[inaudible conversations] hi, everybody. Thank you for being here. Im lilly myer, the Events Manager at politics and prose. Im glad you all came. First a few things before we get started. In case you missed the sign, this weekend is a member sale. All books or 20 off if youre a member. Youre not a member, its a great way to support your local indy book store and get 25 off and the other way to support your local book store is attend a evens. In september were hosting salmon rushdie. I hope youll join us and for those who have never joined us for an event before, a couple notes how things work. Sheing speak and then take questions and then sign books right here. So, when the eventes over, please fold upper chair, the book severalled will thank you very much, and lean it against any shelf and then go to he check out there and come back here to get it signed. For q a, were him inning in cspan is him inning so please ask your questions into the audience mic right there. Im done pointing no
Inside a burning building. What may have sparked the flames. A christmastime wave of Severe Weather as a tornado touches down in alabama. We have an update on injuries as cleanup gets underway. Good morning, everybody. Taking a look at a live shot at Lower Manhattan on another mild december morning. It is saturday, december 26th, the day after christmas. Thank you for tuning in and being with us. Look who is with me. Good morning. Good morning. I hope michelle is a sleep right now. And that the kids are not waking up early to play with whatever gifts they got. Yeah. Thanks for being here. And amy is also off this weekend and enjoying time with the family so jeff smith was kind enough to step in and has weather that we have. Yeah. Two days of recordbreaking warmth. Were not going to have that today. Were going to skip a day of recordbreaking warmth and then back tomorrow. Today closer to reality but 10 degrees above average for this time of year. The stationary front off to the south, w
Buffet. Katherine temph. She is hotter than palm springs which is why old people flock to her. It is joanne nosuchunsky. And his doctor says he probably doesnt have ebola. It is tvs andy levy. And next to me, radio talk show host and columnist and author, dennis prager. A block. The lede. Thats the first story. As we sit in snark is the world going dark . At a website called the conversation a professor wonders if we are on the brink of a new dark age. Joseph camelerri points out that russias actions are creating a new cold war. But then he talks about the problem of cross border flows or really troubling stuff. This includes 43 million displaced persons and 10 billion dollars worth of arms fueling wars and killing pathogenic flows, things like ebola and other diseases. And countries and corporations to surveil citizens. It lacks the legitimacy to deal with this. What does the professor miss . We here at red eye put together what we think is evidence we are headed for a new dark age. J