seuss line, "i do not like green eggs and ham. i would not eat them on a rope. i would not eat them with some soap. i would not" -- >> even with the pope. [ light laughter ] >> seth: where did you take your wife on your honeymoon? >> pittsburgh, not paris. >> seth: oh. [ laughter ] what does the president call his hands when he eats at a restaurant? >> steak holders. [ light laughter ] >> seth: hey, spicy, dumbass says "what?" >> it was a good try. [ light laughter ] >> seth: ah-ha, almost got you. what would the president do if 14 angry llamas ran into the oval office and started speaking french while the president was eating a plate of calamari? >> i honestly haven't asked him that specific question. [ laughter ] >> seth: fair enough. it was very specific. [ light laughter ] can you describe ted cruz in three words or less? >> an effective tool. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: what is your favorite line in "50 shades of grey"? >> "he was received with incredible warmth." [ laughter ] >> seth: what is your favorite tv show starring will smith? >> "the crown

seuss. apologies for that. then the information processing regularity is the news. people will update much more reliably with that than bad news. with bad news, they will say that his noise. good news they would say okay. so, we know that there is a asymmetry in and it turns out they have neurological foundations. it is an identifiable part of the brain that blocks updating with respect to that is. and if you zap it, then the good news and bad news effect disappears. okay. so, what i was interested in and i am interested in is how this works for political information. so, here's what we did. we got the initial study which i will tell you about as it has been replicated with more people. we got basically 300 plus americans and recruited them and sort them out into three groups based on their answers to questions about the environment. strong climate change believers, weak climate change believers and moderate climate change believers. creative names. the data that we got is not surprising in terms of their anticipated warming. they say we are going to go to 6.3 and t

he is like a dr. seuss figure who is like a balloon, and every time his name is mention he gets a bit bigger and a bit bigger. he feeds off this energy, all of this -- like a star trek, you know, alien who feeds off the mention of his name. so the answer, of course, is to stop talking about him. >> but does he just keep getting bigger or does he at some point implode? does he implode or explode? >> that's what everybody is thinking. i know people on the show i work with who never said he will win who now say he will never last the first year. >> won't have a second term. >> and so on. but if you imagine that the press decided they would cover congress and various cabinet members and what they said and did but they would simply never talk about him, they would actually ban his name from the pages -- of course it won't happen because he's bait, you know. >> they hate him but necessary love him. >> you see how much junk mail comes through saying, trump's latest something because they know people will cli

it's dr. seuss's birthday, which is why today, we're celebrating read across america today. abc 7 news was at sunset elementary school, the chief of the fire department read books to students. >> i think reading is fun. >> why? >> because there's exciting new words you can learn, and there's cool pictures. >> she's exactly right many today is the 20th anniversary of read across america day, which is the nation's largest celebration. >>> the champions of the lgbt movement with the miniseries when we rise. it's okay to cry, right? no more! we don't want anymore! [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! everyday price and no extra monthly fees, unlike cable. speeds up to 45 megs, for $30 a month. >>> san francisco is taking legal action toll protect the rights of transgender students across the country. san francisco has filed an amicus brief with the u.s. supreme court. this brief supports transgender students rights to be free from discrimination at school. including being able to use the bathroom of their choice. >>> tonight at 9:00, abc continues its groundbreaking miniseries on the lgbt righ

epi pen and even seussian when talking about the words of dr. seuss, and just like dr. seuss's work, the dictionaries of merriam-webster will continue to live on. >> to get added to the dictionary you have to show frequent and increasing usage that readers might encounter. >> interesting metric for humblebrag. what does that tell us about ourselves as a country, right? >> i'm not sure i want to know. >>> still ahead, a wearable wonder. wourch the materials in this little black dress is as thin as an atom and 200 times stronger than steel. the potential uses of the fantastic fabric and the nobel-prize-winning discovery behind it. for most of you your local news is next. for the rest, stick around. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." >>> good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabao. is there no word this morning on funeral plans, for the chairman of boscovs department store, albert boscovs died yesterday, as pancreatic cancer. he took reigns of the family business that his father started in reading in 1914 and grew the company to sales in excess of $1 billion. albert

wide receiver nelson agholor was at the tanner duckery school to read the children dr. seuss. his visit came less than 24 hours after he scored a touchdown in the birds' big win at lincoln financial field >> welcomed the kids in and the kids are feeling awesome. welcome here any daily. >> i love it. agholor's visit was part of the stepping stones scholars mission to help local students achieve academic success. >> that's a touchdown in itself right there. still to come, the new face joining the table on the view. >> plus, skipping the return line. how wal-mart is going high tech to save its customers times. >> reminder "action news" anchor jim gardner will help moderate tomorrow's gubernatorial debate airing at 7 o'clock right here on 6abc. you can submit your questions on twitter using the #nj gov debate or 6abc action. we'll be right back. (avo) when you have type 2 diabetes, you manage your a1c, but you also have a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. non-insulin victoza® lowers a1c, and now reduces cardiovascular risk. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than

ma len nah trump has visited a new york city hospital and read dr. seuss encouraging the kids to read and think about what they want to achieve in life. finally from our just because file, a new arrival. check this out. meet a 5 week old hippo at the cincinnati zoo. she was a primi born too early at 29 pounds. more than double that now and getting bigger. female hippos can grow up to be 3,000 pounds. happy friday folks. >> i love fiona. >> mike, you know what they call if i onna. >> bob. >> that's right. >> explain that. >> lara, you cannot take her home. >> she's not up for adoption? all right, fiona. i'll let you be. "pop news," everybody? [ cheers and applause ] >>> we begin with the wonderful tom hanks. he set his sights on keeping the white house press corps caffeinated and alert and sent a brand-new espresso machine to the designated room for the press corps with a note that reads, keep up the good fight for truth, justice and the american way and especially the truth part. journalists sharing photos of the shiny present and the note which appe

with like to know what business language you think would benefit from the dr seuss treatment. we promise no jargon here on business live. india has retained its crown as the fastest growing major economy in the world. economists are predicting indian economy grew by 7.1%, that's in the first three months of this year. but would be faster than china which is currently at 6.9%. the resilience of the indian economy will be welcome news for prime minister narendra modi following the country's landmark demonetisation programme. that was when — at the end of last year — the government removed around 86% of all banknotes from circulation in a bid to crackdown on corruption. it led to widespread disruption and queues outside banks and cashpoints, but the shock announcement seems to have had limited impact on growth. and there could be more good news for the indian economy next month when consumers will see major tax reforms. from july, all purchases will fall under a single "goods and services tax" and that's lower the average rate charged now. sameer hashmi has been following the

read across america celebrates dr. seuss' birthday. the dogs loving it. >> nice way to share a book. >>> still ahead eating pancakes. going to a new gym and hitting the museum. they're all things you can do for free if you stay tuned. >> plus, his mother says rubbing peanut butter on his son's -- her son's face was hazing. but his former fraternity brothers say no, it was a prank. the only thing that's certain today is that this college student who is severely allergic to peanuts could have died. >> later, the power of words. a heartbreaking new video has parents across social media reconsidering what they say around their daughters. >> and meteorologist adam joseph standing by with word on the weekend. the accuweather forecast when "action news" at 4:00 comes right back. >> ♪ "never have i ever" thrown a dinner party. >> rachael: great scott. it's chef ryan scott to the rescue. >> check it out. >> rachael: in our "never have i ever" show. >> adorable, the kids would love this. next rachael! ♪ >> ♪ >> an outraged family says thei

the dr. seuss book. >> i never graduated from anywhere. i got turned down from every school. kennedy: in the early part of your speech you said you didn't even graduate from high school. >> i had long hair. kennedy: you have got some great advice in here. what was the process like for writing a commencement speech? kid speech -- did you read other people's commencement speeches? >> i wrote it in a couple of days. it was the kind of advice i would give trouble makers i know. i have been advising people to be juvenile drink -- dling deli. >> i want to be startled by something youth comes up with. you shouldn't try to make your parents nervous. you need to make the person who is one year ahead of you and cooler, make them nervous and start a trend. kennedy: one of the parts of the book is about political opposition. listen to your political enemies, especially the smart ones and figure out a way to make them laugh. i'm against separatism. the first step is to make someone laugh. if you are preaching, people walk away. even if they agree with you. kennedy: that's happening in a l

epi pen and even seussian when talking about the words of dr. seuss, and just like dr. seuss's work, the dictionaries of merriam-webster will continue to live on. >> to get added to the dictionary you have to show frequent and increasing usage that readers might encounter. >> interesting metric for humblebrag. what does that tell us about ourselves as a country, right? >> i'm not sure i want to know. >>> still ahead, a wearable wonder. wourch the materials in this little black dress is as thin as an atom and 200 times stronger than steel. the potential uses of the fantastic fabric and the nobel-prize-winning discovery behind it. for most of you your local news is next. for the rest, stick around. you're watching "cbs this morning: saturday." . >>> you were 5 and you don't see your mother for 25 years. i was worried. did you recognize her right way because she must have looked very different. >> oh, extremely. we us so sure that i was actually playing around chasing my little sister and she used to look like a giant. so when i saw her for the first time, she was just so

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it looks like the kind of flower dr. seuss might have drawn. folks have flocked to the park since word got out. but it's not a plant at all. it's a kind of protected cocoon that grows when a certain was p lays eggs in a white oak tree. >>> watch it now, when they start to hatch you want to get out of there. >>> still to come, a new voice on injury phone. the virtual assistant alexa can help you more than just with help you more than just with your amazon purchases. it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, n make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said... symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems. symbicort may increase your risk of lung i

i love dr. seuss, my kids read it, i have it at home right now on the bookshelf. however, one of the things i would agree with is this is not an area that needs any donation. this is an extremely wealthy area, and there are books being given by ivy league universities and private schools and people who have a seven digit paychex to do that. quite frankly, although the library did make it political, she is within her rights, and what i thought was more ridiculous is that they first lady would even bother to respond. i daresay laura bush, a republican former first lady, was a librarian, i don't think she would have responded at all. i think she simply would have said it -- speech you can i ask you this. >> do you think that librarian would have returned those books, had they been donated by michelle obama? do you really believe that that would have happened? or that she would have sent -- >> i actually believe. >> she may not have send the letter in a condescending tone, however, she would have returned the books and i don't think that we would have talked about it.

this is cool, it looks like dr. seuss' sex dungeon. you'll get it. i noticed the floor in this tescao training room is not even, why is that? >> you are oligarch now you are comfortable in any situation. >> stephen: oh, i see. i got to relax and just say this is how it is, and it doesn't bother me that it looks like the architect was smoking weed. come on you have to give me something. >> great. >> stephen: tescao! ( cheers and applause ) have you ever trained in the full colbert? what you do is you on your back and relax your arms and legs and see how long you can hold it. but you have to breathe, though. you have get breathing i could i thought i'd seen everything. but then the giant russian oligarch ordered me underground. okay, and what is down there before i go down there? >> you are oligarch you are not afraid of anything. >> stephen: okay, whatever i am going down. this is where the chuck e. cheese turned into the danger zone. welcome to the red room of pain. >> steve, this is lethal star. you can hit this in someone and try and hit them in th

seuss canun be. be. >> oh, it is dr. seuss.seuss. >> yeah. >> fun. still ahead former presidentmer presd obama reportedly ready to gettot back into the politicalolitil spotlight. details after the break.eak. >> wretch rachel dolezel the naacp leader who pretendinget she was a black woman.wom she is back and she has a new aw name. we'll tell you what it is. there's a place in america where you can almost see russia. which means there's a place in russia . music: ♪ we salute you...... ♪ music: ♪ we salute you...... ♪ music: ♪ we salute you...... ♪ music: ♪ we salute you! ♪ flush. >> great day at national harbor. dancing again. every time you take a live timeure you dance.reatal every time you come bae ck toyo the camera you stop.op. >> i don't know what to tell you.'t ktell full of joy.f i am super -- >> allison i'm nervous abouton t reading dr. seuss.re >> yes, all of them are tongue e twisters. twis that's why we'll get the link. >> maybe -- >> let's do a preview on tv t when we get the links. liks >> it will be like reading to everyo

who's rejecting a set of dr. seuss books from the first lady, calling them "racist propaganda." >>> and getting by with a little help from her friends. see who's sending this tv veep well wishes after her cancer diagnosis. >>> but first, here's a look at the closing bell on wall street. all three major indexes finishing higher. we'll be right back. paulsboro's a very proud community. it's been on the decline with the closing of the refineries and there's no jobs in the community. if there's no jobs, there's no education, there's no food on the table. what's important is the children. steve sweeney... he fought for 'em. this is where he's from. steve sweeney's been here since the beginning. steve spearheaded the whole project and really brought it to fruition. it would've never been done without steve. it was a pride in building this port and then knowing that we're coming back. >>> just one day after actress julia louis-dreyfus announced she was diagnosed with breast cancer, a real veep reached out to her. >> for

. >> there's neighbors that have come by and i want to stop by maybe speak italian an pick up a dr. seuss book in italian and be more exposed to italian culture. >> you can get everything from the harry potter films. the location will be open through december and you can always visit them online. grab a blanket and snacks and head to the park saturday. an out door theater troop mash up an homage to romeo and and star wars. admission is free but donations are accepted. another affordable option delores day fest. this event will feature life local musicians from 11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for details go to our website abc 7 news.com. we'll link you up with hoodline. >>> an oregon man is showing off his leggo skills. he built a water fall out of 80,000 legos. that's pretty cool. >> that is good. >> it's based on a real oregon water fall. his version of the 600 foot water fall is about eight feet tall but no less impressive. he's been playing with legos since he was a kid but,000 hi recreates real laces he's visited. he says he wants others to enjoy his masterpiece and is looking for a ven

. >> stephen: this is like dr. seuss' sex dungeon. ( laughter ) ♪ ( applause ) >> okay, when you're done talking and made them happy and say goodbye, you might want to say happy thanksgiving. >> stephen: is it more important to have a happy beginning of the phone call or a happy ending? >> all the way through. >> stephen: all the way through? >> keep it happy, informative. when you're done, see the black button? that's going to get release and -- >> stephen: the release is right there? >> right. >> stephen: after the happy ending, i hit the black button for the full release? >>t' thas right. >> stephen: thank you. >> stephen: do you know who i am? >> yeah, i know you. >> stephen: who am i? yeah, i know. >> stephen: who am i? you're a very cool guy from u.s.a. >> stephen: do you know my name? >> jimmy colbert? ( laughter ) >> stephen: i know you have white balls on your ep let there what are these for? >> these are black tracks, basically a computerized spotlight. wherever you move, they'll narrowly you. ♪ ( lau

seuss figure and the title was the grinch that stole christmas. this was my entry into press neutrality in the modern era. those two covers didn't hurt me because they sent a signal to the middle class we were for welfare reform, that is cool, he is for welfare reform. the cover disappeared. we get to one of the mistakes in my career. democrats filed 83 charges against me. 82 were dismissed. by the third charge i should have filed a charge against the people who do it because it was a deliberate political abuse of the ethics process and i should have moved. that is a mistake on my part. they knew they were phony and absurd but also knew it was -- this is what trump faces, the new was a constant repetition. somebody files 82 charges against you, one charge, also won in federal court against federal election commission and the irs so when i talk about the deep state i have lived this. the one charge they got me on was a letter written by the law firm which had a mistake which i should not have signed where i said we -- anything federal, the one thin

. >> i am reminded by the great dr. seuss who wrote one of my favorite books of all time. it's a book called "the lorax." it is our job, i believe here today, to speak for the trees, to speak for nature, to speak about god's great creation. >> senator deleon is the president pro tem of the senate and he also weighed in. >> the federal waters obviously belong to the people of california. although they may be federal. they belong to the people of california. >> and finally, the brevity award goes to senator henry stern. >> those of who you find solace sanctuary in our oceans, when you dive into those waters, you expect them to be blue and not black. as i am standing up today in support of sr 35. >> and the resolution was passed with only five no votes. >> actually somebody voted against -- no -- offshore drilling in california? that's pretty amazing. >> a couple of republicans and some of them say you know look we don't like to tell the president what to do but some of them said look we're kind of getting ahead of ousts here. the -- ourselves here. the order doesn't specific

seuss during classroom events. so -- >> we have all read dr. seuss. we all know dr. seuss's stories. >> i can't understand the racist characters in dr. seuss. she's going to have to explain that one to me. >> alrighty. the next vacation dream that leaves two families in tragedy -- tragedies, rather. hear from the wife of one of the climbers heard in those rock slides at i'm a lawyer, and i have clientso what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general. john adams: the best attorney general the powerful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. >>> it's been such a tragic week at yosemite national park for the second day in a row. there's been a massive rock slide at the popular tourist attraction. >> at the busiest time of the year for them as well. the latest victim wa

it -- whoville. >> i went to an elementary school and read a dr. seuss book there. which one did you read? >> i forgot the name of the >> green eggs and ham. i like green eggs. aaron, we'll come back to you on that. >> by the way, we have some passing snow showers this morning and north of the district, temperatures are below freezing so there is a little bit of sticking on the cars and the grass. it's not a lot because these showers are moving so once the sun comes up it's not going as big of a deal if you are north of the district f but for today if you do see a snow shower, could lower visibility for a time but keep in mind it's going to be passing through. recess, warm jacket, exercise, warm jacket. dinner out, bundle up. it is going to be colder. here's a look at the radar right now. we have some snow showers just to the north of the district. these are dying down in parts of montgomery county, and vansville also seeing some light snow right now, but then we look out front, royal cross 81. that's where we have one pretty good snow shower so i think w area. 30 g

the way. >> i love dr. seuss. s >> yeah. >> i love when they do this every year. er >> the day to do it.o dot >> definitely the day to dodo it. >> throw back thursday. thr we're sticking toow politics.ol. >> one world leader withwith pictures from his younger youn days. he's not a soap opera star. that is canadian primeadime minister justin trudeau.trud these old pics surfaced online. people are drooling over his rugged andonre d semi shirtlesss picture. he looks like somebody that was in a boyks lik band. b i mean. >> he really does.does. there may have been his appealpl early on in his political career. >> i understand. [laughter] >> that's all i'm going to sayi about that right now. o >> the thing about this, ihing don't think anybody else knowskn any other prior -- canadianc prime minister.nister. everybody can name trudeaun tr now. >> you're right. >> much better if i could get it out without aet teprob it's been a long afternoon.te >> that's all right.>> that'ri you've been talking a lota today. we appreciate you guys joiningyn us tonight and all the tweetst

new characters include olaf from ' then and dr. seuss french. i cannot believe that is a new balloon. come on. we will have a live report from new york city coming up at 6:50. larry: maryland state police out in full force to keep our roads safe. and earlyng eve thanksgiving morning one of the most deadly nights. that is because most farce stay open until two hours ago. looking out for speeders, dui, and distracted and aggressive drivers. more potentially damaging information about congressman joe barton of texas. >> by his own admission, his troubles stem from an extramarital affair. that woman threatened to release videos and salacious messages. a recording she played of a phone conversation she had with barton in 2015, he is heard saying that he would report her to capitol police for exposing his behavior. barton reacted to a tweet that included a new image of him. he said the image stemmed from an extramarital affair his divorce, and he will not step down. larry: president trump is in florida for his first thanksgiving in office. the family

it empass was -- here is another cartoon by dr. seuss about thedth theodore bilbo. it reached a dramatic moment when majority leader barkley on the left, called for a forum and ordered when some southerners left the hall, their arest and one of those missing and was deeply offended by barkley's maneuver said being called a filibuster holds no terror for me, adding he would work with every means to defeat this iniquitous measure. when he asserted that the southerners resembled the exodus from egypt, mckeller said quote our so-called leader is leading us straight into the republican party. barkley responded by saying quote this bill's passage would infranchise 200,000 white people. that's how he tried to sell the issue. poor tenant farmers who may not want to vote but will think a long time for the right with it may be needed to put shoes on their bare foot children. the majority leader's efforts caused mckeller to withdraw his name from a letter he had signed urging president roosevelt to nominate barkley to the supreme court. with a seat that had recently been opene

seuss, who raised four children on dr. seuss. then i realized, and i think we have the pictures here, that is not just my family, but famous political figures have endorsed dr. seuss, including the obamas. i think we may have actual documentary evidence of the obamas reading dr. seuss. here it is, watch. >> pretty much all of the stuff you need to know is in dr. seuss. [laughter] >> tucker: what a revolutionary moment where we are reassessing what we thought we knew. i'm sure you are a obama supporter. >> very much so. >> tucker: in light of what he just said, can you continue to support him? >> oh, absolutely. here is the reality for many african make african-americans and people of color in the united states. their famous people in american history who, we have to take them for their great parts and dismissed them for the parts of them that brought in some of the racist and bigoted ways. some dr. seuss, i actually had to, once i heard the story, pull out our dr. seuss books that are in my children's book shelves and take a clos

in front of those as you may know him dr. seuss. we take you as we learn more about the san diego favorite. see mac i think some of the first things that come to mind when people hear the words dr. seuss are the amazing range of book titles that they probably have read to their children possibly had read to themselves by their parents and what a whimsical person he probably was. theodore was not born in this area a course he was born in massachusetts started coming to san diego on visits and the late 1920s eventually moved to san diego continued to live there for over 40 years. they continue to reside there today. the two of them were very active when they began which was not until 1960. they were very involved with the medical school and then eventually and this is after ted died mrs. guys out has been very much involved with the university library here now called guys a library. thinking he would be a writer. majored in was literature. he happened to be very adept at dried and did lots of drying for the jack-o'-lantern and the new

i'm denouncing dr. seuss? >> well, no, respect the person who is near me, respect the people who are around me. i may have private opinions, but there's certain things that you don't say out loud. there's certain things that you stop out of simple human respect. for example, a perfect one is when your president called an entire league s.o.b.s. although you may accept it in your community to just say oh, we talk about people of other races as if it's not a problem, i think a good human american. >> tucker: whoa whoa whoa. the parenthetical charge of racism. in your community you might do that. no, actually he's denouncing professional athletes. why in the world is the left discrediting itself by going after of all people dr. seuss? it's absurd. do you recognize that at all? i think there's racism that exists, but dr. seuss was not a major purveyor of it, so why are you hassling dr. seuss? do you feel silly? >> absolutely not. what's absurd is this librarian who brought up this whole dr. seuss issue had a whole

. >> we all love dr. seuss. who didn't grow up reading one of his books like "cat in the hat," "green eggs and ham." melania trump sent books to each state. she had a surprising letter from a liberal who refused to accept the gift. the woman criticized the trump and ministrations -- calling the illustrations, steeped in racist propaganda. interestingly, this same librarian wasn't opposed to the beloved children's author way back in 2015, two long years ago, when she was dressed as a dr. seuss character. hmm. no, you can't make it up. there it is right there. what do you make of this? >> obviously i feel like she was trying to get attention. and then people like this librarian seemed to hate the right to so much or hate fox news and they make it so easy for us to say how ridiculous you are. first of all, yes, dr. seuss, everyone pretty much agrees, first ladies are off limits when you are giving away books. accept the book and move on. >> i think she's making a fixed point here. fake outrage about dr. seuss, clea

i think dr. seuss is very important to history. his children's works are very popular throughout the world and have been transported for many, many languages. i think sometimes that throws -- does not transfer too much in translation because it throws the rhymes off but i think his genius will endure. >> in my book i tell the story of i was at the university of connecticut, i was a first-year professor. ph.d. from d my connell university. i thought wow, i've made it and i was looking through this book of cartoons and there's this cartoon, and it's in the book. i think it's a british magazine. phillips-starks humor magazine and it's a sleeping mexican, or a sleeping spaniard. doesn't matter, the joke works for english people who hate spanish, it works for angelos who don't like mexicans in panel one he's asleep outside on the street. what we do, right? and his aurm alarm clock goes off, i think in panel three. he turns it off, goes back inside and he sleeps on his bed. [laughter] this guy is so lazy. he sleeps on the street. his ala

in front of those as you may know him dr. seuss. we take you as we learn more about the san diego favorite. see mac i think some of the first things that come to mind when people hear the words dr. seuss are the amazing

she red the dr. seuss classicl oh the places you'll go.go. fox's julie ban der race with rh more on how people across thecrs nation sat down and opened upend a good book today. boo >> reporter: march 2nd isnd i dr. seuss' birthday. born as theodore zeus geisel in 1904 dr. seuss went on to. so become one of the most loved children's book authors of all l time. his birthday is also celebrated throughout the u.s. . as read across dr. seuss' birthday, how about t if we make that the day where we we ask every adult to readad with a child, to make thattht incredible connection thaton tht says this adult loves you soes o much. >> reporter: the nation'sorter:n largest reatading celebrationeei read across the america iserica also marking its 20th year. year the event started by the the national education association in 1997 encourages reading awareness initiatives across ac the country.the cou >> i know that being a readerder for life has -- makes a major difference in the life of a a human being. >> reporter: march is also read aloud month and co-fou

it is dr. seuss's birthday and it just makes sense we throw him a birthday party. and this is where we find amy hollyfield. >> good morning, reggie. no birthday candles at this party but lots of vips and they were very proud to see and be seen at the shindig. >> she's not talking fire safety. that is fire chief joe ann hayes-white said she is reading to elementary students in san francisco. >> it is important for the young students to see people in city government, role models coming out to interact with them and read to them, answer any questions. >> she and other dignitaries were invited to to read alaos to celebrity dr. seuss' birthday. even though he was born more than a hundred years ago, his books are still very rell tant today. >> you read his books an they are so impactful even today, the rhymes that he uses and the words. this is kids books and that is important today. >> do you have a favorite? >> i would say the lor ax. >> kimberly said cat in the hat comes back is her favorite, in case you couldn't tell by her costume. >> i think reading it fun. >> why?

did you know dr. seuss invented the word nerd? oh, he created the nerkel, too. but most important, dr. seuss made learning how to read fun. >> i do not like them here or there, i do not like them -- >> anywhere! >> reporter: and in the words of a mischievous cat in a red and white hat, it's fun to have fun but you have to know how. and these kids, well, they do now. for "today," kevin tibbles, nbc news, springfield, massachusetts. >> a big thanks, by the way, to our man dave shire downstairs. >> i'm impressed he found a rhyming word for tibbles. >> what's your favorite seuss sfwhook. >> fox in sox. >> green eggs and ham. >> yeah. i do not like that - everything we stock at grocery outlet has crazy low prices. do you know how we do it? - how? - bargainomics! say, if california has a bumper crop and produces too many oranges. or a winemaker in sonoma suddenly has 1000 bottles too many. we've got name-brand, top-quality groceries priced 40-70% off every day. bargainomics. that's our business model. and our business model is... delicious. ♪ grocery outlet bargain

then she's thinking of a different dr. seuss. joining us now for reaction is lawrence jones and in los angeles leslie marshal. you all have lots of titles. friends are one of them. and joining me late night on a friday night. i do appreciate it. lawrence, if i could start with you on the nfl. we did see possibly the nfl and some of the teams figuring out a way to do this. jerry jones of the dallas cowboys, i know you're from dallas, basically that they said we're going to kneel and then we're going to stand for the anthem, and is that the -- what the other teams are picking up, that maybe that's the way that they can show solidarity with their team and the patriotism that they have for the country. >> yeah, because i think it's important to note that the movement was actually dying for a period of time. you had colin kaepernick. a lot of people didn't support him. you had other like three athletes that decided to support the movement, but the movement was dying, and the president kind of ignited the movement back up and stirred t

did you know dr. seuss invented the word nerd? oh, he created the nerkel, too. but most important, dr. seuss made learning how to read fun. >> i do not like them here or there, i do not like them -- >> anywhere! >> reporter: and in the words of a mischievous cat in a red and white hat, it's fun to have fun but you have to know how. and these kids, well, they do now. for "today," kevin tibbles, nbc news, springfield, massachusetts. >> a big thanks, by the way, to our man dave shire downstairs. >> i'm impressed he found a rhyming word for tibbles. >> what's your favorite seuss sfwhook. >> fox in sox. >> green eggs and ham. >> yeah. i do not like that donald tmeet phil murphy,by former goldman sachs bankers. another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown that put millions out of work and out of their homes. murphy's trying to buy the election, paying off new jersey bosses. my name's john wisniewski, and i'm running for governor of new jersey. john wisniewski, the son of a millwright, who uncovered the bridgegate sc

it's dr. seuss. it's one of my favorites and this is one of my favorite books that i will read it today. you know it? "oh, the places you will go." so this is one from my library. it's the book, "oh the places you will go." congratulations. today is your day. you're off to great places. you're off and away. you have brains in your head. you have feet in your shoes. you can steer yourself any directions you choose. your head, full of brains and your shoes full of feet. you're too smart to go down and to the street. i encourage you to read a lot and just to get educated. beautiful books and beautiful stories. the ones that i brought. and i hope you all know i pray for you. you are in my thoughts. just get better very fast. okay? and happy reading day. nice to see you all. thank you. nice to see you, stay well. bye, sweetheart. yes, of course. you want to come turn around? you are feeling good? >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> stay well. bye. >> thank you. >> hi, cutie. hi, how are you? didn't say

seuss fans were loving it mercer academy held their reading today. for the man tha books, dr. seuss wrote 50 childrens books including the cat and the hat and all the places you can go. the cat and the hat himself made a surprise appearance. that is hard to say -- >> just read the book. it comes naturally. right now coming up next at 6:00. breaking news from washington where attorney general, jeff sessions just recused himself from the investigation involving russia and the president of the united states and the demonstrators take a stand against hate in the jewish community. and a mobile app could transform how people interact and help the homeless. for jeff skversky and jaime apody and cecily tynan have a great night. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> it is thursday night and the big story on "action news" is breaking news from the nation's capital. the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions has recused himself from any investigation into russian interference with the pres

. >> theodore was dr. seuss. in fact, sus was his middle name and he hailed from here in springfield, massachusetts. even his home study where he breathed life into so many characters has been restored here. with the assistance of his stepdaughter. >> we have his easel and his chair and his pencils and his he worked on. it's the only time you're ever going to e see anything like this. >> publishing more than 40 books, they have sold more than 650 hl copies worldwide. >> do you like green eggs and ham? >> the biggest treat of all, a kids' expression when you're reading one of those stories. i do not like them anywhere. >> the sense of fun is timeless. >> on this fun day, a new generation learns the more that you read the more things you will know and the more that you learn, the more places you'll go. kevin tibls, massachusetts. >> lots of you love watching bryce harper help the nationals win, but a few years ago from now, he could be helping the chicago cubs. baseball writer says wants to play for the cubs when h

seuss' birthday. born theodore sues guy sell in 1904, dr. seuss went on to become one of the most loved children's book authors of all time. his birthday is also celebrated throughout the us as read across america day. dr. seuss' birthday how about if we make that the day where we ask every adult to read with a child. to make that incredible connection that says this adult loves you so much. >> nation' largest reading celebration read across america is also parking its 20th year. the event started by the national education association in 1997 encourages reading awareness initiatives across the country. >> i know that people a reader for life has -- makes a major difference in the life of a human being. >> march is also read a loud month. and co-founder of read a loud 15 minutes jennifer brian is wor working to raise awareness on the importance of reading from birth. >> we're encouraging people that that is the moment to start and to devote 15 minutes day because it will make lifetime of difference. >> reporter: health experts say each year a

it just has to be dr. seuss' birthday today. michelle: it marked the 20th anniversary of read acr america, a push to get kids to read more. lindsey mastis is finding euell nic ways people celebrated today. -- finding unique ways for people to celebrate today. lindsey: let's start with melania trump. she went to a school. and governor hogan was at a school close to hyattsville. we have senator from arizona that was able to read over video online. a lot of people celebrated dr. seuss' birthday. eileen got a hat as well as she visited a school in fairfax county. michelle: thank you so much. i can't stop laughing at that hat. q: it's cat in the hat. one of my favorite books. michelle: you have young kids. q: i do. they will love the hat michelle: in honor of read across america and dr. seuss' birthday we are asking you which dr. seuss book is your favorite. q: "cat in the hat." "green eggs and ham" the "places you go" and "the lorax." michelle: use the reaction button. we will check the progress of the vote at "abc7 news at 5:00". d

it is dr. seuss' birthday and read across america day. this anniversary of the celebration which, of course, encourages children to read more. the first lady melania trump took part in read across america today in the visit with young patients at new york's presbyterian hospital. she read dr. seuss' "the places you will go." she said it was from her personal library. michelle: sweet. nice. q: classic. michelle: it is. great to see the kids excited. of course, when you have the characters show up. erin: absolutely! makes it real. q: exactly. erin: the nats' offense is real. they were swinging for the fences against as rows today and the caps hope to continue streaking at the verizon center. we're go inside the locker room next. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in stomer satisfaction jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get our best offer of the year. speeds, tv and phone. l for $79.99 per month, r the firs