Support. Without your support we wouldnt be where you are. The fiscal story weve been open for two weeks so wear a mask and stop by if youre in the area. Tonight, were excited to have with us Julian Zelizer celebrating the release of his book burning down the house. A professor of history and Public Affairs of Princeton University and cnn political analyst. Here is his most recent book. A haltline coshopped by the plymouth, president john and the battle for the best look. He had about with the guing guggenheim mountains and of america. Hell be joined by kevin cruz. Suburban history in the 20th Century America so just on conflicts of rights, race and religion, he is particularly interested in segregation and the Civil Rights Movement as well as the rights in the region, excuse me, provides the religious national and the making of modern. His book crease making one nation under god and Christian America and recently published. The president was honored as one of americas top young innova
Alert storm center. We have dry conditions and most of the rain shifts out. A look at first alert doppler xp and the most powerful radar in the carolinas showing the die. We had a went weather advisory for mecklinburg county but it was just canceled. Not seeing any real pockets of snowflakes. 41 fayetteville. We have patchy drizzle and rain. Right now 37. By lunchtime clouds and sunshine, 46. Cool today, low 50s. But today is the coldest of the next seven. Bigtime warmup in the sevenday forecast. That is in a bit. John today a Funeral Service will be held for the raleigh man killed by a Police Officer monday. Meantime as akiel denkins family prepares to bury him a details unclear. Gloria rodriguez has the details on that report. Gloria thats right. That report contradicts some witness reports that we have heard. The naacp says it is not the whole story and it is still early. There were some reports in the media that mr. Denkins was shot seven times in the back. Clearly the autopsy does
9 11, tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. How america is remembering the fallen. One hour from now president obama will address the nation, he will lay out his plan to dismantle the Islamic State group. And for more than a year the United States has he avoided the syrian action. Mike viqueria joins us. Mike. We expect president obama to announce not only are thee beefing up air strikes over iraq where they have been going on for over a month. They are also going to be increasing military assistance to iraq. The big story, air strikes against the Islamic State group inside syria. Hours before the president s speech, secretary of state john kerry turned up in pag baghdad, vowing support. But the fight against the Islamic State group is no longer confined to iraq. Tonight president obamas expected to outline a plan to expand the campaign into syria. He spent the day on the phone with key allies like king abdalla of jordan. An nbc wall street journal poll shows that 61 of
Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us this evening. I am richard fontaine, the president for the new american security. Its a pleasure to welcome all of you tonight for the celebration of the new book upon its publication sites of the memoir a modern war and the practice. If you come to these events before and youve read our publication, that the work is no doubt known. He was the second president and has left very large shoes that ive been attempting to fill since then. He serves as a house member in pennsylvania and hes a visiting professor he is a visiting professor at Kings College in london. His book i saw in the proposal form quite a while ago when he was thinking about doing this and i have to confess that in the back of my head even just a few minutes ago i thought a book on the middle east and iraq and Counter Insurgency and terrorism and all of this, you know, how could this be possibly relevant to today but he has impeccable timing because the lessons that hes drawn
My comment was that i might have been better off if he was dead. The experience of interviewing him was very difficult. We had a bit of a falling out after the book was finished. I do not really mean that. That was gore vidal, of course. An eminent american. Not quite of the significance of mark twain or charles dickens. Still, distinctive american and a distinctive character. A man of of of deep and conflicting tendencies. He can be generous and loyal. He could be backbiting and demanding. A controlling personality. Watch a little of this. Lets give people a chance to see what he looks like. I had the distinct feeling that we live in a revolutionary time. The rich are becoming richer. The hatred of those inside the beltway for those outside is creating a true hatred on the part of the many for the few who govern or appear to do so. The decisionmakers and paymasters are beyond our reach in board rooms of the world. That was in 1991. What did you see there . I saw him at his witty and p