Will commute this afternoon i am live in alexander i am chair of humanities tennessee board of directors. We are very glad we are here at this festival today. The festival is free but it depends on donations from people like you to keep it that way. If you know enjoying the festival, and you enjoy the session and you have a chance, if you look at our website, our facebook page, the app or go by the tenth in the plaza, we would love to have you help support the festival. After the session, paul will be signing books at the signing tent that is on the plaza and the books are for sale at the parnassus tent and a portion of those to sales go directly to the festival. We are here today, to hear paul talk about his latest book. He has published numerous works of fiction. In 1991, he was awarded the james black memorial prize. This was for his work the Mosquito Coast which was adapted into a movie in 1986. After moving to london in 1972, he said often in epic journey by train from Great Brita
mosaic. I am ron swisher. It is a joy to have you this morning on behalf of dr. Hugh burrells and cohurst, i was in tahoe with my methodist man from the fairfield church. Hugh burrell emailed me and i checked my email. He said he wanted to do the next program on spiritual retreats. He did not know i was there. He was going to host a program this morning but had to go out of town. He asked me to do it and i am delighted to have, as our first guest, dr. Thomas power who is over the Jesuit Center retreat. Great to have you. Nice to be here. Tell us about the Retreat Center and the work you do. The place was founded in 1925 and the jesuits at Santa Clara University which was Santa Clara College back then, decided that they wanted to have a place where at that time, men could go on retreat. It was not until the 1960s that women started coming. In 1925, it was february 7th, the first mass was celebrated at the retreat house. And the one building that was there which is a house and the house
And now, jimmy kimmel [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you very much, everybody. Hi, mom. How are you . Relax. Please. Its already too much. Im jimmy. Im the host of the show. Thank you for braving the storm to be here. Youre all heroes. It is so wet. When dry january ends, it really ends, doesnt it . [ laughter ] today is the first day of february, the hardest of all the months to spell. [ laughter ] once again, as february arrives for the 85th year in a row, our nations newscasters cannot believe it. Can you believe it . Its already february. Goodbye, january. February 1st. Hard to believe januarys in the rearview mirror. Hard to believe its february. Hard to believe we rolled into february. February. Thats crazy. Can you believe it . February 1st, thats hard to believe. February 1st. Hard to believe. Hard to believe, february 1st. February, kind of hard to believe. February, hard to believe. February 1st, can you believe that . February, can you believe it . February, can you bel
heat. 2023 was the year the world woke up to the climate change threat. i don t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. what have we learned and what will next year look like? plus, landmark act. world leaders agree to transition away from fossil fuel, the chief driver of the climate crisis. we re not turning back, that is the future. but with loopholes in the agreement, is it enough? former vice president al gore is ahead. and seeing green, as governments around the world struggle to combat climate change, what role does wall street have to play? who s got the money on lock by being able to make it profitable. i ll ask the multibillionaire investor who is focused on climate change. ray dalia is coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is sounding a very clear alarm. we are closing out 2023, a year we may look back on as the time that people started to truly grasp that the climate crisis is here and
With polly middlehurst. Patrick. Thank you and good evening. Thank you and good evening. Will. The top story tonight is that the us secretary of state is at this moment on his way to israel after hamas terrorist attacks at the weekend. Anthony blinken said the us is determined to make sure israel has all it needs to defend itself. Hes due to meet senior itself. Hes due to meet senior israeli officials, including the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to discuss boosting military support from the states. Im going with a very simple and clear message on behalf of the president of the United States and on behalf of the people , and that is the American People, and that is that states has that the United States has israels back. We the back of the we have the back of the israeli we have their israeli people. We have their back. Well it back today. Well have it tomorrow. We will have it every day. Day. And here at home, the met police has appealed for footage or images last weekends or imag