Host Rachel Louise martin the story you tell in your new book, a most tolerant little town, centers around clinton tennessee in the 1950s. Where is that and describe what it was like . Guest clinton is right on the edge of the mountains that make upppalhia. It is about anof knoxville and it is right on the gateway to coal mining country. Host if you and i were there in the 1950s what kind of a community would we find . Guest it was an interesting place in the 50s. It was very mixed up about itself. On one hand it was a small rural southern appalachian town full of coal miners and farmers and local business people. But it was also 7 miles from oak ridge, which was a secret city built as part of the Manhattan Project that built the first atom bomb and it was also about seven miles from nora stamm. Norris dam. So while it was isolated and small it was also very connected. In 1956 it was the sort of place that oak president ial candidates felt like they had to go and Campaign Even though t
Host Rachel Louise martin the story you tell in your new book, a most tolerant little town, centers around clinton tennessee in the 1950s. Where is that and describe what it was like . Guest clinton is right on t appalachia. Tains that make it is about an hour north of knoxville and it is right on the gateway to coal mining country. Host if you and i were there in the 1950s what kind of a community would we find . Guest it was an interesting place in the 50s. It was very mixed up about itself. On one hand it was a small rural southern appalachian town full of coal miners and farmers and local business people. But it was also 7 miles from oak ridge, which was a secret city built as part of the Manhattan Project that built the first atom bomb and it was also about seven miles from nora stamm. Norris dam. So while it was isolated and small it was also very connected. In 1956 it was the sort of place that oak president ial candidates felt like they had to go and Campaign Even though there
Country more than 60,000 years old. Preserved at the bottom of the sea. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. We have two big stories were following as we come on the air at a church just outside nashville, a gunman attacks congress began thes this morning as the service was just letting out. Full report on that in just a moment. We begin on this football sunday with nfl players taking on President Trump throughout the league. After the president used a vulgarity to refer to players who protest during the National Anthem and encouraged team owners to fire them. Scores of players took their protest to a new level today. Kneeling, joining arms, some teams not even taking the field for the star spangled banner. Powerful team owners including several who have been political supporters came out in support of their players. All of it prompting strong reaction just moments ago from President Trump. We have
Arrow and as you can see is locking only but not pulling anyone down. Look out for the light switches and flashing lights if youre ready to head out the door and go to that area. You should be good to go to get through. The bay bridge toll plaza we have a bit of a backup in the fast lane but an easy minute ride coming into San Francisco. About 200 nfl players sat, knelt, or raised a fist during the National Anthem in response to comments by President Trump. This doesnt have anything to do with disrespecting anyone, we just want to ow shwe most players to arms in a show of solidarity and some teams stayed off the field until after the star spangled banner. It came days after the president called on team owners for the process. The Oakland Raiders took a similar stance before their loss last night. After the game the players said they had something. When you get personally called out by your president i feel like it was something we had to do. I have a tremendous us i have tremendous res
Sweltering airport. And we have two sheldons here today. But we begin with the look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. They are making a lot of money. Im not begrudging anything but im saying they have to respect our flag. The nfl reacts to President Trump. Because of our position we get drug into im callingous players s. O. B. S. They have to the right to speak out. Players have the right to free speech off the field. I could only imagine how hor fied they were. A deadly shooting outside of nashville. Police say Emanuel Samson opened fire. We cant let acts like this interrupt our lives. The effort to dismantle obamacare may be on the ropes and the clock is ticking to reach a deal before the end of the month. Officials in puerto rico are getting a clearer view of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Maria. The outer edges of Hurricane Maria were actually scraping the east coast of the United States. The death toll from tuesdays powerful earthquake in mexico continues t