the book of never heard about i want you to tell the whole story with regards to this fellow william lawrenceyork times the opportunity that he had in this project and how all that turned out. >> this is the joy, you talk about a good day and bad days, this was a very good day, william leonard lawrence was a science reporter and a very distinguished science reporter for the new york times and he had won a pulitzer prize with a group of other people, i think 37 for writing an article on a scientific project and groves, this military man, he also thinks to himself, this is going to be, if it all works out an immense story, i want the story told right. this is another example of the difference between the unity of that time and what we have today, this military general walks into the new york times and goes to see the editor and he says, i would like, he knows about lawrence, i would like to get william lawrence and i like you to attach him and i would like him to basically disappear off the face of the earth and i want him to go inside, he's going to get the greatest story of all time. i'm tryi

was bombed while he was tripoli last year during the beginning of the siege william lawrence is a professor of political science and international affairs at american university re appreciate your giving us the benefit of your experience so thank you very much indeed. senior republicans and democrats are pushing back against donald trump after he refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power in november the u.s. president has repeatedly cost out on the legitimacy of mail in ballots and on wednesday it was a vase of when he was asked about the possibility of losing the election. we'll have to see what happens you know that i've been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are disaster and the people arriving commit to making sure that there's a nice little word for all of the we want to have get rid of the ballots and you'll have a very transfer we'll have a very peaceful there won't be a transfer or frankly there will be a continuation of the ballots out of control you know it and you know who knows it better than anybody else the democrats know it better than anybod

ok william lawrence thanks very much for joining us from washington d.c. we'll leave the speech for a moment as we approach the top of the to leave you with pictures from the supreme court also in washington d.c. where the u.s. president donald trump has arrived to pay his respects to the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg he's just arrived in the last few moments and we're expecting him to spend about 20 minutes the ruth bader ginsburg of course died last week of pancreatic cancer coffins being placed at the supreme court to lie in repose for 2 days friday she will become the 1st woman to lie in state at the united states capitol we'll be going back to this story with our correspondents also in washington d.c. just after the top of the hour stay with us i'll be back in just a few moments with the headlines and the rest of the day's news. and our cities for the blind and a robotic arm for the disabled. a young australian engineer isn't venting tools to help people gain independence. and you decided that we'll pull out the ability to recognize object

william lawrence is a former u.s. diplomat and a professor of political science and international affairs at the american university and he explains now why most egyptians are reluctant to take part in the demonstrations. well they're not that large not that widespread yet but that's largely because of the actions of the. it were over a 1000 preemptive tensions that metro stations bus stations in areas like this and there's been a crackdown arrests of intellectuals university students so common citizens all to agree and larger protests i think what's important here is not. their size and the protests that they're happening at all in such a tightly controlled situation and really provoked by nothing as this is just the anniversary of the protests last year now we do have an egyptian citizen die from torture maybe 2 weeks ago we have a large lawsuit with us against the former prime ministers and i think that should be torture and so all of this is really about china spotlight why speculate rights violations egypt and i

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william lawrence is a professor of political science and international affairs at the american university he says most egyptians are still reluctant to take part in demonstrations. well they're not that large not that widespread yet but that's largely because of the actions of the egyptian regime it were over a 1000 preemptive detentions that metro stations bus stations areas like this and there's been a crackdown arrests of intellectuals university students so common citizens all to preempt larger protests i think what's important here is not. their size and the protests over the fact they're happening at all in such a tightly controlled situation and really provoked by nothing as this is just the anniversary of the protests last year now we do have an egyptian citizen die from torture maybe 2 weeks ago you have a large lawsuit with us against the former prime ministers and i think that should be torture and so all of this is really about china's. vice grip human rights violations egypt and i expect larger future. where there's continuing humiliation of egyptians by regime officials and

their neighbor saudi arabia for help james thank you very much indeed i want to quickly go to william lawrence who's a professor of political science and international affairs at american university he's joining us and skype from washington d.c. briefly because unfortunately my fave time is against us as james was saying there are fairly predictable speech by a king there is certainly reestablishing its position with regard to saudi arabia but of course making some reference to that signing of that deal with israel. you know i was struck by. james baby. killer the contrast between his vision for middle east peace and not only the journey question with. abbas to riyadh to talk about their vision which much of. sinai center etc. that struck me how strongly worded his support for saudi arabia and egypt were also just the 2 countries that bailed out. uprising were saudi arabia and you. were going to have to leave it there and i apologize but thank you very much indeed we're going to be back in a couple of minutes with more thank you very much. to he not global community we are having this conversa

> oh, that's what you mean when we had -- >> is this like one guy from the "new york times," william lawrence -- >> he was the embedded reporter. that's when we were in the tin building adjacent to the pit where the bomb had been loaded, and all the main characters were in there writing a note on the bomb before it was dropped into the pit. and lawrence was with the "new york times," i believe. and he sat there, and he made notes and everybody autographed the bomb, you know, and had something cute to say. >> i wanted to see if there was anything else in here you wrote about that i wanted to ask you. >> i like what you say in here and you can talk a little more about this, all the security around all of this, you know, you said you were smack in the middle of top secret work and had no idea how many phony tales were told around the world to hide your activities. >> that's right. as i told you, i didn't know some of the stuff that was happening around me, and i was running it. i mean, they had -- the security was absolutely tremendous. peop standing around and, you know, making you suspicious.

republicans and democrats, he gets ridiculed by wall street and hires, in fact, a professor at william state lawrence and publishes a book in may of 1929 called wall street in washington, which calls glass and his colleagues a bunch of hay sees. he's an educated country groups are making fun of the greatest economic system in the world has ever created. they are just a seats. they are anti darwin, etc. we all know what happens. in 1929, october just what other than glass had feared, the stock market breaks, all kinds of people cannot make their margin requirements. they go bankrupt. they have to borrow money, people jump out of skyscrapers. all of a sudden the scream of money, we can see what happens when leverage reverses itself so there is devastation. congress and from republican hands decide it have to something so this republican congress, guess who they name to write remedial logistician but democrat carter glass. -- an overwhelmingly-controlled senate, republican controlled senate, names to glassy democrat to have the committee. and glass starts preparing a bill to prevent this from ever happe

lawrence. >>> and after this break, william barr has apparently decided that american prosecutors have prosecutednow it's time for the justice department of the united states of america to defend one donald trump neal katyal will join us next. ♪ everyday it's a-getting closer♪ ♪ going faster than a rollercoaster ♪ ♪ love like yours will surely come my way ♪ ♪ a-hey, a-hey-hey [music playing] ♪ love like yours will surely come my way ♪ did you know that some aluminum- free deodorants only mask odor? secret aluminum free helps eliminate odor instead of just masking it. and is made with three times more odor fighters. with secret, odor is one less thing to worry about. secret. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research shows people who take h-i-v treatment every day and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmit

temperatures on sunday, the last weekend of summer full begins on tuesday thank you lawrence attorney general william barr is drawing some sharp criticism for comparing lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery in remarks last night at hillsdale college in michigan attorney general barr call the lots on orders, the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in american history since slavery. >>congressman james clyburn who is the 3rd ranking democrat in the u.s. house of representatives slammed the barr's comments today, he said barr's remarks were quote the most ridiculous tone death god awful things i've ever heard unquote because they wrongly equated human bondage with a measure aimed at saving lives is not the first time that barr has condemned the stay at home orders. he's previously said that some orders were quote disturbingly close to house arrest president donald trump appeared to downplay the historical legacy of slavery in the u.s. and blasted efforts to address systemic racism. >>as divisive. today he spoke at the national archives to commemorate constitution day and stated th

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paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd getetetetetetetetetett >> roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. the light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. >> working with kids in the ocean that aren't familiar with this space is really special because you're dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. >> when i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. >> we'll get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are t

. >> lawrence christopher abel. >> alona abraham. >> william abraham son. >> heinrich ackerman.sthian adames. >> donald adams. >> patrick adams. >> steph g names as they do every year, normal things like the reading those names. you notice there are no stages at the solemn event trying to strike the balance of being in a pandemic and continuing this memorial. those are actually prerecorded victims names. they're going to continue to stream this on friday morning as well as the memorial continues. victims' families are gathering there in person at the memorial, but they were cautioning all others to stay away just due to the pandemic. it's with heavy hearts, 19 years since, boy, they will certainly all remember here on "today in the bay" as well. my heart sinks just remembering this day. >>> we'll continue to follow the memorials going on in new york city, of course. we know that subsequent attacks came upon the pentagon that day as well as in shanksville, pennsylvania. hard to believe it's been 19 years. it is 5:48 right now. we'll continue to follow that. in the meantime we are

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we really appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. >> bill weld gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williamshe trump administration. 54 days remaining until our presidential election. one day after we learned that the president knew the full extent and the danger from the coronavirus and yet chose to tell the public something else, tonight without irony, he quoted fdr on the only thing we have to fear. he cast himself in churchillian terms explaining the reason he told bob woodward one thing and told the public another was in the spirit of that british world war ii poster, "keep calm and carry on." more on that later.

lawrence. >> that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williamsiams, who has the night off. day 1,323 of the trump administration and 61 days to go now until the presidential election. tonight donald trump and joe biden are exactly two months out from november 3rd. that mea t

lawrence. >> bill weld gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,330 of the trump administration. 54 days remaining until our presidential election. one day after we learned that the president knew the full extent and the danger from the coronavirus and yet chose to tell the public something else, tonight without irony, he quoted fdr on the only thing we have to fear. he cast himself in churchillian terms explaining the reason he told bob woodward one thing and told the public another was in the spirit of that british world war ii poster, "keep calm and carry on." more on that later. tonight trump held his 22nd rally of the year so far. a packed crowd at an airport hangar in michigan. as has become the norm for this president during a pandemic, few masks, people crammed together pre-pandemic style. of course, here's the problem. the case trend in michigan where they are reporting about 750 new cases a day. the loudest crowd response came when the president called upon the democratic governor, gretc

lawrence. >> that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> good evening once again. i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams, who has the night off. day 1,323 of the trump administration and 61 days to go now until the presidential election. tonight donald trump and joe biden are exactly two months out from november 3rd. that means they're about to hit that critical stretch of the campaign that kicks off this labor day weekend. and the messaging is becoming more intense as these two candidates try to frame the key issues and arguments against each other. today biden traveled to kenosha, wisconsin, one of the cities at the center of a renewed push for racial justice and police reforms and where there was also violence and unrest in the immediate wake of the shooting of jacob blake. biden's trip came two days after the president's visit. the former vice president met with jacob blake's family. he described a conversation he had with blake himself. >> i had an opportunity to spend some time with jacob on the phone. he's out of ic

lawrence. >> that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams again. i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams, who has the night off. day 1,323 of the trump administration and 61 days to go now until the presidential election. tonight donald trump and joe biden are exactly two months out from november 3rd. that means they're about to hit that critical stretch of the campaign that kicks off this labor day weekend. and the messaging is becoming more intense as these two candidates try to frame the key issues and arguments against each other. today biden traveled to kenosha, wisconsin, one of the cities at the center of a renewed push for racial justice and police reforms and where there was also violence and unrest in the immediate wake of the shooting of jacob blake. biden's trip came two days after the president's visit. the former vice president met with jobla

. >>> "outfront" next, lawrence douglas, author of "will he go," also professor of law at amherst. okay. williams. and laura coates, former federal prosecutor. thank you both very much. lauren, the title of your book says it all, "will he go, trump and the looming election meltdown of 2020." what do you see happening here if the president worry about is we need to connect two points. back when trump issued this tweet raising the possibility of delaying the election, a lot of people faux kusd on that. they observed that that's kind of a preposterous notion. the president can't delay the election. but on that very same day, he issued another tweet that got very little attention. and he tweeted the following. he said, must know election results on the night of the election, and not months, or even years, later. and i think if we connect that point with his relentless attacks on the integrity of mail-in balance t los, these kind of baseless attacks, we have to worry that what he's trying to do is trying to take whatever lead he might enjoy on november 3rd itself. and i do think, again, it's possible

lawrence. >> al sharpton gets the last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >> good evening. am in for brian williams who has the night off. day 1343 of the trump administration, 41 days until the presidential election, just 6 days until the first debate. tonight we have protests in louisville and around the country after a grand jury declined to bring charges in the fatal shooting of breonna taylor. a curfew has been in effect since 9 p.m. two officers were shot before curfew began. they have been hospitalized. one suspect in custody. the police chief says the injuries are not life threatening. one is in surgery. demonstrations eruptions have happened in new york and washington, d.c., louisville. and philadelphia.

lawrence. >> al sharpton gets the last word. the 11th hour with brian kw williamsfor brian williams who has the night off. day 1343 of the trump administration, 41 days until the presidential election, just 6 days until the first debate. tonight we have protests in louisville and around the country after a grand jury declined to bring charges in the fatal shooting of breonna taylor. two officers were shot before curfew began. they have been hospitalized. the injuries are not life threatening. one is in

want to see from your backup quarterback lawrence is picked off by pierre desire and the niners would only hold them to a field goal big time hit by trent williams maybe put him on off and on the defensive line they could they could use him and this might be right here. the best story of the night is young eric mackinnon have. come back with a vengeance after a two-year absence he had a receiving touchdown last week 77 yards on the ground today, a touchdown niners fans have been waiting 2 years for that they go on to win this game 31 to 13 nick mullens finished 8 for 1171 yards. in that one interception but it was a good necessary when body 9 is what the story of this game were those injuries. >>first it was jimmy garoppolo he suffered a high ankle sprain on this play and he finished the half and played pretty well. he went 14 for 16 131 yards and 2 touchdown passes and all is good, but that ankle got worse in shanahan kept him in the locker room for the entire 2nd half he wasn't even on the bench out not what you want to see later in the 1st quarter that's when nick bosa's injury came he likely tore his left acl if so he will be gone for the se

lawrence. >> that will be determined later. we believe the suspect had a gun at the time. >> he was taken to the hospital where he died. at the same time williamarr called police targeting black men a false narrative. >> the narrative that the police are on some epidemic of shooting a large black men is a false narrative. very rare from unarmed african-american to be shot by a white police officer. there were 10 cases last year, 6 of them the suspect was attacking the police officer physically. >> meantime donald trump released a memo threatening to cut funding to cities with unrest, he said, quote, to ensure federal funds are neither unduly wasted nor spent in a manner that directly violates the government's promised to protect life, liberty and property. it is imperative the federal government review use of federal funds by jurisdictions that permit anarchy, violence and destruction in american cities. that didn't sit well with andrew cuomo immediately following held a press briefing and said he better have an army of he thinks he is going to walk down the streets of new york, new york is don't want anything to do with him. talking about the

let's hope so thank you lawrence, we know one of the people killed in the north complex west zone fire. >>was a 16 year-old boy the teenagers mom confirmed the death of josiah williams that fire once known as the bear fire has scorched more than 70,000 acres in butte county right near that town of paradise that burned in 2018 it is just 5% contained. 9 people have died there, 16 are still missing tonight and to clear something up yesterday. the sheriff said 10 people had died, but then explain tonight, one of the presumed bodies found was actually a model skeleton, not human remains. up. go ahead of the central valley, the creek fire burning in fresno county that is 6% contained the fire started. >>on friday, it is grown to nearly 176,000 acres it destroyed. 369 structure so far more than 1600 people are helping to battle that fire. there are still a number of other wildfires burning all across the state as well as up and down the west coast. you are looking cal fire incident map of all those fires these are of course contributing to this a nasty smoke that we are experiencing right now in the bay area. local experts say that climate change is potentially responsibl

thank you lawrence, we know one of the people killed in the north complex west's own fire up in butte county. >>this is 16 year-old boy the teenagers mom confirmed the death of josiah williams the fire once known as the bear fire has scorched more than 70,000 acres in butte county right near paradise which was ravaged in 2018. the fire now 5% contained 9 people total have died there 16 are reported missing. yesterday the sheriff said 10 people died, but explain tonight that one of the presumed bodies found was actually a model skeleton yesterday, not human bones. >>right here the latest containment numbers on the major wildfires burning around the bay area, the lnu lightning complex in the north bay is currently 95% contained more than 360. 3,000 acres have burned there the s c you complex in the east and south bay's that's up to 98% containment with nearly 397,000 acres burned and the czu lightning complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties that is 86% contained with more than 86,000 acres burned the woodward fire at the point raze national seashore in marine county that is now 95% contained that fire has burned more than 4800 acres. >>even though the 3 large light

william barr, who appointed john durham, to produce results before the election. neal katyal is back with us. neal, this sounds like another case for the justice department inspector general. >> it does. and it's extraordinary, lawrencee department twice. i literally never heard of career prosecutors resigning because they think the attorney general is acting politically. it just never, ever happens. and yet it's happening here. as we were talking about a moment before, roger stone, prosecutors there resigned as well. and there are a lot of other cases that you and i -- you that don't hear about in the media but that i hear about because d.o.j. people call me at lower levels and say you know, as one person told me recently, "i'm sick to my stomach" about what's happened, the politicization of the justice department. last week you also had one of four president trump's people on his law enforcement commission resign because he said that trump had politicized that. you had a department of homeland security -- official whistle-blower and say trump and his cabinet secretary had ordered him to minimize the reports of election interference by the russians. i mean, this is a very scary thing. >> now, if the inspector genera