mccabe, welcome to gaithersburg. thank you very much. it's an here.ou to mitt romney and i hope we'll talk a bite about that nature of that access. a little bit later. but in one of you@7r with senator romney for this book in may of 2021, he told yoy really doesn't believe in the quote. who is he talking about and what did he mean? yeah, it's that was actually one of the very first interviews i difor is3wand it was an early se that a he was going be more forthcoming than your typical, you know, political subject for a book and b that he was really grappling with what was happening to his party. he responding directly events o. context of, you know, i guessthe you said it's a may know better th notes. but if that interview was in may, this is just a few months after know, mitt romney, like most members of the congress, was in the building when the riot broke through the police barricades, the mob broke through the police barricades and stormed the he actually came within a with mob. and if not turned him, he actually probably would have been overtaken

mccabe, welcome to gaithersburg. thank you very much. it's an honor to be here. you had absolutely incredible access to mitt romney and i hope we'll talk a bit more about that nature of that access. a little bit later. but in one of your 45 interviews with senator romney for this book in may of 2021, he told you a very large portion, my party really doesn't believe in the constitution an end quote. who is he talking about and what did he mean? yeah, it's that was actually one of the very first interviews i did for this book. and it was an early sign to me that a he was going be more forthcoming than your typical, you know, political subject for a book and b that he was really grappling with what was happening to his party. he i was responding directly to the events of january 6th. he was talking about this in the context of, you know, i guess you said it's a may know better than me. you probably checked the notes. but if that interview was in may, this is just a few months after january and you know, mitt romney, like most members of the congress, was in the buil

gaithersburg. caller: good morning. pleasure to be a first time caller. my one comment is absolute power corrupts absolutely. number, if my fellow americans and heard ken burns recent commencement speech at brandeis university i would encourage everyone to listen to the speech that summarizes the historians approach. host: how does that apply to hunteriden? caller: summarize that for us -- host: summarize that for us. how does it apply? caller: i think it would tie into what abraham lincoln and some of our founding fathers spoke -- i encourage everyone to listen to ken burns recent speech at brandeis university. host: let's hear from earl in idaho. independent line. caller: is whether the gun was ever fired. if it had been fired it should add to his conviction. host: what you think of the things he was found guilty of, whether the gun was fired or not? caller: that doesn't really matter. the fact is if the gun was fired that shows a different story about hunter biden's ability at that time where he was getting off the drugs. host: what you mean it matters

but first, nbc's gadi schwartz is in gaithersburg, the sight of that rare twister near d.c. good morning, gadi. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. this is so wild to see. this is not the flat land of oklahoma or kansas. this is a hilly, wooded d.c. suburb that's seeing debris and the damage from an ef-1 tornado that ripped through this neighborhood. you can see over here, there's two cars actually that are buried in all of this debris from this tree. there's this white one right here. there's a red one down the way. and if you come this way, i'll show you, some of the damage to the houses in this area. this house right here, this is one of the lucky houses that just had a branch hit the front porch. just down the street, there is another home where an even bigger tree than this came down, split the home in half, five people were inside. a family of five, but fortunately they're all alive today. overnight, terrifying tornadoes tearing through parts of the midwest and east coast. >> funnel clouds spotted in the area. >> reporter: in the d.c. suburbs, which rarely sees twisters,

it's only fitting that a conversation about a tev legendy gaithersburg own television legend sue palkar for some of us sue needs no introduction. obviously in 2022, sue stepped back from her role as chief meteorologist at fox five after 36 years at the station, sue covered some of the biggest events over the past few decades, including the blizzard of 1996 hurricane isabel in three and snowmageddon in. 2010. and now you know why, we had somebody who has brought us weather for so many years to make sure that rain held off today. so thank you sue for that. early in my career, i had the chance to and work with sue during my time on the board of governors for the local chapter of the national academy of television and sciences. and i can honestly say that sue is the most one of the most genuine people in the business. so that is why it brings me great pleasurentroduce our guests today. please welcome sue palka and susan page. jim, that was such lovely introduction. thank you so much. an he nail the book to. it is so great to have susan page, isn't it everybo. oh, and before we start our qu

this tornado is right here. >> reporter: leaving widespread damage in gaithersburg, maryland. officials there say several homes were damaged by trees and power lines snapped like twigs including this one where a family of five was trapped. >> everybody was injured, one person did suffer traumatic injury. >> debris blanketing the streets. >> we tried to make sure everybody in the neighborhood was okay. >> reporter: and more storms in the midwest turning deadly. a woman was critically near detroit and her 2-year-old child killed when a tree fell on the home. an ef-1 tornado was to blame as more severe storm systems sweep across the country, record setting triple digit temperatures are scorching americans out west. heat warnings are in effect for some 27 million people from texas to california with temperatures spiking 20 degrees above normal for this time of year in some areas. >> it's oppressive and even my 9-year-old granddaughter did not want to go out in the heat. >> reporter: with the official start of summer still two weeks away, some forecasters are projecting excessive h

host: let's go to david in gaithersburg, independent. caller: thank you for including me. it been interesting to listen to the comments in the juxtaposes with something you all aired recently. there was a with people and hearing the gentleman be so dismissive about the reporting on alito, which i kind of agree with and putting that against the panel where they were accepting of the new reporting and how could he not recuse himself in hearing the gentleman talked about that he thinks prob law, and how on the panel, i can't believe i have sent mention the supremacy law. i just mente because i hope others like me find themselves not at all on either of those pages. i hope when it comes to the media and the left and with the gentleman that if i had an upside down american flag because i was listening to rage of the machine. at the same time i wish we would look at alito on the merits. he is an embarrassment as a jurist and so is thomas. some who may be leaning a little left can draw a line betweengh who seemed to be trying to get into the administrative questions of the places

in gaithersburg, maryland, outside of the nation's capital, several people captured video of a tornado as it moved through the area. trees fell on several structures trapping people inside. five people were rescued from one location. >>> out west it's the record-breaking heat that is posing a danger to millions of americans. excessive heat warnings and advisories are in effect in states stretching from california to texas. temperatures hit triple digits throughout the region yesterday. and the heat could set new records today with forecast highs of 112 degrees in las vegas and phoenix, 107 expected in fresno, california. >>> and now to hunter biden's gun trial where prosecutors could rest today. there are several witnesses left including hallie biden, his brother's widow, with whom he also had a relationship with. that follows yesterday's salacious testimony from hunter biden's ex-wife and former girlfriend. cbs' scott macfarlane was there. >> reporter: first lady jill biden spent a third day at the courthouse, again seated behind hunter biden, as prosecutors tried to prove he illegall

i want to put a plug in for the gaithersburg book festival this saturday. event.ur book about barbara walters, rule breaker. and i' every one and great authors and it's really great event and a of. we went to north dakota and it was 50th state. and for those who know dickinson year and went on a rhodes

erin mclaughlin, nbc news, gaithersburg, maryland. >>> and back to the middle east now. israel is defending an air strike on a school in gaza that left dozens dead, including children. the military saying hamas was using the facility for cover. raf sanchez now with more from tel aviv. we have to warn you, some of the images in this report are disturbing. >> reporter: tonight israel facing questions over this deadly strike on a u.n. school in central gaza. the idf says it precisely targeted three classrooms where hamas and islamic jihad operatives who took part in the october 7th attack were hiding. >> terrorists with blood on their hands. >> reporter: but schools like this have been a refuge for palestinian families seeking safety, and hospital officials say of the 40 people killed, more than half were women and children. "we were sleeping and suddenly the place fell on our heads" this boy says. "i don't know what happened." the idf says it twice delayed the strike because there were too many civilians in the area. but the state department is seeking answers. >> if you s

the city of gaithersburg hit hard. captured the inside of a tornado from his car. >> i'm on the scene where a large tree crashed into a house. >> five people were trapped in this home after a large tree came crashing down. all five were rescued. one suffered traumatic injuries. the storms ripped trees from their roots, knocking down power lines and scattering roads with debris. multiple buildings collapsed. george mono heard a tree fall onto his home when the tornado hit. >> i just hear loud thuds and banging on the window and i just go upstairs, go to my bathtub, you know, hide there. >> and the midwest and plains have already seen the busiest severe weather season in 13 years, with devastating storms from nebraska to kentucky to texas this spring. and now, experts say this outbreak is likely one of the worst to hit maryland in years. >> a big surprise first time has ever happened. we never had nothing like this before. >> how long have you lived here? >> i've lived here 75 years. >> the other big weather story is the

largest country over the girl is raped every 8 minutes every half hour, a child younger than 14, gaithersburg. now brazil's conservative majority in congress wants to pass legislation, equating abortion after 22 weeks to homicide. the other thing because you have never seen anything like this, this is a huge backlash and the fight for women's rights now instead of moving forward, leaping back to the 1914 in brazil, abortion is legal. if the pregnancy is the results of rates. the mother's life is at risk or the fetus has no brain. there's no time limit for the procedure to take place. if the bill passes a woman or child who has been great and terminates the pregnancy after 22 weeks could be sentenced to 20 years in prison. that's double the punishment for rapist users. so for the view of the many women like myself have been victims of domestic violence. instead of taking further measures to protect us. congress wants to furnish us even more we so frequent. the bill was fast track by brazil's house of representatives, meaning it could be approved quickly without debate. women's rights activists

speaking to other ing wii'm a publico do i don't think i suck at itabilitportunity to come to gaithersburgbook festival? so you get to exploit what you in way that is you and i do wish so notice thene is movement which is all way down in the right ate movement, but i have year old. like that's not in the don't. i think i'll retire someday. you know, here's hoping social security. hang in there. and if i do, then my life will shift. i may have more time than money. right. and then. volunteering is the sort of thing that makes a lot of sense. about tailoring moral responses to contexts here. some concluding lessons. i know, i didn't give yike asorry. as a moral philosopher, it kind of like, hurts me deeply that i didn't give you a knock down argument. but here's what we got in 30 minutes. there is no one thing that you must do in response to catastrophe i think we should do something. we have overwhelming reason to do lots of things, but there is no one thing. and so when someoneou mx, i think they're probably always more and it would be great if you tradeoff you don't have duties so you kin

let's have the next person up i want to put a plug in for the gaithersburg book saturday. it's a great event. i'm looking forward you discuss your book about barbara walters, rule breaker. and i've been to every one and great authors and it's really great event and a free nowit was 50th state. and for those who know dickin university in north dakota holds a two hour symposium every years scholar trip and. clay jenkins was there and. it was when stacy corduroy, theyfour women authors talking about his life and we went t n the rider hotel. and it was really a great event. and what i'm curious about is library, is it going be open next yearschedule for that? and also, t.r. didn't spend much north dakota. it's a in relative to new york. and when we were there it was going to be was dickinson going to get it or was medora going to and medora got it. and so, you know, do you know why new york library? so i get my new yorkwould with you with that question. thank you for also the ceo of the theodore roosevelt presidential library, which is currently under construction in medora, n

councilmember katz and whenever i see the i always call him mayor katz because of his long service to gaithersburgknow you're in rockville now asayor katz to those of us who know and love yr the introduction as mayor katz said our guest today mckay coppins he's a staff writer for the atlantic and he covered the 2012 presidential race and tell parents about it from which he the wilderness deep ins republican combative contentious chaotic quest to take bthe party's effom the white house in 2016. he began his journalism career at newsweek. ents tell your kids about it. and he's now a new york times ur book today romney a reckoning. mccabe, welcome to's an honor t. yo had absolutely incredible access to mitt romney and i hope we'll talk a bit more about that nature of that access. a but in one of your 45 interviews with senator romney for this bo you a very large porti, he constitution an end qte mean? yeah, it's that was very first i did for this book. and it was an early sign to me that a he was going be more forthcoming than your typical, you know, political subject for a book and b that he was rea

well, i mean, if they had said yes, boy or gaithersburg. that's right.estions. yes. first of all, thank you for being here. and thank you for sharing your stories. i'm sure because you're you're an optimist. i'm curious fr and because you've covered the world, what world leader do you you admire that we as a group wouldn't necessarily know of. so you know i look at leaders who use their voices for causes that don't get enough attention and i mean, in the in the u.s. senate, i think -- does a fantastic job of that. i've i had this fondness for some british prime ministers who gordon working girls education all on. and it's just i girls education is one of the one of the ways in which you transform countries. one of the things we know how to do has its enormous impact. and so i've admired that chris patten in britain, the former governor of hong kong, then he was head of the european union, external affairs, just you know, fantastic and you know, tony blair, i obviously disagreed o iraq. i thought he was disaster in iraq. but there's one really important t

gaithersburg book festival which is amazing right? so you get tosponse in way that is particular toice th like least grayed out one is volunteer for the down in the right corner. i would love to volunteer mor movement, but i have a demanding job in cards right now.know, security. hang in there. and if i do, then my life will shift. i may have more time than money. right. volunteering is the sort of thing that makes a lot of sense. so this is about tailoring moralsp to contexts here. some conclud know, i didn't give you like a loctite argument. sorry. as a moral phiso deeply that i didn't give you a knock down argument. but here's what wetes. there is no one thing that you must do in response to catastrophe i think we should do something. we have overwhelming reason to do lots ofhing. and so when someone you must do x, i think they're probably wrong. but you could always more and it would be great if you did this is this is the tradeoff you don't have duties so you kind of get of obligation. but that means you can't just satisfy the ob

this is the best attended event at the gaithersburg book festival ever.h tears in their eyes, so so hut'm you know something like get rid of the let my people in they're not here to hurt me right. and i remember when when i read linei imdihought where was stress of that sentence? they're not here to hurt me or they're not here toright. they? right. they're not here to hurt me. it's sort of benign, right? they're here me and support me. it could be, you know, anything else. they're not here to hurt me means. i'm here to hurt somebody else. right. and that's why, you know, even transcript can still be ambiguous, right? so i you know, there's no video of this conversatn, but there's video of hutchinson's own testimony to the committee. so the when you see it, it's ight emphasis on theway she says more benign interpretat me. but the committee itself puts it to dknow, words written out nome, which is the more sort of insidious. and ultimately, i don't know it's the things people say, the thgs people omit, sometimes it's with or an italicized they c arf things

this is the best attended event at the gaithersburg book festival ever.people are saying people are many people that so they to me sir yeah so so hutchinson quotes the president as saying you know something like get rid magnetometers as you know let my people in they're not hurt me right. and i read line, i immediately thought where sentence? they're not here to hurt me or they're not here to hurt me. right. because those are two different sentences, aren't they? right. they're not here to hurt it's sort of benign, right? they're here to praise me and support me. it could be, you know, anything .me means. i'm here to hurt somebody else. right. even history with a running transcript can still be ambiguous, right? so i you know, there video of this conversation, but there's video of hutchinson's own testimony to the committee. so the when you see it, ral the way she says it. maybe a slightenign interpretation which would be hurt than me. but to different ways once just, you know, words written normally, once with italics on me, which is thee lt minsidious.

and thank you, cece bann and and the gaithersburg book festival. i'm delighted to be here. and good morrow to everyone. of course i do. as my son says, i commit to the bet. so am wearing the hat and i thought i would just start with a very brief overview of the concept of the book, and then holly and i can dig into some of the juicy issues that that it brings up. and by the way, i'm very jealous that holly got to be on jeopardy and it's very easy to lose jeopardy. well, it's hot. it's hard to get on. maybe it's easy to lose, but it's hard to get on. so this book as holly said, i felt i needed to write. now because it is a sequel to a book i wrote many years ago called the year of living biblically. and that book came about because i grew up in a very secular home. no little religion, but i wanted learn about the bible and religion. i love to learn about things by diving in, by immersing myself. there's method acting. i try to do method writing. so i followed. the bible is literally as possible and that meant the ten commandments. it meant love your neighbor and be fruitful

are ending in 9:00 a.m., the house is coming in at 9 a.m., coverage.l take you there for riva, gaithersburgfor her to get an abortion if she needed it was very oppressive. i see this as a liberty issue. let's women decide. they are human beings. let them decide. they can consult their religious leaders and their doctors. the politicians, the political groups, the pac money, all the nonsense, get it out of the decisions women should be making. women are dying and getting in serious trouble because they don't have access to abortion. of those concerns about the abortion drug would have been didn't close down clinics all over. this is absurd. it's a liberty issue. any man who wants to make this decision for a woman to doublethink. i will be voting on this. i know the women in the states are passing referendumswe have a congress, with doctors criminalized at a federal level. that's right matt. thank you. host:, good morning. caller:'; it's appropriate that this is coming up on the heels t issue that was discussed prior. i had a pregnancy and was working at a dental school at the time. several o

host: let's go to david in gaithersburg, independent. caller: thank you for including me.een interesting to listen to the comments in the juxtaposes with something you all aired recently. there was a panel with people dismissive about the alito, which i kind of agree with and putting that against the panel where they were accepting of the new reporting and how could he not recuse himself in hearing the gentleman talked about that he thinks probably the state law, and how on the panel, i can't believe i have sent mention the supremacy law. i just mention these because i hope others like me find themselves not at all on either of those pages. i hope when it comes to the media and the left and with the gentleman that if i had an upside down american flag stening to rage of the machine. at the same time i wish we would look at alito on the merits. he is an embarrassment as a jurist and so is thomas. some who may be leaning a little left can draw a line between folks like cavanaugh who seemed to be trying to get into the administrative questions of the places. question is, how

host: let's go to david in gaithersburg, independent. caller: thank you for including me.it has been interesting to listen to the comments in the juxtaposes with something you all aired recently. there was a panel with people and hearing the gentleman be so dismissive about the reporting on alito, which i kind of agree with and putting that against the panel where they were accepting of the new reporting and how could he not recuse himself in hearing the gentleman talked about that he thinks probably the state law, and how on the panel, i can't believe i have sent mention the supremacy law. i just mention these because i hope others like me find themselves not at all on either of those pages. i hope when it comes to the media and the left, and with the gentleman that if i had an upside down american flag because i was listening to rage of the machine. at the same time i wish we would look at alito on the merits. he is an embarrassment as a jurist and so is thomas. some who may be leaning a little left can draw a line between folks like cavanaugh who seemed to be trying to

gaithersburg. caller: good morning. pleasure to be a first time caller.comment is absolute power corrupts absolutely. number two, if my fellow americans and you have not heard ken burns recent commencement speech at brandeis univerty i ■a would encourage everyone to listen to the speech that summarizes the historians approach. host: how does that apply to hunter biden? caller: summarize that for us -- host: summarize that for us. how does it apply? caller: i think it would tie into what abraham lincoln and some of our founding fathers spoke -- i encourage everyonto burns recent speech at brandeis university. host: let's hear from earl in idaho. independent line. caller: my only question is whether the gun was ever fired. if it had been fired it should add to his conviction. host: what you think of the things he was found guilty of, whether the gun was fired or not? caller: that doesn't really matter. the fact is if the gun was fired that shows a different story about hunter biden's ability at that time where he was getting off the drugs. host: what you me

. >> reporter: before moving east to the city of gaithersburg, hurling debris through the air.ling trees blocking roads and damaging several houses, including one that collapsed and trapped five residents inside, all injured but remarkably expected to survive. >> the tornado hit, i just hear loud thuds and i just go in my bathtub, hide there. >> reporter: authorities urged residents to take cover immediately. >> we never had nothing like this before. >> reporter: mean time outside detroit, a deadly ef-1 tornado killing a 2-year-old after a tree crashed into the bedroom of this home. >> this was a tough day. >> it's heart breaking. something that's hard to take, hard to swallow. probably many, many sleepless nights. >> reporter: and the canopy of this gas station toppled over, as drivers were filling up. >> i nearly lost my life. >> reporter: the national weather service will be here today to investigate the damage and assess exactly how many tornados struck the area. robin? >> robin: so much damage there, elizabeth. thank you. the dangerous weather is on the move this morning.