For the first time in more than half a century. Part of the deal includes cubas release of u. S. Contractor alan gross, as well as a cuban spy. The u. S. Released the final three members of the cuban five. Cuban president raul castro also addressed the cuban people. This in no way means that the heart of the matter has been solved. The economic, commercial, and financial blockade, which causes enormous human and economic damages to our country, must cease. We will spend the hour in a roundtable discussion, well go to havana to speak with kornbluh, who wrote, back channel to cuba the Hidden History of negotiations between washington and havana. Gd we will speak with and martinarbus and Michael Ratner. As well as robert muse, who wrote, the new normalization . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has announced the United States will restore full diplomatic relations with cuba for the first t
And erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside dylan dreyer and Andrea Canning in for jenna. So much attention paid to this Helicopter Crash which happened in scotland last night. Devastating, some of the images coming out of there. The chopper crashed on to a crowded pub along the riverbank there. It is our top story. Debbie edward is live in glasgow near where the chopper went down. What can you tell us . Reporter well, scotlands first minister has described this a black day for scotland. We are coming to terms of what happened here in the center of glasgow last night. Were coming to terms what happened here. A very wellknown pub on the banks of the river. Last night it was packed with about 120 people listen to go a local band then around about half past 10 00, a bang and a helicopter came crashing in through the roof. Panic, of course, set in and people started runni
Today. From nbc, this is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Im lester holt. Welcome to today. Im erica hill. Alongside dylan dreyer and Andrea Canning in for jenna today. A chopper crashed on a crowded pub on the river bank there. Our top story. Int debbie, she is live where the chopper went down. What can you tell us . Reporter well, scotlands first minister has described this a black day for scotland. We are coming to terms of what happened here in the center of glasgow last night. A very wellknown pub on the banks of the river. Last night it was packed with about 120 people listen to go a local band then around about half past 10 00, a bang and a helicopter came crashing in through the roof. Panic, of course, set in and people started running towards the doors as a wall of dust and debris started to engulf them. Passing by at that time was a local member of parliament jim murphy. There was just people pouring out of the pub and there was
That the old catholic world reveres her, and explain that in such a way that it is told as a story to people who find it an enjoyable experience and to read and encounter her and i suppose love her. For more information on this and other cities on the local content vehicles for go to cspan. Org localcontent. With a month left in 2012 many publications are putting together a third year end list of notable books. Booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction elections. These nonfiction titles were included in the New York Times 100 notable books of 2012. And barack obama the story david maraniss, associate editor of the Washington Post present a history of president Barack Obamas family. Charles murray of the American Enterprise institute argues a growing divide between the upper and lower class goes beyond economics differences in coming apart the state of White America 19602010. In victory, the triumphant game revolution, Linda Hirschman presenting history of the ga
Find the best writers that we can and bring them to albany. Its like bringing the world to a particular place, and i dont think i cant think of any other organization, even some of the better known ones in major cities that that have such a rer flow of creative talent coming through and at no cost to the public. With our open door policy. So we bring the literary world to albany. So all these people whose names, faces and dates, events you see are people who have come from far and wide to read to the, to the general public here. And weve had somewhere, my most recent count now has gotten us up to at least 10 or maybe 11 Nobel Laureates across the years ranging from Toni Morrison who actually used to teach at albany to most recently a South African writer, and along the way people like the nigerian writer or the caribbean writer, derek walcott, or the irish poet, seamus haney. The names go on. But along the way, we archive all of the by video and audio all of the people who have come th