british investigative reporter nick davies lays out his findings on the news of the world phone hacking scandal in "hack attack: the inside story of how the truth caught up with rupert murdoch." gail gutradt reports on kids living with or orphaned by hiv/aids in the book "in a rocket made of ice." sean mcfate who formerly worked for an international security service in africa provides an inside look at the world of military contractors and how they're becoming a greater part of the u.s. military. david eimer, a former china correspondent for the sunday telegraph, examines the social and political landscape of china's remote regions in "the emperor far away: travels at the edge of china." and in "blood aces," doug swanson, investigative project editor at the "dallas morning news", recounts how the late casino owner, benny binion, helped shape current day las vegas. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> starting now on booktv, peter finn talks about the publishing history of boris pasternak's dr. z

british investigative reporter nick davies lays out his findings on the news of the world phone hacking scandal in "hack attack: the inside story of how the truth caught up with rupert murdoch." gail gutradt reports on kids living with or orphaned by hiv/aids in the book "in a rocket made of ice." sean mcfate who formerly worked for an international security service in africa provides an inside look at the world of military contractors and how they're becoming a greater part of the u.s. military. david eimer, a former china correspondent for the sunday telegraph, examines the social and political landscape of

they were clearly rooting for mo'ne davis got nicked for three runs and struck out 6, taney lost 8-1. the manager said he didn't think she was bothered at all by the media attention. >> i don't think so. she is entitled to an off night. i don't want to take away from the vegas kids, that is a real good team, maybe the best team we faced this year. >> if taney wins tonight they would face the vegas team again on saturday. our chad pradelli is in williamsport with the taney team, look for his live reports this afternoon leading up to tonight's big game. >>> the eagles have another chance to work out the kinks in their defense when they host the pittsburgh steelers at financial field tonight. the bird's d gave up 500 yards in total offense to the new england patriots. they know what they have to do to improve and they will be ready when the season starts. the eagles face the steelers tonight at 7:30, you can see it here on 6 abc we are your official eagles station. >>> the doctor affected with ebola is now out of the hospital, dr. kent brantly is all smiles, he was thrown to atlanta earl

nick valencia joins us now from st. louis. he is with another father who knows the pain of grieving over a teenaged son killed by gunfire. jordan davis just 17 years old when michael dunn shot and killed him in florida. dunn was convicted in what came to be known as the loud music trial. nick, you've got jordan's father, ron, with you now. we'd love to hear what he has to say. >> absolutely. you could -- getting back to michael brown, senior, you could certainly see the emotions in his eyes as he made that plea to the crowd for a day of silence as he buries his son. joining me is another man who lost his son and knows exactly what the browns are going through. this is ron davis, father of jordan davis, high-profile shooting in 2012 was -- really captured headlines. thanks for joining us, ron. >> you're welcome. >> what was it like to hear that plea from a father? >> well, first, i met michael brown senior yesterday and we had a meeting about 30 minutes and we wanted to welcome him into the circle of fathers that was created by the trayvon martin foundation by tracy martin to let them know that we are not here to get on television and

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nick foles. now, the three quarterback will be matt barkley. birds defense getting in gear, as well, with defensive coordinator billy davis look to go improve onar's sporadic pass rush. >> i don't think a year ago early in the season it was comfortable. now they know they know. if that makes sense, they know what their responsibility s so i anticipate the group is a whole better individually and directively. >> the birds have also brought in former all-pro linebacker kevin green to help with that pass rush, got anything left in the tank big fellow? green played 15 seasons in the ffl, and ranks thirds all time in sacks. i'm sure the guys can benefit from kevin's presence and knowledge, drop some knowledge on the fellows, let's about birds. >> coming you in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", three children killed in carjacking crash were laid to rest yesterday. but donations continue to pouour in to the family. >>> and, it was an emotional scene at vigil in upper darby for the woman who was found dead in her home. >>> bob and katie return with your traffic and weather together on the 3's. back with you in just two minutes. ♪watching everyb

. >>> going into the eagles second pre-season game, nick foles, with bounce back, how about the defense? will they improve? shaky start for billy davisve unit. this patriots touchdown. nobody picked up the fullback. you can take a look and see it clearly. confusion among the linebackers, and the secondary, as well. new england scored touchdowns on three of the first four possessions. the birds brought pressure on this play, couldn't, gave receivers enough time to get open. patriots 21-seven lead. nick foles had nice night. 81 yards to the touchdown toss. nice night for jordan matthews, nine catches for 104 yards. new england won the game, though, 42 to 35. >>> few weeks ago, no one really new about the taney dragons. fast forward few weeks, and philadelphia tiff, feel good story of the summer. taney opened the tournament against the team from nashville, tennessee, here we go. taney didn't waste any time in this one. dragons going deep, bomb to left field. three run homerunment taney jumped out to the early lead. but it was all about this young lady, mo'ne davis put on a show there is was her first of eight strikeouts. nice little cha

morning joe," 13-year-old pitching ace mo' ne davis is making mat headlines for her pitching in the little league world series. bring you her story in a bit. >>> nickpperman brings us some bizarre shower thoughts. >> if hillary clinton wins in 2016, it will be the first time two presidents have had sex with each other. >> what? >> that never rossed my mind. thank you, nick. >> we really appreciate that. >> i'm flaed he pglad he put th in my mind. >> that is, obviously, in hollyweird. >>> a cat is put on a life saving diet. oh, snucts! >> i want that cat. >> the cat is on a diet. >> life saving diet! what is the cat eating? chihuahuas for breakfast? >> first, here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> kale chips for that cat! >>> good morning, everyone. two things to talk about. the heat wave that is gripping the country and then what is going to happen with this tropical disturbance and will it affect florida and the southeast coast. ? we are starting off with your morning commute, if you're in minnesota a lot of rain out and some severe storms. the heat wave is full fledged and it will be here at least a week. from texas all the way to f

british investigative reporter nick davies lays out his findings on the news of the phone scandal, on hack attack, the inside story of how the truth caught up with rupertmer dock. and -- rupert murdoch in the modern america anywhere, sean mcfait who worked for a security service in africa privates a look at the inside world of military contractors and how they're becoming a greater part of the u.s. military. a former china account for the sunday telegraph examines the social landscape of china's remote regions in "the emperor far away: travels at the edge of china." and in "blood aces" dog swanson of the dallas morning news recounts how benny binion helped shape las vegas. watch nor author tuesday -- authors in the near future on booktv and booktv.org. >> booktv is on location at the number public library in mid-town man dnr man hat than. an thornton is here. >> i'm the director of the research libraries. >> what does that mean? >> there are four research libraries, there's this one in mid-town manhattan, the center for research in black culture in harlem, the library for the preferri