Todays presenter, mark obmascik. Mark is a native of chicago southside. Hes a graduate from the Medill School of journalism at northwestern. He started his career working for the miami herald and after a year or so came to denver as a reporter for the denver post. He was the lead writer for the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for the denver post for covering the tragic Columbine High School shooting in april of 2005. He had been covering the political scene for the post on candidates running for senate and other environmental stories and things get pretty ugly with some of those things. He was exhausted from working the graveyard shift when a colleague suggested he write a feature story for a notable retiring law professor at the university of denver, dr. Thompson marsh who was an enthusiastic, avid ornithologist. Mark himself had always been interested in birds, but it was the birders who fascinated him. Thus he wrote a book about the people who had the time and wherewithal to spend
In the past u. S. Experts and officials have always had really private sometimes stern messages for both sides to take auction to move forward and we will see how are panelists come down on that issue today. And we really have a group of stiller panelists and i will introduce them later but first we have for what many of you will be a surprise guest, we only heard formal confirmation late yesterday that mike will begin the opening remarks, mr. Napper, his appearance may not be on the website yet and people may not have been aware of it, but mr. Knapper, member of senior Foreign Department of state and hes serving as the Deputy Assistant secretary for korea and japan and i first met mark when he was the head of the political military unit in the embassy in tokyo, well, probably more years than either one of us would want to admit and since then hes had any number of jobs, any number of business cards i think i have in my collection, its not to say he cant keep a job, expertise on so man
there was blood everywhere in troops for a possible embassy evacuation. we advise americans not to travel to sudan. police are searching for a driver who injured a police officer while fleeing a traffic stop. that led to a chase across manhattan. the most powerful rocket ever built exploded above the gulf of mexico today. spacex s starship spacecraft disassembled minutes after blasting off. norah: eye on america. arizona is facing a water crisis. why a foreign country could be making the problem worse. so, when you look out there and you see all that green, what do you think? i see money leaving america. norah: and major league move, where the oakland a s may soon call home. good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, we want to begin with the dangerous weather that is sweeping across the nation after nearly a dozen tornadoes tore through oklahoma, kansas, and iowa on wednesday.
there was blood everywhere in the house. norah: want american killed in sudan, as the u.s. physiciane embassy evacuation. we advise americans not to travel to sudan. police are searching for a driver who injured a police officer while fleeing a traffic stop. that led to a chase across manhattan. the most powerful rocket ever built exploded above the gulf of mexico today. spacex s starship spacecraft disassembled minutes after blasting off. norah: eye on america. arizona is facing a water crisis. wy a foreign country could be making the problem worse. so when you look out there and you see all that green, what do you think? i see money leaving america. norah: and major league move for the oakland a s may soon call home. good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, we want to begin with a dangerous weather that is sweeping across the nation after nearly a dozen tornadoes tore through oklahoma, kansas, and io
children and two teachers. today the first of many funeral services will begin. we ll have more on that and the president s visit ahead. people are on edge. in brooklyn an active shooter scare at a boxing match sent folks fleeing the stands and running for their lives. 18 people were injured at the barclays center. turns out, it was just a loud noise heard on the street. it sent crowds rushing to the exits. it s an indication of the anxiety out there. cnn has the latest. reporter: americans on edge once again. early sunday at the barclays center in new york city, people running for their lives. police say they mistook a loud noise for gunfire after a boxing match. one person writing on twitter, scary moment as crowds poured back into barclays center. my fear was a shooting, but those fears proved unfounded. another person adding, huge stampede near the exit. literally had to jump on the floor for cover. tennis star naomi osaka was there. she said on twitter she was also p