Booktv continues on cspan2, television for serious readers. Booktv recently went to capitol hill to find out what books are on the reading lists of members of congress. What are you reading . It is too big to say. Im in the process of five different books. I pretty much finished one of them. The latest one, grant by ron chernow. You talk about what informs my work in congress. It is vitally important to understand our nations history, to understand both the victories and the challenges we have faced in the past so we could make better informed decisions and i love as a military guy looking back at conflict and what led us into those conflicts and how we came out of this conflict a stronger nation. Grant is one of those books. As i read and learned the role my state of ohio played in the civil war and holding our union together, grant, lincoln had three prominent ohioans that encircled him. Selma chase was his secretary of treasury, 23rd governor of ohio, grant became his fighting gener
Amy today we spend the hour with oscarwinning filmmaker Michael Moore. On the 2020 election and impeachment. Lastly, Michael Moore witnessed the historic Impeachment Vote from the front row of the house gallery. But the republicans let off this otherworldly noise it was not a boo, it was like a [groans] whatd to myself, that is the dyindown the source must have sounded like dinosaurs must have sounded like in her final moments. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Republicans and democrats are continuing to battle over the terms of President Trumps impeachment trial in the senate. The house has impeached trump for abuse of power and obstruction of congress, but House Speaker nancy pelosi has withheld sending the articles of impeachment to the senate over concerns of an unfair trial. Democrats are demanding the senate hear witnesses in the trial, which centers on how trump withheld mility aid from ukrai
Should not pick the next president of the united states. Mr. Mayor, your response. You know, according to forbes magazine, im literally the only person on this stage who is not a millionaire or a billionaire. And joe biden fighting back after being mocked for stuttering. Breaking news in the case of that missing texas mom and her baby. Authorities surround a home in houston right now. Abc news exclusive. Pat sajak speaking out in his first interview since his medical emergency. You go in and they dont know if im coming out. What it was like seeing vanna white take control of the wheel and what hes saying about leaving the show only on gma. And feeling the force. The starliner rocket blasting off moments ago. Weve cleared the tower. This as star wars blasts into theaters. Troops getting an early screening. Fans lining up all night and now the breakout star is joining us live. And good morning, america. Happy friday. Happy holiday friday. Happy star wars friday. The day is finally here.
Crane, and now on top of that trailer, but it could still be quite some time, chp saying email the web link, and it could be until midnight until some of the cleanup, the cleanup could still be going on until midnight and once they get the crane uprighted, they have to make repairs to the road and they have to remove a ton of material they put down on the road to absorb about 100 gallons of hydraulic field and diesel fuel. Thanks, tom. We have been tweeting updates on the 237 closure all day. The latest update came 20 minutes ago when the westbound lanes reopened. Make sure to download our free nbc bay area app, it is a great way to stay up to date on what is happening around the bay area. The roads and the sky are busy, as everyone is just trying to get home for the holidays. This is a live look now at sfo. 91,000 people are expected to fly through the airport just today. Thats about 5,000 more people than on a usual day. A lot of travel plans will be dictated of course by our weather
Heres some e to get to texas. The line is easily 100 feet long. Your flight has been delayed how many times . 4 times. Reporter 4 times . Yeah. Reporter that sounds like bad sonya is traveling with a new baby boy. Its his first flight. I used to pack just for me. Now i e formula and diaper bag. Reporter has your family seen him before . No, theyre meeting him for the first time. Reporter meantime in baggage claim, folks are finally finding their families. Jamies son is coming home from new york. I havent seen him in a year. Im going to start crying. Reporter she has a plan. Im so excited. I made this sign for him and im going to totally embarrass him. When he finds out youre here with me, hes really going to be embarrassed reporter despite the crowds, long lines, and deep delays, a moms love wont be denied. Here he is reporter sfo says today is xerox copied to be the busiest travel day for the rest of the year. Today alone 183,000 people will pass through the airport. This mornings fog