Congratulations its a pleasure to work with you the past year and a half. We are thrilled here today to have the author. I saw that there was a pre order for your boo buck is goino come out and i was thrilled and that is what started the process that led us here today. This is an important book and it shows an inspirational story and had a tremendous impact on many peoples lives and we are so excited for you to be here today. Bill spent over 36 years as an Investigative Reporter and reported about the columbian drug lords for the newspaper and also his book at the doubles table and the book became an episode to let novella and he served as a story consultant for season three. Investigating a number of major stories in his career, these enter the exxon valdez spill, the regime in the philippines and also al qaeda in the years leading up to 9 11. So i think we are incredibly lucky bill chose to explore the life and i think the success shows no matter where you start in life in the United
Of severe storms tear through the mid we have. Here at home, were about to get our first taste of summer with a chance for temperatures in record territory. And later, the worst first day ever . Guardians of galaxy volume two ended with lawsuit for one apparently incompatible couple. Good day at 9a starts now. All right. Taking you for spin for the next two hours here on good day dc. It is 9 01 on this wednesday may 17th. Im maureen umeh alongside allison seymour, holly morris and steve chenevey. Wisdom has the morning off. The big reveal. We are counting down the days until next weeks first zip trip of the Summer Season and all morning long weve been sharing where were going to be headed this morning. Weve already revealed a few. Weve got quite a few more to go, though, and it looks like well be putting in the miles this tucker has first check of the forecast. Steve i think well get awfully close. Forecasting a high of 93 and the record for the day goes back to 1974. Its 92. Well be r
Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thank you for joining us. The Trump Administration is offering europe a message of reassurance. Attending an annual security conference in munich, germany, today, Vice President mike pence said the u. S. Has an unwavering commitment to the 27 other nations who form the postworld war ii Nato Alliance whose motto is, an attack on one is an attack on all. We will stand with europe today, and every day, because we are bound together by the same noble ideals freedom, democracy, justice, and the rule of law. Sreenivasan but pence bluntly told allies theyre falling short of nato guidelines to spend an amount equal to 2 of their Gross Domestic Product on their military. In fact, according t
To be ok. Police are conducting dui tests to see if that was a factor. Over in georgia an officer shot and killed overnight. He was responding to a call of a suspicious person when he was gunned down. It happened in the small town of eastman. The killer remains on the run right now. Breaking overnight in milwaukee at least one officer is in the hospital right now after protests turned violent. Its all because of an officerinvolved shooting in which a man was killed. A gas fire along with other business in the city. The Milwaukee Fire Department said they couldnt fight the fire because protesters were also shooting there. Police say there were around a thousand people out on the streets. One of the officers was hurt when someone threw a brick through a squadcar window, hitting him in the head. Its not yet clear how many people were arrested but officers were seen putting some protesters in handcuffs. Lets now send things over to 13 first alert meteorologist dan bronis. Record temps to t
Tonight, we know the engineer of that train has been released from the hospital and is cooperating with investigators. Heres more from hoboken. Reporter witnesses say things went from calm to chaos in an instant. There was a haze of kind of smoke and then everything was dusty and dirty and, you know, people started crying, screaming. Reporter it happened during rush hour, just before 9 00 at one of the in the new york area. A new jersey train never slowed as it entered the station. He came in at a high rate of speed, went through the bumper block, through the air, took the ceiling out. It was horrific. It was an explosion of concrete dust, electrical cars. We didnt see anything because the lights went out. We just felt it was more than a jolt. Everyone was thrown to the other side. Reporter about 250 people were on the train. Fabio of hoboken was killed on the platform when hit by debris. More than 100 injured. The ceiling came down. A couple people were buried under the rubble. Picked