Tapestry and put it together. Because its also for me a love story. A love story through the eyes of this man and one of the reasons i said yes to lee after he was relentless in asking know do it is because i wanted the tapestry the depth, the broadness of that communication between a husband and a wife and particularly a middleclass black family to be seenbly the progressive world. Its something we dont see very often. Women have been the backbone regardless of race for a number of reasons and i wanted to show that level of character. Rose lee daniels the butler for the hour. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose eugene allen was born on a virginia plantation in 1919. He worked as a wait in a country club until 1952. He found a new job as a butler in the white house. He spent 34 years there. He served under eight president s from harry truman to ronald reagan. He saw some of the pivotal events in u. S. History. The cu
Firefighters battling a National Wildfire in yosemite on high alert. The california rim fire is now the largest in history. This morning, firefighters are being told to protect yosemite at all costs. Nbcs jay gray is near the wildfire in tuolumne, california. What are the challenges they are seeing today . Reporter good morning. The same as theyve been. Rugged terrain, high winds. Like so many in the area on edge as the rim fire winds gusted. As the fire continues to grow this morning, so does the army of teams pouring into the Northern California mountains to battle the massive blaze. All day every day. All night long. So were up to more than 2800 personnel on the fire. Its the number one fire in the country right now so theyre giving us what we need. Reporter air strikes, hotshots along the leading edge of the flames. And heavy equipment digging out fire lines, moving out dried trees and other potential fuel for the flames. Were trying to save the public, save these dwellings and hou
Miley cyrus catching everyone off guard today. Monday, august 26th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im Carl Quintanilla. Mike bettes has the morning off. Did you stay up to watch the vmas . No. I never felt so old in my life. Miley, wow. Wow. Well have a lot more of that including the reaction from inside the hall. A lot of people couldnt believe that shall we say, dramatic performance. Also ahead, a dramatic 911 call from a 12yearold boy who was home alone and kept his cool when two burglars broke in. But well begin with the crisis in syria and how the white house will respond to the governments apoeur pair apoeurant use of chemical weapons. We have two reports this morning. Well start with richard engle. She in turkey near the syrian border. Richard, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. We
Im richard lui. Lawmakers are gearing up for the biggest Foreign Policy vote since the iraq war. Secretary of state john kerry making the case for military intervention in syria. Appearing on a series of sunday morning shows, he said syria used sarin gas on its own people killing more than 1400. Some members of congress are expressing sharply divided opinions on whether to give the president the goahead. I think we can somewhat but you have to be careful. You dont want to tie the president s hands. I know because the clarity of where all of this goes, that is still unclear. There are a lot of risks here. The down sides are great. Its important for america. Its important for the world. A nbcs tracie potts has the details from washington for us. And any indication congress will return early from their vacation, despite some commentary on the hill over the weekend . Reporter sure, well, some already have as you noted over the weekend. More than 100 members came in for that briefing, parti
Telling a french newspaper the fire is approaching. The reaction coming on the heels of a french Intelligence Report that agrees with the United States conclusion syria did use chemical weapons against its own people. While syrian ally russia disagrees, turkey is joining the ranks of nations backing military action. The dire situation is making headlines across the globe with a profound human impact. The United Nations confirming more than 2 Million People have now fled the violence in syria. 7 Million People are displaced. Thats about onethird of the countrys population. We have coverage from Ayman Moyheldin in beirut and tracie potts in washington. Whats the reaction to assads threat that just came out . Reporter good morning, richard. Certainly a sense situation unfolding here across the region. Especially in the early hours of this morning, given the fact there was this missile test that seems to now have been emanated out of Israeli Defense forces conducting some type of exercise