[inaudible conversations] good morning and welcome to the 19th annual National Book festival brought to you by the library of congress. [applause] this festival is free of charge thanks to the generosity of donors large and small. He. Please make it brief and to the point, you are giving us permission to use it to web cast and finally i ask that you please turn off your cell phones, thank you and enjoy your day. Good morning, book lovers, how are you . Can we stop for a moment and acknowledge the librarian, hardworking staff and the volunteers . Absolutely. [applause] im chairman for the National Endowment of humanities, we proud to continue partnership of National Book festival, topic of this festival, changemakers and one way we are doing so is to discuss topic on the bottom level of the Convention Center, theyll we will recognize importance of 19th document, documentary on pbs, we have wonderful cutouts of Suffrage Movement, leaders that you can pose with, grandchildren, Fredrik Dou
Get to Holiday Weekend. Straight up traveling to centerville and 66 eastbound dealing with crash thats out by 9 causing slow downs. 395 still looks pretty good and maryland delays in college park a full look at travel next. Thanks, erin, tucker, lets get to big story wednesday morning gop tax reform push is almost complete. Overnight the Senate Passed massive tax reform bill. But theres still another hurd toll clear before it goats President Trump. Fox5 Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill with the latest details. Mel. Good morning, yes, it was a late night in the senate and it will be app Early Morning in the house as theyre trying to reconcile the two bills a little language had to be changed in the senate. Thats what one final hurdle was. Reps are confident theyll timely get this over the goal line. Its cuts and jobs act passed. With heckling from the dalry in the wee hours of the morning vicepresident mike pence provided massage of republican tax plan right along party lines. We
Evening to see some of the light rain moving into northern Sonoma County and then as we go into tonight, some of the heavier downpours moving in, into some of those wild fire ravaged areas and San Francisco with lighter rain tonight and making its way into parts of the peninsula as well as the east bay and into san jose shortly before midnight, youll hear some of that rain coming down through the roof and also breezy winds. A lot coming while you will be sleeping later on overnight. We will talk more about how much rain we could see and then also whats ahead as we go into the weekend. Thats coming up a little bit later. Well, up in the north bay, many people will return to ash and cinder. The rebuilding process begins in Sonoma County following the devastating north bay wild fires. Officials will meet with residents to make sure that theyre doing it safely. Nbc bay areas pete soranos joins us live with details for later, pete. Reporter yeah, good morning marcus. And were stand in that
Plus, the pilot suspended for this dangerous flyby stunt. The second headquarter sweepstakes for amazon arrives today. And staying alive. The cubs top the dodgers to stave off elimination. Hammered into left. And the yankees make it three in a row over the astros. But in new york on the brink of the world series today, thursday, october 19, 2017. Matt, yankees on the brink of a world series. I dont think we should say that about the dodgers and the yankees. Youre on the brink of the world series when you win the fourth game so i dont want to jinx anything here but it was a great game last night, fun to be at. Meanwhile, we got a big event in our studio, were happy to have the former cia director john bren n brennan with us. But first, the president facing new scrutiny over his condolence calls to the families of Fallen Service members. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter savannah and matt, good morning to you. The demands for answ
President s confidence in comey. Does the president have confidence, full confidence in the fbi director james comey . I dont, in light of what youre telling me i dont want to start speaking on behalf of the president without speaking to him first. Reporter the controversial comey has drawn ire from both democrats and republicans for his announcement he would not be recommending charges against former secretary of state clinton for her handling of confidential information, but that she also acted with gross negligence. And then just days before the president ial election, comey announced that they would be reopening the investigation into clintons emails, the ramifications of that decision and its possible effects on the election he later testified made him nauseous. Senate democrats like dick durbin of illinois are expressing concern about the investigation into russian influence in the most recent president ial election. He said he is awaiting clarification from the white house if an