we talk to kate williams, the historian. get exact records but we do estimate that about 10 million soldiers were killed across the world and empire soldiers and everything, but were caught up in the war, and we estimate about 8 million civilians so the toll it took on people across the world is almost unimaginable.“ we break down those who were involved in the war, a remarkable number of young men were on the front. when the call came out when the war broke out for young men to volunteer voluntarily, we did have a huge amount of young men, and the actual age was 19. we estimate about 250,000 of the british army, a huge contingent were under 19 and in fa ct, contingent were under 19 and in fact, the first british soldier killed in world war i was actually a young man who was just 17. killed in world war i was actually a young man who wasjust17. we'll talk more about the programme, thank you. one of the most famous stories of the great war is when on christmas day 1914, british and german soldiers had a brief truce and had a

is a spat with william and kate to blame. >> i think the tension has continued. >>> only i'm with aquamannd wonder woman. >>> then everything we know about the any "lion king" including the music with beyonce and donald glover. >> i know the lyrics. don't worry. i was in fourth grade when this came out. >> this is "entertainment tonight". >>> welcome everyone to london and the premiere of "aquaman." you guys have perfect timing. look who just hit the red carpet, jason momoa. keep it together niche. i'll be talking to him in just a second. >>> but first, the big news here in britain, mel b dropping more bombshells and getting real about victoria beckham not joining the spice girls tour. >> honestly she said she doesn't want to go on tour. so you have to be respectful. >> is that annoying to the group? >> it's annoying to me because why not? but i mean she's got her reasons. >> what are her reasons? >> she's got her empire, her fashion line, her family and all of that kind of stuff. >> people could run that in her absence. >> stop it. >> mel b discussed posh on "good morning britain." and t

>> yes, go ahead, please. >> my name is kate williams. i run the employment program at the light house for the blind and visually impaired. we could have some silos within our organization, and i may not be aware we have started working with you. but if not, i would think it's imperative that -- >> you are on our list. we have your name and another person. maybe we were recently introduced by e-mail. >> yes, we were. >> thank you so much. >> i just want to make sure that we have a voice. i agree with you, in our community, i know we're a narrow part of the disabled committee on the whole, but our rate of unemployment is extremely high. in the city, we've been working with the ace program. there are many initiatives that are taking place. we need to bring down that figure. i really would like to be engage with your efforts. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> right now, we're sharing experiences. [laughter] if nobody has experienced to share she has another question. [laughter] >> i've got -- i'm going to answer your questions. [laughter] i'm g

let's speak now to the historian kate williams. nificant. there we re it's incredibly significant. there were huge celebrations. the armistice commemorations from 1919 and continued throughout british history. what happened? rates of operations in buckingham palace. victory marches throughout the earlier part of the year. most of the empire soldiers came and had victory marches. you really saw huge commemorations. it commemorates what a huge world war this was. it involves people across the globe. how significant is that the people of all generations see pictures like this are veterans marching? the queen laying the read. today we will see prince charles. we saw theresa may. the commemorations last night as well. it's so important and it's important to the royal family because the queen of course a vetera n. because the queen of course a veteran. the duke of edinburgh served himself. it's very important to the royal family and everyone served himself. it's very important to the royalfamily and everyone in britain, talking about the

there is trouble brewing between william, kate, harry and meghan and we're uncovering the reasons behindheir royal rift. >> william and kate made their first public appearance today since "e.t." broke news that their has, quote, been some tension between the royal couples. and now as harry and meghan prepare to leave kensington palace for windsor castle new rumors of a meghan versus kate feud. >> it appears the british media may be starting to turn on meghan, commenting on her hollywood demands, her diva like behavior and she doesn't seem to treat her staff very well. >> a lot of the feud speculation is fueled by a new story that kate was, quote, left in tears before meghan's wedding. >> it was at a fitting for charlotte who was a bridesmaid. it should have been a happy occasion. i'm told meghan was rather bride sil la about the whole thing. >> royal expert katie nicole says the brothers are moving in different directions. >> harry wants to be his own person, not in william's shadow. he wants to live in the country side and live out of the spotlight, particularly when the baby comes alon

. >> we have kate williams with us, a lecturer from the university of london specializing in history.ce. that means we are exactly 100 years and 30 minutes after the official time date of the armistice, the end of the fighting of world war i. explain to us -- explain to us the moments that led up to that moment. what was it like at 10:00 a.m. and what was it like at 11:01? >> it's an incredible story. so the actual agreement, the armistice itself, was signed at 5:00 a.m. paris time between the germans and the allies, and then during that period after that there was getting the news out to the people across the world and the news did go out very slowly to people on the western front. but actually the fighting continued between 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. 100 years ago. the last soldier to be killed, he was an american soldier, he was killed at 10:59, one minute before the armistice took effect. there was a british soldier, canadian soldier killed at 10:58 by german snipers. the fighting did continue up to the moment of 11:00 a.m. then the guns, the bombs, everything fell silent and there

. >>> so let's talk about world war i and the end of it with kate williams. she's a lecturer at the university in london specializing in modern history. she joins us to talk about the legacy of world war i. thank you so much. we know there's also commemorations going on in london there as well as many other countries. we appreciate you coming in. the bullets started a brutal war. the soldiers did not know what war would be like, did they? >> no. there was a definite perception that it would be over by christmas. they had no idea that it would be what it became, the great war. the world war. that it would encompass so many countries across the globe, so many soldiers. it encompassed all the empire soldiers, west indy countries and there were so many fronts not just in europe but also in africa, in asia and also in the middle east. and we do -- it's hard to estimate, but we do estimate that the final death toll was 10 million civilians and about 10 million soldiers as well with millions more wounded so it did touch lives across europe and the world. >> it start

i'm joined by the historian kate williams. lovely to have you with us.1916. her uncle was on board, so it really is important to her, the vetera ns, it really is important to her, the veterans, the service, the tradition of service and the consummate duty of service and the consummate duty of sacrifice. she wants to be here, it is something she would never want to miss, to mark the bravery and sacrifice of the british troops and the trips across the empire. just a thought about how important it is that the commemoration takes place. it is so important that commemoration takes place. remember the sacrifice, struggle and suffering of those on the western front and across the world that we have been talking about this morning and at home as well. it was a world war that transformed everyone's lives, touched everyone, many families lost all of their sons, and it was devastating. we can never forget that. it is really important as we move on into the 21st century. wa rfa re as we move on into the 21st century. warfare has changed, but there are still human co

rumors between harry and meghan and william and kate talking of a growing rift.r: the palace announcement that the princes, they're wyoming wives and childl live an hour apart, saying that the and duchess of sussex will move to frogmore cottage. frogmore cottage is a large home. while in need of renovation, it's close to the chapel where they were married and frogmore house, where the engagement pictures wereen. some reports say a large apartment was ailable at kensington palace, will still live. and where father-to-be harry,is spent own childhood with diana. her loss, forging the boys' close bond. and it's reported that the brothers are going to split their operations. >> i think the fact that harry and william areoing their separate ways officially, it's ju sign of the different directions they're goi in their lives. william, of course, will be king one day. it seems like natural >> reporter: now, dylan, they wouldn't be the first family to find that marriages and babies change things. and not every family wants to live next door to each maybe this is just a na

rumors of tension between harry and meghan and william and kate, bursting into the open. are very different women. they are in a similar position in the royal family. they are very different characters. >> reporter: the palace announcement that the princes, they're wives and children, will live an hour apart, saying that the duke and duchess of sussex will move to frogmore cottage early next year as they prepare for the arrival of their first child. frogmore cottage is a large home. while in need of renovation, it's close to the chapel where they were married and frogmore house, where the engagement photos were taken. also there's space for meghan's mother, doria. some reports say a large apartment was available at kensington palace, where william will still live. and where father-to-be harry, spent his own childhood with diana. her loss, forging the boys' close bond. last montecito -- month it was reported the brothers are reported to split their operations. >> i think the fact that harry and william are going their separate ways officially, it's just a sign of the diffe

they're officially leaving kensington palace where they were livin with prince william and kate, ty'rewindsor castle. the move is set for early next year. not exact downsizing. it has ten bedrooms. they'll do fine. >> it is supposed to be beautianl. >>> dyls on the plaza with a check of the weather. >> good morning again. we found the birthday cner. who here is celebrating >>> well, we are looking at light freezing rain mainly confined down through winchester, martinsburg. light stuf people are saying we're not seeing anything yet. you're not seeing anything on the eastern side of the mountain. i believe this will start to move in. mainly it's plain rain. between now and 10:00 a.m., closer to the d.c. area, slicks sp you can see it starts to change over to just plain rain by noon it will be heavy rain throughout the afternoon. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> thanks so much. >>> a sixth grader helped solve a hit and run with a handwritten note. dy for you, it's always leap over look. now over later. and pause. not even in your vocabulary. so when a cold sore tingle strikes. you

william and kate laid flowers and met leicester city players, as well as the family of the club's thaiai srivaddhanaprabha. he died with four others when the helicopter came down in october. the bank of england is warning of the possibility of an immediate economic crash if the uk leaves the european union without a deal. the governor says a shock to growth is possible, more damaging than the financial crisis of 2008, shrinking the economy by 8%. and the government is also giving some details of its own economic analysis, suggesting britain will be poorer under all brexit scenarios, than if it remained in the european union. we'll hear from westminster in a moment the view from westminster, first our business editor, simonjack. enter brexit centrestage. a man with a warning. leaving the eu without a deal could trigger an economic crash worse than the one that followed the financial crisis. we've constructed a sort of worst—case no deal, no transition brexit scenario, where you have a series of events including friction at the border, difficulties at ports, sharp falls in financial mark

william and kate laid flowers and met leicester city players, as well as the family of the club's thai srivaddhanaprabha. he died with four others when the helicopter came down in october. now to the annual event which helps to ring in the christmas holiday season in the us. it's that time when the national christmas tree is officially lit in washington. isn't it beautiful and so colourful? president trump and his wife melania were present for the festivities, along with hundreds of others who came to the white house for the event which has been running for 96 years. let's get more on our top story, the warnings from the bank of england that there could be a deep recession in britain if it leaves the european union without a withdrawal agreement or transition period. the british prime minister theresa may will be hoping the analysis puts pressure on the dozens of members of parliament who right now say they won't support her deal with the eu. i asked bbc‘s uk westminster correspondent, nick eardley, if the bank of england's worst case scenario might actually help theresa may in some wa

>> -- with prince william and princess kate. >> oh. >> so you know gossip when it comes to the royalsthe drama thickens. >>> a highway patrol trooper got the surprise of a lifetime when he stopped a speeding van in wake county, north carolina. inside, he found a man and his pregnant wife who was in the middle of giving birth. >> i was telling him the baby was in my pants, that they needed to help me. i was like, i need some help. my water broke and she's in my pants. >> what a way to get out of a ticket! incredible. sergeant brian maynard called an ambulance when he realized that baby's not going to wait. so he grabbed a blanket and gloves from his cruiser and helped bring the baby into the world. handling of new climate change report. are you taking the tissue test? yep, and my teeth are yellow. time for whitestrips.a-accs proven to be safe and effectiv but one blows them all out of the water. hydro boost from neutrogena®. with hyaluronic acid to plump skin cells so it bounces back. neutrogena® eucerin as been solving for over 100 years discover eucerin advanced repair it moisturizes

. >> reporter: rumors of ttwsion beeen harry and meghan, william and kate, bursting into the open.tain'"sun" newspaper talking about a growing rift, the "daily mail" referring to unease between their wiveeg >> i think mn and kate are two very different women. they're in pa similar role in the royal, but very different characters. >> the palace's announcement that the princes, their wives and children will live an hour's drive apart, saying simply, the duke andf duchess sussex will move to frogmore cottage in the windsor estate early next year as they prepare for the arrival of their first child. frogmore cottage is a large home, and while in need of renovation, it's close to the chapel they were married. and there's space for memoan's er, doria. but some reports say a lart apartmen was available at kensington palace, where william will still live and where, father-to-be harry spent his own childhood wit diana. her loss forging the boys' close bond. and last month it was reported th at toperations. >> i think the fact william and harry are considering going their separate ways, offi

. >> reporter: rumors of tension between harry and meghan, william and kate, bursting into the open.ewspaper talking about growing rift, the daily mail referring to unease between their wives. >> i think meghan and kate are two very different women. yes, they are in a sort of similar position in the royal family, but they're very different characters. >> reporter: the palace announcement that the princes, their wives and children will live an hour's drive apart saying simply the duke and duchess of sussex will move to frogmore cottage early next year as they prepare for the arrival of their first child. it is a large home and while in need of renovation it's close to the chappell where the couple were married and frogmorehouse where their engagement photos were taken. also there's space for meghan's mother, but some say a large apartment was available at kensington palace where william will still live and father to be henry spent his childhood with dina. and last month it was reported the brothers are considering splitting their operations. >> i think the fact that william and harry

william and kate laid flowers near where the crash occurred and spoke to leicester city players and theober. facial recognition technology is seen as a crucial tool that could help police catch criminals and prevent crime. but a new report says "profound" legal and ethical questions have to be answered — before it can be used routinely. the software allows cameras to pick out the faces of people in a crowd who might be suspects — and officers in south wales have been testing it out. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. using computers to recognise faces. artificial intelligence is now being used by police to identify suspects. but does it work? cardiff university examined the use of facial recognition by south wales police at last year's champions league final and at a series of other events including rugby internationals and pop concerts. cameras scanned thousands of spectators, comparing their features to images on a police database. it was part of a trial project funded by the home office. at the start, the system accurately matched only 3% of faces it picked out. that

have paid tribute to the five people killed in a helicopter crash at leicester city's ground, william and katehers when the aircraft came down in october. harry leslie smith, the veteran campaigner for the poor and for refugees, has died. he was 95. he grew up in poverty in yorkshire — living through the great depression, and serving as a pilot in the second world war. but it's his work championing human rights and the welfare state, for which he'll be best remembered. richard galpin, looks back at his life. if i close my eyes i can smell the poverty that oozes from the dusky tenement streets of my boyhood. it was this speech at the labour party conference four years ago about his life and the importance of the nhs that propelled harry leslie smith into the limelight as a passionate activist. the speech reducing some to tears. growing up in yorkshire during the great depression, he had to provide for his family from the age of seven, working as a barrow boy after his father lost his job. and during the second world war he joined the raf at the age of 22 serving as a pilot. the huge number of p

the couple is officially leaving kensington palace with prince william and kate.at is called frogmore cottage. that's where they were married. the move is set for next year. not downsizing, the place has ten bedrooms. >> frog ismore, is supposed -- frogmore is supposed to be beautiful. dylan is out on the plaza. >> we found the birthday corner. who here is celebrating? everybody. grammy turning 80 in the back there. let's take a look across the country today. we talked about the typical spots, today through the southern plains and the mississippi valley we have above temperatures. the rain in the pacific northwest, partly cloudy today. we will tomorrow see that >>> we're seeing low clouds, misty skies. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50s this morning. our radar still showing you pockets of lighter rain mainly around the south bay and that trend should start to dry out as we head into the afternoon with some mid-afternoon clearing. highs today in the low 60s around san jose. close to 60 san francisco. tomorrow, patchy fog for the morning. dry finish for the holida

remember when william and kate drove dad's aston martin at their wedding?een more vocal than his predecessors. critics have called charles meddling. >> i thought it was motivating. but i've always been intrigued, if it's meddling, to worry about the inner cities as i did 40 years ago and what was happening or not happening there, and the conditions that people were living. if that's meddling, i'm proud of it. >> reporter: harry has learned from his father's example to speak out. >> he's done an amazing job. without tells us what we should be doing or the direction that we should go in. he's just let us learn from the job and learn from him and learn from mommy. >> reporter: but charles claims the controversial comments will not continue when he is monarch. >> no, it won't. i'm not that stupid. >> reporter: there are surprisingly unguarded moments. william expressing his hope that his dad will spend more time with the grandchildren. >> when he's there, he's brilliant. but we need him there as much as possible. >> he will get on his knees and crawl about with

royal watchers had assumed the expectant parents would choose to stay close to william and kate but as a lot of each other. >> reporter: windsor is a very special place for their royal highnesses read the announcement. the five-bedroom frogmore cottage is walking distance from the queen's home in windsor castle and where they were married just last may. so it's good-bye to kensington palace for meghan and harry and i suppose people's hopes that a new generation of royals would grow up together. is there really a rift between meghan and kate? well, that's anyone's guess. >>> now to a dramatic transformation for "inside edition" host deborah norville. one of the longest and beloved running anchors on tv shedding 30 pounds after a doctor told her she needed to make a change. she will join us live in just a moment, but first, abc's janai norman has a look at deborah's journey. >> reporter: for over 30 years deborah norville has been front and center on our tv screens. >> hello, everybody, thank you for joining us. >> reporter: and a best-selling author and businesswoman who's at the top of

royal watchers had assumed they would stay close to william and kate, but the sussexes are doing things london planning the move for early in the new year, harry has just landed in zambia for an official visit. there he is moments ago touching down. >> they call it a cottage? >> mm-hmm. >> ten bedrooms. >> when we say cottage, we don't mean cottage. [ applause ] >>> this is fun. jennifer lopez and a-rod had a dinner party on friday night so a-rod hired a famous mentalist. there they are, to entertain the table. he walks j.lo around saying he was hypnotizing them all. she doesn't seem that into it as you can see. until this happens. take a look. >> what the? >> rodriguez posted the prank on instagram with the caption, psych. he then thanked the mentalist for having a little fun with j-lo and added the #goodsport. [ applause ] >>> and finally, a new study confirms what robin, myself and a lot of others have known, a dog may just be the be all end all secret to a great night's sleep. this study, george, i'm not leaving you out, was geared at women only. scientists found nearly 1,000 women

kate middleton holding baby louie. meghan markle, prince harry and william are there now. >>> at 6:00, coming together.t today, some high-profile leaders head to the fire zone, as police target looters and continue to comb that rubble for bodies. >>> plus, madam speaker, will nancy pelosi get back her power in washington? the key decision this morning. >>> and all new for you this for anyone who drives across the bridge every day. so that's a lot of people. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you on this wednesday. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. another cool start to our morning, kari. will it warm up by day's end? >> it will warm up throughout the day but the next several mornings we start out with 30s and 40s and see our highs into the upper 60s and we have a lot of smoke across the bay area. live look outside i peninsula. e of the south bay will be moderate and that smoke alert continues through friday night. here is a look at our highs for

. >> william says he and kate will soon be grappling with those issues with their own three kids admittingernest rules for the leading social media platforms urging them to fight back against cruelty brought to the surface by social media and passionate about this. >> good for him. >> tough question. do the royal kids get instagram accounts? >> that is a great question. you wonder how much they'll be monitoring if they even get to use it, how much they're going to be on it. i think every parent is thinking about that. >>> all right. let's play a little "jeopardy!" shall we? ♪ i've always wanted to be alex trebek. i love you, alex. alex trebek and netflix is the question. that is the clue. what is your answer? a match made in heaven. now, old episodes of "jeopardy!" are available and people love it. fans on twitter say they are all in. [ applause ] one person writes just found out there's episodes on "jeopardy!" on netflix and suddenly my $8.99 is worth it again. others share him dancing. a little nightclub dancing. a hot tip from one, the revolutionary war admiral is always john paul jones

new generation of royals, including kate and meghan, have been taking an increasingly high profile, speaking out on issues. but this was something different. william'sech, while mentioning no names, was a thinly veiled critique of social media leaders like facebook's mark zuckerberg. >> the journey from a student dormitory to leaders of some of the most valuable companies on earth has been so fast that they may struggle to understand their incentives have changed. the noise of shareholders, bottom lines and profits are distracting from values that made them so successful in the first place. >> the tech industry has been mired in a string of scandals. twitter, facebook, google, criticized by lawmakers over the russian meddling in the election and fake news. prince william suggesting, they're not listening. >> i'm very concerned, though, on every challenge they face, fake news, extremism, polarization, hate speech, trolling, mental health, privacy and bullying, our tack leaders seem to be on the backdrop. you can choose to do good and be successful. you can work in the interest of the children and parents who use your products and still make your shar

end of the day kate of slides and this treatment and this side small degree on the definition of the problem can they ever find their way out well to discuss that i'm now joined by william hale global fellow at the wilson center and the author off no place for russia mr hill it's good to talk to you thank you very much for coming on thank you for having me now you recently published a book no place for russia and what's striking to me about the book is that fundamentally you agree with the russians that it was a chronic problem that accumulated over time rather than a sudden rupture provoked by russia's me his behavior i'm sure running a risk of being labeled as a if not a crime and sympathizer done if least of the crime in the paula just. by i hope not my aim in writing the book was to answer the question we all americans and russians began the post cold war era ninety nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine hundred ninety one with very high hopes the russia would become part of a larger euro atlantic european community europe whole and free from vancouver to vladivostok yet twenty five years later after the war in ukraine started we're again divided in europe and the r

end of the day kate of slides and mistreatment and decide small and agree on the definition of the problem can they ever find their way out well to discuss that i'm now joined by william hill global fellow at the wilson center and the author off no place for russia mr hill it's good to talk to you thank you very much for coming on thank you for having me now you recently published a book no place for russia and what's striking to me about the book is that fundamentally you agree with the russians that it was a chronic problem that accumulated over time rather than the a sudden rupture provoked by russia's behavior i'm sure running a risk of being labeled as a if not a crime and sympathizer done at least the crime than the paula just. i hope not my aim in writing the book was to answer the question we all americans and russians began the post cold war era ninety nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine hundred ninety one with very high hopes that russia would become part of a larger euro atlantic european community europe poland.

kate from the mayor's office of housing. you are partners every step of the way and we are so grateful for everything. we talk on the phone almost every single day. heather, eileen, joshua, amy, and william. you make all of our long loan documents really fun to read. thank you. justin, doug, mike, larry, and jamie and rebecca, thank you for all you do. [applause] and of course, there are so many more people than just that that have been sitting around all day those are just some people i wanted to call out. the fun part of this project is a san francisco housing authority, our permanent lender -- and our construction and equity lender, bank of america, it's been a pleasure closing this deal. i am really excited to welcome the managing director for the bank of san francisco in east bait bay market. please join us. [applause] >> thank you so much. we're so honored and grateful to be with you all today. i love this scene at the groundbreaking. thank you for that item. americas grateful and honored. sixty-six -- 56 and a half million dollars in financing for this project. it has been stated again, i wanted to thank you mayor breed for her continued unwavering support for affordable housing.

the new generation of royal including kate and meghan have been taking an increasingly high profile speaking out on issues, but this was something different. william'suckerberg. >> the journeys of inventors from student dormitories has been so fast that they may struggle to understand that their incentives have changed. the noisy shareholders, bottom lines and profits is distracted them from the values that made them so successfully in the first place. >> reporter: the tech industry has been mired in a string of scandals, twitter, facebook, google, criticized by lawmakers over russian meddling in the election and fake news. prince william suggesting they're not listening. >> i'm very concerned, though, that on every challenge they face, fake news, extremism, polarization, hate speech, trolling, mental health, privacy and bullying are tech leaders seem to be on the back foot. you can reject the false choice of profits over values, you can choose to do good and be successful, you can work in the interest of the children and parents who use your products and still make your shareholders happy. we not only want you to succeed, we need you to. thank you.

william. i said i can't kiss you, can i? he said no, don't. saying this day should be about her, not him. congrats to em a thompson. >>> up next, kateews. she made her first public appearance since giving birth. she joined a designer to talk about her new role as the ambassador world food program. we'll have more on that on access later today. >>> finally melissa mccarthy sat down to talk about her new movie "can you ever forgive me". she shared a funny story about bringing her parents to the premier of the film and who they lost their cool around. >> they're very sweet. they don't get too crazy about anybody. judge judi was at our premier, and my parents went [ bleep ]. i'm not kidding. there's a -- my dad was like oh, my god. oh, my god. judge judi, judge judi. he kept saying judge judi, judge judi, and my mom was like -- look at the grip of death. it looks like -- >> celebrities on the red carpet. judge judi, they were freaking out about. it was a funny moment. that is your pap start today. >> it was a good one. >> a lot of fun. >> we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.cali fornia phones offers free specialized phones...