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Stay? >> tawanda: im not going anywhere. my pop pop didnt leave. im not leaving. >> anthony: yeah, i know. philadelphia is right over there. right across the ben franklin bridge, the center of the cheesesteak universe, but what if it isnt? ♪ theyre better than that, theyre bigger than that, and the best cheesesteak in the area might well come from new jersey. donkeys, opened by leon lucas 71 years ago. a heavyweight contender in the 1928 summer olympics in boxing, he was known during his time ...

To accept. >> i think we were naive in thinking that we could change the church from within. >> reporter: with the quilts they made for each year of vigil, the parish heads to the local masonic lodge. ♪ when the saints go marching in ♪ >> reporter: looking forward to building their own church to house the spiritual one they forged. anne thompson, nbc news, massachusetts. still ahead tonight, why replacing a famous california bridge went billions over budget and cost american jobs. also h...

Sports teams. the warriors stay alive.. to force a fin were just 24 hours away from an epic night for bay area sports team. the warriors stay alive. fans racing to score a hot ticket to game 7. >> and theyve been dreaming of the stanley cup for 25 years. now sharks fans are ready to witness history. the superfan who even considered rearranging his wedding. >> and new at 6:00, its a david versus goliath battle. the breakthrough in a heated fight to stop a bottled water plant in the middle of ca...

>> game seven tomorrow night. go out there and get your tickets. on this sunday night, terrifying moments. the heart-stopping scenes at a zoo after a 3-year-old boy ends up trapped by a 400 pound gorilla. tonight the controversy over the way zookeepers responded. shooting rampage. violence at a houston neighborhood during this memorial day weekend. eight people shot including two officers. deadly storms sweeping up the east coast tonight, bringing drenching rain, high winds and flooding. i...

Ive let god down. and i have a lot to make up for. >> so you, in this interview and other places, apologizing? >> absolutely. >> why should i believe you? that you really regretted it? one could say now youre facing a difficult situation and you have to say, oh, it was a big mistake? >> well, i took my steps on my own. going in. i also took a lot of steps on my own getting out. and im helping in every sense that i can, to help rid the world of the evil that i saw. >> mo is awaiting sentencing an...

>> yes. >> looks like a happy dog. a happy clone. >> thats all for now, im lester holt. thanks for joining us. tonight nbc news goes on assignment. >> i think people have an idea that this is some frankenstein factory. >> harry smith is inside the only place in the world where theyll do this -- >> looks like a happy dog. >> -- clone your pet. >> six of them? all clones? >> yes, theyre all clones. >> genetic carbon copies of cute puppies and rough and ready crime fighters. >> those are some ser...

In one of the most union friendly states in the country, the decision was made, lets bypass american workers. >> all we have to do is go to china. china is booming. china builds stuff all the time. >> reporter: still the bridge became the most expensive public works project in the history of the state. >> our job when we started was to get this bridge built before the next earthquake. we did that job. now, did it take too long? yes. did it cost too much money? yes. >> reporter: it turns out you ...

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Jersey has got farmland, beautiful bedroom communities where that woman from housewives does not live or anyone like her. even the refineries. the endless clover leaves of turnpikes and expressways twisting in unknowable patterns, somehow beautiful. to know jersey is to love her. ft. lee. you may have heard of it. some of governor christies minions allegedly conspired to jam up traffic for a few days. its a town with a jokey history of corruption. its also where my beloved

But the project was held up for decades by politicians, all with an agenda. >> i could envision -- >> reporter: san franciscos then mayor demanded new off ramps while politicians in oakland wanted a design with a beautiful tower. >> the state had originally proposed a viaduct bridge. the tower is not necessary. >> reporter: u.c. berkeley professor karen trapenberg frick. >> reporter: the tower is not essential for the bridge. its there because it looks good. >> yes. >> reporter: political infigh...