Opened. That was one of the most powerful scenes in the entire movie, in part i think because even though people know the story, the top line of the story of what rickey did and what robinson did, the rationale for why he did it, that scene was so powerful to me. Well, i think he had a combination of motives. He was a very religious man, devout methodist, and i think he had a number of motivations besides the ethical and moral feelings that he had, and im not so sure it had a lot to do with race, because he grew up in a context where there was race prejudice. But as well, he was a baseball businessman, and he wanted access to the rich pool of talent that were in the negro leagues, and robinson, as he said in the film, was only the first. Very quickly, others were signed from the negro leagues. So i think it was a number of motivations. Whichever one predominated, i dont think we know. Tavis but he was honest about that. Throughout the movie he kept saying money, money, money. Yeah. Tav
Off the impeachment trial. Hi david. The white house looking to put impeachment in the Rearview Mirror and focus strictly on the country and the american people. Releasing this budget tomorrow morning. We have some highlights he want to show you it invests a substantial amount and artificial intelligence, ai. I will talk about a just a moment. But the 4. 8 trillion budget will increase military spending by 4. 3 to 740,000,000,001 includes 2 billion for the border wall with mexico. Its down from 5 billion last year. You remember that Government Shutdown . It takes the deficit down to 966 billion from the estimated 1 trillion this year. Also has because to some of the social sick purity safety nets. Talk about artificial intelligence, the white house hopes to double spending on ai research and development. They plan to increase this funding from 973 million to nearly 2 billion by 2022. This will focus on quantum computing, which actually operates computers and millions of times faster th
The new poll just out tonight on the eve of the New Hampshire primary. The National Poll shows a shakeup at the top. Who has the momentum . As Bernie Sanders, joe biden, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren barnstorm the state. And Amy Klobuchar looks to capitalize on her debate night. Damaging winds, heavy rains, flash flood alerts from texas through the carolinas that system stretching all the way into the northeast. The Justice Department tonight saying the Chinese Military stole personal information of tens of millions of americans. And the new and Emotional Message just in tonight from kobe bryants wife, what shes now saying about the daughter she lost. Good evening, great to have you with us to start a new week. We begin tonight with that growing coronavirus emergency. 97 new deaths reported in just one day. Troubling new images from chinese social media showing a couple being dragged away for reportedly refusing to selfquarantine. Thousands of passengers trapped on the ship, fear
You got to stop this, okay . Im running out of time. Nebraska winning his first oscar after more than 80 feature films. We begin with break news tonight. Tom brokaws cancer diagnosis. The former nbc news anchor has multiple myeloma that affects the blood cells in bone marrow. Doctors are very encouraged with the progress hes making. Joining me now our own dr. Sanjay gupta and Debra Norville and tom brokaws former colleague at nbc news, an honorary member of the board of multiple myeloma. Welcome to all of you. Let me start with you if i may, sanjay gupta. To get a grasp of what this is. What is multiple myeloma . Well, its a type of cancer of cells within the bone marrow. The bone marrows the area of the body thats responsible for producing all sorts of different cells. Your red blood cells, white blood cells. This is a type of white blood cell that just starts growing essentially out of control. And as a result, its a type of cancer that also crowds out the other cells so people dont