You are watching the tv on cspan2 with live coverage of the 17th annual National Book festival. , talk that was Michael Lewis you are listening to talk about his most recent book. By the way, mr. Lewis will be our guest on our indepth program on the first sunday in november, so you can catch him again their. Joining us before we continue other author presentations joining us onset of the first floor of the Convention Center in washington dc is Thomas Friedman with his most recent book. Thank you for being late, an optimist guide to thriving in the age of acceleration. Mr. Friedman, you did an hour presentation earlier, almost like a ted talk . Guest is that good or bad . Its good, but in case anyone did not see it, in a nutshell how do Market Forces and Mother Nature all come together . Guest the name of the book is that with the world is not changing, its being reshaped by three simultaneous acceleration in what i call the market, Mother Nature and more slot. Market is digital globali
Leon harris has the latest on the investigation. Its a really crazy situation in new york. An 18yearold woman died and two dozen people were hurt when a wrongway driver slammed into a crowd of pedestrians on the sidewalk. These are live pictures from the scene. Police are telling us that Richard Rojas rammed into the lunch hour crowd just before noon. Investigators say he made a uturn and started speeding down the sidewalk for several blocks before crashing into a traffic pole. Right now, Officials Say they do not think this wreck is terrorrelated. According to Law Enforcement sources, rojas appeared to be under the influence of drugs or challenge and he has two prior dwi arrests on his record. In 2008, he was arrested in queens for drinking and driving and also in 2015, he was arrested in manhattan for drinking and as of now, four people are in Critical Condition in the hospital. The word is, they are expected to live. Thats some good news. Thank you, leon. Back here in our area, what
Honor guard. Oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hail at the twilights last gleaming stripes and bright stars night gh the perilous we watch m parts were so galantly streaming red glare ckets in air bs bursting f through the night that our flag was still there stars y does that wave d banner yet over the land of the free and the home of the brave. [applause] moment of silence. Good morning. My dad worked in the north tower. Remembering back to the horrible day 15 years ago has changed my life. I was ten years old. My brothers were eight, seven, and five. Today im proud to be here to memorialize my father. This is the place that gives me a chance to think about beautiful memories, like Christmas Eve when dad took my brothers and i to work to give my mom a break. On 9 11, the nation came together. People really tried to help us. I spent endless summers at a camp for kids who lost family members on 9 11. The counsels helped us to laugh and have fun, to let us kn
Holiday. Were going to tell you what you need to know to get home safely. Your new day starts right now. This is new day with chris cuomo, kate bald win. Good morning. This is thursday, november 26 just after 6 clock in the east. You have chris cuomo, michaela perrara. From the new day family to yours, we hope you have much to be grateful for. Ak absolutely. So great to have you here. Great to be here. On a good day. Grath and early. We do have breaking news this morning. Five people, including at least one british diplomat dead in after fan san following a Suicide Attack. Officials say is car filled with explosives targeted a convoy. Lets get to Barbara Starr with the latest. Good morning to all of you. It was a car filled with explosives that attacked a car in kabul. One british diplomat killed, perhaps as many as 30 injured. The taliban claims accountability for this attack. The taliban moving back into kabul where the attack happened and moving back into key areas across afghanista
Steel. They want to put the Steel Companies out of business, and after theyre out of business, theyll come in and charge five times more than you ever thought possible. And we need steel, and we need aluminum. And those industries are doing well. But steel is incredible. U. S. Steel is opening up a minimum of eight plants nucore is opening up plants. Billiondollar plants, in some cases. So whats happening with the Steel Industry is very exciting to me. Its being rebuilt overnight. If you look at the miners in coal, if you look at energy, lng, japan just gave some numbers that are incredible. Theyre doubling the amount that theyre going to be buying for japan. Theyre taking the lng, and theyre doubling it up. I said, you have to do me a favor. We dont want these big deficits. Youre going to have to buy more. Theyre buying massive amounts of equipment and military equipment. And other countries are doing the same thing. Because we have trade and balances with almost everybody. Its a rare