You can keep the spirit of litfest going all year by downtown loading the printers row app where you can fine all of the Chicago Tribune premium books content, free did downed ebooks and the complete litfest scud all. Download today and get five dollars off merchandize. Todays program will be broadcastlift on cspan2s booktv. We ask you to use the microphone to your right to ask questions. We ask that you silence your cell phones and turn off your camera flashes. Please welcome reporter from the Chicago Tribune and todays sir interviewer. Talk to us. His public,ty defender, hoyt have chicago iconic newspaper. Thank you both for being here for this conversation. Lets get started by talking about your personal connections to the stories you are tellingful both of you have given birth to stories you have personal connections to, so what led to these topics . Start out, natalie. Sure. So, im a chicago native. I went away to school, work other places, moved back here about ten years ago, and
And heres a look at whats on prime time tonight. We kick off the evening at seven eastern with jeremy mccarter, coauthor of hamilton the revolution. At 8 p. M. , sean wilentz talks about the need for Political Party ands partisanship. At 9 15 eastern, fox news eric bolling weighs in on the virtues that define the United States. And at ten on after words, Karen Greenberg takes a critical look at laws enacted to combat terrorism. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. K tv on welcome to the 3 2nd annual Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. I want to give a special thank you to all our sponsors. The theme of this this years festival is whats your story, and we encourage you to share the stories you hear this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook using hashtag prlf16. You can keep the spirit of lit fest going all year by downloading the printers row app where youll find all of the Chicago Tribunes premium books content, free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and the complete
All right. Happy new year, rick, to you and everybody at the chicago merc. We have some serious breaking news from dubai in a scary situation. Here again is sue herera. Absolutely, brian. Here is what we know. A fires a engulfed the address hotel located in downtown dubai. These pictures are coming to us from the Associated Press. This fire broke out just a few hours before dubais massive fireworks display was set to go off. It is in the address hotel. It has engulfed at least 20 floors according to the Associated Press. We dont know the cause of that fire. We dont have any word on casualties. We do know that First Responders are on the scene. Once again, it is a massive fire in a tightly populated area of dubai in a very popular area of dubai im told, and, brian, i think you also stayed at that hotel, have you not z . I have been to that hotel, i have not stayed there. I have been to that region. That is the premiere shopping and recreation and dining destination in dudubai. I dont wa
Believe how warm it was. 2015, almost 38 degrees for an average, that bus the old record set in 1881. We are almost four degrees better than that. And amazingly warm weather in concord. As far as your new year s eve forecast, first night, any revelry going on, mostly cloudy skies, dry tonight as well. You will get along fine with a moderately sized coat. There have been a couple of sprinkles out there, but that is about it. We are devoid of whether to the great lakes. Not much to talk about except for some brandnew cold. We have to remember it is winter after all. That is when we typically get cold, and we are about to. Something we are not used to, a shot of arctic air heading its we will talk about that in a few minutes. Jean one of the biggest new year s eve celebrations in New Hampshire will be portsmouth s first night. It takes place downtown and at events throughout the city. Josh jennifer has been there all day long getting ready. She joins us live. It has already started. Famil
And in restaurants and business as cross town, the county replacing Health Inspection certificates that once bore the signature of syed farook, trying to remove the stain of his name. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz in california. The fire started friday afternoon at the Islamic Center of palm springs. Carl dial jr. Faces arson, burglary and hate crime charges. The fire didnt spread beyond the lobby. No one was hurt. A georgia principal is apologizing after a teacher asked a Muslim Middle School student if she had a bomb in her backpack. The father of the girl says his daughter was extremely upset by that comment. Now, the principal of the school says the comment was inappropriate but there wasnt any ill intent. As for the family, both the father and the daughter say that they forgive the teacher, although they would like to see more sensitivity training. In paris and San Bernardino, progun advocates say its gunfree zones, not guns themselves that should be banned. This weekend advocates staged a m