Conference at the World War Ii Museum in new orleans. It is about 45 minutes. Our next speaker is howard blum, who brought the story you are about to hear to our local audience earlier this year while he was on his book tour. We thought so much of it and of howard that we wanted to bring him back for you all here today. One of his previous books that im sure you all know of is the brigade an epic story of vengeance, salvation, and world war ii, about a group of jewish volunteers who fought the nazis and the postwar actions of a few of them. In todays presentation, the last kiss good night, howard has found another remarkable story about a dazzling american debutante who became an allied spied during world war ii and was hailed by oss chief general wild bill donovan as the greatest unsung heroine of world war ii. Ladies and gentlemen, howard blum. [applause] howard blum for every author, there is a time when he thinks he has found a story that interests him, when he begins to realize th
Battled Mental Health issues. And today, a Montgomery County judge ruled a mother charged in the disappearance of her two children still is not mentally fit to stand trial. Mikea turner joins frus u. S. District court from rockville, maryland, with what happens next to Catherine Hoggle. Reporter good afternoon, andrea. Still no progress made in this case. 18 months since it started. The question remains, where are these missing children . And it is a question that Catherine Hoggle did not and still will not answer. Today, the competency hearing was held. And with the judges permission, a sixth hearing will be april 25th in cour at 9 00. Hoggle is charged with abduction and neglect and accused of hindering the investigation to the disappearance of her then 2 yearold son jacob and her then 4yearold daughter sara. The childrens father, troy turner, says he has spoken with her several times and she maintains she handed the kids much more. The childrens grandmother and the childrens father
From up above that ok, an inspectors coming, they would use code words, and then you would basically clean up your area to make it look right . Stewart uh huh, yeah. Cooper Upper Big Branch was a nonunion mine. Inspectors were the only people miners could turn to for help. Shouldnt be seen talking to inspectors. Was there fear about speaking up . Pauley if you wanted a job you kept your mouth shut. Me, like a lot of other miners, mining is about the only industry its the biggest industry in the state of west virginia. You have children, you want them to have. You want to provide for them. I was a single mom, you know . Cooper you needed that job . Pauley i did the best i could. crying we did the best we could for our families. The guys did as well. Ruby some of the stories that they have to tell are horrifying. Enough fresh air, being forced to work in water up to their necks, miles underground. Being forced to work in areas of the where the roof and the walls of the mine were falling
Italys coast have now been rescued. We begin with a continuing search for missing air asia plane. It was on its way to singapore from the indonesia with 162 people on board. It is likely that the aircraft is at the bottom of the sea. We have the latest where the plane took off. Reporter another day of anxious waiting for relatives of the people on the missing air asia aircraft. Early in the morning they had a private briefing where the plane took off with 162 people on board. But there is no evidence of what happened to the plane nor where it might be. More aircraft and more ships were sent to the kilometer stretch of the java sea looking for any sign of the airplane. Australia has now joined malaysia and singapore in the operation headed to indonesia. Our coordinates that that we received suggest that its undersea. Reporter theyre looking at the profile of the passengers on board this aircraft, and looking at xrays of the baggage and cargo before this plane took off and the maintenanc
Kirkuk where Kurdish Forces face a relentless battle with isil fighters. Russian Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny has been arrested after breaking house arrest to join an opposition protest. He called on people to join a protest in moscow after he was handed a suspended sentence for fraud. His brother is facing three and a half years in a labor camp. Reporter Aleksei Navalny arrives in court in moscow with state prosecutors calling for a tenyear term for the political activist. Instead he and his brother oleg were sentenced to three and a half years. With aleksei receiving a suspended sentence. His supporters claim the trial is another attempt to curb decent in russia. And the terms of the sentence will certainly remove one of the most effective political campaigners from the political stage. While depriving him of a long jail term. Aleksei navalny is for many the credible face of russian opposition. He has been one of the most vocal opponents of president putin, famous for once calli