so what do we need to know about florence kelley? hefaer was an abolitionist congressman, so she was rsed to believe that politics was everyone's business, not just a man's business. she attended cornell at 16, right. and was a phi beta kappa member, ich, you know, if you guys are getting close to graduation, if if you've got aeay, really high gpa, you can jo the umbc chapter of liberty capit. that's a pretty exclusive club. i mean, i didn't get good enough grades at william and mary to be a ph beta kappa member. gd for her for doi it. at 16, she g aaw degree at northwestern despite the fact that she couldn't actulyse it to practice law in almost any of the states. she worked at whole house, the one of the most important sort of developments in sociology in theay 20th century. it was a place where really intelligent women t gether and were tinto find ways to solve problems of facing women in poverty. d e also founded the national consumer leagu wch was one of the most influential interest groups in the early 20th century. we're going

so the oregon law was writtent the behest of florence kelley. here she is. so what do we need to know about floren kley? her father was an abolitionist congressman, so she was raised to believe that politics was everyone's business, noju a man's busine. e attended cornell at 16, right. and was a phi beta kapp member, which, you know, if you guys are getting close to gduion, if you've got a really, really gh gpa, you can join the umbc apr of liberty capital. that's a pretty excliv club. i mean, i didn't get good enough grades at william and ma tbe a phi beta kaa mber. so good for her for doing it. at 16, she got a law degree at northwestern despite the fact th s couldn't actually use ito practice law in almost any of the states. she work awhole house, the e the mostmportant sort of developments in sociology in the early 20th century. it was a place where really intelligent women got together and were trying to find ways to solve problems of facing women in perty. and she also founded the national consumer league, which was one of the most influential interest

march, court documents show, to pick up butler's children for visitation at a birthday party with kelleye to supervise the visit. when they didn't show up for the party, butler's family went looking and found her abandoned car which uncovered evidence of a severe injury, including blood on the roadway and butler's glasses near a broken hammer. >> it's absolutely devastating. they were both young and vibrant and they deserved more. >> reporter: now, four people are behind bars charged with murder, kidnapping and conspiracy. including the children's grandmother, tifany adams, who authorities say was in a year's long custody battle with butler. state investigators saying the grandmother had later purchased five stun guns and three prepaid cell phones. those phones then pinged at the last known location of butler and kelley at the time of their disappearance, according to police. the teen daughter of one of the suspects telling authorities her mom was part of a self-proclaimed antigovernment group they called god's misfits and told her things didn't go as planned, but they would not have to

the gold near a broken hammer, a pistol magazine was found inside kelley's purse at the scene, but no pistol was found. now, the affidavit also says that butler and the grandmother of her children or in a custody battle, and now that grandmother sure. it's charged with butler's murder, but she's not the only suspect. there are four suspects here. they are the grandmothers, tifany, michelle atoms, her boyfriend is also a suspect. tad bert cullum, and the two other suspects are married. cole earl twombly and cora gayle twombly according to the affidavit, they all belong to an anti-government group. now important to note that two bodies were found over the weekend in this rural area of oklahoma medical examiner's office is working to identify these two bodies. they have not been identified byd as butler and kelley, but the affidavit makes it very clear that the four suspects are charged with two first-degree murder charges to kidnapping charges, and one charge for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder quote by arranging and planning the deliberate, intentional, and unlawful taking awa

that's when butler and kelley were on their way to pick up butler's children from their grandmother. that's when these two women vanished in rural oklahoma. they were supposed to go to a birthday party when they didn't show up, butler's family when out to try to find these women and they found the abandoned car that's when they called police. now we have video of that area. you now see flowers and across with the names of both of these women there. now investigators responded to the scene. and here's how that scene is described. in court affidavits. it's as quote, blood was found on the roadway and edge of the roadway. butler's glasses were also found d and the roadway south o the vehicle near a broken hammer, a pistol magazine was found inside kelley's purse at the scene, but no pistol was found according to that same affidavit butler and the grandmother of the children are in this custody battle and now button now, the grandmother is accused of butler's murder, but she's got the only suspect. there are four suspects. take a look. >> now, tifany, >> michelle atoms. is that grandmoth

kelley holds a ph.d. in journal from syracuse university. he worked for 25 years as a broadcast journalist and has taught journalism and mass communication at several institutions of higher learning, an uncommon woman is his fourth book, kelley currently serves on the scholarly advisory committee for the stevens and smith center history and democracy. the museum under development by lancaster history. he design resides here in lancaster. his wife marti, who i believe is in the audience tonight. hello marty, it's my pleasure to give you mark kelly. thank you. let me add my welcome to tom's, which was excellent. just so happy that you had time to come here and be with us tonight because nobody i enjoy talking about more than lydia hamilton smith. let me just offer a couple of initial thoughts and disclaimer hours before we begin. my talk tonight, which is which i have entitled defining lydia hamilton smith is based largely this book through a shameless right here, an uncommon n and tom's already giving you thet of the title the goal of my book

kelley holds a ph.d. in journal from syracuse university. he worked for 25 years as a broadcast journalist and has taught journalism and mass communication at several institutions of higher learning, an uncommon woman is his fourth book, kelley currently serves on the scholarly advisory committee for the stevens and smith center history and democracy. the museum under development by lancaster history. he design resides here in lancaster. his wife marti, who i believe is in the audience tonight. hello marty, it's my pleasure to give you mark kelly. thank you. let me add my welcome to tom's, which was excellent. just so happy that you had time to come here and be with us tonight because nobody i enjoy talking about more than lydia hamilton smith. let me just offer a couple of initial thoughts and disclaimer hours before we begin. my talk tonight, which is which i have entitled defining lydia hamilton smith is based largely is book through a shameless plug right here, an uncommon woman and tom's already giving e rest of the title the goal of my

that's exactly what kelley did. well, kelley, again, such a well-respected artist. he wasn't given a simon so you could pick and choose what he wanted to illustrate. and the editor at harper's one day and said, you know, what are you working on? he goes, well, there's this guy and an inventor, menlo park, new jersey. he invented box. and you actually, you speak into this box and you turn a crank and it repeats what you said. and the editor said, well, i'm good down in menlo park and check it out. so james kelly goes to the laboratories of edison edison as, a young inventor, and kelly would sketch there he is speaking into that box. and kelly and edison became lifelong friends. it really all illustrations that kelly made of edison are you can see them in various books and publications and the edison laboratory in west. well being kelly from harper's that was on his business card he had easy access to some of the most important that would go through new york city in the 1870s, 1880s and nineties. and while former president grant was visiting new york city, kelly had t

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butler and kelley vanished on march 30th somewhere near rural northwest oklahoma. authorities say the pair left hugoton, kansas, to pick up their children but never made it. their car later found abandoned near the kansas-oklahoma border. tonight we spoke with hunter mckee with the oklahoma state bureau of investigation. >> we are still looking for these women, and we cannot confirm that they are dead. however, based on the evidence, we did believe that it is necessary and appropriate to charge all four suspects with first-degree murder. >> reporter: in custody tonight, tad cullum, tifany adams, and cole and cora twombly, charged on counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy. court documents obtained by nbc news show veronica butler and the father of her children have been in a custody battle and that at least two of the suspects arrested were known to butler. retired fbi agent rob d'amico weighing in on the case. >> why the first-degree murder charge, and is that significant? >> i think it is because something in this investigation has really led the

kelley's children dropped the ceremonial first puck to start the game. >> i'm telling you, kelley is with me. and i have a very strong faith. i hear her days saying get up, let's go, we have got to do this. and i do. i have her beautiful babies and my own. and you have to keep on keeping on. ♪ >>> that's all for now. i'm lester holt. >>> the wait is almost over. we're just hours away from the highly anticipated total solar eclipse. the path of totality running right across the country, but will the weather hold up? michelle grossman is track it all. >>> israelis and palestinians are marking six months of war. israel now says it's pulling some troops out of southern gaza to prepare for the next steps. and families of hostages demanding their release. we have a lye report with the latest. >>> more terrifying moments in the air. the covering on a southwest plane engine flies off during takeoff. the plane returns safely. the question remains what happened. >>> the battle over one of america's national treasures. a mine planned for the edges of the okeefenokee swamp. environmentalists say

butler and kelley vanished on march 30th somewhere near rural west oklahoma. they say they left to pick up their children but never made t their car found abandoned near the kansas/oklahoma border. >> we are still looking for these women and we cannot confirm that they are dead, however, based on the evidence we did believe that it is necessary and appropriate to charge all four suspects with first-degree murder. >> reporter: in custody tad callum, tiffany adams and colin coratwamly. court documents obtained by nbc news show vern da butler and the father of her children had been in a custody battle and at least two of the suspects arrested were known to butler. a retired fbi agent weighing in on the case. >> why the first-degree murder charge and is that significant? >> i think it is because something in this investigation has really led them to it being premedicated. >> reporter: it's not clear if the four suspects hired attorneys. as the mystery deepens heartache in the women's hometown where loved ones are tying yellow ribbons hoping for answers. >> i see t

. >> reporter: 39-year-old jilian kelley, the wife of a pastor at first christian church in hugoton, kansas, was traveling with 27-year-old veronica butler. according to butler's church, the two women were on their way to get butler's children for a birthday party, but they never made the pickup. >> it appears that this was not a willing incident on their own to have taken off. it looks to be that there is something more involved. >> reporter: butler's blue kia found abandoned on the side of the road about 40 miles away in rural texas county, oklahoma. >> there is every reason to believe that they could be in danger. >> reporter: at an easter service, prayers for their safe return. >> we're going to wrap our arms around the kelley family, we're going to love them. lord we lift up jilian, we lift up veronica, we pray for their safety. >> reporter: the pastor at butler's church describes the women more as acquaintances as friends. tonight, their community will gather for a vigil. david? >> david: victor, thank you. >>> we turn to baltimore tonight, as workers try to carefully remove wh

after those initial january 6th charges, kelley was released. co-defendant in that case has pleaded guilty. kelley has not yet gone to trial. >> that's a pretty serious allegation. ryan reilly, thank you so much. >>> that's going to do it for me today. "deadline: white house" starts right now. ♪♪ >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. the tensions between special counsel jack smith and the judge who's puzzling the eyebrow raising decisions have led to questions about whether she is indulging donald trump apes strategy of delay -- donald trump's strategy of delay,

carrie kelley. and i know scarlet agrees that his mother is a star in her own right. she spent nearly four decades at the new york fire department. she was the first female chief medical officer and her service included 9/11 where she led triage efforts. so dr. kelly, we thank you for your good work and as his mother, you know -- yes, dr. kelly, and mr. jost, as you know, he shares a lot in common with many of us here tonight. we are all fans of scarlett johansson. [cheers and applause] so for a moment i'm going to take you back to when colin himself was a reporter for the esteemed publication at regis high school. the towel. -- the owl. a youngcolin jost scoop, 10 ways on how not to start an english paper. and in this reporting on faculty summer plans. then and now, he is at the core of talented writers which is why we wanted him here tonight. he is the longest-serving anchor of weekend update on saturday night live. are you ready? are you ready? it is my thrilled to welcome colin jost! [cheers and applause] >> thank you, everyone. hello. that was hard-hitting journa

kelley blue book says the hottest auto trend for this year, hybrids because they're relatively aff1rdable they get great gas mileage. our 4 zone forecast as we get a live look our favorite freeway shot. you know, all the freeway shots. we had a lot of cars out there. whether you're hybrid ev or >> you know you you may not want to be on the roads this 'pweekend, right, lawrence? yeah, you may not. i mean, it could be slick out there. you crank up the heat or 2. it >> going to be unusually cold as we set sail into this weekend is. >> well, we've got an unusually cold storm system coming in late this season. so clouds moving in late today. we've seen some fog along the coastline. now we're seeing some of those amid clouds moving in. here we go. we're getting ready for some raindrops now as a storm just spinning off the coastline, half moon bay. yeah. chilly evening in half moon bay. right now the clouds move in and those temperatures really dropping, in fact, dropping off all around the bay area. this over the last 24 hours. look at that 20 degrees colder today in carter dropped. 21 degrees

investigators say the two-week search for veronica butler and jilian kelley is over. >> this case did not end the way we had hoped. it has certainly been a tragedy for everybody involved. >> reporter: the kansas moms went missing march 30th while going to pick up butler's children in oklahoma. their car was left abandoned on the side of a rural road. blood and a broken hammer found nearby. >> we felt this wasn't a random deal, all right? we felt that with some of the information coming in, that it was more targeted. >> reporter: on saturday, four people were arrested in connection to the case. tad cullum, tiffany adams, and cole and cora twombly, all charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy. in an affidavit released today, police say adams was the pa ternlt grandmother of butler's children and the two were locked in a custody battle. police also say adams bought five stun guns at a local gun shop and three burner phones, all of which pinged near where butler's car was found and at a property 8 1/2 miles away, where police found a freshly dug hole covered by hay. >>

kelley blue book, however, says the hottest auto trend for this year is hybrids. analysts explained buyers like hybrids because they're relatively affordable and they get great gas mileage >> up next, a historic milestone in san francisco. details on the police department's reform efforts and a new threat to the elimination of these bills. and the u.s. with medical experts say the rapid rise in cases could indicate plus millions of dollars is going x% to better protect infrastructure from the effects of climate change. how that's go >> tonight 5.30, a historic milestone in san francisco. the police department says it has completed almost 300 reforms. critics, however, say there's still work to be done. kron 4 charles clifford reports. >> well, here in san francisco, the city and the police department say that they have completed a series of reforms that they have been working on for the better part of a decade. 7 years ago, the police department was under heavy criticism following several violent incidents, including the shooting death of mario woods at the time t

veronica butler and jillian kelley vanished last month while traveling to pick up butler's children inahoma. their abandoned vehicle was found in oklahoma near the border with kansas. four people were arrested over the weekend including the grandmother of butler's children. they each face several charges including murder and kidnapping. police continue to search for the missing women. >>> still to come, the economic fallout of the middle east conflict. a check on oil futures following iran's attack on israel. when you have moderate—to—severe eczema, it's okay to show off. with dupixent, show off your clearer skin and less itch. because you have plenty of reasons to show off your skin. with dupixent, the number one prescribed biologic by dermatologists and allergists, you can stay ahead of your eczema. it helps block a key source of inflammation inside the body that can cause eczema to help heal your skin from within. many adults saw 90% clearer skin. some even achieved long—lasting clearer skin and fast itch relief after first dose. serious allergic reactions can occur that can be seve

veronica butler and jilian kelley vanished 16 days ago while going to pick up their children. their car was found abandoned near the kansas-oklahoma border. on saturday, authorities arrested four people in connection to their disappearance. they are charged on counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy. >> we're still looking for these women. we cannot confirm that they are dead, however, based on the evidence, we did believe that it is necessary and appropriate to charge all four suspects with first-degree murder. >> authorities are expected to give an update on the case later this morning. >>> a pair of mass shootings left communities reeling over the weekend. in dallas, a shooting at a party on sunday killed a 21-year-old woman and injured eight others. investigators have not yet made any arrests in the case. and a tragic end to a family gathering in chicago. a mass shooting on saturday night killed an 8-year-old girl and injured 10 other people, including several more children. investigators believe it was a targeted act of gang violence. police are still se

well, that i'm ben kelley. blue is a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies where he focuses on political and security issues related to the wrong welcome to the w, diplomatic strikes. so sites like be writing and columns, so that's in damascus of a legitimate targets for attack it. well, it's a pleasure to be with you. it's an excellent question. and one who spirits could be answered by the un eclipse, as i just played about safeguarding the relative immunity of all sorts of diplomatic and concert facilities. there's only one major problem or a copy of her foot, note to that which is that the governments of the comic republic commenced as hostility, 45 years ago, nearly with the outside world, by literally violating that diplomatic immunity and creating this sense of hostility and using its embassies emissions and cultural centers and counselor often is the broadest fronts for terrorism, or recruitment or kidnapping. and what you've seen, most importantly, is that you run use the civil war

heartbreak in the heartland, investigators say the two week search for veronica butler and jillian kelley. >> this case did not end to the way we had hoped. it has certainly been a tragedy for everybody involved. >> reporter: the kansas moms went missing march 30th while going up to pick up butler's children in oklahoma. the car was left abandoned on the side of a rural road, blood and a broken hammer found nearby. >> reporter: we felt this was not a random bill, all right? we felt that with some of the information coming in that it was more targeted. >> reporter: on saturday four people were arrested in connection to the case. tad cullum, tiffany adams, and cole and cora twombly all charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy. in an affidavit released today, they say adams was the paternal grandmother up butler's children in the two were locked in a custody battle. police also say that adams bought five stun guns at a local shop and three burner phones, all of which ping to nero where butler's car was found in a property eight and a half miles away where police found a fr

veronica butler and jilian kelley vanished 16 days ago while going to pick up their children. their car was found abandoned near the kansas-oklahoma border. on saturday authorities arrested four people in connection to their disappearance charged on first-degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy. >> we're still looking for these women. well cannot confirm that they are dead. however, based on the evidence, we did believe that it is necessary and appropriate to charge all four suspects with first-degree murder. >> authorities are expected to get an update on the case later this morning. >>> let's turn now to the trials of donald trump. today the former president's first criminal trial is set to begin. jury selection will begin soon for his hush money trial. here is nbc's vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: at this lower manhattan courthouse, an unprecedented case just hours away. the first ever criminal trial of a former president of the united states. >> wow. when i walk into that courtroom, i know i will have the love of 200 million americans behind me. >> reporter: donald trump th

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