and his recent bout with cancer. >> a lucky life interrupted his tom brokaw's most recent book. mr. brokaw, let's start off with a text from a viewer. how are you feeling. guest: i am feeling pretty well, but big news is my cancer is in remission. i have some residual issues, it's a bone marrow cancer and it affected my spine. i had to have that repaired. my back is not all that i would like. spee1, you write. host, you write about when you discovered up at the mayo clinic, 48 hours before you told your wife, what is that like. guest: not easy. you go into an entirely different zone. one moment moment you think you are 73 in healthy, biking across america. shooting in various parts of the world, fishing in montana. then i suddenly have an incurable but treatable cancer that i do not know much about. i did not want to tell her over the phone. i was in a mayo clinic board meeting. i did. i do not want to tell my fellow board meteors members. so i doubt with it. i was working on a documentary of the 50th anniversary of this fascination of john kennedy. i would work on my computer an

i'm tom brokaw with "nbc nightly news." today it was round two of the vice presidential debate between george bush and geraldine ferraro. everyone was arguing about who won last night, bush offered his own judgment and it immediately got him into trouble. he said "we tried to kick a little s last night." roger mudd tonight on the bush comment and who won, who lost dispute. >> everybody claimed victory today and in various ways. george bush claimed victory on the docks in elizabeth, new jersey, using anything he could get his hands on to prove it. but bush then let his victory claims get out of hand when he bragged that "we kicked ass last night," an inelegant phrase he would not rebate but said he stood behind it. >> it's an athletic expression. i stand behind it. i use it all the time. i just don't like to use it in public. >> that was 1984. and that year ronald reagan and his vice president george bush did win re-election against mondale and ferraro. but when reagan and bush won that '84 election, they won ronald reagan a

brad and angelina, a rare interview together opening up to tom brokaw about her health scare and how they are doing now. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. we wrapped up a pair of interviews with president obama here in newark a short time ago and we'll have our exclusive conversation shortly. but we do want to start with a deeply troubling mystery of a packed commercial airliner that we know broke up in flight. it killed all 224 people on board. the russian airbus filled with mostly vacationers went down on saturday over the egypt sinai desert avoided tonight by many other airlines. there is no evidence of terrorism, data gathered by u.s. intelligence satellite is raising new concerns. our coverage begins with bill neely in cairo. >> reporter: the wreckage tells a story. of a plane that broke apart in mid-air, scattered so far a satellite was used to find debris. each piece, a clue in this mystery. investigators worked on the two flight recorders today. extracting information but releasing none. the airline metro jet claims a technical fault couldn't have caused the

nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw joins us now. always good to be with you.now the family well. you covered the family for years. what do you make of the new sort of story lines we are now seeing? >> well, it's so unlike the president, 41, to go as public as he did and to be as candid as he is. people close to him have known for a long time these were his feelings. by the way, that was so typical of donald rumsfeld. oh, he's aging, doesn't count anymore. that interview with president bush 41 was done when he was 84 years old. donald rumsfeld is now 83 years old. so you can't dismiss it because of age. i think the president, bush 41, was an old-fashioned diplomat, had a very successful war in iraq and he was very concerned from the very beginning about whether this would go off the rails. no one consulted with him. they didn't talk to him, including his son. they didn't seek his advice. >> the criticisms in this book are not just about his son's advisors but about his son him zel. the big mistake with letting dick cheney bring in his own state department, i th

. >> last hour we heard such a great interview, tom brokaw sat down with brad and angelina. they are promoting their first film together in 10 years and they talked about everything from their marriage, they got married a year ago, and how angelina's health problems brought them closer together as a family. in march of this year she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed and followed having the mastectomy after her gene mutation. here is what she told tom. >> there is no vanity to my wife's approach. mature, there was excitement to where this is our life, we're going to make the best of it. there is strength in that. it's another one of those things in life that makes you tighter, and her family, so said we could be together, was trumped everything, and anything. >> i think for as much as he speaks about my strength, i knew that he made it very, very clear to me that what he loved and what was a woman to him was somebody who was smart and capable and cared about her family, it wasn't about -- it's not about the physical body. i knew through the surgeries that he was on

since sue of the biggest superstars n hollywood brad pitt and angelina jolie got married. >> nbc's tom brokaw recently caught up with them. tom, good morning, good to see you. >> good morning, good to l be back. we got together with the newlyweds of the iconic sun setter to hotel in los angeles not too far from their home. i talked to them about their new marriage, how they have rewritten the celebrity guide book on managing fame and life's obstacles especially for angelina have brought them closer together. despite their worldwide superstardom, they sometimes seem just like another married couple. mr. and mrs. jones or smith. so now you're a married couple. you know, seas certified, and angie told me shortly after you got married she thought maybe she should be a more conventional wife and mother and thought about cooking. >> he looks at me because like every three months i'll say, hone, i think i should learn how to cook, don't i? >> yeah. >> and -- >> yeah. i just humor it but she has no business in the kitchen. >> their domestic life aside, turns out the way this celebrity couple celebrat

. >>> this morning on "today" an exclusive nbc tom brokaw sits down with hollywood royalty and angelina jolie and brad pitt. the denver the battle of the undefeated. broncos, packers turned up ever. the quarterback threw for 77 yards, they outgained them the final score 29-10. controversial in big d, following this devastating hit that knocked out them and bryant did talk object about the injuries, following the game, bryant had this to say. >> that's my daughter's sole. i would never in my life do that to anybody. i could have been talking to something completely else. i'm too busy trying to break it up. get out there. in fact i'm feeling riper. hey, you all, come on, man. >> in the end, the seahawks hung on for the win 13-12. then new orleans led the saints, a combined, listen to this, 101 is points. drew brees threw 511 yards. it's every fantasy sports manager played him. eli manning also had a huge day with a career best six touchdown passes. the jants defense caught a huge break with this brees pass that is deflected and picked off by giants, he took the ball 63 yards for a touchdo

behind me is a film narrated by tom brokaw, which gives our visitors the overarching story of d-day at normandy. next to me over here on the left, it's a very special exhibit. this is an exhibit case dedicated to ernie pyle's long, thin line of anguish column. ernie pyle actually walked to the beaches at normandy where andamerican forces landed, he saw all the pieces of war left over. what we have in this case is actual artifacts and sand from utah and omaha beaches. pyle writes about what he found. you can see he talked about shoe les,sh, sewing kits, bib hand grenades, toothbrushes, razors. he particularly singles out in his column writing paper. young menbout how the who gave their lives at normandy intended to write an awful lot of letters back home. the other thing they had an awful lot of was cigarettes. he said that packs of cigarettes had been handed out to the troops before the landings began , and he made the comment that the line of cigarettes up and down the beach, the high water of this sacrifice at normandy. it's a moment for our audiences after the film to pause and refl

in >>> this morning on "today" an exclusive nbc tom brokaw sits down with hollywood royalty and angelina jolie and brad pitt. the denver the battle of the undefeated. broncos, packers turned up ever. the quarterback threw for 77 yards, they outgained them the final score 29-10. controversial in big d, following this devastating hit that knocked out them and bryant did talk object about the injuries, following the game, bryant had this to say. >> that's my daughter's sole. i would never in my life do that to anybody. i could have been talking to something completely else. i'm too busy trying to break it up. get out there. in fact i'm feeling riper. hey, you all, come on, man. >> in the end, the seahawks hung on for the win 13-12. then new orleans led the saints, a combined, listen to this, 101 is points. drew brees threw 511 yards. it's every fantasy sports manager played him. eli manning also had a huge day with a career best six touchdown passes. the jants defense caught a huge break with this brees pass that is deflected and picked off by giants, he took the ball 63 yards for a touchdo

>>> joining me for insight and analysis are tom brokaw of nbc news, kathleen parker of the "washington post," colleen cooper of the "new york times" and ron fornier of the "national journal." welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. the belgian capital, brussels, remains in lockdown with soldiers on the streets amid fears of an imminent isis attack. police in that city are also searching door to door for one of the paris attackers who is believed to be hiding somewhere in the brussels area. meanwhile, overnight in malaysia president obama struck a different tone than he did earlier this week and he addressed americans' fears about terror specifically. >> the most powerful tool we have to fight isil is to say that we're not afraid. to not elevate them. that somehow buy into their fantasy that they're doing something important. they're a bunch of killers. >> this morning we'll look at the isis threat from all the angles. how do we build an international coalition against isis? does the u.s. strategy in the region have to change? and if so, how

behind me is our film narratedded by -- narrated by tom brokaw. he saw all of the war left over by troops who had been killed coming ashore at the beach. what we have in this case is actual artifacts and sand from utah and omaha beaches. he writes about what he found. you can see he talk about shoe polish showing kids diaries, bibles, hand grenades, toothbrushes razors. he particularly singles out in his column writing paper. he talk about how young men who gave their lives at normandy intended to write a lot of letters back home. the other thing that they had an awful lot of was cigarettes. he said that packs of cigarettes had been handed out to the troops, before the handings began and he made the comment that a line of cigarettes up and down the beach marked the high water of this sacrifice there at normandy. moment for our audiences after the film to pause and reflect about what was going on in the world d-day june 6, 1944 was the date that hitler could have driven our forces back into the waters of the english channel. he failed and from that

. >> reporter: tom brokaw talked to family friends. >> it was always an idea that it was a strained relationship, but 41 would not publically differ with his son. they are very close personally, if not politically. >> that's stark stuff. we never heard this from him before. he never said this in a public setting before. >> reporter: the elder bush criticized what he called his son's hot rhetoric, this fateful phrase with iraq, iran and north korea. >> states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil. >> reporter: rumsfeld told nbc news bush '41 is getting up in years and misjudges bush who i found made his own decisions. >> that is regrettable to say something like that. one thing about bush 41 is time passes, we appreciate him more and more. >> reporter: george w. bush would not comment out his father, but issued a statement saying he was proud to have served with dick cheney and don rumsfeld. bush 43 fired rumsfeld and by the end of his presidency had become noticeably distant from cheney, perhaps concluding his father knew best. the interviews with bush 41 began years a

behind me is a film narrated by tom brokaw, which gives our visitors the overarching story of d-day at normandy. next to me over here on the left, it's a very special exhibit. this is an exhibit case dedicated to ernie pyle's long, thin line of anguish column. ernie pyle actually walked to the beaches at normandy where the american forces landed,

behind me is a film narrated by tom brokaw, which gives our visitors the overarching story of d-day at normandy. next to me over here on the left, it's a very special exhibit. this is an exhibit case dedicated to ernie pyle's long,

nbc's tom brokaw sits down with hollywood royalty, angelina jolie and brad pitt. the latest in sports, here is my friend, betty. >> to the battle of the undefeated. the broncos-packers, and one of aaron rodgers least productive games ever. the green bay quarterback threw for 77 yards, as the broncos outgained. denver dominated from start to finish to remain undefeated. 29-10. now the controversy in big d. following this devastating hit that knocked out seattle's locket. some say dez bryant did taunting about the injuries, but following the game, bryant had this to say. >> i mean, i would never in my life do that to anybody. i could have been talking about -- i'm too bez usy trying break it up. i'm telling richard and earl, get your players back. i was talking to the officials. >> the seahawks win, 13-12. now, saints and giants. they scored a combined 101 points. third highest score in nfl history. drew brees had seven touchdowns to the delight of every fantasy footballer who played him. manning had six touchdown passes, including three to odell beckham jr. a brees

brad and angelina, a rare interview together opening up to tom brokaw about her health scare and

the new electronic nail care system from amop\. . >>> our friend and colleague tom brokaw is here to focus on an issue he cares deeply about, alzheimer's disease. one in nine people, 67 and older has it. that's 5 million americans, and the number is only expected to grow as the baby boom generation ages. one organization on the front lines is the fisher center at rockefeller university. their message of hope on display on this window outside our studio for the month of november, alzheimer's awareness month. howard lutnick, ceo and chairman of cantor fitzgerald leads the boarded a the center and dr. mark flogolet is on the board and head of research. good morning. everybody thinks they know about it until it affects them personally and then they see a different side of it. it happened to you. >> as much as i was tuned into it it was an an centraly artery until it hit our family. a younger brother who was living in denver, well away from the rest of the family, had some reverses in his personal and business life and so we were not as connected to him as we probably should have been. my

>>> joining me for insight and analysis are tom brokaw of nbc news, kathleen parker of the "washington post," c cleen cooper of the "new york times" and ronornier of the "national journal." welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. the belgian capital, brussels, soldiers on the streets amid fears of an imminent isis attack. police in that city are also searching door to door for one of the paris attackers who is believed to be hiding somewhere in the brussels area. meanwhile, overnight in malaysia president obama struck a different tone than he did earlier this week and he addressed americans' fears about terror specifically. >> the most powerful tool we have to fight isil is to say that we're not afraid. to not elevate them. that somehow buy into their fantasy that they're doing something important. they're a bunchf kikiers. >>>>this morning we'll look at the isis threat from all the angles. how do we build an international coalition against isis? does the u.s. strategy in the region have to change? and if so, how?