before he was an nbc legendary journalist --- tom brokaw was a freshman at university of iowa. however -- brokaw failed out that year -- double majoring in what he calls beer & co-eds. "you know i have spent that last 60 years trying to make up for my errant ways when i was at have here, so it is easy for me to come back." his career's collection of memorbilia to the university of iowa's library. the school beating out other major universities from across the nation to become home to a collection rich in history--- including a piece from the oklahoma city bombing -- a notebook from an interview with a you the only one." they will see that the world is constantly dynamic. that it is changing all the time. that you can not take your life as it is being lived right now for granted because change this spring tom brokaw plans to spend time at the library --- recording the stories behind many of the pieces in the collection. jessica hartman . . . news 7 the university hopes to reveal the collection to the public --- sometime next year. coming up on kwwl... we'll hear from uni head co

>> i was tom brokaw. >> jimmy: tom brokaw is -- >> tom brokaw -- >> jimmy: i'll be announcing for "the tonight show." >> let me do tom brokaw saying "where the library?" in spanish. [ as brokaw ] donde esta la biblioteca? [ laughter ] why not? >> jimmy: why not? >> why not? ? this is why -- >> jimmy: this is what you get to expect if you watch the >> i do a lot of wacky stuff. yeah, i do some millennial -- the thing i do about millennials is never take a a millennial kid, or never take a teenage boy to europe. like, don't waste your money. my wife and i brought our sons to italy and we were in the roman coliseum with the teenage boys. so we thought it was amazing, my god, the seat of history. my son, 18 at the time, says, and i'll stand up for it. this is the quote. he goes, "uh, is this pretty much all we're going to do today?" [ laughter and applause ] which is such a passive aggressive thing. all they care about -- because they were into bmx biking and skateboarding -- is what they could catch air on. you know, we saw the statue of david. "i could catch so much air off his ass." [ l

>> i was tom brokaw. >> jimmy: tom brokaw is -- >> tom brokaw -- >> jimmy: i'll be announcing for "the tonight show." >> let me do tom brokaw saying "where the library?" in [ laughter ] why not? >> jimmy: why not? >> why not? ?? this is why -- >> jimmy: this is what you get to expect if you watch the netflix special. >> i do a lot of wacky stuff. yeah, i do some millennial -- the thing i do about millennials is never take a a millennial kid, or never take a teenage boy to europe. like, don't waste your money. my wife and i brought our sons to italy and we were in the roman coliseum with the teenage boys. so we thought it was amazing, my my son, 18 at the time, says, and i'll stand up for it. this is the quote. he goes, "uh, is this pretty much all we're going to do today?" [ laughter and applause ] which is such a passive aggressive thing. all they care about -- because they were into bmx biking and skateboarding -- is what they could catch air on. you know, we saw the statue of david. "i could catch so much air off anyway. >> jimmy: anywho. but do you a thing -- >> where are we? >> ji

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south dakota because of the jobs that are there? or are you seeing this more broadly. >> because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, and if you go to the former white bread towns, you find american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in, you just knew where it was. >> thank you, my friend. w this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable moments of this 19-monday odyssey of a this 19-monday odyssey of a presidential campaign

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south dakota because of the jobs that are there? or are you seeing this more broadly. because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, and if you go to the former white bread towns, you find american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in, you just knew where it was. >> thank you, my this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable moments of this 19-monday odyssey of a this 19-monday odyssey of a presidential campaign unlike t. it

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south dakota because of the jobs that are there? or are you seeing this more broadly. >> especll because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, and if you go to the former white bread towns, you find american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in, you just knew where it was. >> thank you, my friend. tom will provide this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable moments of this 19-monday odyssey of a this 19-monday odyssey of

>> i was tom brokaw. >> jimmy: tom brokaw is -- >> tom brokaw -- >> jimmy: i'll be announcing for "the tonight show." >> let me do tom brokaw saying "where the library?" in donde esta la biblioteca? [ laughter ] why not? >> jimmy: why not? >> why not? ?? this is why -- >> jimmy: this is what you get to expect if you watch the netflix special. >> i do a lot of wacky stuff. yeah, i do some millennial -- the thing i do about millennials is never take a a millennial kid, or never take a teenage boy to europe. like, don't waste your money. my wife and i brought our sons to italy and we were in the roman coliseum with the teenage boys. so we thought it was amazing, my god, that and i'll stand up for it. this is the quote. he goes, "uh, is this pretty much all we're going to do today?" [ laughter and applause ] which is such a passive aggressive thing. all they care about -- because they were into bmx biking and skateboarding -- is what they could catch air on. you know, we saw the statue of david. "i could catch so much air off anyway. >> jimmy: anywho. but do you a thing -- >> where are we?

i'm also happy to say our next guest is tom brokaw. if there's a man you would like to get some calming wisdom in a wild world like this, that man is tom brokaw. he joins us here next. >>> today president obama had a message for columbus, ohio, that was inspiring and energizing about this election. it was also, i have to tell you, mostly about taco bell. >> because i've been watching the world series, i am aware that because francisco lindor stole second base in game one, everyone gets a free taco at taco bell tomorrow. i mean, this guy was so fired up about the free taco, look at him. i have never seen anybody so excited about a free taco. this guy right here. there is a reason -- the reason i'm bringing this up, if you can find the time to get a free taco, then you can find the time to go vote. here in ohio, you can vote right now. you can vote right now. you can vote and then go get your taco. it's like a combo meal. it's like you get something good for your soul and then you get something good for your appetite. >> president obama'

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south dakota because of the jobs that are there? or are you seeing this more broadly. >> because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, and if you go to the former white bread towns, you find american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in, you just knew where it was. >> thank you, my friend. tom wil this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable moments of this 19-monday odyssey of a this 19-monday odyssey of a presidential ca

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south are there? or are you seeing this more broadly. >> especially in the midwest, because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, hindu birthday parties and south american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in just knew where it was. >> thank you, my friend. tom will provide more insight this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable moments of this 19-monday odyssey of a this 19-monday odyssey of a presidential campaign unli

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south dakota because of the jobs that are there? or are you seeing this more because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, and if you go to the former american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in, you just knew where it was. >> thank you, m tom will provide more insight this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable moments of this 19-monday odyssey of a this 19-monday odyssey of a presidential campaign unlike t. it begins

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south dakota because of the jobs that are there? or broadly. >> especially in the midwest, because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, and if you go to the former hindu birthday parties and south american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in, you just knew where it wa tom will provide more insight this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable moments of this 19-monday odyssey of a this 19-monday odyssey of a presidential

>> i was tom brokaw. >> jimmy: tom brokaw is -- >> tom brokaw -- >> jimmy: i'll be announcing for "the tonight show." >> let me do tom brokaw saying "where the library?" in spanish. [ as brokaw ] donde esta la biblioteca? [ laughter ] why not? >> jimmy: why not? >> why not? ♪ this is why -- >> jimmy: this is what you get to expect if you watch the netflix special. >> i do a lot of wacky stuff. yeah, i do some millennial -- the thing i do about millennials is never take a a millennial kid, or never take a teenage boy to europe. like, don't waste your money. my wife and i brought our sons to italy and we were in the roman coliseum with the teenage boys. so we thought it was amazing, my god, the seat of history. my son, 18 at the time, says, and i'll stand up for it. this is the quote. he goes, "uh, is this pretty much all we're going to do today?" [ laughter and applause ] which is such a passive aggressive thing. all they care about -- because they were into bmx biking and skateboarding -- is what they could catch air on. you know, we saw the statue of david. "i could catch so much ai

>> i was tom brokaw. >> jimmy: tom brokaw is -- >> tom brokaw -- >> jimmy: i'll be announcing for "the tonight show." >> let me do tom brokaw saying "where the library?" in spanish. [ laughter ] why not? >> jimmy: why not? >> why not? ? this is why -- >> jimmy: this is what you get to expect if you watch the netflix special. >> i do a lot of wacky stuff. yeah, i do some millennial -- the thing i do about millennials is never take a a millennial kid, or never take a teenage boy to europe. like, don't waste your money. my wife and i brought our sons to italy and we were in the roman coliseum with the teenage boys. so we thought it was amazing, my god, the seat of history. and i'll stand up for it. this is the quote. he goes, "uh, is this pretty much all we're going to do today?" [ laughter and applause ] which is such a passive aggressive thing. all they care about -- because they were into bmx biking and skateboarding -- is what they could catch air on. you know, we saw the statue of david. "i could catch so much air off his ass." anyway. >> jimmy: anywho. but do you a thing -- >> where

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south dakota because of the jobs that are there? or are you seeing this m broadly. >> especially in the midwest, because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, and if you go to the former hindu birthday parties and south american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in, you just knew where it was. >> thank tom will provide more insight this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable moments of this 19-monday odyssey of a this 19-

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south dakota because of the jobs that are there? or are you seeing this more broadly. >> because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, and if you go to the former white bread towns, you find american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in, you just knew where it was. >> thank you, my this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable moments of this 19-monday odyssey of a this 19-monday odyssey of a presidential campaign unlike t.

it's an example for all of us. >> and tom brokaw joins me live. tom, great story, good to see you. is this a story about south dakota because of the jobs that are there? or are you seeing this more broadly. >> especially in the midwest, because turkey processing plants, meat-backing, the dairy industry, a lot of white workers have gone to better jobs, so they need employ crease, and they're getting them under a special federal programs. if people's lives are threatened, they can come in, and if you go to the former white bread towns, you find hindu birthday parties and south american celebrations. it's quite striking. i stumbled on to that for other reasons, and my friends said we have something different. >> a different sioux falls? >> much different. it's still the a big city, and the only town, if you were going to go to a party, you actually had to get the address. all the towns i lived in, you just knew where it was. >> thank you, my friend. tom will provide more insight this morning on "meet the press" and election night. >>> and harry smith with a look back at the memorable

>> i was tom brokaw. >> jimmy: tom brokaw is -- >> tom brokaw -- >> jimmy: i'll be announcing for "the tonight show." >> let me do tom brokaw saying "where the library?" in spanish. [ laughter ] why not? >> jimmy: why not? >> why not? ?? this is why -- >> jimmy: this is what you get to expect if you watch the netflix special. >> i do a lot of wacky stuff. yeah, i do some millennial -- the thing i do about millennials is never take a a millennial kid, or never take a teenage boy to europe. like, don't waste your money. my wife and i brought our sons to italy and we were in the roman coliseum with the teenage boys. so we thought it was amazing, my god, the seat of history. my son, 18 at the time, says, and i'll stand up for it. this is the quote. he goes, "uh, is this pretty much all we're going to do today?" [ laughter and applause ] which is such a passive aggressive thing. all they care about -- because they were into bmx biking and skateboarding -- is what they could catch air on. you know, we saw the statue of david. "i could catch so much air off his ass." anyway. >> jimmy: anywho.

>> i was tom brokaw. >> jimmy: tom brokaw is -- >> tom brokaw -- >> jimmy: i'll be announcing for "the tonight show." >> let me do tom brokaw saying "where the library?" in spanish. [ laughter ] why not? >> jimmy: why not? >> why not? ?? this is why -- >> jimmy: this is what you get to expect if you watch the netflix special. >> i do a lot of wacky stuff. yeah, i do some millennial -- the thing i do about millennials is never take a a millennial kid, or never take a teenage boy to europe. like, don't waste your money. my wife and i brought our sons to italy and we were in the roman coliseum with the teenage boys. so we thought it was amazing, my god, the seat of history. and i'll stand up for it. this is the quote. he goes, "uh, is this pretty much all we're going to do today?" [ laughter and applause ] which is such a passive aggressive thing. all they care about -- because they were into bmx biking and skateboarding -- is what they could catch air on. you know, we saw the statue of david. "i could catch so much air off his ass." anyway. >> jimmy: anywho. but do you a thing -- >> wher

>> i was tom brokaw. >> jimmy: tom brokaw is -- >> tom brokaw -- >> jimmy: i'll be announcing for "the tonight show." >> let me do tom brokaw saying "where the library?" in spanish. [ as brokaw ] why not? >> jimmy: why not? >> why not? ?? this is why -- >> jimmy: this is what you get to expect if you watch the netflix special. >> i do a lot of wacky stuff. yeah, i do some millennial -- the thing i do about millennials is never take a a millennial kid, or never take a teenage boy to europe. like, don't waste your money. my wife and i brought our sons to italy and we were in the roman coliseum with the teenage boys. so we thought it was amazing, my god, the seat of history. my son, 18 at the me and i'll stand up for it. this is the quote. he goes, "uh, is this pretty much all we're going to do today?" [ laughter and applause ] which is such a passive aggressive thing. all they care about -- because they were into bmx biking and skateboarding -- is what they could catch air on. you know, we saw the statue of david. "i could catch so much air off his ass." anyway. >> jimmy: anywho. but do

>> i was tom brokaw. >> jimmy: tom brokaw is -- >> tom brokaw -- >> jimmy: i'll be announcing for "the tonight show." "where the library?" in spanish. [ as brokaw ] donde esta la biblioteca? [ laughter ] why not? >> jimmy: why not? >> why not? ? this is why -- >> jimmy: this is what you get to expect if you watch the netflix special. >> i do a lot of wacky stuff. yeah, i do some millennial -- the thing i do about millennials is never take a a millennial kid, or never take a teenage boy to europe. like, don't waste your money. my wife and i brought our sons to italy and we were in the roman coliseum with the en so we thought it was amazing, my god, the seat of history. my son, 18 at the time, says, and i'll stand up for it. this is the quote. he goes, "uh, is this pretty much all we're going to do today?" [ laughter and applause ] which is such a passive aggressive thing. all they care about -- because they were into bmx biking and skateboarding -- is what they could catch air on. "i could catch so much air off his ass." [ laughter ] anyway. >> jimmy: anywho. but do you a thing -- >> wh

now seem election thoughts from tom brokaw of nbc news. tom came to iowa this week after the election to serve as the her ber hoover presidential foundation fundraiser in coralville at the marriott. how did the spol sters get it so wrong? >> tom: that's an interesting question. we haven't sorted it all out yet. i have my own feeling about it, which i think a lot of people who were going to vote for donald trump didn't want to tell anybody. my wife was just in an elevator in new york in our building with a woman who said, boy, that was something, and meredith said, yes it was. who were y and she said i was one of those secret trump people. i was just in my home of south dakota, in iowa some and salt lake, i kept detecting people who didn't want to say they were going to vote for trump, but they were going to do it. so that had something to do with it. the other thing is quite honestly, there are too many pollsters going now. i don't know about the veracity the one i trust the most works for me, charlie cook, he said the night before, she's

. >>> on election night tom brokaw on the coverage talked about how much of the mainstream national media missed the seriousness of the trump supporters and the numbers of the trump supporters, according to tom brokaw because many of those news organizations live in the bubble of the east coast. >> that is the same thing i said. >> okay. so do we live in the bubble of wake county and the state statewide at times? >> you could feel it in wake county. i was at his first rally, trump's first rally in north carolina last december. mark you were there too. you could feel the energy then. you know? >> but did you think thessalonica going to really transfer? >> yes. i've covered one other thing like that, that was a recall of a governor in california that nobody thought was going to happen and that happened. that was a recall election back in 2001-2002. there is a certain, you can kind of feel it you kn? >> yeah. >> you had a population of people who were looking for something different. they felt like they had been missing something in our political scheme for all their lives and they found it.

of course, i have tom brokaw. savannah guthrie, good to see nicolle wallace. the man who is always playing hard ball, mr. chris matthews and my pal from miami, jose diaz belart. welcome to all of you. grand puba. >> let's not start there. >> it's john podesta questioning the newt gingrich talking about the next four years. >> i've been at this a fair amount of time. i have never seen the country so fractured. founding fathers said we the people in order to form a more perfect union. this campaign has been we the african-americans, we the hispanics, we the women, we the angry white males, we the wealthy, we the people who don't that's not who we are. that's not what we can be. newt gingrich is right, we're in for a very difficult time whoever wins that. there are so many things that have not been addressed in this campaign. >> it's too long. >> most of all, what you see is everything happens at warp speed. bret baier who is a respectable reporter at fox the other day said he has an avalanche of evidence about to indict here. turns out not to be true. whether it

of course, i have tom brokaw. savannah guthrie, good to see you. the man who is always playing hard ball, mr. chris matthews and my pal from miami, jose diaz belart. welcome to all of you. grand puba. >> let's not start there. >> it's john podesta questioning the newt gingrich talking about the next four years. >> i've been at this a fair amount of time. i have never seen the country so fractured. founding fathers said we the people in order to form a more perfect union. this campaign has been we the african-americans, we the hispanics, we the women, we the angry white males, we the wealthy, we the people who don't know quite what to do. we're in tribal warfare here. that's not who we are. newt gingrich is right, we're in for a very difficult time whoever wins that. there are so many things that have not been addressed in this campaign. >> it's too long. >> most of all, what you see is everything happens at warp speed. bret baier who is a respectable reporter at fox the other day said he has an avalanche of evidence about to indict here. turns out

of course, i have tom brokaw. savannah guthrie, good to see you. hard ball, mr. chris matthews and my pal from miami, jose diaz belart. welcome to all of you. grand puba. >> let's not start there. >> it's john podesta questioning the newt gingrich talking about the next four years. >> i've been at this a fair amount of time. i have never seen the country so fractured. founding fathers said we the people in order to form a more perfect union. this campaign has been we the african-americans, we the hispanics, we the women, we the angry white males, we the wealthy, we the people who don't know quite what to do. we're in tribal warfare here. that's not who we are. newt gingrich is right, we're in for a very difficult time whoever wins that. there are so many things that have not been addressed in this campaign. >> it's too long. >> most of all, what you see is everything happens at warp speed. bret baier who is a respectable reporter at fox the other day said he has an avalanche of evidence about to indict here. turns out not to be true. doesn't make a difference whe

of course, i have tom brokaw. savannah guthrie, good to see you. nicolle wallace. the man who is always playing hard ball, mr. chris matthews and my pal from miami, jose diaz belart. welcome to all of you. grand puba. >> let's not start there. >> it's john podesta questioning the fbi. newt gingrich talking about the next four years. >> i've been at this a fair amount of time. i have never seen the country so fractured. founding fathers said we the people in order to form a more perfect union. this campaign has been we the african-americans, we the hispanics, we the women, we the angry white males, we the wealthy, we the people who don't know quite what to do. we're in tribal warfare here. that's not who we are. that's not what we can be. newt gingrich is right, we're in for a very difficult time whoever wins that. there are so many things that have not been addressed in this campaign. >> it's too long. >> most of all, what you see is everything happens at warp speed. bret baier who is a respectable reporter at fox the other day said he has an averaalanche of eviden

of course, i have tom brokaw. savannah guthrie, good to see you. nicolle wallace. the man who is always playing hard ball, mr. chris matthews and my pal from miami, jose diaz belart. welcome to all of you. grand puba. >> let's not start there. >> it's john podesta questioning the fbi. newt gingrich talking about the next four years. >> i've been at this a fair amount of time. i have never seen the country so fractured. founding fathers said we the people in order to form a more perfect union. this campaign has been we the african-americans, we the hispanics, we the women, we the angry white males, we the wealthy, we the people who don't know quite what to do. we're in tribal warfare here. that's not who we are. that's not what we can be. newt gingrich is right, we're in for a very difficult time whoever wins that. the are so many things that have not been addressed in this >> most of all, what you see is everything happens at warp speed. bret baier who is a respectable reporter at fox the other day said he has an avalanche of evidence about to indict here. turns ou

he said is this for tom brokaw? i had never miet him. they said yes. he said do you think he'd like a baseball from me? around. a wonderful inscription. >> 1989, you were there as the berlin wall came down. you have mementos of that as well. >> it was the highlight of my career in so many ways. as they started to knock off pieces of the berlin wall, ed lee, one of our computer experts, started bringing this emto me so i brought back a bunch of them. i encased them, as you can see, in lucite, handed them out to some of my friends. every time i look at them i think about how symbolic they are about the end of but from the murrah federal building in oklahoma city. >> the fire commissioner, spokesman there, brought that to me because i lived in oklahoma city for so many days. and as a product of the great plains, i identified with what they were going through and wrote an essay about it. this with a is a notebook i was interviewing bill gates. i have his name circled there at a time when it was the beginning of the age that we're now living through. docume

brokaw he's planning on donating some of his memoribilia to the university of iowa. about the presidential election and his donation to the class libraray. they are all digitalized connecting library of congress. and then i started going through my material and my god, i was absolutly astonished by how much i had and how important it was." brokaw is a graduate of the university of iowa still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... some major car recalls from two popular brands... and.... two officers...ambushed. .. we'll have an update on their officers... another one happens...this time in pittsburgh pennsylvania call one of the officers died at a nearby hospital the other officer is in the hospital no word on how he is doing tongith an iowa man is facing charges after allegedly slamming a dubuque man's head into concrete so hard...that he caused a skull fracture this according to our coverage partners at the telegraph herald tanner bailey is being charged with willful injury causing serious injury the fight happening in holy cross back in august when police arrived,

kind of like tom brokaw was talking ability, it's illegal to vote for somebody without the r or d. that's the argument. but i think the main thing is that -- >> who are you going to vote for? >> i'll vote for my own ticket. but i think the most important thing for the country is that donald trump not be elected president. >> all right. former governor bill weld. thank you for the reading. >> thank you. >> enjoy it. >> the next hour of "morning joe" starts right now. we begin with more on the fbi investigation into clinton's server. here's clinton on the trail yesterday. >> i'm sure a lot of you may be asking what this new e-mail story is about. and why in the world the fbi would decide to jump into an election with no evidence of any wrongdoing with just days to go. that's a good question. i'm not making excuses. i have said it was a mistake and i regret it. and now they apparently want to look at e-mails of one of my staffers, and by all means, they should look at them. and i am sure they will reach the same conclusion they did when they looked at my e-mails for the last year. the

. >> nbc's tom brokaw joins us. tom, you just saw that story there. we knew there was a divide in this country even before yesterday. but now we see exactly where it than we knew? >> i think at this point people are still in kind of a daze, if you want to know the truth, lester and they're trying to work their way through it i think it would be important for the president-elect to find a way that he wants to represent all the people and he needs to know what their interests are as well. you know i've seen a lot. president kennedy was assassinated when i was a young reporter. 1968 came along. there was terrific trauma at that time in that fall. and then richard nixon through a number of traumatic events and we only get pulled back together when the leadership says that we've got to get through this together. so i think one of the most important messages that the new president-elect can provide for the country going forward, is to say i'm here for all of you and we need to, he did say early in the campaign, i can do more for african-americans than the d

and tom brokaw. >> seth: tom brokaw. and obviously, i thought you were again, everybody, you have nonpartisan, i mean, like things are happening that no one expected and you have to sort of just remain calm about it all. how did it all lay out for you when it started breaking the way that nobody expected? >> you know, we're all reporters. i mean, that's what we do. so we started the night, and i had discussions even before tuesday. i said, "you know, when we go out there, this is breaking news. we don't really know how this is going to go. and let's just do what reporters do. we follow the story." and that's what we did. i remember looking over, you know, chuck todd with his -- he's got his ipads p and his little calculator and i remember he is looking at florida at one point and he's like, he gives this look. what's going on? he says, there's not enough. she can't catch up here. >> seth: yeah. >> and that was the first hint that wait a minute, you know, the direction is going in a way that many people didn't anticipate.

and tom brokaw. >> seth: tom brokaw. and obviously, i thought you were again, everybody, you have to remain sort of even, even as the results come in. and by even i don't mean nonpartisan, i mean, like things are happening that no one expected and you have to sort of when it started breaking the way that nobody expected? >> you know, we're all reporters. i mean, that's what we do. so we started the night, and i had discussions even before tuesday. i said, "you know, when we go out there, this is breaking news. we don't really know how this is going to go. and let's just do what reporters do. we follow the story." and that's what we did. i remember looking over, you know, chuck todd with his -- he's got his ipads and phones and his little calculator and i remember he is looking at florida at one point and he's like, he gives this look. what's going on? she can't catch up here. >> seth: yeah. >> and that was the first hint that wait a minute, you know, the direction is going in a way that many people didn't anticipate. and

of course, i have tom brokaw. savannah guthrie, good to see you. nicolle wallace. the man who is always playing hard ball, mr. chris matthews belart. welcome to all of you. grand puba. >> let's not start there. >> it's john podesta questioning the fbi. newt gingrich talking about the next four years. >> i've been at this a fractured. founding fathers said we the people in order to form a more perfect union. this campaign has been we the african-americans, we the hispanics, we the women, we the angry white males, we the wealthy, we the people who don't know quite what to do. we're in tribal warfare here. that's not who we are. that's not what we can be. newt gingrich is right, we're in for a very difficult time whoever wins that. campaign. >> it's too long. >> most of all, what you see is everything happens at warp speed. bret baier who is a respectable reporter at fox the other day said he has an averalanche of evidence about to indict here. turns out not to be true. doesn't make a difference whether it's true, it's in the minds of the voters at this point. that's

tom brokaw is going to be tom brokaw. this is democracy. >> coming up later, you have a great interview with steve martin and kristin stewart. >> the movie is so different because it's shot in a format that we've never seen before. it makes it look very real. almost as if to the people. so we -- before we interview a cast, we usually get a screener. right? we normally get a link we can watch from home. because this was such a special movie, it had to be seen in the movie theater. so the times were like 9:00 friday night or 8:00 a.m. saturday morning. really cut in to "weekend today." so i couldn't do it. then our producer who helped me put this spot together he said, i got you the 6:00 showing. i'm in my uggs, sweatpants and sweatshirt. i go to the 6:00 showing, it is the premier for the movie. i had no idea. i don't think matt had any idea. i'm not going to throw him under the bus. >> but you just backhanded. >> so you showed up at an actual premier in uggs and >> yes. you're at the premier. everybody's on the red carpet

and tom brokaw. >> seth: tom brokaw. and obviously, i thought you were again, everybody, you have to remain sort of even, even as nonpartisan, i mean, like things are happening that no one expected and you have to sort of just remain calm about it all. how did it all lay out for you when it started breaking the way that nobody expected? >> you know, we're all reporters. i mean, that's what we do. so we started the night, and i had discussions even before tuesday. i said, "you know, when we go out there, this is breaking news. we don't really know how this is going to go. and let's just do what reporters do. we follow the story." and that's what we did. i remember looking over, you know, chuck todd with his -- remember he is looking at florida at one point and he's like, he gives this look. what's going on? he says, there's not enough. she can't catch up here. >> seth: yeah. >> and that was the first hint that wait a minute, you know, the direction is going in a way that many people didn't anticipate. and we just continue

tom brokaw is going to be tom brokaw. this is democracy. >> coming up later, you have a great interview with steve martin and kristin stewart. >> the movie is so different because it's shot in a format that we've never seen before. it makes it look very real. almost as to the people. so we -- before we interview a cast, we usually get a screener. right? we normally get a link we can watch from home. because this was such a special movie, it had to be seen in the movie theater. so the times were like 9:00 friday night or 8:00 a.m. saturday morning. really cut in to "weekend today." so i couldn't do it. then our producer who helped me put this spot together he said, i got you the 6:00 showing. sweatshirt. i go to the 6:00 showing, it is the premier for the movie. i had no idea. i don't think matt had any idea. i'm not going to throw him under the bus. >> but you just backhanded. >> so you showed up at an actual premier in uggs and >> yes. you're at the premier. everybody's on the red carpet. everybody's nice and fancy dress

tom brokaw is going to be tom brokaw. this is democracy. >> coming up later, you have a great interview with steve martin and kristin stewart. >> the movie is so different because it's shot in a format that we've never seen before. it makes almost as if you're right next to the people. so we -- before we interview a cast, we usually get a screener. right? we normally get a link we can watch from home. because this was such a special movie, it had to be seen in the movie theater. so the times were like 9:00 friday night or 8:00 a.m. saturday morning. really cut in to "weekend today." so i couldn't do it. then our producer who helped me put this spot together he said, i'm like great. i'm in my uggs, sweatpants and sweatshirt. i go to the 6:00 showing, it is the premier for the movie. i had no idea. i don't think matt had any idea. i'm not going to throw him under the bus. >> but you just backhanded. >> so you showed up at an actual premier in uggs and pajamas. >> yes. you're at the premier. everybody's on the red carpet. ev

tom brokaw is going to be tom brokaw. this is democracy. >> coming up later, you have a great interview with steve martin and kristin stewart. >> the movie is so different because it's shot in a format that we've never seen before. it makes it look very real. to the people. so we -- before we interview a cast, we usually get a screener. right? we normally get a link we can watch from home. because this was such a special movie, it had to be seen in the movie theater. so the times were like 9:00 friday night or 8:00 a.m. saturday morning. really cut in to "weekend today." so i couldn't do it. then our producer who helped me put this spot together he said, i'm like great. i'm in my uggs, sweatpants and sweatshirt. i go to the 6:00 showing, it is the premier for the movie. i had no idea. i don't think matt had any idea. i'm not going to throw him under the bus. >> but you just backhanded. >> so you showed up at an actual premier in >> yes. you're at the premier. everybody's on the red carpet. everybody's nice and fancy dress

tom brokaw is going to be tom brokaw. this is democracy. >> coming up later, you have a great interview with steve martin and kristin stewart. >> the movie is so different because it's shot in a format that we've never seen before. it makes it look to the people. so we -- before we interview a cast, we usually get a screener. right? we normally get a link we can watch from home. because this was such a special movie, it had to be seen in the movie theater. so the times were like 9:00 friday night or 8:00 a.m. saturday morning. really cut in to "weekend today." so i couldn't do it. then our producer who helped me put this spot together he said, i'm like great. i'm in my uggs, sweatpants and sweatshirt. i go to the 6:00 showing, it is the premier for the movie. i had no idea. i don't think matt had any idea. i'm not going to throw him under the bus. >> but you just backhanded. >> so you showed up at an actual >> yes. you're at the premier. everybody's on the red carpet. everybody's nice and fancy dressed. the whole cast com

and tom brokaw. >> seth: tom brokaw. and obviously, i thought you the results come in. and by even i don't mean nonpartisan, i mean, like things are happening that no one expected and you have to sort of just remain calm about it all. how did it all lay out for you when it started breaking the way that nobody expected? >> you know, we're all reporters. i mean, that's what we do. so we started the night, and i had discussions even before tuesday. i said, "you know, when we go out there, this is breaking news. we don't really know how this is going to go. and let's just do what reporters do. we follow the story." and that's what we did. know, chuck todd with his -- he's got his ipads and phones and his little calculator and i remember he is looking at florida at one point and he's like, he gives this look. what's going on? he says, there's not enough. she can't catch up here. >> seth: yeah. >> and that was the first hint that wait a minute, you know, the direction is going in a way that many people didn't anticipate. and we just continued to follow the story to it's concl

. >> nbc's tom brokaw joins us. tom, you just saw that story there. we knew there was a divide in this country even before yesterday. but now we see exactly where it than we knew? >> i think at this point people are still in kind of a daze, if you want to know the truth, lester and they're trying to work their way through it i think it would be important for the president-elect to find a way that he wants to represent all the people and he needs to know what their interests are as well. you know i've seen a lot. president kennedy was assassinated when i was a young reporter. 1968 came along. there was terrific trauma at that time in that fall. and then richard nixon this country has been through a number of traumatic events and we only get pulled back together when the leadership says that we've got to get through this together. so i think one of the most important messages that the new president-elect can provide for the country going forward, is to say i'm here for all of you and we need to, he did say early in the campaign, i can do more for africa

and tom brokaw. >> seth: tom brokaw. and obviously, i thought you were again, everybody, you have to remain sort of even, even as the results come in. nonpartisan, i mean, like things are happening that no one expected and you have to sort of just remain calm about it all. how did it all lay out for you when it started breaking the way that nobody expected? >> you know, we're all reporters. i mean, that's what we do. so we started the night, and i had discussions even before tuesday. i said, "you know, when we go out there, this is breaking news. we don't really know how this is going to go. and let's just do what reporters do. we follow the story." and that's what we did. i remember looking over, you know, chuck todd with his -- he's got his ipads and phones remember he is looking at florida at one point and he's like, he gives this look. what's going on? he says, there's not enough. she can't catch up here. >> seth: yeah. >> and that was the first hint that wait a minute, you know, the direction is going in a way that

of course, i have tom brokaw. savannah guthrie, good to see the man who is always playing hard ball, mr. chris matthews and my pal from miami, jose diaz belart. welcome to all of you. grand puba. >> let's not start there. >> it's john podesta questioning the newt gingrich talking about the next four years. >> i've been at this a fair amount of time. i have never seen the country so fractured. founding fathers said we the people in order to form a more perfect union. this campaign has been we the african-americans, we the hispanics, we the women, we the angry white males, we the wealthy, we the people who don't know quite what to do. that's not what we can be. newt gingrich is right, we're in for a very difficult time whoever wins that. there are so many things that have not been addressed in this campaign. >> it's too long. >> most of all, what you see is everything happens at warp speed. bret baier who is a respectable reporter at fox the other day said he has an avalanche of evidence about to indict here. turns