They need no introduction. Dave barry won the Pulitzer Prize for his insightful and funny commons columns in the miami herald, which he wrote for 21 years. Is the bestselling author of more than 30 bucks, none of which has won the Pulitzer Prize. You may remember the tv series and dave swirled, which was about his life. Fortunately for us, his wife is running a lot longer than the tv show. He has written a show with alan zweibel. Please welcome dave barry and alan zweibel. [applause] thank you. Thank you for the fairly lengthy introduction. Those are going to go first. I am dave. First of all, were thrilled to be here at the Commonwealth Club. I want to tell you a little bit about myself. I live in miami. I moved there in 1986 from the united states. [laughter] one of the things i always feel like i should do is to defend my city because it had a bad reputation, a bad image. The zogby does this organization and does this poll were they asked people about different cities. Many responde
Whole recovery is doomed. Apparently the low numbers are pulling a number on the economy, the folks that cant make it in to work. A rolling government shutdown. The School Closings in the business closings. The people not shopping. The retailers not retailing. The rumble that is now really rumbling because it just isnt quitting. Our very own guest on something else. The sticker shock that is coming. Phil, i suspect that youre talking about a utility sticker shock . Ou bet that i am. We saw natural gas pres earlier today go over 5 for the First Time Since augustof 2010. And we have experienced Energy Emergencies across the country. Shortages of propane, heating oil bills going through the roof. Right now it is in a crisis mode. Already if you think about just the heat wave, if you go on and look at the billions of dollars that it has cost the economy, to go to work, this can just be the beginning. You are going to get a double whammy if youre running a business. Your prices are going to
Story of survival today, monday, november 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Welcome to the 4th day of no shave november which we like to call 50 shades of grey. Very light, isnt it . Very manl. A little depressing. Were not doing this just to have fun. Were doing this to raise awareness and draw attention to Mens Health Issues during this month of november, testicular cancer and prostate cancer. Well be filling you in. And our entire crew. Yes. Good cause. Coming up, the men behind one of the most talked about books in the country. Double down. Why they say the president s advisors had to stage an intervention in last Years Campaign and why there were pitfalls that led to mitt romney and a running mate with Chris Christie as a running mate. Theyre
Around. She hustled. The only thing i have ever heard about you regarding your business dealings is that you stole from these girls, so im saying why are you now wanting to come ow and have them, i guess, edit and stop the movie. The movie has already played. Your legacy is out there. By the way, when the girls were on our show, we called your office to have you come on the day after. We were going to send the jet for you and everything. But we wanted you to come here, come the very next day before the movie play and while the things are fresh on everybodys minds, but now the movies played and now you have 30 seconds before nobody care as what you have to say. Im just saying. I mean im just saying. I hope that this is coming out properly because i do respect women who do well in business, but, you know, taking their money is all weve ever known about you allegedly. Allegedly taking their money. But so and then the movies going to keep replaying and that will be your legacy. I dont know
I made him better looking. Craig the book is terrific. It is lovely to meet you. Ophira eisenberg, everybody. Good night, everybody. Good night. Just take a look at that snow coming down. This is a live look at boston. Just one of many towns all across the northeast tonight getting hammered by a blizzard. You think thats bad . Oh, some places could get covered by three feet overnight. Lori joins us where the snow is falling fast in connecticut. Reporter blizzard warnings are in effect for parts of new jersey to maine. With wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour. This is intense. Theres no joke. Several governors declared emergencies and are already warning about the cleanup ahead. The recovery will be slow. People should prepare for that. A nasa satellite photo shows two storm systems colliding to make a far reaching and dangerous noreaster. By saturday, 7 00 a. M. , the worst of the blizzard will be in southeast new england. Snow is blamed for a 19 car pileup in maine. Only minor injuries