lester? >> john ray in the golan heights for us, thanks. >>> we're also following the developing situation in yemen, whose embattled president underwent surgery today in saudi arabia for injuries suffered in a rocket attack on his compound. nbc's stephanie gosk has our report from there. >> reporter: thousands of yemenis celebrated president ali abdullah saleh's sudden and unexpected departure. but despite the obvious joy, many of these protesters are aware that victory is still not entirely theirs. this is not the end of the revolution. we will continue our struggle until we achieve all our goals, says a spokesman for the demonstrators. officials say saleh was flown to saudi arabia to receive specialized medical care after being injured by a rocket attack on friday. the president and some of his top advisers were praying in this mosque when it was hit. this is the aftermath of what the government calls a brazen attempt at a coup d'etat. there were reports the leader underwent surgery in riya

lester? >> george lewis tonight in arizona starting us off. thanks. >>> in the midwest tonight after a cold dark spring it feels like the dog days of august all of a sudden. it hit 102 degrees today in minneapolis-st. paul, smashing their record for this date. and they weren't alone. 25 cities hit all-time high temperatures today, including chicago, jackson, and wichita. in the plains tonight high water is bearing down on south dakota's capital, pierre. flooded reservoirs mean dams have been opened and a huge cascade of water is now flowing down the missouri river. pierre is sandbagged and ready, but the high water conditions could last well into july because of a record mountain snowpack that's now melting. >>> we turn overseas now. nato turned up the heat on libya today, unleashing a barrage of air strikes in the capital, tripoli. as the country's leader, moammar gadhafi, vowed once again to fight to the death. nbc's stephanie gosk is in tripoli now and joins us with the latest from there.

lester? >> luke russert in washington, thank you. our capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell joins us now. kelly, we heard some high-ranking democrats call for his resignation. what are their options if weiner continues to resist? >> reporter: well, lester, they can't force him out quickly. and speed is important to democrats because they want to get back to their political message. so they say they are not satisfied with a leave of absence and professional help. so you saw that nancy pelosi and other top democrats tried to get anthony weiner to step down on his own. when that failed they coordinated the public statement we saw this weekend. and next, i'm told, with all the house democrats back here this week, they could meet as a group and try to send yet another message that he should resign and that they believe he cannot serve his constituents effectively. that is a rare move and they hope that will finally do it. >> if these newest photos were in fact taken on capitol hill at a congr

and lester, a verdict in this appeal is still not expected until the fall. lester?ks. for more insight on the amanda knox trial we turn to criminal attorney paul callen. whether in an american court or italian court i've got to think a convicted criminal testifying on your behalf cuts both ways. >> it does. this is very promising for amanda knox but on the other hand these are criminals and they're trying to trade a reduction in prison sentence for testimony that will help her. >> but in the totality of an appeals case can it help her to the extent you've got scientific evidence that's starting to come into question? >> it does. it knocks another important block out of the prosecutor's case. and you know, i think what we've seen in this case, the dna evidence, which, of course, was critical, now looks very suspicious. italian prosecutors and the judge appointed independent experts to examine this dna evidence. dna on a knife handle. dna on the knife itself. as well as dna on a bra clasp. those italian independent experts seem to be indicating now that it's unreliabl

i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolfe. i'm one of those people who do not like to go too far out into the ocean, i'm afraid of sharks. people laugh at me. laugh at me. maybe i don't need to be laughed at any more. >> it looks like the shark is the one running for its life. it is probably yelling to the other sharks, humans! >> i will tell you, if that was me, that would be the last time i would be in the water. >> certainly end my surfing career. >> the career, how deep into the career are you? >> no, not very far. but we'll get that surfer's story later on. >>> we'll talk about the latest in the casey anthony murder trial. very, very surprising day yesterday. a move by the judge that has everyone asking, what is going on. >> for unknown reasons the judge ended saturday's session. we know the prosecution and defense were fighting over testimony from a surprise witness, but is that what led to the delay? we'll find out more about that. >>> plus, a high profile murder case that we were covering. the appeal that amanda knox i

i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolf. it's so great, how refreshing it is, to wake up to breaking news that's actually really good news for a change. >> these pictures post odd her facebook page by staffers. they were apparently taken mau 17th. this is the day after her husband, mark kelly, went up on the shuttle. it's the first time we've seen her face since she was shot back in january. we've seen a couple of others photos from the hospital room. she looks great. >> she looks fantastic. it's hard to think it was five months ago already since that happened. it's been a long road of recovery for her. you wonder how much of it she remembers and how much of the last five months she remembers. she looks really happy here. i remember being there in tucson hours after the shooting and covering it, and six people died, and then we heard the grave wound she received and the vigils outside the hospital. it didn't look good for a long time, but she's making remarkable progress. staffers say she's still having difficulty communicat

along with lester holt.till to come this case against casey anthony. >> the last couple days' testimony very dramatic. today is day 28 of the trial and it follows perhaps the most dramatic day yet. casey anthony's mom cindy took the stand, using photographs to try and suggest that caylee died accidentally in the family swimming pool. or at least laying the case that it could have happened. also lee anthony said he didn't even know his sister was breg nantz until just days before the birth. the beginning, perhaps, of more family secrets the defense hopes to bring on testimony. explosive sessions to the jury. what's going to happen today? we'll get a live report from orlando coming up. >> and take a look at this incredible video, it's from the helmet camera of a man who's lucky to be alive this morning. he and his friends were whitewater rafting in colorado when all of a sudden things took a terrifying turn. he and his two friends were stloen into the raging river. they barely escaped. we're going to hear from

lester?>> john yang, thanks. >>> in parts of the south tonight, severe drought conditions have helped lead to more wildfire. in gulf shores, alabama, homes along the beach had to be evacuated as a big fast moving fire in gulf state park threatened residential areas and campgrounds. fire crews say the fire is contained but not completely under control tonight. >>> here in new york tonight, the gay pride parade is always a major event. but today it turned into a mega celebration two days after the governor signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. nbc's mara schiavocampo joins us now from manhattan's west village. mara? >> reporter: lester, this is the parade's 41st year. for the first time ever the crowds are celebrating more than just gay pride as new york is one of just a handful of states where same-sex marriage is legal. at new york city's annual gay pride parade, a hero's welcome for governor andrew cuomo. just days after signing a same-sex marriage bill into law, a huge political victo

i'm lester holt in for brian tonight. we want to begin with breaking news from the nevada desert where a semi truck slammed into a moving am track train today, more than 200 people were aboard the california zefer which left from chicago bound for san francisco. a sudden impact and a huge fireball. >> reporter: fire and smoke billowed from the amtrak train after the impact. at least two people were killed, many more injured after a tractor trailer slammed into the side of the train in northern nevada. some 200 passengers and more than a dozen crewmembers were aboard. the collision followed by a fiery explosion and panic say survivors. jim bickly says he's lucky to be alive. >> my wife and i walked up to the observation car. sat down. not two minutes later, there was a big ball of flames all around the observation car we were in, with a bunch of smoke and everybody started yelling. some people started opening up windows and jumping out of them. we opened a window, looked out and saw the train on fire. >> reporter: the west

i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolfe. to all the 70 million dads out there, including you. >> and happy father's day to my dad. and you are like a daughter. you didn't think i would say that. >> i appreciate it. i don't know what the policy is on wishing happy father's day to everyone. cover all bases. >> we hope all the dads out there have a great day. we have a lot to get to, including the afternoon on the links. this is a big game in a lot of ways. the two were together saturday for a golf summit. they have clashed in washington, famously, but did their powerplay bring them any closer? we'll talk about it. >>> summer begins on tuesday, but another heat wave is headed our way this afternoon. huge parts of the country could see record-breaking temperatures in the triple digits along with powerful and, yet dangerous storms. we'll have the latest on the extreme weather and what you can expect just ahead. >>> what is an old dress worth? if it is the one that marilyn monroe wore in this classic scene, a lot. we told you abou

i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe. and if these-to-don't have the best prom ever after everything they've been through, then maybe it wasn't even -- >> we recorded every moment. the father told our crew to have her back home at 11:00 and him as well. we'll tell you more about their -- cute couple, aren't they? >> i had a hard enough time putting hair and makeup on. imagine having cameras follow you the whole time. >>> a lot of news to get to. a big development in the fight against breast cancer. there's a new study out this morning that is providing hope for millions of women in the high-risk, post menopausal time in life. it's about a drug that prevents breast cancer apparently without the serious side effects of previous drugs. we'll tell you more about that just ahead. >>> plus, it's been about a month since they got married. and while they've been out of the spotlight on their honeymoon and settling into married life, newlyweds prince william and princess catherine are slowly stepping back into the public eye, gett

edition of conversations with great minds i'm joined by world renowned environmentalist and author dr lester brown he'll weigh in on the fragile condition of our planet and possible ways to save us from the fire of mental and economic disaster plus our republican governor starting to feel the backlash against the radical right wing agenda oh group is in the putting the explorer new numbers of the like the g.o.p.'s plummeting approval ratings in our weekly rumble and finally if you have a problem with the recent spate of hacker attacks then blame reagan and tonight's daily take i'll tell you why the rise of activism coincides with the fall of real journalism in america. for tonight's conversations of great minds i'm joined by one of the leading environmentalists not just in the united states but in the entire world a man who is described by the washington post as one of the world's most influential thinkers and is inside has been praised by not just the news media but also congress as well as the president as is bill clinton he's the founder of the world watch institute also founder and presi

good morning. >> good morning, lester. news organizations waited nearly three years to get access to these documents. palin and the state of alaska fought having them made public, but now that they are, palin's spokesman said yesterday that they show she was a completely engaged governor and everybody should read them. >> reporter: a media frenzy alaska hasn't seen since 2008. journalists jockeyed to get their hands on thousands of pages of emails sent by sarah palin to more than 50 top aides and officials in alaska. the 250 pounds of documents contain emails from palin's first two years as governor and continue through september 2008, including the chaotic first weeks when john mccain thrust her into the national spotlight as his running mate. as governor palin was a frenetic blackberry user firing off emails and using her personal yahoo account rather than government accounts to conduct state business. all in an effort to keep her communications private. news organizations like msnbc.com first requested the emails in 200

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. we're learning more tonight about that deadly train acct

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. >> thanks, lester. we'll talk about a place close to new york city which means i haven't been there. west point, the military academy, what's there for tourists? >> i was there a week ago and it's 50 miles from new york city. what's there for tourists, it's fourth of july every day of the year. the thayer hotel is located within the confines of the campus. it's the only hotel that is within a military installation. so, that's interesting in itself. the grounds are really beautiful. it's right on the hudson river. they have trophy point, which is an area where you will see the artillery cannons from several different wars we fought where we have recaptured the cannons. the national purple hall of fame -- not hall of fame, hall of honor is outside and off the ground. a lot of historic sights. >> we saw the amazing views above the hudson river. next is cape may, new jersey, along the famous jersey shore and this is supposed to be a lovely town. >> it's lovely and not the

>> reporter: lester, good evening to you. the folks here have been holding their collective breath over the past 24 hours about this oil slick on the gulf of mexico, but the fears should clear quickly as the tests show no connections to the bp oil spill last year. to the oil spill last year. a captain snapped these photos monday morning showing murky substance near the water's surface. it stretches out for about seven miles. east of new mexico, about 55 miles from the micando well last was blown out. critics have maintains that bp couldn't have dispersed all of that oil, and they said it was only a matter of time before that oil reappeared. this is not the first time concern has been sparked about oil show egback up in the gulf of mexico. but the cause is under investigation. >>> now to presidential politics, and a shocker this afternoon. worry that all of newt gingrich's campaign staffers have quit. david gregory is with me from washington. what is behind this? >> this could be a very difficult blow for newt gingrich. what i

lester? >> that's right.ks. >>> also, from here in new york, country superstar kenny chesney live in concert. but first, this is "today" on nbc. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> back now at 8:37 on the final day of al's tenth lend a hand tour. it's been the biggest year ever. and this morning al is sharing the love in charleston, west virginia. al, take it away. >> all right. thanks, ann. our charity is a great one. it's the covenant house of west virginia. their mission is to help people who are dealing with homelessness get out of that desperate situation, find a stable home, and the comforts therein. a covenant is defined in the dictionary as a binding agreement, and the covenant house is a place where people in need can go to get a promise of help. charleston, a city of about 50,000, lies within the appalachian mo

lester? >> george lewis in arizona for us, thank you. >>> in the upper plain starts states, it's not fire or winds. it's water. six dams have caused massive amounts of water to go to into the missouri river. >> the missouri river is rising, putting intense pressure on the already fragile levee system here. and now the promise of two inches of rain up north in montana will only bring more strain here as well as off the river. >> communities along the missouri river holding steady along the landscape now changes. half a mile from here in south dako dakota, a city edgar sees. >> they have been asked to evacuate several states in a flood marriage. that was a dramatic rise well before its crest, swelling to record levels. divers look to unplug storm drains, houses are emptied while levees are fortified. >> darryl lived through the historic flood of 1952. the river swallowed businesses, sank homes, and forces 100,000 to flee. >> nobody really thought this was going to happen. >> reporter: downriver

. >> i'm lester holt. matt is on assignment this morning. estimated 100,000 american troops currently serving in afghanistan. the president will talk to the country tonight, expecting to announce a major drawdown. perhaps as many as 30,000. >> the question with that number is the pentagon on board, both timing and numbers have been contentious issues. we'll get details. >>> meantime, there is yet another new face running for the republican presidential nomination. form you are utah governor and u.s. ambassador to china, jon huntsman. some political watchers are calling him the republican's wild card candidate. are his political views too moderate? we'll chat with him in a moment. >>> plus the arrival of summer comes with it a lot of time outdoors. that can mean a number of hazards to your family. including fireworks and a new safety concern has emerged. we'll talk about that and also demonstrate the dangers coming up live. >> we send that message and still things happen. it's important that people understand the danger. >>> we want to begin

don't hang up, lester. you should talk to her. you know her better. j.d.: or by swallowing your pride. i know what you're doing. but i'm ok with it. he's coming. he's coming. get your ass out here. j.d.: or by uniting against the moment-stealing common enemy who took credit for your ingenious method of debulbing a patient's keister. dr. kelso: good lord! in the end, though, it doesn't really matter how you get there. as long as you're friends again. i miss this. just, like... hanging out, you know? me, too. we should go get coffee. [laughs] we're having coffee. no, no, i mean, like, outside coffee. real world coffee. the point is, we should hang out outside the hospital sometime. j.d., i still need time. i know it's gonna be hard for you because you like to fix everything right away, but...you just do the best you can, ok? is it fixed now? nope. [thinking] shoot! >> here comes jon stewart now. let's listen in. (laughter) >> thank you very much for being here. i wanted to take some time to clear up some of the questions that have been raised about my b

dot com slash usa follow me on twitter at lauren lester and i'll be right back here with for more news and a half hour. the in. the late. beginning in the 1980's the belief is slowly taking over the world that new liberal globalization with its built in self-regulating mechanisms would finally do away with old institutions like the state and the military and would assure the planet into an era of relative peace and prosperity retreat will bring on the great depression nine eleven and the current economic crisis have shown that believed to be largely a myth. but many signs were already there. markets have always relied on state power and military might. america's transformation from republic to economic superpower following world war two was accompanied by the creation of a global network of military bases unlike any other in history. according to the pentagon's base structure report today these amount to seven hundred sixteen infatuate countries more than two hundred fifty thousand soldiers stationed on these bases in addition to this the u.s. has a military presence in one hundred ten

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, goodnight. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm diane dwyer. we begin with the deadly train accident. federal investigators wrapped up a news conference moments ago. speed may have been a factor in the crash. semitruck traveled faster than the speed limit we're told. we're told there are still 28 people who purchased tickets for that train and as of now are still unaccounted for. it's also possible they were not on the train at the time of the accident. officials are concerned that at least some of them may have died. six people are confirmed dead. one of the dead is the driver of the truck. we're told he worked for john daly's trucking in nevada, a company with seven safety violations but not involving the same truck. authorities also say the train was traveling at 78 miles an hour before the crash. the speed limit in that area of nevada for the train is 80 miles an hour. >> the motor carrier operations team has been reviewing records on the compa

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reporter andrea mccarren, photographer paul lester were on the scene when firefighters were scrambling to rescue residents after initial reports of people trapped inside the building. thankfully all but one resident got out of there safely. >>> showing the washington post money orders he says he got from a top campaign aide of vincent grey. the one time mayoral candidate said he got the $600 from gray's campaign. brown gave up fighting during a court appearance on tuesday. the council hearing slated for tomorrow. >>> police in prince george's blaming speed and alcohol tonight for a crash that killed three people early this morning. a gmc yukon slammed into the back of a mazda mazda 3 running it off the road and into a tree. >> in that vehicle two females were ejected from the vehicle they were pronounced dead on scene. the driver of that vehicle was also pronounced dead. the remaining passenger, a male adult, was transported to a local hospital. >> the people who were killed include the mazda driver's, 53 years old, a passengers 52 years old, the name of the third victim not released a

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you tube channel you tube dot com slash r t america and you can also follow me on twitter at lauren lester but for now that's going to do it for the news thanks so much for tuning in and have a great night. the latest in science and technology from. the suburbs. rachel martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. more news today is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. can. stand. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle saving the hero in the financial and political costs of doing so is it all worth it there's a euro project need a serious rethink should there be a two tier euro system and can the politics of the euro serve the interest of all in this currency zone. crossed out the year was by ability i'm joined by andrew moravcsik in princeton he's professor of politics and director of european union program at princeton university in washington we go to shares are raymond she's a professor of international business finance and international a

lester = $148.ntative says that once that is 80 percent occupancy there will increase their rate. last year = $148 average. >> we have a programming note to tell you about kron 4 will have nbc programming at 8:00 p.m. we will have two hours of dateline. followed by the kron 4 news at 10 pm kron 4 news. >>pam: gabe slate's tech report >>gabe: htc e voo the first three-dimensional smart phone you to not need the special glasses. it is going to be on the sprint network and other carriers in the near future. this is on the 4g network. it will be much faster than the 3 g network and it is in stores, tomorrow. a lot of hype. best buy is opening 8:00 a.m. what they think it's going to be a good turnout. i got my hands on this one day early. it is a regular google/android smart phone on the 4g network. there is a button that will change the display from a two dimensional to three- dimensional. you can record three-dimensional video and the view three-dimensional video. however, you cannot see the 3-d it wil

video and a study shows that americans think affairs are worse than polygamy if they can argue for lester and they progress as alex i thought about that and much more after the break. we. heard. we never got the chance to get in shape get ready because of freedom. hey guys welcome to shellings tell the obama show we've heard our guests talk to say on the topic now i want to hear. just go on to you tube video response or to twitter first part of the questions that we've posted on you tube every monday and on thursday to show your responses please let your voice be heard. you know somebody should see a story at the scene so. you think you understand it and then you did something else here's some of the part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't charge. i just have one thing to say right now down you tom cruise the u.s. department of homeland security is reportedly trying out new technology that may identify a terrorist before a crime is even committed think pre-crime minority report style now the program is called the future attribute screening technology or fast and

plant in japan poses a serious question if a nuclear meltdown happens here in america hanna look is lester. you need to know this not only is our war effort in afghanistan struggling so is our humanitarian effort according to a new senate foreign relations committee report nearly nineteen billion dollars we've spent in aid to afghanistan over the last ten years more than any other country in the world has been mostly ineffective squandered away by corrupt. currently foreign aid and military spending accounts for about ninety seven percent of afghanistan's g.d.p. and the senate report warns afghanistan could suffer a severe economic depression when foreign troops leave in two thousand and fourteen as the proper planning begins now during the clip right so not only have we brought a decade of war and death to the afghan people but we've also propped up a pool a corrupt political regime and turned their two billion dollar a year g.d.p. economy into a massive fourteen billion dollar a year war bubble it's about to burst. so when should they think it's now or later here offer his take on the is

video and a study shows that americans think affairs are worse than polygamy because our genes or lester and think progress is alex by small about that and much more after the break. we. heard. were doesn't love the. safe ready for freedom. hey guys welcome to shower and tell me alone a show we've heard are just not to say on the topic now i want to hear. just go on to you tube his video response or to twitter first part of the question the police host on you tube every monday and on thursday to show the long response is leave your voice. for. fun. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lack of sleep you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry for going to the big picture. i just have one thing to say right now damn you tom cruise the u.s. department of homeland security is reportedly trying out new technology that may identify a terrorist before a crime is even committed think pre-crime minority report style of the program is called the futur

tonight we're giving our tool time award to nevada republican mark candidate for his zenith of at lester's open and out of voters winds up to a scare tactics before it's too late. oh ok it's time for a happy hour this evening joining me tonight is mike reagan says the editor of reason magazine and reason dot com and artie correspondent christine for south thanks for joining me guys and i want our first starters cars i haven't seen the original one apparently it's one of these new kids' movies and it's really fun and cars two is coming out here's a trailer and i'll tell you what we're looking at it just put on the road trip. which we are. you go. to the. seam to see the. stuff. so they're racing to save the world and apparently the enemy or the bad guy in this movie is big oil so of course conservatives are just this is more of hollywood liberal propaganda that how dare big oil be the bad guy and big oil obviously it's angry as well to think that they have a right to be over it they're bad i mean i'm just not sure the hollywood has like a very nuanced view of what political issues like mayb

that new believes that marriage is between one man and one woman now lester knew he believes marriage is between one man and one woman followed by a different woman and then a third woman ok so you've been living under a rock newt's tied the knot three times so gingrich's first marriage was to jackie valley back in one thousand nine hundred eighty two she was his former high school geometry teacher and seven years older than him in the spring of one nine hundred eighty eight gingrich left badly after having an affair with marianne cantor and then months after his first divorce he married mariette but that marriage didn't last long either in fact in the mid ninety's he had an affair with calista basic who is now his wife and she was twenty three years his junior and a staffer for the house of representatives now calista is the wife who's been getting all this bad press for allegedly causing most of his campaign staff to resign because of her demands i know newt's love life is confusing and as more sex and lies than racy primetime so now earlier this year newt had to address his cheatin

>> she is from the lester wing of the economics profession.uble is on capitol hill you are seeing this dichotomy. you're not hearing the democrats say, yeah, we agree, we're going to change entitlements. we agree we're going to get tax reform done. they're saying no to both of those things. we need to do them both, they're saying no, and instead they're trying to get their political constituencies to come up with more spending. that's a mistake. >> would you both agree you cannot get spending under control unless you tackle the structural integrity at this moment of things like medicare, that you -- >> yes. oh, absolutely. >> you have to cut benefits. you can't just say -- >> no, no -- >> you have fraud and abuse. >> absolutely we need to restructure medicare and medicaid so they aren't growing as fast in the future. there are different ways of doing that. but to get back to your question can we do two things at once, we don't have to cut near-term spending too much. we shouldn't do that because it would endanger the recovery. but -- >> you me

we all have all favorites that i love, lester bangs is rock and roll journalism. sort of had an extraordinary direct voice. all of the kids want to be like davey foster wallace. you have to be davey foster wallace to be like davey foster wallace actually. and there are many -- food writing which i do a lot of. i have a monty column with essays in the british magazine. food writing is a genere which is incredible and respectful. it shares with a problem of translation. by which i mean -- again, i was talking this at dinner, the host were kind enough to let me sit out of this earlier. there's some way in which wordiness is comprehensible with looking. when you actually take in the complexity and the power of a really great work of art. it's combination of head and heart of the immediate visceral impact on the senses of what you are seeing. and then the sort of distribution of that immediate impact into thought processes, memories, pleasure receptors and so on. it's very difficult without embarrassment to actually find forms of work. i preface my book on rem brant. i

i love lester bang's rock 'n roll journalism. really an extraordinary voice. david foster wallace, all the kids want to be like david foster wallace. you have to be david foster wallace to be like david foster wallace. and food writing and i have a monthly column which is essays with recipes in a british magazine. and food-writing is a genre i have incredible respect for it shares with art-writing actually a problem of translation, by which i mean again, i was talking about this at dinner. my hosts were kind enough to let me sit out a bit earlier. there's some way in which wordiness is incommen -- the sa as the senses of what you're saying and the distribution of that immediate process into thought processes, memories, pleasure, receptive and so on. and it's very difficult without embarrassment to actually find forms of record. i mean, i prefaced my book on rembrandt where i thought about it a lot and this book is like a million pages long and i got over my problems over with words but i did preface by paul valerie's remark that one should apologize about one'

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. >>> first lester and amy are here with a preview of what's coming up. >> coming up this weekend, stateing to a close. the defense trying to punch holes in the prosecution's case. meantime the drama continues to build on the question of will the accused killer take the stand? >> we'll lighten things up, talking to the ladies of "hot in cleveland," all sitcom veterans, fun and fabulous, having a blast on and off the set. my face hurt actually from smiling and laughing with them so much. >>> under pressure from most likely to succeed to class clown, the high school polls that are mainstays of year books. are they doing more harm than good? those stories and more coming up this weekend on "today." >> you were most likely to what? >> nothing, the big goose egg. >> look who's laughing now. uh-huh. yeah! >> al, most likely to say what's going only in our neck of the woods? >> they predicted that even then. >> that's where you got that even then. >>> yeah, right. i was in the av squad. king of the nerds, that was me. looking ahead towards saturday, sunny skies out west, sizzling to the gulf co

fema, damon penn, a system administrator, thank you for hoping that the presentation and also -- as lesterame, mark paez. >> i practiced with him before we start >> thank you both for coming. thank you for your ongoing work in this very important area in the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm glad to be before you with damon penn, my colleague with the federal emergency management agency for cotton nudity programs. in fact, with my colleague, the director of the office of oceanic and atmospheric administration weather service has been another key partner in the emergency alerting system. on november 9 at this year at 2:00 p.m. eastern standard time, the commission, sina and noaa looking to dealer system with eas. eas has been around for many years. this is the first nationwide test. a nationwide test is essential in ensuring the functions have intended during emergency. as we've repeatedly learned during recent disasters such as c. or latecomers and i'm in japan as well as tornadoes, floods that devastated various parts of our country. reliable and effective emergency alert sy