that's the only thing that's left in south omaha of this booming industry. the beef industry in omaha is still going strong. we have companies that still ship meat to and from and around the world. people still associate omaha with beefment you still want to get an omaha steak when you visit. so things like that are still ery prevalent in the city. 79 case, standing bear v. crook, the united states recognized native americans as people under the aw enforcement in the next discussion, hugh reilly tells sued ut the plaintiff who the mrmar -- army general. hugh reilly: all of the indian wars fought in the region were kind of directed out of this area. so it would have been instrumental even the little bighorn, tore the end of that, but the cheyenne outbreak, wounded knee in 1890, so all the way up to that time here. >> we're at the general kirkhouse museum. -- general crook house museum. named for general crook, who was the commander of the platte here at omaha. the house was named after him because he was the first general who lived in the home. it was twartd

. >> south omaha was basically the stockyards much the city was incorporated in 1884 and it was called the manley city because people literally thought it bloomed overnight. announcer: first up, we will visit the durham museum, housed in the former union train depot. it tells the story of a once-thriving industry in omaha. >> we're standing in the main room of the union station in omaha. e architect, william stanley underwood, wanted to make a statement about the strength of the railroads. in his mind it was strength, masculinity and that's what he really wanted this bl to embody. omaha really started out as a frontier town, typical frontier town. actually citizen from council bluffs decide they wanted to found the city on this side of the river. council bluffs was established to -- knew y wanted the railroad was coming through but they didn't know which side. have aid it would help to the city ready to go. and it worked. but cities on the west side of the river developed greater because it's easier to move est. union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was

they were marched south, back to fort omaha. there is this whole parade of characters that really do not link up until the lead domino in this drama falls. perhaps the most intriguing character in this shakespearean play happens to be the highest ranking military officer west of the mississippi. a brigadier general baby name of george cook. he was the commander at fort omaha in late march of 1879. , toatched these 29 ponca the lower parade ground and he was shocked at what he saw. weakw horribly sick and umps of flesh cl wrists and of their elbows, so severely frostbitten that it was hanging from the wrist and elbows. he was shocked at how the drive old and deathly and basically this group of 29 indians were. the general has to make a key decision. his superior in sheridan, whop had famously said some years earlier that only good indian was a dead indian that these ponca had arrived. his beer is said to turn their races south and march the back to indian territory. he knew that that order was tantamount to a death sentence how m

probably in the south, no, in bismarck, omaha, nebraska topping out at 100 degrees yesterday as the heatontinues to build and it will ultimately travel east. tomorrow will be hot with highs in the mid 90s. there's a small strip that runs into the western great lakes. everybody else is nice and quiet. all the major hubs are on time. logan on time. chicago midway and o'hare temperatures in the 70s. orlando sun and clouds, 76. in sports are you ready for football? here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: eagles fans you want to see sam bradford watch the sidelines. if you want to see mark sanchez don't blink. sanchez getting limited time against the colts he the link at 1:00 while matt barclay and tim tebow battle for the third place quarterback. barclay is yet to throw an nfl tusm down. >> -- touchdown. >> just to approve i'm a capable quarterback in this league, i know what i can do in this league and in this team. >> it's going to be fun playing ball, i love that, something i've been doing since i was a a little boy and love playing, it's great to be in practice and it's fun to scrap it up, t

weave arer had flash flood ywarnings in downtown chicago and omaha and the worst of them are no'rw south of the downtown area. 7 million people are in the slight risk and it's a spring time set up with the cold front coming through. we'll have a chance of isolated tornados or o timing will be late this afternoon to this evening. and then by about 5:00 or 6:00, we should get numerous storms through the cold front. and again, a few tornados are possible.. so, iqep an eye on that forecast. that ias your national tweth l al weather. now a look at your local weather. weet heve the temperature contrast. and one more very hot day d.c. up to new york. i still donno believe that sword story. you saw it right there. >> i know i did. >> we can't make it up, bill. >>> two army recruits, females, have done what no other women has ever done. >>> plus, if you're planning to travel, we have information you don't want to mis. you're watching "early today." people are both soft and strong, which is why our products are too. and we believe in value, so we give you 60% more sheets than charmin ultra strong.

he's also a native of south dakota with a degree in political science and began his journalism career in omaha and atlanta before joining nbc news. mr. brokaw was the sole anchor and managing editor of nbc's nightly news with tom brokaw from 1983 to 2005. i am just giving you the barest highlights here. he is still producing longform documentaries and providing expertise during breaking news events. and he's won every major award in journalism than in 2014, tom brokaw was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. [cheers and applause] tonight mr. brokaw's going to speak to us about his lucky life and he will also talk more about his struggle over the past two years, how since 2013 is that a cancer diagnosis and treatment for multiple myeloma. after he discusses his new book for approximately 20 minutes, he'll be interviewed by virginia prescott, new hampshire public radio's daily program of emerging ideas and unexpected stories. of course we're always thrilled to have virginia and her team from new hampshire public radio s. are part are. [cheers and applause] throughout the coming hour, our w

omaha, lightning striking a tree too close. in missouri, 12 bolts illuminating the sky in less than 30 seconds and in charleston, south carolina, almost 4 inches of rain clogging streets swallowing underpasses. along that same cold front and low pressure system it will be the lower peninsula of michigan and half of the upper peninsula of michigan, grand rapids all in the wind path, the primary threat then we have to talk about tropical storm danny. this thing with max sustained winds of 50 miles per hour moving north-northwest and looks like it will run into dry air before it gets to the eastern caribbean. we will follow it, of course. for now back to george and amy. >> thanks very much. >>> the race for the white house, your voice, your vote and some tough questions for hillary clinton on the campaign trail. democratic front-runner defiant during a testy exchange about her e-mails as that brand-new poll shows the questions may be having a bite. jon karl joins us with all the latest. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. this morning there is yet another indication that hillary clinton is having trouble in the p

very important industry for omaha, south omaha as a city and then eventually for the city as a whole. >> cattle marketing centers are strategically located and omaha serves a large western area. its holding pens have handled more than 100 million cattle since its founding more than 80 years ago. here's our livestock train, right on schedule, early morning arrival. >> the livestock industry begins in 19 -- 1887 as a fattening station. a place for cattle to get fed before they head to a stockyards to be slaughtered, and eventually this turns into the stockyards as we know the omaha stockyards in the 1880's. 1883 is the start of what we call the union stockyards. that is the beginning of this industry here. we have eight omaha city leaders who purchase just shy of 2,000 acres of land and devote it -- 250 of those acres to livestock pens and the livestock exchange building and things like that. so they're developing this strirks starting -- starting it off in 1884. omaha had an existing railroad here with owen pacific and the union station, and so we definitely wanted to have, just use wh