I kid, of course. I love it. But its true. I think as we learn from the key note last night, we live in the world that reconstruction made. And so the very important that we sort of grapple with and try to understand this period in our history. And we havent really had that kind of reckoning yet. Maybe this is our opportunity to do so. You can say what you want about the centennial of the civil war, but it happened. We didnt have a centennial of reconstruction. We werent here in 1966 sort of talking about this. Maybe it was too soon then. But hopefully not now. Today im excited to introduce our panelists who are going to challenge us to think more broadly about the who, the where, the how of the processes that sort of constituted reconstruction. As a public historian or someone that sort of calls himself a public historian, im particularly gratified also that we have the opportunity to engage with you, a broader public, in this discussion. One of the aft heard la meants among historian
Tonight. The mill stone river crested at 5 00 a. M. And will start to decrease. The accu track, a few showers, heavier downpour, that is happening south of toms river, see how the rains are coming down before the storm makes its way out in to the ocean. The good news here iss up against the shoreline, the soil and sand can handle the water the places under the watch today, not having the sandy soil and so bigger risk for them as the drenching downpours come in. 80 in the city. Grab your wrel as you head out the umbrella as you head out the door. Debris on the tracks, n trains are running by the d, 36th to coney island, q trains, signal problems, downtown delays running downtown trains metro knot, hudson, north, hud hudson and harlem, dealing with trains today. Staten island east, hiland boulevard, pothole repairs, to the bridge, brooklyn bound on the lower level, disabled vehicle, belt parkway, eastbound near rock a way, thats an accident a couple of lanes are closed down there. Altern
This morning on gma. And the greatest, simone biles making history with her fourth gold in rio flipping in a flawless floor routine on the final night for americas final five and from the mat to the track, that heartwarming moment, putting spirit ahead of medals. And youll meet the american man called the olympic selfie king who called his boss saying i cant return to work until he lands the one star that got away. Finish line . Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is Good Morning America. We do say good morning, america. On this wednesday morning. What a stunning night at the olympics. Simone biles as you said, david, making history with her fourth gold in rio. She is just incredible. Take a look at this. Simone on the cover of Sports Illustrated along with katie that they are. These athletes may not have won a medal but won our hearts. Abbey dagostino and Nikki Hamblin helping each other up on the track. First the breaking news that we want to get to. Electric shoc
Rosanna usually he has a red one. A solid red one or a solid blue. Somebody got in and mess with the nsas computers. Rosanna ryan lochte was locked out no evidence that he and his three teammates were robbed. Originally said something to his mother. Greg welcome to the good day show. There was a story. The authorities down there cannot corroborate his story. They said they are leaving key remember this all started not with the police, not with the reporter, but the mother saying my son just told me he was robbed. Rosanna im going to quote a friend of mine. The police are corrupt. Everyone is corrupt. She said nobody takes taxes over there. You hire a car. It stays with you the whole night. Have a last name . You may be onto something. Maybe this started as a tall tale to his mother that just got out of hand. Mike why would he have to make that up . You do not make that up to you are writing on the hide. Greg their halves to be a couple of good cops down there. Mike i have taken a cab,
Copacabana beach today, wednesday, august 17th, 2016. Dont know if ive seen him do quite that good ever and that may there and then have been the gold medal jump. That one just about perfect announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, a guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special splitedition of today. [ cheers and applause ] hoda, were here to covering the olympics, so its all about the athletes. Were going to be talking about a lot of medalists this morning, but with we could give out an olympic gold medal for sportsmanship and supporting team usa, the guy standing down he flew all the way from los angeles here to surprise the final five. Hes been watching simone biles tweet. He was keeping up with all of it. He said, what am i doing at home . He got on a plane. There was a lot of cloak and dagger. Were going to show you the epic surprise in a little bit. W