For today and cspan 2 booktv so make it all proud just to give a brief sense of how we do things in the next 15 minutes. Im going to introduce just an art. Make sure thereve book will have a discussion. I think the title of this panel is rebuilding or evolution informally in my mind. It is detroit and austin that the beginning and end of all things. That appeals more to my grammatic sense. So jeff kerr is the author of austin texas history. The first was austin, texas then and now. The next was republic of austin. On the most recent one of the reason we are here this morning is seat of empire the embattled birth of austin, texas, which is a history of the founding of boston and the battle in the republic of texas over by this capital would need. Jeff also raised a regular history and he is practicing pediatric urologist at the same time. If we have and the emergence sees. The author will take care of them. Mark binelli is the author of vincennes msi, contributing editor to relate to an
Compare himself to . Apple is at the top of one important list but for what and there are others on that list, too. Hello, everyone. Its 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. The very latest headlines from the philippines, weve learn more than 1200 people are dead. They were killed when the biggest storm ever recorded typhoon high yen slammed into the nation. The death toll could have been higher but early warnings entmillions to shelters days before the storm hit. When theyll be able to go home remains to be seen. Now evacuations are under way in vietnam where the storm is expected to hit sometime tomorrow. Correspondent angus walker has the latest now from the philippines. Theyre beginning to survey the damage in the philippines after one of the strongest storms ever recorded swept across this island nation. The winds of typhoon hey yen came ashore clocked at 125 Miles Per Hour with gusts over 230. Equal to a category 5 hurricane. Few buildings are built to withsta
5 02. Its been more than three days since typhoon haiyan barreled through the philippines but the scope of the disaster is still hard to comprehend. Those who survived the massive storm are too overwhelmed trying to find food and shelter to deal with the dead. Delia goncalves is in our Satellite Center with more on the massive relief effort under way. Reporter good morning. Help is coming from all around the world. Troops, millions of them, are on the ground. More on the way. The u. N. Has just released 25 million 25 million in emergency funds still much more is needed and the situation desperate as it is could even get worse because a rainstorm is predicted later today. According to the associated press, the official death toll now stands at 1,744 but authorities estimate the typhoon killed 10,000 people leaving nine Million People struggling, 600,000 homeless. Look at the devastating pictures. Folks are on the ground calling conditions, quote, worse than hell. There are rotting bodie
Are now trying to get out. Everything everything is gone. Our houses. Everything. Theres nothing to eat, nothing to drink. Reporter the typhoon damaged or destroyed an estimated 23,000 homes, displacing more than 600,000 people. Many of the dead remain unburied. This woman says rescuers have not come back in days and asks, why havent they returned to recover the bodies . Severe food and water shortages are adding to the crisis. Aid organizations like the red cross and Team Rubiconare beginning to arrive. Local doctors say theyre returning low on medicine. And more u. S. Military help is coming. Were going to go as fast as we possibly can and get there as soon we can to help people in need. Reporter the George Washington strike group is on its way from hong kong. And at taclobans airport, c130 cargo planes are flying in tons of food, water and other supplies. But with tacloban in ruins, many are still waiting for help. Tina kraus, wjz Eyewitness News. And you can help the victims. Catho
And mississippi governor, next. Crackdown. Camouflaged federal agents detained portland protesters in unmarked vehicles. This is an attack on our me dock si. President trump may use the same approach in other cities. Is it legal . Portland mayor joins me to discuss. Congressman john lewis has died. Were one people. Were one family. Were one house. Well reflect on his impact. Hello, im jake tapper where the state of our union is in mourning for john lewis. Well have more on him and his leg legacy. The state of our union are terrified because theres 3. 4 million in the United States and more than 140,000 americans dead and theres no friendly way to say this. This crisis is spiraling out of control with no indication that President Trump will try to do anything different to try to stop it. In the last month, the u. S. Beat its own daily record for new cases, at least nine times. Hospitals and states across the country are reaching capacity. Nothing would make me happier than to report to