Next step to discusses his novel about afghanistan following the u. S. Invasion. The book is green and blue. Mr. Ackerman is in afghanistan and iraq war veteran. He spoke at Johns Hopkins university in baltimore. Or guest tonight is elliot ackerman. Hes a decorated decorated veteran of United States marine corps and a writer whose work has been published in the new yorker along with the accomplishments the atlantic the times and the new republic among others. Mr. Ackerman was introduced to the daily beast and a member of the council of foreign relations. He served as a white house fellow in the abundant prior to that he spent eight years as an infantry and special operations officer. He served multiple tours of duty in the middle east and southwest asia and the Marine Corps Special Operations Team leader operated as a primary combat advisor to 710 Afghan Commando battalion responsible for capture operations and senior taliban leadership. Also let a 75 man platoon that aided in relief o
Refugee family making the precarious crossing from turkey to the greek islands. Well have all the days sport including. [applause] the new president as the sports struggles in its wake of doping allegations. Hello, we start this news hour in yemen. A country described by the u. N. s Children Agency one of the most terrifying places in the world to be a child. In the latest alert unicef say that children are dying every day. Those who survive live in constant fear of being killed. Since the war escalated in march, 398 children have died, and 605 have been injured. Children are also being forced to fight in the war with unicef confirming that 377 have been recruited as child soldiers. Children are going hungry with 1. 8 million expected to suffer malnutrition. The worlds food program said that a fifth of yemens population is severely food insecure, and fending on urgent help to survive. Once their playground these streets are now a battleground. For the children of yemen, war means being
The library. We are fortunate indeed to have professor Cathy Davidson with us this evening the author of a critically important book, the new education how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux. Kathys distinguished professor at thprofessorat the graduate Cr University of new york and director of the future initiatives program. Prior to joining the faculty she held a professorship and was a Vice President for Interdisciplinary Studies at duke university. She is the author or editor of more than 20 books, the cofounder and director of the worlds first academic social network and serves on the board of the corporation. The developer as you probably know as the web browser and underwriter open Source Developers and appointed by president obama to the National Council and was a 2016 recipients of the award for significant contributions to Higher Education. All that yo of that you probablw and in any case you can read it in your program should you wish to r
Drawing the line. A group of wouldbe Harvard Students get their admission offers revoked for racist and offensive memes online. How the posts got them booted usom one of the most prest schools. And exclusive. A look at the unbelievable video of the climber scaling Yosemites El Capitan without a rope or safety equipment. At one point, standing on a ledge that doesnt appear to exist. And hes speaking out to us for the First Time Since that deathdefying feat today, tuesday june 6th, 2017. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Glad to have you with us on a tuesday morning. We have a lot to get to. Can we go back to the video for a second . I cant imagine this. Ive been to yosemite and stood beneath el capitan. I dont know how this guy did that. We dont feel with kuncourag. Hes making us feel woozy just watching that. A young woman, a contractor from georgia, behind bars, accused of leaking a top secret nsa document. This is a story for two reasons, because the information, lie hi clas
Heading into lewes and dewey beach and Bethany Beach. Youre getting wet. The forecast models had this batch of moisture 100 miles to the north, over top south jersey and central and northern delaware, the same areas that were pounded monday. Salisbury picked up 3 to 5 inches. Cambridge 2 to 3. That extended eastward into beet knee and dewy beaches. 2 inches of rain there. A cold front approaches from the left later on, 82 degrees. That front could spawn another shower or thunderstorm, after 5 00 p. M. Or so. West of philadelphia. Its not dry from this point on, were not looking at a wash, either. When i come back in just a few minutes well focus on a brighter sunday ahead. Next week looks very, very nice with all the comfortable temperatures. Thanks for the update. We begin with developing news coming in from northeast philadelphia happening right now police are searching for the person who shot a woman through her bedroom window. Thmed after midnight this happened after midnight on th