In benghazi, libya. Im stephen sackur. This city has been ripped apart by six years of conflict. Thousands have been killed, tens of thousands have fled. Eastern libya and the west are run by rival Political Institutions but there is now something resembling a functioning authority here, imposed by the military strongman in eastern libya, Marshal Khalifa haftar. Can the commander who once served kadhafi pull libya back from the brink . Myjourney to libya starts with a little piece of history. The first scheduled flight bound to benghazi in three years. The citys airport was closed down by heavy fighting in 2014. Back then, jihadists seized most of the city. Those days are over. Thank you. 0k, bye. So here we have one small sign of normality returning to one libyan city. The terminal building is nothing but a shed. There arent many flights. But to the people of benghazi, this feels like the lifting of a siege. This is what the war left behind. Entire neighbourhoods of benghazi deserted,
No matter where you come from, if you are blessed enough and fortunate enough to rise to a level that she dont forget there are other people that are facing many obstacles, too and its incumbent upon you to take them out of it them as well. I think its just a great read. It is a human american story that i think in our time we could all benefit, just to be reminded that we are all in this together. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Welcome to National Press club. The washington correspondent in the 109th president of National Press club. And the author of an imperfect union in the aftermath welcome to our Live Audience today as well as hes been the tv. In his new book, check exports of the gettysburgs most stories searching for his soldier son in the haze of the battle while also touching on the journals of practice. In the full measure of devotion. Jim baron said of the imperfect union, hes perfect though, one that contains an aerial intimate view of the cost of the gr
Book does well maybe these places will not be so obscure. Places like the glowworm cave, people in new zealand know about. So sometimes its a case of case of spotlighting places that are only known locally. Im bringing in more people from outside so they know about it. In general that is a concern. In terms of cultural sensitivity , absolutely this is a big concern of ours after we never want to point to something to say thats weird, what are these people doing. We include things in the book because we want to celebrate them. We want to show i get a sense of what is out there the world. One of the prime reasons press doing this is how do people see the world. What perspectives can we view this from. So that was definitely something we thought about in terms of the language and tone we are using. Speaking to people who are part of these groups anywhere in these museums. That trying to to represent them without talking to them. I mean even the concept of exploration and discovery is a li
David is the opinion editor of the Washington Times and the former president of the National Rifle association. He also served as a chairman of the American Conservative Union and his new book which he coauthored with thomas mason is called shall not be abridged shall not be infringed. The new assaults on your Second Amendment. Obviously Second Amendment can easily shaded to policy debate. I would like to keep this conversation on constitutional grounds to do that lets you start with a test of the amendment itself. Taking out my trusty pocket constitution. It reads a well regulated militia being necessary for the free state. It shall not be infringed. As we already said you borrow part of the text from the title of your book can you talk a little bit about that choice. The wording is important and shall not be infringed is important because the Second Amendment does not grant the people of the United States the right to keep and bear arms. It is a recognition of the fact that the right