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Welcome to the event. I am Jonathan Yardley the book critic of the Washington Post. The Washington Post has been a charter sponsor of the National Book festival since the inception 13 years ago. They play an active role in many of the planning and promotion. I am instructed to remind you this presentation is being taped. And you should stay off the camera rises in the back of the pavilion. At the National Book event, the final day of the oneday festival was a presentation by scott berg about thi...

The senate is in at 1 00 eastern time. Votes are scheduled at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. Majority leader harry reid and minority leader mcconnell had set a deadline of 3 00 p. M. When theyre planning to convene a caucus meetings and update members of the parties on a possible plan for taxes and spending on the new year. Will bring you live coverage of the senate on cspan2 started at 1 00 eastern. In the house, the return of 2 00 p. M. Youll be considering a number of pieces of legislation. What the liv...

Up to five years. Say you multiply one million times five, you get about 5 million professional workers in the United States at the present time taking jobs and some Academic Studies that are done, basically pointing out that we have much higher Unemployment Rate among professional workers than we have experienced in the past and that wages for those professional workers are basically stagnant over the past about a decade which would not be true if there were a shortage and if there were bidding...

Minutes talking about iraq and what the u. S. Forces role should be there. Journalo washington this morning. It is monday, january 6. The numbers to color on your screen. The numbers to call are on your screen. Secretary of state john kerry again making news traveling in jerusalem this weekend. He says there will be no american boots on the ground in iraq. That is the headline this morning in the financial times. They write lets take a listen to what he had to say. This is a fight that belongs t...

Three weeks left to reach a deal on the fiscal cliff. Lawmakers from both sides hit the sunday shows to late out the latest battle lines in the fight. On meet the press, the number three House Republican reiterated that any new revenues should come from closing loopholes, not raising tax rates. The president wants the rates to go up, that doesnt solve the problem. If the president is asking for higher rates, hes asking for more revenue. Most economists agree the best way to get that is through c...

Excess of 40 to 45 miles per hour, reaching up to 51, actually, at dulles. There are some areas that maybe we didnt get reporting stations from yet. Well have some update on that, but those winds are definitely strong. These are official numbers that came in just prior to the 5 00 hour. Here is a look at current wind gusts now, still vety strong, from 17 to 32 miles per hour. Theyre going to start to diminish and thats good news. Well have light wind as we move into the overnight hours. Temperat...

State and has one of the busiest shipping channels shut down and president obama spoke at the hague and International Summit happening there but ukraine is topping the agree do for commander and chief and leaders around the world. A crew of Malaysia Flight 270 and what they think they spotted. Welcome to Al Jazeera America, live from new york im stephanie sy and its 3 00 a. M. In Washington State where crews have been searching through the night for people missing the after a massive landslide, ...

Years because of changes happening in that market. Or is it too small piece of the pie to make much of a difference . Thats another one we wouldnt have indication of right now. Were still not sure of the impact that would have. We have to wait until we see data which would be 2014 data wont be available for two more years. At this time, we dont have the answer to that question. John with npr. It seems to me, people who might want to take some comfort from this decline in the rate of growth and h...

Medical care. Its been a pleasure sharing this time with you on the floor, representative. Mr. Castro thank you very much. You know, one thing i hadnt talked about yet thats also very important to know, another benefit of the Affordable Care act, we know that 7. 1 Million People have signed up, you know, three million or more college student, or young adults are able to stay on their parents plans because of the Affordable Care act. Millions more have benefited from medicaid expansion, millions ...

The energy creating showers and the sun will do the same destabilizing the atmosphere. Around the bay, a scattered shower is possible all day with temperatures in the midtoupper 50s from 7 00 to noon and upper 50s to low 60s from 4 00 to 7 00. Inland, same thing, a chance of a shower with the panner pattern staying through the day. Along the coast, it will not be too breezy but it could be wet with lighter showers. We hang out in the midtoupper fists through the next several hours from noon to 7...