Philips embalmed body was sealed in a lead coffin and carried in a funeral cortege whh took nearly seven weeks to wind the 250 miles from brussels to dijon. Accompanied by his sons, his chaplains, and members of his royal court, the hearse was drawn by six horses in black with the blue banners of burgundy fluttering at its corners. At dijon, it was received not only by the weeping clergy, but by 100 chosen townspeople and 100 poor, also clad in black at the dukes expense. As with the other great royal and ducal rituals of the later middle ages, death itself could be turned into public theater. Philips tomb itself lay just outside dijon at the carthusian monastery of champmol. It took nearly 30 years to complete and was finished in 1414. Three sculptors worked on it. Among them was a forgotten genius of european art, the man who conceived this remarkable evocation of that funeral procession, claus sluter. He came from haarlem in the netherlands and worked for the duke of burgundy for 20
On what to do. Watch your toes, sue. Absolutely, ty. Chilling pictures. Wait until you see them. Its amazing how close the sharks are getting to shore. We start with detroits bankruptcy filing. They filed the largest ever municipal bankruptcy late yesterday afternoon. The citys state appointed emergency manager sought bankruptcy protection rather than taking more money from the battered Emergency Services department to pay off the debt. Today michigans Governor Rick Snyder said many of the citys creditors arent sure theyll ever be repaid. This is the cover though of todays detroit free press. Its a pretty big headline and an optimistic one. It says a chance for a fresh start. Well, we certainly hope thats the case, but we dont know yet. Robert frank is reporting on how some may see opportunity now in detroit, of course, with the situation, but first, well start with Kayla Tausche on who the detroit bondholders are. Sue, Governor Snyder alluded to them but a lot of ink has been given to
I like that. J. P. Does that work . He doesnt seem to like it. Whats going on . Come on lets talk a little bit. We never talk any more. Really . Thats funny. Went to the concert last night. What concert. Surprise concert in times square for World Aids Day. It was supposed to be u2 but bono was late. Bad month. They had different people come out and play the role of bono. Chris martin from coldplay, springsteen did a couple of songs. What was your favorite . Springsteen. He did with or without you. The beard is gone. Like a babys bottom. Can you get Louis Instagram up . Somebody has jumped the shark. As he was shaving no, before he shaved. Before he shaved he wrote something put up a picture of himself where he happens to just look great. Model face. Yeah, model face. He has a model face. Well get back to that. And i want says getting ready to say goodbye to the beard. I almost fired him. Kind of creepy. I just thought, you know what . Hes got to go. Dont you think . He does. Its over.
Soup cans are stolen in a brazen grab. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. You know its a strange president ial Election Year when a man not even a candidate in the race had to come forward today to say count me out. Speaker of the house paul ryan tried to stick a fork in some growing speculation, saying he wont accept the republican nomination. Donald trump is best positioned to win the delegates needed for the nomination, especially when he wins big in new york next week. But the math is still challenging, and the path uncertain. Which is why the republican establishment has been talking up speaker ryan as its potential white knight. With late details, heres nbcs peter alexander. I do not want, nor will i accept the nomination for our party. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan today tried to put unrelenting 2016 speculation to bed. To be the president , you should actually run for
Stories. Cool combination nathan lee from britain mixes classical flute with beat boxing. Skills on wheels presenting two acrobatic cyclists from germany. And cut above the rest to meet spains number one m. Carver. All the flute as an instrument generally calls to mind classical associations like mozarts magic flute or even Prokofieff Peter and the wolf but when british musician Nathan League his hands on one he saw yet another possibility namely beat boxing or rather as he prefers to call it flute boxing which is a type of music in a category all of its own so lets see how he does. When nathan lee plains it first sounds like classical flutes but not for long. He calls his mix of melodic tones and beatbox rhythms slow clocks and its something very few musicians have mastered ive seen one of them. Not like he used to meet by accident its crazy my heart goes much appreciated here. At the box using your mouth to imitate sounds and instruments is as much a part of londons underground cultu