The u. S. Dedicated to showcasing africanAmerican Music. Some of its incredible artifacts will be right here in studio 57. Its monday, february 17th, 2020. President s day. We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The tension for hundreds of americans brought over from japan. Evacuees arrive in the u. S. U. S. Officials revealed overnight 14 of those americans tested positive for the coronavirus. Flooding hit mississippi. It could get worse. State of emergency was declared. This is a precarious situation that could turn at any moment. Two people are dead after being trapped in an avalanche. Three snowmobilers triggered the slide. President trumps Reelection Campaign kicked into high gear. Gentlemen, start your engines storm dennis hit large parts of the uk with entire towns submerged by floodwaters. All that j. J. Watt busted a move with his grandmother. When was the last time you saw a shattered backboard. Just runs out of the gym. And all that matters.
Welcome to the 2019 mississippi book festival. This morning we celebrate the fifth anniversary of her literary long party. [applause] we are honored to have so many distinguished authors and friends join our celebration from the Mississippi State capital. Today more than 170 authors will visit with thousands of booklovers making connections through the love of books and the written word. Cspan has been with us since the very beginning and we are grateful for the partnership we start today by recognizing the readers to mississippi culturally a landscape. The writers trail is an ever list the places all over the state that mark significant places in the lives of mississippi authors. Ida b wells and richard ford are the very best writers. Two is famous for Investigative Journalism. And ford is famous for his novels. The hardhitting pieces about lynching of the 20th century achieve such notoriety that was known by some as the most famous black woman in america. Her marker will be placed in
[inaudible conversations] good morning Everyone Welcome to the fifth annual mississippi book festival and welcome everyone doing on cspan which is been a supporter of our efforts from the very first year. We appreciate them very much. Im chris with archives and history. If you have not done so please silence your cell phone. Our panel this morning is a spotlight on mississippi civil rights, we think energy for sponsoring it. Theyve also been with the book festival since beginning and we are grateful for the early support and sticking with us. We are in this room today, thanks to foreman Watkins Law Firm we pretrade their support. Our panelists are natalie, johnny, michelle and heather and you can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times are authors will be signing in your programs. You will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes and open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium to answer your questions. Be careful of the ramp. Help m
Recipients of daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals. Weve indicated to them led by chairman gracely, chairman of the Judiciary Committee were willing to enter into good faith negotiations but it simply does not advance the interest of these Daca Recipients to try to force us into a shutdown narrative. Liz but its not just the democrats it was President Trump who said to congress, get this daca deal done by the end of 2017, but lets go back to all of this when it comes to what the house and the senate have to do wednesday is now the key date for the meeting which means a floor vote could come thursday, pushing it all very close to the big lights out deadline which is 11 59 p. M. This friday night. That is sure to be a hot topic at the White House Press briefing. Sarah sanders is expected to take the podium at any moment. Will tax reform progress take a back seat to the governments near empty pockets and what about the Mueller Probe . Its about to breach the president s financ
Whether to support Senate Candidate roy moore. I think theyre afraid im going to take alabama values to washington. One gop lawmakers went to far as to send moore ds democratic opponent a donation. Good morning from studio 57 headquarters here in new york. Im annemarie green. This morning the fire that has engulfed parts of Southern California is forcing new ev evacuati evacuations. There are three fires near los angeles. Nearly 200 structures have burned. More that 150,000 residents have been forced to evacuate and major freeways have been shut down. Officials say the worst is not over yet. A state of emergency is in place in Ventura County and most schools there are closed. Kenneth craig has more. Good annemarie. You can see it burnt to the ground. All that is left is a car frame. Three fires burned in Southern California alongside some smaller ones. Amid reports hundreds of homes have been destroyed. Some residents spent the twilight hours dousing the roofs with water hoping that wo