chernow's biography of alexander hamilton. brian: ron chernow, when did hamilton, alexander hamilton first get on your radar screen? ron: well, i started writing it back in 1998, brian. it seems rather comical because the reason that i chose to do alexander hamilton aside from the fact that it was the most extraordinary personal story among the founding fathers was that he seemed to be fading into obscurity. people were coming to regard him as a sort of second tier founding father. most americans knew he was on the $10 bill, maybe that he had died in a duel with aaron burr, but that was about it. it seems comical that i was, felt as if i was lifting him out of obscurity. now his name is on the marquee of a broadway show. brian: where were you at the time? what were you doing? ron: i just finished writing my biography of john d. rockefeller, titan, and what happened -- i had done a series of books about moguls of the gilded age, and i found that when i would go out to give lectures, people in the audience would start shouting o

alexander hamilton had a torrid affair. and he wrote it down right there. >> highlights. ♪ >> "the charge against me is in connection with one james reynolds. for purposes of improper speculation, my real crime is an amorous connection with his wife for a considerable time with his knowing consent. damn." ♪ brian: with all of the success you had with alexander hamilton back in 2004, are you finding people that are learning a lot more about alexander hamilton and these founders now that this thing has become -- ron: every single time i am at the theater and i'm there fairly often. at least one person comes up to me and says, "you know, ron, i love the show and as i was watching the show, i was embarrassed to realize how little i know about the history of my own country. and i'm determined to change that." very nice that a lot of them are then going out and reading the book or reading other books about the founding heroes. so i said to lin at that awards ceremony that you showed before, i said to him afterwards, i said, "

the next name up -- >> alexander. >> reporter: alexander, as in litvinenko. scaramella says that's why he met with litvinenko in london, to tell him about the hit list, to warn him. but he says litvinenko didn't buy it. >> he said, mario, don't care about that. >> reporter: he says it's b.s. >> i think it's just a provocation, but please check what's happening. >> reporter: but after what happened to litvinenko, scaramella says he takes the hit list seriously. are you frightened for your life? >> well -- do you have another question? >> reporter: scotland yard questioned scaramella and eventually cleared him. why? because if you're looking for it, polonium is traceable. using specialized equipment, investigators were able to track it in people and in places. >> once polonium 210 had been identified, then across europe, like the slime from a slug all the way across, polonium was popping up everywhere. >> reporter: but not in scaramella. no polonium in his body or anywhere he'd been. so scotland yard took a hard look at the two russians, lugovoy and kovtun. whe

senator blunt: senator alexander. senator alexander: thanks, mr. chairman. dr. collins, i believe you said that you're considering involving the national academy of medicine in determining the fairness of the distribution of vaccines. is that correct? dr. collins: that is correct. senator alexander: the national academy describes itself this way, if i remember it was founded by president lincoln, chartered by the united states congress to attempt authoritative, objective and science-based answers to difficult questions of national importance. "the new york times" called the national academy of medicine the united states' most esteemed an authoritative advisor on issues of health and medicine. 10 put me down as thinking that's a good idea. to involve. because it's people across the country look up at what's happening here they'll see agencies without the medical names and we may -- they may be greatly respected agencies or bodies but i don't believe they have the prestige of the national academy of medicine. so in terms of the fairness of the distribution, i

alexander: i did not. but i certainly think it is very relevant, and i think there is greater understanding about the need for equality and representation. because, certainly, wherever citizens have to participate in government, as far as getting part of their paycheck, they should have representation. so it is certainly something that makes sense and something i should explore in later works. >> did the principles of the declaration of independence were invoked at the time of the colonial conquest of the philippines by critics, like mark twain, of the conquest of the philippines? alexander: absolutely. that is right. congress invoked that during the mckinley administration. there was a parade for an independence day. there was a parade of filipinos during independence day. you are absolutely right. in the halls of congress, there were many who spoke about it as a subjugation of people, because it did not allow people to vote , filipinos to vote for representatives of their choice. it required there to be

chairman grassley, alexander, collins, rubio, shelby, blunt, romney have each spearheaded a part of cares to pics on monday this committee chairman and republican members will introduce each component. the sum of these efforts will be a strong targeted piece of legislation aimed directly at the challenges we face right now. so, mr. president, our country is a middle ground between strict lockdowns of a few months ago and the future day when the vaccine will put all this finally behind us. our project is to build a middle ground that is smart and safe, but more sustainable. we are still waging a healthcare war against the virus and we cannot let up on that. we need to continue to strengthen the defenses we have built, encouraging mask wearing, supporting testing and racing toward treatments and vaccines. at the same time the greatest country in the world history also needs to get back on offense. we need to carefully but proactively step back toward normalcy. this disease has already stolen the lives of more than 140,000 americans. it is stolen half a year of our national life. wehe cannot

president donald trump has resigned from the military determined connell alexander van man said he had been bullied and refused promotion since testifying against trump he had alleged that trump asked ukraine to investigate his rival joe biden which when men called improper for a former u.s. national security adviser john bolton has given an interview to tim sebastian from conflict zone the republican strategists criticized u.s. president donald trump's foreign policy especially his dealings with china's xi jinping and north korea's kim jong un you were present at 2 out of 3 meetings between trump and kim you said there were times when we were very close to making concessions that i think even prior administrations like the clinton and obama administrations wouldn't have made was drunk willing to give away the shop what kinds of concessions do you mean. well i don't think he understood what he was doing i think he he he longed for a deal with north korea on the nuclear weapons program i don't think he studied the issue closely enough to know what the ramifications of different terms th

lester >> peter alexander at the white house tonight for us, thanks. >>> in aurora, colorado today one of the police officers involved in a reportedly inappropriate photo taken near where elijah mcclain was held in a choke hold has resigned police identified the officer as jaron jones. mcclain died after a confrontation with police last august the alleged photo incident happened in october. >>> in 60 seconds, the basketball superstar, and perhaps her biggest victory, helping win the release of a man from prison after more than two decades. >>> back with a new development that story we first told you about last fall. a wnba superstar stepping away from the game to fight for a man who spent his entire adult life in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit. now as blayne alexander reports he's finally free >> praise the lord >> reporter: a tearful reunion years in the making after 23 years in a missouri state prison jonathan irons finally free embraced by his unlikely hero, basketball superstar maya moore. >> so grateful. >> reporter: a four-time wnba champion maya took a break in her

between rich and poor and build a more equal world records all right let me take that sentiment to alexander do you agree with all of that is this vision really possible to be put into reality. well good news now i don't agree with that so we're going to have a debate. the hearts of the casual. figure out. generous doing until. he's one of the last presidents a socialist international and i think that probably a place that the rest. to be i think it's a mistake. that rises and falls depending on the level of commitment from its member states here is the head of the organization implicitly or explicitly. after a time when more and some of them are getting to learn to play policy multilateral organizations i think the. president come out and given the words of america's past why not. seem to me singularly foolish to be suggesting that everything is more we should be transforming our economic systems in the kind of way that the generals say but i can you will not just that i think this is not. a very positive . it's globalism and actually off climate change i mean basically this is a left wing

president donald trump has resigned from the military use an acquittal alexander vin man said he had been bullied and refused promotion since testifying against trump he had alleged that trump had asked ukraine to investigate his rival joe biden which then run cold or improper. people living on the frontlines of the war and eastern ukraine are also battling deadly forest fires the blaze are started earlier this week and villages and separatist backed by russia are active many locals say they don't believe the fire started by accident. flames fute by high temperatures and fast winds have consumed most of this village in eastern ukraine robbing nadia and he recalled langkow of everything they own. they were flakes of fire flying in the air like at the bottom and not just here fires seem to jump from place to place. hundreds of firefighters and rescue crews rushed to safety villages and their homes at 1st they successfully battle to the places back but the flames returned resuscitated by gusts of wind. happen to quickly we saw fire and the distance jumping from one patch to another chan

now as blayne alexander reports he's finally free >> reporter: a tearful reunion years in the making after 23 years in a missouri state prison jonathan irons finally free embraced by his unlikely hero, basketball superstar maya moore. >> so grateful. >> reporter: a four-time wnba champion maya took a break in her prime in large part to help irons who she says was wrongfully convicted. >> was it hard to walk away >> it's hard but when your convictions are moving you to a place that you know is right and you're moving into something that's really meaningful it makes it a little less hard. >> reporter: aarons was arrested in 1997 at age 16, given a 50-year sentence for a non-fatal shooting maya fought for him. in march, a judge vacated his conviction. >> this conviction's been vacated. >> reporter: the current prosecutor declined a retrial, today citing issues with the case, including fingerprints at the scene that did not match irons. irons record now wiped clean. >> absolutely elated and thankful. >> in that moment i just -- i really felt like i could rest. >> reporter: last year we m

blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. >>> there's new fallout from that widely viewed video of a white woman calling 911 on a black man in central park amy cooper is now charged with filing a false report after telling police in may that a bird watcher threatened her life. if convicted, cooper faces up to a year in jail. >>> tonight jeffrey epstein's alleged accomplice has been moved to a new york city jail cell as new details emerge about her arrest here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: with roughly a dozen vehicles and a plane circling above, the fbi arrested ghislaine maxwell at her property in new hampshire. >> i really hope she comes forward and says a, b, c, d, e was involved this is how it ran you know, just help us victims get some accountability. >> reporter: virginia roberts giuffre is one of several accusers, who say maxwell helped coordinate a sex trafficking ring of underage girls for jeffrey epstein and his friends, allegations maxwell has previously denied. guiffre accuses prince andrew of raping her when she was 17, and that maxwell helped arrange it >> she woke me up and

peter alexander with the most shocking claims >> reporter: in her new tell all book mary trump minces no words. i had to take donald down she writes about why she gave the president's tax documents to the "new york times" add ingif he is afforded a second term it would be the end of american democracy. the clinical psychologist insists her uncle meets all the criteria of a narcissist and in her book obtained by nbc news details his relationship with his dad. fred trump, quote. mary trump is the daughter of donald trump's older brother fred jr. who she says was mocked and often scorned by his father. he later died of an alcohol related illness. >> i had a brother fred great guy. best looking guy but he had a problem he had a problem with alcohol. >> reporter: ms. trump also claims the president's sister a retired federal judge said of his candidacy he is a clown. this will never happen about the president's boasts about his brilliance >> you know, i think i am a totally brilliant human being. i think i'm the smartest person. >> reporter: miss trump claims her uncle cheated on his s.a.t

here's blane alexander. >> reporter: for years every day was a struggle for johnson. >> just being a single parent with no help, just that was really, really hard. >> reporter: even harder with no car, little family support and only a part-time job, which also meant for her no health care she was relying on government subsidized housing and food stamps to feed her three children as for her paycheck? >> it was no more than six. >> reporter: $600. >> every two weeks. >> reporter: that's every two weeks for you and your children? >> right >> reporter: and some days. >> i would sit in the parking lot and just cry. >> reporter: but it was all she knew raised by a single mother herself, forced to grow up fast to care for her five siblings more than a thousand miles away, a similar story. >> i grew up in a single parent household with my mom, and i had seven other siblings my mom was on government assistance for a while to be able to help feed us. >> reporter: this is generational poverty. >> people are often born into poverty, and it's been poverty that their mother, their grandmother, et

. ♪ ♪ alexander hamilton ♪ my name is alexander hamilton ♪ >> i have two and a half hours of your time in the theater. and our goal over the course of writing it was honor the impulse that made me think it was a musical. and to me, that was the relentlessness of alexander hamilton. and the fact that this is a immigrant narrative before there was a united states. >> reporter: people saw the play, and then they went back to their history books, and don't you feel it really sparked a necessary dialog? >> i think it was a part of a necessary dialog. our job was to try to create something that would probe and question. i don't think the purpose of theater or art is to give answers. we haven't changed any of the language >>> none of the text has changed since lin put his pen down in 2015. but the world has. so what we bring in, and the questions that are yelicited no are going to be fundamentally different. >> reporter: let's bring in the actors. you get the call to audition. multi-cultural, hip-hop musical about the founding fathers. who thought it was a crazy idea? >> early in the show the

there's no question, peter alexander, that pediatricians, parents want kids back in school. that is the desire, but can it be done safely? and that is where the president insisting on the reopening and doing it the way he did the reopening of businesses, perhaps too soon and perhaps not safely in some instances, is pressuring the cdc and clearly the cdc, according to your reporting and carol lee's reporting today, is backtracking on their guidance and coming up with new guidance that better fits the president's demands, rather than perhaps the medical imperatives. >> andrea, i think the biggest takeaway from that briefing we just saw was the vice president saying that they do not want the guidelines to be the reason that schools are not reopening. in effect they're saying, we don't want the public health experts are telling you to be the reason why they can't reopen. so they're trying to find a way to soften those guidelines, so they're viewed only as guidelines, not requirements, so schools are able to go forward. we saw the same thing between this white house saying, we're

peter alexander has more from the white house. >> reporter: president trump touting a rebound, those june jobs numbers showing americans are are returning to work faster than expected. >> our economy is roaring back, it is coming back extremely strong >> reporter: while still at historically high levels, the unemployment rate dropping to over 11% with the u.s. adding a record 4.8 million jobs. the biggest one-month gain in the nation's history the president crediting his administration >> this is not just luck what is happening. this is a lot of talent. >> reporter: many hires are not new jobs, but furloughed workers getting their old jobs back. in the latest tally taken before the recent spike in coronavirus cases that forced some states to scale back their reopening plans, which the president, again, downplayed. >> we have some areas where we're putting out the flames or the fires and that's working out well. >> reporter: in texasra, igente ortega was rehired, but after her boss shut down indoor dining, she worried shell she'll be out of work again soon. >> these are people's famil

in new delhi we have international development economist and professor to go she and in london alexander dean he's the former chief of staff to david cameron when he was the shadow secretary of state for education welcome to the show if i can start with j.i.t. how do you see the secretary general's call for a new global deal is it an overdue appeal for some commonsense or a idealistic vision that will never become reality well i absolutely think it's open to you and i am very glad that it actually come out to it because the idea that it's your job ian it could never get translated it's really a reflection of our lack of political will in imagination. and he said we're really at the brink cannot point to. the extremes of inequality just threatening our societies our economies yet i'm able to cope with the pandemic that we shouldn't been able to do. if we had the proper structures this year and it would cope with the existential threat of climate change and we have to basically. protect and so i think it's absolutely essential for us to do something immediately and i think the secretary ge

alexander shulman, i want to put to you a quote before you answer that question. cherie blair, the wife of the former prime minister tony blair, said recently that he still considers his work more important than doing the chores. it created quite a bit of a stir, didn't it, here? do you think that men do think their work is more important than women? well, to be fair, i think it depends on the couple. i mean, sometimes it is clear that the woman is the breadwinner and, in fact, in my life, i've often worked with women who are the sole breadwinners. so, i think it does depend, you know, on what the roles are. but if you are pretty well equal, it will naturally seem to fall to the woman to take up the slack. i agree with tina. what is rather wonderful, in a way, in a not very wonderful situation, is that it has become very obvious on a kind of micro level that everyone at home has seen what there is to be done and how much women have to do. i suspect that that will have lasting consequences. but more complicated, of course, is going to be the question that more wome

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the president alexander who teaches now some new measures because of the coronavirus he said during the weekend belgrade will be locked down and maybe not only belgrade but to the entire serbia because the situation would put on a virus is a very bad and the worst is here in belgrade though we have more than the 4000 people in the hospitals just today 13 people died over the coronavirus this is the highest number in one day so what happened today is that people were very angry of this situation and we did this kind of measures to why because serbia was already has already been in a state of emergency before and then alter it is said it's ok now things are going better let's have in the elections so we had the parliamentary elections in the day after numbers started to increase and today the situation is even worse than before so people are angry. they think that the money should be invested in hospitals and not in the election and this is what happened tonight it seems like the situation a little bit quieter now but the moral maybe we'll see the same picture again. critical uses continu

from coronavirus the president alexander who teach said earlier today dead from friday till monday the belgrade who belong down and there may be not only belgrade but entire serbia because of demick of coronavirus situation is very bad specially in belgrade we have more than 4000 people in hospitals and there are only today and 13 people died this is the highest number of that in one day so what is happening right now and for a several hours. that the people gathered to hear they're very angry because of their new measures they think this is not to do the right way to deal this situation. they are saying that the situation in hospitals are very bad that this is the way to spend the money in the hospitals not on the elections and also they're afraid their numbers of. people are much bigger than those numbers out or it is are saying so this is what is happening those protests there really fast become really violent and police is here they are pushing away the people in small groups they're all over the city i also saw police on the horses and never have seen something like that in belgra

they have called for the resignation of president alexander vote church his chest but a weekend cafe back in place after said yes place de yet on the pandemic with 13 deaths . to address tractions in the weeks before his win in june 21st including allowing crowds back to sporting events the. in the u.s. hospitals in several states say their intensive care units are reaching maximum capacity as coronavirus cases continue to jump the number of people who have died have now passed has now passed 130000 infections have been surging in states which push to reopen early including texas and florida but president trump want schools to reopen after the summer break. well we want to do is we want to get our schools open we want to get them open quickly beautifully in the fall and the you know this is a disease it's a horrible disease but young people do extraordinarily well in the next 2 weeks we're probably going to end up being what new york was 2 months ago i think that's what's going to happen and that is going to happen particularly because we have the 4th of july. holiday and a lot of pe

safety measures come as more families lose loved ones at washington's national cathedral -- >> joseph alexander toluk -- >> reporter: they pause for every life lost. >> their names and lives are not reminders of hope. in new york a standing ovation for detective mike smith, finally going home after a 100-day battle against covid. a moment of inspiration for a nation in need of just that miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> tonight another covid scare in washington, after a republican congressman tested positive before he was supposed to travel to texas with the president. and dr. anthony fauci is responding to the president's retweet of a video that falsely claimed there was a cure here's kristen welker. >> reporter: president trump, aiming to energize supporters in texas where the polls are tight. but his trip was overshadowed by covid. texas republican congressman louie gohmert planning to travel on air force one with the president tweeting that he has tested positive. >> i'm asymptomatic but apparently i have the wuhan virus. >> reporter: gohmert frequently seen without a mask even fo

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we have full coverage tonight beginning with peter alexander at the white house. >> reporter: president trump tonight is escalating his push for schools to reopen. >> learning by computer is not as good as learning in the classroom. our schools, we want them open in the fall. >> reporter: earlier complaining on twitter about the cdc's voluntary guidelines for reopening schools, blasting them as very tough and expensive. while they want them open, they are asking schools to do very impractical things hours later, the white house announced the cdc will issue new recommendations next week >> we don't want the guidance from cdc to be a reason why schools don't open every american knows that we can safely reopen our schools. >> among the cdc's current recommended policy, keep desks six feet apart as feasible close cafeterias and playgrounds if possible and use cloth or face coverings with conflicting messages, the cdc director today tried to provide clarify for schools. >> i want to make it very clear that was not the intent of cdc's guidelines is to be used as a rationale to keep schools cl

she finally said you can't be esther alexander. what that kind of confuse me and my dad because i am esther alexander. as it turned out, she had not known that i was black. she had paired me with a white roommate. there was a ruling at chapel hill at that time that that was not to be. she did not quite know what to do with me. i thought, oh boy, this is not the best way to enter school. but i learned something that they. my mom, and i talked about it a lot, they kept me inside and eventually came and said your room is ready. i said to my mom as we went downhill, well i'm going to be the only person in that room. >> she said, yes i expect so. i was prepared to just be furious. i think that was. on the way there, there were white girls sitting on suitcases. because they did not have very much space, housing space for graduate students. they would have to go into the city someplace. those girls were from i don't know where, what they were saying to me do you have a roommate? do you want a roommate? i'd be happy to room with you. the l

it goes, the tickets are so hard to get to see alexander hamilton on broadway, but now you don't have to worry about it because you can watch it at home on disney plus. the film version of the 2016 original broadway musical about the founding fathers of the american revolution is out. in light of recent events, lin manuel-miranda said the scenes are just as relevant now as they were in the 18th century. >> well, that is exciting stuff. and now, finally, the day before the day that we've all been waiting for, spring training kicks off today, though. our a's and our giants are not going to start until tomorrow. both teams will prepare for the shorte home stadium. the official schedule wil out next week but a sneak peek from the chronicle are reporting the giants will open on the road against the dodgers on july 23rd. the season will consist of 60 games, so it's a season light, and at least here to start, no fans allowed. >>> well, it's a cultural icon that's preserved by 98-year-old national park raurnger, and now you have a chance to hear her story. >> she is a national treasure. >> th

the demonstrators were calling for the resignation of president alexander vote church has just put up a weekend cash back in place after serbia's worst day yet of the pandemic with 13 deaths. had restrictions in the weeks before his win in the june 21st elections including allowing crowds back to sporting events al-jazeera as yelena chess has more from outside the parliament. the president alexander who teach announced some new measures because of the coronavirus he said that during the weekend belgrade will be locked down and maybe not only belgrade but the entire serbia because the situation would put on a virus is a very bad and the worst is here in belgrade that we have more than 4000 people in the hospitals just today 13 people died over the coronavirus this is the highest number in one day so what happened today is that people were very angry of this situation and we did this kind of measures why because serbia was already has already been in a state of emergency before and then dorothy said it took a now things are going better let's have an election so we had the parliamentary

peter alexander with the most shocking claims >> reporter: in her new tell-all book president trump's estranged niece mary trump minces no words explaining her motivations. i had to take donald down, she writes, about why she gave the president's tax documents to the "new york times," adding, if he is afforded a second term it would be the end of american democracy. the clinical psychologist insists her uncle meets all the criteria of a narcissist and in her book obtained by nbc news details a dysfunctional family with a dad who was so domineering fred trump sr., quote, perverted his son's perception of the world and damaged his ability to live in it mary trump is the daughter of president trump's older brother, fred jr., who she says was often mocked even scorned by his father who she writes once said donald is worth ten of you fred jr. later died of an alcohol related illness. >> i had a brother, fred great guy. best looking guy but he had a problem he had a problem with alcohol. >> reporter: ms. trump also claims the president's sister a retired federal judge said of his candidacy,

but lamar alexander is a second republican serving u.s. senator who will not be attending president trump's in person nominating convention this person. that's going to do it. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> of course we don't know if anyone will be attending the republican convention or there will actually be a republican convention until the day it happens. the situation in jacksonville, florida, at this point doesn't look like they can really pull this off. but we'll know when it happens. >> and, you know, we don't know if the trump administration or the trump campaign and the president will go away with jacksonvil jacksonville's mask ordinance, for example, which is already in effect in terms of indoor gatherings. that's why he moved the thing out of north carolina in the first place. that will be true in jacksonville, even if everything else comes together. >> maybe it can be a big rv convention where they just get thousands of giant recreational vehicles and everybody just drives to whatever spot somewhe

reporter: alexander lukashenko has dismissed protesters as criminal gangs. critics say he has never faced unrest like this. many argue they are less afraid of detention then another five years of lukashenko rule. >> the twitter accounts of several high-profile people and companies, including barack obama, joe biden, bill gates, apple, and uber, have been hacked. hackers posted tweets trying to dupe people into sending bitcoin, promising they will double their money. bitcoin is a form of digital currency traded on the internet also known as critical currency. comments and posts on twitter suggest thousands of dollars in bitcoin may have been sent to scammers' digital account. twitter says it is investigating. u.s. tech giant apple is celebrating a big win in ireland. the european high court has ruled apple does not have to pay $15 million in irish back taxes. judges ruled it has not been proven that apple had an illegal tax react -- relationship with ireland's government. a sculpture of a black lives matter protester has been erected in bristol in the same sp

service president alexander has backtracked on his plan to re-impose a coronavirus lockdown following protests broke out after he announced that a weekend curfew would be reintroduced following a certain covered $900.00 infections chris explain the president for politically motivated decisions that led to this. the rocks flares tear gas this is what the capital of serbia looks like on tuesday night. thousands of protesters took to the streets and the situation quickly got out of hand. of the of the a group of them tried to enter the parliament building the police responded with tear gas and their batons the scuffles finally ended as the sun was coming up i am dozens of people were injured who was who said serbian president alexander had announced that a weekend curfew could be imposed in belgrade but after tuesday's protests he has now backtracked on those plants in the city with the. in recent weeks the coronavirus has been spreading quickly in serbia. there are long lines of people outside testing centers hospitals are overcrowded the new wave of corona virus infections has put an a

impeachment trial of this president donald trump has resigned from the military channel called all alexander a vent but said he had been bullied and refused for motion since testifying against trump had alleged that trumpet asked ukraine to investigate his rival joe biden which one woman called improper. u.n. secretary general antonio good terror has warned that the war in libya is entering quote a dangerous and new phase with foreign interference at an all time high he said the military build up there signaled a violation of the u.n. arms embargo. surgeons at a hospital in rome successfully separated twins who have been conjoined at the back of their heads the 2 year old sisters are said to be recovering well the rest surgery was aided by a 3 d. augmented reality map of this calls and brains. german chancellor angela merkel has called. night and stronger from its greatest ever challenge the coronavirus pandemic. brussels to mark the beginning of germany's 6 month presidency of the european council. in crisis mode. masks hand gestures and rather awkward head nodding have taken the place of h

nbc's peter alexander is following this one. peter, what do we know about his retirement? >> i just received a statement from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, retiring after more than 21 years of military service, a member of the u.s. army. after, according to his lawyer, he determined his future in the armed forces, quote, will forever be limited due to the political retaliation that the lawyer says vindman has seen from the president and from the president's allies. in the stinging statement that we just received, the attorney writes through a campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation, the president of the united states tried to force vindman to choose between adhering to the law or pleasing a president. he goes on to say he's putting the needs of his country ahead of his own, his patriotism has lost his career. they say today they lose a devoted soldier but it's incumbent upon all of us to make sure we don't lose the values he represents. this is striking because his testimony was so crucial during the impeachment inquiry we saw taking place last november.

in the dozens of people were injured who was who said serbian president alexander had announced that a weekend curfew could be imposed in belgrade but after tuesday's protests he has now backtracked on those plans in the city with the. oh in recent weeks the corona virus has been spreading quickly in serbia of there are long lines of people outside testing centers hospitals are overcrowded the new wave of corona virus infections has put an additional strain on the already stretched healthcare system . you have noted to some of this is not just about belgrade and belgrade's patients it is also about patients being sent here from all over serbia one who took what you seriously be. in april serbia imposed one of the world's strictest lockdowns despite this the government pushed ahead with plans for june's parliamentary election. during the campaign officials declared victory over the coronavirus and normal life resumed without any restrictions. the opposition boycotted the poll and turnout was low. but his party won by a landslide. since the election frustration with the government has

chernow's biography of alexander hamilton. ♪ brian: ron chernow, when did hamilton, alexander hamilton, first get on your radar screen? ron: well, i started writing it back in 1998, brian. it seems rather comical, because the reason that i chose to do alexander hamilton, aside from the fact that it was the most extraordinary personal story among the founding fathers, was that he seemed to be fading into obscurity. people were coming to regard him as a sort of second tier founding father. most americans knew he was on the $10 bill, maybe that he had died in a duel with aaron burr, but that was about it. it seems comical that i felt as if i was lifting him out of obscurity. now his name is on the marquee of a broadway show. brian: where were you at the time? what were you doing? ron: i just finished writing my biography of john d. rockefeller, "titan," and what happened -- i had done a series of books about moguls of the gilded age. and i found that when i would go out to give lectures, people in the audience would start shouting out, "do vanderbilt next. do carnegie next," and i really