. >> host: and upton sinclair's in your book.ost: >> guest: upton sinclair was 26t years old. he represents a younger generation. he sort of rises in the rise in interest and equality among the races and sexes. the novel's also about women's rights and women acquiring the vote. >> host: and jack london and grover cleveland are also in "the accursed." >> guest: yes. jack london is a friend of upton sinclair, and they're both socialists. >>e >> host: where do you get your p ideas? >> guest: i came to live at princeton, and i perceived in the biographies a portrait of a person much different from the m sort of received notion of woodrow wilson as this model person. i saw that he had many flaws, and i saw that hismany self-righteousness, his saw rectitude, his condescension toward negroes, he called black people negroes and toward women, i thought really needed to be examined. >> host: joyce carol oates, do you have any idea how many books you've sold? >> guest: no, i don't have idea. >> host: do you have any idea how many awards you've won? >> guest: no. i don't sit around counti

sinclair -- what? sinclair lane eastbound, we do have construction related delays.ry times. another check of traffic and weather together. back to you. >>> thank you. government shutdown is effecting the white house and congress. house speaker john boehner sees no way out unless the president is willing to negotiate. >> my goal here is to have a serious conversation. >> however the president says that he is not going to negotiate with republicans. and the white house objects saying that the republican's demand to stall healthcare for one year. >> those kinds of threats have to stop. >> threats are days away. congress needs to raise the debt ceiling by october 17th or the government will be in default. >>> 1 hundreds of thousands of severian workers could be back on the job as early as today. the department of defense is expected to bring back workers nur owed by the shutdown. chuck hagel is saying the law allows the department to eliminate employees who responsibilities contribute to the moral, rally and readiness of workers. >>> here in maryland, 3,000 lockheed-mar

sinclair's the biggest beneficiary.s leading a move to approve a new technology that will take tv spectrum that is unused and allow it to be television to be broadcast directly to your mobile phone instead of downloading it, your station will go right into the mobile phones. that alone we estimate can be worth as much as the whole price of the stock and it's not priced in at all. it's a hidden asset. >> either on or off air. he probably has some thoughts on just media in general. the way things are moving and the way it's going to go -- >> even the barry diller project. >> all that stuff. media -- the landscape is daunting. one thing i know is i like spending time watching great content on a really clear tv. that's -- as far as leisure time, that's never going to go away. i just don't know who wins and loses? do you know? >> the problem is you can now watch your big screen tv and see all that stuff. >> i watched gus slit someone's throat with a box cutter. this is the first episode of the fourth season of "breaking bad.

. >> host: and upton sinclair's in your book.ost: >> guest: upton sinclair was 26t years old. represents a younger generation. he sort of rises in the rise in interest and equality among the races and sexes. the novel's also about women's rights and women acquiring the vote. >> host: and jack london and grover cleveland are also in "the accursed." >> guest: yes. jack london is a friend of upton sinclair, and they're both socialis.

to the presidency, you could see him complaining about sinclair lewis. i think grace just looked away. she just looked past it. she wasn't so worried about what people said about her husband most of the time. >> people keep asking questions, in many of the photographs we've seen her with dogs, including her official portrait. tell us about the coolidge animals at the white house including the chow dog. >> there was blackberry and there was terrible tim. they just loved their animals. i brought with me the list that grace typed of her animals that she had, and the names and nicknames and who they were. she loved her animals, but i think the best story is rebecca the raccoon. rebecca was sent to the coolidges for thanksgiving dinner. both of them being animal lovers, they were outraged at this and decided to raise rebecca at the white house. this is the only time i read that the staff was not terribly happy because rebecca was sitting in the bath of the first lady's room, throwing the soap and climbing the curtains. she even sent rebecca out to the black h

>> guest: yes.grover cle jack london is a friend of uptot sinclair. devote socialist. >> host: where do you get your>: idea? >> guest: myo idea from the novel because i came to live in princeton. was i read some biography of woodrow wilson and princeton. i perceive in the biography supported of a person muchf a different from the sort of received notion of woodrow wilson is a model person.ow i saw that he had many flaws, and i saw that his do you havee any idea how many books you sold? >> no. >> host: do you have any ideard? how many awards you have won. ct >> guest: i don't sit around counting them, no. >> host: how do you write? >> guest: i try to write early in the morning. w i basically love to write. to me it's very exciting. it's literally exciting to write.ing. i feel that i'm organizinght thoughts that may be incoherenty and chaotic and funneling them. i like to create dramatic sceneo ..at novel has a lot of exposition and history. but basically each chapter is dramatic scene and often conversation between people. and something really happens

sinclair recommends wearing it three to five hours a day to start.aking it off. oh. oh, yeah. that feels good. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >> looked like torture. >> it did. >> there's not much you can say after that. >> i like the stink spray. >> that's the possibility. >> i would go with the stink spray. >> i'm with you, lara. >>> we had so many submissions in our incredible katy perry "roar" contest. high schools across the country accepted the superstar's challenge to make their own video to her huge hit, "roar." we've seen really creative videos. katy narrowed them down to five. we're going to meet the third high school, in sparks, nevada. meet the tv magic maestros of spanish springs high. these budding media mavins bring breaking news to their high school. and katy perry's challenge was the biggest assignment yet. >> we've seen competitions. and we wanted to stand out. >> reporter: they crafted a story line, pulling three teenage issues from the headlines. bullying, cheating and family problems. hoping th

you can see that sinclair is going to be an issue this morning.ected from 95 to the towson region. miri has a check on your forecast. >> clear skies out there. plenty of sunshine and highs between 63 and 60 degrees. by -- 66 degrees by 4:00 this evening. small craft advisory on the bay. otherwise, pretty nice out there. here is your seven-day forecast. on sunday. 60 five monday. maureen chances on tuesday. >>> we're back now at 7:30 on a friday morning. it's october 18th, 2013. and we've got the sunrise over charlotte, north carolina to show you this morning. pretty there. and we want to know what it looks like as you're waking up. tweet us your photos. the hashtag is today sunrise. here's some of the photos on our wall inside the studio. i'm matt lauer with maria shriver. happy to have maria here with al roker and natalie morales. savannah is on assignment today. we'll look at the stories making news. authorities launched a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers that used fake documents to escape from a florida prison. >> and take a look at

erdmann avenue at sinclaire lane. east preston at brentwood. let's take a live look. can see, things have gotten heavier there. this traffic report brought to you by dr. paul miller. going to the dentist doesn't have to be scary or painful. talk to dr. miller about sedation dentistry. back to you. >>> police are warning drivers to put the cell phones away and buckle up. several new laws are in effect statewide today. talking on a handheld cell phone while driving is now a primary offense. which means you can be pulled over if a police officer sees you talking on your phone. also today are a new seat belt law hits the books, requiring everyone in the car to be strapped in. and maryland's tough gun laws go into effect, banning 45 assault type weapons and requiring fingerprints from buyers. >> wow. >>> all right. feels like summer out there. almost. almost. maybe more tomorrow. we have been talking about how warm it's going to get. humidity did drop to 81%. barometer holding steady. come balk and take a look at the warmup after this. ,,,,,,,,, >>> live look from sky eye

and erdmann avenue at sinclaire lane.they continue to run heavily, along the top side inner loop. going over to harford road. west side inner loop, watch for a slowdown there as well. not quite as significant. from southwestern boulevard over to different. after that point, you're back to full speed. as far as your overall travel times go, 39 miles per hour average. and 14 minutes to get through. let's now take a live look. as you can see, a little slowing there on the beltway west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by home goods. find what makes you happy at a price that makes you home goods happy. back to you. >> thank you, kristy. >>> one of the original restaurants at the baltimore power plant live gets a facelight. a live look at the hard rock cafe now. even if you have been to the restaurant before, there's a lot of new stuff to see. >> reporter: now, this is a ribbon cutting. no ribbon, a lot of guitars. fitting way to reopen hard rock cafe. >> today is actually a huge celebration of what's called

from what we knew as cheap oil, when i pump gasoline in ray smith's sinclair station on hinkley streete, oklahoma, 11¢ a gallon, that's gone. >> $1.50 a gallon? >> we won't ever see $1.50 a gallon. no, that's--that's gone. >> right around the corner from fort mcmurray, you can still see oil being produced the traditional way. it's picturesque now. the wells are still pumping, but they belong to the past, like the iron horse that once rode across these prairies. the future? up here in alberta, they're convinced it's in the dirt. [horn honks] >> since we first aired that story, the demand for oil extracted from canadian oil sands has only grown in the u.s., and it's now the single largest source of imported oil, far more than from any opec country. to meet that demand, a new pipeline has been proposed to bring the oil directly from canada to refineries in texas. but there is growing concern about the environmental impact of that pipeline and of the oil sands in general. [ticking] our next story takes us to the continent of antarctica. scott pelley uncovers startling physical evidence of

which leads you to the fourth man, the available man, andrew sinclair, warren harding. too cold,too hot, not not too much of anything. he is handsome and a fairly good speaker. he has been on the national stage at the 1916 republican convention. he nominated taft in 1912. he is the alternative. in that year, the alternative to wilson as him wins. they were the publishers of a newspaper. give us the short history of publishing a newspaper to national politics. paper when small harding required it. he made it successful over time thanks to the efforts of his wife, florence. they will talk -- we will talk later about how they met. she was a key element. what happens is they are working in the paper. it is going well. it is a little doll. she liked seeing him get involved in other things. he was a very good speaker. he didn't alexander hamilton -- he did and alexander hamilton oration. he ran for governor, was not successful. he was positioned. he was visible in ohio. when there of 1913, was a new law that allowed senators to be elected popularly, he is positioned to run. h

a new accident in the city this one involved a pedestrian at sinclair lane at den view way.speeds in the lower 30s on the west side outer loop. there's a look at 95 into the tunnel. not so bad there. not bad on 895 either. this traffic report is brought to you by bill's carpet. call 877-75-bills. back over to you. >> thank you >>> police continue to search for man who shot a howard county police officer yesterday. mike schuh is live outside shock trauma. >> reporter: good morning. officer steven houk is here in serious condition. he was shot police say in an exchange of gunfire with this man stephon prather. prather was pacing by a pick up on route 1 near laurel. three officers arrived. shots were fired. two years ago he was at the center of a manhunt in north carolina. police there say he bolted after a traffic stop and broke into a home to get away. there's a $50,000 reward for his capture. i'm mike schuh reporting live at shock trauma. don, back to you. >> thank you. >>> a towson jury has found heart doctor mark midei liable in the $150 million lawsuit against him. the fo

by 60-70 owners around the country being rolled up by the biggest player in the industry which is sinclairshley: 162 stations in some 77 markets. we are out of time. thank you so much for your insight. >> my pleasure. ashley: breaking news. delta's website is back up and running. the airline ticket site has been down for 90 minutes. they waved the fee. we are told it is back up and running. tracy: crazy. verizon shares heading higher after beating the earnings estimates. how they did it ahead on your "tech minute." ashley: the judge and his gavel are here. what he has to say about all of this coming up next. she loves a lot of the same things you do. it's what you love about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms obph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask your

this country is jobs, and that means investigates in infrastructure, whether that infrastructure is sinclair community college in dayton or owens community college in toledo, whether that infrastructure is a water and sewer system in florida pole i don't know or bowling green -- in florida pole i don't know or bowling green, whether that infrastructure is in zanesville or a whole host of things matter long term to the future of this country. i was speaking to senator coons from delaware earlier today about the importance of manufacturing. we were working with a number of our colleagues on bipartisan legislation, on focusing on infrastructure, when focusing on manufacturing. 20 years ago, 30 years ago this country, something like 25% of -- these numbers aren't quite precise, estimated about 25% of our g.d.p. was -- manufacturing was about 25% of our g.d.p. financial services was less than 15% of our g.d.p. that's reversed in this country. now, we know what it means to cities like springfield and mansfield and lima in my state where manufacturing jobs have gone -- have shut down far too often,

stations for $2.7 billion, the nation's largest newspaper publisher buying 20 stations owned by sinclaire post story says disney might sell the station battle on to the abc network. with cable to even need local stations carrying your signal. they said no way is disney selling the stations. the even invoked the f word. this may be leaked out by investment bankers keen on persuading disney that it should sell. ashley: the f word no less. don't flip the station. stations are incredibly fat profitable. they're big companies, on the way down. and obviated by the internet and cable. tracy: you the argue it is a good thing because everyone -- ashley: the company as big as disney had it coming in. we have tom murphy, and he painted only two sides of the building that could be seen from a road passing by, those stations know how to make it. ashley: we use every dime. treaty that could have done that to my house. this is a good story and the bomber too. the head of the vatican museum question asking divine intervention that a new air-conditioning system will actually help do the trick to reduce t

the you new idea here i accumulated since the last time i was on your program, sinclair brother castingl day tore of tv stations in the united states. they have 172 mid and small size tv stations up from 58 two and a half years ago. these are acquisitions that benefit from retransmission fees going up at a big rate. they have a hidden asset in spectrum. new technology will allow tv broadcasting direct to smart phones. that's a kicker not recognized in the name. >> where do the adt and capitol one? >> that's another thing. capital deployment by companies to reward shareholders with increases in dividends and big share buy backs. dividends are up in the third quarter for the s&p 500 company. new record high. adt we think will buy back 23% of market cap by the end -- >> capitol one is another big buy back dividend story. they'll raise 30 to 50 cents in the second quarter of 2014 and announce $2 billion worth of buy backs. we find that a compelling fact. >> last time you were on you mentioned u.s. air and hertz. both have moved. still makes sense? >> yes. they both fit in the theme of indus

there's no better bass fishing in the world than lake sinclair. >> now you're talking. >> can i ask aboutt in the recordings anymore. it's all on the road. that underscores what you did take a hit even on the ticketmaster charge, right, for what you could have been making in the place you make the most money? >> well live nation was great. rather than battle with guys, our ceo went into business with us. we laid everything on the table. i've never signed so many non disclosure statements in my life. we laid it on the table, got beers down to $4. we found getting the numbers back, people didn't mind buying the expensive beers to buy the bigger ones if they could afford it. people that couldn't, they bought the $4 beers. they could get pay good who cou afford it, they bought $4 beer. we're doing 18,000, 19,000 a night. and we made as much money as any summer tour, if not more. bands are coming to me and saying how can this be? you're splitting everything, splitting, parking, splitting the merchandising, splitting the ticket. now we have to get ticketmaster to play a little ball, be a little

sinclair is number three. everything i've been talking about here. major positions. usair. >> we got to go. martin, thank you. we got what we could out of you. we're out of time. >> that does it for us. now it's time for "squawk on the street." >>> good thursday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer and david faber at the new york stock exchange. some big time bellwethers are out. we have a seven-month high on china's pmi. breaking news on carl icahn and apple. david is here with that. >> yesterday late in the day we got another famous tweet from mr. icahn saying he had written a new letter to apple. we've heard some of the contents of that letter, which apparently is about to be made public, if it hasn't been already. there's the tweet we're referring to. the specifics that haven't been shared completely as of yet or perhaps are just in the process of being shared is that mr. icahn wants to tender immediately, buy apple for $150 billion worth of its shares. it's choking up jim over here. >> right now he wants to tender an o