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Seven people were killed and more than 200 injured when amtrak train 188 derailed here tuesday night and investigators have since converged on the crash site, ntsb says the train was traveling at 106 miles an hour coming in a very sharp curve in the tracks. They say trains engineer applied the emergency brake moments before the derailment but that slowed the train slightly to 102 miles an hour. The limit is just 50. Now, the trains black box and front mounted camera have been recovered. Investig...

Off russia and china to create a triangular diplomacy where opening to china and a detente with russia as we pulled out of vietnam, preserves the United States influence and power in the world after a retreat from vietnam by doing this tray triangular balance with russia, china, and to me that was a Creative Leap that even the bright people the best and the brightest, the mcgeorge bundies hat not thought spoof that helped preserve ore influence in the world. Host the wise men, six friends and th...

Cspan created 35 years ago and brought to you as a local service by your cable or satellite provider. Coming up tonight, booktv looks at books on isis. First, David Phillips and the shifting alliance in the fight against isis. And then we discuss isis inside the army of terror. Looking at the groups rise and leadership. And later the groups appeal in the middle east and the threat to the United States. You are watching booktv in prim time. David phillips director of the Peace Program at Columbia...

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With our guest. But every guest is on indepth. We asked what they are reading and influences. Ch here is the look at mr. Issacsons answers. Host walter isaacson, who is walker percy . Is. Guest he was one of my original heroes mentor, uncle of a friend of mine, ugging by uncle by marriage. We called him uncle walker. We used to go across lake pontchartrain in new orleans where i group, and percy was a friend of ours. We couldnt figure out what anns dad did. Whats your dad do . A writer. And it w...

Discipline like the arts and sciences, the way ben franklin did, the way ada lovelace did and Albert Einstein. We talk about innovations so often, its almost drained of its meaning, and ive always liked to write about real people who are in a situation whether it whether it be after world war ii when you have to create a whole new world order like the world bank and the Marshall Plan or steve jobs who says okay we are now in a digital revolution and have to make it personal. These are people who...

Standing by with your first alert forecast. Bill good morning. Good morning, chris. Temperatures very close to where they are yesterday. We still have some clouds overhead this morning. It is mainly fog free. Only the lightest of fog to be found in a few spots this morning. There are a couple of showers passing to our north. Theyre going to avoid us. You can see them moving into the pocono mountains. Clouds still with us at least to start with. They will be clearing today. Well see more and more...

Punishment. He has been suspended for first four games of the upcoming regular season. It is monday night and the big story on action news tonight is the the nfl meeting out deflate gate punishment for tom brady. Action News Reporter Sharrie Williams is live at the big board with details on bradys penalty and reaction from eagles fans, sharrie. Reporter jim, four time super bowl champion stands to lose two milliondollar in base salary for those four games, long with the penalty a one milliondoll...

Good tuesday morning, im marci gonzalez. Reena ninan is on assignment. Hello to you all. A breaking story from nepal once again hit by another major earthquake. That country still recovering from the 7. 8 magnitude quake that hit just two weeks ago, killing more than 8,000 people. This morning, 7. 4. Centered in a remote area near the chinese border betweent. Everest. Water sloshing out of tank in pictures from tv. Terrified residents rushed from their homes into the streets. For the latest on t...

Some clouds, Severe Weather out to the west is now done and we are going to look at some changes today. Temperatures this morning 67 degrees in philadelphia. 62 in allentown. 63 in millville. Doesnt look too bad temperaturewise but when you consider the dewpoints are still well above 60, in the mid 60s in much of the region its still a bit on the humid side as you step outside this morning. And that goes for the bus stop as well. Temperatures on the bus stop this morning under partly cloudy skie...