live in university city, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10. >>> nbc news legend tom brokaw addressed issues in syria, among other topics. brokaw offered his thoughts at drexel university today. he spoke about his storied career in journalism, focusing on his 22 years on the anchor desk at "nightly news." we were able to sit down with brokaw one-on-one and ask him about the challenge in reporting the news today. >> what the president has to do is not to be so sensitive, as they go around whining in their beer a lot. we have to do our job and make sure that what we do every day is factual and contextual. and that's tougher these days, because everybody wants to be a commentator. i wish we could dial down the commentary and dial up the factual presentation of the news a lot more. >> joining brokaw on stage today was producer karen curry. >>> new at 6:00, a delaware man is charged with human trafficking after police say he forced a woman to have sex with men. 55-year-old jorge arcinieja of georgetown was arrested. investigators are trying to identify anyone else who may have been involved in the o

. >> so the center of the field went to tom brokaw. >> tom brokaw with the latest. tom?is under way. >> and so the bombs are falling. >> usa! usa! >> now sing. ♪ o say can you see for the dawn's early light and proudly we hailed at the last lights gleaming ♪ >> wow. that was tough. but i didn't make a mistake. it was something i had to deliver and not get choked up, like i am now. ♪ for the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> on my orders, the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan. >> for the very first time in my memory, you had something of this enormity that was broadcast live. >> film provided by the pentagon shown on television in primetime. >> we were pretty damn gung-ho at the time of going to war. we just wanted to go fight somebody. >> okay. then to the grave and deep intraspecs, now we're going to be at war. we're going to get these guys. >> when i think of music of 9/11, i think people in rock and roll didn't know if they were pro or anti-wa

. >>> tom brokaw of nbc news was in philadelphia yesterday to discuss the crisis in syria and other current events. the legendary journalist spoke at drexel university. >>> a new museum in old city is getting ready to open its doors. last night hosts gave people their first look inside. hundreds were on hand at the gala for the museum of the revolution. people got to explore all that museum has to offer. >> i am particularly drawn to the objects. the foot soldiers in the fields, it speaks so powerfully to their committeement and courage. >>> if you are interested, that museum opens to the public on april 19th. that will be the 214th anniversary of the war. >>> we start with a live look outside in philadelphia. right in center city here, take a look at the top of the earmark building. a big difference from yesterday because the winds died down overnight and good news is that today they won't be a problem or annoyance like yesterday. instead light winds take a jump. here we are currently in the neighborhoods. dropped all the way to 44 in neighborhoods like andorra. there's quite a range of te

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tom brokaw has made this argument before that if you are from the midwest, you cannot be as polarizedon politics than if you're from one of the coastal elites. seattle, washington is liberal, los angeles liberal.lo new york city's liberal. you're going to hear annew eco-chamber arising grievance. but that also occurs in texas. also occurs in some deep red precincts of other parts of the country. and it's not healthy and i just don't try to attribute a generalization.ne i can't tell anyone giving patterns to charity. i know statistically republicans tends to write more checks to private charities than did democrats.ks to i but i don't know the individual's generosity by virtue of general patterns. i don't think we can attribute to that. bush is very useful not to defend anyone over politics. life is way too short for that. >> host: hugh hewitt, what is your analysis of the congressional race in georgia? press 140%. a couple more. guess who i believe her name is karen handel.at she will win easily. john ossoff had a chance. two weeks out guitar publicans we are going to win with john os

. >>> today, legendary newsman tom brokaw will be at drexel university to discuss his 50-year career in journalism. he'll join a former producer, who heads up drexel's redman institute for entertainment industry studies. the event will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 this afternoon and it is free to the public. >>> coming up, could job cuts be on the way for some state workers? we'll take a look at what the governor says about hundreds of layoffs in pennsylvania that he says could come with the budget working its way through the state house. >>> and honoring the wilt. today, the sixers will pay tribute to the legendary wilt chamberlin. we'll fill you in on what they're unveiling at their south jersey training complex when we come back. >>> welcome back. we're taking a live look outside, looking through the sports complex area. you can just barely see those wind turbines kind of spinning around a bit. it is still a little breezy this morning, and as we go through the rest of today, it will be another windy one. not quite as windy as yesterday, but you will notice it. the good news is, that'

. >>> tom brokaw wspoke at drexel university yesterday and he talked about his 50-year career, including 22 years at the anchor desk at nbc "nightly news." we sat down with brokaw and asked him about the challenges of reporting the news in today's world. >> what the press has to do is they go around whining about it. what we need to do is factual and contextual. i wish we could dial down the commentary and dial-up the fa factual presentation of the news. >>> for the really perfect spring morning, matt is packed among the runners. >> reporter: i am not running but a lot of those tpaebgz are finishing up, and they are running for a good cause this morning, and it's a good day for that. the sun is out. how is the weather looking, krystal. >> looking really nice. warmer air moving in. we will look at how warm the temperatures go neighborhood by neighborhood coming up. >>> right now on nbc10 news today, tragedy in cairo. dozens of people dead after bomb blasts on palm sunday services. >>> an unexpected arrival on a set of septa train tracks, right at the start of the sunday morning commute. l

despite what tom brokaw said, the revolutionary leaders in my mind were the greatest generation. they were larger than life, giants in the earth, a forest of giant oaks lincoln called them. they seemed to peace intellectual and political capacities well beyond the generations that followed them. we americans have been unable to look back at them without being overawed by the brilliance of their thought, the creativity of their politics and the sheer magnitude of their achievement. what were they like? what made them different? different from all succeed ing generations and certainly different from us? great as they were, these revolutionary leaders were certainly not demi gods or super human. they were very much the product of peculiar circumstances in a peculiar moment in time. they were -- nor were they immune to the allures of interest that attracted most ordinary human beings. they wanted wealth and position and often speculated heavily to realize their aims. they are not demi gods, but they were not democrats, either. certainly not democrats in any modern sense of the term.

. >>> tom brokaw of nbc news was in philadelphia yesterday to address the crisis in syria and other concern the vents. the legendary journalist spoke at drexel university. he talked about his 50-year career, including his 22 years on the anchor desk of nbc "nightly news," and we sat down with him to speak about the challenges. >> i think what the press has to do is not be so sensitive where they go around wining. we have to do our job, and what we do everyday is factual a context will. >> joining brokaw was his former producer, karen curry, who now works at drexel. >>> now to video that you have to see of the very moment a tornado ripped the roof off of a illinois house. home video shows a funnel cloud peeling back some of the roof, nobody was injured. >>> meanwhile five kids were hurt after a strong gust of wind sent a bounceastw house flying south carolina. the children inside were taken to the hospital, but therexk iso word yet on their conditions. >>> usually this is a saturday thing, but i thought i would break it out today because it's such a nice. if you are headed out, leave the um

. >> greg: i would pay tom brokaw $100 to say rory mcilroy ten times. ar him do that. tom, i know you watch the show. i will give you $100 to say rory mcilroy. >> dana: i love him. >> greg: he can't do rs or ls. >> bob: you are mean. >> greg: golfing under obama is different because trump is in power and he's our guy. >> bob: there you go. >> kimberly: truth to power. >> bob: "one more thing" is up next. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette and her new mobile wedding business. at first, getting paid was tough... until she got quickbooks. now she sends invoices, sees when they've been viewed and-ta-dah-paid twice as fast for free. visit quickbooks-dot-com. yeah, 'cause i got allstate.? if you total your new bike, they replace it with a brand new one. so, kinda like your second husband. kinda. it's good to be in (good hands). ♪ >> dana: it's time for "one more thing." kimberly. >> kimberly: in cheerful news, a new jersey high school senior has her pick from any ivy league school. talk about the pride of her parents. 17-year-old student has been accepted int

tom brokaw had an amazing damon called boom, in 1968, dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated.1968 we lost robert kennedy to assassination. he did not create a crisis, the crisis was that america did not want to confront its racist past and didn't want to cash that promissory note. and the fact that dr. king stood up for all that, you cannot whitewash that legacy. >> bakari, you're making something up. i did not whitewash it. by the way, i stood in line to be by his casket, i was there. i don't know if you were old enough to be there. i stood up in the south in 1965. my dad most importantly stood up. i'm not going to sit here and let you conflate, i did not say martin luther king jr. and donald trump were the same. i said the strategy, and anybody can use these strategies, anybody for any reason, good, bad or indifferent, can cause a major crisis that forces the other side to negotiate. that is all i was saying. to deliberate misrepresent it is not worthy of you. >> dr. king died nearly 20 years before i was born. i am only 32 years old so i don't have the braveness to think i

join iing us in studio, nbc new special correspondent tom brokaw.a, in the past week or so, and now the mother of all bombs being used, how would you characterize the situation? >> well, i -- congratulations on the success of this mission. i think the president overstates it when he says we've made enormous progress and we've gone way beyond where they have for the last eight years. we've had these moments along the way in which we've had success targeting different groups of al qaeda in afghanistan and then isis, obviously, in iraq and in the syria area. i've been in that very part of afghanistan. and it is indescribably remote. e only way that i think you could getohose fighters in the caves is to do exactly what they did. but this is not the end of anything. this is just another episode in a long, long curve of fighting. i do believe that the obama administration backed off in the last couple of years and in terms of what they were fighting and how they were fighting them. in syria, moving the red line and not putting together a coalition to go t

>> among our guests is nbc's tom brokaw and "the washington post's" david ignatius.ents away. when coughing keeps your family awake. breathe easier with vicks vaporub. soothing cough relief that starts working instantly. i'm proud to make dog chow in (vodavenport, iowa.an. dog chow's been a part of my family's life for over 40 years. my grandfather made it and now i'm making it. as a micro-biologist i ensure that dog chow leads with high quality ingredients. >>> before we toss it over to "morning joe," we'll bring you a check of the stories in the day ahead. >> president trump juggles a full plate of foreign policy issues. nbc's kristen welker has more from the white house. >> reporter: good morning to you. president trump is in mara lago for the easter weekend. this week offered the most detailed preview so far of what is known as the trump doctrine. remember, mr. trump campaigned as a hawkish pro military candidate, promising to vanquish isis. his foreign policy successes so far outweigh his domestic agenda which has been on the rock from health care. in an intervi

tom brokaw shouted that in my year after he heard our soldiers in iraq in the first year in mosul.ou saw all that they were doing, myriad tasks from combat to helping rebuild cities that had been damaged during the war. looting for all these different tasks. they said you know, that world war ii crowd was the greatest generation. but this is the next greatest generation. i very much believe in that. david: your father was a dutch sea captain and met your mother, from brooklyn, and they met at a church service? gen. petraeus: yes. david: he stayed here at the time of world war ii and commanded a marine shift. gen. petraeus: when the nazis invaded holland, they could not back to rotterdam. david: you grew up in new york city? gen. petraeus: about seven miles from west point. david: growing up, what was your nickname? mr. de niro: fashion gen. petraeus: peaches. i was in a little league game in an announcer could not pronounce it. he said it peaches, and it stuck. it followed me all through my time at west point. there was a girl in the laundry who had been a high school friend of min

something tom brokaw shouted ears after he heard our soldiers in iraq in the first year in mosul.ou saw all that they were doing, myriad tasks from combat to helping rebuild cities that had been damaged during the war. all of these different tasks. he said, you know that world war , ii crowd was the greatest generation. sure that the men and women we have seen today is america's new greatest generation. i very much believe in that. david: let's talk about how you came into the military. your father was a dutch sea captain and met your mother, from brooklyn, and they met at a church service? general petraeus: yes. david: he later stayed here during world war ii and commanded a marine shift. general petraeus: during the war he sailed with u.s. merchant marine. i think it was in when the nazis 1939 overran holland, they could not back to rotterdam. david: you grew up in new york city? general petraeus: about 50 miles north of here. about seven miles north of west point. i could actually run home from west point, to and from. david: when you were growing up, what was your nickname gro

tom brokaw anchoring the "nightly news" coverage of the riots in 1992.e 25th anniversary of the riots since they overtook l.a. four police officers acquitted in the beating of rodney king, one of the first beatings caught on video tape. the event lasted days in los angeles with 50 killed, more than 2000 injured and 12,000 arrested. ron allen covered the events 25 years ago. let's start with the verdict. as a reporter, what you needed to cover, how surprised were you by the outcome of that? >> well, i was surprised, thomas and i wasn't surprised. when you watch the trial happen on a day-to-day basis, it was skillful and taking the emotion out of the video tape, they slowed down and paused it. they made rodney king the demon and the officers were just doing their jobs as they kept saying. so, i could see how it could happen. l.a., however, was just stunned. there were preparations leading up to the verdict because people in the community knew there could be trouble. remember, this was a really, really powerful video tape and the country had not seen anythi

a lot of intolerant republicans and democrats and helps to grow up in ohio -- tom brokaw said if you're from them midwest utep not to be as poorly polarized. seattle is liberal. los angeles is liberal. new york city. that occurs in deep red texas and occurs in some deep red precincts in other parts of the country expats not healthy and -- i just don't try to attribute a generalization itch can't tell anyone giving pattern charity. republicans tend to write more checks to private charity but i don't know the individual's generosity by virtue of general pattern so we can't attribute to that. just very usual not to defriend anyone over politics. life is way too shoot for that. >> host: what's your analysis of the race, the congressional race in georgia, democrat won 48%. a couple more -- i believe her name is. >> guest: karen handel, the former secretary of state will win easily. love when democratstle us what they're doing. you normally want a sneak attack. two weeks always they began to tell run republicans we'll win with tom goss solve. i said, they came out in time, mr. osoff won the p

here's tom brokaw anchoring nbc's coverage of the los angeles riots back in 1992. >> reporter: what'sicemen accused beating rodney king being acquitted have stunned the nation. >> a frustration with the justice system. >> we all can get along. we just got to -- we're all stuck here for a while. let's try to work it out. >> reporter: the rodney king verdict may have lit the match but the streets were more tha ready to explode. >> nbc's ron allen covered these events a quarter of century ago. he joins us right now. i remember the phrase can't we all just get along. i'm curious about you at the trial, ron. first of all the verdict. did that come as a big surprise? >> i was pretty stunned the officers were not found guilty of something. of course they later were in a federal trial some of them, some of the charges they were found guilty on. when you looked at it closely day-by-day you can see how the defense did an excellent job of taking the emotion out of that tape and by slowing it down, by freezing frames and by really making rodney king the demon, the dangerous thug and the jury beli

tom brokaw had an amazing documentary, wrote "boom: 1968." we lost three students on the campus in the massacre. in 1968, april 4th, dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated. in 1968, we lost robert f. kennedy to assassination. the fact is he did not create a crisis. the crisis was that america did not want to confront its racist past and did not want to cash that promissory note. the fact is dr. martin luther king jr. stood up for that and you cannot whitewash that on national tv because it's offensive. >> bakari, you're making something up. i am not whitewashing it. by the way, i stood in line for six hours to pass robert kennedy's casket and touch the flag. i was 16 years old. i don't know whether you were old enough. i stood up in the south in 1965. my dad most importantly stood up. i'm not going to sit here and let you conflate. i did not say martin luther king and donald trump were the same. i said the strategy. and anybody can use these strategies. anybody for any reason good, bad or indifferent can cause a major crisis that forces

it helps having grown up in ohio and actually tom brokaw made this argument before, if you're from the midwest you tend not to be as polarized on politics than if you're from one of the coastal elites. seattle washington is liberal, new york city is very liberal, if you're gonna be in the coastal city, you'll hear an echo chamber of rising grievances. that also occurs in deep red texas, it also occurs in deep red states of the country andf it's not healthy. i just don't try to treat a generalization. i can't tell anyone's giving pattern to charity based on p whether they have a rog by the name. statistically republicans write more checks to charities then democrats but i don't know the individuals generosity by virtue of the general patterns. i don't think we can contributeo to that. it's useful not to defriendol anyone over politics life is way too short for that. >> host: hugh hewitt, what's your analysis of the congressional race down in georgia, democrat 148%, we have a couple more here and here and handle the former secretary social went easily. >> guest: i love when democrats tel

half a decade go, tom brokaw was disturbed about the fact you have this big interest and journalists to go to this dinner to see political comedy. it is everywhere including on the television show of the host that is hosting that. when you look at that, i mean, were there real laughs there or is this a joke that's kind of played out a little bit? >> i think it's -- i do think it's been played out. and really last night, what we saw was a lot of hack jokes about how jump was a racist for about 20 minutes and a couple of new swings at the media. for the most part, this dinner has been going on so long and it's kind of just yourself on the back, go to prom dress up nice and get drunk with your friends. >> why do we still do this >> why is this still a thing >> well, actually, the dinner is supposed to be about the first amendment, and celebrating the work of white house correspondants and raising money for scholarships. in the last probably -- for decades, it's been eclipsed by all the hollywood celebrities who show up >> when fawn hall came to the dinner, the year -- oliver north's ass

here is tom brokaw. >> good evening. it is the beginning of another day. baghdad, and throughout iraq it's also 7:00 a.m. in equakuwa as well. and military targets there will be hearing and feeling the destruction of operation desert storm. >> for 43 days in early 1991, the united states' first war in the persian gulf was the original reality tv. day after day, millions tuned in for the operation desert storm show as u.s. military bombardments and iraqy scud missile attacks was brought live into our living rooms. thanks to cnn, the only 24 hours game in town back then for the first time in television history, an american war was beamed into homes all around the world, around the clock. the gulf war came complete with its own cast of heroes and villains. they were the correspondents whose career-defining coverage made them into household names. or in the case of nbc news arthur kent, aka, the scud stud, sex symbols. there was the gruff but kind of loveable mission commander general stormin' norman schwarzkopf whose updates elevated him to celebrity status.

. >> nbc news special correspondent, tom brokaw is here. along with nicolle wallace. unched. but it sends a message, tom, doesn't it? and is that really one of the reasons why we saw this quick action? trump administration, trying to say there's a new sheriff in town? >> the fact of the matter is, this is an easy part. it's a one-off. that kind of a strike. that's the least you would expect. the real question is what happens after this. there's so many players here. and this has been in syria for a long time, before he used chemical weapons once before. he has unleashed an enormous see of immigrants flooding into western europe. and the question is, where do we go from here? are there going to have to be ground troops to bring him the to an arrangement? is he going to have to leave syria? these are tough questions. there's been neglect on the part of not just this administration, but certainly in the obama administration. in the closing days, john kerry, the secretary of state was complaining to friends that we weren't being tough enough on friends. and he was blaming

. >> tom brokaw is here. it's a tactical strike. we've learned that this morning. message. is that really one of the reasons why we saw this quick action, trump administration trying to say there's a new sheriff in town? >> the fact of the matter is this is the easy part. it's a one-off, that kind of a strike. that would be the least you would expect. the real question is what happens after this? there are so many players here, and this has been in syria for a long time before he newsed chemical weapons once before. he's unleashed an enormous sea of immigrants coming out of there, flooding into western europe. the question is what do we do from here? are there going to have to be ground troops to bring him to some kind of an arrangement? is he going to have to relieve syria? these are very, very tough questions. there's been neglect on the part of not just this administration but certainly in the obama administration in the closing days, john kerry, the secretary of state was complaining to friends that we weren't being tough enough on syria, and he was blaming the