Im going to turn it right over to curtis. Im a longtime admirer of curtis white. Published in harpers magazine and on the Editorial Advisory Board is a quarterly and they turned to him for wisdom in darkness which often comes over me and im going to let him begin by explaining. You want him to talk as much as possible and so you can set up the premise of the book and then i have a few stray questions that i will ask you if the silence falls. Well, from what i can tell so far one of the things that people out there whoever they are, readers, journalists, want to know was why i decided to write this book. Im a novelist and not a Science Writer and the answer to that question is familiar for me but curious probably for everybody else. [laughter] i just had to turn it off. Sorry, okay. As has happened more than once in my writing lifetime i was driving in the car, listening to npr and i just happened to hear a think it was on fresh air for those of you who know my book the middle mind. You
In the hospital and couldnt do absolutely anything. Shes a mess. But shes great. Over the course of a week, more than 1200 people were evacuated from the roof of the parking garage next to tulane hospital one of the largest evacuations of an American Hospital in recent memory. Six months after drew schaaf and William Wilson were flown to safety, the hospital reopened. Michael this is the war room, im michael shure. The sequester has washington on edge, as for the rest of the country, i guess whether your heart is in it or not, all depends on where you call home. [ theme music ] michael this war room is tracking all things politics. We start with what we have our mrit call eyes on today. One eye is on the sequester showdown. President obama and house respects have until late thursday to reach a deal or else 85 billion in mandatory cuts start rolling off of the chopping block. Its a an agreement the president and john boehner reached back in 2011. The think i was that democrats wont cut
Everyone will be talking about. The key is with him. Want to my interview with the director of the jinx. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york im chris hayes and we have huge Economic News today. A blockbuster jobs report. The strongest run of good Economic News in over a decade. The Labor Department announced american employers added 257,000 jobs in january and the estimates for november and december revised significantly by a combined 147,000 bringing the number of jobs created in 2014 to 3. 1 million. That is the strongest since 1999. That is why were seeing exstatic headlines about todays report. Its raining jobs. Best jobs report in many years. And while the unemployment ticked up it happened mainly because people who gave up looking for work decided to enter the labor force and give it a shot. What does it mean for president obamas record on job creation and his legacy as president on economic recovery. Lets look at job totals in the fifth and six years of presidenc
Before. So, lets begin this hour. Michelle is standing by for us, our cnn senior Diplomatic Correspondent and first just on this emergency meeting, what are we expecting to hear from Ambassador Haley. Reporter this is going to be big. Its an emergency session called by the United States in the midst of a crisis. Its not just after yet another Missile Launch by north korea. Its them ramping it up and now testing an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that could potentially strike the United States. So, the pressure is on here. I think this is going to be one of the strongest rebukes and warnings that weve heard so far against north korea. But it gets to a point where what really more can be said at this point. Over the last few months, weve heard the United States and others talk about the potential of military action that all options are on the table, theres a thought of the u. S. Going it alone and trying to counter north korea if necessary, calling on other nations to do more. So the