Security failures at the highest levels in south africa. Education or simply gruesome, the show that is all about crime scene investigation. Start of the news hour, in iraq isil fighters are believed to have abducted 106 people from the tribe, one of iraqs largest and oldest families. They were taken from a mostly sunni village east of the city of tikrit. Some are children. Iraqi Security Forces have evacuated 300 families from that area. Lets go to jane in baghdad. The details as you know them, jane, please. David, weve spoken to the leader of the tribe. He says that 127 of their tribesmen were taken. News is just filtering out now because there are no Telephone Communications in that area. He said 20 were released, but that remains there remain 106 still held, including boys, nine and 10yearold boys among them. He believes its because their relatives are fighting against isil, either with the iraqi forces or with other groups that have risen against them. The tribe had members that w
Now joining us on booktv is robert george, professor of Juris Prudence here at princeton, university. Way want to talk to him about his recent book conscience and its enemies confronting the dog mas of liberal secularism. Dr. George oh, do you you define liberal secular system. Guest a view about human detonation and dignity that competes with other views some secular but not liberal, some religious. Its a view that is very common in places like the one where we are right now university communities. I would venture to say its the predominant view in the elite sector our our culture and prominent in europe, which has become a very secular society. It embraces ideas about liberty and the personality, about the nature of human beings about ethics that are distinctive in our own time. Its associated with socially liberal views about matters of sexuality, abortion life and death issues. Generally identity issues. Kind of the spectrum of socalled hot button morally charged issues in our own
Minutes. Maureen thank you, doug. The last man to shoot an american president is fighting for his freedom. John hinckley jr. Went to a d. C. Court today. He wants to be released from the Mental Hospital where hes been since the 1981 assassination attempt against president Ronald Reagan. Senior political reporter scott thuman was in the courtroom. Scott is here with hinckleys new argument and what he has to prove. Scott . Scott maureen, an intriguing day of testimony over whether or not it would be safe to let John Hinckley jr. Out of Saint Elizabeths family. Hes currently allowed 17 days a month there. Now he wants it to be every day. Doctors at the hospital say that may be ok with them. [gunshots] scott in the 34 years since John Hinckley jr. Tried to kill president Ronald Reagan his life has been under a constant microscope. Is he cured as his team of lawyers and doctors suggest or is he still a danger . Im worried that he stopped taking his medication. Its up to the judge and the co
I want to tell them that your opinion is not opinion of all ukraine people. Reporter the monks and the people on the streets of kiev dont represent everyone. No, way. Reporter and happy birthday facebook, and ten years old and is it too uncool for the children at school . So a land marked trial focusing on the ruwanda again size is underway this france, the former captain is facing a paris court with crimes against humanity. 800,000 people were killed in the genicide, but france is criticized for helping the rulers at the time and we will go live to paris after this report. They have made it their lifes work to try to identify suspects allegedly involved in the ruwandi genicide, bringing the first case of its kind to france and he was part of a family. Translator its the truly historic trial because its the first one and secondly also because it concerns someone i would say was this a relatively high position. Reporter its almost 20 years since rwanda decided into chaos and 800,000 Peo
Over the weekend. When the driver drove the wrong way and slammed in to katlins car, instantly killing her best friend. The mourners said their final goodbyes to marissa. No family should endure this. Reporter some disturbing posts on social media from the wrongway driver, Kayla Mendoza that survived. Two and a half hours before the crash, she tweeted too drunk to care and other messages of being high, like cant sleep without my bedtime cops are aware of the message sglls this young lady will suffer the consequences of her actions and statements. But it is a blow for katlin. s family. We have two Guardian Angels looking down on us. We are lucky if that is how you look at it. Reporter this female suspect is still in the hospital with serious injuries. We know charges have not been filed yet. Primarily because those toxicology tests have not come back. Reporting from south florida this morning, abc news. They say mendozas father found out about this by using an app to track down her phon