roslyn jordan has more. ♪ the core of the u.s.bout to shrink in three year's time the number of u.s. army soldiers will drop from 490,000 to 450,000, that is what the pentagon is calling a necessary force reduction. >> these cuts will impact nearly every army installation both in the continental united states and overseas. >> reporter: the cuts come even as top generals are monitoring what they consider the most potent threats to the u.s. >> my assessment today senator is russia presents the greatest threat to national security. >> reporter: during the right of the u.s. led wars in iraq and afghanistan more than 470,000 soldiers were on the payroll and they will save $7 billion with cuts but the annual budget is still sizable at $126 billion. in fact, the u.s. spends more on defense in a year than the next seven largest militarys combined and even though russia and china have more soldiers than the u.s. washington spends about five times as much per service member as they do and means u.s. troops have better weapons and training.

. >> former president jimmy carter and former first lady roslyn carter sat down for a wide ranging conversation including race relations, gun violence mental health and the middle east. they were interviewed at the aspen institute for just over an hour. [applause] mr. isaacson: when i told president carter we had an overflow crowd he said they all came for rosalynn, so thank you for being here as well. the 39th president of the united states and mrs. carter. welcome back to aspen. [applause] i'll start with a quick story, because kathy and i are here because of president carter. after you won the nobel prize, you were an honoree and she said, i bought tickets to that dinner. and it was at that dinner they asked me to work at the aspen institute. [applause] president carter: if he's not doing a good job, it's my fault. mr. isaacson: believe it or not, president carter is now 90. this book is called "reflections at 90." he said i went to russia last year, pretty active life both of you have. i wanted to start by looking at some travels you've done recently in this wonderful book, talking about yo

the changes are meant to alleviate a bottleneck at the roslyn tunnel. the red line will not be impacted >>> the problems on the blue line are causing a ripple effect on the other lines. since the opening of the silver line last year the number of trains arriving has dropped. trains from vienna and blue line trains are all hitting that bottleneck in roslyn. many of you are noticing these silver line slowdown. increasing capacity is not going to be easy. metro has a plan. you can check it out on the nbc washington app. for more, search the word metro. >> there is nothing like a little music to pass the time during a flight delay. starting today, the smooth sounds of jazz will fill the terminal at reagan national and dulles airports. the summer jazz series will run on most thursdays from now until the 13th. the performances at reagan will be held near security at terminal "b" and "c." at dulles they will be held near the east security checkpoint on the ticketing level. in >>> strong stormgs likely later this afternoon. they may be producing flash flooding,

. >> i'm roslyn the president of the jcrc an organization with the schools for bigotry a rock executive director as you heard tweeted we need to design in our own backyard to me that's a treat zionists when he grew up it is calling for our eradication is calling for our genocide the partners must be capacity of setting the district aims this is in any way, shape, or form that calls anti zionists it is against this wonderful city in light of the proceedings i ask you to begin the vetting process for the curriculum development and any part the recruitment going forward and in light of the fact we've started late i'm the last speaker but i think there are others that wish to speak. >> thank you. i understand they're with our group you thank you very much. (clapping.) >> the next speakers (calling names) if you could please to the podium. >> one minute. >> good evening dr. murase and superintendent carranza i'm here to talk about partnering with a rocky was going to talk as as member of the jewish community but ann as an employee as an employee of the san francisco unified school district i

roslyn carter said she felt she was in a special position and that it was her duty to use that role to promote causes. thank you. [applause] >> thank you pat. we do have time for questions. ok. thank you very much. another warm round of applause for patricia. [applause] we will take a short break and be back for our next session at 4:00 p.m. >> we will be back for more of the symposium on modern first lady's in 15 minutes. we will join our c-span cities to her on the road as they explore the history of lexington, kentucky. ♪ >> we are at the henry clay estate in lexington, kentucky. the mansion is a unique situation. the original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into disrepair. he rebuilt on the original foundation. while we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home with italian details and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. it is very much a layer cake. you can peel the layers back until you get to henry clay. henry clay was one of the seminal figures of the century. the second generatio

roslyn brock is expected to address national issues affecting communities of color as well as the naacp's priorities for the year ahead. >> i am a proud member of the national association for the advancement of colored people. >> earlier today baltimore state attorney general marilyn mosby spoke at the convention. she discussed her decision to run for her position. mosby was thrown into the national spotlight when she moved to bring charges against six police officers after the death of freddie gray in baltimore this past spring. >>> police are looking into a deadly shooting at a philadelphia playground. it happened just after 2:00 this morning on 30th street near wharton street in gray's ferry. police found a man lying face down on the rec center ground. he had been shot in the head. investigators say they also found drugs at the scene. >>> philadelphia police have a lead in this deadly shooting in hunting park. a man was shot several times on crowell street just about midnight. family members told police the victim got a phone call and left his house just before he was shot and a witnes

rehema ellis, nbc news, roslyn, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with why the president is breaking with tradition, skipping a hotel where he stayed and conducted business like every other president since hoover. >>> it's presidential tradition you naturally stay at the waldorf. everied president since herbert hoover has stayed there since it moved to its current midtown location. but tonight when president obama comes to new york for a fund-raiser, he'll be making in other arrangements. any connection to the fact chinese company bought the walldorf last year? the white house isn't saying. earlier in the day, the white house believed the woman 110 years old. she was praised as a trail braiser. when we come back how a day on the water makes a difference to kid. next at 6: breaking news in southern califonia. ===take vo raj=== first, cars burned on the freeway... now the fire has moved to nearby homes. ===take vo janelle=== plus, a stabbing in a palo alto parking garage. now police reveal what the hate crime suspects look like. ===next close=== >>> finally tonight, it's a great summer

rehema ellis, nbc news, roslyn, new york. >> absolutely priceless.t's going to do it for us on a wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> breaking news happening right now in sacramento where crews are battling two fires just miles apart. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> let's take you outside and show you the live picture. you're seeing that big, thick, white plume of smoke seen from miles. it is coming from a raging fire at a dump that is in sacramento. the dump is south of sacramento state. now, earlier we could see flames shooting into the air as firefighters battled the fire. they're also dealing with another blaze just south of the dump, that one is a brushfire that broke out on a field on the edge of a neighborhood east of highway 99. you can see in that fire the flames were moving fast. at one point, that fire burned through a fence and right up against the home. but this big flumplume of smoke coming from a dump fire sout

roslyn jordan, al jazeera, washington. >>> the head of the catholic church asked for forgiveness fromigenous people in the second leg of the tour pope francis was addressing the abusive communities by the church during what he called the so called conquest of america and speaking to a work's cooperative in santa cruz said poor countries should not be reduced providing cheap labor for developed nations and the pope will leave for paraguay on friday but before he does he will visit the violent prison and lopez reports and the catholic church's influence is dwindling in the country's jails. >> reporter: prisons in bolivia are over crowded and at times under control of inmates and this is one of the better prisons in the country but still it houses 350 in a space designed for 150. for many years the catholic church more than the state helped make life more bearable but this is seen by some to no longer be the case. >> translator: the church is no longer bringing the type of activities cultural and even sports that it used to but only coming on a few occasions to give mass people fill a ga

rehema ellis, nbc news roslyn new york. >> absolutely priceless. that's going to do it for us on a wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. . >> she is staying alive in her own way. so is suddenly single scott. i'm billy bush and what just brought ben and jen together again? >> what's

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rehema ellis, nbc news roslyn new york. >> absolutely priceless. that's going to do it for us on a wednesday nice. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> two mega hollywood breakups turn ugly. why jen garner finally said enough to ben. and courtney kardashian's final straw with bad boy scott disick. >> now on "extra." >> extra, extra. >> courtney and scott ben and jen. the first video of ben since the breakup. where he is catching a private jet today. >> and the new report what he confessed to jen that triggered the divorce. >>> then kourtney kim and chloe in white. >> have you spoke to scott recently? >> plus setting caitlyn up on dates? >> enough, stop it. >> is trump ready to pull out of the race for the white house? >>> another one bites the dust on the view. >> it's time to move on. rosie perez out. who is in now? >>> plus hollywood's new it girl, amy schum earp. >> it's the year of me. >> her funny new movie with bill haider. our wild new interview. >> errr! >> now on extra from hollywood, the e

no roslyn, no tempest no prospero no julius caesar no anthony and cleopatra and on and on so some of the most important plays we know from shakespeare would have macbeth. they are the unsung heroes of english literature. >> host: don't they have one picture of shakespeare? >> guest: we do. there are two images of shakespeare. one is made up of plaster that is in the stratford on avon but that was commissioned after shakespeare's death although it was seen by his family members saying that's not what he looked like. hemings and condell -- a flemish and by the way this is the first time the author's picture was on the title page in such a prominent position. they would have provided some kind of secondary sketcher painting and would have been great staff and shown at two hemings and condell and they could have sat a little more hair, little less hair or a mustache or whatever it was. >> host: like a police sketch artist. >> guest: like a police sketch artist. it would be really hard to erase from my copper engraving but at least hemings and condell who did no shakespeare would have see

roslyn carter said she felt she was in a special position and that it was her duty to use that role to promote causes. thank you. [applause] f usher, mr. gary walters. gary walters: good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. i am well. how about you? [laughter] the white house that i served for 37 years is a unique part of our 239 years of american history. i was honored and privileged to serve seven presidents and first families from 1970 through 2007. the presidential history that i have seen is remarkable. a president resign from office. and appointed vice president become an unelected president. a one term president who became more prominent for his activities after he left the white house. a two to president who face down the evil empire. a president who won a war and lost his reelection bid. a president impeached and remain in office. and one of the most closely contested presidential elections in our nations history that permitted me to serve the son of a president that i had previously served. the chief usher is appointed by and works directly for the president of the united states a

roslyn jordan, al jazeera, capitol hill. >>> and staying with the u.s.illary clinton, the democratic presidential frontrunner says a two-state solution is the right one for israel and the palestinian. clinton has been speaking at a campaign event in south carolina. >> i do believe it's possible and i believe it's the only resolution that will work. i think there has to be a negotiated settlement. we have to look for a way to persuade both sides to do more to demonstrate un equivocally to a two sides solution. >> reporter: one of the sticking points to peace is israel's expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and just now there is a growing campaign of the future of a small village here and around 300 palestinian people. one of israel's top courts says it should be demolished and it's in between an illegal israeli settlement and ancient synagogue operated by setters and the offer to relocate but that plan is criticized by diplomates and human rights campaigners and we report. >> reporter: life in this small village in the southern hills

. >> congratulations to you and roslyn. >> that's been the main chief of my life is marrying rosalynn of that. she's a good dietitian. she's our cook at home. we take exercise and we're lucky in our health. she's three years younger than i am. she's 87 and also in good health, thank goodness. we've been lucky and we married the right person for ourselves and we try to live the best we can. >> well, you know some people write memoirs, they have nothing to talk about in their book. you wrote a memoir with a hell of a lot to talk about. the book's called "a full life: reflections at 90." thank you, mr. president, president jimmy karltcarter. thanks for letting me work for you. >> you were a good speech writer, maybe not enough in 1980. >> the best i could do. they aren't doing the party any help by supporting trump. shopping online... ...is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers carpenters and even piano tuners... were just as simple? thanks to angie's list now it is. start shopping online... ...from a list of top rated providers. visit angieslist.com today. when a m

. >> roslyn carter was campaigning for jimmy carter. believe that was 1976, and there was going to be a rally downtown. literally, we stuffed the building. we were the rally. >> this photo of tim carter with the woman he loved, gloria, was taken at the golden gate bridge during another public appearance. >> when jim jones was asked to give the benediction for the new suicide prevention barrier that had been erected. >> that's right. only a year before jonestown took its own life, jim jones was praying over a suicide prevention barrier. in that summer of 1977, jones was facing increasing criticism from some members who fled the church because they no longer believed in jones. when "new west" magazine published an expose article about church beatings, jim jones suddenly decided to leave the country. he began putting his flock on planes to south america, by the dozens, day after day. teenagers and young children were among the first to go. parents followed. >> i got this phone call that says, it's time for you to go, and this voice entered

. >> roslyn carter was campaigning for jimmy carter.re was going to be a rally downtown. literally, we stuffed the building. we were the rally. >> this photo of tim carter with the woman he loved, gloria, was taken at the golden gate bridge during another public appearance. >> when jim jones was asked to give the benediction for the new suicide prevention barrier that had been erected. >> that's right. only a year before jonestown took its own life, jim jones was praying over a suicide prevention barrier. in that summer of 1977, jones was facing increasing criticism from some members who fled the church because they no longer believed in jones. when "new west" magazine published an expose article about church beatings, jim jones suddenly decided to leave the country. he began putting his flock on planes to south america, by the dozens, day after day. teenagers and young children were among the first to go. parents followed. >> i got this phone call that says, it's time for you to go, and this voice entered my head that said if you don't

[applause] i want to thank your chair roslyn brock. i want to thank your president cornell brooks. i want to thank your governor, tom wolf, who's doing outstanding work and was here. the mayor of philadelphia, michael nutter, who's been a great friend and ally. [applause] governor dan malloy of connecticut, who's here today. and some outstanding members of congress who are here. i want to just say thank you to all of you for your love, for your support, but most importantly, for the work that you are doing in your communities all across the country every single day. it's not always received with a lot of fanfare. sometimes it's lonely work. sometimes it's hard work. sometimes it's frustrating work. but it's necessary work. and it builds on a tradition of this organization that reshaped the nation. for 106 years, the naacp has worked to close the gaps between the words of our founding that we are all created equal endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights -- those words try to match those with the realities that we live each and every day. in your first century, this or