Breakfast at st. Anthem chej in manchester, new hampshire, live over on cspan 2. You can watch online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Next, a discussion on the political situation in afghanistan, and the role that taliban and other power brokers like the u. S. , china, russia and pakistan may play in future peace arrangements. From the Brookings Institution earlier this week, this is just over an hour and a half. Welcome. Im mike owe han lon briefly playing the role of mc to say hello and welcome you before i hand it over to tom bowman. Tom is a very distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Thrilled that he would join us. He spent time in the field in afghanistan, embedded with u. S. Combat units and other parts of the broader effort there that no of course is approaching the end of its second decade. Before i hand the baton to him ill introduce laura miller, who was the acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan at the state department, ha
Are looking at wet weather. Ahead of the front we have the breezy winds, mid and upper 50s this afternoon with the rain showers. Look for about 60 noontime and the rain pushes into the south bay. By the afternoon in the monterey bay. The second half of the weekend looking dry but monday has a stronger system headed our way. Ill tell you about it coming up. Katie. Lisa, thank you. And developing news out of Southern California. A 5. 1 magnitude earthquake and more than 100 after shocks have been occurring. Reporter the quake did more than rattle nerves, it sent bodles and mirrors crashing to the ground. I thought it was going to end. It was big enough. Magnitude 5. 1. The epicenter, south of los angeles in orange county, the o. C. , near the city of la ha haub hab raw. It did trigger a small rock slide that overturned this car. The driver is okay. A few water main breaks were also blamed on the quake. The ground shoot just after friday night in the 6th inning of the dodgers game. We mig
The judges verdict. The judge hinted at a possible verdict of cup. Able homicide yesterday because of his negligent behavior on the night of reva steenkamps death. She rejected the arguments made by the prosecution, you may remember there were no jury trials in south africa. So the decision is entirely on the shoulders of the judge. Lets remind ourselves now what happened on thursday. The accused cannot be found guilty of murder. Not guilty of murder. But still not free throw to go. Oscar pistorius sobbed an heaved looking exhausted and broken. No more relationships dynamic and unpredictable. As the judge delivered her verdict calmly explaining why she thought the state did not prove he intended to kill his girlfriend reva steenkamp. The state clearly has not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of premeditated murder. The judge threw out much of the states case against pistorious but found his actions that night and on the witness stand questionable. What we are
and crews are demolishing the luxury home hanging off a cliff by burning the place. watch part of the home fall into the water there. the cliff started to give way in april. it s burning off the hill now. michael o han lon on the crisis in iraq, next.
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