Question why its taken so long. Welcome to the program afghanistans hires consultative body the loya jirga has remained as recommended that the government release of 400. 00 taliban prisoners but it says they should only be freed if they promise not to return to fighting again the release is seen as the last step to allow peace talks with the taliban to begin its now up to present a show of danny to make the final decision which could come as early as sunday. In our other top story the cleanup of lebanons damaged capital could soon give way to a new show of anger a mass protest against the government and the ruling Political Class is due to begin in the center of beirut in a few hours time search teams are still looking for 60 people reported missing after tuesdays port blast which killed 157 people shortly well speak to Bernard Smith on the search efforts but 1st this report from santa harder this is what is left of beirut port the stockpile of tons of Ammonium Nitrate that appeared t
A hilltop runway at least 18 people are killed as it splits into pieces. Fears for close knit communities the challenges facing Papua New Guinea as it starts to feel the affects of coronavirus. And. Becomes the 1st player from china to lead a golf major at the halfway stage of the p. G. A. Championship. Clean up of lebanons damaged capital could soon give way to a new show of anger a mass protest against the government and the ruling political classes is due to begin in the center of beirut in just a few hours time search teams are still looking for 60 people reportedly missing after tuesdays port blast which killed 157. 00 people and injured now we know 6000. 00 its thought there are still people buried under tons of. Rubble the blast was so powerful it damaged buildings kilometers away leaving 300000 people homeless the residents of beirut are still working to clean up the area and there is anger at the governments response aid is coming in from around the world and france will host
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Exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road with support from our spectrum Cable Partners we travel to indianapolis. Coming up in the next hour, we will learn about the citys Literary History and speak with local authors including ray boom hauer on Robert F Kennedy and the 1969 indiana primary and in 15 minutes we visit the home of the hoosier poet James Whitcomb riley and following that in 20 minutes travel with us to the Kurt Vonnegut museum and library. We begin our special feature with Robert F Kennedyin indianapolis. [inaudible] could you lower those signs please . I have some very sad news for all of you. And that is that Martin Luther king was shot and was killed tonight. Martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. Youre actually standing at the intersection of 17th street and broadway in indianapolis indiana, 46202. This is the spot where on april 4 Robert Kennedy gave his impromptu speech inf