Raymond e. Mason jr. Distinguish lecture on world war ii. General raymond e. Mason junior served under general George Patton in world war ii. He worked his way through the rankses including important posting at the pentagon. After his military career, he was a successful businessman and concert with his wife margaret, became a generous philanthropist. A gift from the Mason Foundation created an endowed lecture series here at the museum which we have been hosting 2008 and with which we will be bringing in here for multiple events many distinguished speakers such as the gentleman who will be joining us in a moment. For the final session of the morning, were bringing one of our oldest friends from the museum best selling author, alex kershaw. Who i joke one or two may know him, i think all of you know him, anybody who has any interest in world war ii or military history generally has Great Respect for alex and his many books which include the bedford boys. Longest winter escape from the d
Trial. The disturbing comments he claims frazee made about killing his fiancee and getting away with it. Vaping investigation breakthrough. The cdc may be zeroing in on a potential cause of vapingrelated lung illness. Fo samples tested, a strong cull pretty of concern. Plus a major announcement on vaping expected within days. And health scare. Pat sajaks sudden surgery. The wheel of fortune host sidelined from the set. How vanna stepped in to fill his shoes. Captions paid for by abc, inc. Good morning. A lot of news from politics to vaping. We start with a developing weather story. We have seen the forecast, it is deeply unpleasant. Look at this here. Lakeeffect snow. The situation in michigan. Also snowing in New Hampshire. I was there. I can attest to that. Thats not the main issue. Its the cold technically still fall but a winter blast has overtaken the eastern half of the country. Just a tease of wto were talking singledigit windchills from the midwest and the northeast. Also talk
Loose. Gunned down, a key witness whose testimony was crucial at Police Officer amber guyger shot and killed just days after the verdict. His lawyer now asking is there a connection. Those stories, plus the former Harvey Weinstein assistant speaking out after two decades of silence. Simonesational, the worlds greatest gymnast does it again, and what made that move at the World Championship even more meaningful. And tale of survival, the incredible rescue of a dog trapped in hurricane rubble for nearly three weeks and the pet they call miracle is with us live, today, monday, october 7th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, welcome to today, nice to have you with us on a monday morning. We shouldnt make people wait to see this sweet story. This little dog named miracle, right there, and it is a miracle that he was able to survive. When you think about three weeks in the rubble, they said this lit
Role as an fbi agent and h her online show where just about everything is on the table. Its wednesday, august 14, 2019. Heres your eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. China moving toward its border with hong kong amid clashes with prodemocracy demonstrators and the police. Hong kong on edge after protests turned violence. Many young people are ready to sacrifice themselves. In a federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein reportedly died. Security guards reported they checked on epstein. This is just not acceptable. Pof a shooting that left nine people dead. The executive in charge said it was a targeted attack. Trump is backing off on his tariffs on china. Severe weather left a major impact on parts of the midwest. Strong thunderstorms and several tornadoes. I just had lunch with someone who was a real opren gayle king and her fri lady o. Thats a compliment. And all that matters. Cbs stands behind chris cuomo despite an expletive rant caught on tape. He was like, if i wasnt in this box, i wo
Always wide open. Sometimes theyre choked with ice. Mr. President , hopefully you and i are goerg toe have an opportunity to go up and see some ice. And understand what is going on inhe understand what is going on in the bearing straits, understand what is in the baring straits, and to appreciate the ft an arctic nation, we have one polar security cutter that io s in th water. You know what . She doesnt even go to the arctic. She plows out mcmurd every year, and she is so old and shes so tired, she has to go back into dry dock, and she sits therentdone. Then she goes back and she plows out mcmurdo. So were probably never going to see her in the shame. What a shame. Because russias got more than their share of ice breakers up there. By some counts, over 50, 54. China has their ice breakers that theyre working on. We have they have six we know of, probably me by now. Were not engaging as an arrangementsic nation as an arctic nation, when others can move i the arctic and we cant. We cant.