He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or so, after 911, currently his Senior National security correspondent for the intercept his son, tom its been a journalist for 15, 16 years. And hes worked for various news organizations covered and covered a wide of local and national topics, including National Security and u. S. Politics. His current focuses on in the last honest man, they look back at the life of former democratic senator frank of idaho, who was one of the most consequential lawmakers of the 20th century. He served in the from the late 1950s through the sixties and seventies
Welcome to politics prose im brad graham, the coowner of the bookstore along with my wife Lissa Muscatine and were very pleased to be hosting two ryzens here this evening we have veteran journalist jim and his son, journalist tom, and theyre here to talk about their new book the last man the cia the fbi, the mafia and the kennedys and one senators fight to save democracy. Our jim, of course, is a very accomplished investigative reporter, did some outstanding work with the new york times, where he was for for nearly 20 years from 1998 to 2017. He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or
Nations largest carrier says a Software Glitch with their schedulely system has allowed too many pilots to take vacation during one of the busiest travel times of the year. The pilots union says right now so many pilots are scheduled off that more than 15,000 flights between december 17 and the 301st are at risk of being canceled. We dont want the story of the grinch that stole Christmas Pat american airlines. To solve the problems theyll use reserve pilots. Theyre offering time and a half for pilots willing to pick up certain routes but some travelers are geting nervous. Its super stressful when your flight plans dont work out youre left stranded. Analysts believe american will fix this and right now your best bet may be to pack your patience. This idea that there will be thousands and thousands of canceled flights i really doubt it. I think the pilots will come to work. If you were to call american tonight and say there might be a problem i want a refund american wouldnt give it to y
Reporter a little cool this morning, but dry, Storm Tracker 6 live has been showing us that. In the Weather Center satellite shows you sprinkles and showers to the west falling a part. If we get any precipitation its in the northern suburbs and a light sprinkle this afternoon. 59 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. 52 in allentown. 53 in reading, 54 in trenton. 55 in wilmington, 66 in cape may. Wind are running on the light side. 68 degrees by noon, 3 00 p. M. , 73 partly sunny, nice getting breezy at times. 72 at 5 00 p. M. , 69 degrees. On the bus stop were looking at Cool Conditions so a jacket might be a good idea. 52 in the suburbs and 60 on the bus stop under mainly clear skies in philadelphia. Were on the look out, karen, for Hurricane Irma doing a number on the turks and caicos overnight and with its sights set on southern florida thats coming up in just a second along the weekend. Reporter lets start you out live schuylkill expressway westbound between belmont
Mess out there. Forecasters predict it could create 12 high 15 15 foot surges. I believe that is key largo that we are looking at. We have been talking about the keys a lot as well. There is an estimated 127,000 people hunkering down in shelters, making sure they stay safe. More than 1 million customers are without power, expecting millions more to lose power. The National Weather service is telling people to stay away from the windows because of highrise buildings being hit with wind gusts close to 100 Miles Per Hour. We have Team Coverage this morning, lets go to Lauren Blanchard live in orlando with the latest. Reporter we are just getting rain in this part, we are bracing for weather to come this way hundreds of thousands of people have lost power, shelters like the one behind me already filling up. Hurricane irma is battering areas with heavy rain and high winds. Irma officially making landfall this morning in the florida keys. Bringing made major hurricane winds before shifting n