Fellowships to working biographers. Each of these fellowships is now worth 72,000, so not chump change. To date, some 20 biographies have been published including shirley jackson, one of the Prestigious National book critic award for biography. I also read the news about our brandnew wholly unique Masters Program in biography and memoir. It is just hard this autumn with at least 17 students enrolled which is phenomenal. And brenda is actually both a former director of the leon leavy center and she now teaches one of the core courses in the new Masters Program. Just a reminder what our next program is next wednesday september 25 at 6 30 p. M. With david nassau giving the annual lecture on biography. Tonight, im very delighted to have with us ben moser in conversation with brenda wineapple. As i said, branded as a former director of the leon leavy center and shes the author most recently of the mp chairs, the trial of Andrew Johnson and the dream of a just nation. A very widely reviewed
A medical examiner reveals what killed promising Young Los Angeles angels pitcher tyler skaggs. The husband and father just the latest victim of the nations Opioid Epidemic. We miss tyler every day. Nothing we learned today changes those feelings. All that plus sweet freedom. An alabama man sentenced to life in prison for stealing 50 is finally released after 36 years behind bars. Back in the drivers seat. Dale earnhardt jr. Coming out of retirement to race today just weeks after a plane crash nearly killed him and his family. Valerie harper. Im engaged. No. Youre right. The most beloved Television Side kicks passing away after a brave battle with cancer. Well look back at her remarkable life and career saturday august 31st, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, peter alexander, and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. A busy one with Hurricane Dorian churning in
The all the devastation left behind by this fire. In this case this family lost their home, they have been here for 25 years. This home was gone in a matter of minutes. I think this is really a real wakeup call. Reporter surrounded by some of the 3,000 firefighters working on the rocky fire, governor jerry brown warned this massive event could just be the prelude to many more. I think this is the beginning of the fire season. And its acting like its the end. So we have a real challenge in california. Reporter as firefighters worked to douse hot spots, cal fire reports the rocky fire is now 40 contained. But there is still concern warm and windy weather ahead could produce more trouble. The fire certainly has potential. Winds, dry conditions can blow embers over the line and we may see this afternoon interior parts of the fire may burn up. It was like a big explosion down there. Reporter wayne fishers house one of 39 destroyed. He told us he and his wife barely made it out as flames rac
Well nothing i say will be satisfactory. I own this Football Team. You dob dismiss owners. Im sorry thats the facts and the case. This is not about a business and running an operation to make money. We are making sure that we are doing everything we can to reestablish the culture. It is not easy to dismiss a manager but i think thats the best thing for us and thats what we need to do to get back to where we want to be. Not an easy decision but something that is a tradition right about this time of year. Three consecutive seasons now the 49ers have concluded the regular season and just hours afterwards announced basically that they were replacing their head coach. Hunting season begins now for a new coach. And the question now is who might that coach be . A couple of names that have come up at the top of the list, josh mcdaniel, he is involved with a very Successful Organization and that would be the new England Patriots and under Bill Belichick and that team is perennial super bowl con
Presidency. But now another fight brewing, saying that President Trump does not deserve any credit here. Welcome to risk reward, i am Elizabeth Macdonald in for deirdre bolton. All three major indices were up. And 340,000 people came back into the labor force. This after a slew of Companies Like ford, intel, exxon mobile and samsung announce their committee to send money and hire workers right here in the u. S. Our economist joe the plumber will be here. But first. We see how the markets reacted to positive news. Lori rothman with the latest. Reporter everyone here was satisfied with february jobs report, the numbers were better than expected. 235,000 jobs created. Well ahead of the wall street expectation of 190,000. Unemployment, 4. 7 , and average Hourly Earnings jumping up by 2 pu2. 8 from this time last year. For a long time the market today was pretty static, likely could be because expectations for an Interest Rate hike jumped up to 93 at next meeting that is march 15. Before re