Of the bloodiest episodes of the First World War, will be held this summer. And going full circle. How vinyl is making a comeback, with the sales of records hitting a 25 year high. Its 5 oclock. Our main story the uks most senior diplomat in brussels has resigned just weeks after he warned it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the European Union once britain has left. Sir ivan rodgers told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador to the eu early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to start. He was appointed by the then Prime Minister David Cameron in november 2013. While his four year term would have come to an end this november, some believed he might stay on for the brexit talks. The reasons for his resignation havent been revealed. In the last hour, Brexit Campaigner and former ukip leader, nigel farage, has told the bbc that hes very pleased to see sir ivan hand in his resignation. Afterall, hes a committed europhile. He helped lead t
And by the end the good bobby was the dominant personality and the one who ran for president and he would have been what i think wouldve been a great president is not coincidental that barack obama and Hillary Clinton look as their role model to Bobby Kennedy being the one they want to model after. As we and i would like to say one last thing, in introducing me bill jumped i wrote books on strange topics including superman and i would like to present this shirt to build green. I wont make you put it on site, can we give him a wonderful ground of applause if for nothing else, reading the book. Thank you very much. [applause]. He could not have known that thats what every one called me when i was mayor. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Thank you so much for coming and spending a bit of your evening with us. We have two credible historians and biographers and all around great people. The authors of the new book, and we will talk about Thomas Jeff
Marty, i, i am the executive editor of the Washington Post. The Washington Post is a charter sponsor the National Book festival since the beginning and we are happy to do it again this year. The Library Library of congress has been the festival toast since the festival began 16 years ago. We want to thank the chairman of the festival and the many National Book festival sponsors who made the event possible this year. You can make a donation to the festival by checking the information in your program, there is to be time for question afterward and this is being filmed as well. You should know that. It to her speaker, the Washington Post has gratified to have some of the finest National Security reporters in the country and a standout among them is it joe b warrant. When you read black flakes, the rise of isis youll see why. And the most revealing portrait yet offal zarqawi, founding father of the organization that became the Islamic State. As our country aims to destroy isis and as isis
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Rains this winter. Could cause millions of dollars of damage. Pam kron 4s Maureen Kelly reports, fema also laid out what it is doing to try and lessen the impact. Reporter the worst case scenerio for this coming winter is being nino. Which was the strongest event on record. It was an expensive. And deadly rainfall season. 40 counties were declared diaster areas. Reporter as floodwaters rose and mudslides came crashing down. 17 people were killed and. A hundred thousand people were evacuated. The state racked up 883Million Dollars in damage. Along the coast. Homes were lost due to erosion. Reporter this time around its believed that california will have more wet days. And they will be wetter than usual. And higher snow levels. The report says there is a substainial risk for levee failure. They are also expecting significant high tides. Reporter there is increased concern that soil hardening from the drought could make flooding more widespread in valley and urban areas. Because the sun b