we just won an oscar to gather for all the little boys and girls who look like me watchin tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities this is proof that dreams drea big, and dreams do come true and ladies, don t let anybod tell you you are ever past you prime. never give up! [applause] and on that, american dream affirming note, i wish you a good night from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i ll see you at the end of tomorrow thanks for joining us this hour. it s really good to have you here when we get a new president in this country, or when we get a president reelected for a ne term, that president i inaugurated. he, or maybe someday she, is sworn in to start a ne presidential term in january right? that s why it s always so cold january 20th is when the inauguration happens but that has only been tru since the 1930s. up until the 1930s, presidents did not get inaugurated in january. they waited another tw
President and trails everything single one of them between 3 and 10 points, stu. Shes not looking like a savior. We shouldnt be surprised when our government tells us things that are not accurate that they try to hide documents. That shouldnt surprise us. Judge granting a verdict and effectively throwing the case out. Donald trump is talking to the average american thats been forgotten for so long and going to order them. Stuart the thunderstorm has passed and a drop of rain on want lens of new york city. 11 00 eastern, thursday, may 23rd. To the markets, please. The dow is down 275 points. Very few winners amongst the dow 30. Mostly theyre losers. Boeing, who else is down . Boeing, travelers, mcdonalds, theyre all down quite sharply. Show me big tech. We have nvidia at the top of the list doing extremely well. Its up 90, 9. 5 after a stellar Earnings Report late yesterday and microsoft at 431 up a fraction, 58cents and alphabet, apple, amazon on the downside. The 10year treasury yield
Tried to get ahead by diminishing those around him. This is part of pamplin historical part symposium called looking at generals we love to hate looking at Controversial Military leaders of the skwar civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary, to the day, that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france. During world war i. [ applause ] i am happy to introduce our next speaker. John j. Hennessey is a public historian and author, currently serving as the chief historian and chief of interpretation at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. John has worked for the nps for 25 years starting at manassas. He authored a great book, the first battle of manassas, july 18th through the 21st, as well as the probably the definitive book on second manassas return to bull run. Lets welcome john hennessey. [ applause ] so i have to start with this. This is not a gratuitous praising of my team that i have loved since i was 12. Pittsburgh penguins. They play hockey, you know. You mi
Point counterpoint. But i expect that to happen. At any moment. So i have all the questions here. Theyre really good ones. And not surprisingly, there are about four of them that are basically the same, but with a little bit of a twist. And it was a question that i was planning to ask anyway. So what i would like to do is just start over here and one at a time tell me who you think was the most hated general of the war. I think we all pretty much know this answer already. But and well go down the panel with that, and then start back here and say who do you think was the most loved general of the war. Okay . So lets start over here. The most hated general of the war. I get not only that question, but i getting to first. [ laughter ] can you start on that end . So i can kind of deal with the rest of us . Youre on the spot. Okay. Im not seriously i am not dodging when i answer this. I dont hate any of them. I really dont. Anybody of any rank from private to general, any of these guys who
John jay hennessy is an author serving as the chief historian and chief of interpretation at gettysburg at the military part. Worked he is the author of a great book, the first battle of manassas. Lets welcome john hennessy. [applause] mr. Hennessy i have to start with this. This is not a gratuitous phrasing of my team that i have loved since i was 11 years old. The pittsburg penguins play hockey. Remember they won the stanley cup. I offer this is context for some of what you have heard this week. Does anybody recall who was defeated in the final . [booing] mr. Desmond do you remember mr. Hennessy do you remember . Do you remember . Nashville is in the state of tennessee. The lives in the state of tennessee . Will green. [laughter] mr. Hennessy after the stanley cup finals, he called me or i called him. I can armor which. He told me how great it was. I told him, you know the penguins won. A said, were the predators fun game to watch . It occurred to me as i was sitting listening to him