this year's fabulous five are -- make me a world, penguin random house.son reynolds, look both ways. simon & schuster. randy -- patron saints of methane. lower ruby, 13 doorway. and martin sandler, 1919, thank you that changed america. and the national book award goes to martin sandler "1919: the year that changed america." [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've got three minutes and i can tell that -- children in an hour. but i want to thank you so, so much. after a lifetime of doing this, this is such an incredible, incredible honor. i'm particularly honored to be in the company of my four fellow nominees. i will tell you that as the eldest statesman of that group, i am so confident of the future of young people's literature. [applause] and and i want to kill all of tm how much i admire their work. nobody in this country or the world knows better than the people in this room that no book is the result of the author itself. and i've had people at bloomsbury who know that this book is as much theirs as it isn't mine, particularly mary kate and susan. thank you so much.

the top of the stoxx 600 as the british education company sells its final stake in random house and ceo announces his retirement >>> and fedex share another profit warning site significant challenges and changes >> well, good morning. we have a very busy show for you today. i want to get you to some german data let's break it down for you. we know p german business moral has risen in december. that is one positive for the current condition that has come in at 98.8 higher than the estimate of 98.1 the expectations index coming in higher than the forecast today at 93.8 versus expectations of 93 business climate index was revised to 95.1. the current index was revised to 98.8 as well it appears to the upward revisions. the numbers for the month of december are coming in higher than expectations going into today. worth mentioning that we did have the ifo a while back saying the german industry does remain caught in a session. because the manufacturing sector does remain flagged. not the least procured by the trade war. that is something that is focused on the ifo and the trade conflict is h

pearson up after giving up the penguin random house it owns.et's get to more with luke kawa, bloomberg cross asset reporter. it seems like this market is more and more moving on individual company names and less on a trade resolution or british election resolution. luke: definitely. we've taken a step back from the macro. that we are not really looking ahead to anything. we are just kind of in stall right now, waiting for the rest of the year to play out. yesterday we tied for the smallest range in s&p 500 futures of the year. we are getting a sense that last week was all of the big risk, and no we are winding down. can year yield climbing higher could be the story of the year as we close it out for one more macro perspective. vonnie: we only have a few more sessions left. we certainly are not selling off, but we also are really not seeing profit-taking, are we? the: it is interesting extent to which people aren't looking to grab profits. it may be a case of they want to show investors at the end of the year that they are indeed holding the nam

taking care of her two young sons as a single mother and juggling a day job as a book editor at random house. as an editor, she's widely credited with helping widen the literary stage for african americans and feminists. much of morrison's writing focused on the female black experience in america. her work was deeply concerned with race and history, especially the sin and crime of transatlantic slavery and the potentially restorative power of community. in 2012, president obama awarded toni morrison the presidential medal of freedom. pres. obama: toni morrison, she is used to a little distraction as a single mother working at a publishing company by day, carve out a little time the evening to write, often with her two sons pulling on her hair and tugging at her earrings. once a baby spit up on her tablet, so she wrote around it. circumstances may not have been ideal, but the words that came out were magical. toni morrison's prose brings us that kind of moral and emotional intensity that few writers ever attempt from "song of solomon" to "beloved," she reaches as deeply using a tone that is l

figure it out and what end up happening was this really amazing how did your work that playing random house on the monitor path be reached out to it's in the middle market sort of campaign like a week into it and basically asked if we were had a partner for the book yet but you know we're do it was really special and i wanted to be a part and while there were a couple other offers that came in alternately we decided to go with them because you know they got it from the jump and were really disappointed and even when it was in its kickstarter form so yeah and then we came out in may so of course there are lots of good reactions to it i want to share this from susie who says as a parent a grandparent an educator or one who celebrates state versity i feel it's important for all the kids to see themselves and children slip more books or need it's represent our nation of diverse learners without stereotyping or misrepresentation which i think you know if your work does that very well matthew what are people telling you about it when they see it when they see the book when they see the film it's

random house, absolutely terrific books. i would love to see a comparable series done today. i must have read 100 of them. first they were read to me, then i read them. there was no turning back. i burrowed into whatever they published a book on. i read. and i got a little older, i 1950's bruce the kaplan's wonderful books on the civil war. i am thinking of his great trilogy on the army of the potomac. the war close to me in a dramatic literary fashion. at the same time, my grandmother born in 1882 and had grown up among men who at five -- who had father wholuding her had fought in the 88th new york, a famous regiment, i'm here today because he ducked at the right moment in fredericksburg. at any rate, when i was a little kid, my grandmother entertain me with his war stories. it was a while before i realized the civil war had not just happened. is howam trying to say close history was in the environment i grew up in. we went on vacation, we stopped for every roadside marker on a historical subject. taken to gettysburg at the age of nine and riveted to the experience. it was 1

2.3%, getting back money to shareholders, selling off the last quarter of its stake in penguin random house. the dax being dragged down by 0.3%.kers, about the pound taking a bit of a hit today against the u.s. dollar, now trading at $1.3072. i will speak with bruce richards, marathon asset about the ceo, economic downturn and what is going on with this credit cycle. global markets, let's get to our first guest. we are joined by julian emanuel, btig chief equity and derivatives strategist. incredible scenes as the house meets to talk about, debate and vote on articles of impeachment for the u.s. president. it is not impacting markets right now, but it must be on investors' minds. julian: there's no question that it is. we can take comfort in the fact that at the end, it is about the economy and not about the political process. go back to the clinton impeachment in 1998, 19 99, the markets just shrugged it off. if you think about it, and a lot of ways, and this may seem like a difficult conclusion to draw, the president has moved forward on china trade. we are probably going to sign usmca in

. >> and these are always super popular and great to split up as gifts, stocking stuffers, the random house's 66% off and really all the classics that we read as a kid. now we can pass them on. >> can you mix and match them. >> no, the sets are preset and on today.com >> jill martin, pillow pets, building blocks from picasso, cash registers from world tech toys pajamas from sammy & nat and book sets from random house. >> and find these deals at today.com. and today will make a small share of revenue from your purchases. >> what do you have tomorrow >> guys, girls and everyone else on your list i'll be here all week. >> ms. guthrie >> i have a great gift idea. lea michele has a new christmas album. she's here we cannot wait and you're a newlywed. >> i am. i got married this year. >> a lot to catch up on, a lot to celebrate, and she's going to sing for us live in just a few, but first this is "today" on nbc. sing for us live in my parents never taught me anything about managing money. the amount of student loan debt i have, i'm embarrassed to even say. we just decided we didn't want debt any

her novel, the daughters of erie town will be published by random house in spring of 2020 hopefully tobring her back here next year for that. please join me in welcoming to the stage miss connie schultz. [applause] [applause] >> don't laugh while i get on the stool. >> our guest author is a senior u.s. senator from ohio elected to see in 2006 a member of the democratic party he began his political career in 1975. prior to serving this united states senate he served as u.s. representative for the 13th district ohio secretary of state, member of the ohio general assembly in a talk in ohio public schools and ohio state university, he has written three books to melissa which is "desk 88", eight productive senators who changed america. tells the proud history of his current desk on the senate floor by sharing the stories of eight men who were there before him. an eagle scout, our guest is a native of mansfield ohio he spent summers working on his family's farm, he is as many of you know very to our moderator this afternoon and they live in lincoln but together they have three daughters, a s

they are shutting the remaining stake in random house.wo thirds of its value this year. 0.8%, another sign of consolidation. olson plunging down 14%. it is the fourth profit warning for the company in a year. no doubt why it is down. they are ending the year on a bad note. thank you to annmarie hordern. we are still watching live pictures of president xi speaking in macau talking about future developments, and it is a activity in protest hong kong. that is what we do not see in macau. , cio emea,o dan kemp morningstar investment thoughts on the chinese economy and what they need to do to stimulate or not at this point in the cycle. challenge facing the chinese economy is the ongoing transition from being an export economy to a capital investment economy to a more traditional consumer economy. the challenge for the government is promoting that consumption. there is definitely some uncertainty around whether the company will be able to make that transition, and how quickly it can make that transition. concerns that the headwinds provides, b

there is no indication yet whether the civilians were targeted or if this was a random attack >>> houseemocrats laying out their articles for impeachment three constitutional scholars said the president's actions were an abuse of power another the republicans brought in disagreed it is unclear but the president's legal team has until tomorrow to decide a few hours ago, the world famous christmas tree here was lit in rockefeller center everybody loves it but we have nbc employees that have to get to work and so we divert >> it is officially christmas in new york stock futures half way through the hour this time around. we could have two days in a row. we'll halt the slide the dow would be up about 85 points and the s&p about 9 points and the nasdaq about 35 points eunice break this down for us. what is the challenge and what does the company have to do to win in its efforts here? >> huawei is talking on the ftc in court the company has said it is fighting the designation of it as well as the local rival as a national security threat the ftc has designated these companies as risks in the

and just naming some random house which really, you know, was a 20-minute ride for where jimmy hoffa to me. and it doesn't hold a lot of weight. everyone i've spoken to in terms of investigators, fbi agents, state police, oakland county sheriff, actual made members of the mafia, actual men that became bosses of la cosa nostra crime families give zero credence to what he's saying. so i will defer to them in my decision rather than, you know, a one-source book coming from a guy that really in terms of credibility has very little. eric: well, the author, charlie brand, the book publisher stands by it. robert deniro believes it -- >> let me also say i have nothing but respect for charlie brand. he's done a great job in, you know, his contribution to the hoffa their te. narrative. you know? [laughter] exampled by the fact that his book is not going to be an all-time classic, the movie based on his book is going to be considered an all-time classic. he's hit a grand slam, and i don't begrudge him a single occupancy of it because he's living -- out of it. because he's living the dream. eric

random people. >> reporter: the report also alleging top members of the trump administration including mike pence, mike pompeo, rick perry, and mick mulvaney were knowledgeable of or active participants in trump's treasure campaign. the white house dismissing the impeachment report's finding and again attacking the process. and trump's allies agree. >> they're having one big problem. the problem is the president did nothing wrong and they can't prove it. >> reporter: meanwhile, house judiciary democrats calling on their republican colleagues to

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. >> that was probably a random day i was home, like, finish the clubs, going to school and "e.t."'s coming to the house "let's go" residency in vegas last weekend and of course only "e.t." swas with there wit her. >> welcome. >> thank you for having us. >> melody. come here baby. >> melody is she in the show? >> she is. she's got her own pass see. >> melody's credentials. >> shaniya's side kick is kind of a show-stealer. she even has her own number. >> i brought a stong back . >> i brought a show back into the show. never sure i had done that live. fans are always asking about it. >> why hadn't you done it before. >> first of all it is hard to sing for anyone. >> i know you're working on something with maybe lizzo. >> yeah, i wrote a song we'll see if if comes together. i'd love that. >> and i couldn't hang out in shania's salon without playing a game of sip or spill using her biggest hit zbrz what most makes you feel like a woman. >> braless. >> i didn't see that coming. >> ha ha. >> you don't impress me much mooupz. >> of everyone you've met in your career who does not impress you. >> in honor of you

random shower. the storm impact scale tomorrow is a 2. here's jobina. >> thank you. breaking news at the live desk. the novato fire district is investigating the cause of a houseflames were first sceneeen at 1 last night. the fire chief said it was difficult for firefighters to get inside because the home was full of materials. the woman was found inside. rescuers attempted cpr but she did not survive. the fire chief says the woman lived by herself and she was the only woman person inside the ho. amy hollyfield will have a live report at 5:00 a.m. >>> one east bay city is taking a step to building a better bay area. >> it recenke in ho inv fayette. more fromanngnl. >> reporter: it's rare to have a home invasion in lafayette says the lafayette police chief, especially so close together. >> prior to october about five residential burglaries for the year. between october and november we've now reached the number of 15. >> reporter: that includes the most recent a home robbery on the week of thanksgiving when three suspects armed with gun tied up two residents and made off with the valuables. tonight was a chance for the community to get involved and speak directl

targeted a civilian house in a neighborhood killing and injuring a number of innocent civilians this is not the 1st time innocent civilians being killed are wanted by airstrikes or random rockets also on thursday a war plane targeted a village. in the south of libya killing and injuring a number of civilians from the tableaux tribes which are opponents of the world lord have that many people here including the tribes in the south of libya and the interior ministry at the tripoli the government of national accord are calling on the international community to do their part to protect civilians but also calling the targeting of innocent civilians war crime. now the search for iraq's new prime minister has begun after the resignation of edward and his entire cabinet abilities government will stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new one is formed more than 400 people have now been killed in weeks of anti-government protests iraqis are now repeating their calls for a complete overhaul of the entire political system despite the resignation. some was prime minister is shutting down the government and ordering stuff to help deal with the spiraling measles outbreak so far at

house? >> my oldest is excited. it was great. i did see a video where somebody wrapped up a banana? they went nuts. you can wrap up any random thing in your baby will love it. i we wrapped up in sugar box of sugar for my 11-year-old. i their reaction? >> the nine-year-old was like, i don't want that. it was crazy. it was a apple watch and i from. i want to know, everybody is kicked back and doing the family thing. everybody is excited though. the audience is never grumpy. everybody's on the edge of their seat. they laugh as soon as they see you. it is great. i who were your mentors, growing up? comedian wife i love bernie. i love kevin hart. his work ethic is amazing. i love it. i like fluffy he's like, that is my type of comedy it is silly and fun. how much do you draw from your expensive lineup, here in the bay area? >> i was the class clown. like me to say that, but i actually was. dinnertime. do you remember the moment in your life when you said, hey, i could do this as a profession? >> elementary school in san francisco it started. i elementary school i would go home and my mom and dad would roast each other from all th

so they just throw out a string of random buzz words as quickly as they can and hope people buy it in fact, here's gop chairman jim jordan at yesterday's houseiary hearing, basically doing the same thing just speeding through a bunch of nonsense as fast as he can >> ambassador taylor recalled that mr. morrison told ambassador taylor that i told mr. morrison that i conveyed this message to mr. yarmack on september 1st, 2019, in connection with vice president pence's visit to warsaw. >> seth: oh, my god, man are you reading the evidence or auctioning it off? [ laughter ] i mean, listen to him. he sounds like he should be talking to squirrels on a bench in times square. [ laughter ] "now taylor said to morrison that yarmack told pence about his visit to warsaw. i mean, isn't that right, pigeon the pigeon isn't listening, but the the squirrel is. oh wait, he's not. he's eating a nut. but where did he get it? i don't see a nut tree how come we've been here nine months we don't know where this squirrel got his nut." [ light laughter ] now, compare that to the measured judicious tone of the democrats at the hearing yesterday, who presented a length

targeted that a civilian house in a neighborhood killing and injuring a number of innocent civilians this is not the 1st time innocent civilians being killed are wanted by airstrikes or random rockets also on thursday a warplane targeted a village. in the south of libya killing and injuring a number of civilians from the tableaux tribes which are opponents of the world lord have that many people here including the tribes in the south of libya and the interior ministry at the tripoli the government of national accord are calling on the international community to do their part to protect civilians but also calling the targeting of innocent civilians war crime china has suspended all visits by u.s. warships to hong kong the naval ban comes a week after president donald trump signed a law that imposes sanctions on chinese and hong kong officials for any human rights abuses beijing is also imposing sanctions on several u.s. post rights organizations like human rights watch has seen nearly 6 months of anti government protests. australia's foreign minister says china's treatment of a detained australian chinese writer is unacceptable pro-democracy advocates yang hendren has been h

house and omb. he says i call them all the time. i'm the president's lawyer. it's not that he was the president's lawyer and now he's over there doing random things. unless president trump has said he isn't, he's the president's lawyer. he's there representing the president of the united states in ukraine. it's pretty unbelievable. >> he's also a former prosecutor who still knows how wiretaps work. he knows he's under investigation. if he wants to talk to these witnesses for the purposes of the criminal investigation or the impeachment probe, he knows that calling them up is likely to be giving the goods back to sdny. does that speak to also what may be a little bit of a nervousness inning ha in having to go do things in ukraine. >> i haven't thought about the wiretap issue. but it does suggest they are worried. he needs to get people over there to create excuses for what he's done and the president has done. but the facts are clear. they need to keep it simple and clear in terms of the impeachment articles and i think they're prepared to do that. i think the obstruction of congress and justice are strong as well. it's almost a matter of constitut

house democrats announce articles of impeachment. versus al-jazeera live from london also coming up. goes to the international court of justice to defend her country's treatment of random muslims. there.

random security measures at their facilities. eva. >> stephanie ramos for us there in florida. >>> well, the battle over impeaching president trump hits a new phase tomorrow with more testimony before the house judiciary committee. abc's david wright joins us with the latest from the white house. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, eva. when the judiciary committee gavels its hearings to order tomorrow, white house lawyers will not be present. the administration has signaled to congress that the president will not mount a defense until the case moves on to friendlier turf in the republican controlled senate. president trump won't say if he plans to testify in any senate impeachment trial. >> well, i don't know. i know this, that the impeachment thing is a total hoax. the numbers have totally swung our way. they don't want to see impeachment. >> reporter: but trump told reporters his lawyer rudy giuliani is gearing up to present a report even as the house moves to impeach trump for allegedly pressuring ukraine to dig up dirt on his political rival, the president's personal lawyer has been in ukraine unapologetically doing just that. >> he has not told me what he's found. but i thi

random people. >> reporter: the report also alleging top members of the trump administration including mike pence, mike pompeo, rick perry, and mick mulvaney were knowledgeable of or active participants in trump's treasure campaign. the white house dismissing the impeachment report's finding and again attacking the process. and trump's allies agree. >> they're having one big problem. the problem is the president did nothing wrong and they can't prove it. >> reporter: meanwhile, house judiciary democrats calling on their republican colleagues to take this morning's session seriously. >> it's time to take a hard beat and ask yourself, do you want to go down that way? or do you want to be part of the team republican and democratic that sought to restore the integrity of our democracy? >> reporter: democrats will have three constitutional scholars who will argue for the case for impeaching the president. the republicans will have one scholar arguing the opposite. all eyes are going to be on the chair of judiciary committee jerry nadler and his performance. he's been criticized of losing control of the hearings in the mueller probe. we'll look for the at ratrics f the president's supporters. >> one of the words we've heard is the cir

house it's not the banana that's the art, it's the tape. this is a whole different angle. >> it's how you put the tape on the wall too i'm sure. >> just so random. >> i'm going to practice today. >>> kari, we are not looking that clear out there. >> not at all. take a look at this view in san francisco crossing the golden gate bridge and that dense fog. for san jose and the south counties sometimes we see some really dense fog there. it is clear but in the tri-valley that's where the fog is the worst, there as well as napa where visibility is down to zero. concord about a half mile visibility and a tenth in oakland right now, in san francisco quarter mile visibility, that's as far as you can see ahead of your car. slow it down on your way out the door this morning. we're going to see temperatures today a little cooler than normal with some upper 50s for much of the bay area and then as we get ready for our nice break in the rain we're going to be tracking another one and of course i'll keep you up to date on all of what's going on here. it's a fairly weak storm and as it moves in it will bring us a chance of showers starting late tomorrow night

random acts of kindness. cash for the program is donated by farm management company based in madera county. >> air b&b has a real holiday seen here. the isis oasis sanctuary is renting out a gingerbread house is a handmade and one-of-a-kind housemaid using natural materials including stained- glass windows and painted trees to help the storybook structure to fit into the surroundings. is one of many run by the sanctuary. a stay here start to $87 a night. that's a really good deal. >> are we going? >> that's perfect. >> and it's cute. >>> let's see what allie is keeping an eye on this morning out here. >> can you imagine what it felt like? is so great. you may be tempted to start eating it. >>> anyway if you're driving there's a problem to tell you about on the bay bridge. the toll plaza here in just a second looks just fine. no problems out there. the problem is once you get onto the bay bridge there is an alert with two right lanes closed. the latest information from chp says there are three vehicles involved in the crash and not just one. they're now calling in an ambulance that could take a while to get it cleared. if you zoom in you can see more of a backup and solid red line here. is

random people. >> yeah, i mean, it's so hard for me to keep frtrack of all t levs that i know, too. despite his fuy recollection, a house had undisclosed phone calls with rudy giuliani and his ukrainian business associate. funny that sean hannity can't remember how to pronounce his name. it's lev partnernparnas, who's indicted on campaign finance charges. according to records, parnas called nunes and had an 8 1/2-minute conversation. two days later, nunes and rudy giuliani reportedly called one another, but when he returned to fox news, he was still unable to recall whew spoken with a lev parnas. >> what did you discuss with lev parnas? >> well, i don't even know because i don't -- i've never met parnas, and like i filed in federal court. so, it's a great question, because many people want to know, including myself. so -- >> so you never had any phone conversation with him? >> we have not been able to confirm that yet. >> i mean, you don't think you would remember if you had a conversation? >> you have to remember -- you have to remember, we are the house intelligence committee oversight committee, okay? so, we get call

random accident that can happen with a car that's disappeared. but here again it was reported that her car was still at the house. steve: exactly.ing about it aside from the fact that the car was at the house. the keys are missing, but the diaper bag the 2-year-old baby are missing as well. at this point, it's still a missing person's investigation, i would imagine, right? >> right. and that's a good thing because from an investigating standpoint, these investigators have to keep an open mind to all possibilities and not become prematurely focused on a theory without evidence. they ignore something that could very well be true. that maybe the person voluntarily disappeared themselves or some random stranger is part of this. steve: sure. >> these, you know, rest assured though these investigators are looking very hard at the issue of relationships. steve: sure. >> of mental issues. and those kind of dynamics in anybody watching that may have information it would be very important. even if it seems insignificant to share that with police. they have an open mind and looking into what really happened. steve: she is described as a gr