Retired cspan journalist and board member of the society. If you will join me in silencing all of your electronic devices, lets welcome bill and connie. [applause]. Hello everybody. Thank you you so much for coming this evening. While i was preparing a little bit for tonight to introduce bill walker, i googled a little so so the veracity of any of this is in question. The first thing i googled was the average number of people who come to a book signing event. I will tell you, it is in single digits, so please give yourself an applause for being here this evening instead of being home watching meg and kelly, and and donald trump on television. [applause]. The second thing i googled is the average age of a firsttime author who gets published by a traditional publisher. That average average age is 37 years old. So, i will tell you bill, you are skewing the numbers very much. , bill walker grew up in knoxville tennessee, he went to the university of virginia for both his undergraduate and
One officer is singled out for additional training. We get the developing news now from ktvus jana katsuyama. She is live at dpd headquarters where the question is, if any other officers will face additional charges. Reporter that is certainly a possibility, especially after the city investigation reveals those officers had sexual allegations with an underaged sexworker and tended to cover it up. I am deeply sorry for the harm that this scandal has caused, particularly to community trust. Reporter to restore that trust, oakland mayor libby schaaf announced wednesday that four Police Officers are being fired for misconduct involving a selfproclaimed call girl who goes by the name of celeste guap. The teenage reportedly had sexual relations, reportedly at times while underage with dozens of officers from oakland, the Alameda County sheriffs office, and Contra Costa County sheriffs office. Assisting in the crime of prostitution, assisting and evading arrest for prostitution. Accessing Law
U. S. President barack obama has warned against in conclusive conflict in syria. He called for local ceasefires to bring an end to the war. He said the coalition against isil is moving toward agreement on a collective position. We will have more on what president obama said in just a few minutes when we go live. Lets take you live to beirut, where the government and the prisoners release earlier in exchange with isil are meeting and speaking right now. Are we able to listen in to what they are saying . In the principle of politics, lebanon will protect its military personnel to restore them again. The negotiations were tough. The negotiations were long, and we need more than negotiation to go that long, but the ceiling of the National Dignity and the this is a path that we have gone through since the problem until now. In all the three times lebanon has been victorious through maintaining its institution and dignity of its people, its a day of joy. At the same time, we need to go into
Whenever we move into a landscape be interested in who lived there before. What is the really deep history. What can you find out about that because its always deeper than you might think. For more information on booktvs recent visit to Colorado Springs colorado and other cities visited by her local content vehicles go to cspan. Org local content. Next peter duffy recounts the life of William Sebold the first double agent in fbi history who infiltrated a nazi spy ring in new york city they resulted in 33 arrested in 1941. This program from the International Spy museum in washington d. C. Is about 45 minutes. [applause] thank you. Its a real pleasure to be here at the museum which is such a fantastic facility. My experience and going through when i was researching this book and being a tourist here was fantastic. I was first introduced to it by a man i want to introduce who is a friend of the museum and a former fbi special agent and now a University Professor and author who was a very
In the near future net several decades to provide energy for 7 billion people. Whatever you say about them unless you prove the world is going to blow hot and everyone will buy you cant say you shouldnt be allowed because energy is a more fundamental need to than lack of pollution at least in superpristine environments. Superpristine environment is only something we have in modern times largely because of fossil fuels. Even the caveman has to sit next to a fire and breathe in smoke. There is no clean air a paradise whatsoever. So the law should be fine, this is a scientific and technological issue. What is the proper level of emissions. There can be all sorts of considerations like how is it affecting if you are running a factory and someone moves into your neighborhood versus if you move into someones neighborhood with a factory. One has a much different threshold. I am running a factory and people start moving in, they agree in a sense to deal with my factory versus i go in to a coal