Jihadists to safety about 6 miles away. The book was a bestseller and josh is someone with a knife or some truly Great Stories and he has done it again with his new book falcon sees which recounts another true and gripping tale of adventure this one about wildlife smuggling. Josh is a journalist by trading and had a pretty adventurous globetrotting run himself working for newsweek over nearly two decades. He joined it newsweek in the late 1980s as a business and media writer but within a few years he was off to cover the rest of the world. And back here in the us in los angeles. For the past decade and a half he has continued to report and travel widely writing for a range of publications. Four years ago he 10 National Magazine award in reporting. That was a prizewinning story that told the story of aor physician who would lead the effort to control the ebola outbreak. In addition to the timbuktu josh wrote three other previous works were on about his younger brother who became a relig
About voting press club and the investigations editor in washington for the associated press. We have a terrific program ahead and we invite you to follow along on twitter using the hash tag npclive. In the audience were members of the general public so any applause or reactions are not necessarily from the working press. Id like to begin by introducing our head table. Please hold your applause until all of the head table guests werere introduced. I have the president of the public news all bids and member of the Headliners Team. The former president of the National Press club and we have Eleanor Clift Political Columnist with the daily beast. H e National Reporter at the washington post, beside wesley is michael holloman, Deputy Communications director for faie fight and alex, the political reporter nbc news. Skipping over the podium, to my right is donna, president at the dc media strategy and former president of the club and cochair of the mpc Headliners Team in the skipping over th
Points. This money down futures are hired by 15. Nasdaq futures have three. Lea japans nikkei index up 1 as investors worry about all the tension and chinas shanghai composite and a lower pay half of 1 . Transfer the ceo of United Airlines tries again. His latest apology as united stocks continue to be under pressure. Lea and sports come to the new york mets destroyed the Philadelphia Phillies said quarterback tony romo almost scores a hoop stream. Lauren 5 01 a. M. Welcome to fbn am, your first look at morning markets and breaking news. Lea good morning to you. This accuses russia of trying to cover this chemical weapons attack last week. White house Officials Say u. S. Intelligence confirm the assad regime uses air and gas on his own people. In an exclusive interview with Maria Bartiromo, president tram shares his season area. We are not going into syria, but when i see people using horrible, horrible chemical weapons, which they agreed not to use under the opponent frustration. They
The city of nice after a truck ran down people celebrating bastille day. Michelle with the latest. Reporter new footage shows the truck that killed 84 people filmed by a freelance journalist. The 28 ton truck with hand grenades plowed through on the french riviera. People jumped into the sea while the semi moved more than a mile on the boardwalk. Police shot and killed the attacker and theres video obtained by the Associated Press that appears to show the moment when it happened. The u. S. State Department Said two americans are among the victims of the attack. Nbc news reports they are 51yearold Sean Copeland and 11yearold from texas. They were on vacation. Two Police Officials tell the ap that identity papers alongside the attackers with 31yearold frenchman of tunisian origin. No known connection to terrorist groups, not yet, at least. Eight months and a day after suicide bombers killed 130 people in paris. Michelle crusoe cabrera. Thank you. For more, the paris bureau chief at the f
Welcome everybody to power lunch. Im Tyler Mathisen. Glad you could be with us this afternoon. Lets take a look at the dow trying to break an eightday losing streak. That kind of streak hasnt happened since august of 2011. Right now the dow up 23 points or 0. 13 . Energy and financials leading the way. Oil back above 40 a barrel. Despite a surprise build in crude inventories. Brian. Hi, im brian sullivan, thanks very much for joining us. Heres what else is happening at this hour. Walmart reportedly in talks to buy web retailer jet. Com. Dow jones says the deal could have a price tag of up to 3 billion. Also, 33 u. S. Service members have been reportedly infected with the zika virus. All of those cases were contracted overseas. The magic apparently still alive. Scholastic says more than 2 million copies of harry potter and the cursed child were sold in north america in just the first two days of sale, melissa. Welcome everybody. Im melissa lee. Straight to the breaking news today in fac