alexander only saw his part. he said the bombardment should have been against cemetery hill because we could have achieved converging fire and had that or he's from the north and batters from seminary ridge firing on that part of the line. on our part we are firing on a shallow target. he added the only person who knew what the whole line looked lee.was r.e. if you want, his 100 pages on for therg in "fighting confederacy" are one of the best analytical takes on that you will find anywhere you cannot go wrong. whathas nothing to do with i did, i just made it available to be published. the analytical quality of his ,ork is in a category by itself all by itself, among former confederates that wrote about the war. he is so smart, honest, blunt, careful, that it is simply all by itself. now that i've said that three times, that is enough, too. thank you. [applause] this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, at 8:00 on lectures in history, the sire college professor john fea on the ideas that shaped the 1776 penn

that is edward porter alexander. that is not just my view, it would be unanimous of people who know what books confederate soldiers wrote. he stands by himself. these accounts are unrivaled among those published by men who fought for the confederacy. they were written over a decade beginning in the late 1890's, but appeared more than 80 years apart, in print more than 80 years apart. a critical narrative was first published in 1907. the next was published in 1989. alexander brought to his books acuity, a gift for describing key scenes and dramatic and memorable fashion, and the perspective of one who bitterly fought from manassas to appomattox. he served on the staff of general beauregard. johnson, and lee, before distinguishing himself as the finest artillery's inist in the confederacy. he wrote with almost none of the lost cause special pleading that was evident in the writings of most of his former comrades. i want to convey a sense of why alexander's books are remarkable. i will start with a little biographical i

was this guyon called alexander hamilton. overbearing, egotistical, monarchist, only cared about rich people. and he's in the area of finance and i can't figure that out. i set it aside and then it was joseph ellis's book, "founding brothers." it has like six founders and it. is a short chapter and i will read this on out to the hamilton. -- alexander hamilton. transforming anything is really difficult. jefferson didn't do this. washington did do this. he did something important, so then i started reading. i ended up reading 44 books on alexander hamilton after thousands of hours on all the others. it was this weekend in 2011 because my family got tired of everything i read about alexander hamilton. what i did for these 47 people, i was making a list not knowing it had any purpose with what they actually did of the 47. and in the list for hamilton kept going and going. with the reaction from my neighbors and friends, i was not going to be able to share alexander hamilton. not only was he not bad, but he was a pretty good guy.

amy: that is michelle alexander. we are speaking with marissa alexander -- no relation -- who is speaking to us from jacksonville. marissa, if you can go back to 2010, yes, i want you to respond to what michelle alexander said, but back to 2010, and describe to us what happened. and ththen with the killing of trayvon martin by george zimmerman, the vigilante, who was acquitted, unlike you, how that changed your case. >> you know, for me, that particular day, it was a reaction to an action. it was a matter of a fight or flight. i felt like i did the best i could. i maintain that. i still don't believe what i did was wrong. the kids were not present. i would have never done that. i believe that came out of my first trial. as far as it played forward with george zimmerman, that was around the same time. , butase was going along mine had not made it to the media. his was, originally, he was given immunity of the crime scene but later on was charged. first, and then had to have a hearing. there is the difference between h

amy: that is michelle alexander. we are speaking with marissa alexander -- no relation -- who is speaking to us from jacksonville. marissa, if you can go back to 2010, yes, i want you to respond to what michelle alexander said, but back to 2010, and describe to us what happened. and then with the killing of trayvon martin by george zimmerman, the vigilante, who was acquitted, unlike you, how that changed your case. >> you know, for me, that particular day, it was a reaction to an action. it was a matter of a fight or flight. i felt like i did the best i could. i maintain that. i still don't believe what i did was wrong. the kids were not present. i would have never done that. i believe that came out of my first trial. as far as it played forward with george zimmerman, that was around the same time. , butase was going along mine had not made it to the media. his was, originally, he was given immunity of the crime scene but later on was charged. first, and then had to have a hearing. there is the difference between he

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michelle alexander referred to you as the 21st century harriet hub man. i saw nick kristof, who was on this program weeks ago, who used that same phrase in his column in the "new york times," you are the 21st century harriet tubman. that's high cotton. that's a lot of love and a huge accolade. but i raise it it not to embarrass you but to ask you whether or not your work feels harriet tubman-ish. do you feel like you're on a journey to rescue people and to save lives? >> i know -- >> and to take folk to freedom? >> i know that what i do rescues people, allows them to have an analysis of what's happening in their lives, and breaks them free of the criminal justice system. and you know, when we talk about slavery, you know, we have to go back to the 13th amendment that says, you can be a slave if you're incarcerated. so does it feel like harriet tubman? i think so. i didn't imagine that when i started out. i just thought if i could help a handful of women come home, it would be okay. but then i started looking at the larger picture. and the systemic oppress

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alexander is a great writer of significant achievement. there was a destiny to come to the store he undoubtedly but i want to introduce alexander and had a little chat. >> thank you for that introduction. i'm glad it's being recorded because i will listen to it over and over and over. it's interesting you say or ask me. this is a likely thing to do to write this book. i grew up in a family where we rarely talked about the film. it was something that we all knew because we had this odd name. i was very sad for my father and my own father died so i now understand what that felt like for him. so the film was always off-center. i wouldn't say that it was quite taboo. so i came to this topic in the aftermath of the authors death of questions wanting to pull together the threads of the story. coming to it fresh in a way unlike you and other people i never read anything i had no idea. to get a handle on what it represented i was not only completely stunned by the scope and significance but also i begin to see the ways in which the kind of public

germany's alexander's zverev was seen germany's alexander's zverev was seen as a germany's alexander's zverev was seen as a dark cause for this year in paris. frustration was clear. the match was suspended overnight for rain, the 33—year—old outmuscled alexander zverev, making him the first top ten casualties of the men's draw. kei nishikori avoided a similar fate. men's draw. kei nishikori avoided a similarfate. beating his australian opponent. kei nishikori faces jeremy chardy of france in the second round. a frenchman hasn't won the title at roland—garros for 311 years. a large portion of this year's hopes will be on the shoulders of gael monfils. so far, so good. through after beating dustin brown of germany in straight sets. johanna konta from great britain is well—established in the world's top ten but that success has not yet transferred to play. she raced ahead against her taiwan opponent, taking the first set 6—1. after losing the second on the tie—break, errors cost her delay. johanna konta is without a winner in this open. in cricket, india humiliated bangladesh

colin paterson reports from jean alexander's hometown of southport. oh, look, i don't care if it only cost 2p! it's one of the most famous outfits in tv history. the curlers, the hairnet, and the pinny of hilda ogden. it's better than nowt, it'll do. and today, it went under the hammer. you can get rid of it, and yourself and all! jean alexander played coronation street's much loved gossip for more than 20 years. she died last october at the age of 90. her nieces were auctioning off her belongings. the star attraction is the pinny. of course. did you know she always had that? i didn't, really. when we came to tidy up her things, sadly after she died, i came across a parcel in a wardrobe with her handwriting on a little label. and when we looked into it further, it turned out that this was the first pinny and headscarf and curlers she'd used in the show. she'd taken them with her when she started in coronation street. and they belonged to my grandmother, jean's mother. there was online interest from italy and the us, but many had turned up to bid in pe

richard alexander rented from them in vegas for six days. did your quoted price, $217? >> i thought it was a great teal. >> what happened? >> i was given a bill for $528. >> reporter: payless with more than 200 locations worldwide is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit by alexander and other plaintiffs who allege payless uses deceptive practices to charge customers additional fees. alexander says in his case it began when he accepted what he thought was supposed to be a free upgrade. >> i specifically asked them, $217, right? i was told yes. i told him that i did not want any added insurance. >> reporter: he says he initialled the contract where he was told but only later realized he had been charged for that insurance that he didn't want. and more. you were charged $159 for this lost damage waiver, $35 for the gas service option, you have another $35 for roadside protection. that adds up to a lot of money. >> it does. we returned the vehicle. the same person happened to be working. i confronted him. and his response was, "you can open up a ticket complaint. >

alexander was just a normal kid growing up in wakonda, illinois. he had his entire life ahead of him. then when he was 17, he had a snowboarding accident and was taken to the emergency room after he lost consciousness. that's when doctors found a mass on his cerebellum and he had to undergo major brain surgery. it was after this surgery that alexander became addicted to morphine and his drug abuse began. when alexander graduated from high school, he began working at a hospital where he was able to steal drugs to fuel his abuse. over time his drug abuse spiraled out of control. he was fired from his job for stealing narcotics and was arrested for possession of heroin. but because this was his first offense, he was given a very strict two-year probation. and over the next four months he tested positive for heroin several times and then he simply disappeared. laura did not know where her son was or whether he was even alive for ten months. finally, he was arrested and taken into custody. in lake county, illinois, we thankfully have a criminal justice

richard alexander rented from them in vegas for six days. did your quoted price, $217? >> i thought it was a great teal. >> what happened? >> i was given a bill for $528. >> reporter: payless with more than 200 locations worldwide is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit by alexander and other plaintiffs who allege payless uses deceptive practices to charge customers additional fees. alexander says in his case it began when he accepted what he thought was supposed to be a free upgrade. >> i specifically asked them, $217, right? i was told yes. i told him that i did not want any added insurance. >> reporter: he says he initialled the contract where he was told but only later realized he had been charged for that and more. damage waiver, $35 for the gas service option, you have another $35 for roadside protection. that adds up to a lot of money. >> it does. we returned the vehicle. the same person happened to be working. i confronted him. and his response was, "you can open up a ticket complaint. >> what happened when you opened up a ticket complaint? i got a resp

they need that type of person. >> in the white house briefing room right now is peter alexand alexander, do you think they are close to making a decision on fbi director? they don't want anything to create a stumble at confirmation hearings? >> i think it was most striking when the announcement came. it was word of mouth as opposed to sending out an e-mail about it. in a time you if you an idea of how happen as argue it was. i think they want to do it carefully and dlib ratively. you have the acting abi director, if they appoint an fbi director that would not is it possible they appoint an interim director and they hold that position for an extended period of time. so as they try to come up with those names, we reached out to the white house for more specificity right now, but they're trying to get their hands around a messaging war. and they have had conflicting messages, peter, take a look at scene spicer and sarah sanders and the reasons they're giving for why jim comey was fired. >> did anyone order them to do this review? >> i do know the decision to fire director comey was the pre

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in the last three years, much has been has been said about alexander blackman. today, his wife alongside him, he was having his say on a decision, in the heat of battle, that led to a murder charge. his actions, captured on helmet camera. there you are, shuffle off this mortal coin, you (bleep). nothing he wouldn't do to us. no. if you look at that video, it would seem plain to everyone that you knew what you were doing? it's a five minute section of an incident that took well over an hour and, to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said and, unless you were actually there, you don't know the full story. obviously, i told my version of events when i was at trial. hindsight is a wonderful thing and given, especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, you would change thing. if he had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he absolutely would. blackman's conviction for murder led to protests. his wife, claire, led the campaign for his release, but her husband had offered her the chance to walk away

let's start with nbc's peter alexander. good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening. donald trump and his advisers tonight are forming a new crisis management team considering bringing back former campaign advisors to aggressively push back on the russian investigation. one that the president himself has called a hoax. all coming amid growing revelations that lead directly into the president's inner circle. the white house tonight struggling to fend off questions about son-in-law jared kushner's connections with russia during the transition after a wave of headlines that aides concede blind-sided west wing staff. >> i'm not going to get into -- but your question presupposes facts that have been not been confirmed. >> reporter: press secretary sean spicer did not deny a report that during kushner's meeting at trump tower with michael flynn and russian ambassador sergey kislyak, setting up secret back channel communications with moscow using russian diplomatic famts for the talks. >> i think that assumes a lot. i would just say that mr. kushner's attorney said mr. kushn

alexander hamilton, by the way, planted that seed in my mind. >> that's anxiouses my question. should that be in the norm or is that an outcome of current times? in other words, shouldn't the primary responsibility be to do good as opposed to looking for wrongdoing? >> well, i take doing good for granted. >> okay. >> i mean, why would you do any task, whether with the got or outside the government, if you warrant harping a beneficial effect it but when you get behind the standard obligations of a public servant or anyone else, think truthfulness in confronting wrong-doing is important. and alexander hamilton -- i always go back to hamilton first with read the founding fathers -- he talked about impeachment in terms of the number one offense that has to be addressed is compromising the public trust, and certainly we have seen too much of that liberty was nixon, whether it was reagan and iran-contra in the 1980s, whether it was bill clinton, which is controversial but still i think he did compromise the public trust and now look what we're dealing with, day after day. i think the

alexander: thank you, mr. president. the house of representatives has just -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask consent to vitiate the call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. the house of representatives has just passed a bill that would make major changes in the affordable care act b. i congratulate the house. if the senate will carefully review the house bill and now we'll go to work on a senate bill. here are my goals for a senate bill. i don't prepend to speak for -- pretend to speak for every member of the senate or even every republican but these are my goals for a bill we will fashion here. number one, rescue the thousands of tennesseans and millions of americans who under the affordable care act will be trapped in obamacare exchanges with few or zero options for health insurance in the year 2018 unless congress acts. number two, my second goal is to lower premium costs. premium costs have increased and in som

it is under the chairmanship of lamar alexander, whom i respect personally very much, and ranking member patty murray of the state of washington, a democrat. i know, having spoken to senator murray, she's ready to roll up her sleeves and go to work and to write a revision to the health care bill, the health care system in america. but there have been no hearings, none, on the measure passed by the house of representatives, so when the republican leader says he wishes the democrats would join in the effort, this committee is ready and willing to work, and i'm sure if he picked up the phone and called senator alexander and senator murray, they could get to work on doing a much better job than what the house of representatives did. why am i so critical of the house of representatives? not because of the traditional rivalry between the chambers but because yesterday the congressional budget office took a look at the bill that passed the u.s. house of representatives three weeks ago by two votes. it was all republicans voting for and passed by two. a number of republicans refused to support i

blaine alexander has more on this story. >> reporter: james comey went to los angeles as fbi director, tonight he's flying back to washington as a private citizen fired by president trump. >> the president trump made a decision that should be applauded by all members of congress. the public by in large will agree he lost the ability to lead the fbi. >> reporter: tonight comey outraged. his departure coming as the fbi investigates trump campaign ties to russia and election tampering. >> are people going to suspect coverup. absolutely. >> comey was not fired because of hillary. comey was fired because of the russians. the timing makes this clear. >> reporter: in his termination letter, the president said he wanted to restore public trust,

let's go to peter alexander to reset the story of this past hour. the head of the fbi james comey has been fired. peter, what do we know? >> reporter: let's be very clear about what is going on here now, brian. over the course of the last hour we have learned president trump, his own campaign associates are under counter intelligence investigation by the fbi, has now fired the director of the fbi. that recommendation coming from the attorney general jeff sessions, also his deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, notably jeff sessions who recused himself from this russia investigation has recommended the firing of the man who is now overseeing that investigation at the fbi. this is a startling series of events. this is not politics as usual. this is very bizarre and unusual what we've witnessed over the course of this last 30 minutes or so. we have received a statement from the press secretary sean spicer just a short time ago where basically he says that

college roommates. >> darrell: justin alexander, the crew chief on the car. go for it. could make him a hero tonight. you can't tell me that's not in the back of his mind. >> mike: jimmie johnson pedaling at 31.3 seconds a lap. >> jeff: the job of these guys right now is to conserve, get the right lap time and get the fuel mileage where they can make it all the way and stay ahead of the 78 and the 18 because those guys have the exact opposite agenda. they're pushing hard and they have plenty of fuel. they want to push the others and catch them right in the closing laps. either force them to run out of fuel or pass them. >> mike: martin truex is nine seconds back with 14 laps to go. and he is a second a lap faster than jimmie johnson. >> darrell: and johnson will have to slow down even more to make it to the end. so i don't think johnson will make it but i do believe the 3 can. he'll have to slow down so much i am not sure truex won't catch him. >> jeff: if they slow down and make it, truex will catch them. >> mike: jimmie johnson maintains the same pace truex will catch

i'm thinking of lamar alexander, congresswoman virginia foxx. would have said a few months ago, senator patty murray of washington, but it seems like there's been a bit of a track share in the bipartisanship that usually comes along with education issues. where do you guys see them standing on moving education legislation through the pipeline ? i'm thinking maybe a career tech ed. there is bipartisanship around that. what is realistic for us to expect? anyone can take this. >> i will start. pre-esa thatsaid the opportunity was limited, but i was surprised when it ultimately made it all the way through and got signed into law, so anything can happen. it will be interesting to see if something like a federal tax credit, new, national federal tax credit were to move forward.

we've had six cutters named after alexander hamilton. he's a fundamental figure in our service because he laid the foundation with george washington, picked the first officers, named the first ships and built the first ships. so in this legislate end class, this brand new highly sophisticated, technological cut are, it's very appropriate to have his name. >> and since they invited you guys, are you guys inviting all of the coast guard to hamilton? >> absolutely. >> and the cast of the "today" show, too? >> please. love to have you. >> i thought dylan wanted to -- >> yes. i seen it yet. >> still ahead here, the latest on a shocking celebrity split. but first this is "today" on nbc. goldman sachs was one of those companies whose illegal activity helped destroy our economy... vo: as a goldman sachs president, phil murphy made his fortune in a rigged system. now the jersey machine has lined up with murphy and his millions. leaders should stand for the people, not the political machine. as a prosecutor, at treasury, and as head of the brennan

a memento of jean alexander the person rather than just jean alexander the person rather thanjust hilda jean alexander the person rather than just hilda ogden. that is what people have the chance to do, bedford of these, but this is the star one, expected to go around 3:30pm or 4pm. these didn't blog to her, they belong to coronation street. but step that a holistic look at the forecast. thank you. a wet start across the south—east of england. to the north a different story. northern scotland has started lovely and bright and sunny like this shows and bright and sunny like this shows an acceptance but different further south. a lot of cloud and tricks of rain and woman to whom it. a lot of boring to come. bright colours showing where the torrential downpours worth. more heavy rain putting into words, the east midlands. sunshine continuing across the far south—east and that will boost temperatures. probably the best sunshine will be in scotland and northern ireland and we could see temperatures reaching around the mid to upper teens but it will feel a bit fresher than of late. some s

hami we have had six cutters named for alexander hamilton. he's a fundamental element in our service because he laid the foundation when george washington picked the first officers, named the first ships and are you inviting all the co-stars to hamilton? >> absolutely. >> and the "today" show, too. that would be fantastic. >> oh, please, we can do that. >> dylan really wants that. >> i really want to because i haven't seen it yet. >> that's really cool. >>> coming up, the latest on a celebrity split coming up in "pop start." but first, this is "today" on nbc. . >>> still to come on >>> still to come on "today," more trouble for president trump as new reports show jared kushner attempted to set up back door communications with russia. we have the latest. >>> and the a-list celebrities and family and friends pay their respects to rock star chris cornell. >> but first these messages. wrinkles? your time is up! new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair reduces wrinkles in just one week. neutrogena® state farm knows that for every one of those moment

we have it all covered tonight starting with peter alexander. good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening. >> reporter: good evening, donald trump and his advisors tonight are forming a new crisis management team considering bringing back former campaign advisors to aggressively push back on the russian investigation one the president himself called a hoax coming amid growing revelations that lead directly into the president's inner circle. the white house tonight struggling to fend off questions about son-in-law jared kushner's connections with russia among headlines that aides concede blind-sided the staff. >> your questions presupposes facts that have not been confirmed. >> reporter: press secretary sean spicer did not deny a report that during kushner's meeting at trump tower with michael flynn and sergey proposed setting up secret back channel communications with moscow using russian diplomatic facilities for the talks. >> i would just say mr. kushner's attorney said mr. kushner has volunteered to share with congress what this means. >>

in the last three years, much has been said about alexander blackman. today, his wife alongside him, he was having his say on a decision in the heat of battle that led to a murder charge. his actions, captured on helmet camera. if you look at the video, it would seem plain that you knew what you were doing. it's a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour. to be fair, you can put quite a view different spins on what was said. unless you were actually there you don't know the full story. hindsight is a wonderful thing. especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, we would change it. if we had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he would. you lost a lot of colleagues and friends. it's hard and i think one of the hardest things i found, and i think i said before, you don't get to give a lot of good news to people when you're out there. someone's died in an incident. what would normally be a really bad piece of news to follow, you're giving it as a plus, this guy has lost a leg but he's g

very important story we are keeping an eye on. >> alexander field is on top of it. she will join us live in a few moments, for this hour, that's all from this hour of "newsroom." >> i'm george howell the news continues right after the break.

now to peter alexander at the white house. this was on the mind of the president this morning. he's had a busy morning on twitter. what can you tell us, spipeter? >> reporter: we have heard from the white house in the way they would frame this in advance of sally yates' testimony is that yates as they described it was politicizing this issue, that's effectively what we heard from the president on twitter. already this morning, we'll put the tweets up for you. he wrote that general flynn was given the highest security clearance by the obama administration, but the fake news as he describes it, seldom likes talking about that. notably, the president, president obama, fired michael flynn who was then rehired under donald trump going forward. separately, donald trump today tweets, ask sally yates under oath if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to the white house council. that's don mccann, and president trump is going after sally yates, attacking her integrity on this issue, even in advance of her testimony today, chris. >> in

and alexander's grandfather was abraham zapruder. the dressmaker who had the extraordinary occasion to find himself in that position on that day to capture these 26 seconds of faithful witness of history. and how many of you have seen the zapruder film? how many people have seen gone with the wind? [laughter] it is right up there. with american our relationship, a complex american relationship to media that this document, this artifact of our history is simultaneously an artifact of media and in some respects as one colleague of mine once described, it was the initiation of america had into reality tv. into reality media. it has an extraordinary complex phenomenal logical profile. this piece of film, of home movie of celluloid. one day shot in one place in dallas texas. and alexander has an extraordinary job of weeding together the story of her family and the incredible impact on their lives. and in fact, also the best discussion have seen and i am a bit of a - have to confess i feel deeply into the literature and the war around it.

earl alexander roberts, naval alexander. john michael. his commission will be presented by his father appeared -- nicholas lee. austin joseph ross, mechanical engineering. his commission will be presented by his brother. amanda roy. naval architecture, cutter stratton. megan patricia sackett. electrical engineering. management georgian army cutte. emily rose sacco its. civil engineering. taylor harrison weston. christopher benjamin sanchez. management, cutter dauntless. eva marie. environmental science. management cutter melon. her commission will be presented by her father. tyrus. frederick myers. rachel marie. operations research, flight school. alexander kyle simpson. his commission will be presented by his father, u.s. coast guard retired. luke. midgett.t cutter jennifer olivia stein. operations research, cutter munro. cherokee don strickland. benjamin franklin strong. operations research, cutter alliance. brendan ryan sullivan. management. caleb james. management, flight school. london james thomas. michael preston thomas. civil engi

in particular, alexander hamilton walked these streets. his buildings for the treasury office were right there. that's the first bank of america, and our next song -- yeah, let's hear it for the first bank of america. we have a lot now. [applause] mr. harcourt: but our next song details how that bank got its charter. hamilton was obsessed as treasury secretary with getting a debt plan passed and paying for all the debt they incurred with the war and the southern democratic republicans were dead set that he would not pass it. he had to do something he didn't really enjoy, but to make some trades to see what he could get done. never before i think has a song made passing a debt plan sexy and danceable, so it's got that going for it. [laughter] it also happens to be the -- the platform and the impetus for aaron burr to jump into a political life. he was laying back at that time, and when he saw the kind of power that hamilton could wield, he wanted in. helping me, we have playing the role of hamilton, gracious and taylor. we have thomas jeffe

in the last three years, much has been said about alexander blackman. today, his wife alongside him, he was having his say on a decision in the heat of battle that led to a murder charge. his actions, captured on helmet camera. if you look at the video, it would seem plain that you knew what you were doing. it's a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour. to be fair, you can put quite a view different spins on what was said. unless you were actually there you don't know the full story. hindsight is a wonderful thing. especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, we would change it. if we had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he would. you lost a lot of colleagues and friends. it's hard and i think one of the hardest things i found, and i think i said before, you don't get to give a lot of good news to people when you're out there. someone's died in an incident. what would normally be a really bad piece of news to follow, you're giving it as a plus, this guy has lost a leg but he's g

our alexander field is live in seoul. we are understanding this news comes from the deposgovernment south korea. >> reporter: that's right it comes from the joint chiefs in south korea. we are learning south korean officials will convene a meeting of the national security council. that will happen shortly. officials will be trying to analyze what projectiles was launched in what is a long string of provocations from pyongyang. all we hear it is some kind of projectile, but to put this into context, we know that pyongyang has fired off nearly a dozen ballistic missiles. we we heard here just at the start of the trump administration if this was a ballistic missile they attempted to launch, officials will be trying to determine how successful the launch was and what exactly they put up there. again, this comes one week after a very successful launch from north korea, was just last sunday we saw the launch and missile that landed closer to russia than japan. at the time analysts weighed in and said this was a projectile that

jean alexander played coronation street's much loved gossip for more than 20 years. she died last october at the age of 90. her nieces were auctioning off her belongings. the star attraction is the pinny. of course. did you know she always had that? i didn't, really. when we came to tidy up her things, sadly, after she died, i came across a parcel in a wardrobe with her handwriting on a little label. and when we looked into it further, it turned out that this was the first pinny and headscarf and curlers she'd used in the show. she'd taken them with her when she started in coronation street. and they belonged to my grandmother, jean's mother. there was online interest from italy and the us, but many had turned up to bid in person. everybody had an auntie or a nan or somebody like that. and shejust reminded you of a typical northern lady. well, i always put my own curlers in myself, so that to me just would be brilliant to get that. 40 in the corner, 45. this piece of hilda history was the final lot of the day, and went for by far the biggest amount. £4200. bought by

you could see all our friends' faces like this -- best photo ever. >> their duo "alexander jean." how is working together -- >> we bicker. but we respect each other so much. >> like a puzzle. >> wow. >> writer's block, you just make out and figure it out. >> sure. >> mark ballas is reprising his role of frankie valli. >> on broadway you were in new york for a few days and you didn't come, that was kind of messed. >> up if i could only send you my schedule -- >> if i i could only send you. >> oh, man, mark, i want to see the show and i'm going to. the couple's honeymoon is still on hold until mark's wrap up his role in jersey boys. >> cam, thanks a lot. >>> meanwhile, tonight on the big bang theory the boys get a big shock when the secret project they're working on disappears. laurie metcalfe, we got to latest on the new series. >>> that's right, like mother like daughter. in the prequel, laurie's real-life daughter zoe perry is young marriy cooper, mm to jim parsons' character in the prequel "young sheldon." >> metcalfe, who just got a tony nom for "a doll's house part 2" is psych

let me quickly bring in peter alexand alexander. everyone waiting for this presidential departure, and whether or not there will be a decision in the next hour or so before he leaves town. >> it was a good question. it would have to happen soon. it is scheduled for just shy of 2:00. it is possible it could still happen where the focus is for this white house, this is an ambitious trip. five days, nine stops, a ton at stake. a region where there are all sorts of diplomatic hurdles they'll have to cross. the president is opening to deliver a message that they will come together in unity to defeat isis. an official told me their goal was stopping in saudi arabia and the vatican as they visit the central locations for three of the world's great religions to put aside as described to me, their petty differences for peace and prosperity. but this president is shadowed by his tough rhetoric of islam, calling for a muslim ban will proceed him. israel is an ally that is anxious. they had two top senior officials from russia. so much at steak

he was also previously in education policy advisor to senator lamar alexander, the republican from tennessee, who is the chairman of the senate education committee. a quick housekeeping note. this is one of the first panels at ewa. #ewa2017.et using everything is on the record, so it is fair game. we want you to make news. this is also being livestreamed on periscope. because we have such a big task ahead of us today, we want to provide lots of time for your questions. we are going to forgo opening remarks from the palace -- into this.nd dive i want to take a minute to set the scene we are currently in. , six months ago, how many of you guys thought we would he in this -- be in this politics and education environment we would be in today? no one? ok. [laughter] so the collective we kind of missed the ball on this. i don't think many of us expected to have a president trump, or maybe we expected a republican would be in the white house, but maybe not this republican.he is certainly doing things a little differently , as he has pledged to do. we are transitioning from an administration that re

we've had six cutters named after alexander hamilton. he's a fundamental figure in our service because he laid the foundation with george washington, picked the first officers, named the first ships and built the first ships. so in this legislate end class, this brand new highly sophisticated, technological cut are, it's very appropriate to have his name. >> and since they invited you guys, are you guys inviting all of the coast guard to hamilton? >> absolutely. >> and the cast of the "today" show, too? >> please. love to have you. >> i thought dylan wanted to -- >> yes. i seen it yet. >> still ahead here, the latest on a shocking celebrity split. but first this is "today" on nbc. . >>> still to come on "today," more trouble for president trump as he wraps up that week-long foreign trip. new information that his son-in-law, jared kushner, tried to set up that connection with wrinkles? your time is up! new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair with the proven power of retinol. reduces wrinkles in just one week. neutrogena® state farm knows t

in the last three years, much has been said about alexander blackman. today, his wife alongside him, he was having his say on a decision in the heat of battle that led to a murder charge. his actions, captured on helmet camera. if you look at that video, it would seem plain to everyone that you knew what you were doing. it‘s a five—minute section of an incident that took well over an hour. to be fair, you can put quite a view different spins on what was said. unless you were actually there, you don‘t know the full story. hindsight is a wonderful thing. given, especially what‘s happened to us in our life, if you could go back, you would change things. if we had a time machine and could go back and do things differently, he absolutely would. you lost a lot of colleagues and friends. yeah, it‘s hard and i think one of the hardest things i found, and i think i said before, you don‘t get to give a lot of good news to people when you‘re out there in a position of command. someone‘s died in an incident. what would normally be a really bad piece

at the very beginning with alexander calder. but the moment the car hit the pit stop, kids were screaming. it became the immediate darling of the crowd that was watching. >> reporter: the next year, frank stella created his grass paper bmw. in 1977, roy lick ten stein's looked like a comic strip. and the ford car is the most famous, painted by andy warhol in 1979, it's now considered the most valuable car in bmw history. an african artist was the first woman to paint a bmw in 1991. a british artist painted a dachshund on the back panel of his car because his own dogging rode with him. jeff koonce was the last to paint a car. in 2010, until john valdsori got the commission. have you ever done a car before? >> no, that was the challenge. wow, beautiful. >> reporter: at 85, he is a towering figure in the art world. and not just because he's 6'7". he's been called a surrealist for the digital age, and once he instructed a class to write "i will not make any more boring art" over and over. >> i always said art is what you can get awa