i got to go over to john glenn and i shook his hand. i said, senator glenn, i must tell you that when i was trying to get the pitch and you all and represent friendship 7 correctly on the medal, i came across the nasa archives a kind of crummy , pdf document from the manned space flight center. on page 132ment there was something called a pilots flight report. i felt like i found, you know, the holy grail. and john glenn, perfectly and matter of fact ease, he recounts the most hair-raising various you could possibly imagine. i actually copied it and i was going to read some to you but i want to move this along so we can get to a question-and-answer period. while i was standing there telling him that, a woman who was kind of in charge of things wanted to move the senator over to a photo op. and john glenn said, hold on. i am speaking to the man who designed the medal. and it was for me, this is an out of body experience because it was a page out of tom wolfe. it was out of a page from the right stuff, where the astronauts went up against

i got to go over to john glenn nd i shook his hand. i said, senator glenn, i must tell you that when i was trying to get the representation of friendship 7 correctly on the medal, i came across the archives a kind of crummy pdf document from the manned space center. on page 132 or something there as some they call a pilots flight report. i felt like i found, you know, the holy grail. and john glenn, perfectly and matter of fact ease, he recounts the most hair-raising various you could possibly imagine. i did not -- i want to move this along. i was going to read to you. but i want to get to the uestion-and-answer period. while i was standing there telling him, a woman who was kind of in charge of things wanted to move the senator over to a photo op. nd john glenn said, hold on. i am speaking to the man who designed the medal. and it was for me, and out of body experience. because it was a page out of tom wolfe. where the astronauts went up against the nasa brass and scientists, look, we are not going to be put in a capsule. that is a spa

first african-american woman in congress, nasa's katherine hamilton, so good at math that before john glenn piloted friendship 7 he insisted she double-check the computer.

. >> this is marine lieutenant colonial john h. glenn jr.few days will be the first american to fly in orbit around the world. >> we're embarking in a completely new field here, space science. and i'm happy and proud i can maybe contribute a little bit in my own way in this new field. >> john glenn came along next and flew the first orbital flight for an american. to us, that was a huge deal because now we had an american hero who could at least stand up to yuri gagarin. >> godspeed, john glenn. three, two, one. >> this is mercury control. "friendship 7" spacecraft is now committed to its third orbit. >> looks good. we'll see you back. >> all right, boy. >> shortly before he's supposed to re-enter the atmosphere, the word comes that there is a possibility that glenn's heat shield has detached from the base of the capsule. >> go ahead, spaceflight, go ahead. >> we have decided to re-enter with the tank on. >> this is "friendship 7." what is the reason for this? do you have any reason, over? >> the only thing holding the heat shield on are thr

before john glenn piloted friendship 7, he insisted she double check the computer.eautiful to those who played beautifully. >> way back, it is -- >> willie mays at the white house. yogi berra's family accepting his award for him. he died just before discovering he received the medal of freedom. but as he might have said, if the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. >> i love that. >> how much fun would it be to meet all of those people and talk to all of those different mienz and angles on life. >> in one place? >> just one of those things when you are president. >> -- should have been there. all good stuff. well we want to fish happy birthdays now. christina applegate. and the chris carter and ben stein turns 71. stay here for more news, weather and sports. i'm dara brown. i'm dara brown. thanks for we need to be ready for whatever weather may come our way. i'm dara brown. thanks for my name's scott strenfel and i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we

chism, the first african-american woman in congress, katherine hamilton, so good at math before john glenn piloted seven he insisted she double check the computer. honorees range from those who play beautifully, to those who played beautifully. willie mays at the white house. yogi berra's family accepting his award for him. the baseball great died just before discovering he received the medal of freedom, but as he might have said, if the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. hallie jackson, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead tonight, avoid these at all costs if you are loading up the car this thanksgiving. the worst traffic bottlenecks in the country. you might be surprised when you hear where some of them are. >>> also dogs on demand. the service that could instantly brighten your day with adorable four-begged friends. egged frie. friends. >>> we're back now. with the holiday travel rush underway, 47 million americans going 50 miles or more from home this thanksgiving week. 90% of them driving to their destination. perhaps your family is among them. but they are headed out on to a highwa

the first african-american woman in congress, nasa's katherine hampton, so good at imagine before john glenn piloted, he insisted she double check the computerment honorees range from those who pray -- beautifully, to those who played beautifully. willie mays at the white house, yogi berra's family for him. the baseball great died just before discovering he received the medal of freedom. but as he might have said, if the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. hallie jackson, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead tonight, avoid these at all costs if you are loading up the car this thanksgiving. the worst traffic bottlenecks in the country. you might be surprised when you hear where some of them are. >>> also dogs on demand. the new service that could instantly brighten your day this bale of hay cannot be controlled. when a wildfire raged through elkhorn ranch, the sudden loss of pasture became a serious problem for a family business. faced with horses that needed feeding and a texas drought that sent hay prices soaring, the owners had to act fast. thankfully, mary miller banks with chase for bus

first african-american woman in congress, nasa's katherine hamilton, so good at math that before john glennloted friendship 7 he insisted she double-check the computer. honorees range from those who play. ♪ >> beautifully. to those who played beautifully. >> it is -- willie mays at the white house, yogi berra's family accepting his award for him. the baseball great died just before discovering he'd received the medal of freedom. but as he might have said, if the world were perfect, it won't be. hallie jackson, nbc news, washington. >> you just know that if he could have been with us he would have had something phenomenal to say. >> yogiism. >> something, something like that. >> just amazing the amount of people they put together and how different they are. >> phenomenal. i'm shannon mulaire this is "first look" on msnbc. don't forget to like us on facebook at facebook.com/firstlookmsnbc. "way too early" starts right now. [ chanting ] >>> protesters take to the streets of chicago overnight. and there were some tense moments after officials released dash cam video of an officer shooting a bla

i got to go over to john glenn and i shook his hand. i said, senator glenn, i must tell you that when i was trying to get the pitch and awe and represent friendship 7 correctly on the medal, i came across the -- across nasa's archives, kind of a crummy p.d.f. document from the manned space flight center and in that document on page 32 or something or 132, there was something called pilot's flight report. i felt like i found, you know, he holy grail. and john glenn, perfectly and matter of fact ease, he recounts the most hair-raising experiences you could possibly imagine. i actually copied it and i was going to read some to you. i want to move this along so you can get to the question and answer period. and while i was standing there telling him that, a woman who was kind of in charge of things, wanted to move the senator over to a photo op. and john glenn said, hold on. i am speaking to the man who esigned the medal. and this was for me an out of body experience because it was ut of a page from tom wolfe. it was out of the page of "the

john glenn high school in westland, michigan, offering contracts that pay students up to 200 per semester for improved report cards. it is part of a 50,000 dollar scholarship program to give kids more than a pat on the bat in return for their hard work? >> what do you think about that? >> taxpayers paying for that one? not so sure about that, parents on the other hand, pretty good idea. >> with weeks away they can get deals on airplane tickets for holiday vacations. adam shapiro is now with the ticket to save you some money. hi there, adam. >> i can guarantee you taxpayers will not be paying for this. usually you have to book 2 or 3 months ahead of time. tickets for thanksgiving usually go up in price ten-days before the holiday. that gives you two weeks to get a ticket now at lower prices. consider flying on thanksgiving day and avoid flying on the wednesday before the holiday chaos. orbitz says the best day is to buy a ticket for christmas or new year's eve vacations are coming this friday and saturday november 6th and 7th. avoid floog i the weekend after christmas. ality atlanta fort l

john glenn winked at me. >> well, now is your chance.iting new astronaut for their journey to mars. bachelor's degree in engineering matt mat micks or biological or if i had cal science. you have to have three years experience and pass a physical. nasa starts accepting applications november 14th. >> are you the bad news more often than not? they spend a quarter of the leisure crime being distracted mostly by smart phones. not being able to crowing the urge to check notifications without even knowing it. i agree. put down your phone. >> what did you say? >> 46 minutes after the hour. a wood plank comes flying through a woman's windshield and she was driving and she made it out without a scratch. >> posers for the brand new star wars movie. they are out. can you spot who is missing? >> right now we are going to check in with bray an kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> quentin taryn taken no doubles down about his comments about cops. he's surprised the backlash? will it get worse? i predict yes. if someone heckles donal

she was even asked to double check the computer's map on john glenn's order around the earth. >> did you know that? filmmaker, steven spielingberg, and willie mays. and another, billy frank, frank is best-known for his role in the fish wars of the 60s and 70s. and the campaign for disobedience in the fishing ranks. franks died in 2014, and allen schauffler spoke to him months before his death. >> this is where the game wardens come down on all of us. i was 14 when i got arrested here. >> reporter: early last year, the banks of the squally river, frank gave me a history lesson. >> i just kept getting arrested. and went in the marine corp in '52, and got out in '54, and started going back to jail again. >> reporter: just months before his death, frank looked back on the fish wars of half a century ago. >> we were fighting battles, right and left all the time. and you know, it's just -- you know, we would beat the hell out of them guys. we had hallreside, bringing in a load of rocks, and the guys would come up in the boats and we would pepper them. >> it was a fight for treaty rights, f

she was even asked to double check the computer's math on john glenn's orbit around the earth.laughter] so if you think your job is pressure-packed, hers meant forgetting to carry the one might send somebody floating off into the solar system. [laughter] in her 33 years at nasa, she was a pioneer who broke the barriers of race and gender, showing generations of young people that everyone can excel in math and science and reach for the stars. in the early 1960's, a lawyer named bill ruckelshaus drove through indiana in a truck, taking samples from streams choked with dead fish. he called it "a very good time." i think we have different definitions of a good time, but it was all part of protecting americans from big polluters. in 1970, when richard nixon created the environmental protection agency, he made bill , a fellow republican, its first director. under bill's leadership, the epa developed clean-air standards, banned the harmful pesticide ddt, and most importantly, bill set a powerful precedent, that protecting our environment is something we must come together and do as a

he is the john glenn of the african-american press. headlines about him are just as big as they are about any of the actual astronauts. and there's always an issue that curtis lemay claims that, forgive the phrase, bobby kennedy wants a colored in space, so we're going to have this guy. curtis lemay was the chief of staff for the air force. once dwight finished the pilot training program, he applies to the astronaut corpses. 14 of about 138 applicants get picked. later on he's transferred, has a desk job in the air force. he gets very us frustrated. there's a bit of a controversy over whether his treatment was because of race or qualifications. there's a bit of an investigation into it. but eventualingly, he resigns -- eventually, he resigns in frustration, he resigns his commissioning with the air force, and he is now in colorado. he's a sculpt p to have. sculptor. but the first african-american astronaut, robert lawrence, was an air force astronaut who was being transferred to nasa, and he died in a plane crash in 1967 without ever g

she was even asked to double-check the computer's math on john glenn's orbit around the earth.o if you think your job is pressure-packed -- [ laughter ] -- hers meant that forgetting to carry the one might send somebody floating off into the solar system. [ laughter ] in her 33 years at nasa, kathryn was a pioneer who broke the barriers of race and gender, showing generations of young people that everyone can excel in math and science and reach for the stars. in the early 1960s, a lawyer names bill ruckelhouse drove through indiana in a truck, taking samples from streams choked with dead fish. he called it a very good time. i think we have different definitions of a very good time. but it was all part of protecting americans from big polluters. in 1970 when richard nixon created the environmental protection agency, he made bill, a fellow republican, its first director. under bill's leadership, the epa with developed new clean-air standards, banned the harmful pesticide ddt. most importantly, bill set a powerful precedent that, protecting our environment is something we must com

governor john kasich. glenn hanserd. featuring jon batiste and stay human. >> and now it'sime for "the late show" with stephen colbert"! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen. >> stephen: thank you very much. thank you, jon. thank you, humans. thanks, everybody. thanks for being here. you know one of the great things about having a show like this, because it's fun having a show likehis. that interest you. i'm interested in, like science fiction and fantasy. now, a lot people know that i'm a huge tolkien fan, but i haven't been that public that i'm a big harry potter fan. or as we call ourselves, potheads. i have memorized every detail ofof these books. for instance, did you know that on page 17 of "goblet of fire," there is a mustard stain? i don't know why j.k. rowling put it thehe, but i discovered it whilele was eating a hot dodo but now rowling has got my invizisibil-- i think she just put a curse on me. rolling has my invisibility cloak in a bunch. because even though the last "harry potter"

nermeen: that was cia director john brennan. glennreenwald, could you respond to what he said and also to how the media has covered his comments? >> we have not heard such blatant, shameless lying from intelligence and military officials since 2002 and 2003 when they propagandized the country into invading iraq race on utterly false pretenses. john shocking to listen to brennan say that. the proof of just what a liar he is is the fact yesterday "new york times" editorial page, which is usually very constrained and establishment-oriented, published in editorial remarkable in terms of the rhetoric he used in which a called what the cia is doing in terms of exploiting the paris attacks a new low and disgraceful. it also pointed out that john brennan, the head of the cia and obama's closest national security aide, is a pathological and inveterate liar. it details all the ways he has been lying to the public about numerous issues for many years and said, how can anyone possibly believe a word that comes out of his mouth? as far as the spec

i met with the john glenn institute folks at ohio state university. look, if you're a buckeyes fan and you're out listening, pay attention to what ohio university is doing about climate change. don't listen to the fossil fuel phonies. listen to what your home state university says. these guys are deadly serious. they know it's real. i don't think there's a home state university in this country that is denying climate change and yet this body is stuck in denial. it has nothing to do with the facts. otherwise the home state universities would say something different. you can't go home and root for the buckeyes on the weekend and then come here and deny climate change and pretend you're being true to your home state university. i don't care what your home state is. iowa, oklahoma, florida, georgi. you go to the big state universities, they understand that climate change is real. what prevents us from acting isn't information, it's the wall of special influence money that the fossil fuel industry has built around this place. and it's time we woke up and g

she was even asked to double check the computer's math on john glenn's orbit around the earth. you think your job is meantre-packed, hers forgetting to carry the one might send somebody floating off into the solar system. [laughter] nasa, she wass at a pioneer who broke the barriers of race and gender, showing generations of young people that everyone can excel in math and science and reach for the stars. in the early 1960's, a lawyer drovewilliam ruckelshaus through indiana in a truck, taking samples from streams choked with that fish -- dead fish. he called it "a very good time." i think we have different definitions of a good time, but it was all part of protecting americans from big polluters. in 1970, when richard nixon created the environmental protection agency, he made bill its first director. under his leadership, the epa developed clean-air standards, banned the harmful pesticide ddt, and bill set a powerful precedent, that protecting our environment is something we must come together and do as a country. he became known as "mr. clean," and lived up to that nickname w

john clark senting it back to you. >> say that five times fast. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz says he is coming to the event, by the way> he better. >> he promises. see you later, john. speaking of jenkins and the eagles, they are going to be in the national spotlight when they face off against the division rival cowboys sunday night. you'll see it only here on nbc 10, your official eagles station. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> who would have thought bow ties would become so popular? 20 years, it finally caught on. all right, we have even warmer weather on the way. wasn't all that cold today, it's going to be warmer than that all week. we're going to be in the 70s. we'll talk about the next chance for showers. we're starting to see some clearing in the western sky, and that's a sign of things to come. 62 right now, the wind out of the south at 5 miles an hour. we were up to 65 yesterday, 65 so far today, held down by the clouds, but with sunshine, 73 tuesday, 75 wednesday and thursday, and friday could be even warmer than that. right now it's not that wa

glenn. u.s. officials confirm a u.s. drone strike targeted a vehicle in syria believed to be transporting the isis militant known as jihadi john. but his fate is still unknown. nbc's keir simmons reports from london. >> reporter: his voice is infamous, he's hooded and holding a knife in horrific hostage video. jihadi john, real name mohammed emwazi was the front man for a string of isis killings. >> western forces conducted an air strike targeting mohammed emwazi. >> reporter: now reports not yet confirmed by the pentagon says he has been killed by a u.s. drone overnight. an activist group from the isis stronghold of raqqa reporting the death of jihadi john in a drone strike. his high-profile victims included american journalists james foley and steven sotloff, american aid worker peter kassig who game known as abdel-rahman while a hostage was another victim. mohammed emwazi was a computer science graduate turned gang member. freed hostages described him as zisic, one of four british isis guards they called the beatles. jihadi john was the leader. an early recruit to isis, the jihadist group whose reach extends from syria and

nbc 10 photographer john panfile spotting this rainbow over northeast philadelphia this morning. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz here with the forecast. you can't beat a rainbow like that. >> it's beautiful once you start to see a little bit of sunshine at the end of the showers. now, those showers are pretty much moved out but we still have a lot of clouds around. this is the pocono mountains. you can see the showers moving towards new york city but there are more in southern delaware and even more in eastern virginia. moving in the general direction of delaware and south jersey. so that's where the best chance of any rain is. these the reporting stations. everybody is reporting cloudy skies but none of them are reporting rain at this hour. so things have dried out, at least temporarily, in delaware and south jersey and we might not see any more rain in pennsylvania counties for the rest of the day. we're already up to 70 in millville and atlantic city international. even with all those clouds, 66 in philadelphia. the average high is 60. so even with the early rain and cloud cover we're li