And currently what at georgetown university. [applause] at georgetown university, in 2011 he received wide attention for the course and he talked called one of the sociology of hiphop, jayz. Its earned the book award and the naacp image award for Outstanding Literary Work twice. Dr. Michael eric dyson is a genius who can write about any subject for the late civil rights of and Martin Luther king would reflections on hiphop dinham race, the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. If you turn your tv on, you can often find him on every major media outlet including the the today show, nightline, the oreilly factor, the report. He is a contributing editor to Time Magazine and has an hourlong news program on npr called the the Michael Eric Dyson show. Nbc and join me in welcoming our commentator dr. Michael eric dyson. [applause] thank you, president elect armstrong for that very gracious introduction. Its an honor to be here today to talk about this very serious matter and how we can dismantle the
To raising the nations debt limit . The treasury secretary says yes. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im alison kosik. Im alex marquardt. Top defense officials are responding to north koreas Biggest Nuclear test yet with a blunt warning. Defense secretary mattis advising any threat by pyongyang against the u. S. Or its allies could draw what he called a massive military response. Mattis warning came after a meeting with the president , Vice President , and Top National Security advisers. Mattis said, our commitments among allies are ironclad. Any threat to the United States or its territories, including guam or our allies, will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming. We are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely north korea. As i said, we have many options to do so. The new warning comes after north koreas claim it tested a Hydrogen Bomb on sunday. A test overseen by leader kim jongun. Pyongyang claimed the weapo
He was on the ground in storm ravaged parts of texas and louisiana today. Taking pictures with first responders. Images like these of the president giving out food and loading up supplies, all the more striking because it was just days ago that he was criticized for a lack of empathy. The death toll from this storm reaches at least 50. The president told the crowd today he thinks the cleanup aca happy quickly. You look at the neighborhoods and we just rode through this and yesterday they had water and today its all swept up and cleaned up. They say two years, three years, i think because this is texas, youll probably do it in six months. I have a feeling, you know. [ cheers ] heres the reality, though. Flood waters are receding but the damage is staggering. Pregnancies now trash on the were in lake charles, louisiana. Ryan tell us about who the president met on this trip. The president spent the day meeting with a variety of different people from all walks of this tragedy including peo
South korea claim the neighbor is preparing to launch another intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Theyre saying this could be days away. And james mattis says any threat would be met with a massive military response. Donald trump is speaking out on twitter by accusing south korea after peas mebt and threatening to cut off any trade with any country doing business with pyongyang. A lot to get through. Lets get started with Kaitlyn Collins at the white house. We heard from nikki haley this morning. Strong words from the u. N. Ambassador. What are we hearing from the white house . We heard from treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin yesterday who said he was drafting this sanctions package to send to the president that would place economic pressure on north korea and the president essentially doubled down on that yesterday when he said on twitter that the United States was considering stopping all strayed wi trade with any country doing business with north korea. That would be significant, kate
Heather that is just a little hint. A lot coming up, you are watching fox and friends first wednesday morning at 4 00 am on the east coast. Lets get to the top story, just a few hours, donald trump will push his new tax reform plan. What can we expect . Joining us with brandnew details is griff jenkins. Reporter on the road again, the president will make his third trip to harrisburg, pennsylvania delivering remarks this afternoon to an Air National Guard anger, thousand pennsylvania workers will be truckers the president considers the lifeblood of our economy, told by Senior Administration official to expect the president to speak of personal stories of those who stand to benefit from this tax reform plan. Here is what the president had to say looking ahead to todays speech. People want to see tax cuts, major reductions in their taxes and tax reform and that is what we are doing. Reporter the president is not giving up on healthcare planning to use the power of his pen to take action t