Hi, there, im Judy Woodruff and im thrilled to be joining these three amazing authors today. You see them on the screen, they are George Packer whose latest book our man, richard holebooke and the end of the century, and peter baker, this fall the man who ran washington the life and times of James A Baker iii, two good books about two complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart. Baker in houston in 1930, holebooke in manhattan in 1941. Baker a republican trained as a lawyer. Holebooke, a democrat, Foreign Service officer. Student of Foreign Policy. Their lives took very different trajectories, but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Peter, picking up on that, this was 0 m a man with great ambiti and that was even before he came to washington. It was. He was part of a houston aristocracy. His family basically built modern houston. He was expected of great things. He had a father who impressed on him the legacy. One thing they were n
Michael. Hi there. I am thrilled to join these three amazing authors today. You see them on the screen. Latest book our man, richard and the end of the American Century and susan lasser and peter baker who spoke just out this fall, the man who ran washington, the times of james and baker the third period two brilliant books about to complicate and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart, baker in houston in 1930, holbrook in manhattan in 1941. Baker, republican trained as a lawyer. Holder of Foreign Service officer, democrat. Student of Foreign Policy, there lives to very good trajectories but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Picking up on that, this is a man with great ambition and even before he came to washington. Part of the family of aristocracy, he would expect to do great things. Very dominating father who departed on him the legacy of the family, youre meant to do big things. The one thing they were not meant to do was politics. Its
Begins to put some rain right near our coast line with some of the first isolated pockets of heavier downpours. At 3 00 a. M. , this will keep the morning commute wet, especially in the north bay. Coming up well have a look at that full time line and well check out how much snow is up across the sierra if youre headed that way, in about 18 minutes. Well see you then. Thank you, jeff. Well keep track of all the storms on our digital platforms. You can check out our storm ranger radar, on the website, nbcbayarea. Com. We have an update to a story we brought you as breaking news in our 5 00 newscast. A 71yearold man badly burned after what may have been an explosion in a home in belmont on chula vista drive. Happened around 3 00 in afternoon. Sky ranger was overhead minutes after the fire was under control. Now, police did shutdown nearby roads. You can see the crime tape there, and put up crime tame around the property. Now, this location at the home right near the high school, you can s
Through San Francisco, san jose, monterey and the range is passing through hayward, the fremont area, san jose, gilroy as well as morgan hill. Again, expected to take around 9 00 a. M. And then by the afternoon our temperatures will be in the 50s. Its going to be breezy. Well start to dry out into this evening and its going to make way for a drier monday but im also tracking the christmas forecast. Thank you, willie geist, a shout out. Kira is going to love it. She is. Excellent. Thank you very much. Look forward to the forecast. The storm could mean more problems for San Francisco neighborho neighborhoods. A look at what it looked like two weekends ago in parts of th recovering. Today in the bays Sergio Quintana reports from one of those neighborhoods. Reporter many homes already have sandbags set up blocking garages and doors. The city brought by two pallets for people to use. But the concern the sandbags wont be enough, this is what the aftermath of torrential rains two weekends ago
Fascinating stories from all over europe to share over the next half hour he is whats coming up. High treason intrigue why can follow this new bestseller is a page turning. Down love or a cave tour that literally pushes businesses to the limit and. Discipline what it takes to make it as a principal dancer. Now people all over europe argue that its their country that has the best bread whether its the french baguette the italian ship or one of the three hundred different types of vailable here in germany and austria one man set out to chronicle the history of the staple earlier this month the socalled pan am opened it stores im using am dedicated solely to bread twelve hundred exhibition pieces allow visitors to digest nine thousand years of bread history now there may be many ancient artifacts inside it but the pan am is packaged in a rather futuristic design. This futuristic building is the fulfillment of one mans story. This tiny room a museum located in us to near the austrian city