charlie: i think you and ken burns formed a group. david: yes, we did. we were all saying pretty much the same thing. it was a concern for the country. values and about truvior, and belief in the th. charlie: right. david: belief in tolerance, believe in kindness and empathy and not charlie: these are all things you think should be presidential qualities? david: yes, i do. and i think that a certain confidence is essential, and you don t base your campaign or your attacks on your opponents unkindear and smear and actions and words. what disturbedt all of us who did that, made that effort, the historians and ofgraphers, is that a sense history and understanding of history is essential in leadership, leadership of all kinds. and that our most effective, most conscientious presidents, not always the most talented, or eloquent, have been students of history. charlie: including those who had not been university presidents. david: harry truman. charlie: harry truman, the one that
a sneaker subsidy. there s a new proposal to get cash to computers willing to take walk rather than drive to work. bob barnard is hitting the streets. he ll join us live with all the details. and later, saying goodbye to sound garden s chris cornell. how the music world reactioned to the news of the singer s shocking and sudden death overnight. good day at 9a starts right now. 9:01 in the time. the thursday may 18th, wisdom martin, holly morris, steve chenevey, maureen umeh getting ready to bring us important news. tough start to the day. two shocking deaths overnight. first singer chris cornell we ve been talking about throughout the morning sound garden we just learned about minutes ago roger ailes former chairman and coe of fox news. maureen has more on his life and legacy now. good morning. difficult morning here for fox news. fox news sharing the news our former colleague their former colleague the head of fox has died. he built fox news channel into me
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extreme weather. a tropical storm warning for the gulf coast tonight, as the heat intensi intensifies. the temperatures going to approach 120 degrees in phoenix. so hot, airlines are cancelling flights and al is tracking it all. those stories plus jared kushner speaks. tiger woods gets professional help. and large and in charge, the remarkable video of two elephants teaming up to save a drowning baby elephant, today, tuesday, june 20th, 2017. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to today. it s a tuesday morning. so glad to have you with us. lots going on in your world. we re going to tell you everything you need to know to get your day started. the tough talk from the president, following otto warmbi warmbier s president, just days after he was released in a coma from a north korean prison. and inrea mitchell is here this morning. reporter: it s demand
a tropical storm warning for the gulf coast tonight, as the heat intensi intensifies. the temperatures going to approach 120 degrees in phoenix. so hot, airlines are cancelling flights and al is tracking it all. those stories plus jared kushner speaks. tiger woods gets professional help. and large and in charge, the remarkable video of two elephants teaming up to save a drowning baby elephant, today, tuesday, june 20th, 2017. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to today. it s a tuesday morning. so glad to have you with us. lots going on in your world. we re going to tell you everything you need to know to get your day started. the tough talk from the president, following otto warmbi warmbier s president, just days after he was released in a coma from a north korean prison. and inrea mitchell is here this morning. reporter: it s demanding the release o