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>> what quite frankly i think changes the historical understanding of vietnam is that nixon, the commander-in-chief himself, realized the failure. >> reporter: according to woodwards research, nixon had already ordered the military to drop nearly three million tons of bombs and would order another million dropped in the year after the zilch memo. >> it takes the concept of military leadership by a president and turns it on its head. >> reporter: the document was given to woodward by former nixon...

>> reporter: the pastors prayers were answered even before he stepped into church today. >> she said, i began to pray. and secondly, i knew i was going to die today. >> reporter: his 18-year-old daughter lacy, one of the closest witnesses to survive unscathed. saved by a man that fell on top of her after he was shot, later dying. >> i believe in the last moments he had consciousness, he said, i am going to roll onto lacy. >> reporter: she laid under him, playing dead. amazingly, sitting next to ...

And heading into new yorks famed st. patricks cathedral, flanked by some of the citys 2.6 million catholics. the welcome signs all over. from this supersized mural, to kids in their papal head gear to, yes, that is a pope pizza. police officers everywhere you look. never before has new york rolled out so much security for one man. 7,000 extra police officers. manholes sealed. enough barricades to stretch 37 miles. the gridlock nothing short of biblical. more road closures than ever before. at th...

Elton john responding tonight after that elaborate hoax. he thought he was on a call with russian president vladimir putin to discuss gay rights. a russian radio host behind the prank. tonight, sir elton john saying, quote, pranks are funny, homophobia, however, is never funny. adding his offer to talk to putin still stands. when we come back here tonight, take a close look at this photo. and the real fear that lasted a full week for the owner of these two dogs. no food, no water, and their st...

Composer john bowls. he created a romantic vision that persists today. ♪ tanjier was a city of expats. people with pasts, people that didnt like where they were and craved somewhere and something else. the gateway to the medina is

Less the county clerk, until she deified court orders to give marriage licenses to same-sex couples. today, the federal judge who sent kim davis to jail for five days set her free, but he warned her not to interfere with her deputies as they issue those licenses. what will she do? jericka duncan is in grayson, kentucky. >> would you please help me welcome to the stage kim davis. ♪ >> reporter: a crowd more than 3,000 strong waited to hear these words-- ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you all ...

Katrina stormed in, the musicians poured out. but ten years later, in the very birthplace of jazz, how music is writing a new verse for the big easy. before i had the shooting, burning, pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pain, these feet... ...served my country... ...carried the weight of a family... ...and walked a daughter down the aisle. but i couldnt bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. nerve damage from diabetes causes diabetic nerve pai...

Theres good news tonight in the battle against cancer. its a whole new approach to treatment. a potential breakthrough thats showing a lot of promise in reducing the size of tumors in some patients when traditional chemotherapy just isnt working. nbcs anne thompson has the details. >> reporter: music is marianne anselmos profession. ♪ love and refuge from cancer. the 59-year-old jazz vocalist has a brain cancer that kills most people in a year. but shes still singing nearly two years after her...

>> yes, isis. >> reporter: greece is on the front lines of a daily exodus without end. bill neely, nbc news, lesvos. still ahead tonight, a new frontier in fighting cancer. doctors targeting tumors, shrinking them in a whole new way with some pretty dramatic results, keeping patients alive. well tell you a lot more about that. also massive sinkholes opening up, one at the same place where a sinkhole killed a man sleeping in his bed. and a traffic nightmare today as a sinkhole suddenly shuts ...

College in 1961 to join the fight for civil rights. at 25, he won election to the georgia house of representatives. white colleagues refused to let him take his seat, calling him disloyal because he strongly opposed the vietnam war. >> it was my contention then and y s my contention now that what i say or do is none of the business of the georgia house of representatives. >> rose: the u.s. supreme court sided with bond who served in the legislature for two decades. a protege of dr. martin luther...