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tom brokaw on a time the country came together and the lessons from the greatest generation. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. i'm peter alexander in for lester tonight. this evening, as many americans are enjoying this long fourth of july weekend, it is crunch time for president trump. the president at his vacation home in new jersey gearing up for what may be his biggest foreign test yet including the g-20 summit and meetings with world leaders none more closely watched than a high stakes session with vladimir putin. what will he say? will he confront president putin about moscow's meddling in the 2016 election? all of it as president trump lashes out on social media. we have the very latest tonight from chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: president trump not seen but heard today from his new jersey home making calls and making waves with three international hot spots making headlines. in russia, europe and north korea. the president's firs

zero. >> tom brokaw, we don't have the answer yet on collusion.re's -- now we have a piece of evidence that is the there is there potentially. >> and as he continued to say that in public, i wondered what his son was thinking at the time or paul manafort was thinking at the time watching all of that. oh, wait a minute, mr. president, or dad, there's a meeting that we probably ought to make you aware of. what is stunning to me is why the president has not called in all the principals and said i want this out of the way right now. i want you to fess up to what happened. we need to close this down. it's stopping everything we're trying to get done in this country. i came in here saying i was going to be a very strong president. why he felt so engaged by putin in the first place has always befuddled me a little bit. we've got health care hanging out there, north korea hanging out there, and this one keeps dribbling out in a way that is really destructive to him. and i think it's time for presidential leadership to say i want to get this out of the way

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not with tom brokaw. >> happy birthday. >> thank you, guys. ♪ >>> for a long period of time, i really considered myself a mistake. >> what do you mean you considered yourself a mistake? >> my self-esteem has always been so incredibly low that for a long period of time, i thought that my existence on this e mistake. >> jim vance always lifted us up when there was something to celebrate, but he didn't hold back about the things that weren't right in the world and in his world. a few years ago, vance shared some of those tough times with me in an interview. it was his idea to go public with his own struggle with depression. pretty brave thing for such an apparently strong man to do, but he knew that his story might help someone else. >> if i can be a little glimmer of light for one person just by virtue of, you know, acknowledging that i'm all screwed up but i'm cool with it now, then, you know, i'd be very happy with that. i'll be eternally grateful for that. and i mean that sincerely. that's no way to of m

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zero. >> tom brokaw, we don't have the answer yet on collusion.w we have a piece of evidence that is the there is there potentially. >> and as he continued to say that in public, i wondered what his son was thinking at the time or paul manafort was thinking at the time watching all of that. oh, wait a minute, mr. president, or dad, there's a meeting that we probably ought to make you aware of. what is stunning to me is why the president has not called in all the principals and said i want this out of the way right now. i want you to fess up to what happened. we need to close this down. it's stopping everything we're trying to get done in this country. i came in here saying i was going to be a very strong president. why he felt so engaged by putin in the first place has always befuddled me a little bit. we've got health care hanging out there, north korea hanging out there, and this one keeps dribbling out in a way that is really destructive to him. and i think it's time for presidential leadership to say i want to get this out of the way. >> danie

tom brokaw's go mad for this report. mara punkin brooklyn it has one of the biggest concentrations of ultra orthodox jews outside israe. they reject most aspects. killer culture and that's it it's watching television and movies yet a portrayed openness community has emerged in a new movie titled manasa. the film tells the story of one man's struggle a widower cooled menasha to maintain custody of his son read and played by ruben the bowl sk. the film was co written and directed by joshua whine steam and non orthodox few working with the cost of ultra orthodox jews. nauseous as big charlie chaplin ask of a man he's very funny very endearing but is a deep sadness inside him. and ruben is the sweet boy and they have this chemistry where just by making a face. they cannot show all of the dynamic in a motion that the board of their father and a son. motion. since i was a commander conclusion intellectual. nearly all the donald hickman. and you did film aims to be the day genuine article. these people speak yiddish everyday li

tom brokaw caught up with david mccullough for a look at how the lessons of lift can inspire us today america is deeply divided these days, but it doesn't have to be that way. >> the clearest lessons of history is that almost nothing is done alone. it's a joint effort. and america is a joint effort. >> david, touring a new arsenal of democracy exhibit here at the national world war ii museum, a vivid portrait of a nation at first deeply ambivalent about world war ii, and whoafully unprepared. in 1939 america's army ranked 17th in the world just behind romania. mccullough was just seven when pearl harbor was attacked and remembers it was all in after that. >> in grade school we were told we're helping to end the war, and we felt very involved, very patriotic about it. >> reporter: but that unity of purpose came at a price. african american service members were grossly discriminated against by their own commanders and the forced internment of japanese americans remains a deep wound. >> it's a scar on fdr. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: places like this museum in new orleans bring history t

with no warning in syria hopefully hopefully we'll have peace but we will wait and see absolutely tom brokaw of law and government attorney and university thanks for your thoughts this hour. but times running out for the e.u. to help italy which is threatening further drastic action over the latest crisis that's among the stories ahead on our. in case you're new to the game this is how. the economy is built around corporations corporations run washington washington media the media over voters elected to businessman to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before . here's what people have been saying about rejected in the senate it's pull along. the only show i go out of my way to launch you know what it is that really packs a punch. yeah it is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than booth. and see the people you've never heard of love redacted the night president of the world bank so take. it seriously send us an e-mail. you're back with our to international several european co

former nbc news anchor tom brokaw said rest in peace, my friend. you define professional cool frd accomplishment. chuck brown's facebook page, jim was one of the early fans of chuck brown and they performed together for him at an event in the city, true music lover, true newsman, true d.c. icon. well said. >>> switchinggoers, a sad story, nine immigrants -- switching gears, a sad story, nine immigrants had smothered in a truck. they were surrounded by at least 20 other people, some of those who were rushed to the hospital. many suffered from extreme dehydration and heatstroke. officials believe it was a human smuggling operation gone horribly wrong. >> reporter: a search helicopter buzzed over a field near a san antonio wal-mart sunday where eight people were found dead inside this tractor trailer. several others were found in extremely critical or very serious condition. police believe they uncovered a human trafficking ring. >> our firefighters found each one of them had heart rates over about 130 beats per minute which again they were very hot t

joining us now, nbc news senior correspondent tom brokaw, and julia yaffi. sian attorney at the center for the trump junior scandal. we'll get to that in a moment. tom, as we look at even some of trump's tweets about distorting democracy and fake news as he appears to be trying to protect his son from his own lies, weir missing out on some bigger, more, i would say, grave stories, and happenings around the world that are really -- they don't appear to be getting a lot of attention. you wonder if the president is giving them enough attention including north korea. >> i've been talking to people in the national security and foreign policy field. they're concerned about north korea which is suddenly off the map, it appears, and the chinese don't know who they should be talking to in the administration. there has always been a relationship between china and the united states that centered around one or two designated spokesman for an administration. other people who had a connection to china. at this point, i'm told, the chinese are looking at the administration

. >> during his eulogy, tom brokaw described him as a perfect metaphor as a center, the position he played in football, no play in politics could start without his hand on the ball and now we're seeing and hearing the spin of marine one taking the president back, and support staff. we'll speak louder after that and you can see that behind us. the president came here to end made in america work, you see the made in the usa banner. and you've got to see that the president thinks that a strong economy is linked. and how does that play in michigan? >> we're a state that makes things. we're the greatest manufacturing state in the nation. >> you have to figure out, jerry mccauliffe. he was about virginia being the greatest manufacturing state. >> and if you need a car come to michigan. we have more cars than ships. >> one i think this that president trump's advisors will really talk about is how he has changed the business community and business regulations in the past six months or so in office. how is that affecting things in michigan? >> well, michigan was on the comeback anyway, we see a con

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politics with jared kushner and ivanka trump on the guest list and panels including one hosted by tom brokaw and an interview with cia director mike pompeo the ceos discussing what impact president trump's policies will have on their bottom lines >> if he can inch pmplement his agenda, that is a boost for the u.s. economy at a time probably that it needs it >> reporter: but others criticize president trump's policies on immigration, net neutrality and the environment >> i think it's just a joke. and hopefully it will be over relatively soon. it in-exapplicationly began and it will end. >> reporter: but he agreed that we will see more media deals i'm julia boorstin in idaho. >>> amazon posted it's biggest day. >> 30 hours, 13 countries, and it is official, amazon's rhyme day is it's biggest sales day ever amazon says sales grew by 60% over the same 30 hours last year and maybe more important, amazon says more new prime members signed up 00 july 11th than any other single day in its history. and we know that independent research shows that prime members spend almost double nonprime members ann

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this is from tom brokaw. washington d.c., rest in peace my friend. you define professional, cool and accomplishment. this is from former attorney general who was sad to jim vance's passing. he defined what was best about journalism in d.c. and never lost the common touch. so true. this is from d.c. mayor muriel bowser. he was a leader in the city, a legend who will be missed greatly. washington redskins and the nationals also posted condolences. so many people pouring in love and support for vance and our nbc washington family as well. >> a lot of regular folks paying tribute to vance this morning as well. molette green is live at magic 102.3 in silver spring where the phones have been ringing this morning, molette? >> reporter: absolutely. popular radio show host rush parr wanted to take phone calls from listeners this morning. he's been talking about jim vance throughout the morning. because so many of his listeners felt such a connection with vance. you know, people are still learning about his passing from over the wke have a chance to speak abou

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tom brokaw, sugar ray leonard, eric holder, different politicians, sports teams, the nationals. so many people honor him online and continue to share your memories with us on social media and you can see highlights from his legacy on nbcwashington.com. >>> one of our favorite things that we loved about vance, of course, was his hearty and infectious laugh. >> always something that lifted people up, especially when you didn't expect it. >> it's fashion week over in paris. the latest fashions are on the runway for next spring. but there was a problem out there today. one of the british designer's shows had difficulty. a model fell down twice. the young woman wearing the pink shirt and platform shoes never quite recovered. there she goes. that had to hurt. that was uncool. that's embarrassing. this is at least the sec time -- [ laughter ] >> well, you all are just really tickled by that, aren't you? you try walking in those shoes. >> we want to -- hold on. hold on. [ laughter ] >> sometimes you can't bring it back together. >> once you lose it, that's it. >> just got a lot fun yefr

news agencies booked tom brokaw, not comedians. >> it was a dark, dark time for our country. moment for us at home. this is backyard. so almost incumbent upon "saturday night live" to play some sort of role in the nation's healing. the question is, when is it okay to laugh again? >> on behalf of everyone here, i want to thank you all for being here tonight. especially you, mr. mayor. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> having our institutions up and uning sends the message that new york city is open for business. "saturday night live" is one of our great new york city institutions and that's why it's important for you to do your show tonight. >> can we be funny? >> why start now? >> it was that saturday night we decided, okay, you know, we're going to be able to do this again. and they slowly brought us through it. i think it's one of the finest moments in "snl" history. >> live from new york, it's saturday night. >> right after 9/11, i had to fly to new york to roast hugh heffner for comedy central. and we didn't know what was going to happen. >> the question becomes, how

joining me for inside analysis are tom brokaw, presidential historians doris goodwin and al calnen calnenas. welcome to sunday, this is "meet the press." >> good sunday morning. to those who remember watergate, john dean told president nixon there was a cancel on the president. the russia's story has been p pesticides. the gap between what donald trump jr. , told and what we learned of the truth. in one week we moved from the white house to trump jr. denying having met with russians through a series of concessions involving explanations only after reporters uncovered new facts. trump jr. and manafort and the russians. is there more? >> was there collusion? aiding and abetting. simple researches that president trump was playing? was it illegal? to be sure, there are many unanswered questions. here is what we know right now. trump's team is opened to get information from russian and willing to cover them. >> as far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful young man. >> over the course of seven days a series of statements. story number one, there were no contacts with russians and the put

joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, presidential historian the american conservative union al cardenas and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. to those who remember watergate, the seminal moment may have been when white house counsel john dean said he told president nixon there was a cancer on the presidency. this appears to be the week that the russia story has metastasized. the gap between the original story donald trump jr. told and what we have learned to be the truth grows by the day and with each new piece of evidence, the white house is forced to revise and extend its remarks. in one week we move from the white house and trump junior denying ever having met with russians through a series of concessions and evolving explanations offered only after reporters uncovered new facts to where we are now, that trump junior, jared kushner, paul manafo manafort, an interpreter, a lawyer and maybe others met at trump tower to discuss dirt on hillary clinton. was t

looking back in history, our colleague tom brokaw had shared with us when how it was gorbachev and reagan one of the things that reagan did was not wear an overcoat at the first meeting where gorbachev was buttoned up and trying to stay warm. a very subtle signal of trying to assert some power. that's what i mean about the personality profile, the use of personality skills. one thing about president trump when he is one-on-one with individuals they have a different take away than when they see the figure of donald trump who has been on television for many years and been in political life for two years since he became a candidate. so, will their assessments of each other be somehow different? we also know there is a backdrop of the protests. i'm here along the river. a green peace protest unfolding behind us with many, many boats and police boats and military vessels, as well. we, of course, have seen all the protests in the streets that are very separate from where the leaders are interacting. but it is part of the g-20 and it is a high-stakes meeting for both men. each will want to come

tom brokaw is hosting a panel called the country divided, and political leaders from the king of jordanof colombia will also be slated to speak over the course of the next two days. and next several days. but the first panel this morning is on the state of the american economy. so joining me now is a frequent -- >> mini mogul. >> a mogul of the advertising industry, sir martin sorrell, who's been a visitor here -- >> for a few years >> so with politics being such a big topic this year, with jared kushner and ivanka trump expected, what are the topics you and other ceos are watching in terms of the impact on your business of president trump's policy >> obviously the u.s. is the biggest economy in the world 19 trillion out of 72 so what happens in the u.s. really is a key indicator. it's about a third of our business so, i think most business leaders would probably take david's view, or the view of the pro view that if president trump can implement his agenda of infrastructure spending, of less regulation, and lower tax, if he can, that's a boost for the u.s. economy, at a time probably t

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