From nbc news, this is a special split edition of today terror in new york with matt lauer in studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza and Savannah Guthrie live in tribeca. And good morning, everyone, it is 7 00 out on the west coast on a wednesday morning, im matt lawner studio 1a, savannah is down in Lower Manhattan at the scene of that event, halloween evening was unfolding casually, it turned into an afternoon and evening of chaos and carn annual. Its a terrible scene down there, good morning. Reporter it is, it all ended about a block from where im standing. This is a neighborhood you mentioned would have been filled with trick or treaters, kids getting out of school in that moment the unthinkable happened. We want to get right to the latest in this investigation. As you know, eight people were killed, 11 seriously injured, making it the first degree deadly terrorist attack on new york city since 9 11, 2001. Heres what we know, the suspect has been identified as Sayfullo Saipov, a 29yearold
Blum, an investigative journalist and author of the new New York Times bestseller become become as well as many other great books. He is currently a contributing editor at vanity fair. While at the New York Times he was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Several of his books were nonfiction best sellers including, among others i pledge allegiance, the true story of the walkers, an american spy family that was turned into a great mini series on cbs, perhaps some of you watched it in the past. Gang land how the fbi broke the mob in 1993. The eve of destruction. The untold story of the yom kippur war in 2003. American lightning terror of mystery and the birth of hollywood and the crime of the century in 2008. A floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the yukon gold rush in 2011. I should also mention that Warner Brothers is preparing a film of dark invasion starring Bradley Cooper as tom, the hero of the book. Please welcome, howard blum. 4 lu
Union you ever had. The answer to the question is they asked for tons of enriched uranium. Of course the white house agreed because diplomacy carried the day. But groves got in the middle of it. Groves went berserk, as you can expect, went to george marshall. Groves was one person as a onestar general that could walk into George Marshalls office screaming and throwing stuff and not get courtmartialed for it. He went into the office screaming bloody murder. Convinced marshall of the stupid idea. Then convinced stimson this is a really stupid idea. Groves got in the middle, slowed it down and eventually conceded as a compromise to give them one kilogram of enriched uranium. 2. 2 pounds which you cant do a whole lot with. This is like 10 refined uranium, too. You couldnt even make a Nuclear Reactor out of this. You need about 80 , 90 refinement of uranium to make a bomb. So, yes, he was very much they were very much looking to please the soviets because they were allies, but there was no
The house live on cspan and the senate live on cspan2. And with the new congress youll have the best access on the x] cspan networks with the most extensive coverage anywhere. ÷ track the gop as it leads on capitoh22wr rp er4bnt n say as events 0u [nunfold on tv, radio, and the web. Next on American History tv, author and journalist howard blum describes german espionage in the u. S. With a focus on the olhq years 1915 to 1917. R zn before america entered world war i. Nyax germanys secret hunt for the war innn the first teariest cell in5v r american, hei german spiesaorengaged in sabotage, germ warfare andu 9t assassinations l÷ attemptsbwnh an effort to prevent the u. S. From ÷2i 9u ay he also profiles nypd inspector tom cunning who helped develop a modern counterterrorism strategy. This event was hosted by the new York Military affai i,a mystery and the birth of hollywood and the crime of the century in 2008. A floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the yukon gold ru
Those valleys are not compatible with a broken and misused stop and frisk policy. The new mayor of new york, bill de blasio, announces the city will settle a longrunning legal battle over stop and frisk. They agreed to reforms ordered by a federal judge. Since 2002, innocent new yorkers have been subject did subjected to more than 4 million stop and frisk. Wallacewright and actor shawn. Were always speaking through other people and my characters usually dont represent my thoughts, but represent the things im criticizing will stop wally shawn is just back from result were he staged a private performance of his play designated mourner for the journalists Glenn Greenwald and friends. While he brought the plate to brazil, since glenn has not returned to the United States into broke the Edward Snowden story, concerned he would be arrested if he came back. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. United states is acc