in november 1940 roosevelt defeated his excellent republican opponent, wendell wilkie, and became the first american president to serve a third term in the white house. after the election he was bone tired from all the campaigning and speeches and in fact, he was so tired that many people in washington and around the country feared that he really was unengaged in the terrible world crisis. fortunately, roosevelt was surrounded by a brilliant team of advisors, secretary of war henry stimson, secretary of the navy frank knox, army chief of staff general george marshall and mabel chief of operations admiral stark. they admitted that it could be trying to work with their commander-in-chief and in november 1940 stimson wrote in his diary that the presidents mind did not seem to follow consecutive chain of thought and he seemed to have around from idea to idea and stimson said it was like chasing a beam of sunshine around a bacon. but, the simpson, quartet understood the need for a clearly focused strategic plan in a formal statement of priority and goals so that the army and navy chiefs an

. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: you may have heard wendel's beats around dupont circle.s become somhing of a virtuoso. >> as a kid growing up, my dad was a painter. >> reporter: then he fell on hard times. >> that was my survival. >> reporter: the non-profit path ways to d.c.am b a salvation. but hnew something was up this time. maybe the tour bus outside was a give away. indeed, this pop-up concert would be different because ofd who pop in. kevin bacon, and the bacon brothers band. >> we decided that we would just swing by andaybe he would let us sit in with him. >> wendel's a fan. so of course the jam session was on. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: they heard about path ways to housing and since they're in town for some local happen.is just had to >> the great thing about music, you cant make with almost nothing. >> reporter: and the great thing about getting someone a place to call home -- other can start doing things, like finding a job, reconnecting to family. >> reporter:endel sees this as just the next step on a path that only leads up from here. >> you only got one life. ep it

we have a book coming in september called the improbable wendell wilkie, which is this really revisionist biography about the 1940 presidential candidate where lewis says he has to be regarded as one of the most transformation political figures of the 20th century and this is all indiana-based. host: as well as it should be. what else do you have coming out this fall? guest: in july we have coming out the prison letters of nelson mandela, most of them unpublished. very historic event. former president obama speaking in south africa and we are publishing a book that shows winnie mandela nelson and letters with a gripping narrative of a hugely courageous irritant and that comes out in july. that's getting very significant attention. mary beer who you have covered before, the historian from cambridge is coming out with how do we look at arch, which is taking art around the world and it is a pocket size tour of the art world which is very much, i think, in line with your readers. egg book again for your kind of reader max booth who used to be quite a neocon and has written a book on the corro

wendell rittenhouse decided to stay. but you're just watching this water creep up toward your house? aners thinyodo th a i >> probably. >> reporter: nearby hershey park closed until at least friday. and in nearby hummelstown -- more than ten inches of rain in five days here in central pennsylvania. compounding the problem, when debris clogs a bridge, a dumpster over here creating even >> oh!>> repte and new dash cam video showing a tree crashing onto power lines in culpepper, virginia, narrowly missing a suv. along the north carolina coast, deadly rip currents. beach-goers in emerald isle, forming a human chain, pulling people out of the water. tragically, at least person drowning there. >> david kerley live with us tonight from pennsylvania. we see the water behind you. we know the river has crested and more rain in the forecast tonight? >> reporter: it's raining right now, david. another inch or two expected tonight. ighborhoods that hav been hit s. david? >> david kerley on the scene for us. david, thank you. >>> that

wendel ritay but you're just watching this water creep up toward your house? >> yes. and there's nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: still sweeping out the water as it keeps seeping into his basement. this is all day, all night you're going to be doing this? >> probably. >> reporter: nearby hershey park closed until at least friday. and in nearby hummelstown -- more than ten inches of rain in five days here in central pennsylvania. compounding the problem, when debris clogs a bridge, a dumpster over here creating even more flooding. all that rain saturating the ground. >> oh! >> reporter: and new dash cam video showing a tree crashing onto power lines in culpepper, virginia, monday, narrowly anthrtcalina v. beachgoeemerald isle forming a human chain, pulling people out of the water. tragically, at least person drowning there. >> authorities saying take those rip currents very seriously. david kerley live from pennsylvania. we see the water behind you there, david. we know the river has crested, and more rain in the forecast tonight? >> reporter: it's raining rig

griffith ensured that the opinion by large and small names quickly reached his desk and listen to what wendell said in the 1940 gop .-dot nominee. if the american way of life is to survive that baseball survive and two, if the games should perish in my opinion, the larger part of what we are fighting for to protect will end. listen to what new york mayor laguardia said that the one great tight with home for men in africa, australia, the specific or europe is baseball scores. here's what an army private replying to a poll by supporting the said. baseball is part of the american way of life and remove it and remove something from the lives of american citizens and soldiers and sailors. startling is the mom and apple pie in niche that baseball build in a nation's income accepted without a trace of doubt. above all, the post world pearl harbor morale key to winning a worldwide war, baseball commissioner judge wrote fdr on january 14, 1942 seeking help. he said the time is approaching when an ordinary conditions we would be heading to spring training camps but however inasmuch as these are not ordi

. >> and with your point how recent this is, think of it this way they were born oliver wendell holmes is on the supreme court he was on the civil war under lincoln and lincoln was on a farm in indiana when adams is president that he was a boy who heard the gunfire of george washington commanding and then born that is five lifetimes and then born in 169414 years past the average life expectancy. even then it was just getting started. and then to point out in material terms is no better than the average roman citizens there are bars in oxford so that striking thing that comes up with those 2016 elections and that question of the current political situation tells us to have these two narratives with the tromp narrative and largely because because it centers itself on the trump narrative because america is lost. all these people that were left out you have nothing and your cultural dominance has been taken away and then you have hillary clinton who remarkably in my first lifetime from the democratic convention i like to hear donald trump running down my country michelle obama eight years

. >> joey wendell, that is outstanding. >> not bad for joey wendell. >>> and welcome to the weekend, evan. i'm anthony mason along with dana jacobson and misch mel miller who's in branson, missouri. all 31 people onboard the amphibious duck b capsid asday during aowful storm on>> 1 pass member were killed. the victims include married couples, a father and son, children as young as 1 years old, and nine members of a single indiana family who owned boarded the boat because of a ticket mixup. dana, this is tragedy that has shaken this community that drives on being a haven for tourists. >> you said it, michelle. branson, missouri, is a tourist destination, welcoming more than 8 million visitors a year. i'm told this week is the busiest usually, but the excitement and laughter that usually defines this community has been replaced by grief and silence after 17 people lost their lives on table rock lake. the duck boats behind me were pulled from the water where they'll stay after thursday night's tragic accident. ride the ducks, which was founded here in branson more than 40 years ago, sus

in an exclusive interview with her very own charlie gasparino, at&t wendell stevenson reacts to the justice department's plan to appeal a decision to permit the merger with time warner. "fbn:am" starts right now. 5:01 a.m. in new york on friday, july 13th. i'm gerri willis in for lauren simonetti. gerri: good morning, everybody. i'm cheryl casone. gerri: a lot of headlines to get to. sandhurst military academy with british prime minister theresa may who he is fiercely criticized in an interview with british newspaper the sun. the president calling out may for not taking his advice on how to handle brexit. gerri: blake berman with the latest on the president's visit. >> jerry, cheryl, good morning to you. it all seemed to be going pretty well. he landed here in the u.k. and ended up going to dinner with this prime minister theresa may, her spouse as well add an event in the countryside palace. all this circumstance a president could want. and in every drop that the president had done with the sun here in the u.k. and as the sun put it, it could pour nitroglycerin rain on the political situat

. >> reporter: i walk in 40-degree water with two of the preeminent cave divers, sergeant wendell mopeam. richard lamb is a civilian who is part of the team. we're in utah's logan canyon. in a cave system similar to the one in thailand where the young boys and coach are trapped. >> this cave is flooded with snowmelt water. the cave in thailand is flooded with monsoon water. >> reporter: both men begin their scuba voyage into the cave with our cameras, to give us a look at the dangers and show us why you absolutely never do anything like this without cave diving certification. just getting into this nearly half mile long cave system requires squeezing through a narrow tunnel. this is not the narrowest tunnel they will face in waters that go as deep as 90 feet. >> are you scared sometimes when you go in a cave like this? >> i have at times been afraid when something unexpected happens. >> reporter: including equipment failure, changes in water depth and falling rocks and boulders that can leave you trapped. >> my big fest fear is running out of air before i make ut out of the cave. the t

sergeant wendell knope and richard lamb.ron and a cave system similar to the cave in thailand where the young boys and coach are trapped. it's similar in other ways too. >> this cave is flooded with snowmelt water. the cave in thailand with flooded with monsoon water. >> reporter: both men begin their scuba voyage into the cave with our cameras to give us a look at the dangers and show us why you absolutely never do anything like this without cave diving certification. just getting into this nearly half-mile-long cave system requires squeezing through a narrow tunnel, and this is not the narrowest tunnel they will face in waters that go as deep as 90 feet. are you scared sometimes when you go in a cave like this? >> i have at times been afraid when something unexpected happens. >> reporter: something unexpected includes equipment failure, changes in water depth, and falling rocks and boulders that could leave you trapped. >> my greatest fear is running out of air before i make it out the cave. the truth is i've been stuck in

my father was born when oliver wendell holmes was on the supreme court. holmes fought in the civil war. underling con. in 17575 john quincy adams heard gunfire in boston where george washington commanded forces. washington was born in 1732. that was five lifetimes. make it six. washington's father died at ripe age of 48, 14 years past the average life compensate -- expect tan sy of englishman at a time. it was just getting started. more most of man's live he lived no better on go legs than he lived on four. there is another guy points out the average english citizen in material terms lived no better than the average roman citizen did. the steady state of poverty was just unbelievable. just six lifetimes, all of that changes, you know? there are. there were bars, there are pubs in oxford i've been to -- >> oiler than that. >> built in 1300, you know? >> the striking thing that comes up whenever we, if you take say the 2016 election, move into more contrary, something deal with toward the end of the book. >> yeah. >> the question of what our current politic

there are wendell, the colombians equalised in the 92nd minute. we are headed into extra time. we will keep posted. in thailand, the boys stuck in the cave have received food, and have been checked by a doctor. but it's still far from clear how they're going to get out. the former malaysian prime minister has been arrested. he's accused of pocketing millions of dollars from a governnment fund. plus drake has a new album out, and if you're on spotify you can't have missed it, and there's a row over the album's been promoted. bbc newsbeat will help us with that. i spotted this tweet, at last it is oui’ i spotted this tweet, at last it is our turn. if it is, it is not yet. it is england one, colombian ones in the last 16. we are into extra time. this game is being played in moscow, looking at the coverage, has an incredible atmosphere. let's bring in ali foster live from moscow. ali, where to go wrong? they could not defend that final corner. england two minutes away from their first world cup quarterfinal in 12 years. but the colombian who has scored a couple with his head, they

there are wendell, the colombians equalised in the 92nd minute. we are headed into extra time.octor. but it's still far from clear how they're going to get out. the former malaysian prime minister has been arrested. he's accused of pocketing millions of dollars from a governnment fund. plus drake has a new album out, and if you're on spotify you can't have missed it, and there's a row over the album's been promoted. bbc newsbeat will help us with that.

washington it was scott's first hardcourt match in over a year and the first since pulling out from wendell tennant he continues his recovery from hip surgery so he'll malick reports. andy murray's journey back to the top is in full swing he took on american mackenzie macdonald in his first match since dropping out of this year's wimbledon but the comeback which is the marquee missed most of last year due to a hip injury didn't get off the movie star who. no ground slams the new year and coming off a surgery in january mari did show plenty of fight was but he also showed clear signs of rust dropping three service games in the opening set and losing it six three months to with a change of outfit for the second and a change of fortune sort of britain. was the when he started finding the composure that's helped him win three grand slams and he managed to break mcdonald's the. was then was. that set up murray to take the second six ball was then. the third that was a really close affair and a severe test for any player that's not played hard core tennis for a year and a half but while mari star

we hope people understand the different varieties of the windmills and there were 600, almost 700 wendellpanies in america at one time. the vietnam center and archive located here on the center -- campus of texas tech university is one of the largest examples of vietnam artifacts in the country. the director will show us some personal items from men and women who serve during the war. will be visiting the vietnam memorial our cave -- archive on the campus of texas tech university. in 1989, when a visiting professor decided to determine if he could teach classes about the vietnam war. he was a military history professor who served two tours he wanted toand try to educate the student body about what vietnam was about. he went to the library and they almost had no books on vietnam at that time. this is only 13 years after the end of the war, and he went to his department chair and asked if they had support for any kind of thing. i think he was eligible for $300 of support from them. he got together with a group of local veterans and asked them if they would be willing to support the creation

when president hoover got a vacancy of oliver wendell holmes, perhaps the greatest judge in americanry. he wanted a list of the 10 best people in america. it's a great list but it's upside down. the attorney general said he is a democrat and he is a jew and hoover said, i don't care, i want the best person possible and he appointed benjamin cardoza. i wish we went back to those days. they're long gone. if it's because of the merit garland -- it's completely political and all senators should keep an open mind. interview kavanaugh. wait to see what he thinks of the tower of precedent. whether he will start overruling cases and then cast their vote on the basis of the quality of the candidate not the political advantage or disadvantage they get from voting one way or the other. >> bill: it's the topic of the day in washington vice president pence characterized it this way over the weekend. >> he was looking for a judge with extraordinary credentials and intellect but also a judge who would strictly interpret the constitution as written. and not legislate from the bench. judge brett kava