Publishers foreign desk, and she has the privilege of, no, that is wrong. Has the privilege of being introduced by lisa. [laughter] [applause] lisa good evening. That i am going to be the only person on this stage tonight who doesnt have a british accent. [laughter] lisa but i do have an accent, so you have to see if you can detect it at some point. [applause] [laughter] lisa if you asked him, lord dobbs would tell you that he never had a proper job. Yet, it was in his restless search, as he calls it, for this ideal job, that he just happened, happened to stumble upon some of the most wonderful and rewarding experiences that anyone could ever hope to have in a lifetime. Presence. Honored his ones that called upon him as a crafty in skilled storyteller. Ones that demanded his inquisitive mind, and others that we boarded his wondrous creativity and innovation. It all began in a pub or i met a complete stranger, lord dobbs says about his journey. I happened to mention to him that i was lo
White house reportedly gets set to tell the pentagon how to implement the controversial ban on transgender people in the military. All that plus the painful video that has parents of cheerleaders furious and police investigating. The driver behind this frightening parking garage plunge now suing and speaking out. It was just the most horrific thing. And why Gwyneth Paltrows company goop is coming under new fire today, thursday, august 24th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on a thursday morning. If youre waking up this morning and youre getting ready to check your Powerball Ticket, youll be much more excited if you bought your ticket in the state of massachusetts. Lets get even more specific. If you bought it at this store in watertown, which is just outside of boston, because that is where the lone Winning Ticket was sold makin
Flurrying out here right now and it is cold. I can tell that you for a fact. And the conditions are rough as you can see here we are at brown and uber streets in the fairmount section, and what has already been packed down by travel of course is a very tough slushy icy mess. I spoke to the philadelphia streets commissioner. He tells me just within the last half hour they continue to address the main arteries, the side streets like the one im standing in but he says that that sleet that came down such a clip yesterday really gave them a curve ball, of course, the story today, people have been digging out in force lets go ahead and take ugh to the citys lawn crest section and northeast philadelphia where we caught up in the big dig. Some waited a day to get to wo work. That possibly proved to be quite the challenge. Double trouble if you will. Most cars and sidewalks not touched yesterday were caked in frozen solid mass. Weve seen all types used to dig out all tools and kinds and shapes.
Happen. The election has exposed deep divisions on race, class and economic opportunity. And joining me with a look at what is next is pbs news hour correspondent lisa desjardins. Good to have you with us. Im glad to be back. What policy moves are we likely to see in the next year or so now that republicans are in control of the house and senate in congress. Donald trump said what he wants to start working on includes his wall with mexico. Hopefully we will see a plan from him on exactly how his payment mechanism would work, but another is obamacare. He has said president elect trump said he wants to repeal and replace obamacare. It is something house and senate wants. The question is how would they do it. We expect those two to be initial. The third thing i think is something we have to watch right away, which is who would president elect trump appoint to the Supreme Court to Justice Scalias vacant spot. Certainly theres been much speculation about that. He has talked about cutting ta
Happen. The election has exposed deep divisions on race, class and economic opportunity. And joining me with a look at what is next is pbs news hour correspondent lisa desjardins. Good to have you with us. Im glad to be back. What policy moves are we likely to see in the next year or so now that republicans are in control of the house and senate in congress. Donald trump said what he wants to start working on includes his wall with mexico. Hopefully we will see a plan from him on exactly how his payment mechanism would work, but another is obamacare. He has said president elect trump said he wants to repeal and replace obamacare. It is something house and senate wants. The question is how would they do it. We expect those two to be initial. The third thing i think is something we have to watch right away, which is who would president elect trump appoint to the Supreme Court to Justice Scalias vacant spot. Certainly theres been much speculation about that. He has talked about cutting ta