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Okay. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the seachange session at the 2017 texas book festival, the 22nd annual texas book festival. Its great to have you all here. I am dr. Spencer wells. Im a a geneticist and anthropologist, and sometimes author. For many years i was the explorer in residence for the National Geographic society, study how are species of pipe with the world and since 2015 i have lived here in austin. Im the founder and ceo of the consumer genomics firm in town, and coowner of a nightclub which is [applause] i would like to introduce our authors. We have juli berwald was an austinbased side letter, and editors contribute to publications such as the new york times, naked, National Geographic and slate. She is a phd in Ocean Science and university of Southern California and she lives here in austin shes the author of spineless which we will be talking about today. [applause] then we have Peter Wadhams who is the purpose of ocean physics and head of the Polar Ocean Physics Grou
Faster Danielle Allen National Book Award Finalist kevin Young Software engineer ellen ullman and many others. First up is to look at some of the lesserknown stories from world war ii. This is like coverage of the texas book festival on booktv. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Good morning. My name is Jim Horne Fisher and its my pleasure to welcome you to the opening session of the 2017 texas book festival. [applause] thank you for coming out in support of our authors and second of his wonderful annual event now in its 22nd year. [applause]he and third of all the books that we discussed and enjoyed throughout this beautiful Texas Capitol complex hereom in downtn austin i would ask you to silence your cell phones t. Live tv, thank you cspan. After a session both offers authors are relocating to the book signing tent down the street to autograph their books. Books are for sale at that beautiful independent bookstore. You are supporting not only the author off the festival and a great l
Budget. Now. Have that. t you are telling me the department of Homeland Security should have eight times the number of subcommittees and full committees when we are both with this . The department of Homeland Security is dealing with issues peopleradicalization of coming into the country but maybe some that are already here that our homegrown terrorists, something in effect of what happened in the Boston Marathon bombing. There are so many people up there fighting for jurisdiction. That has to change. Can you talk some about the costs of all of this . . Am excessive oversight wondering if you could rate the quality of the oversight of Homeland Security at this point, a report card. I will look at it by comparison with my experience. The oversight of the Justice Department was quite effective when i was therefore eight teen19 years. 18, 19 years. For ,t was vibrant, strong knowledgeable. You do not see that when it comes to dhs. I was dealing with it when i was Homeland Security adviser
A new electronic lease on life. Rob reynolds al, jazeera san marcos, california. Ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories, most guaranteed have signed a deal to allow the safe passage of grain exports when the cranium ports on the black sea. The agreement was broken by turkey and the united nations, and his raised hopes of easing the global food crisis. Took his present, wretched tie of the one says the agreement marks an important step towards peace in ukraine. His thumb will the utmost old girl, most would mistake this joined step. We are taking in istanbul together with russia and ukraine will be a new turning point that will revive the hopes for peace. This is my sincere hope. Whatever direction the developments on the field will take this, the war will finally end on the negotiating table is friendly and peaceful. Atmosphere that we have established will be to the benefit of humanity. And this will transform into steps aimed at ending the war utmost so long as new prec