. >> rose: pablo picasso made his morfiddable representation primarily as a painter but he was also ac sculptor. now for the first time in nearly 50 years, new york's museum of modern art is mounting a major exhibition of those pieces. "picasso sculpture" features more than 100 objects and spans 1902 and 1954. >> sculpture is less known and less thought about than painting because it's harder to make scene. it takes up more space. it's more trouble to transport, more trouble to arrange in a gallery. so, therefore, across the board sculpture is less well known, but particularly so with picasso. >> rose: how good was picasso as a sculptor? >> as good as he was at evything else. i think. i mean, i think that's one of the revelations of the show. >> rose: that's exactly what someone said to me. "i had no idea he was as good a sculptor as he was a painter." >> that's the fun part. yeah. >> rose: the discovery? >> yeah, yup. and with picasso, discovery isn't necessarily what people expect now. because they think they know it all. so i think that's been the joy of the response. >> rose: did

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a first impression of the three dimensional works by pablo picasso. >> there is a sense you go through the show that almost anything can become a sculpture. >> part of the extraordinary new exhibit of the master. it'master. >> we begin tonight with russia's military involvement in the syrian crisis. the kremlin launched air tries today, dropping bombs north of the city of holmes. washington was pretty much caught off guard, learning of the strikes just right before they happened. the big question is were they targeting i.s.i.l. as they claim or were they taking aim at syrian rebels trying to protect bashar al-assad. mike viqueria is joining us. mike is seek it seems like the n was a little suspicious. >> you're absolutely right, adam. in the wake of this brand-new bombing campaign. secretary of defense ash carter called it tantamount to pouring gasoline on a fire. another series of meetings between john kerry and his russian counterpart sergey lavrov. no clear path forward in syria. >> reporter: this was the aftermath, 20 flights in all said the russian defense ministry, asserting its

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it is the best collection of sculptures by pablo picasso ever assembled in a single place. museum. kevin: curators spent more than three years gathering the pieces from around the world many of which use common household items including one featuring two , kitchen colanders. sean: these are the sculptures you have to stare at for a while. soldier homecomings are always girl in colorado just couldn' t daddy. 300 soldiers were still lined up and in formation at fort carson in colorado yesterday but a little girl made a break for it to get a hug. the crowd cheered as the two embraces and then the girl ran back to her mother. the soldiers had been gone for 8 months. kevin: i' m guessing she is two or sean: coming up in the next three. half-hour president obama is , issuing a rare apology after an airstrike hit a doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan and there are calls for an international >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 daybreak. sean: good morning, it is thursday, october 8, a beautiful sunrise in portsmouth, but a rainy friday on tap. our top sto

painters the world has ever known, but right now at the museum of modern art the sculptures of pablo picasso are taking center stage. >> he was born in spain and lived in france but the source of his inspiration might surprise you. sandy kenyon went to the moment to check it out. >> it's being called a once in a lifetime event, the chance to see the best collection of picasso's sculpture ever assembled in a single place, and it fills an entire floor at the museum of modern art in midtown. >> if you want to come see a picasso like you've never seen him before, this is the place to do it. >> curators ann umlin and ann temkin spent more than three years borrowing works from around the world. >> we are looking at picasso's bathers. >> the amazing thing about picasso that comes through this show especially is his sense of experiment and his desire to invent. >> >> as the catalog for this exhibition makes clear, picasso loved to use common household materials in unusual ways. >> here are two kitchen colanders welded together making the head of a woman. >> this piece and his iconic guitars demonstr