smith s case? plus, americans in iran, out of prison and now under house arrest. the rare move marking a bright spot in u.s.-iran relations. the new details we re learning about the tentative deal to free them and what iran is getting in return. and senator joe manchin says he s seriously thinking about leaving his party as he weighs his own political future. why manchin might be stepping away from the democrats and what it could mean for the balance of power on capitol hill. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, august 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with breaking and tragic news out of hawaii where wildfires continue to ravage the island of maui. at least 55 people are now confirmed dead, and that number is only expected to rise. four major fires are currently burning across the island. they re being fueled by dry conditions and strong winds caused by a passing hurricane. the fires have destroyed h
and some of the most extreme far right members of the gop will have real power in the house thanks to kevin mccarthy s desperate deal making to become speaker. and also ahead, another tragic scene in ukraine. we ll have the latest on a deadly helicopter crash outside kyiv. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 18th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in washington where the white house is making efforts to tamp down criticism about a perceived lack of transparency in the classified documents case involving president biden. in a phone call with reporters yesterday, a spokesman and senior adviser fielded questions. and both republican and democratic lawmakers have called on the white house to explain why it took until this month to inform the public that classified material had been found at the penn biden center in washington, d.c. and the documents were discovered back in early november. when asked yesterd
looks at the jeanette ticks behind alzheimer s disease. thank you for coming today. my name is nick sam sam bliss and i wrote a book about a family centered in north dakota that cares a vary genetic mutation that guarantees alzheimer s disease, and i really pleased to say that with me today is lindsey, white house father, dean, was a central figure my book and she will speak today as well about some of the experiences hat their family and she personally have again through with alzheimer s disease. when i think back to the first time i met members of the family in 2009 it really feels like i m reviewing the notes i took on someone else s life. . and spent a couple of hours interviewing them. and when i came out it was like i had gone through the looking glass. i was completely blown away by their story and what they were going through. and for me i was never going to be the same. whichan is why i i decide to wa book about them. i learn from them quite a few lessons that i d
festivals. i justha really want to say thak you to all of you for coming out today and having come out for 15 years. i also want to say thank you madison public library for taking this event on when it was unsure whether someone would and for giving us this beautiful space to keep putting on the fence for the public in medicine and just in where you came from today. i also wantt to thank the madisn public library foundation. they do all the private fund-raising. it keeps these events free and t open to the public. we ve been doing this is our fifth festival at madison public library at all our events have been free. we can break even about that and we hope you do, too. i want to say a huge thank you h to them and to all the sponsors who helped put on this festival throughout the years. i would ask you now to please silence your cell phones. that goes for date as well. and probably me. you ve got to check. i really would just like to start my introduction today by saying i m n
wisconsin book festival, i wantk you for coming to see dave levitan for his book, not a scientist. this is the 15th anniversary of the wisconsin book festival. so many authors, so many attendees and so much time has gone into giving us 16 book festivals, and i just really want to say thank you to all of you for coming out today and having come out for 15 years. i also want to say thank you to madison public library for taking this event on when it was unsure whether someone would and for giving us this beautiful space to keep putting on events for the public in madison and from anywhere you came from today. i also want to thank the madison public library foundation. they do all of the private fundraising that keeps these events free and open to the public. this is our fifth festival here at madison public library, and all of our events have been free. we care deeply about that, and we hope you do too. i want to say a huge thank you to all the sponsors. i also would ask yo