it is my pleasure to introduce to you kent masterson brown. kent is a lawyer from lexington, kentucky. he's been practicing law for more than 43 years. during his busy career, he's somehow managed to be a very active historian. he's published a number of important books, many of them you are familiar with, including "cushionings of gettysburg, the story of a union artillery commander" published by the university of kentucky press. many of you know it's just a few years ago that alonzo cushing received the medal of honor. more recently, kent published "retreat from gettysburg, lee, logistics and the pennsylvania campaign" published by the university of north carolina press. these days besides being an active scholar, speaker and of course researcher and writer, he's also the president and content developer for witnessing history, witnessing history is devoted to doing documentaries, documentaries really aimed at i believe a range of audiences but are particularly useful for those teachers out there and the documentaries kent has focused on have

[laughter] kent: alen is a good friend, very good friend. and we talk on the phone frequently but not about this. allen in his wonderful book, "the last gettysburg, the last invasion" says this about this deal. reynolds, and i'm quoting, rind would use the first corps to measure how much confederate strength was moving towards gettysburg and if that strength was more than the first corps could handle, he would fall back to cemetery hill where howard and the 11th corps were waiting. this would, without saying it, also forced george meade's hand and the other corps of the army of the potomac would have to be marched to gettysburg to fight the great battle there and not in maryland. now, i'll tell you, does that have an air of making reynolds almost criminally insubordinate? i mean, he's going to force a attle at cemetery hill so he doesn't have to fight it along pipe creek? just force his hand? and then the deal of reynolds predispositioned to so he could fall back to cemetery hill. , ande tell you folks working on -- i've been at it .or quite

abandoning it here in kent.covered the boat here they found a number of children‘s life jackets inside. they don‘t know how many migrants made this crossing or where they went to. but that was an isolated case. when they bought this jet ski to transfer migrants across the english channel, the depth of their ineptitude became clear. the boat was going back—and—forth, back—and—forth. .. karen lewis, who lives in dymchurch, witnessed a taste of their amateurism. they didn‘t seem very competent, obviously because their behaviour was very erratic and the way they were directing the boat up the slipway. they didn‘t seem very competent at all. it was the powell family who led this smuggling ring. two brothers, george and alfie, and their father leonard, today jailed for a total of 21 years. this was a gang who ran out of fuel, couldn‘t work radios or navigate at night. yet still tried to charge migrants £6,000 each, to cross. in the end they were trapped by what the judge called their "alarming amateurism," but also by

abandoning it in kent.also found a number of children's life jackets inside. they don't know how many migrants made this crossing more where they went to. but that was an isolated case. when they bought thisjet was an isolated case. when they bought this jet ski to try to tra nsfer bought this jet ski to try to transfer migrants across the english channel, the depth of their ineptitude became clear. the boat was going back and forth. karen lewis witnessed a taste of their amateurism. they didn't seem very competent. their behaviour was very erratic. and the way they were directing the boat at the slipway didn't seem very competent at all. it was the powell family who led this smuggling ring, two brothers, george and alfie and their father leonard. today they would jailed for a total of 21 years. this was a gang who ran out of fuel, could not work radios or navigate at night. yet they still tried to charge migrants £6,000 each to cross. in the end, they were trapped by what the judge called their alarming am

abandoning it here in kent. inside. they don‘t know how many migrants made this crossing or where they went to. but that was an isolated case. when they bought this jet ski to transfer migrants across the english channel, the depth of their ineptitude became clear. the boat was going back—and—forth, back—and—forth. karen lewis, who lives in dymchurch, witnessed a taste of their amateurism. they didn‘t seem very competent, obviously because their behaviour was very erratic and the way they were directing the boat up the slipway. they didn‘t seem very competent at all. it was the powell family who led this smuggling ring. two brothers, george and alfie, and their father leonard, today jailed for a total of 21 years. this was a gang who ran out of fuel, couldn‘t work radios or navigate at night. yet still tried to charge migrants £6,000 each, to cross. in the end they were trapped by what the judge called their "alarming amateurism," but also by the natural dangers and human security measures of the english channel

kent: that is a long way away. >> it is not that long. kent: seems long to me. am engaged in davita and i led an effort to advance open primaries, establish open primaries in colorado two years ago, now leading the gerrymandering initiative. in this way, i can invest in my village, and at the same time, be active cynically. right now, it is a pretty perfect balance. >> that doesn't sound like a know, so we will keep a close eye -- like a no. we will keep a close eye on things. thank you. vonnie: that was at hammond with kent' -- kent thiry. ♪ vonnie: that was the president of brazil speakingvonnie: exclusively to us today. you will hear more from that conversation with the president ,f brazil throughout the day covering everything from brazil's october elections to trade tensions with china. he spoke with bloomberg's shery ahn. as we head to the 1:30 mark, stocks are lower, and the s&p 500 is down .5, the worst performer in the s&p 500 is michael kors after a big versace acquisition. this is bloomberg. ♪ s bloomberg. ♪ mark: imed mark crumpton with first word ne

a whale has been spotted in the river thames estuary off kent.s thought to be a beluga whale and was first reported by an ecologist who saw it feeding around barges near gravesend. marine life rescuers have urged the public not to get too close. our correspondent robert hall is at the thames estuary near gravesend. with his binoculars, i assume? how is the spotting going, robert? well, in my case not terribly well, but you turn up for work and somebody says would you like to go whale watching in kent? you can't really complain, can you? it is appearing regularly, and i havejust walked up to the spot about a quarter of a mile from here and i can report it was seen again about five to ten minutes ago, so it is still there. that is causing a little bit of concern now because the wildlife experts that are on patrol out on the river with the port of london authority had hoped that the whale, which they think was feeding, would have moved on by now. the tide is dropping, thatis on by now. the tide is dropping, that is making them worry a bit. remember

at that point, again, it was as kent said, just us and japan. in the abstralct, there wasn't any major existential threat to japan but no japanese leaders were willing to put a lid on japanese capability for self-defense and that's a big elastic concept. so, i think i am less convinced that article 9 is a solution to the problem. the question is, when you say what would it look like -- for me, what would it look like to have japan in the driver's seat and i'm supporting nabe-san's point of view that when it comes to supporting japanese defenses and the use of force against aggression, i think the sdf are in the driver's seat. they may not be able to do it, depending on who the attacker is, and i think that's where things have changed. so, the minute you start seeing the chinese government send government forces to the sankakus, you start to see this question of real concern about a military engagement with china. there's always been an existential question about the potential of chinese military capability, but in terms of threat perception, i t

he'll also pay a £15 million fine. of two women in kent. here's holly hamilton.s on the final singles day. team europe lead 10—6 — needing just a. from today's matches. from john watson who's at le golf national. on the players‘ personalities — is it paying off? things stand as we know, so much to come to the rest of the day. come to the rest of the day. potentially come if they don't hold onto them, would surpass the a. onto them, would surpass the a. points that team europe need to back the ryder cup. the ryder cup. chip here at the seventh, setting himself up for par. himself up for par. made a birdie at the third, all square in that match. square in that match. spieth this weekend with three out of four. of four. against webb simpson at the moment, simpsons three up. simpsons three up. good putt there from the eighth. from the eighth. the moment, he is one up against the world number one dustin johnson. world number one dustin johnson. this is him making a birdie at. going well for ian poulter, one up the moment. the moment. five matches they are up in, that

kent for example, every crime is investigated.gation management unit, which assesses every single crime and looks at possible leads for investigation. and then their assigned appropriately. what police forces are doing is looking at how they can manage those investigations more effectively. so the message i would have to my residence is that every time is investigated and i know that is the case and many police forces across the country. but not all of them? i don't think that would necessarily be the case. there may be the different categories where they will be saying if you haven't got any cctv, witnesses or victims statements, that will be able to leads towards identification of the perpetrator they might violate earlier than it used to have done in the past, but they will still look for leads and they will still look for leads and they will still look for leads and they will still look to allocate for an investigation if they feel that there will be an outcome. what about pay? cressida dick says the government's refusal to in

jennifer kent took the special jury directed by a woman. the nightingale, a revenge thriller set in 19th century tasmania. she made a plea in her acceptance speech. in 19th century tasmania. she made a plea in her acceptance speechlj would also like to say, to all those women out there wanting to make films, please, go ahead and do it. we need you. however, the talk of the night was most certainly net flicks. roma was one of six net flicks. roma was one of six net flicks films that premiered here and it was the first big win to the streaming service at a major festival. cans banned netflix from its festival. it has been attacked for its strategy for making films available for streaming on the same day it is released in a cinema. while some worry about what they will do to the movie industry, alphonso sees it as an opportunity. this is a film that is in black—and—white, in spanish, mexican, with unknown stars and actors. and yet it has an international porsche from netflix. not any company does that. as the conversation about the future of f

he'll also pay a £15 million fine. of two women in kent. now on bbc news, it's time for click.s—lee turns the web on its head. and andy serkis plays a tormented, augmented orc. please, take me home. i can sing, i can dance, just take me home. i can do anything. i'll be good! knowledge is power — that's what we've been told.

he's 32 and played limited overs cricket for england eight years ago, he's helped kent gain promotione batting with burns although keaton jennings, cook's partner over the summer, has been retained. there's also a first test call up for seamer 0lly stone and a recall forjack leach, one of three specialist spinners on that list. rory burns who has been the leading scorer and the captain for the title this year comes in yet to make his debut and joe from kent makes a return to international cricket he did play a few one day are is quite a long time ago so it's been a big gap for a long time ago so it's been a big gapfor him, a long time ago so it's been a big gap for him, he comes back in but a very different cricketer now, he was back then. this time tomorrow night, we may well know whether anthonyjoshua has retained his world heavyweight crowns. he takes on alexander povetkin, in front of an 80,000 sell—out crowd at wembley. at today's weigh—in, joshua was almost two stone heavier than his russian opponent. he's been taking a new, more natural approach to training recently, waking up

nbc news intelligence reporter ken dilanian, jo ling kent and stuart stevens.reat to have all of you on board tonight. stewart, i want to start with you because you and i spent a lot time of on the campaign plane covering the flap or two. there were a series of what we then thought were crises for the mitt romney campaign. mistakes perhaps made by the candidate. it seems we're living in a world where the magnitude of those mistakes seems minuscule compared to what we are dealing with every single day here. what is your view of whether or not this op-ed reflects what is going on inside your republican party? is this in your view the dominant conversation that everybody else except for this handful of loyalists are having? >> i think there's a constant conversation about the president and about his office and about the decisions and the tone and the way he's conducting the office. it's often used, people say i don't like the tweets but it's really about something much bigger than that. the main thing about this is that it's just completely distracting from what g

tonight our jo ling kent goes inside facebook's headquarters with the executive leading the charge to prevent the kind ofeddlg of 2016 from happening again. >> inside facebook headquarters an effort to fight the social media's toughest battle yet. protect facebook and instagram users in the foreign interference lead up to the elections. prevent another 2016 when 126 million americans were exposed to posts from russia. >> we're focussed on getting it right. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, facebook's executive leading the charge said the company feels a profound sense of responsibility. >> is facebook safer now in 2018 compared to the leadup in 2016? >> i think we're in a mitch better place than we were in 2016, but it is an arm's race. >> reporter: after mark zuckerberg faced criticism that the company didn't step in fast enough in 2016. >> it was a big mistake, it was my mistake, i'm sorry. >> reporter: the pressure is mounting. but in the last six months facebook said it's detected, blocked and removed about 3 billion fake accounts and 20 nourks employees now work on safety a

the site is on the north kent coast. the plan is foran area around on the north kent coast.s. it would be by far the uk's biggest solar farm. the reason why we are proposing a solar park here is because it is a very large, flat, open space of privately owned land in the south—east of england, in kent, where solar radiation is very good. and if the future weather predictions continue, then this is an incredibly significant form of renewable energy to be enhanced. an incredibly significant form of renewable energy to be enhancedm other countries, giant solar farms are more common. some of the biggest are more common. some of the biggest are in china. collectively, they can produce enough energy to power the entire united kingdom many times over. a decision as to whether or not a solar farm will be built on this site is not expected for a year at least. but, while many accept that we should be doing more to harness energy from the sun, solar farms can be controversial. it would have a huge impact on the environment, and the local area. michael wilcox lives close by, and support

we get it all from nbc's jo ling kent. >> reporter: the biggest confrontation today, outside the hearing room where right wing conspiracy theorist alex jones crashed a press conference taunting senator marco rubio. >> don't touch me again, man. i'm asking you not to touch me. you're not going to get arrested, man. i'll take care of it myself. >> reporter: back inside, facebook c.o.o. sheryl sandberg facing more questions about her leadership during the company's response to russian meddling in 2016. >> we were too slow to spot this and too slow to act. that is on us. >> reporter: google choosing not to send anyone despite phone. >> we realize the real world negative happened and we ke >> reporter: later, pressed about accusations of political bias. >> we wouldn't be having this discussion if there wasn't a general agreement that your company has discriminated against conservatives. >> i believe that we have found impartial outcomes. >> reporter: and tonight talk of new regulations with tech companies. >> sheryl, how much can americans trust facebook. >> two months until the midterms, jo

jo ling kent, nbc news, los angeles. >>> we are covering a deadly disaster unfolding tonight after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake triggered a monster tsunami that slammed into an island in indonesia. the wall of water uprooting trees and leveling homes. nbc's ron allen has the latest. >> reporter: a terrifying massive wall of water smashed over this indonesia island city. waves from ten feet tall, residents crying out, running for their lives. the tsunami surging ashore just after officials lifted a warning, apparently not expecting such danger. first came the massive 7.5 magnitude quake striking in the early evening on the island of the epicenter near a city of 300,000 residents. these pictures posted by a government official show a bridge before and after. hospitals moved outside to more safely care for the injured. buildings collapsed or swept away. reports of entire families missing. the region is part of the so-called ring of fire around the pacific ocean. most of the world's earthquakes happen there. now emergency crews stepping up search and rescue at first light in wake of multip

there is a new law to help protect your children's jolene kent explains. >> that's going to be nice.ther never thought her twins would be targets of identity theft. >> i got a bill that said collection notice on the front of it. >> when her son started receiving bills for acne skin care, she called the company. >> they said gavin had been a regular customer. i said gavin is 5. >> the numbers are alarming. in four identities will be stolen before they become an adult. children are popular targets because the crime can go undetected for years and parents sometimes help identity thieves by giving away critical details on social media. >> is that making them more of a target? >> it makes the identity thieves's job much easier. if you do a birth announcement and describe the gender, birth date of your child. that's data points. >> after a new law goes into effect thisfice >> theyted to steal someone and they picked me. >> his mom trying to protect his financial future. jolene kent, nbc news, new york. >> so many things to be mindful of. >> online and now this. >> after the break which new

jo ling kent, n news, california. >>> if you look at how much the opioid crisis is costing this nation, one study found boon county, west virginia is spending more mon per person than any other county in the country but they are working tuce the cost in dollars and more importantly in aives. tonigh part of the series one nation overdosed, we look at a drug court that's turning lives around. william thompson's family has lived in this part of west ce virginia sin before it was a state, that's his son will pitching. job. o >> reporter: but more than a e'coach, seen as the moral compass around here, theounty judge whose drug court is a lifeline. >> passing your drug en sc working. >> reporter: boon county is so ravaged by drugs heores whether his own kids will even want to live here one day. how muchf the population do you think is actively using drugs? ha> i would estimate more 10%, less than 20%. a lot of the users are parents, so you know theirids are not using they are being affectedit b >> reporter: in his drug court, thompson is determined to rebuild his community one person at a ti

jo ling kent, nbc news, new york. >>> coming up, we'll tell you about a role for an actor that becametar on the cosby show and was recently shamed, working at trader joe's. >>> a man that went above and beyond for high school seniors. we'll tell you how their luck suddenly changed. >>> the economy is booming and if you need proof, look no further than the latest strong jobs report. the u.s. adding over 200,000 jobs in august beating expectations. unemployment steady at 3.9% but maybe the biggest news is the long-awaited wage growth. average pay rising nearly 3% over a year ago. the largest jump in nine years. >>> a new job has a former cosby show cast member back in the headlines tonight. jeffrey owens has accepted a tv role from tyler forry as we told you earlier this week. owen's story went viral when he was job shamed on social media photographed working at trader joe's. many people came to his defense including perry that called his work the measure of a true artist. >>> an incredible scene in virginia as a freight train struck a tractor trailer that was stalled at a railroad cros

jo ling kent, nbc news, cupertino, california. >>> when we come right bag, the legendary tony bennett still going strong with a brand-new album. our spotlight is next. it )s vir breath away. a child out on a ledge. tonight, the stunning admission from police about how they responded. and a mail thief in action. why she may literally have the key to your mailbox too. next. >>> finally, our spotlight on an american treasure. tony bennett, a singer with a gift that appeals across generations now is hitting the road again with a brand-new album, and he tells harry smith how he's still going strong. ♪ wonderful >> reporter: two years north of 90 and tony bennett still sounds. ♪ you should care for me ♪ >> reporter: like vintage tony bennett. ♪ i left my heart ♪ in san francisco >> reporter: every phrase, every note, like a perfect brush stroke. he's recorded a new album with jazz star dianna crawl, they are old friends. the phone rings and someone is on the phone and says, how would you like to record an album of duets with tony bennett? and you say what? >> i will be there in five minutes

portsmouth, all the way to kent and scotland and northern ireland, they are not doing bad at all. temperatures in the high teens. the rain will clear way. sunshine in northern england and wales. then, more cloud and further rain drifting in off the atlantic. by rain drifting in off the atlantic. by the end of the night it is damp and wales. throughout much of northern england and south—western scotland, belfast will get some rain. a very mild night. temperatures on the south coast of england no lower than 15 or 16 degrees. on sunday, low—pressure round my head here, with stronger winds and a weather front in the direction of scotland. eventually, sunshine and showers here. a spot of rainfor sunshine and showers here. a spot of rain for some time. sunday is not looking bad at all. a much brighter day for many of us. temperatures of 23 in london, 20 expected in yorkshire. monday into tuesday, this rather long area of weather, the weather front slices the uk in half. it slices the atmosphere in half, warmerair it slices the atmosphere in half, warmer air wafting in from spain, portug

our business espondent jolene kent reports on how you can cash in.r:l it christmas in september for these potential seasonal retail workers,t a hiring event today. thanks to the booming economy and low th unemployment're in more demand than ever. >> i came out looking for employment. >> reporter: there are nearly 800,000 retail job openings across the country as of this summer. that's 100,000 more than last year. seasonal hiring is now under way at target, which plans to add 120,000 workers. macy's is hiring s.0,000. and u.s bringing in 1 workers.onal with consumer confidence hitting a near 18-year high, employers are offering unprecedented incentives to attract and retain those workers. >> major retailers are doing whatever it takes to convince people to work there. so that can be hiring at a certain p or paid time off orb other benefits, such as getting discounts hings that are sold at the store. >> reporter: another big perk, the possibility of a full-time job. and they offered it immediately, so i took it. took the opportunity. >> reporter: that'

a whale has been spotted in the river thames estuary, off the coast of kent.s of miles away in the high arctic. marine life rescuers have urged the public not to get too close, but our correspondent robert hall has been trying to get a proper look. thousands of miles from the arctic, just 2a from the centre of london. when a bird—watcher on the salt marshes east of gravesend caught a glimpse of a white shapejust offshore, he couldn't believe his eyes. it was a beluga whale, lost and far further south than any previous british sighting. within hours, the news had spread across social media, bringing whale—spotters out onto the riverbanks for a glimpse of the visitor. well, as soon as i arrived i saw a glimpse of it, but it has only been resurfacing once every 15, 20 minutes. seeing the beluga whale, which i've never seen, never ever imagined i would see in britain, let alone virtually in london. patrols from the port of london authority have kept vessels clear, and monitored the whale as it searched for food. the advice from us is to — for the navigators partic

kent apuada, swimmer:"i feel great. it feels amazing.l age group records and my ultimate goal is to make it to the olympics.">( marty ) phelps set the record in 19-95 - and later went on to become the most decorated olympian of all time. ( dave )morning fog with afternoon sun. still pleasant, but a fire danger returns. your forecast is next ! (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) desk: x8905 ( marty ) here is a live look at the embarcadero. ( marty ) here is dave spahr with the weather. (dave)an upper level trough moving across far northern california will likely maintain a cooling trend for inland areas today. high pressure will begin building inland to our north and east tonight. this will result in dry offshore winds and fire weather concerns for the north bay hills from tonight through tuesday. also, expect much warmer conditions by tuesday and wednesday, with temperatures warming well above seasonal averages. temperatures will cool late in the week as an upper low approaches from the west. ( marty ) we are hearing from a north bay woman believe