. >>> and the flyers get pummelled in game one of the playoffs. it's not stopping fans from holding a much needed pep rally today. >>> there is a chill in the air again this morning. you'll be shaking it off because this afternoon it's going get warmer. good morning, welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm katy zachry. this afternoon -- i am so excited about the weekend, right? >> it will be nice. >> will be awesome. for more details on your weekend let's get to meteorologist bill henley with our new neighborhood forecast, a very detailed approach, right bill? >> even within our area there will be wide ranges of temperatures even at this hour. you can see in philadelphia, 42 degrees. the sun is just coming up. it's still chilly outside. temperature at 42 now. with sunshine, middle 40s at 8:00. well into the 50s by later this morning. a bit colder in south jer

many gathered for a celebration at philadelphia stars memorial park to honor jackie robinson. the city council leaders spoke after passing a resolution last month apologize to go robinson, for the racism he faced decade ago. >> honoring our history means confronting our past and part of that can start with an apology and acknowledgment of the pain and hurt that it caused. >> the philadelphia phillies is the last major league team to have a black player on because of the way that he played, it really paved the way for us to be able to come out there and play good you can visit the philadelphia stars memorial park at forty-fourth and park side, it commemorates the history of the negro baseball league. >>> low income homeowners in philadelphia's man chew a neighborhood got a helping hand with much needed home repairs. >> kyw news radio reporter john mcdevitt tells bus that effort and those behind it. >> i don't know what to say, just so unreal. we're out there and prayers can answered. >> reporter: ruby of the 700 block of north 39th street lived in her home for 30 years, a leakin

i don't think i had had to go through as much as a jackie robinson or apprentice god. >> you describe, could not eat and certain restaurants. >> right. jk sandiford, another alumnus who passed away within the last year and a half, but the white football player. and so,, i mean, he stepped up and said, i'm coaching. he can run with me. i did not get to know apprentice as well as i would have liked to have known him. the both of those men, i stand on their shoulders. and knowing them and understanding. i experienced some of the last elements of jim crow sitting in the balcony of the movie theater, could not swim in the public schooling until i was in the 4th grade, one of the 1st black kids to desegregate. so i have seen 25 again, i don't compare my circumstances with jackie apprentice by any stretch because they were the 1st of the 1st. the 1st ever. i have been either the 1st or close to the 1st things were 181 jackie had to deal with what jk sandiford had to deal with. but i have been close enough to it because what i saw in the late 60s and 70s to start a really good peek into havin

>>> in "the new york times," 69 years later philadelphia apologizes to jackie robinson.ity officially apologized to him. later today, the phillies will celebrate jackie robinson day at citizens bank park honoring the life of the baseball legend. >>> so you think your morning run is intense? endurance athlete belucci plans to run from florida to puerto rico, and check out the hydropod. it has seasickness gum and bug repelle repellent. he is doing this to raise money for children in need. >>> i'm betty nguyen, and "way too early" starts right now. >> it is true that now that the spotlight is pretty bright here in new york some things have been said. >> can you name one decision that she made as senator that shows show favored banks because of the money she received? >> he cannot. he cannot come up with any example, because there is no example. i stood up against the behaviors of the banks when i was a senator. i called them out on their mortgage behavior. >> secretary clinton called them out, oh, my goodness. they must have been really crushed by this. and was that before