Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir
Llg ndrainti, President Trumps leadership during the pandemic that has killed nearly 180,000 americans as the president gets set to close out the Republican National convention tonight. Overnight authorities reveal the identity of the officer who shot jacob blake in the back and a new report there may have been a knife in blakes car. Also Police Arrested a 17yearold accused of the Fatal Shooting of those protesters. Sports on strike. The nba playoffs shut down by players, demanding justice over the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Lebron and the lakers reportedly voting to end the season. Protests in the wnba, soccer and mat me t wide world ofports . President Trumps Administration accused of pressuring the cdc to stop testing asy. Dr. Anthony fauci not signing off on these new guidelines. What the white house is saying this morning and why men might be more susceptible to the virus than women. Dr. Jha joins us live. Plus, baby daisy is here. Cover me in daisies, daisies, daisies report
Thousands trapped. Evacuations under way. Nearly a third of the country ice iconic koalas feared dad and david stern and yankee great and world series hero don larson a perfect game in the world series. We look back at their historic achievements on the field and in the front office. All that plus the pope, the slack and the apology. Pope francis says hes sorry after hes caught on camera angrily slapping away the hand of a female worshipper at the vatican. Cracking down, what the fda could soon ban to combat the nations teen vaping epidemic. And the new years trend, going alcohol free one month the effects dry january could have on your health. January 2, 2020. This is today with savannah g guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from rockefeller plaza. Hey welcome everybody thank you so much for joining us on this first day thursday of 20 feel good to sigh 2020. It does rools off the tongue early stamplt just back from l. A. And the parade. Yeah well it is good to see you on this first thursday o
Southern ukraine following the collapse of the dam yesterday. Ukraine and russia are accusing each other of being responsible for blowing it up in an act of wartime sabotage. A romanian wartime sabotage. A romanian people trafficker has been jailed for his part in an operation to smuggle dozens of afghan nationals into the uk. Inside a coffin sized wooden boxes, Adrian Constantin was extradited back to the uk to stand trial after fleeing the country. He was sentenced to country. He was sentenced to three years and two months in prison at Birmingham Crown court today, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration , 35 afghans, immigration, 35 afghans, including children as young as two and a person with physical disabilities , were screwed into disabilities, were screwed into purple built hides and smuggled into the uk in the back of vans. And lastly, pope francis is recovering from a three hour long operation on an abdominal hernia. The vatican said there hernia. T