Of Mother Nature and humanity. If you would like more information on surf therapy at future events, you can visit waves strength. Org. It is the perfect reminder. If you need help, ask for it. If you can give help, please give it. It is worth it. And on that note, i wish you a very good and safe monday night. For all of our colleagues across nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. Ill see it tomorrow. Thanks for you at home joining us this hour. Good to have you here tonight. All right, here it is. Already . In late december, Philip Johnson and Alan Blackburn someone a reporter from the New York Herald tribune to johnsons office at the museum of modern art in New York City. They were offering an exclusive, the Herald Tribune called them adventurous with an intellectual overlay, and explained that the two were taking a sabbatical from the museum in order to start a new political movement. They were calling it the national party, and they were lighting out for louisiana the very ne
soaring to nearly 120 degrees. the dangerous temperatures only expected to get worse over the next few days. and the record heat is fueling several new brush fires here in southern california. they are erupting in size and they are forcing evacuations. nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the numbers for us but we will begin with nbc marissa power instilling, phoenix. marissa, just how are people they re coping with this incredible heat? yes listen it is no secret phoenix is used to soaring temperatures but even people who live there are struggling to find relief amid what could only be described as a heat marathon. millions of americans waking up to yet another day of extreme weather. water logged for ahmaud bracing for more rain after catastrophic flooding. down, south extreme heat breaking more records coast to coast. from miami, until death valley, or the hottest place on earth is about to get even hotter. predicted this weekend to reach a scorching 13
but one thing we ll try to him about is something i haven t discussed in a full segment on this program but i have suggested from time to time, that i do not see, given that presidents of the united states get lifetime secret service protection, i have not been able to see how a president, former president, can be sentenced to prison. that means a dozen secret service agents. you ve seen how many secret service agents go to court with him. how many have to go to prison with him? how do you do that? in what prison? how is that supposed to work? i have just as i think about it i have thought i thought it to be impossible. eric holder thinks it s possible. as attorney general used to be in charge of the bureau of prisons so finally we have someone who knows more about this than i do, which is pretty easy to find. those are some logistics i would like to hear about, lawrence, so i will be tuning in. finally we re gonna have that discussion. i m eager to do. it at long last.
By the use of atomic bombs in a single night. I am afraid that the answer to that question is yes. Clock Ticking jon else Robert Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. He was this complex ball of contradictions. Oppenheimer they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. Richard rhodes oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. How else would the world know what it was . Eleanor roosevelt dr. Oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control . Oppenheimer in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. ticking Newsreel Narrator it is dminus one for the test of the worlds first atomic device. Else this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. And he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the monster that he had unleashed. Oppenheimer if there is another world war. This civilization may go under. Kai bird he became a political pariah. Edward r. Murrow is it true that humans have already di
rodeo the eighth wonder. it was responsible for the black plague, and it is the limit get out of jail free card for accountability and just look around, all of the problems we see in the world today don t worry, it is all people doing bad things making poor choices that s just a simple case of bad luck watching the news this week, it became clear. i didn t have to look any further than little hunter biden ensor, it was reckless hunter photographed himself driving 72 miles per hour behind the wheel of his porsche and elton doing days long vegas vendor with prostitutes. along with the selfies of himself smoking crack while behind the wheel but in hunter s defense, he was trying to get home as fast as he could because he had left you know apparently a bag of cocaine the library caliber. counter. how determine if the president to get to the bottom of this at the white house. secret service is getting to the bottom this is the purview. how determine is the president. he th