from there the savannah art association moved and now has two galleries at chippewa square and the savannah hilton head international airport. it's come a long way over the 14u7bd years since the meeting. today the savannah art association has over 150 members from all artistic levels. beginning to professional, who were constantly helping each other in improving their techniques. and they work diligently to make our community a better place to live through their exhibits, demonstration, workshops, education programs, and partnerships with local businesses to showcase their art work. thank you to everyone involved with the savannah art association for your work in our area. congratulations on your 100th year anniversary. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. marshall, for five minutes. mr. marshall: thank you, mr. speaker. growing up on our family farm in rural kansas, one thing was for sure, every day at about 12:20 over the lunch hour and then again about 10:20 at night our family would be gathered around the tel

savannah is there. i know there are a lot of folks hoping and hoping that new hampshire is nothing like iowa when it comes to counting votes. >> they're hoping they will count the votes in new hampshire. the polls already opened this morning and, in fact, we can count some votes that's a live look at a polling place in nashua, new hampshire and yes, we have early results three small towns kept up their position and vote right at midnight the results so far, amy klobuchar leading with eight votes but look at this, michael bloomberg, who is not on the ballot here at all, actually received the most votes in a little town of dicksville notch. he got three write-ins according to a quinnipiac poll, michael bloomberg moved into third in the democratic race and bernie sanders has overtaken joe biden for the first time at the top in this national poll. sanders also leads in the final polls here in new hampshire with amy klobuchar mounting perhaps a late surge and moves designed to, in his words, shake up the dem

>> savannah. >> savannah, al, carson and craig. >> where are you guys from >> new york city >> from newuld melt. i could melt >> this is my mom's name love it. >> so sweet. >> isabel watches a lot of the "today" show coming up, guys, we're launching a new series in honor of black history month. we're going to do it with a special, young athlete she's breaking barriers in the world of fencing and inspiring others to do the same, as she sets her sights on tokyo this summer and by the way, she's going to medical school, as well. can't wait to share her story. >> very cool >>> valentine's day falls over a weekend this year. >> talking to us, huh? >> and the best gift could be a last-minute getaway. we have wrapped up tempting travel deals >> or if you stay home, we have that covered, as well. from puzzled to personalized gifts. elizabeth is here and going to show you creative gift ideas under 50 bucks >>> first, mr. roker, a check of the weather. let's show you what we have going on for your weekend outlook. starting on friday, snow, wind, in the northeast cooler in the southeast. sunny and

we'll get to savannah in a moment. >>> but first, your other 7:30 headlines.s city, the party is still going. the chiefs are super bowl champions for the first time in 50 years. >> mahomes throws, pass caught, williams. touchdown. kansas city jumps on top. >> with that, the chiefs would take the lead late in the fourth quarter and would never give it back. kansas city winning, 31-20. head coach, andy reid, hoisting his first lombardi trophy. quarterback patrick mahomes named super bowl mvp. >>> in california, police say a man shot six people aboard a greyhound bus that was headed from los angeles to the bay area. one of the victims has died. the bus was traveling with 40 passengers on interstate 5 when the shots rang out. police say numerous passengers on the bus called 911. the suspect is now in custody. >>> now, to an eerie scene. it looked like a clip from an alfred hitchcock movie. tens of thousands of birds stunning shoppers in a texas parking lot. this was in ft. worth. it's a swarm of great tailed grackles. they gather over parking lots. who knew? they

. >>> and in just a few minutes live from savannah, a conversation about harvard university's class of 1963 that graduated 18 african-americans including our next author, kent garrett. stay tuned for more from georgia in just a moment. >>> while we wait for the next author event to begin, we want to show you a portion of this weekend's "after words" program. pacific research institute's sally pipes offers her thoughts on health care reform. >> host: now, you're from canada. you've mentioned that a number of times. being a canadian native, you've seen it firsthand. you've seen government-run health care. >> guest: i grew up under it. the federal government fully took over the canadian health care system in 1984. no private coverage is allowed for anything considered medically necessary. most things are medically necessary in health care. a couple of things that aren't, cosmetic surgery if i want to make myself look younger, better, lasik surgery for your eyes. the prices have gone down, not gone up because the government isn't involved. in canada in '84 the government took over. i worke

i love being in savannah. my wife martha and i come here as often as we can and we live outside washington dc. and we have a in the panhandle of florida. we used to dread the 15 hour drive until we decided that we can stop off in savannah along the way and go for dinner and we look forward to the trip very much. as chris said, this is the third biography i've written. it is not really a trilogy. none at all. all three books are related to 19th century figures is careers were at the height of the middle of the 19th century. the first one was a book about an explorer named clarence king and it was nice and are doing out west and explored california in his early days. fans of major peaks and sierras and name some of them including mount whitney. later did a survey of the great basin. one of the great western surveys of the 19th century. one of the people who accompany him on that survey, was a very fine photographer named timothy sullivan. and he had worked with matthew brady, the civil war photographer who is al

inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> delighted to welcome you to 13th annualual savannah book festival, david and nancy and nancy foundation, we are especially grateful, sponsors for glorious venue, the trinity united methodist church. through support that we are able to make festival events this saturday free to the public. 90% of our revenue comes from

savannah? >> what a shame. kathy, thank you very much. >>> we're going to turn now to craig who is on the road. he's in charleston, south carolina, ahead of saturday's pivotal primary. hey, craig. >> reporter: hoda, savannah, good morning to both of you. another high-stakes battle playing out here as the democratic presidential race continues in two days. hard to overstate the importance of south carolina for joe biden especially. his campaign now referring to this state as a springboard, not a firewall, a springboard for the rest of the race. we'll hear from vice president, former vice president biden exclusively in a moment. first, nbc's kristen welker has also made her way to charleston. always good to see you. >> great to see you, craig. the stakes could not be higher here in south carolina. the candidates crisscrossing the state today, aiming to energize voters with just two days until the critical primary here. and the state could be make or break, as you say, craig, for former vice president joe biden. h

thank you for sharing your experience, knowledge, and passion with people of all ages in savannah. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 3:30 >> over the weekend house speaker nancy pelosi addressed the national governors' association winter meeting and talked about funding for infrastructure and paying down the deficit, the cost of prescription drugs and how congress can work with governors.

welcome to the 13th annual savannah book festival. the festival is presented by georgia power, bob faircloth, david and nancy seven terror and the phillip e. and nancy b. bigman foundation. we are especially grateful to jack and mary romano who are our sponsors for this beautiful venue. we'd also like to welcome our literati members and individual donors today. it is through your support that we are able to make today's festival events free to the public. 90% of our revenue comes from our donors and literati members, and we thank you. before we get started, i have some housekeeping notes. kent garrett and jeanne ellsworth will be signing festival-purchased copies of their book at telfair square following their presentation. if you're planning to stay for the next author, edward j. larson, after this presentation please move forward to fill seats as the venue empties. this will help the ushers get people seated for the next session. please turn off your cell phones so that they don't disrupt the presentation. we also ask that you not u

good morning >> reporter: good morning to you, savannah.l no longer be working members of the royal family as of april 1st that means harry and meghan won't have their office here, won't have their staff here, they won't be doing work on behalf of the queen. it's not exactly a clean break prince harry spotted in vancouver island grabbing a sandwich, perhaps a bit of the more normal life he and wife meghan markle are hoping to create in canada with archie now buckingham palace say they'll officially be out of the royal family fold april 1st. harry, who cherished his time in the military, serving two tours in afghanistan will keep his rank but won't perform any official duties. the prince will still work with the invictus games, the program he founded for wounded vets. he and meghan went public as a couple at the toronto games in 2017 buckingham palace says he'll continue his work supporting service members, the environment and hiv. meghan's focus, women's empowerment, gender equality and education. the couple hope to do it all under the suss

you're looking live at trinity united methodist church home of the savannah book festival we will be back with more author programs in just a few minutes. while we wait for the next author event to begin we want to show you a portion of this weekend's afterwards program. specific research institutes. they offered their offer their thoughts on health care reform. >> you are from canada and you mention that a number of times. being a native you have seen it firsthand. i grew up under it. >> the federal government fully took over. in 1984. no a private coverage is allowed for anything considered medically necessary. a couple of things that aren't. all procedures were the same. the government is not involved. in canada and 84 the government took it over. i worked at the fraser institute where we started a project in 1988. a guide to a hospital waiting lists. in 1983 the first year the average wait time you don't call your ob/gyn in canada. in 1983 that weight was 9.3 weeks. last year the average wait time have increased to 20.9 weeks. 608,000 canadians cross the border every year. orthop

savannah >> miguel, thank you very much >>> we will turn our eyes to the weather. wnbc's dave price is in for al this morning morning. >> good morning. a little hoarse. forgive me for that. let's talk about the southeast at this point and through the gulf we have energy out to the west we've got moisture-packed air coming up. that's bringing heavy rains. let's walk out here and talk about what we can expect today the heaviest rains over texas. but all of that moving over alabama and mississippi. we're going to continue to watch for flooding, as we just heard about. additional rainfall amounts, 1 to 3 inches. but in some areas, we could see up to 3. that's a quick look at our maps. here's a look at what's going on right where you are, in just about 30 seconds u unpaid movers and "never miss a bedtime" parents. we see how you go out your way for others, and that inspires us to go the extra mile for you, every single day. hertz. proud to be ranked #1 in customer satisfaction by j.d. power. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we start out with a clear sky an

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>> i think you need to give savannah that baby >> will you give your baby to savannah guthrie and there are the girls? >> ellie is 3. and emma is 3 months >> is it true that you stood in line for the "today" show concert before the girls were born >> i did, back in the day. so october 2003 i was a senior in college i slept on that street over there, with my girlfriend, eileen and we were here to see sting. >> oh, that was a good one >> i'll bet it was worth it. >> very worth it >> you've come a long way. congrats on being a mom who brings out two little girls by herself to the plaza well done. >> thank you it's an experience i wanted to give them. my dad took me when i was a little bit i'm excited to take my girls now. >> savannah is going to take your girl! >> take my girl! >> i'll take your girl take her right now she's adorable >> we love you guys. >> we love you >>> we're going to sit down with mr. andy samberg busy guy these days, new season of "brooklyn nine-nine," a new film, a toddler at home and some fresh coffee we will talk to andy about it all. >>> and happy news for gail sa

and here you have a conviction >> savannah, that's right. and we were talking about this as the trial unfolded, we realized it was more rare and risky than we predicted. the women at the center of the criminal charges acknowledged they had consensual sex with him after he had victimized them they had friendly communication. and often times prosecutors will never bring those types of cases. they're too risky. that jurors will not convict in those circumstances. not only did prosecutors move forward and really pushed the envelope of sex crime prosecutions, with this verdict, we may be seeing a reshaping of public opinions about their day in cart. -- deserve their day in court. >> there were six women that came forward i want to put an image up on our wall all of the people that have accused harvey weinstein in many ways, these voices were heard in a courtroom do you feel like you've been heard now? >> absolutely. i have nothing but awe and respect. they went up on the stand. they were a proxy for many of us that could not bring our cases to th

savannah? >> kristen, thank you so much. for more on the race and what to expect tomorrow and through super tuesday, we have peter alexander here in orlando with us. >> handing out hand warmers. >> i know. florida is not what we expected. let's talk about what we have in south carolina. biden has opened up a big double-digit lead. craig was just there. he knows firsthand. is that enough, a big, commanding victory in south carolina, to propel him on to super tuesday, when you have sanders being the front runner? >> this is biden's third time running for president. in 1998, 2008, and now 2020. he's looking for his first state victory. he needs to get it in south carolina tomorrow. the polls, as you've seen right now, look good for him right now. up 20% in the latest polls that are out. 45% of african-americans in that poll supporting him. keep an eye on the style points. he can't just win. he has to win with a significant margin. that margin will matter. he's looking for a springboard going forward. he will need it because sup

the savannah book festival live starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. and we will be sure to watch the live coverage with the tucson festival of books. >> the un security council met in new york city to discuss a proposed plan. we will show you a portion of the meeting with the palestinian president in the u.s. ambassadors to the un. in the name of god your excellency foreign minister president of the security council secretary general your excellency's

i love being in savannah. my wife martha and i come here as often as we can and we live outside washington dc. and we have a in the panhandle of florida. we used to dread the 15 hour drive until we decided that we can stop off in savannah along the way and go for dinner and we look forward to the trip very much. as chris said, this is the third biography i've written. it is not really a trilogy. none at all. all three books are related to 19th century figures is careers were at the height of the middle of the 19th century. the first one was a book about an explorer named clarence king and it was nice and are doing out west and explored california in his early days. fans of major peaks and sierras and name some of them including mount whitney. later did a survey of the great basin. one of the great western surveys of the 19th century. one of the people who accompany him on that survey, was a very fine photographer named timothy sullivan. and he had worked with matthew brady, the civil war photographer who is al

savannah >>> thank you. of justice over attorney general william barr's involvement in the sentencing of longtime trump ally roger stone that led four veteran prosecutors to quit. peter alexander joins us with three things to watch this morning in washington. >> reporter: president trump is feeling emboldened, aides, say, thanking attorney general william barr for the justice department's decision to overrule its own prosecutors, recommending that lighter prison sentence for the president's longtime friend roger stone. the president defending his tweet that criticized the original recommended sentence in the oval office, telling me he was not interfering in the stone case republicans have stayed largely silent about it. now house democrats say the attorney general has agreed to testify on the topic next month. also this morning, the president's former chief of staff john kelly is defending lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, a key witness in the impeachment trial. vindman was forced off the president's nat

lester, savannah?remarkable period in american politics and history we've been witnessing over the last several days or months. so, the state of the union is behind us. the iowa caucus not yet behind us. and tomorrow the senate will vote on the president's impeachment. as we said, the republican majority likely to give an acquittal in that case. >> don't forget, new hampshire results one week from tonight. >> thank you. >> the democratic election -- >> i was just trying to get through this cycle. >> although we have the iowa results by that time -- >> we can only hope. it's a big 2020, busy time. thank you for being with us. >> for savannah, chuck, andrea and all of us here at nbc news, thank you for being with us tonight. i'm lester holt in washington. good evening. . . - ♪ i get up - [screaming] - ♪ put my hands to the sky - [laughing] - all the games that are here are tested and ready to go. well, at least they're ready to go. - ♪ shake, shake, shake - oh, that's a shame. - ♪ hey na ne na ne na - [s

[inaudible conversations] >> delighted to welcome you to 13th annualual savannah book festival, david and nancy and nancy foundation, we are especially grateful, sponsors for glorious venue, the trinity united methodist church. through support that we are able to make festival events this saturday free to the public. 90% of our revenue comes from donovers and members, we thank you. this year's festival is full of great events and we don't want you to miss any of them. if you haven't downloaded new savannah book festival, you can now and you will get to know everything you want to know about the festival. if you need more information downloading the app, you can find it in the back of your program. before we get started i'd like to have -- i'd like to remind of a housekeeping notes, first of all, we would like you to please remove your hats, you are in a church, we would like you to re move your hats. don't miss out. if your plan is for next author, please move forward to fill seat s as the venue empties, the ushers need to count seats that are available and allow easy ces , please tak

savannah? >> all right. news will bring you the president's statement live later today on its stations. >>> the dust is beginning to settle after the chaos in the iowa caucuses. new results released, but clarity, they did not provide. a tight race at the top. 0.2 point separating buttigieg and sanders, followed by warren and biden. morgan radford joins us from new hampshire, where the first primary is five days ago. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is a tight race, and it is interesting, because in terms of iowa, we've seen those campaigns grow increasingly frustrated because they wanted to see those totals before now. on the other hand, the candidates themselves are using this time to their advantage. they're reframing the narrative, trying to court these voters here in new hampshire ahead of tuesday's primary. on one hand you have mayor pete who has been doing a victory lap because he is in the lead coming from iowa. his competitors are saying not so fast, you didn't win just yet. even as result

[inaudible background conversations] we will be back with more live from savannah and just a little bit while we wait we wanted to tell you about our in-depth guest for the month of april. the american enterprise institute's Ãbwill sit down with us to discuss his books and career. and answer your questions. here's a previous appearance he has made on booktv. >> we americans are in a sense living through a social crisis. we can see that in everything from vicious polarization and rapid culture war incident resentments and upsurge of sight as isolation and alienation, despair that is sent suicide rates climbing and driven an epidemic of opioid abuse in recent years these are deep dysfunctions and seemingly very different parts of our society but they seem to have on

[inaudible conversations] >> we are live today from savannah book festival, our coverage continues injust a few minutes. while we wait for next aughtover to begin we want to show you a portion of this weekend's after words programs, sally pipes offers her thoughts on healthcare reform. >> now, you're from canada. you mentioned that a numerous times. being canadian you have seen government-run healthcare. >> i grew up, federal government took over canadian healthcare in 1984. both things are medically necessary in -- in health care. a couple of things that aren't cosmetic surgery, if i want to be younger or better,

the savannah book festival live starting saturday at 9 a.m. eastern. and be sure to watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books next month on book tv on c-span2. >> sunday, at 9 p.m. eastern on after words, sally pipes makes the argument against medicare for all in her latest book "false premise, false promise", just in december there were over 4 million brits on a waiting list to get treatment and the cancer treatment is not supposed to be delayed from seeing a general practitioner to general treatment more than 62 days. they haven't met the u.k. that standard for over five years and more important, under the world health organization study, brits are the bottom of the rung in most industrialized countries. >> watch after words sunday night on book tv on c-span2. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in. lawmakers will begin with about an hour or so of debate on judicial nominations until 10:30 eastern, when they plan to take four confirmation votes. those nominees include josh

>> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome everybody to "today." thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. that crash on the daytona 500 was terrifying. you see rayiyan newman, he was first and now lucky to be alive. we will get to that and his latest condition in a few moments. >>> but we start with the breaking news on the coronavirus. there are new fears surrounding hundreds of passengers who disembarked from the cruise ship in cambodia, but many have possibly been exposed to the virus. meanwhile the man at the head of the wuhan epicenter died. miguel is live for us here at travis air force base. 346 good morning. more than 100 people have begun quarantined at travis air force base but there's growing concern about americans overseas. this morning, reports that the director at the center of the coronavirus epidemic has died after contracting the disease. the 51-year-old neurosurgeon passing away overnight. the hospital releasing a statement, saying in part, witho

we are alive today from the savannah book festival. our coverage continues in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] author and white house correspondent april ryan will be our guest on in depth. live at noon eastern on sunday march 1. here is a portion of one of the recent book tv appearances. there is an old negro spiritual when i think of freedom. oh freedom. oh freedom. freedom over me and the floppy is slave i will be buried in my grave and if you all know the rest. and go home to my lord and be free. this is serious for me. this is so serious for me. if i'm not allowed to ask questions. you will not get the information that you need. there can have a john and other people in the room. i think that for the words he said before he passed away. if you begin down that line you begin what dictatorship who are we in 2018. what are we. for a time such as this and these books that are out right now. it is not a coincidence about these books. talking about the dysfunction. they have gone into the stratosphere. he painted the picture that we already knew. but he is putting some

this is now the third major award he has won in savannah for his accomplishments. he won entrepreneur of the year awards in both 2015 and 2018. i'm so proud that this savannah technical foundation chose catfish for this year's honor. congratulations, catfish. keep up the great work. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. for one minute. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, today's passage of the protecting the right to organize act is a major victory for the american worker. nationwide millions of americans work full-time jobs, yet earn unsustainable wages and little to no benefits. too many people work multiple jobs, yet struggle to make ends meet, while they watch the stock market and their executives who together make millions upon millions. but by restoring balance to the gutted national labor relations act, the p.r.o. act will restore the collective voice and dignity of american workers from all backgrounds, no matter the color of

please give a warm savannah welcome to edward larson. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> thank you very much, thank you for having me back to savannah. in the spring when the essay deals are out. that's always my favorite time. and as note i i taught for 20 years at university of georgia. that's what i started as a young professor, and eventually was chair of the history department and those are some of my happiest days. and and i want to give a shout t today -- two of my oldest friends in the world, or lose my oldest friends in georgia here to see me today and here to be back in savannah. it is always a treat. for lunch i make sure i had sweet tea and fried okra. [laughing] i know the rules so what i'm going to do is i know not supposed to read per se except for a few minutes of what i thought i would do just to give a little flavor of the book i thought i would read the first page which i printed out some wasn't tempted to read anymore. the last page at the end and then sandwich my of the talks between the butter

an update on the coronavirus that involves a lot of panic >> hoda, savannah, good morning. good morning to you, as well as worries of an epidemic spread across the globe, the panic has taken a violent turn in ukraine. protesters are furious that evacjooneva evacuees from the epicenter of the outbreak, wuhan, china, are arriving on their doorstep janis mackey frayer has the latest good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. with more cases of coronavirus in other places outside china, singapore, even here in japan, there are mounting concerns about how easily the virus appears to be spreading. that fear turning violent in ukraine. this morning in ukraine, riots breaking out over coronavirus fears. protesters furious that 70 ukrainians evacuated from chin are being allowed into the country, even though none are sick there's concerns of a wider outbreak in japan, where "the diamond princess" cruise ship is still under quarantine but hundreds of passengers are walking away, alarming experts who question a lack of controls on the ship that allowed the virus to spread so rapi

>> reporter: yeah, savannah, you're right. remember when his former chief of staff, john kelly, attacked the president? he attacked back right away in 24 hours ago. different story this time. aides say they knew that barr was doing this interview. they insist the president did not know it would come with a reprimand. democrats are unconvinced. they say, don't look at what barr says but what he does and has done, they say. repeatedly protecting the president. one of the democratic impeachment prosecutors saying, she would not be surprised if the president and the attorney general were in cahoots on barr's public statement. and remember here, perhaps most importantly, the president already got what he wanted with the justice department. the attorney general pushing for a lesser sentence for stone. >> yeah. and, peter, while i've got you, the white house has another headline. new staff changes and a familiar face coming back. someone very close to the president. >> reporter: you're right. the president is bringing back one of mis

thank you. >>> a reminder, savannah guthrie also heading to new hampshire.ome good news at the pump this morning gas prices are falling the average price of regular gasoline dropped 7 cents over the past two weeks the new national average is now $2.53 a gallon analysts say the drop is due to falling crude oil costs. it may be a trend. the current supply of gas is greater than the demand. >>> history was made at the academy awards last night when "parasite" was the first foreign language film to win for best picture. it cleaned up and won best director and two other categories last night. "joker" star, joaquin phoenix took home best actor renee zellweger won best actress. it was for her portrayal of judy garland. and brad pitt won for best supporting role for "once upon a time in hollywood. laura dern got best supporting actress for her role as a defense attorney in "marriage story. the unfeel-good movie of the year >>> how about a "boost"? >> this little girl may be on a path to her own oscar. little madelyn lives in texas. her mom said she waited a long tim

welcome to the 13th annual savannah book festival.estival is presented by georgia power, bob, david and nancy, and -- we are especially grateful for jack and mary romano those who are our sponsors for this beautiful venue. we would also like to welcome our individual donors today. it is through your support that

[inaudible background conversations] we will be back with more live from savannah and just a little bit. while we wait we wanted to tell you about our in-depth guest for the month of april. the american enterprise institute's Ãbwill sit down with us to discuss his books and career. and answer your questions. here's a previous appearance he has made on booktv. >> we americans are in a sense living through a social crisis. we can see that in everything from vicious polarization and rapid culture war incident resentments and upsurge of sight as isolation and alienation, despair that is sent suicide rates climbing and driven an epidemic of opioid abuse in recent years these are deep dysfunctions and seemingly very different parts of our society but they seem to have common roots and yet it's not easy to say what exactly those routes are what exactly has gone wrong. the crisis part of the symptoms is that we can't quite seem to get a handle on just what that is. traditional economic concerns don't cut it as explanations. we went through a severe recession 2007 2008 but ended more than a deca

i love being here in savannah. we live outside of washington dc with a place on panhandle of florida wheeze to dread the drive until we realized we can stop at savannah on the way. this is the third biography i have written. it's not really a trilogy. at all. all three books are related to h century figures. and the first was a book of an explorer and an easterner who went out west who explored california in the early days with the major peaks in the sierras and later did a survey of the great basin. one of the people who accompanied him was a fine photographer named sullivan and a civil war photographer who is also portrait photographer and i started to read about brady thinking there wasn't a good book and perhaps for good reason and i thought i would write one. it's kind of a hard subject because he did not leave a lot of written material. he may have been illiterate. but he had a studio on lower broadway in manhattan. catty corner from barnum's american museum. it was the biggest tourist draw in the city of new

savannah and bethany are here today and we have a message for them. we won't stand for it and help is on the way. we plan to focus our resources on the precision, the most difference. targeting the achievement gap low income schools, we have reduced waitlist and expanded in replicated success. in mary veil, a new vista college prep is evidence, more than 90% of their students qualify for free and reduced lunch. the school, is the recipient of the prestigious blue ribbon award nationally for closing the achievement gap. this, this is what equal opportunity in education looks like. this is what we need more of in the state of arizona. results based funding has been one way to reward and replicate success in our best public schools. it is working. let's expand it and continue to recognize the achievements and the needs of high poverty schools where educators are doing amazing things, to beat the odds. we are also going to finally fund, and fully fund, the cost for low income students to take the advanced placement tests just like every other arizona kid

. >> hey, mom and dad all the way from savannah, georgia.ating birthdays. hi, baltimore. >> we are happy to have our crowd out on the plaza. good morning. welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. last week we had the super bowl. this sunday we have the oscars. a lot to look forward to. >> we've got a big weekend. 30 degrees here in new york city. and we thank them. >> we thank them for that indeed. we do have a lot to get to. let's begin with president trump's news forcing out two top administration officials who were in the impeachment inquiry. let's begin with nbc's kelly o'donnell live at the white house. good morning to you. >> reporter: the shakeup on the president's staff pulls two military officers from the security council and sends them back to the army. and an ambassador, a trump political appointee is out altogether with no reassignment. their exits apparently set in motion by damaging testimony. after impeachment comes the purge. witnesses paying the price. >> everyone was in the loop. it was no secret. >> reporter: ambassa

savannah, thank you. >>> still to come right here, he is batman. as the caped crusader. >> we're back right after this. obama: he's been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. vo: leadership in action. mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help teens gain the skills needed to find good jobs. obama: at a time when washington is divided in old ideological battles he shows us what can be achieved when we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. it's timcan it helpltimate sleep nukeep me asleep?he sleep number 360 smart bed. absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus 0% interest for 36 months. ends monday. >>> still to come right here on "today," plans for the public memorial for kobe bryant and his daughter gianna are n

no pro savannah is not good for us. is a joint program involving mozambique japan and brazil it's official goal is to promote development in the region one. point in civic organizations investigated the situation and we realized that. it was an umbrella project on an on by design to pave the way for big investors and agribusiness giants and. anyone who was interested in taking control of water land and natural resources in the corridor of mozambique. and the. local farmers were displaced. from sunday yesterday and 5000000 people in the region have been affected if it was filled up with some would give even this out as you don't consider going to see you know in. this sense is this your land because of this land you want to occupy because this is just a declaration you do not have a certificate for land use this is only a statement about where you live. it specifies where your community lives in operations but the certificate is not give you rights to use the land that's why you have to be careful someone else could have

like every other arizona parent, savannah james is dedicated to ensuring her child, bethany, receives a quality education. she selected a school near their home on the navajo nation. for years hilltop school served bethany well. imagine their surprise when they received a letter from the heavy hand of government declaring the school out of bounds and demanding repayment of their funds from their education savings account. this is an example of government losing sight of the people it's supposed to serve. [ applause ] savannah and bethany are here today and we have a message for them. we won't stand for it and help is on the way. [ applause ] when it comes to what's next, we plan to focus our resources on the places it can make the most difference. targeting the achievement gap and low income schools. we've reduced wait lists and expanded and replicated success. in maryville, a new vista college prep is evidence. more than 90% of their students qualify for free and reduced lunch. the school is the recipient of the prestigious blue ribbon award nationally foreclosing ce achievement gap.

thank you. >>> we should mention that savannah is also headed to new hampshire. she'll be there live talking to candidates and voters on the day of that primary, next tuesday. >>> there's a lot of breaking news this morning when it comes to the coronavirus outbreak. dozens of people on a quarantined ship in japan have been diagnosed. including eight americans. and the death toll includes a prominent doctor that blew the whistle on the virus. molly hunter is in hong kong with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning. president trump has just tweeted that he spoke with chinese president xi this morning, saying he's powerfully focused on leading the counterattack to coronavirus. he feels he is doing very well. this as more americans are leaving wuhan. and also, more americans are getting sick. more than two dozen chinese nationals arriving in newark on a cruise ship were screened for coronavirus. four were transported to the hospital out of caution. officials say none of the two dozen were from wuhan, china, or had traveled there. royal caribbe

kristen, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you after the chaos in iowa, the results were clear here in new hampshire. senator bernie sanders edged out a victory over mayor pete buttigieg, injecting fresh momentum into his campaign and others that did well here. for former vice president, joe biden, who had a tough night, it is less clear, raising questions about the future of his campaign and where does the race go from here >> thank you, new hampshire. >> reporter: overnight in new hampshire, senator bernie sanders narrowly beating former south bend mayor, pete buttigieg. >> this victory here is the beginning of the end for donald trump. >> reporter: the self-proclaimed democratic socialist, fueled by young and liberal voters calling for unity. >> no matter who wins, and we certainly hope it's going to be us, we are going to unite together and defeat the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country >> reporter: buttigieg casting himself as a moderate alternative to sanders netting just as many delegates as the vermont senator, giving him the overal

please give a warm savannah welcome to michele sullivan. thank you so much and, and thank you to to the festival people you put on a tremendous event. also to savannah it's my first time here and i absolutely love it and i will definitely return. i also love the weather. when i left home yesterday in illinois it was minus eight. so i greatly appreciate the 60 something degree weather today. [laughter] i also thank you for your time today. takeke her home and treat her like everybody else. that's advice doctor gave my parents over five decades ago. [laughter] on the day i was born. this is after he took an x-ray because i had a bit of a club foot and he discovered i had a type of dwarfism. which a few years later they found out was a very rare type of dwarfism. i like to think that my parents would have done that anyway, take me home and treat me like everybody else, but the affirmation is always nice. you may not think that was a big w deal, but back in the 60s, people who are born with a disability were not treated like everybody else. and

the savannah book festival live starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern and be sure to watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books next month on book tv. n c-span2. >> they say this is the panhandle of texas is the only place you can watch your dog run away for two weeks. >> the majority of us to be and cities in the panhandle wouldn't exist if it wasn't for he coming of the railroad. >> the c-span cities tour is on the road exploring the american story. this weekend we travel to amarillo, texas. >> amarillo's been the center of the texas panhandle. we kind of affectionately call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. i really think our superpower here in the city of amarillo is that we think regionally. >> with the help of our sudden link cable partner, we'll learn about the history and literary life of the city and the surrounding area, as we talk with local authors and visit historic sites. >> the state park today is a lot like it has been for thousands of years. all of aed is you come across this huge -- all of a sudden

and searching savannah book festival. [background sounds]. here's a look at some authors who recently appeared or will be appearing soon on book tv afterwards. our weekly author interview that includes best-selling nonfiction books, and guest interviewers. lastly, espn senior writer howard bryant, offered his thoughts on sports, politics and race in america. coming up, journalist nicholas and cheryl will discuss issues facing the working class in rural america. in this weekend on afterwards, research institute president offers her thoughts on healthcare reform. >> canada has a true single care healthcare and then there is cuba and north korea. think about what kind of care you get those countries. the united kingdom has universal coverage system. the nhs, started in 1971. it covers about 90 percent of it. they allow private coverage to run parallel and about 10 percent. they have private coverage and some of the companies in the uk are american companies. like the blue cross countries. this is becoming more popular because just in december, t