[applause] [applause] [cheering] i dont want you to be intimidated, but i practiced these jazz hands for ten minutes backstage. Thats not actually a joke and that is the scary thing about it. Good evening and welcome to the 2018 pen america literary awards. Thank you for being here. [applause] honestly im thrilled to be here, very honored to celebrate the mission to protect Free Expression everywhere. Yes you should clap for Free Expression. It is honestly a weird time to be protecting Free Expression. I know that you are thinking but sally it is so obviously not under threat right now. [laughter] certainly not here in the United States of america. I mean, obviously free speech is so free, we have fake speech now. Seriously, i am honored to be here. It is such a big deal. There are so many incredible and important authors that grace us with their words and ideas this year, brilliant visionary inspired writers and of course im talking about ivanka. [laughter] the jokes dont get any bett
Matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on friday morning. 7 00 on the west coast. We hate to say it but another week, another tragic shooting in louisiana. Were getting more information as we speak. Authorities have just released this new information about the gunman. His name, john houser, a 59yearold from alabama. Authorities describing him as kind of a drifter. We know that disguises including wigs and glasses were found in the search of his hotel room. Were going to get more on that in a live interview with Louisiana State police in just a moment. But lets start on this friday morning with nbcs john yang. John, what can you tell us . Matt, right now investigators are processing this crime scene. They say the theater is littered with personal belongings, shoes, purses, keys, cell phones, things people dropped and ran whether the shooting started. Were learning more about the shooter, more about the victim, and mor
Rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this friday morning. It seems another week another tragic mass shooting this time in louisiana. Well is have more on this in a second. We are following another big story. The administrations high stakes Nuclear Agreement with iran. In studio exclusively secretary of state john kerry. He was in washington yesterday selling the deal. Hell sit down with matt in a few minutes. Back to louisiana. The gunman identified as a 58yearold white male with a criminal history. Witnesses say he stood up about 20 minutes into a showing of the movie trainwreck, pulled out a handgun and started firing. Two people were killeded. At least nine others wounded. Their ages from the late teens to 60s. Overnight the investigation had to be put on hold briefly. The bomb squad was called this in when an officer saw something suspicious inside the gunmans car. Well talk to the police and two people who were at the theater complex in a moment. Lets beg
Telecom mergers. Good morning. Multibillion dollar deal. A record high stock market and next week another reading on where we are in this stalled economy. My next guests know a thing or two about creating jobs and growth. He served as the chairman and ceo for five years and ran chrysler for several years. Bob is still leading and investing through his company. U. S. Corporate tax rate stands at 35 and that has motivated some of the largest cooperations to park their money overseas in countries that grab much less of a tax bite than we do. As f last year, nearly 2 trillion has been stored outside of our borders. Thats an increase from the year before. The top five are ge, microsoft, merk, and apple. The majority of fortune 500 companies permanently invest offshore and some have managed to avoid all taxes on profits. A u. S. Company can also buy a smaller foreign one and reincorporate as a nonu. S. Form to avoid u. S. Taxes. Pfizer could move to reincorporate in Great Britain if their de
This week on the communicateors and issues facing the cable industry with analyst Jessica Cohen and the federal Communication Bureau commission with bill lake. Joining us is Jessica Cohen. What do you do . I am a Research Analyst covering media, entertainment, and cable and satellite. So when it comes to the cable industry what is the Economic Health overall . We are very bullish on cable. They have a huge big fat area into the home. So multiple services it was video. Of and over time it has become broadband and voice. Rolling out other services on top of that like home monitoring. You know. It is Home Security plus. So it things like managing thermostat or turning on the pool heater. And or a nanny cam pet cam. Et cetera. This are new service thats are begining to roll out on the platform. Rolling out. And as the business, the same thing. Voice and data. To be leveraged and in many ways, the separate investment points for cable that the industry filing finally, after years and years a