the last break over winter break i read a book on fdr and thomas dewey the election of 1944 by david jordan. well there's another one that cannot by stanley weintraub called a final victory. it's about the same campaign. i'm obsessed with this for a number of reasons, but why it may be interesting to political junkies in today's time period when you read about thomas dewey, you see a lot of mitt romney: the good, that come all the issues that we are talking about that you see with mitt romney you see pop up when you read these books about thomas dewey particularly the campaign of 44. forget the campaign of 48. the campaign of 44 as well. so that we are working on and i am also getting to another nonfiction book that i have been meaning to read for some time it's about a friend of mine named don pact during if he wrote it called "penchant." it's about the great recession. and it is chronicling the sort of, it's culturally changing us. it's not just in the pocketbooks but sort of what long-term change is taking place in many places in the country talking about a white male underclass as one o

during the winter break i read a book on fdr and the election of 1944 by david jordan. another one just came out called final victory about the same campaign. for a number of reasons, why it may be interesting to political junkies in today's times period. you read about thomas dooley you see a lot of mitt romney. the good, the bad, all the issues, popped up when you get these books about thomas dewey. forget the campaign of 48. the campaign in 44 as well. the new one, and what i have been meaning to read from some time about a friend of mine who wrote a book called pinched and it was about the great recession and chronicleing how it is culturally changing us and what kind of long-term change is taking place in many places around the country. talking about a white male under class is one of his thesises and it is a good way and thinking about making it required reading for a lot of my folks internally but every politician not to read this and understand because it explains as well as anybody the chronic pessimism that is out there. we see it in all the polls. while we so

during the last break i read a book on fdr, the election in 1844 by david jordan. another one came up a family weintraub, the same campaign. i'm obsessed with this for a number of reasons, but why it may be interesting to political junkies in today's time. comedy read about thomas dewey and you see a lot of mitt romney. the good, bad, all the issues that we're talking the gc being talked about mitt romney, you see pop-up when you read these books about thomas dewey, particularly the campaign of 44. forget the campaign of 48. so that no one am working on. i'm also finally gaining to a nonfiction book i've been meaning to read for some time. it's about a friend of mine named john pack. he wrote a book called pinched and it was about the great recession and it is chronicling sort of how is culturally changing us. it's not just in the pop in books, the sort of a kind of long-term changes taking place in many places around the country, talking about a white male underclass is one of his thesis is there. but it's a good way and think about making it required reading fran

jordan lebron shoe will be the pricey evident yet. it will retail for $315. no, you can't have one. that is today's speed read [buzzer] david: right at the bell. liz: we're in the midst of the election season of course but there is one nonpartisan issue being addressed by both republicans apdemocrats and that is the u.s. trade deficit with china. so what kind of relationship should we really have overseas? david: robert hormats is the undersecretary of growth and environment. he served in both republican and democratic administrations. he knows it from both sides of the aisle. he joins us for a fox business exclusive. great to see you. >> great to be on your show. david: it is campaign season as you well know, and very often facts are the first casualty. with regard to trade there is no easy topic to pick. some people think it is a threat not an opportunity. even some in your administration are saying that. in what ways do you see it as a threat and what ways you see it as opportunity, china? >> it is both and i will go through a number of the arguments on either side. certainly there's an opportunity. a lot of american com

david a budaya tonight. >>> police officers from california are looking into the murder of a man from maryland. they found dwight henri dead in torrance, california. his family here in laurel, maryland want answers. richard jordan has talk to the rely it was. >> reporter: 45-year-old dwight henri killed in a brutal struggle, the jamaican native found dead in may, thousands of miles from his laurel home in a backseat of a white chevy blazer parked in a parking lot in los angeles county. police don't know why he was in california, so they have come to investigate. his grieving family is at a loss, turning to his faith and comforting his six children. >> live is not the same anymore, you know? we're living in a different world all of a sudden. >> reporter: the l.a. county cops aren't just meeting with the victim's family. police coming a long distance trying to get information, and they are hoping perhaps the answer from in murder mystery will come from the soccer field. >> apparently he's popular in the soccer community out here in maryland. we're hoping he might have told some friends why he was going to california. >> we just have a feeling that somebody knows. >> but the grieving relatives believe the informat

jordan. >> i'm angie gough. welcome to news 4 today. it is saturday, august 11, 2012. we're going to have much more on that breaking news from mitt romney's campaign. david gregory, moderator of "meet the press" is going to join us in a moment. but first a quick check on the weather. >> chuck bell with the latest on the forecast. >> good morning, everybody. a cloudy start. and most everybody has seen at least a little rain during the overnight hour. so a lot of wet grass and wet roads around first thing this morning. storm 4 doppler shows most of the rain headed out to the eastern shore of maryland. but still a few sprinkles out towards rochester and steadier rain showers await you if you are driving down to the beach for today. not the best beach weather out to our east for this afternoon. highs today mid to upper 80s. back to you. >>> breaking news on the campaign trail. mitt romney now has a running mate. through a smartphone app romney named paul ryan as his vp choice. >> the official introduction came an hour ago. steve handelsman has the latest on the big announcement now. >> reporter: thanks, good morning. here is the official written announcement

jordan and clashes are flaring up in neighboring lebanon with another four dead and 60 injured there yesterday. >>> closer to home now, a local soldier killed while serving his country. 24-year-old sergeant davidams of frederick, maryland was killed in kandahar, afghanistan, august 18. sergeant williams joined the army in 2008 and deployed to afghanistan with his unit this past april. the department of defense says the cause of death is still under investigation. >>> a controlled underground dynamite blast went awry in new york city yesterday afternoon at east 72nd street and second avenue. the blast was so strong, it shot chunks of rock on the roof of a five-story building next door. no one was injured during this. city workers had blocked off traffic before the explosion. that likely saved lives, too. investigators are looking into whether dynamite was in the right place. >>> 8:31 right now. gwen is here with us. we're talking a little weather right now. >> we have a nice day ahead as we have in the middle of the week. the rest of the week is good also. you will likthe five-day forecast. >> great. >> we have a lot of sunshine to talk about today. so let's get right to it because we're going