Up next on booktv after words with guest host maggie jackson, author of distracted. This weeks matt richtel and his latest book is a deadly wandering a tale of tragedy and redemption in the age of attention. In it a New York Times reporter tells the story of a tragic car accident due to texting from impact through the court proceeding. He combines the disturbing reallife story with a thorough examination of the distractions of technology and their impact on society. The program is about an hour. Host hello. Im here today hosting after words with matt richtel and congratulations on your new and very powerful book, a deadly wandering it. I think its a story about a crash and yet so much more. Its a story and you write about tragedy and redemption and i say you could call it the canary in the coal mine type case of how we are living with technology both in distracted and constructive ways. I think we have a lot to talk about and i want to welcome you. Guest where was that when i needed an
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The big question is will they be around for the morning commute . Ill show you a closer look at the timing on this and into your morning. Cooler temperatures ahead. Thats coming up. Wec continue to follow breaking news from the campus of Widener University. Police have a suspect in custody accused of making an online threat against students. We sent nbc 10s lu ann cahn to the campus as soon as we learned about this arrest. What have you found out about the suspect and the threat. Reporter initially we thought the student was 18 years old. We learned the student who has been arrested is 20 years old. He is a freshman. Hes a criminal justice major from lodi, new jersey. This morning, students saw that he had posted something that was alarming but the scary part for them, they didnt know who had posted it. It was anonymous. They notified administrators right away. We cannot in Law Enforcement take a chance of just overlooking an incident. Reporter we blurred out the offensive language, t
I truly consider him an ambassador from an ancient time period. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The government is nenlisting your help tonight in the war against the sunni Muslim Terrorist Group known as isis. The f. B. I. Posted video today of an isis fighter it is trying to identify. He speaks english, and the bureau says hes appears to have a north american accent. The f. B. I. Describes the video as a recruitment tool to attract westerners to join isis, and we have more now from our National Security correspondent david martin. And were here with the soldiers of bashad. Reporter do you know this masked man . Shifting between arabic and english, he is oh, straight the execution of prisoners in a propaganda video put out boy isis last month. The f. B. I. Posted this clip on its web site in the hopes someone might recognize him through his voice and appearance. It is part of a larger appeal for the publics assistance in