absolutely wonderful. guest: thanks for being here. host: and best of success on your next book. i can t wait to read it. [laughter] guest: thank you. host: i can t wait to read it. it s going to be another change-making book. guest: i hope so. host: thank you. c-span, created by america s cable television companies and brought to you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. bradley birzer, 1953 publication of the conservative mind, what was the reception? guest: pretty incredible, actually. far more so than anyone would have expected including kirk and his publisher. when it came out, it came out in may of 1953, and it took about a month for it to catch on. but once it did, it really just caught fire. it s roughly 75-80 publications in the english-speaking world, major ones. everything from the chicago trib and the new york herald tribune, new york times, london times, times literary supplement. they all reviewed it, sometimes two or three t
i think he s going to try as best he can to make sure that he delivers not only for the people who voted for him but for the people at large and the good thing is there s going to be elections coming up so there s a built in incentive for him to try to do that but, you know, it s only been six days and i think it will be important for him to have the the room to staff up, to figure out what his priorities are, to be able to distinguish between what he was campaigning on and what is practical, what he can actually achieve. you know, there s certain things that make for good sound bites but don t always translate into good policy. and that s something that he and his team i think will wrestle with in the same way that every president wrestles with. i did say to him as i ve said publicly that because of the nature of the campaigns and the bitterness and ferocity of the campaigns it s really important to try to send some signals of unit in the ton unity and to reach out to mi
stopped got out of the car and hollered someone dial 911 and jumped in the car. reporter: well, hampering the situation here the family says is the surveillance video has not materialized. so far no surveillance video has materialized to turn up to give us a better idea what kind of car we re dealing with. the family is hoping, though, that someone will look around their neighborhood and might see a car stashed in an unusual place in someone s backyard a vacant lot under a tarp. take a look at it. it s a dark colored car with a lot of damage to the front end. they re hoping they will that contact the chester police. live in chester, john rawlins channel6 action news. thank you john. less than 20 s minutes ago president obama wrapped up his first press conference since last week s presidential election. that s right. the president was both reflective and optimistic when he discussed the incoming trump administration assuring a smooth transition of power. my team st
blue in color folding knife and was manipulating in it his hand and up his sleeve and that s when it got ugly. according to court documents mcmichael said i m prepared to kill you tonight. court documents state that was mcloughlin. he states mcmichael went for this throat and sliced his neck. mussel man is reported to have pulled mcmichael off and broke things up. he suffered lacerations to his hand and stomach. we spoke with mike romano is senior who says he went to high school with the teen. he never suspected he would be capable of something like this. this campus reporter: back out live here as it stands right now, mcmichael is locked up in the lehigh county jail. his bail posted at $500,000. at this point there is no report of a motivation of why he reportedly wanted to kill his roommates. for now reporting at desales university bob brooks channel6 action news. jim. thank you, bob. president barack obama held a post election news conference this afternoon. he
she s looking for. good evening. and we begin tonight with the severe storm watch right now in the east, and the emergency playing out in the south at this hour. first, 65 million americans in some major east coast cities are bracing right now for heavy rain and high winds. from virginia, up through new england, d.c., baltimore, philly, pittsburgh and new york, all in the potential path of storms. it s a brought several reported tornadoes, at least seven confirmed twisters now. this one in howard county, indiana. and in the south right now, a slow motion disaster. a state of emergency in louisiana, as more rain comes down and tonight, the urgent effort right there to put down sandbags in lake arthur. meteorologist rob marciano, leading us off. reporter: tonight across louisiana, the rivers and bayous and we are seeing unprecedented levels as the waters move south. reporter: south of baton rouge in ascension parish, new evacuations and rescues. at least 11 are dead. and