Maximum category two right now, on the cusp of being a category three. 115 would be the next report. Doesnt happen very often. This lower texas coast actually went lu a period in the early 1980s where they actually had three major hurricanes make landfall, but theyve had a reprieve. It really hasnt been since rita that the coast got hit this hard. Neil it gets more attention here because its also in a neck of the woods in which the entire country is dependent, natural gas, oil refineries, facilities and the like. Is the better part of valor to shut them down and then come back to them when calm proceeds . Usually thats a day or two. This could be a little longer, couldnt it . Right. Youve got a double whammy because youve got chapter one of the storm where it makes landfall lets say in the Corpus Christi victoria region of the texas coastline, but then it meanders, wobbles and stalls for several days. Neil is that worse, michael, when it just sits like that . Because its rain, rain, ra
10 news today. Im katy zachry. Its 6 00 a. M. Hurricane harvey battering the texas coast. Now lets join nbc news live coverage. Good morning. This is an nbc news special report, im sheinelle jones. And im craig melvin. Were tracking Hurricane Harvey. The storm is pummeling the texas gulf coast. The storm made landfall around 10 00 p. M. Central time last night. It was a category 4 storm then. And its been downgraded this morning to a category 1, but its still an extremely dangerous and devastating situation. Lets head to victoria, texas where Kerry Sanders is standing by this morning. What can you tell us . Reporter well, right now the winds are still gusting upwards of 110 Miles Per Hour. Here in victoria, texas, most of the city has lost power which is of course what you would expect. The but g. News is that two shelters here are up and running and no problems, people who made to the shelters are safe. Unfortunately overnight in this hurricane, which also packs tornadoes and lights t
Between the American Revolutionary war and the civil war. They discuss examples like the African Americans changing idea of nice religion and various religious groups. The National Museum of American History hosted this event and it is a little over one hour. I am stephen prothero. I and the moderator. We will have a conversation for about an hour and then move on to questions and answers from online and also from the audience. If you have questions, you should have no cards note cards. On this panel on religious growth, i am very happy we have amanda porterfield, the author of conceived in doubt. Come we were not conceived in liberty, we were conceived in doubt. Is that the idea . Next to amanda porterfield, we had David Holland a professor at the Harvard Divinity School the author of sacred borders. He is currently working on a comparative biography of two female founders of new religions. At the end, john wigger, professor of history at the university of missouri, the author of taki
About putting america first. Lets not forget senator sanders tapped into that on the left with his message. Allowed that to guide us in our conversation, that is where the publics right now. They want us to focus in on putting the country first. Whether it is infrastructure, health care, we ought to be guided by that and focus on that for a while. That is ending on a high note. That concludes the panel. If we could just get a round of applause to our senators and members. [applause] thank you very much for joining us. Let me get you the details on what you are going to do next, which i am not sure about. Everybody is staying in here. Amazing. [laughter] stay in your seats. That same forum included former british Prime Minister tony blair talking about the u. K. s decision to leave the European Union and the potential impact. He also discussed the rise of populism in several parts of the world. This is 30 minutes. [applause] fantastic. Good afternoon, everybody. I am from the financial
My name is bill miller, and i codirect the fall for the book festival. Whoo thank you very much. [laughter] i am so glad you all are here. First of all, let me a couple of housekeeping things. Cspan is here taping this evening, so that will be broadcast later. We will, that will include the question and answer session, so when we get to that portion, please come down to the microphone here on my left, and that will be lit so that if you ask the scintillating, brilliant question, youll be on cspan. The, we will, were going to do a little presentation, explanation, a couple of things here. Well try to move them along fairly quickly. But then well bring out sandra, and we know thats why youre here, and then we will have book sales and signing in the lobby afterward. Ive been involved with fall for the book since it was a Study Committee in 1998, and it was formed by the city of fairfax, Fairfax County library and a group of us here at mason. From those beginnings, fall for the book has al