The oldest one was 20, and the youngest one was 11. So they had to deal with it then and always. Brian the question i had after i read the book, why do you want us to know all this . Katharine i really dont suppose that i meant to just tell everything to everybody, but once i sat down to write my story, i just tend to be frank and open and i wanted to be very truthful and i just wrote it the way i saw it and the way the research came up with. I told it as i the best i could. Brian when did you start it . Katharine about 6 1 2 years ago i started to do the research for this book. I actually had the idea even longer ago than that. Brian you addressed early in the book that you wrote it yourself. Katharine i did. But i also had very good assistance from a fine researcher, evelyn, my editor so i felt like i had assistance from them but i wrote the words myself. Brian how did you go about it . Katharine well, for about two years we did research because i s Cable Television companies and is
Theres plenty to choose from here. The folks from Huffington Post have this headline about one of the top stories of the year. International womens day was the most talked about moment on facebook this year. 2017 was quite a year for women. It kicked off with the inauguration of President Trump, who was elected despite being accused of more than a dozen women of sexual assault. Millions of people took to the streets for the womens march in cities worldwide. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. The final months have been marked by dozens of women courageously coming forward to call out sexual abuse by powerful men. As the year unfolded large numbers of women indicated interest in running for office. Earlier this year as we saw live on cspan. Part of the story takes us to capitol hill as well. A series of Sexual Harassment charges on the hill. The household hearing earlier this year. One of the people who testified at this hearing was jack
And later, Redemption Song. Mariah carey returning to the times yeah stage last night. A second shot at ring in a new year and this time she nail it. Good day at 9a starts now. Why do i have to sit on the hump in the middle. Because im sitting on the hump here. We wanted to spread it out. I feel taller than wisdom. Here we go. Good day everybody. 9 01 on this monday, january 1st. What was that. I was trying to do a different voice. It didnt come out right. Welcome to america. Whats going on . Goodness. This is how were starting new year, everybody. Surprise first day of january, 2018. Are we saying 2018 or 2018. Whatever you want to call it. Im more 2018. Okay. We lets go with it. Its also National Hangover day. If you were out kicking it last night and drank too much. You probably sound like i am hung over. The only real cool for that post part headache is time. But there are ways to manage the pain and suffering. Well have those details coming up a little bit later. Okay. Let me tell
President trumps lawyers threatening imminent legal action against his former chief strategist steve bannon after bannon accuses donald trump jr. Of treason in a controversial new tellall book. Trump saying his former aide has lost his mind. This morning bannons surprising reaction. All that, plus the favor grows, another night of no lottery winners, powerball and meg million megamillions reaching a billion dollars combined and the rush is on to buy tickets for the next drawings today thursday, january 4, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a snowy one out east. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast, nice to have you with us. Craig is here, hoda will join us in a few minutes. The snow is a big story out east and out west, theres bigger story. Theres a bit of a weather issue out west. Mother nature well call it. An overnight earthquake centered along the Oakland
City is David Rudenstine, a professor of law at the core does a school of law core does that or does out cordozo school of law. He is also the author of the day the presses stopped a history of the pentagon papers case. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you. I am delighted to be here. Phyllis coming up that focuses on the Washington Post coverage of the pentagon papers. Remind us of what the pentagon papers work. Papersthe pentagon totaled 2. 5 million words, 7000 pages, and it weighed 60 pounds. It was a history of how the United States got involved in totnam from roughly 1945 1968. The Washington Post covering the made it to the Supreme Court. Explain what happened. Guest that is a complicated question. Given to there New York Times in 1971. , 1971, the new york seriespushing a 10part publishing the papers. The papers were classified top secret. Later, a judge enjoined with the Going Forward publication pending a hearing because the government claimed interNational Security. Thre