[music playing] the Baltimore Ravens select michael oher, Offensive Tackle, mississippi. When the nfl draft came around in 2009, michael oher brought the tuohys to his Introductory Press Conference and introduced them as kind of his parents, which he thought they were. They meant a lot to me. I dont think id be here without them. They showed me a lot of things. They taught me a lot. So i owe them everything. Michael, do you want to introduce them . Sure. You got my dad, sean tuohy, on the first row seat. Mom, Leigh Anne Tuohy, brother sean, and collins, older sis. Theres always 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 truths in every story. If i looked at this story, i would say, its about a young man who had his voice taken from him early on. Do you have any place to stay tonight . Dont you dare lie to me. The blind side told this story in a very boiled down way of michael oher, A Young Black Kid coming from the projects of memphis, from a dysfunctional family, who is embraced and eventually adopted by this whi
[music playing] the Baltimore Ravens select michael oher, Offensive Tackle, mississippi. When the nfl draft came around in 2009, michael oher brought the tuohys to his Introductory Press Conference and introduced them as kind of his parents, which he thought they were. They meant a lot to me. I dont think id be here without them. They showed me a lot of things. They taught me a lot. So i owe them everything. Michael, do you want to introduce them . Sure. You got my dad, sean tuohy, on the first row seat. Mom, Leigh Anne Tuohy, brother sean, and collins, older sis. Theres always 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 truths in every story. If i looked at this story, i would say, its about a young man who had his voice taken from him early on. Do you have any place to stay tonight . Dont you dare lie to me. The blind side told this story in a very boiled down way of michael oher, A Young Black Kid coming from the projects of memphis, from a dysfunctional family, who is embraced and eventually adopted by this whi
because tracy chapman is standing next to me. i absolutely loved it, so i thank them both for bringing us that special, special song to take us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you again at the end of tomorrow. at the end of tomorrow. really happy to have you here. happy monday. so in september, you might remember that there was a big strike. united auto workers went on strike, they called it a stand up strike, which means they didn t strike every single factory, every single facility all at once, they strategically picked individual plants to strike and pick it. and it was so they could basically keep up the pressure on the companies but also be nimble about it while their negotiations were going on. a strike is about what leverage you can use against the companies. this was a strategy that was about fine-tuning their le
capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
from bolting and going to somewhere where they could be in the uaw. and the public reaction to this was interesting.bl the public was overwhelmingly in support of the autoworkers while they were on this strike. polls showed like 75% of the public supported the autoworkers in this strike.rt so this is a historic thing, a a big deal. but if you think back to september, right when we were at the start of it, before we knew it would work, before we knew it would be successful, before we knew how it would turn out, how much public opinion would be in support of these guys, when we were less than two weeks into that strike, do you remember what president biden did? you might remember. president biden went to michigan and joined the autoworkers. from the white house, he had been supporting them vocally. he had been trying to help facilitate negotiations but once they indeed went on strike, he physically went to michigan to w one of the plants that was being picketed and he stood wit