Blow you off and keep going. He lives in his own world. I think people take his aloofness for rudeness which is not that at all. He used to be a darius outgoing guy and then had a traumatic brain brain injury and it changed his body. I think its evolved and you see in the fall and that my wife is funny, she read this book and she said i finally like him. He reached his humanity level. At the core. It took me four books to get there but i like complicated guys and hes complicated. Host thank you for being with us for our indepth program and in this special series we sit with authors for three hours talking about their life in their work. David baldacci will spend the time with us today and we hope very much for both of us as we enjoy your interaction that you will be a part of the conversation. As we continue along here we put the phone numbers on the screen and our facebook and twitter handles so you can join in on the conversation and we very much would like to from your questions abo
Australia in crisis, as those deadly fires burn out of control. Thousands of residents and tourists seeking shelter on the beach as the military races to evacuate people trapped by flames. The urgent new warning this morning. An abc news exclusive. Alex trebek and his wife revealing the moment they learned his diagnosis and how theyre facing it headon. Throughout my life ive always wondered about how courageous a human being i was. His wife jean by his side helping him keep that signature humor. Back off, michael. Im not saying anything. Only on gma this morning. Hanging by a thread. The terrifying moment this b. A. S. E. Jumper gets caught on the face of a mountain. His parachute stuck in a crack. Inside this heartpounding rescue. Bad to the bone and bad to the bone. Wasabi, the pekingese waltzing his way to best in show. Winning top dog in the American Kennel Club National Championship. Now hes bringing that fur and fluff right here live to times square. And we certainly do say good
Its a big night for the National Book foundation, for literature, culture, the big night for all of us. Whenever i have the opportunity to stand in front of people i always mention my mothers name, irma jean christin. She is the reason i like to say about my mother i am th imed amm because she is the woman she is or was. My mother was my first teacher. My mother graduated from college the age of 17 the first person i17 in the firstperson in her fo college for me to be a wellknown literary advocate in this nation, a place where only a few generations ago it would have been illegal for me to read is no small thing. [applause] literature is the birthright of every single one of us if you can read in at least one language you are in my definition free. That is to say no one can pull the wool over your eyes are give you what they want to call alternative facts and convince you what you know to be true is in fact not true at all. If you can read at least one language, you have the wherewitha
Tensions on college campuses. Last night, officials at nyu asked the nypd to remove pr protesters from the campus. The palestinian protests had not been authorized and asked police to enforce trespassing violations. Students and faculty among those arrested. And then at columbia university, classes for the semester would be hybrid and remote when possible as billionaire donors are rethink going support of columbia. In a statement, patriots owner robert kraft, is not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken. When asked if he would pause support, leon cooperman said i cannot say that yet. He doesnt hold the administration possible for the demonstrations. He said the kids are out of control. Cooperman will join us live this morning at 8 00 a. M. To talk about the protests and donations and other plans as well as views, of course, of the market. Back to corporate news. We are watching novartis. Reporting better than expected First Quarter results and raised fu
A former american president and his fixer and a big time ally of his in the tabloid media. It was a plan crafted to cast then candidate donald trump in a positive light in the allimportant tabloids. Using stories that were favorable to him and silencing ones that werent and smearing everybody that got in the way. The witness on the stand today on the Hush Money Trial, details exactly how this scheme worked on a daytoday basis. David pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer described a relationship with donald trump that dated back to the late 1980s and noted that trump was one the first people to call him and congratulate him when he bought the National Enquirer back in 1999. So tlir friendship was already long standing by the time donald trump decided so to run for president. The questioning today was the details an the operational aspects of that explicit agreement between trump, his lawyer Michael Cohen, and david pecker. And what they did to boost trumps campaign. And