Book fairs tab on our web site, booktv. Org. And now on booktv, we bring you coverage from last weeks baltimore book festival. Weve got a full lineup of authors who appeared at the radical book fair pavilion and discussed a range of topics from gender and race to a history of the black Panther Party and the 2015 baltimore riots and protests. First up, its Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson who will offer his thoughts on Race Relations in the u. S. I hope that you all have had a wonderful day here at the baltimore book festival. If youre just joining us, welcome. Todays been a fabulous opening, and we have a wonderful guest this evening. A few announcements, first of all, the baltimore book festival is produced by the Baltimore Office of promotions and the we like to think of few select sponsors to keep the event free to the public. The city of baltimore, the nor Roberts Foundation and a cspan booktv. Our guest is eric michael dyson. He is an Award Winning author and a s
Well have the best from this years stirling prize. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Theresa mays most senior minister, damian green, has angrily denied a claim that pornography was found on a computer when police raided his Westminster Office nine years ago. Mr green is currently being investigated for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards a female tory activist, a charge which he denies. Among the other new allegations to appear in todays papers is one from a journalist who says sir Michael Fallon once tried to kiss her. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. The allegations in the times that pornography was found on a computer in damian Greens Office dates from 2008. This was during a controversial enquiry into home office leaks which briefly led to mr greens arrest. As theresa mays second in command she would not want to lose him from the cabinet and he has responded robustly to the allegation. In a statement he said that the story was completely untrue and he calle
Get their gp consultation via video calls on their smartphone. Good morning. Its monday, 6th november. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The people who manage the queens finances have defended their investment practices after the revelation that some of her wealth has been placed in two offshore funds. It follows a huge new leak of financial documents, dubbed the Paradise Papers, revealing how the rich and powerful invest their money in tax havens around the world. My colleague ben brown has been looking into the details. It is one of the biggest leaks of off shore data in history. The documents have been obtained by the german paper sud deutsche zeitung, but shared with International Investigative journalists including the bbcs panorama. There are 13. 4 million documents in all. Theyve been called the Paradise Papers because many of the off Shore Financial centres they involve are in the caribbean. Mostly theyre from the leading offshore law firm appleby. It says the le
City of San Francisco that pocket of moderate to heavy rainfall around mission to silver avenue ingleside and also the bayview district. Flash flood watch is in effect for the auxilliary spillway of the oroville dam. Between now and next wednesday, im anticipating up to about 7 to 8 inches of rain there. That is not a good thing especially when you have snow melt. Locally we have a High Surf Advisory in place looking athe 12 to 15 feet. Breakers to 20 feet. Now, currently, there are three things i want you to remember. It is wet, it is windy and sloppy. Storm 2 comes in on friday. As of now, we dont have any flood watches in effect. But you will have localized roadway flooding. Temperatures currently in the 50s and 60s. The winds are the other side of the story. The winds up to 23 in oakland and 24 San Francisco. Full forecast is still coming up but right now lets send it to roqui. Thank you, roberta. Lets start with mass transit. If you are an ace train commuter listen up. We have goo
Communications hill boulevard. Santa cruz mountains have been getting hammered this morning. Now light rain tapering off. Mostly cloudy skies in San Francisco. Visibility not hampered but the roads are wet. A lot of ponding on the roads and standing water. The system rolled through very rapidly leaving in its wake up to half inch of rain in some locations. We are in the 50s and 60s. Other side of the story the gusty winds. We were at 48mileperhour wind gusts throughout the tri valley. Now beginning to dial back with the passage of this front. Napa wind speeds up to 18. Winds sustained today south 10 to 20. Well keep that Flash Flood Watch in effect for the auxilliary spillway of the oroville dam. So far this morning, all is okay. But theres a lot of rain coming from now all the way through wednesday. See that yellow highlighted area . That is the High Surf Advisory in effect. Surf is up. Swells 15 feet. 20foot breakers. Three things i want you to remember, its wet, windy and sloppy for