let's check in with michael thomas now.school for culpeper county we can't say that enough. >> poor kids we're torturing them. >> they may be ready to go back some of them. >> i remember these days when a kid. these are the wovrlt days. >> where did you guys go to school. i couldn't wait to go back to school. >> i missed my friends. >> we had fun summers. >> that's where you're the strange one. >> all right. >> one of these tree is not like the other♪ >> let get it to today before the kids go back to school it's a beautiful start to the day. fortunately anything to get you delays or cancel laces today gorgeous afternoon. look at clouds clear and coastline. clear skies over tape the region. temperatures fallen this morning comfortably so. dulles into the 50s. 5 this hour. bwi 60. many northwestern suburbs fell back to mid and low 50s. nats game perfect day for baseball. 82 degrees. perfect night for baseball. forecast over the next couple days kind of rips and repeat pattern in a good way. 85. sunshine. same deal tomorrow wi

. >> michael thomas talking about weather and caitlin roth looking at traffic. mike, what's the headline. >> august first will feel like august first. temperatures to low 90s. nothing extreme. low tutty. >> not supposed to have too much traffic in august. quiet month around here. off season. as we take a look at major not too many problems just construction to begin tuesday. i'll have a full update coming up. >> sounds good both of you thank you. right now the time is 5:01 and new this morning public reports say initial statement by donald trump jr. explaining meeting with the russian lawyer last year was actually written by president trump himself. ard coming to the "washington post" the president dictated this statement with characterized meeting as fo focusing on russian adoptions not campaign issues and subsubsequent statements ak knowledgeed meeting was really about information on then candidate hillary clinton. according to the report advisor his characterization of the meeting was misleading. >> developing overnight a report released by a u.s. watchdog gr

michael thomas.ap it up with weather. >> another chance much like yesterday of seeing hit and miss shower or storm this afternoon. that is headline. straight afternoon shower or thunderstorm. could contain heavy downpours. whatever pops up won't repeatedly move. cold front coming through later this week. out ahead of it today, tomorrow and friday as well. we'll be dealing with humid conditions. the front is late friday night to saturday morning maybe a shower or storm with it. it clears the humidity out of here and we'll get nice, dry and comfortable as we head through the second half of saturday and all the day on sunday. 90s next several days and lots of chances for thunderstorms. then we head to the weekend and dryt temperatures in the 0s on saturday and sunday. looking good. all right. what's not looking good are roads this morning. >> i'll tell you usually doesn't get so busy before 6 a.m. that's all it's been. metro so well disabled train outside the mcclain station. if you commute out of virgi

airport erin watching roads and michael thomas watching skies. >> those poor, poor kids we're sorry guides. >> beautiful day. sunshine. temperatures mid 80s. >> wednesday morning we have a closure in southeast because of police investigation. we'll gel to that and wisdom i believe strongly in summer vacation. >> okay, 4:30 is the time. president trump's 'singn vacation interrupted by a hey stakes nuclear threat from north korea. he didn't hold back in his stern message. >> law makers in responding to the presidential remarks. melanie alnwick ha melanie alnwick has the latest. >> reporter: lawmakers on capitol hill are back in home states. certainly this is very much at the top of their mind. we had senator chuck shumer of new york call the president's words reckless and ben cardon of maryland saying blustery and proactive and senator john mccain telling local radio station the president's worlds bringing the u.s. one step closer to serious confrontation. >> he has been very threatening beyond a normal statement. and that, as i said, they will met with fire, fury and likely power the likes

we'll talk to michael thomas about that later on.st we got traffic to talk about. >> yeah that's right, guys, we're tracking breaking news out of triangle quanitco. two tractor-trailer crashes one involving fuel spill. all main lanes of 95 completely blocked 6 19 joplin road and right now left lane is getting buy and main lanes and hov breaking up. let's break it down so you know what you're up against. 6 19 joplin road takes you an hour an a half. if you can take the hov lanes be prepared for heavier volume than usual and if you want to take route 1 as alternate this morning if hov is not route 1 is dealing with half hour delay. you can see the red next to 95. we're seeing 'lot of delays and you're dealing with traffic lights as well. be prepared to leave at least 30 minute early if you take route 1 northbound causing a huge mess in quantico triangle area this morning and in fact we have team coverage. "fox5" melanie alnwick is checking out impact on commute. how are things looking in the neighboring street, mel. >> it's definitely

leesburg, zip trip, friday. >> looking forward to that and talking to michael thomas now to hear good mike. >> good morning to you as well. beautiful day on tap. lots of sunshine and temperatures. warmer than they should be this time of year and summerish. let's start what is left with emily now. tropical depression pushed off daxt biggest question here is is that going to travel up the coast and affect us. good news novrm the cold front moves through the d.c. region earlier this week and cold front meets with emily and gives the boot out to sea. so far so good from hurricane surprise for us here in washington. 1 today as well as tomorrow. tomorrow slightly better chance of thunderstorm. same deal thursday, 92. we'll keep one more day of 90s friday and a nice cool down headed to the weekend by sunday. highs in the low to mid 80s. let's check the forecast over to caitlin roth with traffic. >> that is being looking great, mike, thank you. >> let's begin wide view of your tuesday morning commute. it's quiet out there. only issue we're seeing on any majors is inner loop construction as aw

michael thomas what is going on out there. >> high, guys, hey, steve. beautiful surprise out there. we're saying so long to heat and humidity eventually here. today not nearly as hot as yesterday. touch of humidity in the air and that's getting better as day goes on. as steve mentioned it's warm outside now. next several mornings notice cooler starts here. weather coming our way again. couple light sprinkles more than anything towards baltimore. maybe one or two through central portions of northern virginia west of hartwood there and for the most part dry. cloudy, sun poking through in spots. cloudsy conditions out there. nice sharp cutoff here through west virginia up through state college in pennsylvania. that is your cold front once it gets through here in the clear and that humidity will start to drop. temperatures will start to drop as well into overnight hours and look at clear conditions as you head back clearing skies heading our way late afternoon we'll see more sunshine. but most ever the early part of day and late morning will be cloudy. 79 mentioned in washington and ric

michael thomas talks about weather. mike, there were some others that got hit by storms and other areas weren't touched. >> that would be a lot of the case or same cases through today, tomorrow, and day on friday as well. rinse and repeat hot pattern over the next couple days. into the 90s this afternoon. satellite and radar clouds moved in overnight. they break up late morning into the afternoon hours. and again clouds when they move intend to keep things mild overnight. you feel the humidity outside. reagan 76. dulles 71. bwi 71. gone are the low 60s of the past few days. comfortable while they last. they will be back next week. planner for the day today popup storm. temp one again in the 90s today. looking at >> 4:36 let's begin with live picture of where we'll be most of the morning here in indian head highway. 210 in southern prince yornl county. fatal accident involveing a motorcyclist and another car that was rear ended. the motorcyclist did not survive. chris maybe on scene shortly after midnight. they're removi

before the eclipse made a grand appearance. >> an our own michael thomas was there to witness it all.ville south carolina mike are you on the road now. >> we're on the road back. we just passed just west of charlottesville north car carolina. we crossed boarder now and we're on our way back and gps says we should be back in d.c. oh, about 12:30 in the morning. so the question on everybody's mind will be was it worth the trip it was about ten hours down and will be about 8, 9 hours back when all said and done. for two minutes of total eclipse. was that worth it? absolutely. i have never in my life seen anything as sicktacular than that. there's no real words. you cannot describe it. ways talking to sue before i came down sue it witnessed total solar eclipse in 1998 and she tried to describe it to me. we of course watched her video show took on the cruise ship in 98 there's nothing sitting and watching videos or photos none of it describes the whole feeling or givers you you that same experience as actually being there and watching daylight fade into basically twilight to near nighttime

michael thomas will be at the eclipse in south carolina good luck mike enjoy lizard man, have agood z2e2gz y2e2gy y1a2y z2e2gz z1a2z y2e2gy y1a2y announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: tina fey was unbelievable last night. she used a cake as a metaphor for fighting nazis. >> don't yell it at the klan, collin. yell it into the cake. >> she said the best way to fight nazis is to buy a sheet cake. >> it's like the girl who eats the kind of ice cream when she's in a breakup. >> i wonder if she felt so sick after. she must have. >> no, i'm sure she felt amazing! >> arnold schwarzenegger did another one of his video blogs. this time specifically he's talking about the neo-nazis. >> your heroes are losers. >> it's very smart politically by him. harvey: arnold schwarzenegger is an amazing human being. >> he's a driven human being, accomplished guy, ambitious human being. he's not an amazing human being. >> he's a pretty ok dude. [laughter] >> kris jenner leaving nobu with

. >> very good, michael thomas sounds like it whats a lot of few, thank you, sir. >> parking lot and had the glasses on. it was very cool to see. it didn't get dark here. but it was cool. >> i don't have the glasses i didn't get a chance to look. i watched it on tv which was pretty cool to see. >> cool stuff. >> president trump takes on war in afghanistan. >> ronica cleary. >> shawn, tony, we go so lar clip madness to tornadoes in the area. the president addresses quuntry in future of afghan tan. we'll break it down after the break. the nation's longest war spans three presidencies and 16 years. ronica cleary is live in for the meyer in arlington virginia. ronica what can we expect to hear from the president tonight. >> we got a nrims of what might expect earlier this weekend. defense secretary general mat sis on over fight flight with reporters on saturday night. he shared the president at that time came to decision about future of troops in afghan tan stan. he's retired bringing deer general author of be siegeed. what is military options they can put endplay from this point forward

corner of william and prince street michael thomas will be there and steve chenevey will thereby and else will be there. >> this tisher auto group of laurel and fox5 are giving away one year lesson 2018 acura lx at the zip trip at national harbor. the contest livk and register to be selected as five finalists. they must attend in person and one lucky viewer will go home a winner. you must be 18 old or better to enter. fox5dc.com/contest for the details. >> let's get to gary mcgrady for the weather today. heat hopefully ebbing a bit. >> a lot. heat index was up over 100. we won't have that today. thank goodness. i don't see that coming back for maybe the rest of the summer. >> riding out ahead of this frontal system along 270 we have a chance for few showers through the morning hours. few and far between pote potentially could be out. there upper 70s right now and lower 70s gaithersburg and here's erin como with traffic. >> 4:56 and we're taking a please ebts view of 395 yesterday. we had such big problems with hov being shut down and right now hov are looking great and so are main la

and meanwhile a spoiler is because we had total solar eclipse in south carolina our own michael thomas was at we were thrilled clouds cooperated there as the sun went totally dark there. they said the clouds disappeared and mike and his photographer van applegate had a spectacular treat. we'll show you more pictures of that two minutes i believe in 20 seconds of darkness here in d.c. we had 81% of partial eclipse. you didn't probably see much of a change in light but something that was different. dimness, almost like a big overcast or early twilight happened in our area. a lot of people watched it locally too. hang on to eclipse glattss 2 2024 we'll have another one. as you know they were hard to come by. jim, shawn back to >> they may pop up on ebay you never know. >> authentic from the 2017 eclipse. >> secret service running out of money? we'll talk about that 5@630 coming secret service said they need more money to protect president trump and their money they may run out of money funding end of september. >> unless they have mandated cap on salaries 1100 agents will be working over

good morning to you michael thomas. >> good morning to you wisdom and maureen as well. today is a drier day. good news there. be a mix of clouds and sunshine. not sunny, bright, beautiful, good day nonetheless. satellite and radar showing rain moved out. again clouds, mostly high, thin, left out. there today starts with a good amount of sun. as we head into the afternoon we'll get a little more cloud cover in place. 64 the current national feeling cool and pleasant. dulles 61. check out bwi in 50s this morning. light jacket to start the early portion of the day. temperatures warming up through the 70s this afternoon and i don't think we'll make 80. most of suburbs won't. 72 at 11 and 77 at 2 and 78 by 5 and harvey has the latest details on the track where it's going and when it's expectsed to make landfall again in ten minutes. that's weather. over to erin for traffic. >> 4:36 and huge problems if you head out on 95 northbound quantico and triangle. what you're looking at is traffic completely parked barely crawl ago long. we have two tractor-trailer crashes northbound.

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friday, live in fredericksburg 6 to 11 and maureen will be there and michael thomas will be back from carolina he will be there as well joining us because tucker decided he doesn't want to play with us friday morning now. >> tuck. >> tuck never takes time off. >> we'll miss him. >> we won't be gruj him. >> tisher auto group of laurel and "fox5" give ago way one year lease on 2018 acura tlx at the zip trip finale september 1 it's a year lease to enter go to fox d.c..com now click on contest link and register to be selectiveed as one finalists must address the zip trip in person september 1 and one lucky winner will go home with one year lease. you must be 18 to center and get ready to ride. complete rules and online enter i available d.c d.c..com/contest. >> time for today's fox beat now. more woe for hbo. >> hackers trying to strong arm the network. they threatened league "game of thrones" finale. that's set to air next sunday. the group call themself m mr. smith told text site mashable you can use our. >> i hope the game of of thrown to community doesn't share the spoilers if they de

. >> you're the second michael thomas. >> sometimes a popup storm happens. >> that's what i said to m mike. we all love surprises. >> that's right. >> so we'll see a chance of rain every day for the rest of the year now. >> pretty much we won't take a thunderstorm out of the forecast. okay. >> that's smart. >> you know if the one or two it popped up had hap farm field in western loud con county i would got have the heard much than yesterday when it occurred over the city. i apologize if you got wet. >> res an nag at 6 4. bwi marshall 70. back in the low 90s today. we have makings of afternoon thunderstorms. much like yesterday. there shoot be a whole lot. but it's going could be a quick heavy rainier mid to late afternoon. it will be hot. warm and humid later today. with high temperatures topping out in the low 90s. so, 90, 5 . again scattered here. wet yesterday and dry today. >> you sure. >> i said probably no i'm not sure. >> probably is a good word. joking thanks. >> caityln, good morning. >> good morning. >> i think popup might be the key phrase right. >> they did pop up just abo

on capitol hill, michael thomas, fox news. >> and some startling new statistics tonight when it comes to teenagers and sui suicide. why girls are now at a greater risk. >> and later, take a look at this transportation of the future is on the fast track to becoming reality. update on the progress of that hyper loop this busy mom spends her days driving all over town. so why is she smiling? because she shopped during the safeway anniversary sale and filled up her trunk with grocery savings, plus earned 4 times the gas reward points. right now, get selected varieties of pepsi 12-pack 12-ounce cans, 4 for $11 when you buy 4, and family size lay's and lay's kettle chips, buy 1 get 1 free. the safeway anniversary sale. it's just better. suicide rate for teen age increased foe boys 30% and girls doubled reasoning a 40 year high. nearly 6,000 people between the ages of 10 and 24 died by suicide. in 2015. . here's something you should do as your kids head

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let's check in with michael thomas and erin como standing by. >> steve, allison, good morning, we're dealing with cloud out there could pop a shower. humid today. >> full details coming up. >> right now, mike, we have volume building 270 to spur and demascus overturned vehicle sky fox on the it have a few moments. >> the president campaign style rally started as peaceful protests and turned unruly when demonstrators were meant with trump supporters they had to use tier goose clear the area and police made several arrests no one was injured. >> as for president trump's 90 minute speech. he covered a long range of forecast. >> the president mostly focused time bashing media while depending mark on char charlottesville. >> it was aeye laept end to protest. ago visit out in the streets of phoenix some showing bottles and rocks at police who tried to disperse crowds. it went on for hours. >> he needs to straighten it up or get out. >> it is rather incredible. is sin credible j all this adds president trump held free wheeling campaign style rallied in the phoenix convention center drawing

thomas. so michael can you tell us more about this finding? >> sure. as thomas mentioned we used the spitzer space telescope to discover around the same time that one, not two but seven earth size planets and this is the first time that several are formed around the same star. so the zone and the star itself is what is called a massive kind of this star are much smaller and cooler than our sun and still they are frequent in galaxy. and if we look at this illustrations you see between the basketball and the gold wall. but the basketball would be the sun and the gold bowl would be traps one. it's much cooler and much smaller than our sun so the planet in it's in habitable zone are much closer to it with short orbital prelude and in these graphics what you can see of the planet which we found around it is three of them in the habitable zone. goldie lock where's liquid water could exist and most likely to exist. free of the earth sided planet and the fifth habitable zone is promising for search of life beyond the solar system. >> what can you tell us about

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the court finds that thomas michael keenan's motion to dismiss the indictment against him with prejudice granted in the interest of justice and fairness. i order the sheriff to release you upon being interviewed by court supervisors. >> thank you, your honor. >> thank you, judge. >> for the first time in 24 years, keenan will leave a courthouse without handcuffs. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> so how you feel? >> i mean -- yeah. >> ready to go out here, smell this fresh air? are you ready? >> yeah, as ready as i can be, i guess. >> what haven't you had you're craving? >> a1 steak sauce, steak, real cheese and crackers. oreida frozen french fries. because they're easy to make to go with the steak. >> as he heads back to his cell to collect his belongings, word of keenan's release has already spread. >> we love you, mike. >> you've got a lot of fans in here. >> that's because i help them. they're going to miss that too. trust me. the ones that didn't take notes? >> congratulations, bruh. >> thank you. >> man -- >> thank you. >> i seen you on the news. they publicized the fact that th

thomas michael dixon.eon in amarillo. >> reporter: he was richelle's old boyfriend. a well-to-do and well-known plastic surgeon with a beautfiul home, a thriving practice and at one time his own local talk show. >> i get the patients that come in and say, i want to look like j. lo or beyonce. >> reporter: mike was married with three kids when he first met richelle at a spa he owned. he started seeing her on the side, and when his wife found out, she divorced him. mike and richelle dated for about a year and a half. but she says it wasn't always easy. >> it was volatile. it was up and down. and he would -- i believe that he was seeing other women. and he denied it. >> reporter: but the final straw was a birthday gift that fell flat. >> he had signed me up for tea of the month and he had it mailed to me. and i was just like, really? you know. you couldn't even hand me something? you had to mail it to me? >> reporter: by all accounts, she broke dr. dixon's heart when she dumped him. and she says that he begge

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helen thomas reporting. sir michael marmot is the director of the ucl institute of health equity.up the 2010 marmot review which set out a six—point strategy for combating health inequality. good evening. let's go back to the beginning because we are used to premature death rates falling over the decades, why is that? it is good news, obviously. because we are a richer society, everything is better, nutrition is better, housing is better, living conditions are better. everything has improved. fewer accidents at work and all of that. one of the things we haven't talked about, this report tallies with some stuff you have said but that has flattened off over the last few years so it is not falling any more? yes, this is looking at premature mortality under age 70 five. it has flattened. flattened in the north and the south. it affects everybody, what is driving that? we speculated, we speculated that policies of austerity post 2010 decrease in adult social care spending, decrease in expenditure per person could play a role. we said it is urgent to investigate if it is related to it.

thomas friedman. former secretary of state, condoleezza rice, and michael lewis and jd vance. the national book festival, live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern and on book tv. >> next, black hawk down authors talks about his latest book about the turning point in the american war in vietnam. [inaudible] >> good afternoon. welcome to the 33rd annual chicago tribune printers road lit fest. my name is thomas and i thank you to our sponsors. today's program is being broadcast live on c-span twos book tv.erview, this time like to go over to our interview chicago tribune film critic, michael. [applause]hank you >> thank you. thank you for coming out today. my leisure to talk to you aboutt his new book, hugh, 1960. hughes the national correspondent for the atlantic, contributing editor for vanity fair and longtime philadelphia inquirer writers, 24 years. and author of many books on subjects literally all over the world the account of the d-day to the killing of osama bin laden. many subjects.ts probably best known for black hawk down. , an account of the 1993 grade and somali that led

eastern with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of, and michael lewis and jd vance. liveational book festival, september 22 on cease -- september 2 on c-span twos book tv. there are several legislative items that congress will need to address when lawmakers return next month from their august recess. on "washington journal," we discussed what comes ahead and what role the president will have based on his current relationship with members of congress. this is about 25 minutes. host: i want to welcome back matt schlapp. thanks for being with us. guest: it is not good friday. [laughter] host: let's begin with this sentence and finish it, please. estate of the republican party between the president and republicans is -- guest: uncharted. we have never been here before. we have never elected a president with such shallow roots. maybe jimmy carter was similar, but he had been elected governor of georgia. an interesting relationship when congress and the president do not see eye to eye. host: why is he going against the very people he needs the most? or

my favorite review was the person who wrote, reading and -- by thomas rex is like watching michael jacksonlay baseball. somethinge is getting , but you are not sure what. "fiasco" looked at the war in iraq. it was an attempt to say this is what happened. here's how it is happening and here is why people do not understand more. some people tried to prompt me out of calling it "fiasco." ae only good reason to write book is because you want to get it out of you. this was the book i needed to write. it became a number one bestseller and enabled me to move on from daily journalism. host: did you get the points are for "fiasco"? tom: no. "the gamble" is from 2009. tom: it is a look at the next stage of the iraq war. i said i was going to cover what happened. really pushed back the insurgency. he gave an opening to iraqi politics. iraq did not take advantage of that opening and the war continued. host: you may have done this for foreign policy where you listed the eight worst generals in your opinion in history. i will name them, starting with the eight worst. burnsideates, and rose -- tommy fran

2 with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best-selling authors michael lewis and j d mass. one saturday september 2 c-span twos book tv. thursday on washington journal we asked for your comments come per concerning debate over removal of confederate monuments around the u.s.. this portion is two hours. us what you think as we get an update from across the country. thesehould be done about confederate monuments. do you believe they represent haiti or history? we want to get your thoughts on that. we had a discussion about this with two professors,

with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best-selling authors michael lewis and jd vance. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span to book tv. >> book to be recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> tell us a little bit about the books you are reading this summer. >> i'm delighted to tell you that. i am going to try to undertake something i think of great volume. there are the three books about eleanor roosevelt written by blanche wise and cook, the early years, the middle years meant prewar and postwar years. that is going to be my project. i want to try to read all three of these volumes. i think eleanor roosevelt is extraordinary influence. in her way, in what she espoused , and the differences between herself and franklin roosevelt. there's also another one and i don't know that i'll get to it. it's about the firebrand and the first lady. so, as i say, it's a big undertaking, but i'm excited to be able to do it and to learn from a great role model. >> book

thomas roberts joins us. ferguson, three years later. what's changed since michael brown's death. on msnbc. >>> hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts at msnbc world headquarters in new york. presidential ambitions. the story that's making mike pence out to be laying ground work in 2021 has the vice president fighting back that story. tonight acting like a kid and caught with his hands in the cookie jar because he clearly knows this won't sit well with his boss and his twitchy twitter fingers. we have pence saying no. that's not happening. then we have the economic shots that were fired and the trump administration with a foreign policy victory, getting russia and china to go along with major sanctions against north korea, but how will the rogue regime react? next ur

thomas. and then the michael jordan shoulder shrug afterwards.his dad, golf teacher, mentor, mike, there waiting for him after the win. check out his competitors. and the sportsmanship there. these are his close friends, jordan spieth and icky fowler -- rickie fowler, showing him love. justin talked to cnn's patrick snell. >> it was very special. it was probably the closest that i've been to tearing up for a noninjury situation. i'm not too emotional a person. i get excited, i get down. but in terms of crying, it doesn't really -- hasn't happened to me in the past. and that was about as close as i could get to sharing that with him. >>> to the nfl. many players feel that colin kaepernick is being blackballed by nfl teams for his protests of social injustice last season. that hasn't deterred players from refusing to stand for the national anthem. the raiders' marshon lynch stood for the preseason game saturday. his former teammate at the seahawks, michael bennett, did the same last night to shed light on this issue. bennett explained his mission a

. >> update co-anchor michael che interviewing george washington, played by jimmy fallon. washington joined by thomas jefferson, played by seth meyers. they poked fun at president trump's comparison of washington and jefferson with civil war general robert e. lee. another alum took on the violence in charlottesville. >> the next time when you see -- in polo shirts screaming about taking our country back, it is not our country, we stole it. >> another episode of "snl's" weekend update summer edition will air next thursday night. >>> coming up, more trouble for meek mill. how a ride on a dirt bike ended with charges against the philly rapper. >>> and next, in business news, sorting out your facebook feed. a new feature of the -- tested to keep you in the know. ♪ >>> philadelphia is going country tonight. that's country. two of the biggest stars will take over the wells fargo center. tim mcgraw and faith hill. faith had a little bit of a break. this is the first time she's back on the road since 2007. ♪ >>> katy perry, fans will have to wait a little bit longer to hear her sing live. she announced she's

including pulitzer prize-winning author, david mccullough thomas freedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best-selling author michael lewis and janey vance heard the national book festival live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> book tv recently visited capital to vast members of congress what they are reading the summer. >> tell us about the book you're reading the summer. >> i'm delighted to tell you that. i tried to undertake something, i think, a great volume. the three books about eleanor roosevelt written by blanche wise and cook, the early years, the middle years and the prewar in the postwar years. that will be my project. i'm going to try to read all three of these volumes. i think eleanor roosevelt was an extraordinary influence on public policy and what she espoused and the differences between herself and franklin roosevelt. there's also another one that i would get to it but it's about the firebrand in the first lady. as i said, it's a big undertaking and i'm excited to be able to do it and to learn from a great role model. >> book tv wants to know what you're reading. send

michael ride points out there's a difference between founding fathers and southern rebels. >> thomas jefferson and george washington helped to create a nation. stonewall jackson and robert e. lee tried to split a nation. and so the comparison sort of in there, and president trump not really knowing history, perhaps as he should, got that wrong as he has many other things as it relates to this issue. >>reporter: this video we shot today, among these dozen statues that are inside the u.s. capitol building, there are statues of the president of the confederacy jefferson davis, there are also statues of the vice president of the confederacy, alexander hamilton stevenson, robert e. lee along that of john a major force on the side leading up to the civil war. now, as far as the issue of washington and jefferson goes, we were told by many people here today, that we spoke to, that they do not believe that georgia washington or thomas jefferson belonged in the same category as the tightens of the confederacy. but many people we also spoke to today, say they're torn on this issue, knowing that

eastern with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of, and michael lewis and jd vance. liveational book festival, september 22 on cease -- september 2 on c-span twos book tv. there are several legislative items that congress will need to address when lawmakers return next month from their august recess. on "washington journal," we discussed what comes ahead and what role the president will have based on his current relationship

including pulitzer prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas frieden, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, best-selling authors michaelnjd vance. the national

including pulitzer prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas frieden, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, best-selling authors michael lewis njd vance. the national book festival live saturday at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> earlier today fema officials briebriefed the media on condits in texas and the federal governments response to hurricane party. >> ok, good morning, everyone. thank you for being here, especially so early in the morning for some of you. this morning we're going to provide an update on the federal support state, local, and tribal officials for response efforts in both texas and louisiana in the aftermath of hurricane, now tropical storm harvey. our speakers the sprinkler the acting sect of homeland security elaine duke, the federal emergency management agency administrator brock long, the national weather service director, and also joining to take questions will be the commandant of the u.s. coast guard. and the secretary of health and human services price. again, the first three speakers will provide opening remarks and then will open up to questions it to select you in advance adminis

trey thomas is coming in one of our favorites. >> yes. >> michael kendricks had a nice game.handsome. >>> all right. it's coming up on 1:00 in the afternoon in barcelona. a live shot there. people have gathered in one of the big town squares there right at noon about an hour ago to pay their respects to the now 14 people who lost their lives. over 100 people injured in the terror attack from yesterday. and there was another one last night. in another city in spain. we'll tell you about that right after the break. >>> cameras are rolling as a man spray paints the statue of former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo. the act stirring up strong emotions again on all fronts. how police are trying to track that guy down. >>> bloodshed in barcelona. a second terror attack overnight. just hours after a car intentionally plows into people. >> we went down a side street and all of a sudden we heard lots of people screaming, crying and yelling. >> a manhunt for the driver who killed 13 people as these types of terror attacks spark concern here at home. >>> toxic makeup. are women of color e

including pulitzer prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, and best selling authors michaelewis and jade events. the national book festival, with saturday, september 2 on c-span2's book tv. >> monday night on the communicators -- >> what is the framework on how we look at cyber security? i think congress with bipartisan support on that, the trump administration is looking to focus on that as well. we will participate as well. >> we visit the microsoft tech fair in washington, d c to learn about tech issues facing congress. fred humphries, vice president of government affairs at microsoft, and a microsoft researcher share their thoughts. >> with this, it is a complete system able to adjust data from sensors, drones and cameras and provide useful services. what services we provide is up to the farmer. somebody once these position maps. >> watch the communicators, monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. continues.on journal host: welcome back. we will speak now with mark bray about the antifa movement. he joins us from dartmouth college even he wrote a book called "antifa:

thomas friedman. former secretary of state, condoleezza rice, and michael lewis and jd vance. the national book festival, live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern and on book tv. >> next, black hawk down authors talks about his latest book about the turning point in the american war in vietnam.

including electric prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, and best selling authors michael lewis and jade events. -- jd vance. september 2, starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. c-span, for history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> as washington gears for busy fall, we're joined on "newsmakers" this week neil bradley, cheap policy officer for the u.s. chamber of commerce. to help with our questions in studio we're joined by heather long, economic reporter with "washington post" and sahil kapur a bloomberg news. sahil , you're up first. >> neil thank you so much for joining us. i want to ask you about one of the issues a top of the congressional agenda funding the government. how worried are you about a government shutdown? the president said he will insist on a border wall. the you think he was right in digging in? >> i think concern about a government shutdown is growing. i am not prepared to say it is likely at the moment. i think

thomas friedman. former secretary of state condoleezza rice. and best-selling authors michael lewis and jd vance. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2's booktv. >> next on booktv, black hawk down and killing pablo author mark bowden talks about his latest book, "hue 1968: a turning point of the american war in vietnam". this event was part of the chicago tribune printers are lit best. held annually in the city. >> good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome to the 33rd annual chicago tribune printers lit fest. i would like to go over to michael phillips. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for coming out today. it is my pleasure to talk with mark bowden about his book, "hue 1968". for those of you that do not know, his resume, he is among other things a national correspondent for the atlantic contributing editor for vanity fair, longtime philadelphia inquirer writer for 24 years. author of many books. on subject all over, literally all over the world from colombian drug lord pablo escobar to an account of the d-day to the killing of osama bin laden. p

thomas freedman. former secretary of state condo lisa rice. and michael lewis and j.d. nance on c-span32's book tv. >>> you're watching american history tv on c-span3. next, stanford university professor claiborne carson talks about martin luther king jr.'s upbringing. this took place in atlanta where martin luther king jr. and his father were both pastors. this class is an hour. >> who is martin luther king? when we look at martin luther king, there is one side of him that is a famous individual. he is the 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. he's the person really was the most influential leader of a great social movement. he is the only american who was honored with a national holiday in his name.

thomas freedman. former secretary of state condo lisa rice. and michael lewis and j.d. nance on c-span32's book tv. >>> you're watching american history tv on c-span3. next, stanford university professor claiborne

thomas freedman. former secretary of state condo lisa rice. and michael lewis and j.d. nance on c-span32's book tv. >>> you're watching american history tv on c-span3. next, stanford university professor claiborne carson talks about martin luther king jr.'s upbringing. this took place in atlanta where martin luther king jr. and his father were both pastors. this class is an hour. >> who is martin luther king? when we look at martin luther king, there is one side of him that is a famous individual. he is the 1964 winner of the nobel peace prize. he's the person really was the most influential leader of a great social movement. he is the only american who was honored with a national holiday in his name. so there is that uniqueness that practically everybody in the world knows the name "martin luther king." but the question is that i'd like to address, right in this setting, is who really was martin luther king? because one of the advantages of using a setting like this is that we can really practice history the way it should be. it shouldn't be about names and dates that