Phenomenon unfolded. Then woodstock cocreators discuss how it came together and the Music Festivals legacy. Last night the traffic was immense but somehow, between dark and dawn, when the music finally stopped, they disappeared across the country. Thousands remained on the 600 acre rented dairy farm pitching in on the cleanup detail or waiting out the crowd. The festival site is nestled in the heart of the catskills resort area. The biggest town nearby is monticello. The towns people, quite frankly, were terrified of the prospect of the hippie arrival. Before it was over, something happened in monticello. Residents and resorts freely emptied their cupboards for the kids. You didnt sell many shoes. No, not too many but they were happy here. I think theyre really a Wonderful Group of kids. I never met so many kids who touched large numbers that were so polite, so patient, so courteous and understanding on these conditioned we had in the last three days. In the beginning it was a great de
In sport, officially the best footballer in the world Christiano Ronaldo wins fifas best male player award for the second year running beating messi and neymar. And we meet the man who wants to become the first person to walk across the antarctic alone and unaided. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Today for many of us, its going to be a fairly cloudy day. There is rain or drizzle in the forecast, but there are bright spells and ill tell you where in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Hospitals in england could carry out 280,000 extra operations a yearjust by making better use of operating theatres. Analysis by the watchdog nhs improvement, due out later this week, suggests that more than two hours a day on average are lost because of late starts and other delays. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Waiting lists for routine operations are growing and theres a continuing debate over whether more money is needed for the nhs or whether it could be more efficient. Now
Couple of showers and storms off to our south and west. But this is what were tracking for tomorrow. Lots of activity right now across minnesota and wisconsin. This will be diving to the south and east pressing into our area and its certainly means business tomorrow night. So, it will stay hot and humid as we get into the start of our weekend. Thunderstorms will bubble up early in the day. The main complex moves in tomorrow night damaging winds and the possibility of hail is also a big concern. Well take a closer look with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast guys. Melissa thank you. Plenty of people turn to pools to keep cool today. But at least one philadelphia pool was filled to capacity thanks to the heat. Chopper6 was over the cecil b. Moore pool in the brewerytown section where pool goers had to wait in line to get inside today. Swimmers were allowed to enjoy the water in 30 minute intervals so everyone got a chance to cool off at least for a little bit. While the excessiv
All that, plus lady lady. Tributes pouring in for comedy icon jerry lewis. Big ben goes silent but the outrage is loud. And epic grab. Unreal wow a kid makes the catch of the year, today, monday august 21, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today. Todays total eclipse with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Guys in graphics taking this very seriously. Were been talking about it since 1979. We want to start on this monday morning. Its a frantic search for navy sailors off the coast of sing poor. After the collision of an oil tanker and the uss john mccain. We have more from bill neely. Reporter good morning, matt. The seas off singapore are in darkness now but the search for the ten missing sailors is now intense by air and on the water. So, too, the search for answers. How on earth did this happen to one of the worlds most sophisticated warships . Especially since its not the first time. A gaping hole in its water line, a
Suffering. Reporter it follow as strategy session with the president S National Security team at camp daevid, en route t the middle east, defense secretary james mattis. Once he announces the strategy he can get more precise on afghanistan troop levels what were going to do. Reporter days after his departure ousted strategist steve bannon warned the president that propelled the president to office are at risk. Moderating trumps agenda. And now back at breitbart delivering a warning shot in the gop in an interview with the washington post. If the Republican Party gets behind the president on his plans and not theirs all sweetness and light adding, he doesnt expect sweetness anytime soon. Meanwhile, with tens of thousands in boston this weekend protesting racism and hate overwhelming demonstrators of what was intended to be a right wing free speech rally, and new this morning, usa today reports the secret service has run out of money unable to pay hundreds of agents in part because of th