With that, im going to throw it over to our interviewer, elizabeth taylor, the literary editor at large for the chicago tribune. [applause] hi. Thank you. Are these mics on . Great. You can hear me . Thank you so much for coming out. This is a wonderful turnout for a wonderful book, and were delighted to be here. Ive actually in this chair, year ago, talking about the first volume of Sidney Blumenthals four to be four volumes on lincoln, and im really excite it excited about this one. I loved that one and this is even norwich. Wrestling with the angel. So, like to set the stage. Begins in march 1849. Lincoln returns to springfield to practice law. 1849. And then 1856, nonothing party, nominates bill moore for president , National Convention for the Republican Party. We have that blackdrop. Whats the title about . Host wrestling with his angel is a title i took from the story of jacob in the bible in the bible, jacob wrestles through a long night, possible my with himself. The bible say
With that, im going to throw it over to our interviewer, elizabeth taylor, the literary editor at large for the chicago tribune. [applause] hi. Thank you. Are these mics on . Great. You can hear me . Thank you so much for coming out. This is a wonderful turnout for a wonderful book, and were delighted to be here. Ive actually in this chair, year ago, talking about the first volume of Sidney Blumenthals four to be four volumes on lincoln, and im really excite it excited about this one. I loved that one and this is even norwich. Wrestling with the angel. So, like to set the stage. Begins in march 1849. Lincoln returns to springfield to practice law. 1849. And then 1856, nonothing party, nominates bill moore for president , National Convention for the Republican Party. We have that blackdrop. Whats the title about . Host wrestling with his angel is a title i took from the story of jacob in the bible in the bible, jacob wrestles through a long night, possible my with himself. The bible say
A woman at a wildlife park gets out of the car during an argument. A tiger pounces and drags her away. Scorched. A Massive Wildfire burning out of control near los angeles. Thousands of residents evacuated. Farther east, that oppressive heat wave is going from hot to hotter today, monday, july 25th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Democratic National convention with matt lauer live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza and Savannah Guthrie live from philadelphia. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a split edition of today on this monday morning. Savannah is down there in philadelphia. Im up here in new york. You know, i talked about this heat wave a second ago, savannah. The heat has been turned up on the democrats as well. In a lot of ways. Steamy here and as you mention a lot going on in the Democratic Party with the abrupt resignation with the head of the Democratic Party. Thats going on. A new poll shows trump leading the race. That same poll
Service after he threw objects over the fence. How was a wanted man able to get on a plane and fly to washington. Raining debris. Powerful twisters rip across texas. Whoa that was a tornado. Yeah yes, thats a tornado. Major flooding forcing evacuations in louisiana. 18 Million People facing the threat of more Severe Weather today. And the man behind the mania. George martin, known as the fifth beatle, the legendary producer who signed the fab four and guided them into Music History has died. Paul mccartney says the world has lost a truly great man today, wednesday, march 9th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. I know you werent even born, but, boy, George Martin, what a legendary figure in music. Responsible for a lot of the music we came to love from the beatles. They dont call everyone the fifth beatle. No question about it. Were go
Good morning. Its thursday, october 24th. Look at that beautiful shot as this sun doesnt come up so early any more. On the set we have donny deutsch. I like that suit. Still a little needy. Just call the chairman. Like mao. Theres always something going on thats just a little more speaking of fashion, young men today are wearing blazers, vest and jeans. Thats what the young gq types are. Also john hindman. And in washington, i wasnt sure where you were going with that, former governor of vlt and former chairman of the Democratic National committee, howard dean. A great day to have you on again. Im looking at the techno stuff. You were at the game. You went to the game . Drove all the way back to do way too early. He didnt trust the women. Like that time we came back from vegas and then did you the show in the morning. We had help, though. Not quite as much of a stretch as that. We have a lot to get to politically. I want to do a question around the table before we launch into news abou