maya lin at the time was at yale. she was among 1421 individuals and teams who competed in the largest architectural design competition held in u.s. or europe or maybe the history of western civilization, later eclipsed by the memorial in world war ii -- in new york to 9/11. tell us about professor andrew burr. he became infamous for giving a b to maya lin. for those who have not seen what she turned in -- when people say why was this controversial? it's such a beautiful design -- the good news is in this book you can see what she did turn in. this is what she turned in. this won the largest architectural design competition in history. it's water color. it's difficult to imagine unless you have extraordinary skills and you're an engineer perhaps. our jury were brilliant people. tell us about andrew burr. >> before i do so my rather bad joke about the gentleman, his name is paul -- he deserves a tremendous amount of credit for managing those 1421 submissions with fairness and professionalism. andrew burr's this very jo

for a time the climate had been very favorable in the maya and hire me that aided the mayas rise to the most powerful civilization on the continent. they had their own script and astronomical calendar each city state had its own king whose prayers it was believed could call forth life getting it right. the population grew up with every generation. maya society became increasingly complex and comprised of hierarchical social classes. but it like unity. individual cities states coveted their neighbors resources triggering armed conflicts you. at its height the maya civilization numbered seventy cities states which were in constant conflict. gradually the climate changed. there was less rainfall. crop yields dropped. food became scarce for a population accustomed to plenty. then the worst drought in seven thousand years set in. but the maya were not prepared to make any changes to their way of life they were incapable of adapting to new environmental conditions. or is broke out. fearing for their power the king sacrificed prisoners to appease the gods. but to no avail. rebellions was the c

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maya, your view of the significance of mr. mcgahn's departure, a man who rachel and i and others have noted seems like quite the hero if you believe his own leaks. >> so it is news certainly. i don't think that we're going to see any major shifts in how this investigation is going to be handled through the white house because, of course, mcgahn has not been the primary lawyer handling the russia investigation for the white house. so that -- we're not going to see a major shift in strategy. >> in posture. >> in posture. what we have to understand is mcgahn was actually part of the mission critical team. what i mean by that is he made it his job to accomplish trump's mission. >> let me push you on the posture. there is a view here that trump wants to get mueller fired, "the new york times" reported it, but mcgahn was reported as the obstacle. donald trump hasn't necessarily changed his mind about that. the interpretation here would be that mcgahn, who was the barrier for that, has been removed. what about that theory? >> at the

i turn now to maya wiley, a former council tomei your of new york city. nick akerman, and aj dion of the "washington post." maya, when you look at this decision, i say carefully, not something we look negatively at, but does look dumb. how do you interpret it? >> i interpret it as the defense doesn't have a defense. at the end of the day, what we have are a series of witnesses, even before you get to rick gates, an accountant -- two accountants and a bookkeeper who literally went through a process with documents, saying false document, supported a false statement, including false statements to the irs, but also to banks in terms of what loans they were trying to get for manafort in order to pay and sustain his very expensive lifestyle. you have e-mails from paul manafort himself saying he did not have foreign bank accounts. so it's not even just a credibility question because unless you can mount a defense that says those folks are lying, or shouldn't be believed, or the documents themselves that are before you have been falsified, or can be interpreted i

we will speak with maya little.tay with h us. ♪ [musibreak] amy: "phenomenal woman" laura ohm-vula. we end today's show in north carolina, where hundreds of student protesters in chapel hill toppled the "silent sam" confederate statue at the universisity of north carolina monday night on the eve of the first day of classes. the statue was erected in 1913 to honor confederate soldiers and has been the target of repeated protests. video ototage ows prottersrs surrndnding e statueith h ta banners. then the statue was toppd.d. this is universi o of noh carolina doctoral ududent ya little speaking atononday'ss protes shfaces charges ofroropert destction and possib expulsion r r pourg rered k and her owblblood thehe stue during an rlrlier otesest april. but th is maya and a night. >> the statue that honors slave owners. at the statue i felt degraded and havalso been harass.. i veve beesurvrveied byy police . i th c calle a nigge. from theah wi be hung trtree rht a abo silenensam. amy: protesters teter trd toto bury t t to

maya, you know there's no crying in baseball. is there crying this federal court? is there anything wrong with crying, sharing your emotions in a setting can be positive? >> it's important to be in touch with your feelings. generally, if you're an attorney with a jury staring you down, you definitely want to exude confidence, which is why, i think you heard a prosecutor saying, no, my eyes are -- i am not crying. unless they're tears of joy because as far as i could tell the prosecution is in a very strong position in this case. i was thinking more of baretta, don't do the crime if you can't do the time. >> i hear you on that. maya, what are we to make for people who haven't spent as much time in courtrooms about this? is this just the judge's way in a long-running, tense trial of expressing his displeasure because he's clearly rangled with lawyers from both sides? >> yeah, you know, judges are people. and people have different personalities. and every trial has its own set of dynamics between the judge and the attorneys that are appearing before the judge. this is

indoor skydiving is a fairly new sport the scene is small and maya wants to reach the top she combat defeat. does not but our scope is but come out i get you know every setback is like a little tragedy because i always need a few hours to motivate her again and to make it clear to her that this isn't the end of the world it is. took second place in the indoor skydiving world championship in twenty seventeen but her ranking isn't her main interest i want to try to gravitate more dynamic type of flying i want to be able to show really beautiful moves but at the same time mix them up with like super dynamic fast just you know have like my own different style. is currently the star of european indoor sky diving sponsors are hiring her to appear in response. to nonsense from becoming the face of indoor sky diving the world. now to the world of automobiles where the city. is a legend it's french name dish of all literally translates to two horses here in germany it's referred to as the duck whatever its name the french car was first produced in one thousand nine hundred forty nine and it s

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maya shrader joining us from washington thank you. let's now have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a powerful explosion in north of syria has reportedly killed at least thirty six people including many children the force of the blast toppled buildings burying many of the victims the origin of the explosion is to the british based wanted to group says a rebel weapons depot in the basement have detonated. the five countries bordering the caspian sea have reached a landmark deal on its legal status the convention signed by russia run by a german kazakhstan and turkmenistan decades of dispute over the world's largest enclosed body of water and its huge oil and gas reserves iran says dividing up the seabed will require additional agreements. jordanian security forces have pulled the bodies of three suspected militia militants from the rubble of their collapsed hideout following a deadly shootout for soldiers were also killed in this same as opened fire set off explosions late on saturday the clash west of th

maya is still in critical condition at john muir medical center here in walnut creek. the two female passengers who survived the crash are both still in the hospital with possibly life-threatening injuries. in walnut creek, katie nielson, kpix 5. >>> the chp says an east bay man was under the influence and driving on a suspended license when he hit and killed a man on interstate 880 in oakland. happened about 2:30 this morning near 66th avenue. officers say the victim, an antioch man, was involved in an earlier crash. he left his car when he was hit by an oncoming lexus. the driver is identified as maury butler of berkeley. he's had three previous dui convictions in the past 10 years. butler is booked at the santa rita jail and tonight he's facing a murder charge and his fourth dui. >>> two men ended up dead after they fought on a freeway in sacramento. the chp says two cars crashed on interstate 5 at around 4:00 a.m. both drivers jumped out of their vehicles and started fighting. investigators say one man died from blunt force trauma. then the other man was struck and

it comes back to maya angelou.someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time that negative preannouncement is the first time when management announces a bad quarter, they're not just looking at the past. they're looking at the order book to their future believe me, if there were any hope that business would get better, the company wouldn't have to cut numbers between its regularly scheduled quarterly reports if they thought that maybe something could get better, not worse in the next 30 days, they keep their darn mouths shut and wait that's why i recommend waiting that 30 days to see if anything improved before you even think about buying that kind of stock. this will really keep you out of trouble. because i can count on one hand the number of times when things got better within a month. sure, now you're going to miss some great opportunities like i said, maybe a half dozen. and sometimes the stock bottoms early. but most of the time, after 30 day, you'll have sidestepped yet another brutal leg down.

how many counter protesters are still here after that and we'll see where things go from there well maya thank you for braving the weather for us but what has been the message so far from the so-called anti fascist groups and also the white nationalists the anti-fascist groups are here and i spoke with a couple of them earlier in the week and they say they want to really show the world that this is not dc's message is message of white supremacy is not what washington d.c. stands for they're a multicultural place that you see a lot of black lives matter science a lot of prose socialist signs and a lot of signs at the base of it this is a very anti trump city he only want to about ten percent of the vote here the white nationalists on the other hand are here to say that with their voices are being marginalized and i was especially the message of jason castro the man who organized this. with the latest from washington thank you. let's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world a powerful explosion in north and syria has reportedly killed at least thirty six people in

nbc's maya rodriguez joins us now. and maya, we're playing this for folks. many for the first time. and hearing what, again, purported to be the sound and video from that very moment, when this all came down earlier today. what more do we know at this 4:00 eastern time? >> reporter: right. this situation has been unfolding for the last couple of hours, since early this afternoon, richard. what we know at this point is that according to our nbc affiliate in jacksonville, there are four people who are dead, 11 that have been injured in this mass shooting at this tournament. it was a video game tournament taking place, like you said, at the jacksonville landing. you saw the live stream just a second ago of that tournament. a lot of people had been watching from afar, including the people that were there in the room. and you heard all of those gunshots. and, again, what sounded like people running away. you could almost hear the trampling and almost their footsteps as they ran away from the shooter. what we do know at this point, the sheriff is going to be giving an update at 4:30 this

maya rodriguez has what serena is saying now. >> reporter: at the u.s. open today serena williams tamping down the commotion over a cat suit. >> i'm sure they would -- we would come to an understanding and everything would be okay. >> reporter: the head of the french tennis federation caused a stir this week when he took issue with a black nike cat suit williams wore at the french open earlier this year. in a published interview bernard said some outfits had gone too far, adding specifically about williams' outfit, it will no longer be accepted. the place. the comments unleashed an angry outpouring. tennis great billie jean king saying the policing of women's bodies must end. a cat suit on the court is nothing new. ann white wore one at wimbledon back in 1985. more than a fury over fashion, williams says the compress outfit had a medical purpose, helping prevent blood clots that plagued her after giving birth to her daughter, alexis, last year. at the sight site of the u.s. open in new york, mixed reactions. >> i didn't think it looked appropriate for a

and maya wiry, former counselor to the mayor of new york city. also an msnbc legal analyst. even the encouragers of jeff sessions are simply saying hang on until after the election. >> i don't think there's any question that donald trump is going to continue to undermine one of his most loyal supporters because of the mueller investigation. that's clear. and i say that because remember that jeff sessions is one of the earliest supporters of donald trump, one of the earliest inside the beltway people. but he's also been unapologetically a supporter of trump's policy that he's been very effective i would say and argue unfortunately for justice in this country, extremely effective at executing whether it's separating families at the border, whether it's reversing efforts to provide support for police accountability and safer communities, or even the way in which we overcriminalize particularly black and latino communities in terms of sentencing laws. so what we have seen is a jeff sessions that had been quite effective, an early supporter and a regular -- someone who has regula

maya rodry gez rodriguez takes a look at a new warning. >> reporter: when it comes to playing in the backyard, michael wilson's dog knows no bounds. >> he's my best friend. we go everywhere. >> reporter: he doesn't look it now, but last year arrow almost died. >> he was really lethargic and didn't want to play. >> reporter: he brought him to the north carolina state college of veterinary medicine. >> the function is really poor. >> reporter: she started noticing an unusual number of dogs with a form of heart disease not usually seen in mixed or small breeds, nearly three dozen sharing the same symptoms like these, trouble breathing and causing, but also something else. >> the dietary ingredients is what they had in common. >> reporter: the food and drug administration is warning of a potential linc between -- link between free dog food and certain diseases. the agency is not naming specific brands but says owners ou ingredients. vets are still studying, but suspect some cases could be linked to a deficiency in an amino acid critical to canine heart health. what should dog owners look

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maya rodriguez joins us now from jacksonville with the latest. maya. >> reporter: yeah, ali. 22-year-old eli clayton and 27 taylor robinson, the two people killed by the gunman yesterday, by all accounts were well liked and well known within the gaming community. like you said, police have not released a particular motive in this case or whether these two individuals were targeted by the gunman. the sheriff's office just wrapped up a news conference just a short time ago. they said the guns they found with katz were purchased legally in maryland. police were at his home in baltimore yesterday combing through the home trying to find any evidence that might be related to this shooting. again, no motive yet as to what katz might have been thinking before this shooting started but one of the things we are hearing is some of the actions of the brave first responders who happened to be nearby when all of this started. one of them was someone with the sheriff's office happened to be driving by the landing here. the other was a group of firefighters who

maya rodriguez is in charlottesville for us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. security in charlottesville was very tight today especially here at the site where 32-year-old heather heyer and others were injured when police say james field ran his car into a group of counterprotesters. today there were some standoffs between law enforcement and some of those protesters. no injuries were reported, but there were four arrests. some were affiliated with antifa, the anti-fascist movement and are protesting the heavy police presence here while others are pushing a message out that racism will not be tolerated. in between all of this there were moments. susan gros, the mother of heather heyer, made her way to the site where her daughter died, a street which has been renamed in heather's honor. she has since become involved in her daughter's social justice crusade. also during the day today, there were prayers for peace near the site of last year's deadly crash. in the meantime, the robert e. lee statue that was the focal point for all of this last year still remains i

nbc's maya rodriguez explains. cynd her family this year's summer vacation on the beach ended just hours after they arrived. rushing their little boy to the emergency room on the very first day. >> when we walked into the hospital, the first thing they even said before they said hello was did you go to the beach today. >> reporter: her 2-year-old evan was having trouble breathing. >> he was trying to gulp for air. >> reporter: earlier, they had gone to the beach near inglewood, florida, along the state's southwest coast. now ground zero of a 150 mile long outbreak of red tide. >> it's been so long since i was in florida that the whole red tide thing, i forgot how scary it was. >> reporter: red tide is a form of toxic algae found in ocean waters. so far this summer in florida, it's killed thousands of fish, along with dolphins, sea turtles and sharks. the poison built up in shellfish too, a hazard for anyone who eats them. that's just one of the many ways toxic algae is posing a danger for humans who get too close t

it's really sad that two people lost their lives. >> reporter: the chp says for maya ramey's injuries were severe, but not life threatening. the two female passengers remain hospitalized, their names and the names of the two men who lost their lives have not yet been released. >>> suspected dui driver faces murder charges for a crash that killed a pedestrian on 80 in oakland overnight. the chp says 56-year-old berkeley resident maury butler struck the person after that person's car broke down in the middle of the freeway this morning. he did not see the disabled car and hit the victim. officers say they smelled alcohol on butler's breath when he was arrested. butler has three previous do, ui convictions. >>> the largest wildfire in state history is forcing more people out of their homes tonight. new evacuation orders were issued late this afternoon for people in the lake pillsbury area. the mendocino complex fires are 70% contained since they started 17 days ago, the two fires burning near clear lake have destroyed 146 homes. >>> the nelson fire is now fully contained. it burned 2,100

indoor skydiving is a fairly new sport the scene is small and maya wants to reach the top she combat defeat. goes up what i ask of us but come out i get you know every setback is like a little tragedy i always need a few hours to motivate her again and to make it clear to her that this isn't the end of the world it is. my i took second place in the indoors kind of ingrown championship in twenty seven teams but high ranking isn't a main interest i want to try to gravitate more dynamic type of flying i want to be able to show really beautiful moves but at the same time mix them up with like super dynamic fast just you know have like my own different style. is currently the star of european indoors kind i think sponsors are hiring her to appear in the thoughtlessness. sights nonsense on becoming the face of kind of having the well. now we're diving deep underwater usually snorkeling and scuba diving enthusiastic choose tropical locations for their underwater adventures but there are plenty of opportunities in colder climes for instance in iceland where tourists can explore a hidden oasi

maya rodriguez, nbc news. >>> california fire crews are now taking on a new blaze. officials say the so-called front fire exploded to 300 acres with 0% containment as it burns through parts of a national park in santa barbara county. according to authorities, the main issues are high temperatures and low humidity, as that fire burns out of control, firefighters have successfully contained the deadly ferguson fire that scorched over 96,000 acres near yosemite national park. fire crews say the smoke could still linger. >>> the pono raceway. on the seventh lap of the abc hd wiggins bumped into each other on the fastest track. both drivers spun out, but wiggins went airborne into the fence. after being pulled from his car and immediately air lifted to the hospital, where he's being treated for injuries to spine and lower extremities. >>> back in march, the nfl ruled out a new policy aimed at promoting player safety, but players are clapping back against the change. after the first targeting ejection was called during the seahawks/colts game, social media erupted in frus

richard opened up maya back in 1999 in marathon plaza. he also has a maya restaurant in new york, dubai, as well as qatar. and one of the concepts we have been thinking about is bringing maya back to san francisco. and that is where we are right now for this property. jim, on the design side has designed 150 restaurants all over the world. local san francisco. and his design partner is anna, who literally lives across the street from the property. as well as nick, who also lives across the street. in terms of construction time line, i mean richard would like to be open before next summer is what we would like to have happen. we have been at this for over a year now, when bob first reached out to say an opportunity was coming, so we are all anxious to move the process forward, get our approval so we can get a lease negotiated and start construction. operations, again, mick will handle the day-to-day operations of the restaurant. he has been in the business about 20 years. and he will run the restaurant. community engagement. i've been in s

maya rodriguez, nbc news. >>> one of the country's best-known college football macoaches ed side lined tonight, as ohio state university launches an investigation into how much head coach urban meyer knew about allegations of domestic violence against a former assistant coach. now we're hearing new comments from both men. nbc's gadi schwartz ose details. >> reporter: it was a day of two simultaneous bombshells for buckeye nation. >> i've never hit her, i've never beat her, nothing. >> reporter: former assistant coach zach spitz saking out to espn about his ex-wife's allegations of domestic violence and these pictures released by her. >> anything that ppened to her body was all justefensive movements to remove myself fro the situation. >> reporter: at the same time friday, ohio state's famed head coach urban meyer acknowledgie ining he did know about the allegations, contrary to what he told this is what he said about the allegations a week ago. >> i was never told about anything. never anything came to light. i never had conversation about it. so i know nothingou it. >> reporter: but y

>> maya, thank you. kelly o'donnell is in berkeley heights, new jersey, near where the president is. kelly, the president reacting to omarosa's new book, the tell all. what is he saying? >> reporter: good to be with you, aaron. this is a flip of a long-time defender of the president. she'd been intertwined with president trump in his celebrity era, making both of them stars in that pop culture realm. then, of course, he brought her to the white house. for a long time, she defended him in some of the most heated ways, including after charlottesville, saying the president was not racist. in a book called "unhinged." she out on the circuit, saying she believes over time, she's come to realize she thinks the president is racist, bigoted and massage nist. he has bikers for trump all around him, signing autographs, shaking hands. a reporter asked the question about how the president felt about this. his response was biting. here is that exchange. >> i better not go any further. >> low life. she's a low life. >

nbc's maya rodriguez is there with more. maya, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle.te the right has planned for a second rally. like youme ioned, that permit was denied. instead, they plan to have a i rally tomorro washington, d.c. at a park across from the white house. still the city charlottesville and the state of virginia remain under a state of emergency. ltiple streets are closed off to traffic and there's a large olice presence in town this weekend and also at the nearby university of maryland, that's where the altight tiki torch march took place last year the night before the protest.ts this year parf the campus are blocked off. the city's new mayor and police chief s they won't tolerate the happened last year. you may recall ea32r-old heather higheyer died. city officia s say thete of emergency in place here is needed to make sure resources e available to make sure people stay safe. as for the rober e. lee statue in that park which was the focal point of all of this last ityea s still in that park. there is a state law preventing the removal o confederate mo

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