Trouble tonight at eight eastern on cspan q a. You can listen to q a and all of our podcasts on our free cspan. Now app. Daniel ellsberg has passed away at the age of 92. He is best known for leaking sensitive documents on the vietnam war, known as the pentagon papers, which many believe helped to end the longest u. S. Conflict of the 20th century. The disclosures would also lead to a Landmark Supreme Court decision on freedom of the press. In 2019, the university of massachusetts amherst acquired the papers of Daniel Ellsberg and next from the school he talks about his career and his fight against the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. This is just over 2 hours. All right. Good evening. Good afternoon. Good evening. Were going to get started. So greetings and welcome to the 21st annual friends of the umass librarys fall reception. Im simon nehme, dean of libraries here at Umass Amherst. And today i have the honor of welcoming you to a very, very special program planned to celebrate the
Business. Hsbc promises £10 billion infunding for business. Hsbc promises £10 billion in funding for small firms, but what difference will it really make . I will speak to the boss later. In sport, Englands Paul Casey is the pick of the european challengers at the us open. A first round of six under par sees him just a shot off the leader Rickie Fowler at golfs second major of the year. And sarah has the weather. Thatin that in about ten minutes. First, our main story police are warning they may never be able to identify some of those who died in the fire at Grenfell Tower in west london on tuesday night. 17 bodies have been found so far, but the number of fatalities is expected to rise significantly. Andy moore reports. The first victim of the fire to be officially named is mohammed alhajali, Assyrian Refugee who came to britain for a better life. His brother was led to safety by firefighters but in the chaos and confusion bahama got left behind. Firefighters but in the chaos and co
One german officer suggested quote bombing london would cause panic in the population, rendering it doubtful that the work could be continued. And another said that if we do is frightful, then make frightful as germanys salvation. That word would be taken up in the British Press like in america to symbolize germanys actions that year of 1915. However, the officer failed to convince the kaiser tasha wilhelm. Why . Because his feeling for british relations, this british cousins were highly ambivalent. He didnt wish to either kill them or destroy their palaces or indeed damage many of the landmarks of which he was fond. He considered that to quote indiscriminate bombing is bad when it means and kills old women and children. He went on if one could set fire to london in 30 paces then perhaps it would give way to something fine and powerful. All the flies, he said, should be concentrated on that city. What about poison gas . The debate here was less expensive. I think part of because it was
Tories, who didnt support the revolution sided with the british, were killed or driven off their lands, and on and on through american hoyt, as each immigrant group was kind of pulled into the country for labor, the chinese to build the railroads, the eastern europeans for the steel industry. Northern europeans for farming. And we knew all along there was great deal of hatred, prejudice that they werent like us, until they were us. And all of the people in this room come from those people. So, it is happening again and again, and i ten to write books a second question how was it . How would you like living in a horse stable in santa anita for months and then being transferred into tar paper shacks without plumbing, without heat without cooking facilities. In the most warren parts of america where the ten Relocation Centers were places no one ever lived before or ever would again. Tulie lake in california, is a lava bed. Manzanar was built on the driedup remains of owen valley of owens
Good afternoon. Before starting, would you please silence all cell phones during the session. A reminder that personal recording of sessions is not allowed. There will be a book signing following the session, and this panel will be meeting in signing area number one which you will find noted on your festival map. And you can also ask one of the volunteers in the room to direct you. Welcome. Im lynn fieldman, a freelance Science Writer and editor of Science Writers magazine published by the National Association of Science Writers. And i will serve as moderator of this session on science, technology and the human condition. It is my honor to introduce our panelists. At your far right beth shapiro, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of californiasanta cruz. Her research is centered on the analysis of ancient dna. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including nature and science, and she is a 2009 recipient of a mac arthur award. She live