cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington on a very busy news night. we begin this hour with breaking news out of southeast georgia. this is a look at the massive plume of smoke in the town of brunswick, georgia. people who live within a half of a mile of this are being ordered to evacuate their homes at this hour. it s a fire at the panova manufacturing plant. you can just see some of these images now are the plume is just massive of fire broke out there earlier this morning and was thought to be contained after three hours, but this afternoon that glenn county board of commissioners posted on facebook that the panova plant fire has reignited and the evacuation order was put in place. you can see some of the images coming in from the scene, just showing some of the danger to the community there. it includes parts of the resort community of st simon s island. which of course, is a big holiday destination for people in that part of the country will keep an eye on all of this.
A discussion on crime writing with authors scott, Richard North Patterson and greg ills is next from the 2018 Rancho Mirage writers festival in california. Good afternoon. Welcome back. I think its you would all agree im sure what a wonderful, wonderful couple of days this has been a great festival. [applause] to our founder jamie, Just Brilliant job. Brilliant job. [laughter] shy as he is brilliant job. This is a panel called crime does pay. We could spend a few hours amongst ourself it is talking about whether thats true or not. But its catchy. I feel somewhat like i was trying to find the right analogy my husband who really does love me and is a pretty modern guy said well think of it like youre a rookie player with three hall of fame percent that youre interviewing, and i i was up half of the night trying to think of something with a feminist twist. So for those of you who know your literary history, there was a young woman very young woman named mary godwin and she married a very
[applause] and now from the 2018 Rancho Mirage writers festival in california authors and historians john and margaret mcmellon and douglas discuss is their favorite historical figures. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the stage Douglas Brinkley morgan and john with your moderator, jeff. [applause] well i hope youre having as much fun as i am at this festival. You know, i always think of students in college a few of you were in college few years ago as best thing to do is to take the take the teacher not the course. And here i think is thing that is fun is to tack these incredible authors to be in a room with them whatever theyre talking about. The only problem with it this with this festival is theres somebody in every room and you want to be with but today we have terrific people who i think, youve heard from them all at one point or o another Douglas Brinkley written biography about more president s than most of us have ever heard of but also done so many other in
This week on q a, Mark Cheathem on his biography of Andrew Jackson. He talks about the comparisons made between president jackson and President Trump. Brian Mark Cheathem, author of Andrew Jackson, southerner, and a lot of other books about Andrew Jackson and the south, when you see this picture on the screen, what comes to mind . Mark all the comparisons between trump and jackson and how wrong they are, frankly. I dont see a lot of similarities in terms of depth between donald trump and Andrew Jackson. Brian really . Not a mark really. Brian not a thing . Mark im not saying there arent some similarities. They both have great hair, of course. But i think a lot of the comparisons try to push trump into a box with jackson and its not a viable comparison, in my opinion. Brian thats a picture of i mean, a painting in the oval office that he put up. Why do you think he did that . Mark steve bannon convinced him to do it, i think. I dont think trump had any clue as to who jackson was, probab
This week on q a, Mark Cheathem on his biography of Andrew Jackson. He talks about the comparisons made between president jackson and President Trump. Brian Mark Cheathem, author of Andrew Jackson, southerner, and a lot of other books about Andrew Jackson and the south, when you see this picture on the screen, what comes to mind . Mark all the comparisons between trump and jackson and how wrong they are, frankly. I dont see a lot of similarities in terms of depth between donald trump and Andrew Jackson. Brian really . Not a mark really. Brian not a thing . Mark im not saying there arent some similarities. They both have great hair, of course. But i think a lot of the comparisons try to push trump into a box with jackson and its not a viable comparison, in my opinion. Brian thats a picture of i mean, a painting in the oval office that he put up. Why do you think he did that . Mark steve bannon convinced him to do it, i think. I dont think trump had any clue as to who jackson was, probab