street corridor. we ll dig more into that in a moment. first, it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. tom kierein tracking some severe storms. this is the first round of our spring season of the potential for severe storms. right now we do have scattered storms in ohio down into kentucky and tennessee. this did produce severe weather yesterday afternoon a tornado there in illinois. the area of storms that will be affecting us is in kentucky. and it is still about 9 1/2 hours away of getting into our region. so that will be maybe around 3:00 or so and a little bit after that farther to our east. right now around the metro area, just a little bit of scattered drizzle around. don t have anymore rain and temperatures are chilly. right now we re hovering just in the mid-40s around the metro area but warmer air beginning to push into the shenandoah valley. southwesterly breeze will be warming us up into the afternoon and that threat of storms increases. a look at the severe storm
and class project for a cop killer, why did third graders sent get well card to mumia abu-jamal? hear from parents who say this assignment was completely out of line. all right. good day, it is friday april 10th 2015. it feels like friday the 13th because you are in rare form. you are in rare, rare, rare form. so lets talk about the number here, sue because when you come up with the number if it is a beautiful day, phenomenal day it is easy. it is like tail of threetive represent weather days. we have milder temperatures which we all love, but then the then are storms around. how about a seven because it is in the in the 40 s anymore and on you high will approach 07 degrees. we have then are storms moving through. a few in atlantic county here. rain down to the south in cape may county. look at this one downpour that just moved through our area in olde city. it doesn t look like much on radar but boy, it is really coming down, and that one area where you see, that
it is for people my age disorienting. for people, my children and grandchildren s age is the only america they have known and the most natural thing in the world. you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. the wonderful thing about the gulf coast, is so underappreciate it and that is good because it gives us a lot to write about. if we were in new york san francisco or chicago those cities and places are all so well known and new york is the literary capital but on the gulf coast we tend to think about from texas to the florida panhandle there really is instability, we have a similar environment, similar trees, long leaf pines, palm trees, sandy soil, salt in the air. the gulf of mexico and nourishes and supplies us with wonderful seafood, estuaries, wonderfully rich and tradition and culture. in and around these things for hundreds of years, it is an extraordinarily rich subject to take and of course along comes the oil spill in 2010 where all of a sudde
festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] first up steve vogel the author of through the perilous fight talking about his book at the 2014 gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please direct your attention up there and for those in the back if you would like to move forward you are also welcome to do so if you would like. welcome to the fifth annual gaithersburg book festival. my name is garrett peck and i am a lover of local history and beer and trains. actually we will wait for just a second. one of the wonderful things about being in gaithersburg we are in old an old town square and there s a real town that is here and the railroad station is right behind us which is a wonderful historic place to go to. gaithersburg is a vibrant diversity that celebrates and supports the arts and humanities. we are pleased to bring you this festival and event thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers so p
and good morning. welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m savannah guthrie. and i m matt lauer. the presidential debates wrapped up with a high-energy performance from president obama. meanwhile, governor romney criticized the president for his foreign policy record over the last four years, and it had a different feel from any of the other two. yeah. we have had three very distinct debates. debate season is over. two weeks to election day, but here s how it s all playing out this morning in the papers. the headline in usa today, obama, romney go on attack in sharp final debate. while the liberal-leaning huffingtonpost.com declared chief in command. the los angeles times says obama reverses roles and comes out swinging at romney in the final debate and the miami herald, verbal punch esbut no outright knockout. let s get right to nbc s chuck todd, political director and chief white house correspondent, in boca raton, site of last night s debate. chuck, go