this is deja vu news live from berlin the spanish government rejects the latest moves by koppel on leaders in their bid for independence and that's after they signed a declaration to break away from spain only to suspend it calling instead for talks with madrid we'll get the latest from our correspondent also coming up. at least seventeen people are dead more than one hundred fifty are missing as wildfires continue to ravage northern california those who have returned home have found their neighborhoods reduced to ashes. and world cup qualifying three time runners up netherlands are eliminated during a dramatic night of international football which also saw the u.s. russia. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us we begin this program in spain where the government is meeting right now to discuss its next step in the catalonia crisis now that's after the president used a much anticipated address last night to sign a declaration of independence only to then suspend it and call instead for dialogue with madrid the spanish foreign minister says that's trickery and warns the move could l

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peter jennings, diane sawyer, charlie gibson, barbara walters, ted koppel.l -- >> jimmy: sam donaldson. >> amazing at the white house, and our team, like him all those years later they ask those tough questions. the first call from peter jennings in the field, i was covering a natural disaster, they said peter's on the line? i said, peter who? >> jimmy: you got him back. >> no. when i got on the phone i knew. >> jimmy: oh, i've seen him on the overnights, he's very good. [ laughter ] speaking of being in the field you were in florida during the hurricane. why were you there? isn't there a weatherman nobody likes you can send to those jobs? [ laughter ] >> unfortunately we really like intern rob. we've had a lot this year. >> jimmy: yeah. >> this reminds me of katrina. i was in the superdome. i remember the roof peeling off, families there with their glad garbage bags full of the belongings they could take out of their homes in time. katrina, rita, wilma. this year we saw it again with this succession of hurricanes. you mention irma. puerto rico, we had an am

help of our cable partners for the next hour we feature the literary community beginning with nancy koppel on the important role south dakota plays in american history. >> we are in the research and publishing office of the daily historical society and also the headquarters of the south dakota historical society press. back in the day in 1997, i felt it was a niche we could fill in south dakota. nobody was doing our history seriously. i shouldn't say nobody, that is not fair. there was a concerted effort to do publishing for the state of south dakota, to do it right, you have to have some experience and we garnered that experience through doing the journal which is essentially 100 page book. every three month. we had the expertise to start doing something more sophisticated. doing books about states seemed like something we were letting people do, other presses in the region. as i said, if you let other people write your history, may not be what you want or expect. let's take that back and do it well with all the standards of a new york publishing company, all the standards of university p

peter jennings, diane sawyer, charlie gibson, barbara walters, ted koppel.e him all those years later they ask those tough questions. the first call from peter jennings in the field, i was covering a natural disaster, they said peter's on the line? i said, peter who? >> jimmy: you got him back. >> no. when i got on the phone i knew. >> jimmy: oh, i've seen him on the overnights, he's very good. [ laughter ] speaking of being in the field you were in florida during the hurricane. why were you there? isn't there a weatherman nobody likes you can send to those jobs? [ laughter ] >> unfortunately we really like intern rob. we've had a lot this year. >> jimmy: yeah. >> this reminds me of katrina. i was in the superdome. i remember the roof peeling off, families there with their glad garbage bags full of the belongings they could take out of their homes in time. katrina, rita, wilma. this year we saw it again with this succession of hurricanes. you mention irma. puerto rico, we had an amazing team there. one night in particular, we were headed into the keys, all o