And his family was facing serious financial problems. At this point in his life, he was a man trying the take care of his family. And we get to tell a story here that most people dont know about. Welcome to Saratoga Springs on booktv. Located about four hours north of new york city, it has a population of about 27,000. Named for the numerous springs in the area, early settlers flocked here to experience the therapeutic effects of the natural mineral waters. Today Saratoga Springs is a popular Tourist Destination with its spas, revolutionary war history and horse racing. With the help of our spectrum cable partners, for the next 90 minutes well learn about the citys history and feature its Literary History including Andrew Mckenna on his battle with opioid addiction. Growing up, i thought the person who was addicted to heroin was under a bridge somewhere with, right . And was pushing a shopping cart around or Something Like that. Thats not the case. One of the most abused drugs right no
Look like . Tom ok. That will be the end of the laughter for the friday show. Lets begin with our top headlines. Here is the wounded Olivia Sterns. Greek lawmakers are backing a bailout. It is up to their european neighbors to get on board. The parliament approved a threeyear plan. Must make a big payment to the European Central bank six days from now. Ministersrea finance are meeting today in brussels to diss to study the latest terms. New figures out this morning revealing a slowdown in euro area growth. Rose by. 3 . The economist expected a slightly stronger showing. The weakness was clear in france. Consumers stagnant and spending is flat. It is the first time in a year the French Economy has failed to grow. Germanys economy grew by. 4 . Clinton may yet faced serious democratic challengers in the president ial race. Associates of al gore says he will not says he will not run. Buzzfeed report over the weekend said his supporters are talking about the idea. While the former Vice Pres
The acting labor secretary, Naval Operations chief and commandant of the marine corps were on capitol hill this morning to brief members of the Senate Armed Service committee addressing concerns about readiness and modernization. The hearing runs about two and half hours. The fiscal year 2018. I want to thank each of our witnesses for their distinguished service to the nation, as well as the sailors, marines and surveillance they lead were serving around the world today and recent months our nations senior civilian military leaders have testified to this committee about the severe threats we face around the world. The report shortfalls in readiness that our military has advantage over our potential adversaries is eroding and the dire need for new modern capabilities. Yet, as secretary matus testified here on tuesday, the greatest immediate threat that our military bases is right here in washington, fiscal uncertainty, continuing resolutions, arbitrary and inadequate caps on defense spe
And pouring out on to 26th and 27th street. Several people were covered in blood. It took officers more than an hour to gain control of the area. We just spoke with witnesses who told that they saw more than 15 police cars out here last night. Police say at one point guests were throwing glass bottles and one person was injured and transported to a local hospital. At the event planner inc. Which has both receptions here in the past, employees were surprised to learn of the fight. Never heard of anything like that. We do have several venues here on site. Yes, people get crazy and people come outside and never had any issues, especially being protected by the police department. He said the hall requires them to hire off duty San Jose Police officers to provide security for events here. Now we did reach out to the San Jose Police, so far they have not told us if they made any arrests last night. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Thank you very much. And the Sa
You outside, its hard to tell this was a twoalarm fire. The most significant damage happened in the basement of the temple of praise ministries, right on river road. We talked to the fire chief when we got on the scene. He tells us the fire began in the basement. Firefighters were able to save the church itself. Theres water damage, smoke damage, fire damage as well. The carpet, the chairs and much of the basement looking like a loss there. We talked to the pastors grandson and he tells us theyre going to clean things up and restore this church back to what it used to be. Just kind of shock and awe. Im surprised at how bad the damage is, but by the same token im glad no one was down here and no one was hurt. The church was empty at the time that fire broke out. Fire investigators are still working to determine a cause. Reporting live in pennsauken,c new jersey, pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. Police have a man in custody this morning following an hours long standoff with police in franco