please welcome john hoffman. >> thank you for hosting us today as this wonderful venue. if you read the program you saw that the doctor, my boss, was actually supposed to be here speaking, but she was dragooned at the last minute by america battle monuments to go off to paris for a big event and i said i'll jump on that grenade for you. you don't really have to do that. you can go to the national archives. she said, no, no. i don't want to make you go on those transatlantic red eye flights, so here i am today but i'm happy to be here because it's a great collaboration between writing our slice of history and the national archives which holds the vast majority of all the primary documents we rely so heavily on to write that history, and we actually have a third partner here today in hosting this event and that is the texas tech vietnam center represented by steve who will get introduced a little more fully later. before we get started i wanted to thank a couple of people who put this together, tom and quinn of the national archive, and also dr. john carlo, second from you

here to talk about it from hbo, john hoffman. >> you have covered a lot of ground. it's four hours, as we mentioned. at the end of the day, a lot of people say look, it's calories in and calres out. is that true? do you believe that? or is it possible that some calories treat our bodies differently than others? >> i'm not going to speculate about whether carbohydrates in refined form or complex form ultimately are more fattening than others. but we are eatingway too much. maybe 300 calories more per person than we were eating 30 years go. so the enexorable wait gain that is happening across this country really has to be recognized that a large part is being driven by overconsumption. we're not moving enough. but i'm convinced that the experts who say that we can't exercise our way out of this problem have a point. that the overconsumption going on is really what is driving the largest part of the epidemic. >> the context is simple. you can go out and run a few miles and burn a couple hunderate calories. it's not enough to counterbalance what people eat. i asked the

i would be curious to see the interview with john hoffman.ions have already been discussed. and some of them work in small communities. but as a nation, we have really been miseducated about what we should be putting in our bodies. taking people at their word that they want to be healthy for themselves and their children, maybe a better education campaign that really works. eating less sugar, for example. eating bigger breakfasts, moving around during the day. >> give me your eat breakfast like a king, eat lunch like a princess, and dinner like a pheasant. >> i've been doing that. >>> a boy born with a partial right arm has learned to just use his left one and use it to even throw a no hitter. next in sports. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearl

hoffman helped save his life. he saw it happened, was concerned and stayed with the man throughout the treatment. >>> elsewhere, a second ma sure filed suit against john travolta making similar claims of unwanted sexual advances. he is seeking $2 million and it is represented by the same lawyer as the first masseur, travolta's legal team will sue the man after having the suit thrown out. >> and no further ma sages. >>> e-news reports brad pitt has signed a seven figure -- >>> las vegas is driving in the future. they issued the first license plate meant for just autonomous vehicles, comes after google began testing cars that could drive themselves, using a laser radar to navigate. the new plates come with an infinity symbol on the left but don't plan on ordering a set any time soon, self-driving cars are not being sold at your local dealerships, at least not yet. ♪ >>> that is my future sound. i'm lynn berry this is "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> it is 4:28. wet roadways will greet you this morning. will more rain be in the offing? tom kierein will have your forecast in a moment. first, good morning, i'm a

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hoffman helped save his life. >> i don't know why that's funny. >> paramedics saw it happen and were concerned and stayed with the man throughout the treatment. >>> elsewhere, a second man filed suit against john travolta making similar claims of unwanted sexual advances. he is seeking $2 million and it is represented by the same lawyer as the first masseur, travolta's legal team will sue the man after having the suit thrown out. >> stay tuned. >> yes. >>> finally, e-news reports brad pitt has signed a seven figure for a perfume. she went -- >> never recovered. >> a lot of us didn't. a lot of us didn't. >>> this comes from news 3 in las vegas, nevada, where that state is driving right into the future. they issued the first license plate meant for just autonomous vehicles. it comes after google recently began test cars that can drive themselves using a laser radar to navigate. the new plates come with an infinity symbol on the left but don't plan on ordering a set any time soon, self-driving cars are not being sold at your local dealerships, at least not yet. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." just four first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> bidders in hong kong ready their pa

hoffman, arthur miller's death of a salesman. james earl jones. frank angel karks man and boy and john, the columnist.an actress in a play are -- tracy bennett, end of the rainbow, stock ard channing, vin, the lion, cynthia nixon, wit. >>> the best performance of an actor in a leading role in a musical are danny bernstein, jeremy, steve, once, norm lewis, the gesh win's pore guy and burres and ron rain's follies. the nominees for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical are james maxwell, followies, kristin, kelly o'hare ya, nice work if you request get it and laura, bon in and collide. >> the nominees for best revival of play are arthur miller's death of a salesman, the best mn, master class, and wit. the nominees for best revival of a musical are avita, follies, the gershwins pore guy & bess and jesus christ superstar. >> the nominees for a best player are collide, peter and the star catcher by rick ellis and venice and very by david i'ves. >> the nominees for best -- i know, i know, i know. i was waiting and waiting. the nominees for best musical are leap of faith, nice work if

. >>> the jury of john edwards' corruption trial hearing a second day of testimony from the most colorful witness to take the stand yet. this is interior designer brian hoffman. he's testifying in detail about $725,000 in campaign donations. a flurry of checks that were nicknamed bunny money. diane dimond is a special correspondent for "newsweek" and the daily beast. she's joining us from outside the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. explain to us first of all this bunny money referring to the heiress and edwards' contributor rachel "bunny" mellon. >> reporter: she is the one that donated the most money that's in dispute here in this courthouse. the reason that john edwards is on trial. rachel "bunny" mellon according to this witness, brian huffman, she was completely enamored with john edwards, loved had i am to pieces, wanted to help him in any way she could. and if you are a mellon, that's money. he testified yesterday he was the conduit through which this money flowed because she did not want her attorneys to find out she was giving $725,000 away. they had been cautioning her to ease up a bit on the millions she was giving away. so that was yeste