host: and we are back from that brief house pro former session and for the rest of today s show on washington journal. we will be taking your calls, getting your thoughts about what s on your mind. republicans can call 202-748-8001. democrats had 748-8000 and publicans can call 202-748-8002. rick, you have been waiting patiently from traverse city, michigan. caller: i want to comment i am a gun owner. i have grown up around guns but i have some real concerns that perhaps the message was not getting through to the congressman that there are some real issues that need to be addressed. need believe that they their own security. security is provided at their own town halls. oftentimes the representatives don t want to have a town hall because they don t want to face the issues. to give them additional security, i think appropriate security is fine. i think we missed the bigger picture. even those of us that are gun owners think that a reasonable period of time is valid. it s ha
kick off 6:00 p.m. eastern with hip-hop and literature. this is from this year s national writers conference. legal issues associated with drone warfare followed by pete hegseth who die sects teady roosevelt, men in the arena. at 10:00 p.m., the changing face of america s working class. she s interviewed by democracy now host amy goodman. and we finish prime time lineup this evening at 11:00 p.m. with an interview with publisher jockson with his career and work with tanahacy. [inaudible conversations] shall we start? okay. welcome everyone to the fourth annual san antonio book festival. if i i just want to say this is, it is say that a sign of a good film festival is abundance of good programs that overlap and have you sprinting from one way to the other, the measure of successful book festival, that applies here. it s really thrilling from my point of view. following this program, i have to say that the authors, seated to my left, will be next door, which is a reach of
they were examples of goodness and righteousness and examples of peace and understanding. we will take their example and build upon it. we do not know if it was a [indiscernible] crime, but this was not an act of compassion or an act of love. currently there s a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of an individual at this hour as we point out though. a person of interest is being questioned by the nypd. tim fleischer, eyewitness news. we have new information on the scare, jfk. there s flight delays. a celebration of the post olympic victory was behind it. last night, passengers flooded into the street as heavily armed police officers flooded the street after a 911 call reported shots fired. people who didn t make it out outside found any place to hide. i put my backpack in front of me because i didn t want to get shot in the head. when it started happening, i had an image in my mind with someone coming with guns. in the end, the port authority a
that s when he allegedly rammed the police vehicle before being taken in to custody last night. he s being questioned in the double murder. we do not know if it was a hate crime but this was not an act of compassion or an act of love. police have not labeled this a hate crime. investigators do not have a motive. charges have not been filed against the man being questioned here. meanwhile community leaders are be increased from $10,000 to $50,000. reporting at the 107th precinct, cefaan kim, channel 7 eyewitness news. a family tragedy on long island. police say a retired nypd officer shot and critically injured his two sons before killing himself. this happened last night at the family s home in bell port. police say 61-year-old irvin noak got in to an argument with relatives during a party. his two adult sons intervened. that s when police say noak took turned the gun on himself. neighbors were stunned by the sudden violence. there was no commotion. it looked like a p
i guess that s good news. better or worse. i don t know. good morning, i m dick brennan in for chris. traffic and weather on the 2 s in a moment. let s get to breaking news, it happened about an hour ago. we are being told one person is being treated for injuries. no word on any possible suspects. we have a crew headed to the scene. we will have much more at the top of the hour. first top cops waking up on desk duty this morning after being implicated in an nypd corruption scandal. many more may soon be implicated from this is not a particularly good day for the department. a department tainted by an ever-growing crowd of corruption. violations of nypd rules and policies. the city conflicts of interest rules and federal criminal laws. the fbi probe prompting police commissioner william guns and badges of deputy chief michael harrington, executive officer of citywide housing and deputy inspector james grant commanding officer of the 19th precincts reassigning