Now on bbc news, Zeinab Badawi talks to australian writer Thomas Keneally on hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, where i have come to manly, in sydney, australia, to talk to one of the worlds most distinguished authors, Thomas Keneally. He has written more than 30 novels, including his most famous, Schindlers Ark, which was made into an 0scar winning film, schindlers list. Now in his 80s, as he reflects on modern day australia. Does he believe it is a country that has matured in its identity, or is it still divided on race and culture . Thomas keneally, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, zeinab. You have written about a huge range of topics the american civil war, australia, of course, the first world war, joan of arc, napoleon. How do you go about choosing a subject for a book . Well, its generally some weird connection with australia that begins me, in that i heard that there was a family on saint helena who knew napoleon, and then they got so close to napoleon that they fell out of favour a
Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where President Obama has held the final Press Conference of his eight years in the white hous just 48 hours before his successor is inaugurated, a reflective mr obama, touted his achievements from gay rights to lifting the Trade Embargo with cuba. He had words of advice for donald trump dont try and do it all yourself, listen to your advisers. And there was a final thought in my heart, i think were going to be ok. Heresjon sopel. For one last time, barack obama came to the White House Briefing room to joust with the press. Good afternoon, everybody. But amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. You are not supposed to be sycophants, you are supposed to be sceptics. Youre supposed to ask me tough questions. Youre not supposed to be complimentary, bu
Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where President Obama has held the final Press Conference of his eight years in the white hous just 48 hours before his successor is inaugurated, a reflective mr obama, touted his achievements from gay rights to lifting the Trade Embargo with cuba. He had words of advice for donald trump dont try and do it all yourself, listen to your advisers. And there was a final thought in my heart, i think were going to be ok. Heresjon sopel. For one last time, barack obama came to the White House Briefing room to joust with the press. Good afternoon, everybody. But amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. You are not supposed to be sycophants, you are supposed to be sceptics. Youre supposed to ask me tough questions. Youre not supposed to be complimentary, bu
Peninsula. We dont want someone our issue today to be someones problem tomorrow. Reporter the select committee has come up with a list of recommendations. Some are uncontroversial, like shift something flights and Populated Areas over the peninsula to open water on the east side of the bay. Consider a plan to require planes to require at higher altitudes over the city of woodstock, that would reduce noise until those same planes dive down to a low her altitude as they approach the airport, meaning more noise for someone else. Every time we make a move, the noise will be moved, but if its moved, is it bad . Reporter the flight path was studied, creating super highways in the sky, and residents living under those flight paths have complained by the thousands and now searching for st. Louis that spare both them and their neighbors from nonston noise. The flight traffic is at a level today as never before, and as a result, just like were dealing with the traffic on the ground at 101 and on
Ford road near petaluma. Calfire used a jet ski to retriever a driver whos car stuck trying to get through water 3 feet deep. We begin with Jana Katsuyama live in berkeley with how the storm slowed the evening commute and weekend escapes, jana. Reporter were at the University Avenue exit, and it is not raining here. What a difference that makes. Earlier the traffic was so slow, one man told me his normal 20 minute drive took more than an hour. Friday night and traffic backed up throughout the bay in red and white strings of head lights and brake lights. Its bumper to bumper. Reporter the roadways were wet. Still slippery, we cant really see that well. Reporter traffic backed up and the commute is a mess. In downtown San Francisco cars were going so slowly, this driver says her boyfriend was able to get off and grab coffee while they waited. We were hungry and traffic was so slow, so randy jumped out and got bagels and coffee and we had only advanced like three cars maybe. Reporter in t