Into the earliest years of children being in a School Setting where we can try to reach them the best. Carol rasco is president and ceo of reading is fundamental. Ms. Rasco what is sure web site very quickly . R guy s. Org. Jane robinson as chief Financial Officer of first book and web site. First book. Org. We thank you both for it being on booktv and talking about your reading commitment. Thank you. This is booktv live coverage from the 29th annual Miami Book Fair. A full weekend of author panels, collins and other events ahead. Here is our lineup for today. In just a minute day humor columnist will be talking about his most recent book, lunatic and he will be joined by seth reiss in will tracy of the onion, the onion book of known knowledge is their latest volume. After that, naomi wolf will be talking about her latest book. Its called vagina a new biography. After that we want change d. C. To lila weaver and argentinian immigrant in his shoes written a book about her experiences, g
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And we begin with breaking news from texas where gay rights activists have scored another victory. A short time ago a federal judge struck down the states gay marriage ban. This follows similar decisions by federal judges in utah, oklahoma and virginia. Mark snyder joins us from dallas. The judge found the ban unconstitutional, but is letting it stand. Why is that . Well, its pending another ruling later this year and another appeals court. Yes, they say theyre complying with the u. S. Constitution and not trying to defy the people of texas. The rule something in response to a challenge by two gay couples of texas banning gay marriage. We just got a response from one of the couples, and they say, quote, were extremely happy, happy beyond words with judge garcias decision having been together 17 years. We look forward to the day we can get married, and when all gay texans enjoy equal rights to marry as well. We also got a statement from Texas Governor rick perry who said and then in 200
Security issuing a new warning of possible terrorist attempts on jetliners coming in from overseas. Now Officials Say terrorists could be hiding explosives in tt first raised by the Shoebomber Richard Reid right after the 9 11 attacks. Now this is the second government warning in less than three weeks. Travel expert mark murphy, ceo of travel Alliance Media joins me now with details. Welcome back to the show. Thanks, gerri. Gerri earlier this month we get a warning about liquids from the department of homeland security. Right. Gerri and now . With sochi. Gerri now we get this warning. Should be worried . People have a reason to be concerned. At this point in time when you fly all the time like i do you make it like Second Nature like getting in your car. If you fly infrequently and hear these warnings, all of sudden go to the airport talk to somebody who hasnt traveled a while, theyre concerned. Gerri i think everybody should Pay Attention to the warnings. Not just people who travel in
Meryl davis and Charlie White take to our rink here in Rockefeller Center only on today, wednesday, february 26th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on the west coast at 7 00 a. M. And as unusual as it sounds, it is snowing. The plaza cam. Not sticking too much. But snowing well. Meantime out west, we have a rain. This is a doubleedged sword. The areas are so dry, they will not absorb. They are worried about mudslides and threehour delays at San Franciscos airport. It will be a mess. We have an interesting story coming up. Do you worry about your underage son or daughter getting their hands on alcohol . Using hidden cameras, jeff rossen found it can be as easy as asking an adult to buy them alcohol. His report is coming up in a little while. We want to get to the top story. Critics lining up about the bill in arizona to refuse service to gays. The decision to veto