[inaudible conversations] booktv on instagram, follows for publishing news, and behindthescenes pictures and videos, instagram. Com booktv. Next on booktvs thanksgiving Holiday Weekend complete coverage of the fifteenth annual National Book festival held this past september. First Cokie Roberts talks about her book on women in washington d. C. During the civil war era called capital dames the civil war and the women of washington. [applause] thank you. Thank you all for being here this labor day weekend. This book festival is one of the greatest things that happens year in and year out. Hundreds of thousands of people showing up. To celebrate books and to buy them. What a concept, children and families, usually my grandchildren are with me but i am going to catch the plane and go see them in a minute. It is a wonderful event, i write the history books, often many of the characters in my history books are political wives and it was a political wife who started this book festival, laura
Good evening, everyone. This is where you say good evening back. That is good. I want to thank you for joining us this evening. I am the president of George Washington mount vernon. It is my pleasure to welcome you for this installment, we are honored to have flora fraser with us this evening, she will discuss her book the washingtons, george and martha joined by french yet, crowned by love. Is a fullscale portraits of the marriage of the father and mother of our country and of the struggle for independence that he lead. Already the book has been hailed as a major work on American History, an important contribution to understanding the julies, complexitie , comp, intricacies of the union, this bill is the anniversary of the lecture series. [applause] how about that . [applause] established in 2006, the eighteenth region of the mount vernon ladies association. Gay and her husband stanley are with us, many of you know gay well but i would like you to ask you to stand and be recognized. [
College footballs National Championship. The schools fourth title in just seven years. Reaches for it. And a morning show first. It is americas most famous address, 1600 pennsylvania avenue, home to every u. S. President but one, the center of power in america. The cost of freedom is always high but americans have always paid it. Site of some of the most important events in history. As president obama gets set to deliver his last state of the Union Address to the nation tonight. Well talk to him. You wanted to unite people, and they are not united. Is it a failure . And the Vice President as well, an unprecedented morning live at the white house today, tuesday, january 12th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from washington, d. C. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special edition of today on this Tuesday Morning. Were on the steps of the white house. I have to say that qualifies as special. We are on the north porti
Tuesday, january 12th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the white house with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from washington, d. C. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special edition of today on this Tuesday Morning. Were on the steps of the white house. I have to say that qualifies as special. We are on the north portico, a moment of history for us, for this show and where so much history has been made. On the cool scale this one is off the charts. We want to luis alicea thank you to the obamas and everyone here at the white house for the access they have granted us. Its unbelievable. They have rolled out the red carpet, the blue carpet and green carpet and so much to show you. Shall we go inside, shall we knock. Just for you, ladies, its cold out. Im going to knock loudly. Hope they are n n late sleepers. Welcome to the white house. The obamas have so graciously stomping grounds. Jenna bush hager. Seems like a time warp here. Im goingo
Boulevard and key bridge. Be careful as the side roads could be shut down as well. We are calling the u. S. Park police to learn more. Our news partner wtop now reporting that the road will be closed until at least 9 00 this morning. So a few hours at that. So this must be a pretty serious crash. Definitely. We have a couple of events going on around the area. Of course theres a triathlon. Be aware. Well stay on stop of the story for you. But lets check in with tom kierein who is here. It is chilly out this morning. Yeah, temperatures down around 60 degrees now and we have a few scattered sprinkles lingering from yesterdays rain event. As we look at the storm team 4 radar theyre showing up in green. Thats tracking across Northern Virginia. Getting sprinkles out in northern West Virginia and then stay in the mountains here this morning. Right now, this one line of showers that stretches from just north of fredericksburg right across stafford county, southern fauquier, southern Prince Wi