potter's men are arranged around him roughly by height, while potter is hatless and staring directlynto the lens from the exact middle of the composition. if brady had stopped there, it would be a very satisfying photograph. but now that brady had started putting himself in photographs he couldn't stop. this time we see his face. he has posed himself as what he was, not the subject of the photograph, the presiding -- who can view this image without knowing its author was not the son but a person, well tailored artist standing to the right of the frame, hand on hip, leg jauntily cocked. harold holtzer asked me to focus in this talk on lincoln that brady or his studio took in 1864. since a couple of my pages of the book do this, i thought i would read them to you. on august 9th and again on august 8, 1863, president lincoln went to sit for alexander gardner. the first portraits made of lincoln since gardner's photographs of him in the field after antietam the previous october. brady was almost certainly galled by this, given his own relationship with the president. and on friday, janua

sold with harry potter's likeness was fair trade, and even that worked!rked! and i have to say, as happy as i am for the gryffindor win, after ferguson and garner, it bugs me a little bit that in 2014 this is the only chocolate that got justice. (applause) but my point is, it succeeded. so they can work! let's look at the real situation. many critics called the recent black protest unfocused. i won't mention any names. (coughs) oprah. sorry. i had something stuck in my stedman. not calling anybody out but in fairness it's not completely accurate. you see, it's not that these protests are less focused, it's that the goals are less tangible. in the old days, it was about being able to sit at a lunch counter or going to the same schools or even voting. today we're just trying to not get shot on our way to work. now look, i know it sounds like i'm exaggerating and people may think, "larry, calm down, police aren't targeting black guys ." okay, roll 122. >> tonight, a south florida family is outraged by this image right here and others. they say north miami be

mark potter spoke with some of them today in havana. >> at a run down cell phone repair shop in central havana, young cuban technicians use old equipment and do the best they can to keep customers connected. >> translator: we have nothing. we have no parts. >> these cuban youth are eager to join the modern world but are hampered by lack of technology and by limited access to internet and other communications. in a visit today with three young cuban professionals in their 20s, we learned they're thrilled to hear about obama announcing the u.s. is open to trade with cuba. i was happy. so many things this could mean for me, my job, my life. >> they hope these changes will ease some of the difficulties of living here. >> i can never have my own house or own car or dream for my kids. >> professor costa is among those hoping the u.s. will bring computers, phones, software and internet access to cuba. >> we need to be part of an interconnected world. need to be able to see what's happening in other parts of the world. >> even when you get internet, it's so slow you use it to have mail. maybe o

potter?ufficient outcry because it's been largely under the radar for most people except those politicians who are getting pressured by the lobbyists for these companies. the two biggest, johnson & johnson and general electric. two of the larger corporations in the world, that have enormous revenues. they can well afford this. they will pass along, in fact they'll probably not absorb any of this they'll pass the cost to consumers. it's just greed. >> dr. hebert your thoughts on that? >> i totally agree. first of all we know the large corporations are not going to lose any jobs. as mr. potter correctly pointed out, the congressional research service did the study and they did the study in november, which is very recent. so no jobs will be lost. we also have to remember that it will force hospitals and insurance companies to come up with money that they don't have trying to get the insurance that people need in the urban communities in the rural communities where people don't have health care.

nbc's mark potter has the story. >> the flawed and unconstitutional evidence -- >> reporter: in a packede the men known as the friendship 9 had their convictions over turned. 54 years after they were jailed for sitting at a whites only lunch counter. >> defendants con vibvictions for trespassing in 1961 are vacated. [ applause ] >> reporter: the story of the friendship 9 began in the 1960s when african-americans risked beatings and arrests to sit at segregated lunch counters in the jim crow south. in rock hill south carolina a group of students from friendship college came here to the five & dime to sit in these chairs at this counter to challenge segregation. >> i remember being grabbed by my belt and thrown to the floor, dragged out of the store. >> reporter: by whom? >> police officers. >> reporter: the protesters were dragged to jail. >> the part that got me is they put me in a cell and closed that door. that clang. you can still hear it. >> reporter: what happened next after the cell door slammed would define the friendship 9 and re-energize the american civil rights movement. >> re

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and all of it may be easier said than done as we hear from nbc's mark potter in havana. >> reporter: in colonial old havana, a musical show for tourists from around the world. in recent years performing for more and more american on tours controlled by the u.s. and cuban government. at the historic havana cathedral today, groups of u.s. educators, retirees and veterans taking in the sights, fully supporting the new u.s. travel rules that make it much easier now for even more americans to come see cuba. >> i think that commerce both economic and intellectual, educational, all of these forms can only bring good. >> reporter: but the question everyone seems to be asking, economists, analysts, tour guides and visitors, is whether cuba will actually be ready for a flood of americans. most believe that cuba simply does not have enough hotels or other amenities. >> it's very limited. now cuba faces a dilemma of trying to create a much expanded infrastructure. >> reporter: while many cubans hope more americans will mean more money coming in, restaurant owner miguel angel morales worries abou

. >> comeing from pottering and cameron county. they're on route. they should be here any minute. we'll stage them locally and if need arises we'll deploy them locally very quickly wherever we need them. >> can you talk about the challenges of white out conditions for these drivers? >> challenge we can't see as well as anybody else. we have to slow down considerably and during severe white outs we'll pull our trucks over because we just can't see. our intent to keep our trucks moving during this and keep plowing the snow off the roads so we can keep them passible. >> how unusual to pull in people from other areas? >> it's not unusual. it occurred -- i think we mobilized some teams last year up in district five region. when we see a severe storm like this that's not impacting the entire state it makes sense to move these resources here where they can be used. if we run into trouble and have to mobilize someone from here potter county will take them six hours to get here. why not pre position them so we're ready role? >> right now it's just the salt trucks out -- >> so the penndot s

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weight saudi arabia or break it down with the -- this is finally the closest you can get to harry potter's magical world in real life. analysts say it may be a push to take over the city's vast oil reserves or it could be part of the diversionary tactic. fred plankin explains. >> these are the sounds residents of kirkuk woke up to this morning. heavy gunfire around this former hotel. that's now used as a base by police. the police says militants raided the building and put snipers on the roof while kurdish fighters surrounded it and fired back. then kurdish special forces moved in and retook the building. the mill tantsz detonated a car bomb this general says. then about three terrorists who stormed into the hotel started firing at our troops. after a period of time our forces were able to kill two militants and wound another. the military operation ended. the situation is now stable. in the morning hours the extremists invooid have aeded an area southwest of stet. this video from a kurdish news agency shows the battle that killed five peshmirga fighters. >> a well known general is seen he

we get their story tonight from nbc's mark potter. >> the flawed and unconstitution -- >> reporter: incked courthouse on an emotional day, the men known as the friendship nine finally had their convictions overturned, 54 years after they were jailed for sitting at a whites only lunch counter. >> the convictions for trespassing in january of 1961 are vacated. [ applause ] >> reporter: the story of the friendship nine began in the early 1960s when african-americans risked beatings and arrests to sit at segregated lunch counters in the jim crow south. in rock hill, south carolina, a group of students from friendship college came here to the then-mccorey's five and dime to sit in these chairs at this counter to challenge segregation. >> i remember being grabbed up by my belt and thrown to the floor and dragged out of the store and it was police officers. >> reporter: the protesters were then dragged to jail. >> what got me is when they put me in the cell and closed that door. and that clang. you can still hear it. >> reporter: what happened next after that cell door slammed would define th

andrew potter has more. >> to britain it was a groundbreaking mission.sending a spacecraft to land on mars and at $75 million, at a for example of the cost of most space exploration. but after beagle 2 was released into the martian atmosphere on christmas day 2003 it was never seen or heard from again. until now. >> what we can say today with some confidence is that beagle 2 is no longer lost. >> it had been feared beagle 2 had crashed into the the surface of mars or bounced off the atmosphere into space. recent photographs from an american spacecraft orbiting mars has turned that thinking on its head. this is what they think is beagle 2 standing near its planned resting spot. >> it had four panels all neaded needed to deploy. we needed the antenna to command beagle 2. what's extremely frustrating about it is we got so close. >> this is britain's first attempt to getting a spacecraft to another planet. rather than being seen as a failure, unlocking the secrets of mars. >> beagle 2 collected scientific data it may be still on beagle 2 and we can't get to

that was a pretty bad wreck and tough break for cardell potter.owever, this was just a preliminary race. the next day, cardell, the guy in the yellow went on to the last chance qualifier race did well in that moved on to the main event and wound up winning the entire thing. >> came back strong. >> you can tell that he recovers well. he's back up on his feet. >> guy's ready to go. you can't keep him down. >> actually looks like a lot of fun to crash because you do just slide across the ice. >> doesn't look like anybody was injured in this wreck but it's a religion in parts of wisconsin, >> a lady scopes out the ice cream but then this scene becomes a real live horror story. why what she does next will leave a bad taste >> oh, no! that's disgusting! >> and embarrassing secrets are revealed when one guy decides to read and draw the diary of his 10-year-old self. >> like i could get all the ladies or something, kiss all of them and then be home by . gold bond rough & bumpy skin therapy. used daily, it exfoliates, smoothes, softens. reduces bumps 72 pe

you don't have to pay before the vessel leaves the potter. it just has to be paid before it arrives in cuba. >> this is an aspect that the new opponents of the obama administration, it stuck in their craw thisy that you could get down the road extensions of credit, that cuban buyers would not have to pay up front in cash everything that they pressured. that going away they see as a real problem. you seem to see it as a real boom. >> it still requires cash in advance. the cash has to be paid before the vessel arrives or the title changes and the goods delivered are the cuban port. it's still cash in advance. we still cannot offer credits. our export competitors as an example in vietnam offers credit to cuba and cuba uses vietnam as their principles source of rice for their local economy. >> meaning that a kernel of rice traveling from the mekong delta to cuba makes it rather than arkansas or texas . >> there is aen advantage when it comes to the logistics, and timing of delivery. request we're 700 miles from the port where we can export rice t

while the militant group continues to rampage across the region a new video from its pore pottered leaderappeared wednesday celebrating the paris attacks. >> we are very happy with what happened in france. god is great. god is great. this is great news to hear, my brothers. >> more than 10,000 people were killed in the ongoing violence in nigeria just last year. >> on this edition of "inside story," boko haram has founded in 2002. the nigerian government has trouble standing up to the well-armed group with thousands of fighters and control of towns and villages across 20,000 square miles. last year boko haram kidnapped more than 270 nigerian school girls which drew international condemnation, more than 200 of those girls are still missing. the rising death toll in northeastern nigeria and cameroon on on the program, is the world worked up about the threats to nigeria, a country with huge oil deposits and long-standing problem s, as it is france? with us, our guests. >> this is a part of the world that you're very familiar with. tell us about northeastern nigeria. who lives there. is it et

. >> you need harry potter. read harry potter you will necessity what i'm talking about. 20's this morning. thirty's in philadelphia. but this is not necessarily what it feels like out there. because we do have to factor in the wind today. it is back. wind are sustained at 14 miles an hour in philadelphia right now. once cold front comes through we will see a change in wind direction but it feels like 20, i told you it was 30. that is what it feels like. eighteen in allentown. eleven in mount pocono. twenty-one in wilmington. twenty-six in wildwood. we have seen gusts as high as 34 miles an hour. in the mountains 22-mile an hour gust here. we are the the warm half. one you can hold on to your head today because it will be a windy day. this is boundary line of the cold front that will be coming through early afternoon i'm thinking but with just cloud. we don't expect any precipitation with it. that doesn't happen until sunday. we will look at this projection computer model showing a low pressure system that will be forming over weekend and moving through sunday afternoon,

nbc's mark potter the best thank you for being with us. appreciate it. >>> overseas today, hezbollah is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack on an israeli military convoy along the lebanese border. two israeli soldiers were killed in that attack others were wounded. this all happened in a disputed area along that border. israel's responded with air and ground strikes and it's now threatening further action. this is a tense situation we're going to keep an eye on and bring you any news that happens on that border. >>> back here at home the fbi's investigating a new round of terror threats against passenger planes. they targeted several delta flights along with planes from southwest and american airlines. all the flights landed at their destination safely, no cause for alarm here but similar threats prompted an f-16 escort for a delta flight headed to atlanta over the weekend. that makes 16 twitter threats, two flights in the last four days alone. again, the fbi's investigating where that all came from. >>> and our cold icy hearts wer

nbc's mark potter joins me now from rock hill south carolina. mark, you interviewed them.s to be a very emotional day for them. >> reporter: that's the exact word andrea. it was a very emotional and powerful day here at the courthouse in rock hill south carolina. this was an attempt to correct an injustice from the civil rights era. as you noted, that occurred 54 years ago. this all began on january 31st, 1961, when nine students from nearby friendship college and a civil rights organizer came together at a five and dime at a lunch counter in downtown rock hill to engage in a sit-down protest against segregation. they walked through an angry crowd. they barely got a chance to sit down. as you just heard, they were quickly grabbed up by police dragged out the store, across the alley, and into the jail. now, they drew a lot of attention because nine of those ten men decided not to pay the bail not to pay the fine. they took the sentence as you noted. 30 days at hard labor. they didn't know at the time that would electrify and reenergize a civil rights movement. it became kno

. >> universal and harry potter theme park. >> airports in the northeast were essentially paralyzed. these are the combined number of canceled flights going in and out of major airports there. the trickle down effect is being felt all overcountry. especially at local airports. reagan national saw hundreds of cancellations. >> we left very, very early for our flight because we were concerned that our airplane equipment was going to be coming from somewhere else and wouldn't be here. >> originally, from chicago, now living in california victory is over the snow. >> do you miss it? >> absolutely not. >> but apparently, for some travelers, specifically the smaller ones a snow day no matter how bad is simply something you don't miss out on. even for the sunshine state. >> but unfortunately, i am not going to get any. i'm going to be in florida and i get to wear short sleeves! >> what people would give to be able to wear short sleeves now. take a look at this board. unfortunately, we're going to be seeing something similar tomorrow. at last check on flightaware.com over 400 flights are alr

. >> i wish narnia, harry potter, and nancy drew were all real. >> reporter: she made all of them possible. it all began vanessa says in 2011 when she was at a bit of a crossroads in her life. >> i was not in a good place. a little lost a little confused. >> reporter: a book about the power of wishes to change one's life spoke to her, and so vanessa got an idea. she put out some pens paper and a little ribbon and asked people to place a wish on her tree out her front door. >> make a wish or put words of gratitude and the wishes started coming. >> reporter: 200 wishes that first year and more and more each year. >> what do you wish for? >> a stop sign inside of your house. >> reporter: she enjoys the kids' wishes most of all, but things the adult ones are perhaps more important. she sees how people pause just before writing because she believes people rarely ask themselves what they truly want in life. >> when can you wish for anything that you want? when can you wish for carte blanche? >> reporter: vanessa says reading their hopes, desires, and struggles has bonded her with her neighbors a

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and i was looking down at him, that his hands were extremely delicate and graceful, a potter's hands. you know, i thought of my father as a much stronger forceful-type person. and in the end, i say it; i say --i didn't realize this, he gave me his hands. and with that came, though i couldn't pull a pot to save my life, but just his ability to work with clay, i translated into other mediums, because a lot of the sculptural materials i use are very plastic sculptural materials--clay, wax, lead, beeswax--almost fluid, not quite hard. glass is technically a super cooled liquid; it's not a solid so everything's slightly plastic, fluid mediums. and--and i entitled that essay shaping the earth because so much of my--even my buildings started in plasticine. it's a model material that has oil as opposed to a water, so it never dries. and i basically carve--carve artworks out of the earth in a lot of what i do. c-span: where was your father located that he was a ceramicist? >> guest: he trained at university of washington, where my parents met, and ohio university in athens, ohio where i grew u

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andrew potter, al jazeera. >> coming up, our picture of the day. >> have i missed out on parts?'m sure. >> how coming out may have impacted actor cheyenne jackson's career. >> tuesday. from race relations to foreign policies, terrorism and the economy. >> if this congress wants to help, work with me. >> ali velshi kicks off our special state of the union coverage at 7:00. >> we'll take an in-depth look at our nation's financial future. >> then john seigenthaler breaks down the issues. >> we need to know what's going on in our backyard. >> plus, objective analysis and live reports from across the nation and reaction from around the world. the state of the union address. special coverage begins tuesday, 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera america. >> cheyenne jackson is known as a triple threat. singing acting and dancing his way to fame. got his start on broadway as elvis in all shook up. he's played in glee and 30 rock. today paul beban asks him how he found his passion in the theater. >> growing up there wasn't passion in children's theater. but i used to go to garage sales

the and we have not seen last of harry potter. orlando launching a new ride based on the wizarding world wait times hit six hours on opening day. >> get in there. >> reporter: record were set on the award show circuit in 2014. as the oscars degenerous broke record for retweets on twitter with herselfe for the stars, 12 years a slave took home award for best picture. at the tony mcdonald set a railroaded by taking home her sixth win and country muse ache ward miranda lambert made history by becoming most decorated female artist in the history of the cma's. >> kayla johnson. >> rocker caleb johnson wins 13th season of american idol harry conn nick junior joined the judge's panel will while randy jackson announced in november that he is boeing out of the show all together. two idol babies came in the world, former judge simon cowell welcoming baby eric on valentines day and idol winner kelly clarkson bringing daughter river rose into the world in june. and they were not the only once million a kunis and ashton kutcher and scarlet joh

and finally what did the president say after watching joe biden struggle to read harry potter? >> it is a joke stop. he gave me a little cartoon. >> none of these stories on "red eye" tonight. >> and now let's welcome our guest. like sands through the hour glass so are her veins. i am here with joanne nosuchunsky. and he made it back from vegas alive. unfortunately he cannot match a sweater with a shirt. it is tv's andy levey. >> it is a perfect match. >> what are you talking about? >> he is more animated than saturday morning programming. it is dan soder. now there is a waive. his facial hair is the eighth wonder of the world. they negotiated peace in the middle east. the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor and also by the way the president of "red eye" and will maintain that position. >> a block. the lede. and that's the first story. >> is gruber a goober? a new tape has surfaced and it is more offensive than when he called the american voters stupid. he raps about economics. he did a special presentation for new students at something called the profes

saying it wants turkey's government to give an explanation for the rising number of ships leaving it's pottercarrying migrants bound for europe. the last few weeks alone thousands of people have been rescued from drifting vessels left stranded in the mediterranean sea. we report from the city where many migrants begin their perilous journey. >> the winter storm lashing southern turkey is a reminder of the multi million dollars people smuggling business. anchored somewhere migrants are promised a ship waiting to take them to a new life in europe. >> i decided to go to europe because there is no chance of living a dignified life in other countries. arab countries have closed their doors in our faces. i tried to go to algeria lebanon, the gulf countries but i could not get visa from any of them. only europe welcomes us. >> but the trip costs money. this insurance company in the turkish city of mersin, they must pay a cash fee per passenger. the waiting room is full of waiting although realistic customers. >> the fee includes accommodations migrants are promised weekly sailings. there are at leas