An offer conversation on immigration begins now. Live from the brooklyn book festival. [inaudible background conversations] good afternoon. And welcome. I maryellen fullerton, i teach law here at Brooklyn Law School and my specialties include Immigration Law and refugee law. Its a particular honor for me to be able to moderate the panel we are here for this afternoon, not my homeland but my home. Before we begin, the book festival has asked me to let everyone in the audience know a couple things. One, the books by the authors in this program will be can be purchased from barnes and nobles outside directly after this program is over and the office will be available to sign the book. Also, dave asked me to let all of us know that remind us at the end that we need to leave promptly so the next channel can come into this room. Turning to our discussion. I like to find out among the panelists and when we get a chance at the end to hear from the audience, id like to find out why we are here.
Into bangkok airport and rushing to meet it on the tarmac, as i mentioned, with ambulances coming around, we have lines of them treating people at a makeshift Field Hospital that was set up on the tarmac. The airline has released a statement. Thats a Brief Overview of what we know so far but there are a lot of live updates on the bbc website. We have heard from passengers and crew members who said this was the worst turbulence they have seen in their 30 year career. You can find all of that here on the bbc live page. Courtney bembridge there. Now we can return to the uk Blood Scandal because the government and ministers have confirmed the first full compensation to victims, interim payments of £210,000, will be paid within 90 days for the most urgent cases. Early on i spoke to a man who represents 1500 victims and their families to get his reaction to the details laid out. The families to get his reaction to the details laid out. Details laid out. The Immediate Reaction is details lai
That this country belongs to you. To all of you. From every background and walk of life. If you or your pa rents a re and walk of life. If you or your parents are immigrants, no that you are part of a Proud American Tradition Toe infusion of new cultures and ideas, generation after generation that, has made us the greatest country on earths. If your family doesnt have much money, i wa nt family doesnt have much money, i want you to remember that in this country plenty of folks, including me and my husband, we started out with very little. But with a lot of ha rd with very little. But with a lot of hard work and a good education, anything is possible. Even becoming president. Thats what the American Dream is all about. Cheering and applause. And if you are a person of faith, know that religious diversity is a Great American tradition too. In fa ct Great American tradition too. In fact that is why people first came to this country to worship freely and whether you are muslim, christian,
Noel conway, whos 67, has Motor Neurone Disease and says he fears becoming entombed in his own body as his muscles gradually weaken. Mr conway, who is being backed by the Campaign Group dignity in dying, wants a doctor to be able to prescribe a lethal dose when his Health Deteriorates further. The case will be the First High Court challenge since mps rejected an attempt to introduce assisted dying in 2015. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has this exclusive report. My name is noel conway. I have Motor Neurone Disease. Its incurable and terminal. I fear very soon i shall be entombed in my own body, and the thought of that fills me with absolute horror. Got you lunch, love. Beans on toast, as requested. Day by day, noel conway is gradually losing all strength in his body. Increasingly, he relies on his wife, carol. He is too weak to take his own life, so when his condition gets worse, he wants a doctor to be allowed to give him a lethal dose. Its my body. I have a right to die. I h
To cycling by allegations of doping and misconduct. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News all the days stories, including action from the fa cup third rounds opening game between west ham and Manchester City. Good evening. President putin did try to boost Donald Trumps campaign for the presidency, according to a report published tonight by Us Intelligence officials. The report was released shortly after intelligence chiefs had briefed mr trump on their findings. The President Elect insisted that any Cyber Espionage by russia, china or anyone else, had not influenced the result of the contest. But he is now ordered a plan to be delivered within 90 days of taking office of developing an aggressive reserve response to any Cyber Attacks as nick bryant tells us. American intelligence tonight released its explosive report, claiming Vladimir Putin personally ordered an influence campaign, to help donald trump win the presidency by denigrating Hillary Clinton and harming her electability. It