[inaudible conversation] book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what theyre reading this summer. I hope to finish a couple books, first of all im reading freedoms task which was given to me by senator roy blunt and this is a book that is about the dome being put on the Capital Building precivil war but what i found is especially interesting is as i get into the book of focus on the House Chamber and Senate Chamber and how those were added to the original Capital Building and one of the main proponents of that is Jefferson Davis so while we are approaching the civil war, we have Jefferson Davis really helping our country, helping build a Capital Building which would serve our entire country and we know later that he became the president of the confederacy so that the book im hoping to get through, i started it and i need to finish it. I also want to read about destiny and power which is the book by john meacham on george hw bush. I would like to get that done t
Former navy seal talks about the secret he was forced to keep. Its the most serious escalation of violence between israel and hezbollah in a decade. Earlier today hezbollah missiles killed two Israeli Soldiers, injured seven. Israel followed with its own strikes. Its happening on a small strip of disputed land between lebanon and syria and the Israeli Occupied Golan Heights. Nick schifrin is in Golan Heights. Nick . John, good evening. Im on that disputed spot right here. This is the occupied Golan Heights where im standing. That way is lebanon and that is syria. You can see the area between me and the board is actually a minefield. The incident happened a mile behind me, and israeli officials have given the indication, sorry, im losing my voice. Theyre giving indication that they dont want this to escalate. But the fact is that this area is the highest state of alert since the 2004. From two miles away hezbollah fighters fired six rockets two of them scored direct hits. In the first v
I think it should stay in the ground. I think were so close to polluting the planet the on anything sustainable. Robert redford is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, now in its 31st year. We talk with him about diversity and independence on both sides of the camera. And his latest film, a walk in about getting older. It is about walking the appellation trail and getting older. It has to do with what time you have left. He just going to sit and one thing you dont want to do is be the guy sitting in a bathrobe on a stoop somewhere and go, i wish i would have, should have. You dont want to have that. So you make the most of your life. Robert redford. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from park city, utah. Former soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is warning the confrontation in ukraine could turn into an allout war between russia and the west. Gorbachev accused the west of dragging
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Woman deliver her baby on a subway train. The drama caught on tape. The holiday delivery youll never forget, today, friday, december 26, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this friday morning. Im carson daly. Im tamron hall along with sheinelle jones, dylan dreyer, matt, savannah, al, natalie. Rudolph. Different network. I like blixer. Is that new . You last night. It was a long night for me. A lot of people returning things today, but one return one delivery wont be returned, a baby. Great story. Were going to talk about that. Lets get to todays top story. A group called lizard squad claiming responsibility for a cyber attack, two popular game systems. Hallie jackson is in los angeles. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Overnight we saw reports filled with outages and the timing of this crash could not have been worse. People unwrapping some of the hottest Holiday Gifts could