My name is sarah and i am im the events director of kramer books and on behalf of both the staff im pleased to welcome you and bruce for his book jfk forgotten crisis. In the buck, he book, he shares a gripping story of the conflict that really has escaped history is attention but is really still resonates today that of the union war. He draws on the documents and details of the decisions made by jfk to send the tie the tide of an allout war and explain how the forgotten crisis is influencing the world more than half a century later. We are glad hes here to share his book. Please welcome bruce. [applause] thank you very much for that introduction and all of you for coming out tonight. I want to begin by taking you back half a century. On the morning of october 16, 1962, george bundy, john f. Kennedy National Security adviser arrived at his office in the west wing of the white house. On his desk as there was every morning there was a final prepared by the white house situation room of t
Its no contest, really. A very warm welcome to the program. The japanese government is trying to verify a new message apparently recorded by the journalist being held hostage by the Islamic State group. The message from kenji goto says the new deadline or release a convicted suicide bomber. If shes not handed over it will kill a jordanian Fighter Pilot whos also being held hostage. In the past few hours, japans chief cabinet secretary has had this to say about the ongoing negotiations. We are working continuously with the jordanians. The situation is constantly changing. So in that sense, we dont believe that we should comment on the position of the government. But we can say that things between japan and jordan are moving forward, in the atmosphere of trust. Now, this is the second japanese hostage under threat this past week. On sunday isis claimed they killed Haruna Yukawa after claiming 200 million in. Reporter another morning has brought another audio tape reportedly from kenji go
To communicate with gadhafis son. Without state Department Approval or knowledge. . and allege that Hillary Clinton was withholding Key Information that could have avoided us involvement in the conflict altogether. Everything from the state department is that they do not care about being a part of this. The congressmen very much want to be a part of the solution. The state department and clinton have have no they dont want to negotiate at all. Its been very bad. Former congressman dennis confirmed the awe thenaumf thenauthenticity of the quotes. I had facts that indicated america was headed once again into an intervention that was going to be disastrous. They claim the taliban was mainly a quote, armed insurgency. They took that implausible classification a step further today. Its important to draw a distinction between the taliban and alqaeda. The taliban has resorted to terror tactics. But those terror tactics have been principally focused on afghanistan. Alqaeda sought to carry out
To communicate with gadhafis son. Without state Department Approval or knowledge. . and allege that Hillary Clinton was withholding Key Information that could have avoided us involvement in the conflict altogether. Everything from the state department is that they do not care about being a part of this. The congressmen very much want to be a part of the solution. The state department and clinton have have no they dont want to negotiate at all. Its been very bad. Former congressman dennis confirmed the awe thenaumf thenauthenticity of the quotes. I had facts that indicated america was headed once again into an intervention that was going to be disastrous. They claim the taliban was mainly a quote, armed insurgency. They took that implausible classification a step further today. Its important to draw a distinction between the taliban and alqaeda. The taliban has resorted to terror tactics. But those terror tactics have been principally focused on afghanistan. Alqaeda sought to carry out
The shocking new Senate Investigation of the cias post9 11 Interrogation Program. We will speak to reed brody of Human Rights Watch who has spent a lifetime trying to bring torturers to justice around the world. Should Bush Administration officials be the next ones prosecuted . Then to the u. N. Climate change conference here in lima, peru. As the World Marks International human rights day, we will look at how peru has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmentalists. Plus, we will speak to nigerian environmental leader Nnimmo Bassey and to brazilian indigenous leader chief ninawa huni kui. The corporations that are polluting and destroying nature come Indigenous Peoples protect mother earth. We defend our mother because she is our mother, because she gives us food. She gives us the air we breathe. She gives us the amazon. In the amazon is important not just for Indigenous People, it is important for the whole world. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to