These trials were not held by what we consider to be modern law. Has not been in place and no one has a defense the were no lawyers. Tonight, author stacy schiff talks about her book the witches, on the salem witch trials. Part with theting accusations is that wealthy merchants were accused as witches, sea captains were accused as witches homeless fiveyearold girls were accused to be witches. This is not an incident where all the victims are female. We have five male victims, including on minister. We didnt burn them, we hang to them. Hanged them. There is so much myth, i thought it was important to dispel. A signature feature of the coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country, with Nonfiction Author talks, interviews, viewer callin segments. Coming up they will be live from the miami book fair. Authors include representative john lewis discussing his book march. I live callin with author peggy noonan. Joins us tor discuss her book, the story. Book,d koppel on his ligh
Thanksgiving will be wet but warmer with temps in but warmer with temps in the 50s. Our current temps right t now are in the 20s and 30swinds partly cloudy skies tomorrow morning will be a cold start for the kids with temps s the upper teens. But our monday planner shows sunny skies and temps warming into the upper 30s. 30s. New tonight, tonight,the belgian capital of brussels is completely locked down. For part of the day, people were ordered to stay where they were some even stuck inside stores and cafefe cafefethe terror alert is at the highest level ever. Authorities in belgium say there is a serious and imminent threat for a terrorist attack. Schools and subways are shut down. Police say terrorists connected to the paris attacks that killed more than one hundred people may be in brussels. Tonight president obama appears to be taking a tougher stand against isis. He is now vowing to destroy the terrorist group. He made the comments at the end of a nineday trip in malaysia. The pres
Check of your forecast. Thanksgiving will be wet but warmer with temps in the 50s. Our current temps right now are in the 20s and 30swinds are from the south around 510 mphsatellite and radar shows partly cloudy skies tomorrow morning will be a cold start for the kids with temps in the upper teens. But our monday planner shows sunny skies and new tonight, tonight,the belgian capital of brussels is completely locked down. For part of the day, people were ordered to stay in place inside stores and cafes. Cafes. The terror alert is at the highest level ever. Authorities in belgium say there is a serious and imminent threat for a terrorist attack. Schools and subways are shut down. Police say terrorists connected to the paris attacks that killed more than one hundred people may be in tonight president obama appears to be taking a tougher stand against isis. He is now vowing to destroy the terrorist group. He made the comments at the end of a nineday trip in malaysia. The president also use
Oflared in a baltimore trial the Police Officer accused of killing freddie gray. Also coming up, Janet Yellens gift to the markets and investors rejoice as america raises Interest Rates for the first time in a decade. A look at the latest on that without business editor, stephen carroll. With our business editor, stephen carroll. Molly those are the top stories this hour. Thanks for joining us. Russian president Vladimir Putin is holding his annual end of the year press conference. He has been addressing a range of issues from the russian economy to ukraine, even the world of sports. Speaking earlier from moscow, he spoke on the syrian conflict, saying russia will continue its military operations in the country until the Syrian People begin the political profits the political process. He also touched on operations with turkey, saying that he sees no possibility overcoming the diplomatic strain under current turkish leadership. We will have more from moscow later on in the program. Now
Park. Nikki burdine is there live with a preview of whats expected to get under way around 7 00. Nikki . Reporter good morning. Protesters in fact hope traffic will be an issue. And ive covered a lot of these in the past. Today they say they hope to disrupt peoples lives. Thats really been the point of these protests all along because they said if they go somewhere where nobody will notice them, then nobody will notice them and no one will listen to them. These protesters are part of the d. C. Ferguson movement. They will be out here starting in about an hour at 7 00 at Mount Vernon Square. Theyll be marching through the streets staging dieins that weve seen. Weve covered several of these, a few here at Mount Vernon Square. This is video youre looking at right now of previous protests by the d. C. Ferguson movement and these protesters say they dont care that theyre inconveniencing people. They dont care theyre making people late for work because they want you to pay attention. Theyre