chief among them was cornelius vanderbilt ii, grandson of the vanderbilt bought the original breakers, built of wood, in 1885. after it burned to the ground a few years later, he hired architect richard morris hunt to design its replacement. completed in 1895, the rebuilt breakers is a 70-room italian renaissance-style palazzo. it covers nearly 140,000 square feet and features some 300 windows, many with commanding only newport cottage a vanderbilt built. nearby stands the marble house, built between 1888 and 1892 by cornelius' younger brother william, also designed by richard morris hunt. william vanderbilt gave it to his wife, alva, as her 39th birthday present. today, both the breakers and the marble house belong to the preservation society of newport county. both are also national historic landmarks, and make very clear why mark twain coined the expression "the gilded age." this is the largest of the breakers 27 fireplaces. all it takes to light a rip-roaring fire is just one small match. ben tracy now pays homage to the >> reporter: they come in different shapes, sizes, and color

vanderbilt built. nearby stands the marble house, built between 1888 and 1892 by cornelius' younger brother william, also designed by richard morris hunt. william vanderbilt gave it to his wife, alva, as her 39th birthday present. today, both the breakers and the marble house belong to the preservation society of newport county. both are also national historic landmarks, and make very clear why mark twain coined the expression "the gilded age." this is the largest of the breakers 27 fireplaces. all it takes to light a rip-roaring fire is just one small match. ben tracy now pays homage to the different shapes, sizes, and colors, little books and boxes concealing the fire within. but sparks of creativity can turn matchbooks from simple firestarters into tiny works of art. >> they are. they're design gems is. >> richard greenis what's called a phillumenist. >> i don't particularly like that. >> reporter: okay, matchbox collector. >> i prefer the term "matchs. on his sleeves. do you ever walk by a matchboo

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the vanderbilt tried to change the name 2002 but that was blocked in court. a new agreement, vanderbilt will return the current value of the donation meaning that the tennessee udc will be getting $1.2 million. vander builder sales the money will come from an anonymous donor. >>> people in albuquerque new mexico are calling outer an italian restaurant for being insensitive to the black lives matter movement. paisano's put block olives. many may feel it is trivializing an important message. the owner disagrees arguing when he put black olives matter saying he was not trying to stir up facial tension he said he made the shirts after he got calls from people asking if they could buy a souvenir david was proud to be an american soldier. and i know i'm prejudiced because he was my son, but i don't think he had a mean bone in his body. there is not a day that i don't think about david. when i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. "she was standing there, she had nothing to say..." if donald trump cannot respect a gold sta

. >>> in tennessee officials at vanderbilt university won a battle to change the name of a residents hall. confederate memorial hall will be renamed because of the associations with the civil war and slavery. the united daughters of confederacy tried to block the change. a court said vanderbilt could change the name as long as it repays the money. >>> the olympics they were singing in the rain for part of the night in rio. >>> a downpour brought action on the track and field competition to a halt for about 25 minutes. some of the events were pushed back, but it did not dampen the excitement. a dive at the finish line allowed shaunae miller to win. was looking for a record fifth gold medal in the event. and felix was one of six for the u.s. raising the total to 75. that's 29 more than china in second place. >>> it's a big deal when we go an entire day without scoring a gold medal. that was the case on monday for the u.s. that number stays at 26. great writtbritain has 16 gold medals. >> simone biles goes for the another medal at the games. she's considered the favorite in the floor ex

. >>> vanderbilt university will the building since 1935. united daughters of the confederacy paid for the inscriioo then. the group will get $1.2 million from vanderbilt. >>> a chicago 6-year-old is up and running around despite being shot last week. she was with her uncle playing struck her in the head. her uncle was hit in the chest and didn't survive. she got out of the hospital over the weekend. >> how are you eeling? >> great. >> does it hurt? >> no. >> police believe her uncle was the intended target in that drive-by. >>> one of the victims from the ferris wheel incident in tennessee is talking about the accident. three girls plummeted more than week. >> in this morning's gma first look, 10-year-old kayla alive after falling nearly 40 e feet from this ferris wheel in green county, tennessee. >> i was really scared but mostly for my sister. >> reporter: she, another girl and her 6-year-old sister were thrown to the ground after their ferris wheel caught on another while the ride was turning. >> worst thing i've ever seen in my life, an

vanderbilt, she and her husband built a palace on fifth avenue and there are a whole bunch of palace on fifth avenue. that's how the rich expressed their wealth of what eventually in this period is called conspicuous consumption. if you go down to graham park, that's the super rich. think of how those houses are nice, they are very plain. maybe nice fence but. >> reporter: republican simplicity and you don't flaunt it. 50 years later, you flaunt it as much as possible and mrs. vanderbilt's ball will cost millions of dollars but today's money will be covered by the press and touching off a whole competition of who could throw the biggest and expensive and outrageous display of conspicuous consumption and here, again, if i have shown you the image ton the right of the interior image, many of you would not thought of america of versailles of the finist things. that's fifth avenue in new york and that was the house warming party she threw in march of 1883. rising and labor capitol conflict. it is not imagination. it is actually happening on a scale never seen before in america's history.

william schaffner/infectious disease specialist/vanderbilt medical center) patients in the hospital who tend to get pseudomonas infections are already very, ve i " hospital officials believe the bacteria originated in water pipes leading into the hospital. they stopped using the water in the nicu several days ago and wednesday they'll begin the process of disinfecting the plumbing." tatiana flores heard the news when she came to the hospital to visit her newborn nephew. tatiana flores/nephew just born) "it worries me a lot." hospital officials say they have no clinical evidence that any other patients have been put at risk. adam may for cbs news, cheverly, maryland. ((brian loftus)) >> in hospitals, where the the bacteria can be spread on the hands of healthcare workers or by equipment that gets contaminated./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> still to come on 8 news now good day... a popular show on the strip is saying 'goodbye caesars!" ((brian loftus)) >> the new venue ... where absinthe will be hitting the stage./// you're watching 8 news now good day. ((kirsten joyce)) for over 300,000 nevad

officials say the snake could still double in vanderbilt university is taking a big step to cut ties to its confederate past.the university recently announced it will remove the word "confederate" from one of its residence halls.university officials say there has been a lot of debate over the years.. but it reached a tipping point in the wake of the charleston church massacre in june of last year. we've talked a lot about self driving cars... but now farmers in denmark are using technology to make self- driving tractors.the tractor is equipped with g-p-s and a drive... and and the vehicle stores the informatin. the tractor then remembers the route the next time it hits the field. republican presidential nominee donald trump is making two stops in wisconsin tonight. trump will attend a fundraising event at the pabst theater and then travel to west bend for a rally at 7:30. the rally will be held at the ziegler building at the washington county fair park and conference center. hillary clinton will continue her campaign in pennsylvania in philadelphia this morning. clinton has yet to re

this 70-room cottage-- that's what they called it-- was built as a summer home for cornelius vanderbilt ii back in the 1890s.

this case is the best example of >> it this reminds many people of the vanderbilt case, the former vanderbiltre were four of them, you know, and it too was a case of rape involving a young lady who was intoxicated. and there is a threat -- some of the cases are still ongoing too. and sentencing has yet to happen. there has been such public outcry in that case that it almost seems certain that there would be jail time imposed because you've heard it from the prosecutor, with you've heard it from the outrage in that community. how are the cases different in terms of why this case, which you say is a justifiable type of sentencing, seems to really get under the skin of prosecutors there who thought there would be more? >> well, i think, i think, fred, judges are making a distinction, right or wrong, they're making a distinction where there is unlawful sexual contact in a party type atmosphere type situation like college where both sides are hammered and there ends up being sexual contact and then later on it's decided that it was not warranted. we weren't there, fred. we don't have cameras. he w

security footage showed the swimmers vanderbilt liesing the bathroom. that's when security guard number 1, entered and confronted the swimmers pulling a gun. a second guard came behind him with his gun drawn. so as the story stands right now, guns were drawn. but in response to vandalism caused by the swimmers. there was no robbery which leaves you speechless he was thinking and why tease other swimmers went along with this guy. and the story. >>> i know it's only been a couple days of practice. but i'll say this, there's some who think jacksonville has the better team than the buccaneers. watching practice tape i say they could counting the bucs pretty short. they were pretty impressive but this was a sight that put a little scare into them. defensive tackle went down with what they're saying is a slight injuries have ruined his season or two in his tenure. >> so if we're going to be gone if we're competing against another team i'm a competitor. so i'm going to go hard. so missing the opportunities is -- it bugs me. >> last thing they want is to have t

vanderbilt's ball will cost millions of dollars in our today's money it will be covered by the press and it will touch off a whole competition about who could throw the biggest and most expensive and most outrageous display of conspicuous consumption. and here's just to let you know, again, if i'd shown you the image on the right just that interior image, many of you would not have thought of america, you would have thought of versailles, of an opulent room furnished with all the finest things and gold leaf but that's fifth avenue in new york and that's the housewarming party that she threw in march of 1883. another source of anxiety, rising labor capital conflict. it's not imagination. it's actually happening on a scale never seen before in american history. here's the famous hay market incident from may 4th, 1886. it's one of the most famous incidents. there's a lot of others. between 1881 and 1900 there were 37,000 strikes. in the years -- in all of american history, up to 1881, i'll bet you there was no more than 3,000 strikes, i mean, so this is just a monumental growth in strik

. >> jimmy: vanderbilt, is that right? >> kind of a cop-out. that's where i went to school. >> jimmy: all right, all right, we'll give you the blender anyway. congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yes, make each other smoothies or whatever you like. jordan and jojo. former bachelorette. "bachelor in paradise" premieres tomorrow night at eight here on abc. we'll be right back with kelsea >> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live >> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by >> jimmy: i'd like to thank chris pine, jojo and jordan, and apologize to matt damon we ran out of time. "nightline" is next but first -- you can see her wednesday on the "cma music festival" here on abc, her album is called "the first time," here with the song "peter pan," kelsea ballerini! ? how's everybody doing? this is my favorite song i've gotten to release so far and i just found out it became top ten at country radio. if you know it, please sing it with me. this is called "peter pan." ? ? the smile the charm the words the spark ? ? everything you h

vanderbilt university making a name change on its campus. the word confederate being removed from a residence hall after 81 years. the tennessee school was sued by a group of made a large donation in 1933 for the name to be displayed but a state appeals court says the court could rule the word if they'd returned the donation at its modern-day value, $1.2 million. emily: the mission scandal that impacted more than 435,000 vehicles. the wall street journal reports the justice department found criminal wrongdoing by vw and tabling of the issue. prosecutors are not decided on specific charges but the hope to wrap up the case by the end of the year. you may like one cars new that will give account out on the dashboard as you wait for the light to turn green. the system detects the length of the light by linking it to traffic management computers. the rollout of the system could take a while as audi coordinates with each city. erika: alarming new research suggests many parents put still put babies to sleep in risky ways. each year about 3500 infan

they say it shows the swims being confronted by armed security after vanderbilt liesing a an dallizing -- vandalizing a gas station. security demanded quote the allowed to leave. >> lochte's formory coach says they could face serious sanctions that could hurt their careers. >> united states swimming always takes a pretty strict stand if am guys like this are true. so i would suspect that there would be some kind of suspension involved. >> lochte is already back in the. s. is so far sticking to his story. u.s. swimming officials are investigating the matter and will decide if there will be in rio could charge the men for falsely reporting a crime. ryan lochte's attorney said in a statement no matter what happened at the gas station swimmers were robbed by people appearing to be law enforcement. >>> the tar heel state got another visit from presidential candidate donald trump. he attended two fundraisers and spoke at a rally in charlotte. he told the crowd it's time for a change in america. immigration reform. he also told the crowd that he regrets some comments that he's made during the

that's vanderbilt. that's jay gould, the kind of titans of wall street, and then on the right-hand side you see us, skinny, emaciated peasants looking like the figures out of a dickens novel. so there's a lot of anxiety here, and it's not just poor working people who are making a dollar a day. it's a widespread anxiety about the direction in which the republic is heading. rising increased inequality. that also becomes an important theme here and not just that there's a rise in poverty but there's -- a huge gap between rich and poor and it seems to be getting worse, and, again, no one is making this up. the data shows that this is absolutely true. the 1%, to use a phrase from today, owned 51% of all wealth, and the lower 44%, so less than half the country earned only 1.2% so tremendous skewing of wealth in the united states, and it raised this kind of question about this, you know, sure, it's a free market and such but does this -- can we -- is this a sustainable trend? and if you look at where we are to

vanderbilt university is making a name change on its campus. the word "confederate" is being removed from a residence hall after 81 years. the tennessee school was sued by a group who made a large donation in 1933 for the name to be displayed. but a state appeals court said the school could remove the word if they returned the donation at its modern day value. $1.2 million. no institutional funds will be used according to the university. affordable. lin-manuel miranda says automated programs are being used by scalpers to jack up the price of the original ticket. a new york senator is teaming up with him to push the bots act. the bill would fine those who use the software. randy: actor ashton kutcher is heading to boston this fall. he is going to be cohosting forbes' under 30 summit along with cambridge-based rough draft ventures. the summit is a competition for startups that will take place at five sites across boston. more than 5000 people are expected to attend. a scare for pats fans. rob gronkowski leaving practice early. emily: we have some

the vanderbilts, the carnegies, those folks, and they're buying lavish things to show off that wealth. this definitely shows off your wealth. this was for a pretty wealthy woman in montgomery, alabama. it also has a lot of filigree and decoration. you can tell just when you walk up this is not your average bike. so we're in the corporate era of american enterprise. and thinking about inventors and innovation, and i'm here with thomas edison, and what the curators call the creepy baby doll. these are two of edison's inventions. one is the light bulb, which is really made his career in many ways. it's the thing we know most about edison. this incandescent bulb invented in 1879 really changed the landscape of american cities and indeed american life. this doll was a real failure, and one of the interesting things about edison, a man known as the wizard of menlo park for his more than 1,000 patents and his many, many successes, also had a tremendous failure along the way. it was this doll, which was remarkable for its time because it was a talking baby doll, and when it's invented in the

garrett and an investigator at vanderbilt university will lead to a phase 3 clinical trial that the fda will use to consider approving collagenese for the treatment of benign fatty tumors, known as lipomas. >> there is a small but definite number of people that these lipomas. >> i have three in my rib cage. >> reporter: arthur has had as many as 34 lipomas, many of which he has had to have surgically removed. >> it has to do with a fair number of scars. >> scars, yes. >> reporter: now, dr. garrett is turning his attention to betty trouble zones like the stomach and thighs. >> it does not matter how much i workout or diet, there is just a little bit of deposit that would not go away. >> reporter: to see if collagenese works to melt this fat the same way that it does lipomas. >> if you can melt fat inside the little capsule meaning lipomas, you can melt fat anywhere in the body. >> reporter: collagenese is fda approved to treat a condition where tissue in the palm of a hand hardens and contracts. so, the enzyme could be used off label to melt fat. but, it would be very expensive. we'll se

and she's going to donate them to the nic-u at vanderbilt hospital... she calls them "angel gowns"... because they'll be used for sick or stillborn babies... who don't make it home from the hospital. i know... incredibly sad... and so sweet... all at the same time. she did it. (jen) she's not the only one to do this... other women have donated angel gowns to hospitals around the country. (wally) a neo-natal nurse in new mexico says: they make a huge difference for the parents... who have a gorgeous and touching way to honor their little ones. ((walter)) it's been a disney favorite... for ?decades. ((jen)) but now, it's taking a bow at the magic kingdom. how long you've got to see it, before the "lights go out." (jen the new kid at plumb elementary? right away on the first day of school, he's already the most popular. what this pup... is doing in ((jen)) lots of bay area students went back to school, wednesday. including a "new kid" at plumb elementary in pinellas county. (wally) his name is kaoko , and he's in the fourth grade... he's learning... how to

this 70-room cottage-- that's what they called it-- was built as a summer home for cornelius vanderbilt ii back in the 1890s.

the girl was rushed to a nearby hospital then flown to vanderbilt hospital, where she later died from her injuries. investigators say they don't think the shooting happened at her school occurred sometime on her walk home from the bus stop. police are investigating the death as a homicide. they don't believe the public is in danger. an update this morning... after a boy died riding the world's tallest water slide. kansas city police now say caleb schwab died from a neck injury after riding the vuh-root verruckt slide at schlitterbahn water park. police and firefighters found schwab in the pool at the end of the ride on sunday. they say the two other adult women he was riding with in a raft suffered minor facial injur the weight requirement for the ride. the park has been closed down as the investigation into schwab's death continues. meanwhile... another investigation is underway... after three children were hurt falling off a ferris wheel. this happened at a fair in tennessee yesterday... when one of the baskets apparently flipped over when the ride got stuck. the children plunged mo

joining me now vanderbilt university professor of political science and law carol swain. good evening, professor. it is very good to have you on this show. >> thank you. >> when i heard cokie roberts say that, i was stunned. everybody knows that donald's my friend and support him, but to hear someone who works for ac and pbs and say if i support him i am morally tantsed is shocking from the mainstream media. we've heard from pbs and some of the other mainstream outlets that it's not just the less educated. they're calling in the low information voters. i mean there's so much editorializing. is that the way it's supposed to be? >> well, it's certainly not the way it's supposed to be and it's also absolutely wrong according to the data. during the spring the economists published a poll that shows us that 43% of the trump supporters had college degrees and as far as the ones that have low levels of education, high school zrees or less, that's only 16% of the republican base and a fifth of the trump supporters. and so it's really misinformation. i think mr. trump draws from a

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. >> jimmy: vanderbilt, is that right? >> kind of a cop-out. that's where i went to school. >> jimmy: all right, all right, we'll give you the blender anyway. congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yes, make each other smoothies or whatever you like. jordan and jojo. former bachelorette. "bachelor in paradise" premieres tomorrow night at eight here on abc. we'll be right back with kelsea ballerini! >> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by >> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by samsung. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank chris pine, jojo and jordan, and apologize to matt damon we ran out of time. "nightline" is next but first -- you can see her wednesday on the "cma music festival" here on abc, her album is called "the first time," here with the song ? how's everybody doing? this is my favorite song i've gotten to release so far and i just found out it became top ten at country radio. if you know it, please sing it with me. this is called "peter pan." ? ? the smile the charm the words the spark