to talk about the two men in the context of their times. of course they were two men both alike in dignity and yet separated by 400 years in the atlantic ocean. but they shared one thing, a passion for collect the good but to put them in the context of their lives if you lead, please. sure, shakespeare was writing around the 1600s. his life was 20 years before, 20 years after the 1600. during the reign of elizabeth and james the first he was a well-known playwright poet. he wrote sonnet and he was also a businessman. he was a shareholder in london and land owner very well-known known is time for being a playwright and businessmen. henry folger was the chairman of the board of the largest corporation in the world at the time as well during the gilded age. shakespeare wrote these plays years after he died two of his friends decided to create a memorial volume and collected all of the 36 nodes 38:00 p.m. the two men are connect to across time and notion in the book is saved fr
north and this is war stories. behind me is a liberator. along with the counterpart, the boeing b-17 flying fortress, bombers like this dropped over a million tons of bombs over nazi targets in europe from 1942 to 1945. these missions weren t without a price. and almost half of those who took off from bases in england, north africa and italy didn t make it back. 21-year-old pilot named george mcgovern crashed his plane three times. tonight we bring the story of the other front line. the skies over europe where the pilots, navigators, bombers and bombadiers stared death in the face on every mission they flew. london bomb. suburban area where explosive rained from the sky. 1939. movie reels brought the home from europe. washington was still publicly neutral. i am a pacifist. you are pacifists, too. behind the scenes, the u.s. was quietly gearing up for the inevitable entry into the war. expert of wings of morning explains. the united states on the eve of the sec
voters heading to the polls in just five days. and did we mention? cubs win. an epic championship worth repeating. al was there for the game and has made his way to chicago overnight to join the history making celebration today, thursday, november 3rd, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthriee studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a great thursday morning. matt, where were you 108 years ago? can i just say, oh, baby. i know, right? a game. i said to my son, this is a game you ll tell your kids about. game seven of this world series. not only do we have a game seven, we get a great game seven with all of this drama. even an act of god, a rain delay. night. he s made his way to chicago. got some screaming fans behind him. he s probably a little bit disappointed this morning. not in that crowd. i think everybody is just excited because it s a great day for baseball and for
voters heading to the polls in just five days. and did we mention? cubs win. an epic championship worth repeating. al was there for the game and has made his way to chicago overnight to join the history making celebration today, thursday, november 3rd, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthriv studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to today on a great thursday morning. matt, where were you 108 years ago? can i just say, oh, baby. i know, right? a game. i said to my son, this is a game you ll tell your kids about. game seven of this world series. not only do we have a game seven, we get a great game seven with all of this drama. even an act of god, a rain delay. it had everything. night. he s made his way to chicago. got some screaming fans behind him. he s probably a little bit disappointed this morning. not in that crowd. i think everybody is just excited because it s a great day for
and, did we mention? cubs win! an epic championship worth repeating. al was there for the game, and has made his way to chicago overnight to join the history making celebration today, thursday, november 3rd, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in and good morning, everybody, welcome to today on a great thursday morning. matt, where were you 108 years ago? can i just say, oh, baby. i know, right? what a game! i said to my son, this is a game you ll tell your kids about. game seven of this world series. not only do we have a game seven, we get a great game seven with all of this drama. even an act of god, a rain delay. we had everything! i know. al, of course, was there last night. got some screaming fans behind him. he s probably a little bit disappointed this morning. not in that crowd. i think everybody s just excited because it is a great day for baseball and for sports. let s start