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Blanketing large parts of southeast asia. A possible political setback for israels Prime Minister netanyahu early exit polls from the countrys Election Rerun have now put to the long time made his future in doubt he was hoping to secure a 5th term but his challenger general turned politician benny gantz may derail those plans he was forced to call the rerun when he failed to form a Coalition Government following aprils voters hes been trying to appeal to write in votes has by promising to annex parts of the occupied west bank while accounts spoke just a short time ago he stopped short of claiming victory but was optimistic. You my friends. And important part in the change. You are the change. Thats come out. We meet thank you. So. We have to be patient and wait for the things to happen. While dance is running neck and neck with netanyahu in the exit polls the channel 12 preliminary poll gives netanyahu his likud party 33. 00 seats and dances blue and White Alliance 34. 00 now both are
I was so worried. [applause] i was so worried. It was raining, and i thought booklovers are going to want to stay in bed and read. But here you are. Thank you and good morning. [applause] and welcome to the 2017 National Book festival. I am carla hayden and im the 14th library and of congress. As you can see, as you can see, i am pretty excited to open this event, our 17th consecutive celebration of books and reading and it is wonderful to see a bold house in our largest presentation space. Not only do we have a full house here at the Convention Center but we also have millions of people joining us live on facebook. Thanks to everyone for joining us. We have a fantastic lineup of authors this year and what better way to kick off the festival then with one of our nations most beloved historians, mister David Mccullough. [applause] David Mccullough is here for his sixth National Book festival appearance, we hope you will continue to make this a habit. He will be followed by diana, the au