Live in brooklyn its a discussion on Nonfiction Books. Before we begin, books by the authors can be purchased in barnes and nobles outside this building and they will be available for signing. Christmas is coming so dont just think of yourself. Buy a book and maybe one for someone for christmas too. At the conclusion, we ask everyone to leave quickly so that the next event can be set up. There is a button under my desk that none of you can see where if your cell phone goes off, it will catapult you into a crocodile pit underneath your chair. The event today is organized around nonfiction which is an annual Nonfiction Book prize. Founded in 19 1999, and it has all the best stories that are true. Sports, biography, autobiography. Eight is my huge privilege to be the prizes director. The award is named for Bailey Gifford which is an Management Firm and i am usually grateful to them and to the organizers of the festival for making this event possible today. I am thrilled to welcome two of
Embarrassing. Welcome to the program just to midday here in moscow this friday the 16th of august my name is kevin owen having stay with me for the next half hour to take you through a live world news update and 1st talk about those 2 russian pilots yes theyve been held as heroes after their verted potential disaster thursday morning their plane lost the use of both engines after striking a flock of birds were taking off from the International Airport forcing them so quickly to try to make an Emergency Landing the good news all 226 passengers on board that crimea bound Ural Airlines flight survived. Here all have so quickly tonight the pilots were able to return to the airport because that belly go airborne reaching else did it just 260 meters but they acted so decisively opting to land the plane on its belly in a cornfield with the wheels up just over a kilometer from the end of the road where they just come off without having time to empty the fuel tanks could all go so wrong but it
Industrial park before moving south dozens of factories were destroyed and some residential areas were badly damaged the City Government says around 120. 00 people were rescued that south korea is threatening to hit back against japan for cutting exports of materials used to make smartphones and other high tech equipment its feared a long running dispute over wartime force labor is evolving into a modern day trade fight but mcbride reports from seoul. Ironically this dispute comes just days after japan hosted the g 20 summit of World Leaders went to foster good neighborly relations and promote free trade. And it could harm south korea where it hurts most in its production of semiconductors. The Restrictions Mean it will be harder to export essential materials from japan to korean manufacturers. As one of the worlds leading produces of chips especially for use in smartphones it could have a knock on effect in other countries and industries if theyre protecting the thread be smart to all
We aim to be the best of the best and we volunteered to be the best of the best. When you volunteered for rangers, what changed from your training as a regular army soldier . Aonard i have to go to ranger school, to begin with, that specialized in many things regular troops do not have to submit to. It is altogether different, a specialized field, a specialized mission, and you have to cope and train for that mission or whatever it may be. When did you actually Enter Service . June of at was in 1940 two. Right after pearl harbor. Your first combat action, was that in normandy . Leonard my first combat action, yes. About,dont you tell me from your training in the states , tell me about your trip over to england and the preparation you made for the normandy invasion. Lomell i have to tell you that from my point of view, because i dont think the troops of which i was a part of had any knowledge, advanced knowledge, that dday would be our first combat. ,e were ready for combat then but the
Unmanned drone called the horn and also are more vehicles and fighter jets as it almost seemed that. The United Arab Emirates has been supporting the warlords Khalifa Haftar since 2014 in fact it has an air base in the eastern city of el manage to support have to the military campaign. Head live in the libyan capital tripoli thank you very much indeed lets go to rob reynolds out and washington now this is a report thats emerged in the New York Times what are the state department saying. Well the state Department Gave us a statement after we contacted them about this report martine and a spokesperson said we take all allegations of misuse of u. S. Origin defense articles very seriously we are aware of these reports and we are seeking Additional Information we expect all recipients of u. S. Origin defense equipment to abide by the end to use obligations and what that means essentially is that when the United States and a country like the united ever Arab Emirates reach an agreement to pu