. >> jimmy: it's tom brokaw's son, yeah. [ as brokaw ] i'd like to order a "hwhopper," please.on't see hwhat's wrong with that. [ laughter ] is this tom brokaw? >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: no, this is brian hwilliams. [ laughter ] this one's from @mervguzeljb. she says, "when i'm watching a a movie with my boyfriend --" no. sorry. she says, "when i'm watching a a movie with my boyfriend, he constantly says 'did you see that?'" [ laughter ] yeah, it's a movie. yeah, i saw it. [ laughter ] >> steve: did you see that? because we got monster cables. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, i'm not doing it. we got monster cable hooked up to the tv. >> steve: are you serious? >> jimmy: gold-plated. gorgeous monster cable. >> steve: are you serious? how much are they? >> jimmy: there's gold on it. >> steve: it's gold. solid gold. >> jimmy: priceless. >> steve: are you serious? >> jimmy: you call cash for gold. >> steve: yeah? >> jimmy: send them your monster cable. >> steve: yeah? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they'll give you more cash. they'll give you stacks of cash. >> steve: they'll give you like a cu

tom brokaw had a great line. "i want to welcome friends, family, and the biggest group of all, the people who think they will replace him." and i liked luke's line there. the notion of telling the same stories over and over again. tim russert like a lot of people in the media did a lot of paid speeches. he had a brand outside of his own space. you tell the same stories. it becomes part of your imprint. >> you have gotten some reviews. would you say overall -- you said this about david gregory. >> yes, i suppose. he was not a big player in the book. there are a lot of people construed as unfriendly. >> there is no one that you saw? >> probably. but there are people that you probably would have seen. i'm sure there is some awkwardness. there are meetings that i am not privy to. people seemed fascinated about it. the reviews -- there are some had once here, but they have been overwhelmingly great. so, i have been gratified. >> why would you expect me to read a bad review? >> because you are brian. and we have done t

news was awarded for poverty in america called "in plain sight," we were proud to be there for tom brokawho accepted a peabody for his life's work in television news. >>> when we come back, a family we introduced you to on friday, who lost everything in friday's wildfire, tonight the amazing thing that happened when word got out. >>> our final story here tonight picks up where we left off after the wildfire outbreak in southern california last week. we introduced you to a family who escaped but lost everything they had. tonight we are hearing about the people that stepped up to make a difference. we get the story from nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: no one likes a story about a homecoming without a home. >> that's a horrible sight to see. >> reporter: but stan and amanda are living that story after their rental house on the hill went up in flames during the cocoas fire. >> our patio deck. >> reporter: with four kids and five minutes to flee, there is little they could rescue. the family lost nearly everything. >> we don't live in the past. we can't afford to. >> reporter: a heart-breaking s

tom brokaw will report on this new-color film this sunday on "meet the press." >>> responding to a court order in europe, google is giving users the right to be forgotten. makes you wonder if it will come here some day. google has 90% of the search business in europe and must respond to requests to remove inadequate or irrelevant search information on individuals that request it under european privacy laws. the millionaire hiding cash sending clues to whereabouts in social media expanded his give away zone from the san francisco bay area south to l.a. where people were seen flocking to a public park last night with flashlights in search of the latest cash drop. >>> in news about daughters, the association for psychological science says girls who grow up in households where they see dad splitting the domestic work of dishes and laundry and cleaning and such are much more likely to pursue jobs and careers not along traditional gender lines. what they see their dads doing is often a marker of their ambitions in life. and first daughter, malia, obama, has attended her first high school prom

the film is narrated by tom brokaw. he was a natural because he is well known for having written the book "the greatest generation" about the people who fought in world war ii. and the timeliness of this film, a documentary, the timeliness of it is that as we go from one generation to the next, the stories that were told by their grandfathers and their great grandfathers to their children are not necessarily being told to the next and younger generation. and what this film captivates in 3-d is to bring the plans, the operation, the logistics, the informity of the task -- enormity of the task of taking back continental europe from hitler's armies and how we drove that going on to the beaches at normandy with our partners, the canadians, the brits, the french, and how it was done, painfully, a lot of loss of life, particularly on utah beach, on omaha beach there was a lot less resistance on utah beach. and how the participants with us from those other nations met similar and just withering fire as they stormed on the beac

they snatched up books like citizen soldiers and tom brokaw the greatest generation with the flags ofour fathers. they spent hours looking at the documentary with the band of brothers and the pacific. all around the country to commemorate degeneration of labor. those memorials and histories and ceremonies beautifully honor those that prevailed in the great depression that hit even as we have proclaimed gratitude promise never to forget all that they have done we feel to remember the greatest generation and the greatest leave -- leader not only to the memory and legacy of that generation but with their own share prospects and possibilities we have allowed the public telling of their lives and struggles with the most inspiring content with the beating tribute to absolutely there was no mention whatsoever of the fdr pronouncement of the four freedoms. take a look they ignored how president articulated the promise freedom from want and fear. and only to in democratic life a and they ignored hell that president saved the united states from tyranny and destruction and turned into the strong

ive full credit to dic >> here is tom brokaw, brian williams and bruce springsteen from the funeral. our friend timothy russert was a man who woke every morning as if he just won the lottery the day before. he was determined to take full advantage of this good fortune that he could not quite believe and shared with everyone around him. all on all experts after tim's heart. we were all recipients of its might, the generosity and compassion that flowed from it. i felt qualified to conduct a , alld tour of tim's heart listed. >> is a scanned the front row i got to the left side of the stage and there was a guy in a crisp white shirt and tie. i looked, and it was tim. he had on that big irish smile that. absolutely nothing. he was beaming like the rising sun. more about why tim russert got your attention? >> i think the reason tim's death got my attention was, first of all the spectacle around it, which was awesome. it was compared to state funerals, literally, like to gerald ford and ronald reagan's, the aftermath of their deaths. he was a center. he lived at the nexus of media, politic

tom brokaw started boycotting it after lindsay lohan was invited. >> who cares?xcuse to go have a good night. we have way bigger problems. >> are you worried at all about hurting feelings on saturday night or is that kind of -- are you excited? >> no. you can't -- if i am so effective that -- you, i can't believe you said that and they storm the stage, then it might just be the best joke of all time. but, no, i can't imagine. but hey, you never know. >> i'm sure you're holding back. you're not going to be tough on president obama, for instance, right? >> no, not at all. i'm not going to tell any jokes about him. >> but you wouldn't -- >> if you become too strident in these things, if it's not funny, then it's not funny and you just look like a guy yelling at someone. it has to be funny before anything else. you have to be an equal opportunity make funner of, make funner of which is a catch phrase that i -- and also proper english, by the way. funner. if you don't make fun of everybody, everybody is going to go, hey, what about that guy? it just has to be equal op

after all, the greatest generation here in america, to quote tom brokaw, is now the country's oldest generation and they need medical care and a lot of it. and a lot of those are veterans. so that gets to the crux of the problem. now, what some individuals are doing in creating wait lists and the like may be criminal if in fact they were doing so to get bonuses that are paid to some of those administrators to reduce that wait time. >> let's peel back the onion ir to call it that, which is washington in response to the back log issue, the v.a. leadership in washington created and tried to use an incentive structure to speed up, to get their local v.a. regional hospitals and things look that to speed up and get through the back log and this is where we think the funny business happened, right? >> absolutely. once it stops somewhere, it's somewhat incestuous. you know it's going to spread out as the word gets out. hey, if you create this secret list on the side, you can reduce the wait list time on the record and sometimes get thousands, up to $10,000 and more dollars in bonuses zip wan

tom brokaw asked that in his book written a year or two years before. i had just read the book.n i watched the reaction that day i realized, my goodness, these are their sons and daughters and they can do the same thing. one of the participants today talked about how the firefighters made it possible to have an orderly exit because they stood their ground, they didn't run out or run away. even when they were told to evacuate they remained behind until the civilians left. the group of firefighters that i introduced today were miraculously saved. they fell a number of stories and they were crushed theoretically by the building, but just for some reason, a stroke of luck or i believe the will of god, there was kind of an alcove created so they were protected. six or seven hours later they were recovered and i got to meet them for the first time at the hospital, at bellevue, and now i got to introduce them today. they're doing great. >> i remember all about this you were there and i remember great scenes, vignettes of firefighters driving by in their trucks and people, yuppies, stan

the three men i watched growing up, tom brokaw, peter jennings and, you know -- >> dan rather. >> danrs will be back. i predict you heard it here. for this edition of "media buzz," i'm howard kurtz. give our facebook page a like. we talk to you there. we post videos in response to your questions and also follow us on twitter. we're back here next sunday morning at 11:00 and 2:00 eastern with the latest buzz. >>> let me start with a growing scandal at the department of veterans affairs. in the wake of the troubling allegations that records were falsified to give the appearance patients were being seen quickly, but instead say families, they were left to die. hello, everyone and welcome to america's news headquarter. i'm eric shawn. >> and i'm arthel neville. >> critics say the alleged fake lists and the real waits cause the let's of at least 40 vets who needed medical care. officials deny that. robert pecelj, the v.a.'s undersecretary of health stepping down and the whistleblower behind these

tom brokaw said the breaking point for me is lindsay lohan. guest of greta van susstren. mark told cspan, there is a level of self congratulation that can be somewhat at odds of the country. sarah palin tweeted that white house correspondent dinner was pathetic. the rest of america is out there working our asses off while the d.c.-clowns are holding a nerd prom. i beg to differ. the element is a distraction, the value of the gathering in a town poisoned by polarization is invaluable and raising money for the scholarships is commendable. i can see merit focusing on celebrity excess. many of us were told we were judged by the company we keep and perhaps there is an applicability to the sentiment. with the likes of lohan and the donald and ozzy osbourne in attendance. from my seat, eric stonestreet and gloria were two tables away. behind me, jon bon jovi. you know who i did not see? members of congress. with a dinner on saturday night, most are home in their districts. that is too bad. the nation would be better served instead of going home to ra

nbc news with tom brokaw started covering o.j. anyone else and the show shot to number one and the other two shows had to follow it. there were about ten hours of news magazine shows. >> let me tell you, i know this, because i know it, "in depth" on nightly news was started as a result of the o.j. simpson. they would do it as a lead and a little later, we'll go in depth and blah, blah, blah. that was so they could go back and get more. >> it was the culture. part of network news which was still pretty buttoned up at that time. >> can he read this, steve, because i want you to weigh in on this. they were not too happy about the soap operas being canceled. we cancel you had all of our dayside programming. when it began, all of the networks were getting these hate mailers because people's soap operas were being interrupted for the simpson trial but then what happened was the people who liked soap operas got addicted to the simpson trial and they got really upset when the simpson trial was over and people would come up to me on the st

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to quote tom brokaw, you know, that greatest generation is now becoming the oldest generation, many ofveterans, we have all of these veterans that have returned from the wars in iraq and afghanistan who by the way pushed to the front of the list in terms of the kind of treatment that they get. the system has been overwhelmed. now, if there was criminal activity, even secretary shinseki said we're going to get to the bottom of it and take whatever action is necessary, but ultimately, you know, the va is overloaded and quite frankly it needs the help of congress and the administration according to officials there. >> mik, while i have you, you've been tracking the latest from nigeria, the crisis there and search for more than 200 girls. what is the latest on the pentagon's efforts to help bring the girls back home? >> i was listening to your previous interview in the heart rendering remarks from a woman who said they remain hopeful. i've got to tell you, we've had a briefing here at the pentagon with rear admiral john kerr by who made it sound there's really a lack of cooperation between

this is nbc's tom brokaw after the 2012 dinner talking about the correspondents' dinner on "meet the take a look, take a listen. >> i was out on the road when the white house correspondents' dinner popped up again. i looked at the c-span coverage and read all the accounts of it. and if there's ever an event that separates the press from the people that they're supposed to serve symbolically, it's that one. it is time to rethink it. >> is it time to rethink it? how does the mingling of journalists and celebrity, how does that effect credibility? >> well, i think there's one tiny piece of that i'd like to pull out. i think tom is talking about white house correspondents and people who are covering the white house. reporters writing, shooting, whatever it is. and you're mingling with other people. indeed, that was the entire purpose of the dinner if you read the history of white house correspondents' association. so we get to know them. but i think the piece tom is missing is no one is hurt when you're in a room with the president of the united states and the top 20 most powerful people

tom brokaw was there. >> it has become something es, something you were describing.ll ever return to what it once was when 'reporters, you know, did find it to be very enjoyable and there was less of the ick factor that you described? >> reporter: i don't think it will ever go back to the way it wasch that's today ba. because it did serve to bring reporters an people they recovered in the old days. now, i only went to the cocktail hour, which was just a zoo and i was leaving to go out to dinner and all the celebrities were coming the other way. it was kind of like being caught in some european soccer match, and they all had this sort of desperate look. they said, where are you going? i said, i'm going out to dinner. they said, take me with you. because it's such a crush and you, by the i, what i was at the dinner when john zen kennedy was there. we were at the table next to his. >> did you know the story at the time? >> his table was in siberia, all the way next to the door the exit. so you couldn't see the podium. he was saying, here i am in siberia, at least i'm he

post-gazette, 60 million americans, mostly men serving in world war ii, called the greatest generation by tom brokaw, the greatest generation is quickly vanishing. one million out of the 16 million world war ii vets remain alive. the washington post took a look at veterans who served in congress. this was the last world war ii veteran to serve back in the 1980's, about a third of congress was veterans. you can see a pretty significant decline from their early mid 1980's to now i'm about 20% in the house and senate. dan dellinger, as you look at these numbers, does this in any way impact the passion that lawmakers may have towards veterans issues? guest: i would hope not. i would hope better and would be put above politics, that's where they deserved to be. they put the uniform on, they fought for their country, they deserve the best health care and benefits possible. there are 17 senators, i think 78 congressman and women that served. and they are currently in the congress. but i mostly saying -- i see something across the country where a lot of these races, veterans are more and more starting to ru

we want to bring in nbc's tom brokaw who was there that morning along with matt, as you watched this horror in the central of manhattan and across the country as well. it is a delicate thing to speak to the horror of this event and the heroism. >> especially in new york, where everyone has an outspoken opinion. i take it as a tribute to the great city and the people involved. they not only did it. they did it magnificently. i think it's an important physical reminder that this country was changed profoundly by what happened on 9-11. matt and i were there. at one point, i said, this will change us. i had no idea what that really meant. now all these years later, we had the longest war in our nation's history. >> those changes are big and little. huge in terms of geopolitics. . little if terms, you go to this murnlgs you go through a security checkpoint. they maid make the point, prior to 9-11, the intensity would have been much less. >> that's the point. my children are growing up everything is recorded on video cameras they have to go through some kind of security apparatus. they've

i had this conversation with tom brokaw via e-mail. he made the big statement that he was not going again after having viewed kardashian and lindsay lohan. and so i agree with everything he said. it's superficial and gives the wrong message. it's all those terrible things. but i'm a reporter. i like to go and watch. i'm there to see the president of the united states. since he's there, i feel it's okay for me to be there. it's a fun night if you don't mind standing in line. everyone is sweating, it's uncomfortable. >> every year, i have a column about this, i say i'm never going again, this is it. but gretta is an icon of the class. she shows up every year in the same tux. she's really mocking the whole thing in a way to her credit. i'm still going. >> it sounds to me like a football game. i hate the lines, they search you when you go, so i watch it on tv. the view is better from home. how do you look at this? are you going tonight? >> i'm not going. >> you and me are watching on tv. >> i think i'm too young to get invited. i think it'

post-gazette, 60 million americans, mostly men serving in world war ii, called the greatest generation by tom brokawthe greatest generation is quickly vanishing. one million out of the 16 million world war ii vets remain alive. the washington post took a look at veterans who served in congress. this was the last world war ii veteran to serve back in the 1980's, about a third of congress was veterans. you can see a pretty significant decline from their early mid 1980's to now i'm about 20% in the house and senate. dan dellinger, as you look at these numbers, does this in any way impact the passion that lawmakers may have towards veterans issues? guest: i would hope not. i would hope better and would be put above politics, that's where they deserved to be. they put the uniform on, they fought for their country, they deserve the best health care and benefits possible. there are 17 senators, i think 78 congressman and women that served. and they are currently in the congress. -- i seetly saying something across the country where a lot of these races, veterans are more and more starting to run for those

. >> namely tom brokaw who said after lindsay lohan became a big star, he is not going. is it to write, one, for someone else in their voice, but to write for a president or senator for someone with that title? >> well, i think that barack obama has a sense of style in his own sense of humor. i think if you get his voice, you could get and you could write for him. he will reject any jokes that he doesn't think are appropriate or right. it will be tough, but a temperature plat thtemplate that has been set. i have not hired people to write for me. it is a very interesting dance and you in the end, i'm sure barack obama in the end, will have to choose what he thinks is the right tone and the right edge just enough to be extra cool. in the end, you have to come off cool at the dinner. >> president obama ripped donald trump in 2011. take a look. >> no one is happier or prouder to put this birth certificate to rest than the donald. that is because he can get back to focusing on the issues that matter like did we fake the moon landing. what really happened in roswell. and where

from people like you and anderson cooper and tom brokaw all these amazing people the idea is actually i think the episode is named called preacher's daughter the nice and brimstone i think they're tying mine in with leslie stalls which by the way how cool is that man i mean it's coupled with leslie stahl she's a legend. there's even joke a preacher he actually bought jim and tammy faye bakker is old compound and he turned it into this magnificent center of learning and compassion and he said wow the intelligent man great father doesn't believe in climate change i mean i want to say no for me i think in india alone we have something like eighteen thousand churches this man has an extreme amount of influence but he doesn't believe in the science of climate change and i think because politics and religion are so inextricably linked to really muddies the water. there actually i should rephrase that it doesn't muddy the water polarizes it's a you interviewed him is that i interviewed him as a correspondent and is oddly enough his daughter works for sierra club for beyond coal which by the

. >>> and our friend and colleague tom brokaw received a rare honor monday night. nd anchorman received a personal peabody award for his lifetime achievements. tom spoke of his battle against multi-myeloma, saying he is fortunate to have the medical treatment he needs and that life is going to be okay. looking good there. it's 8:06. let's get a check of the weather once again with al.3 f2 >> muy bien, y esta jovencita es you're 9 years old. what's your name? >> sophie. >> where are you from? >> new jersey. >> is that your brother poking his head over there? is he a good big brother? >> yeah. >> yeah, all right. at least for today. all right. happy birthday. let's check your weather, see what we've got for you today. our pick city of the day, chicago, chicago. nbc 5, 83 and some showers and thunderstorms today. but then, heading into the weekend looking pretty good with plenty of sunshine. afternoon temperatures, it is going to be toasty again today. central texas into oklahoma and nebraska, kansas, i should say. we're looking at cooler weather in southern california

now, these brave men and women have been called the greatest generation by tom brokaw for a reason. like many of you, i have family members who fought in world war ii, an uncle, a father-in-law, two of my husband's uncles. their valor and courage stand as an example to all of us as we continue to battle injustice today. so to all of those who risked their lives on those beaches in normandy and beyond and to the families of those who perished on those foreign shores fighting for democracy and felt m, i say a heart thank you and our nation owes you a debt they can never repay. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. murphy, for five minutes. . mr. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of our nation's veterans. the men and women who put their lives on the line in service to our country. i was honored to have the opportunity to spend memorial day with our troops stationed in afghanistan. sharing this most solemn holiday with members of our armed services who go above and beyo

tom brokaw started boycotting after lindsay lohan was invited. >> oh, who cares?excuse to go out and have a fun night and party. i want to hear like, i'm not going to that anymore, it's not what it was. and i'm just like, all right, well, we have way bigger problems. >> are you worried at all about hurting feelings saturday night, or is that kind of like -- >> oh -- >> are you excited? >> no, i'm not worried -- you can't -- if i am so effective that they're like, you, i can't believe you said that, and they storm the stage, then it might be the best joke of all time. but, no, this -- i can't imagine -- but, hey! you never know! >> i'm sure you're holding back. you're to the going to be tough on president obama, for instance? >> no, not at all. i'm not going to tell any jokes about him. >> i'm sure you'll tell jokes about him, but you wouldn't. >> if you become too strident in these things, in all seriousness, if you become too strident, if it's not funny, it's not funny, and you look like a guy yelling at someone. it has to be funny before anything else. you have