Great day to be in texas and today i have the honor and pleasure to be at the texas book festival serving as a moderator, and im pleased to be here with rachel l. Swams. I will tell you a few things about rachel because you came here to hear her and not me and our time is limited. She has worked for the New York Times since 1995. Reporting on domestic policy, national politics, immigration, the president ial campaign of 2004, and 2008, and first Lady Michele Obama and her role in the obama white house. I met rachel at an event this year where i bought a book, the book she wrote, american tapestry the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama. After hearing her talk, id bought six more copies. I bought them for all my family members and to give out as christmas gifts. Now after having read her book i can tell you it was a good investment. It helps me better understand my own family and many mysteries surrounding my own family. Rachel l. Swamss book is a comp
Prime minister shinzo abe and president Vladimir Putin will talk next month on the sidelines of a summit of the group of 20 nations. Theyll try to find Common Ground over four russianheld islands claimed by japan. Deputy foreign minister sugiyama and igo morgolov met in moscow. Japanese Officials Say they didnt make much progress toward resolving differences but the diplomats agreed to make arrangements for abe and putin to talk early next month at the g20 meetings in st. Petersburg, russia. The leaders agreed in april to restart negotiations over the islands. They said they would work towards finding a mutually accept solution and conclude igiing a peace treaty. Chinas defense minister has warned others not to underestimate the chinese. Chang wanquan issued the warning after a meeting with chuck hagel. China is caught up in a number of territorial disputes in the east china seas. Hagel pushed for negotiations to resolve them. Chang said no one should fantasize that the chinese would b
Barter away what he called their core interests. Translator no one should underestimate our will and determination in defending our territory, sovereignty and maritime rights. Chang denied u. S. Allegations that the Chinese Military is involved in Cyber Attacks on u. S. Firms. He said the chinese are opposed to taking technological advantage to weaken other parties. Still, he and hagel agreed to expand military cooperation. Next year chinese personnel will take part in a maritime warfare exercise among pacific rim nati nations hosted by the u. S. A senior u. S. Lawmaker has called on japan and south korea to be more open to compromise when dealing with each other. Relations between tokyo and seoul have soured over the past year. One of the main points of contention lies in the interpretation of history. Japan ruled over the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945. The chairman of the u. S. Senate Foreign Relations committee made his appeal during a speech in seoul. Robert menendez calle
Pakistans former president indicted on murder charges related to the assassination of benazir bhutto. Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant face another challenge. A storage tank has lost 300 tons of highly radioactive water. The plants operator says its the worst leak theyve had since the Nuclear Accident two years ago. A low wall surrounds tanks near reactor number four. Workers found a puddle forming outside of it. Officials from the Tokyo Electric Power company say one tank lost 300 tons of water. Theyre trying to find out how. Tepco Officials Say the water inside the tank was treated to reduce radioactive cesium, but they found that the leaked water still had high levels of radioactive materials. Tepco Officials Say they think most of the water has seeped into the ground, but they say its unlikely that it traveled directly into the ocean, 500 meters away. Workers plan to remove soil near the tank, and theyll measure radiation levels to try to understand the extent of the
John roberts is directly contradicting the president tonight on the subject of judicial bias. It did not take long for the president to return fire. Correspondent kevin corke is outside the maralago compound in West Palm Beach tonight where reporters spent the day watching the president s twitter feed, a feat active again just minutes ago. Good evening. You are right on the money, good evening to you. Frankly, this was a rare rebuke from the chief justice but i think it underscores a fairly common frustration among jurists that politics have absolutely no place in the court of law. The ninth circuit is really something we have to take a look at. Because its not fair. What began as a president s sharp critique of the ninth circuit yesterday, today came to the pillars of the Supreme Court. But chief justice chief Justice John Roberts chiding the president for injecting politics into the court. We do not have obama judges or a trump judges, he wrote, bush judges or clinton judges. What we