Struck and killed after jumping on top of three girls to shield them. Emotional moments in knoxville tennessee. After a teenage arager protects three teenager protect three girls from a gunman and who is protecting i. S. I. L. On the week ahead. We begin with the Spanish Parliament and reelections. Voters delivered a political quake. Giving strong support to two new political parties, inding spains traditional 2party system. Its not clear who will form the next government. One of the new parties is fighting corruption and austerity measure. It made a giant leap into parliament. Al jazeeras david chater reports from a victory rally in madrid. Here in the main rally in madrid after an extraordinary showing in the election of yes, we can. In fact, yes, we did. They have taken a large bite out of the parliamentary system, the socalled 2party system that has been controlling politics in spain for more than 30 years. This is a party that is less than two years old. It had come from zero to h
There is right now a movement led by mainly figures from basra like a judge who was a minister and then a Parliament Member who is probably the best person to articulate the cause of basra right now at the national level. His narrative is right well known. That is there. I think what goes on in basra, see basra is not just about basra. The leadership in basra, the political leadership, the governor and city council, they belong to strong parties that are national parties. These are the leaders who are from outside basra who call their own politicians and say dont approve this. The biggest problem basra has to achieve its provincial status is the politicians of basra and baghdad who are resisting it. But i think right now there is a mechanism to collect sits and then present them to the election commission. Then it will go forward that way. The question is will the same people who caused the previous attempt to fail do it again, or is the momentum too strong right now in light of the na
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the Second World War and greece that i always kept close to my heart. The first was in 1940 when Benito Mussolini italys Prime Minister asked the greek Prime Minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3 00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. It was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. It prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest figure of the 20th c
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. Rebecca frankel is the author of war dogs. Ms. Frankel, whats on the cover of your book . So this is a handler and his dog, and theyre doing a Training Exercise for a mission that they might have to do in afghanistan or iraq which does include a drop from a helicopter. What sparked you to write about war dogs . My job in foreign policy, weve been writing about the iraq war for as long as its been going on and i really love dogs. So as i was looking at photos coming in off the wire, i saw this one photo that sort of stood out as different in afghanistan, and it was because there were these marines and their bombsniffing dogs, and they were just hanging out, and everyone looked very happy. Theres a very strong contrast to the unfortunate photos that are more gritty and more gory. So tom suggested that we partner in [inaudible] and i did that for about four years an
Caller right now i lost my job because my boss was fired from the university. And recently got my doctoral degree from that university, and i am spending eight hours a day on the computer, trying to network. I want to buck the contention that it is a mismatch of skills between the employer and the people that are unemployed. There was a recent wall street journal saying that part of the problem is how employers conduct searches of candidates, and her recruiting is done. How recruiting is done. I think the Unemployment Benefits should be extended, because sometimes there are highly skilled workers who do not want to take an eight hour minimum wage type job, and theyre not always a good match for that. I will leave at there and let you all comment on that. Host mr. It tanner . Guest employers are trying to get the best employees they can. Productivity of the employees is what makes the business profitable. If theyre not going to do a good job of it, the business will be in trouble. Over