Must be avoided. Died aged 88. Must be avoided. He said he plans to speak the operation directed by israel s defence minister. Translation: we have no i interest in expanding the war. We have no interest in looking for additionalfronts. But if somebody attacks israel, as the houthis have recently done, with missiles and throughout the war with cruise missiles and drones, anyone who carries out such an attack, we will settle the account with them, and we know how to do it. Israel is not holding back, its air force releasing footage as they set off for the raid. And earlier today, it says it shot down another drone launched from yemen. For the past year, the yemeni houthis have been trying to influence the conflict in the middle east. This is their commandos seizing a british owned ship in the red sea last november. They have long range missiles, are supported by iran and are fiercely opposed to israel. Speaking yesterday, the houthis military spokesperson yahya saree said they wouldn t
A bedouin arab was recovered, during a complex rescue operation. In th last few hours, farhan al kadi was transferred to a hospital for further checks. His condition has been described as stable. This is his Family Running through the corridors and out to the helicopter after he is admitted to that hospital after being rescued from gaza. And these are the latest pictures of the 52 year old inside the hospital recovering after he was abducted ten months ago, close to the israel gaza border. The ceo of Soroka Medical Centre had this update on condition of the released hostage. Lets take a listen. Farhan alkadi, a returned captive from hamas, tunnels that arrive by helicopter after being released and rescued from captivity. He underwent initial evaluation in our emergency department. He appears to be in general Good Condition but will require another day or two of medical tests to make sure he is still 0k. We are ecstatic with his family, watching him unite with his children, his brother
From you in your career. Thank you. Thank you. Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. Welcome everybody to a house divided coming to from Abraham Lincoln book shop in chicago. Thank you very much for joining us today. My name is bjorn skaptason, and i will be the administrator for todays program. I just have a little bit of information to cover before we start. First of all the book were discussing today on house divided is tecumseh and the prophet the shawnee brothers who defied a nation and author of the book is Peter Cozzens and you going to meet peter in just a moment when he gets talking with Daniel Weinberg, the host of your show. For someone to tell you something about tecumseh and the prophet. Comes to us from alfred aiken off published and we thank them from publishing the book and helping katie peter on the program with us today. The cost of the book is 35 and it can be ordered from our website. Those of you who are watching this on the live stream, o
A film about the American Flag, because it was thought that i might bring a fresh vision to a familiar sight. Here in this room i began my work, that would take me back in time and place to the late fall day when i arrived in new york city. To leave one life, and come into another, creates a moment of abrupt break. Behind you is the iron curtain you have broken through. The long waits in the refugee camps, the long lines for processing, and endless paperwork. The daily disappointments. The fear is that they wont be let into their new country. And then suddenly, it is all over. You have arrived at john f. Kennedy airport. All of you is open to every sensation, and every sensation is fresh. My first thought was that i had been put down in a brilliant part of , mostly red, white, and blue. It didnt occur to me that these are the colors of my new flag. They were just brilliant, and were everywhere. On vehicles, on buildings, against the sky itself. On the clothes the people wore. On that i
About her new book the great secret the classified world war ii disaster that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. I also want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight, alas its virtually but i will do my best. It is my first soon presentation so bear with me everyone. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking about now i shouldve had a lot of wind, but anyway here we go. Im going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. He once observed, may occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them picked themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel stuart alexander, the remarkable hero of my book, did not hurry off. In fact, he refuse to leave the scene of the military disaster even when churchill himself warned him to. He stayed, he paid attention, he investigated, and as a result he recognized the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors that might have lifesaving