In afghanistan, we look at what lies ahead for a country facing an economic and humanitarian crisis. Oh morning the dead funerals are held for some of the 41 victims of a fire at a church in egypt. And in sport, weve got tad, its from canada and golf in memphis plus were here from Antonio Conti and thomas to go following a fiery encounter in the primary mm. So we begin this news hour in kenya. Thats where the results of last weeks president ial election are expected to be announced within hours. The count of ballots has been slow and the race extremely tight as voters wait for results, public frustration and concern is growing in a country with a history of political violence. Unofficial results reported in kenyan media, so Deputy President william, brutal and veteran Opposition Leader right, loads are neck and neck. Theyre competing to replace the outgoing leader who are kenyata, whos served his limit of 2 terms as president. We have to correspondence keeping across all developments.
Welcome to this session of the texas book festival with h. W. Brandis. My name is steve hair again. I will be doing a q a with bill. 15 minutes after the session phil will be signing books in the book signing campus between the tenth and eleventh down the street. Please patronized the book signing tent in the bookstore, and pleas by the the book which wont be a problem. This is the book, the man who saved the union, Ulysses Grant and war and peace. If you by this book, proceeds will go to support texas libraries and literacy. It is a great book to read and to find a word because. H. W. Brands is the dixon Allan Anderson centennial prof. Of history in austin. His focus has been for many years on American History and politics and his biographies and histories include a number of tremendous books. This is the just the most recent. Also traitor to his class about Franklin Roosevelt, biography of Andrew Jackson called Andrew Jackson. The age of gold about the gold rush in the 1840s. The Fir
Chairman, sheila bair. A bit later, the alliance for Health Reform host a forum on medicare policy in the future of the program. That gets under way at 12 15 eastern. Were live this afternoon at 1 30 this afternoon with a press conference with bipartisan members of the conference congress. As you might expect, given the breadth of products we have, one of the areas we are investing a lot is the multi screen connectivity, because we have already seen humans will pay tasking. You were on your couch watching tv but also texting on your phone are on the internet. How do we link those devices to reach other and link them to the internet . One very good example is the camera. And a camera now built in with 3g and 4g connectivity so you can take photographs were you go and instantly upload of tool website or to social media. Bringing Wireless Connectivity to a camera. Linking products to each other is a big thing for us and we think of value to the consumer. David steel from this years Consum
Making it clear just how much is at stake here . Its a great question. Its interesting the person i had a chance to meet with who is here and part of the program told us quite frankly that he never thought he would need government help. He never needed unemployment insurance, he was employed living his life thinking everything was going fine and then discovered a disease in which only the work here would give him a chance to enjoy a future. Hes now a strong advocate for the n. I. H. Im afraid that Many Americans just dont personalize what is done here. They live in the moment rather than remembering the past and their expectations for the future. That is not the majority of americans. The majority of americans strongly support the work that is done here and want to make sure that you have Adequate Funding for it. The majority of americans want sensible policies for this country. They want to us deal with the deficit in a way that provides for the future of this country. So they want to
Her very happy to have them with us here today. [applause] the dictators learning curve is a look at an arms race, speaking metaphorically that dictators and democratic activist trying to overthrow and both sides have had to up their game in recent years. For those of you who think Foreign Policy is about trade agreements, Arms Treaties come arcing border disputes, let me assure you its a lively read a stun dobsons travels across the world and the steam setting, anecdotes and memorable characters. They are an admiral. Im supposed to say the top of the hour were going to lead about 15 minutes for a questionandanswer session. People to line up at the microphone in the middle aisle and afterward totally done, were going to go to the book signing tent, where will the signed copies of the book. So, to start off panic and you give us a brief description of the central thrust of your book. Sure, absolutely. For two and a half years i spent time traveling to a number of different authoritarian