i'll pray for you, ben courtney. pray for reverend. i'm sorry, reverend. but the war r over. i reckon the most important thing the country has to do is grow. t you do think ben's wrong? oh, i think he's plumb wrong. then come with me tonight. where to? the iron river valley. i can't do it, reverend. it's the right thing to do, marty. maybe. but i've ridden ourtney a long time. i've got him oble a few times, and he'se same for me. he's gonna need tomorrow.. are you ready? you don't have to go, michael. 's me that's the cause of it all. you're gonna break miss leort if you come along. where's mr. mccullough? he's down the draw. then we go up the draw. michael, i don't think you should come along. hey--what's that? it's just a note. let me see it. you got a pencil? they come. all right, courtney, that's far e eugh! send the boy out, mccullough! . butler! in the name of god, men- no shooting! i won't move from here. shot a preacher in my life, but if you side hose traitors... leona. yes. get the boys and get down the gulley. we'll take care of the guns. all right. i'll count to th

so shot out to courtney, ben , laura, to jordan's men brcs small but might be and i am proud of all ofjudges to have a combined total 1,464 books to identify the 20 finalist titles and of finalist that you will see tonight. fink you for entering and building a strong relationship with your ups person. [laughter] where would we be today without all of these remarkable and talented writers in this room? thank you for your work and spirit and vision involves us to better understand who we are, where we come from and where we might help to go you allow us to dream and understand. . . in our gowns and tuxedos, and i see if you didn't wear one. [laughter] what are we to do? aren't there more important matters to attend to, know it is trying to seek out the human experience. our mission at the national book foundation is to celebrate the best of american literature and to expand its audience and enhance the cultural value of great writing in america. we need books right now more than we ever have. we need the writers more than we ever have. we need to critique, stories and poems, novels and g

so shot out to courtney, ben , laura, to jordan's men brcs small but might be and i am proud of all ofo have a combined total 1,464 books to identify the 20 finalist titles and of finalist that you will see tonight. fink you for entering and building a strong relationship with your ups person. [laughter] where would we be today without all of these remarkable and talented writers in this room? thank you for your work and spirit and vision involves us to better understand who we are, where we come from and where we might help to go you allow us to dream and understand. . . >> and so why are we here tonight? why did we bother when this world is such a disaster to get this gussied up in our gowns and our tuxedos -- and i see you, if you at no time wear one -- if you didn't wear one -- [laughter] what are we to do? aren't there more important matters to attend to? no. it's about trying to seek out what the wholeness of the human experience is.. our mission at national book foundation is to celebrate the best of american literature and to expand its audience and to enhance the cultural valu

shut out to courtney, ben, laura, mary us, sherry, jordan, jonathan, we are small but mighty.es who are at entrance read a combined total of 4464 books to identify the 20 finalists titles in the 22 finalists that you'll see tonight, thank you for enduring and building strong relationships with your ups person. where would we be tonight without all of the remarkable and talented writers in this room? or finalists, thank you for your work, your spirit, your vision, it helps us better understand who we are, where we come from, nor we might hope to go. you help us to dream and understand. used a quote when i interviewed for this job and it feels really relevant and inspiring now to me in this moment. ralph ellison, 1953 national 53 national book award winner once said, literatures integrated and i'm not just talking about color or race, i'm talking about the power of literature to make us recognize and again and again the wholeness of the human experience. so why are we here tonight? why do we bother when this world is such a disaster to get dressed up in our gowns and tuxedos and

. >>> that is a nice shot of the courtney campbell. that is by ben t. davis beach where i take off on the bike. i will not be doing that today. cold for me. temperatures widespread in the 50s. we have to widen out the shot to see what is going on. temps in the 40s. that's part of the story. the winds are gusty. this is the first front that brought us the gusty north clearwater had a gust earlier of 35 miles per hour. you get the idea here. temperatures because of that will feel colder. that's the windchill dropping into the lower 40s. 30s by the time we get to the next couple of hours, especially across the nature coast. this isn't the coldest morning. we will get colder through tomorrow as this chilly air mass continues to drain in from the southeast. today we will recover a bit. it will take a while. it will never feel as warm as 67be it will be gusty throughout the day. that's it. i don't think many of us will hit 70. we will get colder tonight. we will talk about that in a couple of minutes. >> ivan, thanks. >>> developing right now, pinellas park p

i want to thank my kids, jenna and her husband chris, my son ben and necessary wife courtney, carrie her husband rj. [cheering] they have been supportive every part of the way. i have to thank my siblings. my younger brother, barry, who moved back from minneapolis to help run the business. he is doing a great job. [cheering] his wife, mary, who has had to leave her family. she is involved in the community, boys and girls clubs, doing a wonderful job. mary, thank you. [cheering] my brother dean, his wife. dean's the one that filmed an awful lot of our commercials that i really think put us over the top. [cheers and applause] my sister lynn and her husband bob. lynn has been a supporter from afar. you give me all kinds of texts of encouragement. so lynn, thank you. [applause] i need to thank a very special person. you saw him her earlier, tony blando. [cheers and applause] where is tony? [cheering] there he is. so, first of all, let me apologize to oshkosh and catholic school system for taking tony away from you, but you know what a servant leader tony blando is. he has gained so much

[cheers and applause] they are our everything, so shout out to courtney gillette -- [applause] to benredith andrews, to sherry young, to jordan smith and to jonathan walsh. we are small but mighty. [applause] and i'm proud of you all. and now for our judges who read a combined total of 1,464 books to identify the 20 finalistok titles and the 22 finalists that you will see tonight. thank you for enduring and for building strong relationships with your ups person. [laughter]person so where would we be tonight without all of the remarkable and talented writers in thisle d room? our finalists, thank you mores your with work and your -- for your work and your spirit and your vision. it helps us to better understand who we are, where we come from and where we might hope to go. you help us to dream and to understand. i used a quote when i interviewed for this job, and it feels really relevant, it feels really inspiring now to me in this moment. and so ralph ellison, a 1953 national book award winner, once said: literature is integrated. and i'm not just talking about color or race, i'm talki

courtney, i know you're a big cleveland fan, but we here in the zimmer family, we were rooting for joe maddon, ben zobrist and the chicago cubs. >> you know, i am so happy that >> beau, thank you so much for sharing that with us. priceless memories in there. as you know, celebrities are also sharing their excitement of ending the streak. it's not just zimmerman and beau zimmer. comedian bill murray, as you saw popped some bubbly with the team. first lady michelle obama tweeted out go cubs go. been rooting for you since i was a kid. bob newhart also tweeted out, the billy gois am getting too old for this.. >>> when you are in trouble, 911 is supposed to be a lifeline. what would you do if you called and instead of talking with an emergency operator you heard this? >> if you are located in orleans parrish and have an emergency hang up and dial 911 immediately. >> are you kidding me? neighbors in the new orleans community tried to call 911 to instead, they got that bewildering voicemail. >> 911 says call 911, then who do you call? fortunately, my neighbors were all here and they are pretty awesome. t

i want to thank my kids, jen and her husband chris, my son ben, his wife courtney -- neil: all right. to say now with that pickup -- it's not a pickup, it's just protecting an already, you know, established republican seat that was very much in danger. the house already remains under republican control, the senate likely will. iowa, iowa now has just gone for donald trump. so connell mcshane, if you can crunch that, i think four electoral votes or six? six electoral votes. >> reporter: yes. neil: i think you're beginning to notice what's going on here, my friend. with iowa and capturing that state, donald trump is inching tantalizingly close to 270 electoral votes. that's what he will need. he is leading in the popular vote as well by a few million, a couple of percent. this is one of those rare occasions, kennedy, where before i get to connell where the popular and the electoral vote are kind of mirroring each other. kennedy: yes. one of the big assumptions is that this race seemed as though it were getting closer and closer and closer and it was going to mirror where one candidate w

courtney collins has more from the newsroom. >> donald trump continues to shape his cabinet. advocate, education secretary. he is also expected to formally announce bend urban development. he can make a significant contribution. governor nikki haley for u.s. ambassador. wants to replace nancy pelosi as minority leader. congressman tim ryan says that votersway to win back who that's donald trump for president. >> the fact of the matter was the economic message pushed out and drowned out everything else other people were talking about. at the end of the day, i feel like we're better on these issues. democratays the problem now is they are no longer a national party. deportationresuming flights to haiti following a brief suspension after hurricane matthew p homeland security secretary jeh johnson said more than 200 haitian nationals have been deported in recent weeks. significantly expand the operation in the coming weeks. 40 traveling 50 miles from home thanksgiving holiday. tois one of the worst days travel with 33% and hazards rising 26%. thanksgiving day is the best day to travel in the morning. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 j