czechoslovakia just a year after peddler came to power in germany and his family fled to poland where he was not long after confined to the ghetto there. he was transported auschwitz. he left auschwitz on one of the well-known death marches. he was finally liberated in august of 1945. his story is pretty extraordinary and there are two really powerful themes that come out in his book, in my view. one is this idea of luck, and chance. the book is called a lucky child , and there s an awful lot in the book about being in the right place at the right time or being in the wrong place at the wrong time and how important those things become in a time of the other crisis like the one that the judge lived through as a young child. the second theme that i got from it is that people respond to extraordinary situations in all kinds of ways. some people become beasts and some become cruel, some people are survivors at any cost and some people become selfish, understandably, and some peo
We got through thanksgiving, got through black friday. I may be too tired to click for cyber monday. So i should. Have left my christmas list inside your office . I cant do it. Im not able. I know. Its a big, big day. Online sales are almost eclipsing regular bricks and mortar sales. 3 billion. More about that in a little while. Lets start on a monday morning with our top story. President obama beginning this week in paris attending Landmark Conference on Climate Change. That city, of course, still on edge following those deadly terror attacks. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is traveling with the president. Kelly, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Security here is already very tight with emergency measures in place. Just two weeks after the isis attacks here in paris. That is not what brought president obama to france, but it was the first thing on his mind. Arriving very early this morning, just after midnight, president obama took advantage of the relative quiet and the empty st
Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. We got through thanksgiving, got through black friday. I may be too tired to click for cyber monday. So i should. Have left my christmas list inside your office . I cant do it. Im not able. I know. Its a big, big day. Online sales are almost eclipsing regular bricks and mortar sales. 3 billion. More about that in a little while. Lets start on a monday morning with our top story. President obama beginning this week in paris attending Landmark Conference on Climate Change. That city, of course, still on edge following those deadly terror attacks. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is traveling with the president. Kelly, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Security here is already very tight with emergency measures in place. Just two weeks after the isis attacks here in paris. That is not what brought president obama to france, but it was the first thing on his mind. Arriving very early this p
We got through thanksgiving, got through black friday. I may be too tired to click for cyber monday. So i should. Have left my christmas list inside your office . I cant do it. Im not able. I know. Its a big, big day. Online sales are almost eclipsing regular bricks and mortar sales. 3 billion. More about that in a little while. Lets start on a monday morning with our top story. President obama beginning this week in paris attending Landmark Conference on Climate Change. That city, of course, still on edge following those deadly terror attacks. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is traveling with the president. Kelly, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Security here is already very tight with emergency measures in place. Just two weeks after the isis attacks here in paris. That is not what brought president obama to france, but it was the first thing on his mind. Arriving very early this morning, just after midnight, president obama took advantage of the relative quiet and the empty st
This morning were learning more about the alleged gunmans unusual life as relatives of the victims speak out. He took my only brother from me. Thats the only brother that i had. Scary scene. A bus carrying College Students back to school after the thanksgiving holiday overturns in virginia. At least 35 injured. That driver facing reckless driver charges this morning. And ready, set, click. Americans expected to spend 3 billion on this cyber monday as amazon shows off what they hope will be the future of getting your packages quicker than ever, today, monday, november 30th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. We got through thanksgiving, got through black friday. I may be too tired to click for cyber monday. Shouldnt have left my christmas list inside your office . I cant do it. Im not able. I know. Its a big, big day. Online sales are