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. >>> ahead, a powerful chat with billionaire philanthropist robert f. smith. on yesterday, as craig says, the best roker, my brother, chris, showed up yesterday. so who will this morning's surprise guest host be and who are they related to? you will find out at the beginning of the third hour. >> there's no tease? >> nothing >> not a nugget? >> nothing >> they had to travel a fair amount of distance is that fair yes. >>> also coming up, we reveal consumer reports' best products of the year. >>> but right now, mr. roker, you got a check of the weather >> absolutely. let me show you what we have for you looking at the weekend ahead. snow and winter in the northern plains and the upper mississippi river valley, warm in the southeast, rain in the pacific northwest. saturday, we're looking for some lake-effect snow to start firing up plenty of sunshine down through the south into the southwest turning cooler into the east and sunday, sunday looking for more snow showers around the great lakes. rainy in the pacific northwest plenty of sunshine throughout the east co

. >> reporter: you could see it in the faces as robert smith changed their life with a surprise donationat was two years ago. >> i thought this would be a way to liberate their opportunity to contribute to their society, their communities without that burden. >> reporter: now, smith is sharing more of the fortune he made launching one stock, one future. he is donating 15,000 shares of top tech stocks to students, teachers and staff at the eagle academy. the gift will be powered by goal center, a financial literacy app. >> wealth creation journey for them. many students don't participate in financial literacy training as young people >> reporter: we open financial education quizzes every week, kindergarten through 12th grade and financial education for parents too. all of our quizzes are mapped to financial literacy standards and rooted in means and gifs from popular culture. >> reporter: it makes it more fun and engaging for young people like marcus, 15 years old, at the eagle academy, many of the students said to benefit from smith's first. . >> i was very excited when that happened. no

. >> in morning and welcome once again to the new york historical society in our beautiful robert h smith auditorium whether you are joining us in person or lifestream. we've been joined by new york historical trustee robert al curry and i would like to thank him as well as the other trustees in attendance this morning for all he's done on the new york historical society. thank you very much. >> today second panel making history matter is the conversation between renowned writers, scholars and leaders illuminating how they have been inspired by the research and writing methods as well as their own reverence for the craft of historical storytelling. the panel discussion will last an hour and it will include a question and answer session. the q&a will be conducted via written notecards. you should've received a note card and a pencil as you were entering coming back into the auditorium or entering earlier this morning. my colleagues will be circulating around the auditorium and collecting cards later on in the program. there won't be i am going to turn, first of all, what is interesting to

i am really over the moon to see so many of you this evening and our beautiful robert h smith auditorium the first times in a long time so welcome back. tonight's program, the chinese question

i am really over the moon to see so many of you this evening and our beautiful robert h smith auditorium the first times in a long time so welcome back. tonight's program, the chinese question global politics is part of our bernard and irene schwartz speakers series which is the heart of our public programs.

. >> in morning and welcome once again to the new york historical society in our beautiful robert h smithuditorium whether you are joining us in person or lifestream. we've been joined by new york historical trustee robert al curry and i would like to thank him as well as the other trustees in attendance this morning for all he's done on the

. >> in morning and welcome once again to the new york historical society in our beautiful robert h smithuditorium whether you are joining us in person or lifestream. we've been joined by new york historical trustee robert al curry and i would like to thank him as well as the other trustees in attendance this morning for all he's done on the new york historical society. thank you very much. >> today second panel making history matter is the conversation between renowned writers, scholars and leaders illuminating how they have been inspired by the research and

. >> in morning and welcome once again to the new york historical society in our beautiful robert h smith

and i am really over the moon to see so many of yowl this evening in our beautiful robert h. smith auditorium. many of you for the first time in a long time. so welcome back. tonight's program, the goal of global politics is the heart of our public programs. and as always i'd like to thank mr. schwartz for his great support which has enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to the stage. i'd also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who joined us this evening. thank you so much, joel, for all you do on behalf of this great institution. and i'd like to thank all the chairman's council members who have joined us this evening. we've really appreciated your support and encouragement along this very difficult period. tonight's program will last about an hour, and it will include a question and answer session. you should have received a note card and a pencil on your way into the auditorium this evening. if not, my colleagues are going up and down the aisles with note cards and pencils for you to write your questions on. the note cards with your questions will be collected la

what she meant was robert e lee's older brother, sydney smith lee, an officer in the u.s. navy. and why? well, because robert was a mystery. i know smith lee well, chestnut wrote in her diary. but can anybody say that they know his brother? i doubt it. he looks so cold and quiet and grand. now that surprisingly was the judgment that many people who met robert e lee came to. now both during and before the american civil war, when chestnut came nearer to the mark when she talked about lee and perfection than she might have realized. because perfection was one of robert e lee's abiding goals in life. not because he was so supernaturally blessed with ability that perfection was within his easy reach. but because he demanded so much of it from himself and from others. there was in other words a great deal more to this man than people caught on the surface. and not all of it could be easily reckoned with. in those last balmy days before the civil war cast its shadow over the nation, robert e. lee was on the surface at least the model of an american soldier. he was the son of a revoluti

i am really over the moon to see so many of you this evening and our beautiful robert h smith auditorium. many of you for the first times in a long time so welcome back. tonight's program, the chinese question global politics is part of our bernard and irene schwartz speakers series which is the heart of our public programs. as always i like to thank mr. schwartz for his great support which has enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to the stage. i would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us this evening, thank you so much for all you do on behalf of this great institution. i would also like to thank the germans council members with appreciated your encouragement along is very difficult. it will include a session for questions and answers you should have received a note card and pencil my colleagues are going up and down the aisle with cards and pencils for you to write your questions on the note cards with your questions will be collected later on in the program. there will not be a formal book signing this evening. however signed copies will be avail

billionaire robert f. smithshareholders. this initiative is designed to get every kid in america investing and on the path towards financial freedom. the program was kicked off this month by gifting five shares of stock, equivalent to nearly 15,000 total shares to each of the 2,900 students, educators, and staff members at the eagle academies for young men, a network of public all boy schools serving young men of color in newark and new jersey and new york city. robert york, many of you remember when he paid off the debt at morehouse college for a semester, and i mentioned before how he picked up the phone in the middle of the pandemic and said, reverend al, wherever you've got to move families and do whatever you need to do, i'll pay for private planes, since most airlines were down when george floyd was killed and we had to get people to funerals and move families to meetings. he has picked up the phone and done this, but this, i think is important. planting seeds, teaching young men of color, black and latin-

i am really over the moon to see so many of you this evening and our beautiful robert h smith auditorium. many of you for the first times in a long time so welcome

what she meant, robert e lee's old brother, sidney smith lee. why? because robert was a mystery. i know smith well she wrote in her diary but anybody say they know his brother? i doubt it. so old and quiet grand. that surprisingly was the judgment that many people who met robert ely came to. both during and before the american civil war came here to the mark when she talked about lee and perfection and she realized because perfection was one of robert e lee's abiding goals in life not because he was supernaturally less with ability that perfection was within easy reach but because he demanded so much of it from himself and others. in other words, there was a great deal more to this man and people hot. not all of it could be easily reckoned with. in those last days before the civil war cast its shadow over the nation from robert e lee was on the surface at least, an american soldier. he was the son of a revolutionary work hero, white horse harry lee from a protÉgÉ of george washington the man who delivered that famous eulogy from washington, first in war, first in peace, first in t

roberts. join sandra smith and me at the top of the hour for "america reports.">> harris faulkner is in washington, d.c. for a special reason. she is receiving 2021's broadcast journalist of the year award tonight. we will show you some of the reasons why she is getting this honor in a sneak peek of what people will be seeing at the awards tonight. watch. >> fox news alert. the biden administration admitted it released haitian minorities into the united states. -- migrants into the united states. look at what law enforcement officers are facing on american streets. former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley joins me now. krysten sinema and mitch mcconnell you say you will be -- the senate floor to cast your vote. good to see you, senator. >> harris, what does this award mean to you? a huge congratulations. >> oh, my gosh, i loved that you played janet jackson's miss you much because i miss you guys. with awards you want people to look at your work and find it valuable. i question sometimes. msnbc getting kicked out of a trial as they visiting investigate if s

roberts. joined sandra smith and me at the top of the hour for "america reports." >> emily: the ceo of mcdonald's children shot and killed in chicago over the past year. one of them by police. this after protests over text messages he sent chicago mayor lori lightfoot about the deaths of black and latino children killed in gun violence. the mcdonald's chief wrote "tragic shootings in the last week both at our restaurant yesterday and with out of toledo with both the parents failed those kids," even harder to fix. critics called the texts racist. others say that the ceo has just been telling the truth. he's apologized to him and calls for him to resign. kennedy, your thoughts. >> kennedy: i am not loving it. boy. he's a real hot water and it just goes to show, anything that you send anyone is going to be made public. and i don't know. i feel like as soon as you apologize, you are setting yourself up for cancellation. i will be awfully surprised if he retains his job. >> emily: pete, "the wall street journal" wrote "the problem as he noted his text is that stating plane truths has become verboten.

we have it all tonight on fnc, "america reports with john roberts and sandra smith" now. >> sandra: athe first major test of how voters feel about joe biden's presidency is unfolding in a high takes governor's race. hello and welcome to new york. >> john: i'm john roberts in washington. the nation watching to

laughter ] >> that's awfully personal >>> here's the opening bells and at the big board it's robert f. smithpist celebrating one stock, one future, a goalsetter to create 1 million black and latinx shareholders worldwide and at the nasdaq. loyalty ventures celebrating its spin-off >> i am so possessed by this j&j breakup. i want it to be the next abbott, but i also want -- the perils are demonstrated by dame wamsley. if people are suspicious, they don't want that pure play. i think it's amazing everyone assumes they have a great pharma franchise. johnson & johnson does. >> j&j will help lead the s&p this morning there's biogen up there as well. >> another proof of concept. it's alzheimer's drugs, and my problem with the alzheimer's drug is the cost. >> nobody would care about the cost if it really did big things the question is, is that big enough does it really move the -- >> the work i do with various brain foundations needs us to be skeptical about biogen, because you have to start it so much earlier, and it's not necessarily going to -- the community of doctors who are involved with brai

tonight will take awhile i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts.ody. i'm martha maccallum. today we're live in ashburn, virginia in the heart of loudoun county. glenn youngkin worked hard to put this county in play. it's a dead heat right now in the race for governor in the state of virginia. a race that could tell us about america's political landscape as we look towards 2022. >> i have beaten trump twice in virginia. tomorrow we go 3-0. >> we're rejects the left

robert e. lee, or at least not early nearly as much as some others. she wrote in her diary, i like smith lee better. what she meant was, robert e. lee's older brother, an officer in the u.s. navy. and why? well, because, robert was a mystery. i know smith lee will well, mary chestnut wrote. but can they say they know his brother? i doubt it. he looked so cold and quiet. and grand. that surprisingly was the judgment that many people who met robert e. lee came to. both during and before the american civil war. chestnut came neighbor to the mark when she talked about lee and perfection and she may have realized, because perfection was one of robert e. leads abiding goals in life. not because he was some super naturally blessed with ability, that perfection was within his easy reach. but because he demanded so much of it from himself and from others. there was, in other words, a great deal more to this man then people caught in the surface. and not all of it could be easily reckoned with. in those last days before the civil war cast its shadow over the nation, robert e. lee was, on the surfa

i'm sandra smith. >> john: great to be with you. i'm john roberts.afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum in new york. we expect some new developments here at any moments. two very big stories that we are keeping a close eye on right now. of course, you have the rittenhouse trial, the jury behind closed doors at this hour. they continue to deliberate. deep in to day three now. they have at least a couple more hours of today, if they choose to take that time and wrap up at 5:00. if they ask the judge if they can go longer, if they're getting close. r

i am john roberts in washington. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in new york. we wait to see if we will hear from any of the attorneys in this trial or maybe kyle rittenhouse himself. john, we will re-rack video kyle rittenhouse reacting to the video being red because he embraced his lawyer in that moment. he appeared very emotional, hugging his lawyer. as all the charges were read out. here with this moment that he dropped when the charges were one by one right off finding him not guilty of each one. he regained his composure, listen to the charges, hugged his attorney. all of this, as he said he acted in self-defense last summer when he shot three people, two of them fatally, during last year's rights in kenosha. demonstrators have been gathering. for days now, as the jury deliberated for three and a half days, our crews are live and will have live reports. jonathan turley, we took that moment in together as we watched rittenhouse as the verdict was read. >> yeah. i have those scenes in courtrooms and the intensity is almost impossible to capture, even on vid

smith. >> and i'm john roberts. we'll see you tomorrow for another episode of "america reports." "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thank you, sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. right now president biden in glasgow as senator joe manchin says they're no closer to a deal on the president's agenda. democratic infighting continues. so during this trip abroad, he was asked about the large picture of all of that and mounting issues back home by a.p. reporter zeke miller. watch this. >> tried to showcase that america is back. back at home, your poll numbers have fallen, your party's nominee for governor in virginia is facing a tougher than expected race. your party spent months trying to negotiate the centerpiece of your domestic legislative agenda. why should the world believe that when you say america is back that it is? >> because the way they reacted. you were here. they wanted to know what our views were. we helped lead what happened here. i didn't run to determine how well i'm going to do in the polls. i ran to make sure that i followed th

smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: thanks. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. here's the story unfolding right now. president biden huddled moments ago with his cabinet. talking about the trillion dollar infrastructure package that axios puts it may be his only remaining opportunity to show voters that his party can deliver before the mid-terms. here's what the president said moments ago saying the spending agenda, the human infrastructure part of the bill, will help in america's competition with china and claiming that it will help bring down prices that you see at the stores. watch this. >> we do it right, we know what the it will mean. it will create millions of new jobs and grow the economy. we'll win world economic competition that we're engaged in with china and many other countries around the world. we're going to see ease, yes, ease, lower inflationary pressures on our economy. >> martha: okay. former speaker of the house, newt gingrich joins me. the author of the new book, "beyond biden" and a fox news contributor. let

smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. a busy day after thanksgiving. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: thanks. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. "the story" as the president calls omicron a cause for concern, but he says it's not a cause important panic. he doubled down on dr. fauci's assertion that it's inevitable that this strain will reach the united states when you look at how it's moved so far. we have three cases confirmed in north america in ontario at this point. the president says he's not recommending lock downs and took time to defend his travel restrictions on eight south african countries where this variant emerged. >> the reason for the travel ban, there's a significant number of cases unlike any other country in the world. we needed time to give people an opportunity to say get the vaccination now before it heads -- it will move around the world. >> martha: so joe biden had a different take on that when president trump did a similar thing. we'll talk about this with karl rove who is starting by on that

smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. >> martha: thanks, john and sandra. i'm martha maccallum in new york. breaking right now, the chair of the house intel committee pressed by the lone conservative on the view today whether or not he perpetuated the russian hoax to the american people. >> we know the main source of the dossier was indicted for lying about the key claims. do you have any reflections on your role in promoting this to the american people? >> first of all, whoever lied to the fbi or christopher steele should be prosecuted and they are. the president -- >> you've promoted this for years. that's what republicans and people are so confused about your culpability in this. >> i disagree with your premise. it's one thing to say that allegations should be investigated and we were. and it's another to say that people were seen as lying, which is impossible to do. let's not use that as a smoke screen for donald trump to inviting russia in to help in the election, which he did, in to inciting an insurrection which he did. none of that serious conduct i

smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. here's martha with "the story." >> martha: thanks, guys. good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. today we're live in ashburn, virginia in the heart of loudoun county. glenn youngkin worked hard to put this county in play. it's a dead heat right now in the race for governor in the state of virginia. a race that could tell us about america's political landscape as we look towards 2022. >> i have beaten trump twice in virginia. tomorrow we go 3-0. >> we're rejects the left liberal progressive agenda being pushed down our throats. >> the very last minute switch. this race now leans republican according to larry sabatose in part because of "biden's sagging approval rating" creating an environment that is "frankly horrible", he says. we have special coverage of the race throughout the hour beginning with team coverage of the mcauliffe and youngkin campaigns. we go to rich edson in mcclain, virginia at the mcauliffe headquarters. hi, rich. >> good afternoon. they're setting up a major campaign event this evening here at a hotel in norther

smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts. thanks for spending your tuesday with us. we'll see you tomorrow. "the story" with martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: great, guys. thanks. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. here's what's happening right now on "the story." another new polling low. there's the president speaking live in new hampshire. he is celebrating his trillion dollar infrastructure deal. he's in woodstock, new hampshire right now. a little snow coming down. today politco calling this trip a victory lap and a reality check thanks to concerns over sky rocketing inflation in the country. his administration says it can be fixed with more spending. >> want to fight inflation? support build back better. >> this will reduce inflation. >> if you care about making sure that we ease inflation in the upcoming months, in the future, voting for this, the build back better act is the way to go. >> martha: so will that play with voters as the president's numbers continue to slip? including a new real clear politics average that just came out. this is a low for the pr

i'm sandra smith. >> and i'm john roberts.t now. >> martha: thank you, sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum in new york. right now president biden in glasgow as senator joe manchin says they're no closer to a deal on the president's agenda. democratic infighting continues. so during this trip abroad, he was asked about the large picture of all of that and mounting issues back home by a.p. reporter zeke miller. watch this. >> tried to showcase that america is back. back at home, your poll numbers have fallen, your party's nominee for governor in v

smith. >> john: and i'm john roberts taking off next week so have a good thanksgiving. "the story" with martha starts now. >> martha: thank you very much, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. breaking right now on "the story," not guilty verdicts for kyle rittenhouse as we look at the live scene outside of the courthouse in kenosha, wisconsin. a place that we have all become much more familiar with over the course of this trial and over the remembrance last summer of the violence that spilled in to the streets and what we saw take place on that august evening in 2020. so we have just heard from his attorney moments ago. we heard some of what his take-away was in terms of this case and as we just watched him talk about some of the different elements of it, one being the fact that kyle rittenhouse was allowed to pull the names of the jurors out that would be -- who would become alternates. that was very controversial. they said look, those are three that we hoped would be on it. an interesting side note. everybody talking about how kyle rittenhouse is ab

smith in new york. >> john: and i'm john roberts in washington. you post-thanksgiving, sandra. it all starts with a fox news alert. public health officials say it'll be several weeks before we know if the vaccines hold up against the omicron variant. just one of many things that are not clear just yet, but the virus first reported in southern african nations, scientists are concerned it could be more contagious than the variant player unless they have seen so far. the key word there being "could." the fact is we just don't know. >> sandra: pfizer and moderna are not wasting time. both of those drugmakers are already at work, they say, developing a new vaccine just in case this variant lives up to the fears. scientists were hard at work in their labs at the same time the rest of us were eating our thanksgiving turkey. steve harrigan has more from atlanta, the cdc's home base. >> that's right, sandra, the work has already begun by sizer and moderna trying to develop vaccines specifically targeted to this omicron variant. they expect to have results