Joining us on our callin set is Msnbc Chris Hayes who has written his second book called a colony in a nation. Where did the name of the book come from . It is a line from a Richard Nixon quote in 1968. It is an inauguration speech and thought of as a law and order speech. You have riots, protests, assassinations and he is calling for a return to order saying it is time for frank talk about the problem of order in the country. There is a line where he is talking about africanamericans and race struggles and saying they want the same as White Americans and dont want to just be a colony in a nation. That term, when i encountered it while reading the speech, really stuck with me and captured something deep about a lot of the reporting i was doing. Where does the book spring from . An incident this book sprang from . We covered criminal justice on the show and did that before Michael Browns death and before sort of the explosion of black lives matter activism and what happens in baltimore
Do i buy . Just know that the United States has some of the most sustainable features in the world regardless of the social justice issues we discussed here. Buy domestic. Secondly, if you want to go a little further and under whether or not the fisherman catching fish for you are fairly treated know your fisherman and try to under where this particular fish came from. And if you are members of ngo look deeply at how these organizations are spending your many. They are as capable of running consultantled campaigns and media blitz to force a particular direction as are the businesses steve discussed today. Understand where your dollar is going and use them well. Steve, you ready . You got it . Yes. There are things people can do as individuals, an consumers, for example that will have an impact. One richmond example i site in the book involves something called Community Choice aggregation. We can unplug from fossil fuel sources of energy and sign up for something called marine clean ene
And to the north of the city over the hudson valley, showers headed towards yonker, greenburg, whiteplains and stanford, youre going to see heavy rains within the next hour as well. The last of the cold front will be coming through later tonight. So after midnight, there still could be a chance of rumbles of thunder and heavy downpours sweeping through the area. By the start of the morning commute, most of that activity is east of the city, crossing long island and parts of western connecticut. And by 10 00, 11 00 in the morning, were pretty much done with it, except for a few patches of lighter rain showers coming through in the afternoon. Well take a look at the rainfall totals so far, and the weekend fore st coming up in just a few minutes. Back to you. All right, janice, thank you. Its a dark night in pats of new jersey tonight. Power along roadways and in storefronts knocked out. Gusty winds may be to blame. Right now crews are working to restore service to customers there. You ca
In families like this, with kids and prope working environment, and they both have hard workers, how can this happen . Reporter reacting to this tragedy here, School Superintendent Michael Salvatore gave this statement. We are all mourning the loss of our children today. While thousands of children are preparing to enter schools tomorrow, our hearts and prayers will be with the children that didnt have the opportunity. Despite saturdays argument and we have been told another argument last night, there is no record of Domestic Violence with police, which, of course, adds to the mystery of why this relationship spun out of control. Live in long branch, im brian thompson, news 4 new york. Brian, thank you. New at 5 00, authorities in new jersey are looking for an escapee right now. 33yearold James Mackinnon ran off from the Prospect Park Police Headquarters this morning while awaiting a ride to the county jail. This photograph shows Police Searching today in Prospect Park. According to ou
America. I do not withdraw my word. Others stand by the mayor. Red carpet ready. Final preparations for the 87th Academy Award as the stars get set to shine. Who has the momentum heading into hollywoods biggest night this friday february 20th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a friday morning. Matt has the morning off and when we say america on ice, i wish we were talking about a skating musical coming to town. It is ridiculously cold outside. Check this out. Dill san at a fountain in upstate new york that normally shoots water 40 feet in the air and its now an ice volcano. She going to that later. Just kidding. We decided to test how cold it is. Who is heartier than carson daley. He will do an experiment. I dont understand this experiment at all. Hello, everybody this is a nice breakfast tray. We are looking at cereal and hot coffee and orange juice and a raw e