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Philadelphia and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a. And good morning and welcome to a special split edition of today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer in the Port Richmond area of philadelphia. And what a scene behind you. I think phillys mayor said it best. He seemed visibly shaken by what he saw walking the length of the train saying it was an absolute disaster. Like something hes never seen before. Its a good description. It happened just down the road behind me about 150 yards down there. If you look closely, fire engines, First Responders still on the scene. As we come on the air t...

Session. The session which is part of the series sponsored by lewis who is sitting in front. We have been able to have a fine reduction a fine reduction of presentations over the years. Again, thank you for making this possible. [applause] our three ambassadors are well known. Ryan crocker to my left. He was the ambassador in afghanistan. And more recently than are other two participants. It is well known for his service in afghanistan and elsewhere. I was delighted that he could be with us. He is the dean at the texas a m university. Presently. Zalmay khalilzad is at the center for strategic ...

We are very proud to have his work back in oklahoma where we think it belongs. He was an advocate for the disenfranchised, for the people who were migrant workers, from oklahoma, kansas, and texas. They found themselves in california literally starving. He saw this vast difference between those who were the haves and the havenots and became their spokesman through his music. Woody recorded very few songs of his own. We have a listening station with 46 songs in his own voice. That is what makes the recordings that he did make so significant and so important to us. Woody this land is your land a...

Is, david, this came up the other day at the museum in washington and his answer was, look, these are american citizens. We will do the best we can. This is being studied. Will something come from that david . David first of all, i want to thank everyone who set this up to be with these three brave people is an honor for me. My connection to this topic came about because in 2008, 1 of our reporters, david rohde was a , kidnapped and i became the person who was designated to run the response to that and work with his family and the government. And that was shortly followed by another kidnapping...

Demand answers for freddie grays death. All of last nights demonstrations were peaceful. A city wide curfew will remain in place over the weekend. Though its ended for the day at this point. The National Guard will also stay in baltimore. Right now the Police Departments investigation into grays death is in the hands of the states attorney. Gray died two weeks ago after becoming critically hurt while in police custody. The findings could be released as early as today. We are seeing protests spread to other cities as well. In philadelphia many marched showing solidarity with baltimore. It ended...