Guests. [applause] Nonfiction Author or what you would like to see featured on booktv . Send us an email at booktv cspan. Org. Tweet us at booktv or post on our wall facebook. Com booktv. Robert doubek, cofounder of the Vietnam Memorial fund provides an inside account of the creation of the Vietnam Veterans memorial which was completed in 1982 after a much debated Design Competition. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, thank you for coming out this afternoon. I am one of the coowners of politics and prose. I wasnt expecting that. I did not arrange that. Kerri kind. My husband and co owner is not here, he wishes he could be. The rest of the staff we are delighted to have you here for this event and for such a fascinating book and topic. I want to make a couple quick housekeeping announcements, the first of which is if you happen to have a device of any sort that might make noise in the next hour we would be grateful if you could turn it off or silence it or get it to a point where
Ted coming up in just a few minutes. Erosion is also a problem along the northern jersey shore. The erosion is digging quite a path there along the beach. The fishing pier is damaged because of jose. Strong surf has been pounding. The far ends of the peer with were collapsed. They were rebuilt after hurricane sandy. This is a live look over center city. Islands in the caribbean are bracing for Hurricane Maria. People are scrambling for gas as they wait for maria, more than 60,000 customers are still without power following hurricane irma. Glenn hurricane schwartz is tracking Hurricane Maria and the effects of jose and what hell have on our area. A lot to talk about. Yeah. We certainly do. Lets start with the immediate threat. This is due to jose. You can see some of the outer bands. They are moving northeast to southwest. You can see they are coming right down from long island and not making a lot of progress to the west towards the philadelphia area. The center of the storm is pretty
Approves a team to investigate claims of war crimes in yemen but its hard to make a lot of compromises. On a collision course with spain. Schools meant to be polling stations defying the ban on the secession referendum. A flight to fog the Us Health Secretary resigns following a scandal over his use of private jets. I cant think of anything more exciting than going out there and being among the stars city to city travel by rocket the boss of space x. Unveils an incredible plan that could take you anywhere on the in less than an hour. The u. N. Human Rights Council is sending a team to investigate alleged war crimes in yemen and examine possible Human Rights Violations by all sides in the conflict resolution follows intense closed door negotiations and it represents the highest level of scrutiny over the largely overlooked war and one of the poorest countries. In reports. The decision has been described as a game changer the un human Rights Council has agreed to send a delegation of exp
Its drive to create a Global Television network. Shares and costs are rising as subscribers switch on. Have amedia influence, i cool chart that shows a much immediate talk is affecting the market. Btv 5195. The blue bar you see on the bottom, they represent how many times you hear in the media, buy the dip. Since 2002. The more you hear this, particularly in the last several years, the higher the markets go. Maybe we have solved the puzzle. Why do these markets keep going up despite all these terrible headlines . Us, really. On saw interesting moves overnight. Not just stocks but also with dollar treasuries. He really is becoming more of a serious contender. Thet yellen speaking with president this week as well. I would love to be a fly on the wall at that meeting. John taylor now emerging as a front runner. The markets as you mentioned, they continue to move higher. We were reaching records again for the s p. The dow gaining 85 points. Nasdaq also higher by 3 10 of 1 . Not really gett
A rocka it was the epicenter of Islamic States brutal regime now the city has fallen to u. S. Backed syrian militias but does the loss of the city mean i yes is finished. Hello im terry march and welcome to the shop. Chinese president xi jinping says his country is facing a Bright Future but also severe challenges including the widening gap between rich and poor and corruption he was speaking at the start of the annual communist Party Congress in beijing the meeting brings together nearly twenty three hundred delegates representing the eighty nine million members of Chinas Communist Party in the coming days theyll agree on policies to guide the country over the next five years president xi jinping is looking to cement his position in the party and secure another term in office. For more now lets bring in our beijing correspondent much he is betting on whats expected to happen during this closed door session what should be be looking out for. Well as you said hes going to strengthen his