i wanted to give it up for zach roth. thank you so much for joining us today. [applause] i really can t say enough about the book for anybody who personally knows me. i don t read that much but i read this in a couple of days but i loved it. it was awesome. it really is a great, comprehensive overview of the state of our democracy not just today but through her history. after i read it i thought everyone i know should be reading this. i hang courage you, you can purchase the book at the bookstore and zach will be here signing books right here today. we appreciate all of you coming. thanks to rama. [applause] welcome to peoria illinois on booktv. next we speak with author about the city s mishaps to greatness in his book it didn t play in peoria. will it play in peoria came from the vaudeville days where peoria was basically the kingmaker of the life writing acts that would come through town and if you could make it there and appeal to peorian then your chances of su
to them. so this is a constant effort to fight back those attackers and also find other tools of national security to hopefully deter this activity which is clearly very damaging. nbc s chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has the latest. good morning, jose. this is believed to be the biggest cyber attack in u.s. history, targeting 4.2 million current and former employees. it could be more. who did it? u.s. officials tell nbc news most likely china. today the government is scrambling after a massive hack into personal information names, social security numbers, birthdays. for millions of current and former government workers. if proved to be from china, the u.s. would likely retaliate. there are all sorts of ways that we can retaliate. but through diplomatic means and perhaps by giving whoever is behind this if we can determine that for certain a taste of their eenown medicine. the government is telling employees to monitor their bank accounts and off
she told them palmer did not know the meat contained the tools. palmer s attorney reiterated that and added that his client had no knowledge of the escape passed the polygraph and will be entering a plea of not guilty at his next hearing. he admitted to passing the hamburger meat. he had no knowledge that there were any con tra band other than the meat itself. he s devastated he s embarrassed, he s sorry for the attention that he s getting right now. well as the search for the two convicts continues, officials say the pair may be armed. let s go live to owls head new york, and msnbc s adam reese. adam what s the very latest? reporter: jose good morning. now we know joyce mitchell might not have been the only one helping them escape. 57-year-old gene palmer 28-year veteran of clinton correctional facility. he worked in the honor block where sweat and matt lived. that was considered a plum job. we just learned moments ago in addition to the other charges which i ll mentio
but not at this point in time saying what president obama plans to do about it. joy? really quickly, is there any reason why the white house is being vague about who this religious minority is? is there any reason why they are not saying what kind of religious minority? reporter: well, i think before the white house gets ahead of any of this reporting, they always like to know specifically what they are talking about. but, of course, the reports are that this religious minority is referred to and we just had the terminology here which just escaped me. i apologize. the point is, i think the white house doesn t want to get ahead of the reporting before they are absolutely sure what they are talking about. this is, of course, something that we see from the president all the time. he doesn t come out and address the situation until he knows specifically, you know, all of the facts. so i think that is what they are in the process of doing, gathering the facts. president obam
craig melvin is just back from the ride-along. you got the firsthand experience riding along with captain ron johnson. what did he have to say? reporter: you know, for folks who may not have been following this thing, captain johnson, of course, over the entire law enforcement effort here in ferguson. he s got command of the nagtionl guard and the other law enforcement agencies, as well, that have all december escended ferguson. it s fascinating. neighborhoods and businesses and the businesses, business owners stopped by or the business owners where we stopped, the businesses where we stopped by, essentially were all saying the same thing, ronan. they were saying we want you to continue to protect our businesses so we can stay open. we stopped by a convenience store that had been broken in not once but twice. been looted, saw some video of 40 or 50 young people who had gone in, many wearing masks, taken a bunch of stuff. young ladies, as well. bags. owner, tears in the eyes