[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im crossing the Delaware River from pennsylvania into new jersey. Yes, im following the route that general George Washington took to his big victory during the revolutionary war the battle of trenton. Im tracking down what i believe is the most intriguing strange inheritance ive heard of so far, something the father of our country may have been carrying that fateful night his wallet. My name is Barbara Farwell, and this is my daughter, linda. I inherited something from my mother, and one day my daughter will inherit it from me. For reasons that will become clearer as we follow the twists and turns of this story, the farwells have let their heirloom go on display right here in trenton. Barbara, how are you . Im jamie. So nice to meet you. Im glad to meet you. Hi, linda. How are you . Hi. Im fine. Thank you. So, whered you bring me . This is the Old Barracks Museum. And you keep something from your family here . Yes, we do. Come in. During the revo
Please submit your questions use the q a feature i will integrate as many as i can as time allows we will broadcast this friday im so excited to speak with lisa who got her first journalism job at cnn in turning new york at the nbc bureau as a chief reporter for the New York Times and msnbc and many other outlets authoring to prevent on two previous books about the man who made the mcdonalds fortune. Thank you for being with us im really excited to talk about your book. Back at you. I am delighted to virtually be with that constituency. Are glad to have you. Its difficult for some people who are watching to imagine what life was like before the news is all the time or even what it look like somehow out there was this idea of the 24 7 Cable News Network . And tell ted turner turn the switch on all night, there was no tv on my its hard to imagine but before cable had come along and before ted had the idea normally television stopped after the late movie and off all night and then came ba
Yes, now 110,000. 110,000, now 120,000. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im on my way to fall river, massachusetts, about an hour south of boston. Im going to meet a man whos strange inheritance begins with his familys powerful connection to a future president. Im Dennis Harkins. Our mother passed in 1990. She left us with correspondence regarding our uncle harold who was lost in the South Pacific during world war ii. Dennis. Im jamie. Pleased to meet you. What is this place . This has to do with our inheritance. These ships. Mmhmm. Yes. Lets check it out. The Battleship Cove museum here in fall river has two of the last remaining pt boats from world war ii. Dennis uncle harold, who served on a pt boat, joined the navy in november 1941. He was the impish, typical younger brother. I think it was probably exciting for him. Then, a month later, pearl harbor. [ explosions ] with the u. S. At war, harold is shipped to the South Pacif
Not waiting for officials or even daybreak, they are still coming. Host those are the words and images that nbc used to open its special report on the night of november 9, 19 89. 30 years later, we are remembering that earth and concrete shattering day. Gallery,he berlin wall from the newseum and washington, d. C. Wass our socialism such a devastating failure. Cuba, venezuela, china, russia even the scandinavians are running away from it tremendously. We have such a generational divide here in america concerning socialism. They seem to be predisposed in favor of it. They do not know mao or stalicad after world war ii. Heres that clip. [video clip] until such time germany could reshape her own destiny, she would be divided into separate sounds of occupation, each controlled by an allied power american, british, french, russian. Economically, she would be treated as a whole. This the victors had agreed when they met to decide the future of germany. Even then, some had reservations about
And a female referee will take charge of a major mince match in European Competition for the 1st time tonight stephanie for a pop will read liverpool against chelsea in the super cup. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us flights have resumed at Hong Kong International airport after 2 days of chaotic protests forced to shut down in a bid to avoid more disruption the Airport Authority has obtained a temporary injunction banning protesters from certain areas Chinas Hong Kong Affairs Office has condemned what it calls near terrorist acts the mass demonstrations have escalated into outbursts of bile and says activists clashed with police heres a look at how things unfolded. Was the 2nd day of the shutdown and the anger is palpable was clashes everywhere ah was protesters penned a policeman into a corner take his truncheon up. Forcing him to pull his weapon up. Remarkably no one was killed elsewhere the thing this man is an undercover policeman ah was hes attacked was eventually me