of flights canceled. our team is on the ground this morning tracking every development. president trump s stunning decision striking a deal with the democrats on harvey relief and the debt limit. now the new backlash from his own party. houston s hero. one-on-one with nfl star j.j. watt. now he s making sure hurricane victims get the nearly $30 million he s raised first on gma. it s back to school time for the little prince. george hand in hand with his dad this morning. why mom princess kate is sitting this one out. good morning, america. hurricane irma showing no mercy right now. let s take a look at what it looks like on the ground in the dominican republic. this morning there it is. that s just the outer bands of the hurricane. it is not going to be a direct hit on the dominican republic but you can see how powerful those winds are. those first images of the storm s power are extremely scary. just listen to it and also this morning we re seeing so much destruc
weekend. i think the book festival is wonderful thing that happens, thousands of people showing up to celebrate books and to buy them. [applause] what at. concept. [laughter] and children and family, usuallily grandchildren go with me but i m going to catch a plane and go see them in a minute, but it is a wonderful and the the fact is that i where these history books often many of the characters in history books are political wives and as a political wife started festival was laura bush who went to the fabulous library of congress and said, i did a texas book festival, can we do one in washington, and it shows you what a fabulous legacy political wives throughoutwh our history havend left here in washington. so that makes it even more delightful for me to be able to participate in it. also, by the way, we should just say that the volunteers at this festival are the heros. [applause] because there s no way that this can go on with hundreds of volunteers, so thank you a
wouldn t be out of the question to get a brief shower this afternoon and tonight. 57 in trenton. 54 in allentown and 62 in sea isle city. breezy as i mentioned. at the bus stop, 59 now and the same at 8:00 a.m. the school commute shows you we get warmer later. noon, 69. #6:00 p.m., 69 and 3:00 p.m., 73. high of 74. clouds increasing as the day goes on. when i get inside we ll look at what s going on this weekend. i think there are a few people that will be interested in weather wise what s coming up. reporter: just a a couple. we ve had major problems on i-95 and on the schuylkill expressway. here on 76 westbound it was a broken down vehicle that they just got pushed off to the side. police and penndot are helping the disabled motorist. both lanes are open as you come westbound hitting a solid jam from city avenue to the scene, speeds like 11 miles per hour. already this morning we re jammed in the westbound schuylkill expressway. overnight accident that we had on the eastb
its meaning, and i ve always liked to write about real people who are in a situation whether it be averill hairman after world war ii and you have a create a new world ordinary like nato and the world bank and the marshall plan 0 steve jobs who says we re now in a digital revolution, we have to make it personal. these are people who to use steve jobs words, were able to think different, think out of the box. i want to try to explore the creative mind and how it works. host: one of them themes themes in your book seems to be a connect to spirituality. guest: everybody believed they were part of something larger than themselves. i remember sitting with steve jobs and i asked him why did you do what you do? and he said, life is like a river. you get to pick things out of the river, really cool things people have done, they put before you in the river, great devices or great ideas, but after a while you realize it s not how much you get to take out of the river it s what
i remember sitting with steve jobs and i asked him why did you do what you do? and he said, life is like a river. you get to pick things out of the river, really cool things people have done, they put before you in the river, great devices or great ideas, but after a while you r great devices or great ideas but after a while you realize it is not how much you take out of the river but how much you put into the river, what you leave behind so your spirit is so manifest after you have been gone. whether it is robert einstein or benjamin franklin or anybody else they did have a connection to something supernatural, something larger than themselves. host: from 2011 to your book and steve jobs, the opening sentence in your the 2004 got a phone call from steve jobs. why did he call you? i had written a biography of benjamin franklin and albert einstein and his it why do you do me next? my first reaction was okay, benjamin franklin albert einstein, you? then i realized he had