A bloodbath. After 2 years under house arrest for treason cambodias Opposition Leader kem succot is released. But we begin with breaking news out of bolivia where president has announced his resignation in the past hour or so now this does follow comments from believe his military chief calling on morality to step down so that stability and order can be restored to the country. Sunday morale is declared he would hold new elections after the organization of american states said there was serious it regularities in octobers vote president won that election with just enough votes to avoid a 2nd round but it triggered suspicions of fraud and spawn nationwide protests in the country. Ceremonious year i am resigning from my position as president in order that the people of course and the poor people are not strident on any more i am resigning for them if we dont want there to be confrontations early this morning we need to ministers and we decided to resign in order for there to be new elect
Louise barnett appeared on booknotes but the military and private life of general george custer. In her book professor barnett depicts a man had never adjusted to life after his success at leading volunteers in the civil war. It examines how the battle of the little bighorn depicted him as a mythic hero and a villain. Heres a look at encore booknotes. Cspan Louise Barnett, author of touched by fire, whats that title mean . Guest it comes from a speech that Oliver Wendell holmes made about the civil war, and it seemed to me very appropriate. He said, to our great good fortune and our youth, our hearts were touched by fire. And we learned at an early age that life was a passionate and serious thing. I havent exactly quoted that, but the point is that people who were young during the civil war were inspired and matured in a way that perhaps hasnt happened to every generation. Cspan but the subtitle on your book is the life, death and mythic afterlife of George Armstrong custer. Who was ge
Tony blair calls for tougher immigration rules as a way to cut numbers, without the need for brexit. Sir mo farah becomes the first athlete to win the great north run four times in a row. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma currently a category four storm has slammed into the lower florida keys, lashing the island chain with winds of up to 130 miles per hour. The hurricane made landfall in cuba late on friday. It engulfed villages, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The eye of the storm has now reached florida keys, bringing extreme winds that are expected to last for the next few hours. All residents had been ordered to leave amid fears that a storm surge reaching 15 feet could hit the islands, most of which are only a few feet above sea level. One person has been confirmed dead in the florida keys. As the storm is expected to move north to mainland florida, more than a million homes and b
Events today including a town hall in rothschild. Fourll be there live at 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Bernie sanders is in milwaukee to give remarks with Hillary Clinton at the founders gala. It will include speeches from senators al franken and tammy baldwin. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] every election cycle, we are reminded how important it is for citizens to be reformed informed. Vehicle for empowering people to make good choices. It really is like youre getting a seven course fivestar meal of policy. Boy do i sound like a nerd right there. For political way junkies to track the government as it happens. Most have a television on their desk, and cspan is on. I think it is a great way to stay informed. There are many cspan fans on the hill. When i go back today, they will say i saw you on cspan. Like the history of Grain
Soldiers. Plus. Reporter i am in new orleans, its been almost 10 years since h Hurricane Katrina devastated this entire county. Wwell be showing you how its struggle to go make a comeback. Egyptian president ial candidate has conceded defeat in the election, but says there were serious violations in the vote. Hes described them as an insult to the intelligence of the people. Supporters of the former military leader al se sisi says hes won the election with more than 90 of the vote. Here say report. Reporter hes the only other candidate for the presidency and now hes conceded defeat. Translator the election process in itself in the democratic governor the election was violated and lacked impartially. I am telling you with respect to the people, we cannot give any credibility and we cannot believe the figures declared until now about the participation of the voters in this election. Reporter al se sisi is only waiting to be sworn in once the official results are through. It was billed to