he sent lee's cavalry division, and kershaw's infantry division. well over 4,000 troops. that gives early, it is difficult particularly in this period of time to know exactly how many confederate troops are because of records, but let's say somewhere in the neighborhood of 18, 19,000 troops.0 19,000 troop0 19,000 troop0 19,000 troops., 19,000 troop 19,000 troops. when sheridan heard that, he withdrew back to harpers ferry. as he withdrew, his cavalry, and they're unmatched in this -- and they're unmatched in this campaign, they simply are, may be the best combat troops in the army, northern army, they're going to start the burnings. they're going to burn barns, going to torch some houses, burn crops. grant had ordered this, as you well know, famous order he had given that, you know, destroy the valley so that when a crow flies over it, he has to carry his own rations. it begins here. i will tell you in turn, john mosby will start increasing raids, if you go outside berriville at the morgan farm, there's a stone says mosby's rangers attacked barn burners, took no prisoners

clayton kershaw one of the best in the game. you can't hit what you can't see.ershaw retired 13 straight to end the outing. bottom of the ninth, we need a hero. i'll be the man. a three-run walk off homer. a's win 4-1 and raj and jessica, tomorrow on nbc bay area, 7:05, a's and giants, keep that box of kleenex close by. the a's get the giants in this series. mark my word. you will be crying all week. >> i will be in the dugout and make our annual bet. >> >> you got it. thanks a lot. >> a san francisco strip club wants the show to go on. the lusty lady fell on tough financial times and thinking of calling it curtains. but the dancer who is own the club may try to make the establishment into a historic museum that also has live entertainment. the lusty lady hopes to become a tourist attraction and be added to the list of city landmarks. they are trying to survive. thanks for joining us tonight. >> see you tomorrow. >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes katy perry. the man who

kershaw, two earned run , 2-0 giants. here they come. they are one game back of the dodgers.s we have a nice young producer who's going to bless you with ten extra seconds. >> so you won't act up. >> well -- >> use it well! you already used it . >> i just wanted to acknowledge >>> all right, search of two in a row, as in seattle. the cuban sensation delivering tonight. there it goes! seattle's 2-nothing lead is no more. it's cut to 2-1. the as would tie it on a joni gomes single. 2-2 in the 8th. and there he goes, brendan ryan. the as come up a buck short tonight in the pacific northwest. >>> all righty, the football folks have spoken along with university presidents for the first time in history. there'll be a college football playoff. the top four teams will play semifinal games, then meet for the national title. it begins in the 2014 season. why did they do it after all these years? they're reaching out and answering the fans? sure. and they'll get maybe . the word is half a billion dollars more for college football without the players being paid per season. >>> semifinals

placido polanco takes kershaw deep for a two-run home run. still tied in the ninth, jonathan papelbon looking to close it out. elonherera slaps one past the infield, that's a go-ahead run. bottom of the ninth, freddy gal vas lines one to center. herera there for a beautiful diving grab. and yes, sir, the dodgers hang on to win 4-3. they've got is most wins in the majors. the phillies remain in last place in the n.l. east. >>> wrestling great george "the animal" steele was on hand at a rochester red wings minor league baseball game. during his wrestling career he was best known for eating turnbuckle. the animal couldn't resist chewing the leather off the cover of a baseball. even at 75 years old he's still chewing inanimate objects. throwing out the first pitch in rochester after eating the ball and then shuffles off the field. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," scott walker and his 17 months as governor go on trial at the polls in wisconsin today. does the democrat barrett have the shot at the upset? if walker holds on wha

stacks of nazi literature and biographies, and when we were riding on the train, i was carrying the kershaw book, and it that is a big picture of hitler on it so we were getting funny looks. i'm obsessed with this period and what happened in this period and the different perspectives on it. but i'll say in my defense, hitlerland, bill, is subtle about introducing hitler. we do not see him from the front. and we look over his shoulder, but the serious side that i think this design, which is the credit to the credit of the designer at simon and shuster is showing that i'm trying to present a different perspective. and the title is not a product of my imagination, it's something that i discovered for the first time in researching this book that american correspondence in germany in the '30s, were talking informally about this country as hitlerland. so this was not -- this was long before disneyland. so, you had this, and so, because there have been so many wonderful books about this period, great historians, i would never have attempted to just write a straight history of this period. i think

because there have been so many wonderful books about this period, great historians from sheimer to kershaw and so many in between, i would never have attempted to write a straight history of this period. i think they would be going over well troded ground. and it would be hard to match. but one of the -- but the reason i undertook this was twofold. first of all, there have been -- they're starting to be more and more books about americans in paris and london and, of course, we all know movies like midnight in paris and all of that about the '20s which always cast a popular imagination and i find those really fun, too. but the more i thought about it and -- or the more christine, my wife, prochted me to think about it, i realized that nobody had really looked in any detail about the stories in the americans. there have been lots of individual memoirs, biographies that touched on the lives of americans that describe some of them, but not the whole experience. and so i began to think is there -- is there a story to be told here about these americans? and viewing events not with the benefit of

these stacks of nazi literature and biographies, and when we were riding together and i was carrying kershaw'sbiography and it has a big picture of hitler on the cover and we were getting these strange looks. yes, i will plead guilty to the fact that i am somewhat obsessed with this period. and what happened in this period and the different perspectives on it. but i'll say in my defense, hitlerland, bill, is subtle about introducing hitler. we do not see him from the front. and we look over his shoulder, but the serious side that i think this design, which is the credit to the credit of the designer at simon and shuster is showing that i'm trying to present a different perspective. and eventh name "hitlerland" is not a proct of my imagination. it's t fst timi discovered that erican correspondence ininn informally about this country as hitlerland. this w not -- this was long before disneyland. because there have been so many great books about this period. great historians and so many in between, i would never have attempted to write a stray history of this period. over rode ground and e going i

then, after the festivities the pitching match up ryan voguel song against clayton kershaw. pitcher's dual, won by the giants. >> it'sp great stuff. and if you're a pitcher to throw well. and so... great match up today. two good pitchers and i look forward to it just like players. >> and there ispç serena williams found court 2. and unloading a backhand winner up the line, barbara, 24 letters in the last name if you're counting was overmatched. we should say it's over and serena goes on to round two. men's side american marty fish moved into second round and there is brazilian that won the first four games of the match after that, got smoked, just seven games the rest of the way. and there is a little click. tiger woods knows a thing or two about being under microscope. he says it's time to start appreciating the fact lebron james is one of the best players of all time. and he's bauking -- talking about james winning for miami. >> and tiger says he's impressed with the growth. >> and there is pretty interesting to see the talented work and there are extreme condition autos

today travis blackly with cy young pitcher clayton kershaw. neither one batted the decision.orris nail it, nice inning to keep the game tied. now to the bottom of the ninth. josh lindlum puts it in front of cespedes. that's a walk off home run for cespedes. l.a. gets eight hits, one run. oakland has won eight of nine. cespedes remember he was nursing an injury, so no injuries please. >>> back in 2009, when he was 19 years and 35 days old, two weeks ago he won the pocono400. and logano is finally earning the respect of the veteran drivers. >> they're not going to give you respect until you disrespect them. there's going to be bad until you earn the respect from them. that takes time and it takes a couple of years to get through that. driver by driver. and eventually you start getting the give and take you had hoped for. >>> that's sports as we see it this thursday night. miami wins the nba title. giants at the a's. >> they're on a roll right now. >> they're actually hitting well. they've always had a pretty good pitching staff. they have a good relief staff. starting to play s

today travis blackly with cy young pitcher clayton kershaw. neither one batted the decision. watch norris nail it, nice inning to keep the game tied. now to the bottom of the ninth. josh lindlum puts it in front of cespedes. that's a walk off home run for cespedes. l.a. gets eight hits, one run. oakland has won eight of nine. cespedes remember he was nursing an injury, so no injuries please. >>> back in 2009, when he was 19 years and 35 days old, two weeks ago he won the pocono400. and logano is finally earning the respect of the veteran drivers. >> they're not going to give you respect until you disrespect them. there's going to be bad until you earn the respect from them. that takes time and it takes a couple of years to get through that. driver by driver. and eventually you start getting the give and take you had hoped for. >>> that's sports as we see it this thursday night. miami wins the nba title. giants at the a's. >> they're on a roll right now. >> they're actually hitting well. they've always had a pretty good pitching staff. they have a good relief staff. starting t

now the only thought is where would the giants be without ryan vogelsan outdoing kershaw.iants back to back shut outs in san francisco against the dodgers, first time since 1987. vogelsan looking good. 7innings, no runs, in winning the seven he did have health. arias to prevent an l.a. run in the first. fourth inning, milky cabrera reaches out, catches a curb, drives it over. and yeah the milk shake is on at at&t. are they having fun or what? the inning continues the fourth. base hit to right, angel pagan good idea angel. he scores and it's 2-0. that's all the scoring for the day. the giants will be one game back and the dodgers have lost seven out of eight. >>> maddening in a word, the a's who seem to play games decided by one run every night and when it goes the way it did this evening in seattle, maddening is the word. cespedes is giving as many homers in the american league. the bull penn for seattle gives it up and the person of johnny gomes the pride of casa grande high. 2-2 but in the eighth, here's where it is. 182 just over the glove of jamile weeks and it turns o

kershaw, the cy young award winner has been good again this season, leading the way for a team that's actually struggled recently. there's don mattingly, he knows the spotlight is going to be on his team tonight. >> it's probably the best game of the year we felt like last time out. it's getting a lot of plays. he's one or those guys that's a little bit of a lightning rod at this point after winning the cy young, any time something's going wrong at all, we're going to talk got it a lot. when he pitches, we don't expect to give up too many. we kind of expect one of those games, vogelsong has given us lots of trouble and i don't feel like he's hitting good at all. we may have gotten a few runs there. it always seems like he's been in there a long time. >>> the prize.com open will lead off the pga tour schedule in october of 2013. officials for the event have been rallying to have it be the season opener. and now their wish came true. >>> and how about some hockey in june. san francisco bulls hockey game announcing their first player in franchise history, peter civic, who has been has be

kershaw on the mound, that is money in the bank. the reigning cy young winner and l.a.ys four games front of the second place giants. >>> the a's see lots of arizona in the spring, but haven't like what they saw in two two games at chase field. you come to the game and you oftentimes see more than baseball. the diamondbacks will forever hold a place their hearts. two pitchers traded for each other, suzuki against his old teammate trevor cahill. parker had given up a run in the 1st, so the game was all over. still a 2-1 game. that ball way out to straight away center make it's a 5-run inning. bob melvin wasn't tried with mcclellan's strike zone. arizona has scored 33 runs in a four-game-winning streak. >>> well they will have to win one more series to finally silence their retractors, but lebron james and company came up big when they had to in game 7 of the nba's eastern conference series. dwyane wade and lebron putting on a distinctive game face. the celtics had the upper hand in the first half. brandon bass with the steal and strong move to the hoop. celtics up by 9,

now the only thought is where would the giants be without ryan vogelsan outdoing kershaw. to back shut outs in san francisco against the dodgers, first time since 1987. vogelsan looking good. 7innings, no runs, in winning the seven he did have health. arias to prevent an l.a. run in the first. fourth inning, milky cabrera reaches out, catches a curb, drives it over. and yeah the milk shake is on at at&t. are they having fun or what? the inning continues the fourth. base hit to right, angel pagan good idea angel. he scores and it's 2-0. that's all the scoring for the day. the giants will be one game back and the dodgers have lost seven out of eight. >>> maddening in a word, the a's who seem to play games decided by one run every night and when it goes way it did this evening in seattle, maddening is the word. cespedes is giving as many homers in the american league. the bull penn for seattle gives it up and the person of johnny gomes the pride of casa grande high. 2-2 but in the eighth, here's where it is. 182 just over the glove of jamile weeks and it turns out as the game

kershaw retired 13 straight to end his outing. run on first, still tied at 1. the bunt. brandon inge throws to second. gets matt trainer at second. derrick norris says, i'm not having it right now. throws out gordon. bottom of the ninth, runners on first and third. can you say this baby is quickly out of there. walkoff home run for the a's. they win 4-1. how about to the pitch now. the quarterfinal of the european championship. reynaldo gets the ball in the box. but his shot is off the post. still scoreless. 79th minute. portugal crosses into danger. reynaldo was there for the dive-in header. quick replay. third goal of the tournament proved to be the game winner. portugal wins 1-0, advancing to the semifinals. >>> all right. not far from the sharks headquarters, the san francisco 49ers are charting their course to the super bowl. and you might want to pencil safety trenton robinson into the group of new guys who could make key contributions this season. we're introduced to robinson as we met the rookies. >> it was just a maturity thing. as i grew up, i just figured, you

the truck would come in and pull 20 barrels out of kershaw per well and marked down 16 and go to herneighbors and take out 11 barrels and marked down eight. what? it's called of rich or theft. a couple of beryl's year, a couple of girls here. about $160 million by my calculation. how can i know this? filming it. before i was an investigator, investigative reporter i was an investigator. big cases. and working with the fbi, they had felt. take eight and march down six. all these trucks went back to the loading dock and obama. they're unloading dock was a guy with a steely gaze sorting the truckers. he said, i want more overage, theft. i want more. the guy was charles cook. no, you have to witness this. we have a wire. because my question, my question is, why? they guy was born with a billion dollars. he got it the old-fashioned way from his daddy. agassi did they get it the old fascist way. he's a billionaire. oklahoma taking 30 bucks, 12 bucks a weaker something. we know the answer. we had is executives, one of his top guys wired talking about his conversation. he said, i want what i

we locked up andre ethier and matt kemp hopefully will get him back and kershaw is one of the best pitchersall. we will be aggressive now in the free agent market. we are going to do things to bring back dodger pride. >> no one on one with kemp? >> they are challenging, but i told them not until after the season. this will be a big story. the owner hurts. i don't want that on my watch. >> chuck todd to lobby the softball question. >> magic, i want to warn you now that you are a comcast colleague, when you get in the e-mail system, we can get your e-mail. you will be stalked and all this stuff. i want to ask you about kemp. when is he coming back and are we going to hold on to first place? by the time he comes back, this is rough. what's going with james loney? >> all the trade things i leave up to stan. that's his decision. let's give the dodger team a lot of credit for still being in first place and matt kemp has been out for almost a month. our team is fighting hard and playing solid defense. we haven't been getting the big hits lately. we are in a slump right now. kemp should be back aro

philosophy in this country which persuades a lot of philosophers that they are specialists in mean kershaw and therefore cannot speak out about large issues and european philosophers on hold do not believe that. they come out of a tradition that rejects that and so we see this different type of performance here as against europe. >> the description of your book made me think of another famous book that came out in the late 80's out of chicago the closing of the american mind. his point of view seems to conflict with your cities of the american mind closing instead of being open to new ideas. did you read that book and what is your assessment of it in light of your own book? >> the 25th anniversary of the closing of the american mind i had been thinking about that and here is an ironic aspect. guess who allan bloom wrote his dissertation about? isocrates. [laughter] >> he said if you don't understand isaac ortiz, you can't understand plato. i think the closing of the american mind is a combination of a lot of different viewpoints and as you probably know, he was blocked by a lot of people f