basically, if you have hummed it, john williams wrote it. little something for the red sox. it's called fanfare for fenway. they released a 20-second excerpt. the red sox got us all worked up by inviting 214 former red sox players, managers, and coaches on to the field. they took the field in wheelchairs. that was just the warmup. then came the pitch. john williams playing fanfare for fenway. ♪ç ♪ somebody is cutting up onions in the studio. perhaps my allergies are acting up. i need to be alone with my feelings. i'm a crier. you can't do this to me. happy 100th birthday fenway park. your new fanfare is the new best thing tonight. now we must do what we all do at this time. we must all join

basically, if you have hummed it, john williams wrote it. little something for the red sox. it's called fanfare for fenway. they released a 20-second excerpt. the red sox got us all worked up by inviting 214 former red sox players, managers, and coaches on to the field. they took the field in wheelchairs. that was just the warmup. then came the pitch. john williams playing fanfare for fenway. ♪ç ♪ somebody is cutting up onio

basically, if you have hummed it, john williams wrote it.hing for the red sox. it's called "fanfare for fenway." they released a 20-second except of the fanfare to get the blood pumping of every red sox fan in the country. today before the game we finally got to hear the whole thing, but not before the red sox got us all worked up by inviting 214 former red sox players, managers and coaches out onto the field, including 92-year-old johnny pesky who took the field in a wheelchair. that was just the warm-up. then came the pitch. john williams conducting and playing "fanfare for fenway." ♪ ♪ç >> somebody is cutting up onions in the studio, obviously. ap

basically, if you have hummed it, john williams wrote it.hing for the red sox. it's called "fanfare for fenway." they released a 20-second except of the fanfare to get the blood pumping of every red sox fan in the country. today before the game we finally got to hear the whole thing, but not before the red sox got us all worked up by inviting 214 former red sox players, managers and coaches out onto the field, including 92-year-old johnny pesky who took the field in a wheelchair. that was just the warm-up. then came the pitch. john williams conducting and playing "fanfare for fenway." ♪ ♪ç >> somebody is cutting up onions in the studio, obviously. perhaps my allergies are acting up. i need to be alone with my fenway feelings. i'm a crier. you can't do this to me. happy 100th birthday fenway park. you are the best old thing in the world almost every day, and your new fanfare is the best new thing tonight. >>> waiting to leave. the man who shot trayvon martin could walk out

another question is why the reputations of john and william differed so greatly. nonetheless it is clear that john gadsby's role in the slave trade is a complex one. it challenges our ideas of who slave traders were, how they operated and how insidious the commerce was in antebellum society. thank you all so much. [ applause ] >> thank you, alexandria. now we move across the square from decatur house to the white house. beth taylor has done a wonderful job of piecing together a story that starts in the president's house. but just as important to our theme today, moves well into the 19th century as well into the nearby neighborhoods. her work on paul jennings no doubt was spurred by her time at madison's montpelier home where she was director of education. the topic in general by her prior work at monticello as director of interpretation. her new book "a slave in the white house, paul jennings and the madisons" is receiving really great cover. huffington post, "new york times," "washington post" among others have taken notice. most impressively beth has stared down

another question is why the reputations of john and william differed so greatly. nonetheless it is clear that john gads by's role in the slave trade is a complex one. it challenges our ideas of who slave traders were, how they operated and how insidious the commerce was in antebellum society. thank you all so much. plaus laws plaus [ applause ] >>> now, alexandria, now we move across the square tore decatur house. he's done a wonderful job. moves well into the 19th century as well as into the nearby neighborhoods. her work on paul jennings was spurred by her time at madison's montpellier home where she was director of education. the topic in general by her prior work at monticello as director of interpretation. her new book, enslaved in the white house, paul jennings and the madisons is receiving great acclaim. most impressively beth has stared down jon stewart on "the daily show" with an irony-free performance. please join me in welcoming l elizabeth dowelling taylor. [ applause ] >> paul jun dimension knew lafayette square like the back of his hand. he lived in t

greg johnson, gayle meadows, al williams, karen johnson, john williams templeton. you have two minutes each for this part of the comments. >> first, i'd like to say thanks for the opportunity. by the way, my former live i was sciu. my name is greg johnson. i'm co-owner of larkis group which is the oldest bookstore in the nation. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. i saw the statistics that the secretary of the district released regarding the san francisco unified school district. 50% of out of school suspensions and 42% of in-school suspensions while we make up 11.9% of the entire population in the school district. yet only 4.3% of the students taking the s.a.t. are black. we wonder why more teachers in schools do not use our 50 years of experience and expertise and materials. we need to re-examine how the district is using resources to provide the instruction of our black youth today. so having said that, as a co-owner of marcus bookstore, we offer our services. we offer our expertise. by the way, i'm a product of san francisco unified school district. [cheers and

williams' participation in human trafficking coupled with new evidence from newspapers and anti-slavery tracks helps illuminate gadsby's own involvement. john gadsby's illustrious career whereas william gadsby's story are much america murk murkier. john gadsby was born in england around 1776, immigrated to america after the revolution and arrived in alexandria in 1785. he then leased a tavern from john wise around 1800 and demonstrated his aptitude for business turning into gadsby's tavern where he entertained george washington and other notables like jefferson and adams. he later put the tavern and farm up for lease and left for baltimore in 1808 where he became the proprietor of the plush hotel, the indian king which he later sells to david barnham in 1819. around 1822 he moved to washington, d.c. and opened the franklin hotel in 1823 and later at the pinnacle of his career builds the national hotel where he entertained presidents such as andrew jackson, hosted congressmen and welcomed various foreign dignitaries. the national was host to a flurry of balls, galas, and meetings of the washington's elite. john gadsby moved into the upper ec

also tonight serving as our judge, john d. williams. e the sack holder, i guess. >> guillermo: yes. >> jimmy: what are you guys laughing at? you don't know what that means. >> that's supposed to be my job. >> jimmy: are you familiar with julia and her work? have you seen seinfeld? >> i've heard of it. >> jimmy: okay. >> just sit back, you're about to get your ass what's happened. [cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's happened before, hasn't it? go ahead and why don't you take a tile out of that, and we'll see who will lay our tiles down first. julia, if you would be so kind to draw a tile for us. >> i would. >> jimmy: what did you guys get? >> a t. >> we got an s. >> jimmy: shake it up. you know how to do it, right? >> guillermo: yeah. >> jimmy: julia, draw seven tiles. >> am i doing this? >> jimmy: i'll put them down. we need three more. >> my god, i'm terrified. i really am. i'm not kidding. >> jimmy: nothing to worry about. you're in good hands. >> what do you think about that one? >> oh, my god. should we quit? [ laughter ] >> jimmy:

members of the club included jefferson davis, william cork ran, george rigs, george washington park, governor john floyd, seward and many others. the club was located in what had previously been known as the rogers planks on madison. this house ultimately became the civil war era residence of william seward and one of the victims of the lincoln related assassination attempts. another story known by most folks revolves around the violent shooting of a washington club member, phillip barton key. according to published sources, james retrieved key's withering body from the sidewalk and brought him inside. the prosecution of daniel sick he wills was hammed by one member of the club, robert old, as the district attorney. defense was handled by another member, edwin stantostanton. both of these men would figure prominently in james' life during and after the war. stanton regularly would be in contact with james while he served as a member of the cabinet. even subsequent to the war, they were involved in several business transactions. old on the other hand returned to virginia and served in the confedera

william wormley, one of the sons of lynch, was a founding member of laurel lodge number 7 of the free masons in 1823. he and his associates, john cook and fron sis stature formed a columbian harmony society to establish a cemetery for free blacks. he also was the district of columbia agent for william lloyd garrison's abolition publication the liberator ins. around that same time, he built a schoolhouse for his sister, mary, on i street between 15th and 16th for education of free blacks which was damaged in the riots of 1835. it should be noted that francis scott key of star angle happened to be a vestrymen in this very same church, was the district attorney at the time and was tasked with prosecuting young black man whose alleged transgressions of being drunk and attacking a white woman precipitated the snow riot. during this time, the children of lynch were actively employed. throughout the community. samuel, owen, william and james served at various times as seamen in the navy and on commercial vessels. further, the young men were finding other means of employment by serving as laborers. while also developing the family hack

john quincy adams retained belgium. ulysses s. grant and william howard taft brought filipino to the white house when he become president in 1909. between 1860 and 1940, waves of african-american migration from the south brought an influx of new comers to the nation's capital. almost a reverse tide as we've heard from alexander this morning. related to the forced migration of blacks southward. some found jobs in the white house and established decade long careers at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. this afternoon, we are going to hear stories of a free man enterprising labor and life on the square. and a singular event often called the white house tea incident that reflect the growing tide of black contribution to economic, social and political life in washington in the 19th and early 20th centuries. first we'll hear from don graves a descendant of hotelier, who has spent decades researching his family's contributions. don called me out of the blue one day to inform me about his research and out of that conversation has grown a wonderful relationship with

the legendary john williams will conduct the boston pops before the game.a sight to see and the sox will play their forever rivals new york yankees at 3:00 eastern. both will be wearing vintage uniforms. let's just hope for a good game. let's not decide who thwe want win. >>> it's not very cute when it's a drunk dude doing this, but look at this. the crowd giggled when a little boy jumped the wall and started running around the outfield. this is at u.s. cellular field in chicago yesterday afternoon. the white sox outfielder made a nice play scooping him up in his arms and taking him over to security. we're not sure why this little boy did this whether he was told to or if he was super excited. but rules are rules he was booted along with the rest of his family. >> the rest of his family. that's sad. i got to tell you y sent an e-mail because i really wanted the background on this to find out if the parents actually plopped him down because how does he really jump over? >> kids do the darnedest things. >> but i would hold my kid back saying, don't do that, t

people to reagan's right, like john wayne, william f.kley told reagan he was nuts for doing this. >> wayne told him he needed to shut his pie hole. >> he's engaging with this sort of fellow travelers in terms of his ideological peer but was sticking to his guns on make there's a combative issue. they knew that was good politics, marshall strength, particularly aggression, could be used in a political way, a way he never gave up on. it's key to understanding why we saw such a huge military buildup under reagan, why he was so eager to accept sort of estimates of soviet military strength that turned out to be completely off, we found out later, but we paid for at the time as a country. >> the other thing reagan did, taken the remarkable posture public debate on issues of war and peace was detrimental to our national security. you know we talk about the lack of american discourse, debate and lie dye lialogue we should o war, left is tarred you're not patriots, questioning whether we should be there, the hawk people, the patriot. i wonder, yo

>> williams spoke exclusively to wjz outside johns hopkins hospital where she is recovering from injuries. williams was behind the wheel driving near north avenue and popular grove when police say she suspect, charles jeffries blew through the red light and hit the williams. williams believes it was a police chase gone wrong. >> and that is why i got to bury my daughter in a couple of days, because they not following their own rules. >> investigators say they tried to pull jefferies over because he was driving wrecklessly on hilton parkway but insists there was never a chase, which is against department policy. >> i personally listened to the radio broadcast of the officer. this was not a police chase. it happened very very quickly. >> police say jefferies tried to run away after the crash but they caught him. >> at least they got him and i hope you know justice will be served you know one way or the other. >> now right now charges are pending against charles jefferies as police continue to consult with the office of the state's attorney. he will likely be charge with eluding police, mans

regiment, william served with charles and john cook jr. as quoted in the tribune. quoting from a battlefront letter to douglas from his son charles. as further evidence of the role the family played in abolition, james actively engaged in slave running. on a visit with governor seward, a correspondent wrote seward had commented that he and james had spirited slaves down the james river on their schooner to freedom a year and a half prior to the emancipation proclamation. i often contemplate what a dichotomy that james wormley maintained his personal relationships with confederate leaders such as jeff davis, floyd, sleidel, and old, at the same time time he was fighting for freedom and abolition and his son lives were on the line in the civil war. when the 13th amendment was passed, there was a custom that members of congress would circulate copies of the document among colleagues for signatures to have as a memento of its passage. charles sumner, one of its supporters, had obtained on his copy over 150 signatures, including of that president lincoln. sumner, as evi

what did these two guys find to talk about. >> john nichols in studio with us as a friend of bill. joe williamss the white house for politico. john just a little bit later and vicki soto from the university of texas in the next hour. you and i have a lot to talk about but first. >> readheadlines. >> most important matt damon says he would kiss george w. bush right on the mouth, what he told the atlantic about his chief causes bringing clean water to third-world countries and fighting aids. the actor saying for what the former president did for aids relief worldwide, he would kiss him on the mouth for three seconds, no tongue. >> glad to know details. >> one thing everybody can agree on that george bush did really really well. >> he shows a lot of leadership in that area. but that doesn't mean we have to kiss him on the mouth. >> a cheek peck. >> chris christie trying to spin his way out of falling asleep at the recent bruce springsteen concert. during rocky ground, he closed his eyes because it's a spiritual sound and he wanted to 15 the tune. he asked why there were no pictures of him singing

and jeannie dime in blank line and and john corps dying and william daley and every single banker you could think of that you might need a gun to yourself. and he's been stoking the gun sea air and he's been making a few cents on every gun sale goes into those folks financing his campaign millions do is go on to the end of america it's like i'm going to bomb dogs are dogs and schools guns in classrooms don't just work guns it goes in the family go into the living room you got to get more guns again once again it's the. you know that usually is illegal in like a theater a crowded theater but in our crowded conny it seems to be one sure way out of depression and a crisis liquidity is panic buying is driving the entire economy is a panic panic shortages panic buying panic markets there's no rational decisions anymore if anyone sat down to rationally thought through their decisions they would stay home and not buy a single thing and save money to save themselves but now when you get the present as things working with box mean you know oh there's a firkin tonics situation go buy a go and o

corps and the sixth corps and putting in command people he wanted in command, fit john porter and another protege william franklin in the sixth corps. a major change, of course, in mcclellan's personal status also came at this time. i told you he'd been commanding general of the whole army. he gets another order which he receives in manassas, you're no longer commanding general of the whole u.s. army, you are now commanding the army of the potomac, and the rational is we want you to concentrate on the job at hand, defeating the confederates down here in virginia. don't worry about the rest. we'll take care of it at the war department. secretary of war stanton will issue orders from the president. we do appreciate your opinion, general mcclellan. lincoln and secretary of war stanton also in that order specifying him as commander of the army of the potomac, and before any order took place, he would be ordered to leave 40,000 troops in defense of the washington area. well, what about his plan? with the withdrawal of joe johnston's forces from the northernmost part of virginia, the initial concept that he ha

this is given to a man by the name of john hodge and his partner william wemyss anderson, who are both an employee of the british honduras company based out of belize. anderson is important because he has a long-standing role in the british anti-slavery movement going back to the 1830s. he had been a crusader from scotland for the abolition of slavery in the british empire. he travels with hodge to washington to meet with lincoln at the white house and negotiate the terms of this agreement. anderson was actually based on the island of jamaica, which comes in and plays an important role in menard's later career. but this is the first time that they meet. anderson was a very wealthy and very religious philanthropist type that was stationed on the island of jamaica. he devoted most of his energy and his cause to bettering the condition of the blacks on the island and fighting for abolition internationally. so he allied with menard. they had a very natural agreement on ideas. but after this contract of sorts was signed, the u.s. immigration office decided they needed to investigate this si

jenna: well, this conversation is also part of a new report by steve moore, art laffer and john than williamsalled rich states poor states. joining us, steve moore, senior economics writer for "the wall street journal." busy, busy, steve, with some of your projects. you've done this last couple years. what does this research tell you? >> i have bad news for you and jon. for the fifth straight year new york is the worst economic environment to work in terms of its taxes and regulations. it consistently has been in last place. california by the way is one of the worst places. it has some of the highest taxes on businesses and individuals in the country. then you've got states like maine and rhode island. the places you do want to move to by the way are places like south carolina, arizona, utah which have very business-friendly environments. what we found, jenna, guess what? the jobs are going to places that have the most con us dues sieve environments for -- conducive environments for low taxes and less business regulation. jenna: we have less time because of breaking business news. how do you

john leopold. an interview with the 16th archbishop. we asked william laurie it's oysternomics 101.ou start with a u.s. senator named ben. by helping restore thousands of acres of oyster beds, he kept hundreds of oystermen on the job... which keeps wholesalers in business... and that means more delivery companies... making deliveries to more restaurants... which hire more workers. and that means more oystermen. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message. >> i did some planting over the weekend, i have to go out and cover them now? >> you are going to have to go out tonight. >> the frost and freeze advisories' are in effect. it will drop down to 32 or 33. up to 67 tomorrow and in the 70's on wednesday and dropping into the 50's by the time we get to the poes opener on friday. opener on friday. >> thanks for joining us. we will see you at 11:00 p.m. >> have a great evening. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪ [ ma

in his last at-bat, williams homered and still refused to tip his cap. >> author john updike famously wrote, gods do not answer letters, but this one has answered prayers. >> as you know, there are two things close to my heart, baseball and kids. >> williams raised millions for children with cancer through the jimmy fund and will do so again. a portion of the auction's proceeds going to help the charity he loved. >> he was adamant about keeping that alive. every time anyone wanted to give ted williams something, he said, you know what, send a donation to the jimmy fund. >> once again, ted williams stepped up to bat for the kids. anne thompson, nbc news, boston. >> and that's our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you for being with us. i'm savannah guthrie in new york. brian will be back tomorrow. have a good evening, everybody. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. school insecurity? a south bay security firm is under fire for the way it handled a contract. the principal says a security officers are turning a blind eye to potential dan

reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> john edwards' attorney iscusing his former aidof making up stories to make money. in court today the defense team exposed inconsistencies that he gave and wrote in a book. young took the stand in the trial against john edwards. he is accused of illegally using political campaign money to hide a love affair from the public and his cancer-stricken wife. >>> a lot of sunny skies, and a breeze. let's go now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> winds come up, temperatures coming down. but then they warm up next couple of days. rain is out of here. we are getting a breaking. temperatures back into -- by the weekend, upper 70s and low 80s. right now, wind blowing. let's go to the golden gate bridge. check the live reading here. winds are gusting to 15 out of the west. looks like this. coming off the water. right now the winds are going west. what we are looking at is a spring weather pattern that will take us into the next couple of days and into the weekend. tomorrow temperatures increase. with the over night lows down to the 40s

john cusack, julia louis-dreyfus, vanessa williams, emily blunt, mindy kaling, dave salmoni and his animal cast off from "dancing with the stars," and the new national school scrabble champions will be here. these are kids that will be conquered by me. i beat these same kids a couple of years ago, and now they're back -- for more h-u-m-i-l-i-a-t-i-o-n. if you know what i'm saying. oh, and for your ears, we'll have music from adam lambert, vintage trouble, lp and the hives. so, join us next week. our first guest tonight, in the year 2009, photo-bombed her way into our national consciousness with her oscar-nominated performance as precious, who i'm legally bound to point out is based on the novel "push by sapphire." you can see her now making cancer fun, on season 3 of "the big c." watch it on sunday nights at 9:30 on showtime, please welcome gabourey sidibe. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? >> i'm good. how are you? >> jimmy: doing very well. and i'm very grateful to you and -- the last time you were in this building, you did something for us here at the show. i think, you kno

. >> in his last at-bat, williams homered and still refused to tip his cap. author johnmously wrote, gods do not answer letters, but this one has answered prayers. >> as you know, there are two things close to my heart, baseball and kids. >> williams raised millions for kids with cancer through the jimmy fund and will do so again. a portion of the auction's proceeding going to help the charity he loved. >> he was adamant about keeping that alive. anytime anyone wanted to give ted williams anything, he said, you know what, send a donation to the fund. >> he stepped up to bat for the kids. anne thompson, nbc news, boston. >> and that's our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you for being with us. i'm savannah guthrie in new york. brian will be back tomorrow. have a good evening, everybody.

jefferson -- jackson, and clay, and william crawford, and john quincy adams. the results were split. jackson won the electoral vote but didn't have the he majority. so he had to go to the u.s. house of representatives where clay was the speaker. clay with the bad judgment finished fourth so he one one of the three names forwarded to the house of representatives. so people said clay is speaker so whoever hi backs will be president. the kentucky legislator passed a bill. is he going to back adam or crawford. crawford had a stroke, so said can't vote for crawford hate andrew jackson. i'm going to support john quincy adams. so he made adams president. adams then made clay secretary of state, and jackson's people said there was a club -- he sold out his vote to be secretary of state. now, the reason i'm telling you, sounds kind of arcane, is that what happened out of this, jackson started running again against adams and clay, and clay realized that jackson was going to be a for mid able opponent so the thought about the only way to beat jackson was to organize so t

♪ walking >> reporter: joie williams and john paul white, grammy winning country duo the civil wars arefor mat long left for dead. >> she was more like a beauty queen. >> reporter: a seven-inch billie jean vinyl. how does one decide on that? >> seems like such a natural -- >> that's exactly what people think as soon as they hear our music. they should put out michael jackson vinyl. i grew up with my parents' records. and you had to, you know, had you to be so particular with them. you revered them. they had a lot of weight. >> reporter: their vinyl single comes out tomorrow, the fifth annual record store day. until the 1980s, vinyl reined supreme before getting replaced by the cassette, cd, then mp3. since record store began five years ago, vinyl sales have more than tripled. ♪ i used to rule the world >> reporter: the event now attracts artists like coldplay and katy perry. and according to billboard editor joe levy, plenty of newly minted vinyl fans. >> i think it's like finding a treasure. you know, this feeling of, yeah i know what music is. i don't know what this is. you play it on

. >> joy williams and john paul white, the grammy winning country duo, the civil wars, are one of manya format long left for dead. >> a seven inch billy jean vinyl. how did one decide on that. >> seems like a natural. >> that's what people think as soon as they hear our music. >> michael jackson. >> they should put out michael jackson vinyl covers. i grew up with my parents' records. you had to be so particular with them. you revered them. they had a lot of weight. they had a lot of value. >> their vinyl single comes out tomorrow. the fifth annual record store day. until the 1980s, vinyl reigned supreme before getting replaced by cassettes, cds, then mp 3s. since record store day began five years ago, vinyl sales have more than tripled. now it tracks artists like coldplay and katy perry. and according to billboard editor joe levy, newly vinted fans. >> i know what music is. i don't know what that is. you play it on what, a record player? >> reporter: in vinyl's heyday, there were 75 record pressing plants in the u.s. today 10. >> the last record press was made in 1980, '81. so when we

>> i sure hope so. >> i know they do. >>> and john berman and david hunt, president of hunt auctions that is holding the ted williamsis so incredibly special, john. >> absolutely. david, that silver bat on the table here, how much is that worth? >> from $100,000 to $200,000. .388 he batted. when he was 39 years old in 1957. >> not just baseball items. i see some military logbooks here. >> you think of ted williams, great baseball player. great american, really. but served in two world wars. world war ii and the korean war. and these are the actual flight logs he kept, during the crash in the korean war. great pieces of history. >> and this auction, april 28th, at fenway park, the most important place on planet earth. robin? >> john berman is the biggest red sox fan, in case you hadn't noticed. i like the jersey behind you, too. all the best with this. >> thank you. it should be fun. >> how much is the bat again? >> it's probably $100,000 to $200,000. that probably won't be the best thing in the sale. >> robin is bidding on it. >> wow. >> john is betting on it. >> i'm always thinking about you, john. >>> coming up, d

william faulkner, a.j. liebling, wallace stegner, bud schulberg and john steinbeck. luce insisted it should elevate the worlds of sports from being just a game to being a metaphor for the human condition. the timing publications were extraordinarily expensive to publish and distribute. luce resisted economizing and believed spending more money to create better quality was the best strategy for success. they moved ahead in what they knew was a dangerously expensive gamble on the magazines, acting one of them said in an atmosphere of complete and serene confidence to grasp the chance of a lifetime. from the mid '30s to the late '50s, time incorporated was one of the largest news organizations in the world with bureaus on every continent and reporters active in most nations. the company claimed to reach over 20 million people every week, and many more during world war ii which the time, inc., magazine reported at least as intensity as any other organization. time, inc.'s great success was partly a result of shrewd management and lavish but careful budgeting, but also a