Share in sorrow or glory as the day decides. Sports is our great teacher. Offering us lessons that guide us from a young age for the rest of our lives. Lessons about courage and grit, the importance of team work and diligence. How to play like a champion, even in a loss. Sports has been at the center of american understanding about race, immigration, religion, and meritocracy. The Baseball Playoffs begin tonight and from Jackie Robinson to sandy koufax to clementy, children learned what it mean to be a Good American watch these figures give their all in the field of play. So why is it that sports today seems to be a place of division not unity . Something used to break us further apart not bring us together . When did competition become such a bad thing . 20 years ago after 9 11 getting back to sports was incredibly important it wasnt just a sign that america was going to continue. It was a sign that we were confident and unafraid. Eight years ago tears turned to cheers and roars when
The mayor confirming there are multiple fatalities. The powerful moment neighbors gather for a prayer service. Terror on the football field. High School Players flee for their lives as gunshots ring out. We got people shooting. Oh, my goodness. While inside a Major League Baseball stadium, two people shot. Unprecedented wildfires across the south, as temperatures soar. Parts of louisiana on fire. An entire town of 1,000 people told to evacuate. Plus, the Tropical Storm forming in the caribbean. A State Of Emergency just declared in florida. Thousands turn out for the 60th Anniversary of the March On Washington. The new mission theyre marching for. Standoff in spain. The male Soccer Executive refusing to resign after a female player says he forced this kiss on her. Why his supporters say these knew photos vibd kate him. Hospitallifting crackdown. How one city is showing to stop thieves, by banning them from stores. And we remember bob barker, the iconic host of The Price Is Right, has d
Like a villain. There is a huge strike going on that can affect a business that is near and dear to all of us which means. There is a civil war at cinnabon and it is delicious. Greg did you think i was talking about the Writers Strike do you people even care . Missing hollywood writers is up there with missing geraldo, john lemon, and ham. What do i care. And workers at the cinnabon declared a strike and filed a civil rights complaint against their employer. The owner installed a policy banning political statements in the store, including pride flags. [laughter] pride flags. It is true. Executive that oversees a bunch of cinnabons sent out a message declaring that we do not discriminate or celebrate any particular race, ethnic group, gender, religious group, any story store is displaying a pride like it is to be taken down immediately. One of the workers asked that a rainbow pin will be okay. Nonspecific pens are okay, but sports team, schools, are not. Lets stick to what cinnabon does
today in california on tax charges after stunning lawmakes by crashing the oversight committee hearing where they were about to vote on whether or not to hold him in contempt. ultimately they did, ainsley. ainsley: they did. and now that goes to the full house for a vote. plus, we re going to speak to an atlanta college professor who says he was fired for speaking out after t the inflated his students grades. brian: have you noticed this expensive obsession among tweens? there is a bunch of 10-year-olds running around drunk elephant. girls that are my daughter s age talk to me like i m their peer. what do you think of the dior. do you have the drunk elephant and charlotte i m like you re 14. [laughter] bethany frankel children being obsessed with skin care. what do you think of the new dior? i cannot believe this. fox & friends you can believe. starts now and, remember, to get dressed. we only have two hours left in the show. and make your morning better with
multiple tornadoes tear through mississippi. the search for survivors. a weekend of mass shootings, some of them deadly, but when it happened twice last month in another country they took quick and decisive action richard engel is there. the new boom in building not to buy but to rent. what s behind it in our series priced out. on juneteenth celebrations across america. and a field of dreams reborn as a testament to the past. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. tonight near the site of one of the 20th century s worst ocean disasters a new undersea drama is unfolding. right now the u.s. coast guard leading the urgent search for a group of modern-day adventurers after the submersible carrying them to the titanic shipwreck lost contact with the surface yesterday about an hour and 45 minutes into their journey five people are on board the vessel, which is used to carry paying passengers to see the titanic up close. the s