This is al smiths greatgrandson introducing one of the candidates. Lets go to it. I was thinking about the republican nominee, donald j. Trump. There are actually some rumors going around that he wasnt going to show up tonight. He could say he wanted to keep us in suspense. We considered having a donald trump cutout on the dais, but if we wanted someone still lifeless, we could ask charlie rose to speak again. It is stark that donald is here tonight. Thats right, for the first time, a Catholic Church is not the largest tax exempt land owner here tonight. We are honored to have donald and melania here tonight. The Al Smith Dinner is a new york institution. Donald, the kid from queens, with a big heart and a big mouth is without question a new york institution. Donald, the microphone is yours, and its working. Thank you, al, wow, that was good. This is a hell of a dipper. Dinner. I want to thank your eminence. This is really great to be with you again. We love it. Governor cuomo. Great s
If youre noticing a trend here, youre right. Because it was also Democratic Party in 1928 that made the first nomination of a catholic for president in this country. And that was new york governor al smith. Among the many Glass Ceilings that the Democratic Party has broken in president ial and Vice President ial politics, he was the first major catholic to be a major president ial nominee. And he got shellacked. Hubert hoover beat him in 40 states. That was at a time when we only had 48 states. Poor al smith. But he is still remembered and honored among new york catholics, most notably with this dinner they hold every year which is an Election Year turns out to always be lousy with politicians. This is al smiths greatgrandson introducing one of the candidates. Lets go to it. I was thinking about the republican nominee, donald j. Trump. There are actually some rumors going around that he wasnt going to show up tonight. He could say he wanted to keep us in suspense. We considered having
Stories unfolding today. All of them, frankly, bad news for President Trump. President trump experiencing major challenges abroad as his presidency is under siege at home, hours after the president walked out of his muchhyped second summit with north koreas kim jongun. Today his former fixer is testifying yet again on capitol hill. Yesterday cohen delivered a brutal testimony, calling the president a racist and conman, who directed many of the crimes that cohen committed. Of course, he has credibility issues and is going to prison, in part, for having previously lied to congress. He provided House Democrats with a long list of potential crimes and schemes to investigate and future witnesses to grill. The president has, of course, been more focused recently on the Nuclear Threat posed by north korea the last few days and now says hes involved in trying to pull two other countries with nukes back from the brink. India and pakistan. Were following all three of these critically important s
today, wednesday, june 20th, don t tell the whole story today, wednesday, june 20th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and ann curry live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. summer doesn t officially start until later this evening but the heat wave in the middle part of the country is moving east and will have people sweating up and down the east coast today. here in new york it s expected to top out somewhere around 95 degrees. cooling centers are being set up in dozens of cities to help people cope with this. here is the real rub, it could be hotter tomorrow. we ll get al s forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. also the suspect accused of a brutal murder in canada has now made his initial court appearance and pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. now investigators want to know if he has any possible links to unsolved cases in the un
don t tell the whole story today, wednesday, june 20th, don t tell the whole story today, wednesday, june 20th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and ann curry live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. summer doesn t officially start until later this evening but the heat wave in the middle part of the country is moving east and will have people sweating up and down the east coast today. here in new york it s expected to top out somewhere around 95 degrees. [ male announcer ] savor a sip of a real fruit smoothie cooling centers are being set up in dozens of cities to help from mccafé! people cope with this. here is the real rub, it could like the flavorful fusion of mango/pineapple. be hotter tomorrow. we ll get al s forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. also the suspect accused of a brutal murder in canada has .bursting with fresh f