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re-told the o.j. simpson story so people can get that kato kaelin reference, chris. i think that s sort of apt, and that s why it seems, you know, based on his manner and his really strange or distant relationship to the campaign yeah. it s hard to see him as a central figure, but yet he did get a sign-off to go to russia to make this speech, and when you put it into part of this broader pattern, then it looks more significant than it does all by itself. this thing keeps growing. thank you so much. greg, thanks for coming on tonight. susan page, as wls. coming up, we re going to look at trump s first 100 days with one of trump s biggest critics during the campaign. actually rivals. ohio governor john kasich. he never endorsed trump, never will apparently. what s he think 100 days in? big guess tonight. plus president trump s all senate briefing about north korea the other day. democrats say it was a photo opp and nothing more. we re going to talk to illinois senator tammy duc
we will do that as we join marv albert and you have to insert a commercial. i don t know when you will come to me on camera. bob costas and nbc producers were working to figure out how to bridge coverage of game five, the nba finals with a story developing in los angeles. all media outlets were grappling with the same issue. the lapd was on the hunt for famed football player o.j. si simpson son. he was charged with murder of nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman. before we talk about basketball let s return to tom brokaw for a report are on the still developing o.j. simpson story. here s tom at our studios. we are witnessing a modern tragedy and drama of shakespearian proportion playing out live on television. you can probably believe this in our modern popular television culture. people are going to the freeway, parking their cars and waving at
he is a professor and author of the making of the o.j. simpson story. thank you for being with us, professor. how do you think the o.j. trial influenced cameras in the courtroom for us? it was the ultimate trial. until simpson, there were spades of celebrated cases and simpson struck and we had never seen anything like that before or since, actually. it was a year-long event that captivated the nation and 20 years later, we do celebrate that trial in certain ways. we remember that trial. it showed the bronco chase. there were about 95 million americans actually watching that chase which were more americans than watched the first landing of the moon. it truly was an iconic event and cultural event that stays with us today. it is amazing.
they had again to get his right hand out from under his body. so mr. middleton told a very different story at the scene that night, with the investigators there. and again we ve turned this over to a third party. you know the state s attorney s office will make the final determination on how to proceed with this. i want to reemphasize to everyone. we are in sympathy with the middleton family, it s a tragedy all the way around. it s a tragedy for the officers whenever they re called upon to use deadly force. again we also back up wolf to the beginning of this and had mr. middleton complied from the beginning to the end of this scenario, i can tell you shots would not have been fired. he just made the statement when he pulled into his driveway, mr. middleton was not driving the car. you know he had not pulled into the driveway. the car was stationary in the driveway. our eye witness who called 911 stated that he entered the car and the car was stationary, he was not operating a motor veh