Newsday in the 19 sixties and the book was supposed to be done in nine months. It took seven years in the publisher gave in advance of 2500 he became consumed by his research and quit his job five years later he submitted the first 400,000 words and asked for a second payment of 2500. He was refused a so their home to support this work and then to remain his soul publisher and what a Remarkable Book it is with the sheer narrative power he is an astonishing writer and the powerbroker is a masterpiece one of the most important biographies of the 20h century bob caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. Twice the National Book critics circle award and virtually every other honor including the National Book award and the goldmedal biography from the American Academy of arts and letters. Caro has a unique place among political biographers. He is the standard by which the fellows are measured and a society of american historians presenting bob caro said the powerbroker best exempl
Underage. Donald trump triggering a firestorm of controversy, he is deflecting accusations that he advocated violence against Hillary Clinton, we will let you decide for yourselves. Kerry great to have you with us at 6 00 this wednesday morning a. K. A. Hump day. We are talking with mike and ines about their events at the softball game, the invited to. Meteorologist has to do with athletic prowess. Has anyone ever seen you play golf all . You have one good catch and think you are a good softball player. And he just insulted me. Im sticking up for you when duke was trashing you, never lucky catch you made. We will see. The tape will tell the story. Here is what we have. A few showers, this is the esp radar, showers are racing through long island going east, you will both get in on that action, a few more showers through westchester going into fairfield, these showers are not a big deal, just in and out real quick, just what things down and that is it but just getting up there so the sou
Twitter is now being dubbed the pulse of the planet. 320 million active users turning to it every day. But the anniversary doesnt come without problems. This morning, the man behind it, jack dorsey, opens up about its past, present and future. Cinderella stories. Upsets ruled day one of the ncaa tournament. For the yale bulldogs. How smart is your bracket looking today, friday, march 18th, 2016 . Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Remember the godfather and the line, you broke my heart . My version is, seaten ton hall, you my letter grade is an f minus. You had one big bad pick. Go wildcats, next year. Well talk about the tournament in a while. Top story, so much for spring. It officially arrives on sunday but its not going to feel that way, especially on the east coast. Temperature about to plunge and the storm is brewing. This could bury pa
March mayhem. Millions of brackets busted after a night of stunning upsets in the ncaa tournament. Yale just one of the stunners in a day of surprises. We do say, good morning, america. I dont know about yall. I was up late. Oh, some great games last night. Great night of upsets, the big dance went wild. Only are you ready for this 0. 1 of those 13 million brackets are still unbroken. You got it. No, im one of the im not one of the 0. 13. I think some of the coaches can breathe some relief, as well. Hopefully sean miller brought a backup shirt. A little tense out there and virginia coach tony bennett, he actually passed out on the back to the court and even better, his team won the game. A scare there. The pressure is mounting. It is. Well have all the highlights coming up. We begin with extreme weather. Violent storms in the south and spring snow about to pound the northeast, say it aint so, ginger. Oh, im so sorry. It is so. On a beautiful morning, almost 50 degrees and by the time s
County park where brush burned intensely for hours due to the tall grass and reeds. Black thick smoke turned white. A few firefighters suffered smoke inhalation but homeowners made it out safely worried about their pets. We feel bad for the neighbors that have this problem. We are a block over. We came over to see if we could help anybody. Your house may be affected . Yeah. I got a call at work from somebody who used to live nearby and my house is burned to the ground. You know, i left work and worried about my cats. I live alone. Youre able to speak to me . Im trying to get down there. Please go and let us know if theres anything we can do to help. Reporter a brave young man we feel for him a brush fire that came one of the worst in wonderful action by first responders. Contained this so homeowners here who suffered so horribly in sandy were not victimized anymore. Again, five houses damaged or destroyed. We are live in copiague tonight. Jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. Thank you. The co