according to him, harriet whitehead, one of the whitehead daughters survived the revolt because of his efforts. harriet was hidden between the mattress next to the spot where her own sister had been killed and the rebels never found her. once the rebels left the plantation, hubbard and some of the other slaves decided to secret harriet away from the house in case the rebels returned. as it turned out the decision was prudent. sometime after the rebels left the whitehead plantation they realized they had not killed everyone. they realized harriet was still alive. recognizing the oversight, they sent to unnamed men back to the whitehead plantation to kill harriet. while the assassins were walking back to the house, the slaves were trying to help harriet and placed her in a disguise and were carrying her away from the house. when they saw the rebels returning some of the whitehead , slaves went immediately to meet them and to convince them by some means to turn their course. the rebels assigned to kill the last whitehead were delayed and misdirected until the other to as could get harriet

mister whitehead freely mixes the surreal with the real and it changes chronological order of events to create a novel of tremendous, chilling power. this detail of horror, a slave on a plantation in georgia in the 1800s, the opening sentence says it all. the first time caesar approached cora about running north he said no. i urge all of you to discover what happens when he asked sir the second time. and now it's my great pleasure to introduce colson whitehead and welcome him to our miami book fair. [applause] >> howdy, thanks so much for coming, thanks to the miami book fair for having me. it's been a sunday afternoon in my apartment, so this is a nice change of pace. i first had the idea for the book 16 years ago. i was sitting in my house and came across a reference book and remembered how when i was in fourth grade i spent a few moments, i can't explain how it actually worked. this thorough underground network beneath america. and of course it's very impractical for many reasons and this day 16 years ago i had this weird premise for a book. the underground railroad and it's not m

and now it's my great pleasure to introduce colson whitehead and welcome him to our miami book fair. [applause] >> hey, howdy. thanks so much for coming. thanks to the miami book fair for having me. i usually spend sunday afternoons in my apartment weeping over my regrets, so this is a nice change of pace. [laughter] my pjs. i first had the idea for the book 16 years ago. i was sitting in my house and came across a reference and remembers how when i was in fourth grade for a few moments until my teacher explained how it actually worked, i envisioned the underground network beneath america like a subway. and, of course, it's very impractical for many reasons. and this day 16 years ago i thought, you know, that'd be a weird premise for a book if the underground railroad was a literal train. and that's a premise, not much of a story. so i added the element where each state our character goes through as she runs north, south carolina, north carolina, is a different state of american possibility. sort of like gulliver's travels, an alternative america. i knew if i tried it then, i would h

in the first half, they had turnovers from wide reciever "lucky whitehead" and quarterback "dak prescott." dallas still led at halftime... 7 to 3. vikings q-b sam bradford got hurt in the first half, but returned later in the game. he even tossed a ?two. the vikings tried the two point conversion to ?tie it... it sails in the back of the end zone. bradford calling for a flag after he gets his ?facemask grabbed... doesnt get the call. cowboys escape... winning 17 to 15. and they now have an 11 game winning streak. and some huge injury news in the nfl. patriots tight end "rob gronkowski"... is likely ?done for the season. he's expected to have ?back surgery later today for a herniated disk, which should sideline him several weeks. and the team does ?not expect to have him back, the rest of this season. but they'll wait to see the results of today's procedure... before they completely rule it out. gronk is arguably the best tight end in the league... but he's had ?several injuries perforated lung. and gronk's injury could be more evidence... that the ?curse is real. the "madden curse" that

. >> and there the final shot of arlington national cemetery much as we see it today with many whitehead stones marking the graves of the fallen. >> the capitol lit up at night. >> i think it's important to pause for a moment and think about the meaning that the unknown soldier had at this time. it was about world war i, yes, but thought to be a memorial that could connect all of the different american conflicts that can stretch beyond world war i and really honor all of those who served in our nation's armed forces. that really continues very strongly until today. >> and at the time they wouldn't know how history would unfold but they thought it was the war to end all wars. >> they did. although i think a number of participants including general pershing recognized that the germans surrendered as armistice which isn't a true surrender. i think the fact the war really didn't come to an absolute closure, that there would be something in the future. i suspect in the back of his mind he thought we're going to be fighting this again. i don't think they knew it was going to happen some 20 yea

[applause] to hear from colson whitehead and susan flutie as well. but now we're joining on our booktv set by author and the five host, dana perino. here's her most recent book, "let me tell you about jasper: how my best friend became america's dog."

whitehead and susan flutie as well. but now we're joining on our booktv set by author and the five host, dana perino. here's her most recent book, "let me tell you about jasper: how my best friend became america's dog." a lot of people would take issue with you calling your dog america's dog. >> guest: i don't blame them. but i don't call him america's dog because i think he's the number one dog in america. everyone's dog is number one in their life. it was a nickname that was given to him on red eye which is a show when greg gutfeld was hosting it one night, he became america's dog because i share him with everybody. >> host: this is from your book. just when it feels that we are so polarized as a country between right and left and we can't get along, remember that we have a few things in common, and for millions of us, that's our love of our pets. >> guest: it's true. you know, 67% of american households have a household pet. most of those are dogs. not to disparage cats. and i've even seen that in my own life, certai

. >> tracy whitehead of vienna believes the government should probably focus on other issues. >> it seems and strange. >> but she is not against a public debate on pornography. >> i think it should be talked about and brought more awareness to it. >> this legislation will be up for debate next month at the general assembly in richmond. if it passes, marshall says it could pave the way for possible restrictions against pornography in virginia. live in the newsroom, abc7 news. jonathan: this is very sad. the end of an era in new york city. people lines up around the block to eat deli one last time. today is the last day the iconic restaurant will be open. if new york daily news reporting that a former dishwasher stepped up to offer the owner $10 million to keep it up and running. they declined. they want to close the store but they want to keep the name for future retail operations. miss the sandwiches. huge. michelle: the dishwasher had $10 million? jonathan: the former dishwasher. on to bigger and better things. down the street in times square, organizers of the big new year's eve party t

every three months the fit looks at its forecast for growth and inflation and how many rate hike whitehead. everyone expected a quarter-point hike on this very special meeting but they did not expect the fed to move from two hikes for 2017 to three. that is what boosted bonds yield and boosted the dollar. charlie: why now? they have been talking about this for a while, we thought they would do it but held back perhaps looking at economic factors perhaps now more positively. >> in september they did not move, they held off, in november it was too close to the election and they wanted to get cap the election uncertainty. they got past yesterday but created a new uncertainty, donald trump is now heading for the white house and there is some kind of physical moves and janet yellen was asked about that. the fed was taking a step they have known that they needed to take. she said they do not know what donald trump will do and they cannot make policy based on that but some members look at the possibility of more stimulus, more spending and tax cuts and that may have made them say we need to give

live a little better t couldn't be more true for theresa whitehead and her friends, bee cooper. >> put it this way. i'm so much more comfortable around young people than older people. >> these un convention al. that's how we roll. we just click. >> they formed their unexpected friendship many years ago. >> she is 14. i'm 48. we met when we were visiting my brother. and her much ooh was playing in the ban. i was always in there listening, i was like their promoter. i met bee. i was like oh, my gosh, i fell in love with her the second i met her. >> sharing life's little moment ever since, like yard sales and sleep overs. >> just makes me laugh so much. we have so much fun. >> a lot of times i just want to follow her around with like a pen and a pad, just to write down her lee bee-isms. >> one of her things in life approaching, her wedding doubt, no doubt, bee would play a role. >> just amazing person that i want to spend the rest of my life with, and then my second thought was oh, my gosh, well, bee has to be our flour girl. >> she said i have something to ask you. i said please don't as

more recently, john whitehead, who was the deputy to george schultz came from goldman sachs.n't think it's beyond the wit of man that somebody from the private sector, especially somebody who's been so successful and had a lot of global dealings, could do a good job. i think he's going to need to be re well supported. >> meaning in the role of deputy. and one of the choices that has been floated around is john bolton, a rather controversial former secretary and u.n. ambassador, who has been a strong supporter of the war in iraq, not donald trump's position. and i think we have something he said recently about the whole question of whether russia was involved in the hacking, which has been unanimously decided by the intelligence communities to high confidence, this is what john bolton had to say. >> it's not at all clear to me, just viewing this from the outside that this hacking into the dnc and the rnc computers was not a false flag operation. >> are you actually accusing someone here in this administration of trying to -- or in the intelligence community of trying to throw

and we wrap up our saturday prime time lineup at 11:00 with national book award winner colson whitehead talking about his fictional book "the underground railroad", that happens tonight on c-span's book tv. >> so welcome, everybody, i'm the co-founder of civic hall and civic hall i should say is, we've been here now almost two years. it grew out of an annual conference that we do called personal democracy forum, which is focused on how technology is changing politics and government that we've been doing since 2004, which is in fact how i know both of our guests. we've traveled similar paths for a long time. two years ago we opened civic hall to be a year-round gathering point for the same people and conversations, focused on civic tech, how tech can be used for public good. and so, it's a pleasure to welcome everybody here. let me just say that i'm really excited for the chance to get into this conversation about rules for revolutionaries, how big organizers can change everything. because we are living in a very unusual time. and it isn't just the moment after the election, it's actuall

whitehead. saturday morning he took the snapchat and posted a video an unidentified woman happened to be in that video as well. we don't know exactly what happened in that video but the dallas cowboys apparently were watching the snapchat and said you violated team rules, hint, you got to stay at home. he did not make it to new york as they're going to take on the giants later today. the key thing annie is that we don't know if he's suspended or deactivated. that's a big deal. if you're suspended you lose a game check. if deactivated he's just unlucky >> you got to watch what you do on social media. the rumor is that former redskins quarterback rg iii making a come back. >> we're talking about rg iii going to be starting today for the first time in a long time. of course, we know he got injured during week one. will be returning here'sha they're look at the headcoach and that is one thing, can he be the quarterback for next season as well? four games remaining and they're going to see if he can

speaker, a guy by the name of darrell whitehead that lives in denham springs, louisiana. mr. whitehead had a trailer senting in his front yard for five weeks, a trailer fema brought and they can't let him -- well, they couldn't let him move in. he stared at this thing for five weeks. i made phone calls. chief of staff made phone calls. we had other caseworkers in the office that made phone calls trying to get fema to simply get this guy in his trailer. mr. whitehead, already a victim of the flood, has been revictimized by fema, by having a trailer sitting in his yard, not giving him a place to go for five weeks and just have to be sit there and tortured to stare at it because they needed a sink installed. mr. speaker, in is ridiculous, and this isn't an isolated case. i can tell you case after case after case where this is how fema has revictimized people that were flooded from this disaster. now a sheriff ard, very concerned about this high percentage of sheriffs' deputies that were flooded. he came in and simply said, look, we have to get these deputies and their families i