Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill nato ambassadors convened a rare emergency meeting today in brussels on the Islamic State threat in turkey, after a string of attacks. Representatives from 28 nations gathered at nato headquarters for the special session, at turkeys request. Afterward, the alliances secretarygeneral spoke to reporters. All allies stand in solidarity with turkey. We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks. We express our condolences to the turkish government and to the families of the victims in suruc and other attacks against police and military officers. Ifill at the same time, turkey faced more violence from kurdish militants. A turkish soldier was sh
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill nato ambassadors convened a rare emergency meeting today in brussels on the Islamic State threat in turkey, after a string of attacks. Representatives from 28 nations gathered at nato headquarters for the special session, at turkeys request. Afterward, the alliances secretarygeneral spoke to reporters. All allies stand in solidarity with turkey. We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks. We express our condolences to the turkish government and to the families of the victims in suruc and other attacks against police and military officers. Ifill at the same time, turkey faced more violence from kurdish militants. A turkish soldier was sh
Before introduce tonights speakers. Cell phones and other devices should be turned off. Tonight is the sole event, so tonight there is one event, so if i could ask everyone to fold at their chairs at the end and leave them against the closest bookshelf or wall. Last thing is for the q a session after the presentation if i could ask you to step to my left we have a microphone. We record this and cspan is here as well, so for prosperity if we could get this all on recording that would be wonderful. Without further do i would like to introduce tonights author, cate lineberry. Be free or die the amazing story of Robert Smalls escape from slavery to union hero is her second major work. Nominated for the 2014 edgar award for best [inaudible] be free or die chronicles the heroic journey of Robert Smalls who in 1862 sees a confederate steamer and sailed his way from Charleston Harbor to a Union Blockade freeing himself and his family. As all of you will soon see and learn he his mission did no
High 70s away from the bay. We are even talking about 80 as my outside number. Ill pinpoint that location plus ill tell you how many days its going to rain. Thats coming up. Heres roqui. Roberta, i dont want to hear it. Okay . It is 5 01. Lets check the carless Richmond San Rafael bridge toll plaza. Look at that. If you are heading eastbound on 580 of the Richmond San Rafael bridge, we do have some roadwork still out there between midspan and right past the toll plaza until 6 a. M. So keep that in mind. There will be some cones out there slowing you down and here is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza into downtown San Francisco. The maze to downtown a quick 7 minutes. Those metering lights should turn on and slow you down around 5 30 or so. Well keep an eye on that. Our slowest traffic of the morning the Altamont Pass at 30 across the way on to the dublin interchange. Heres a live look at that slow friday commute and lets take a look at mass transit. Hows it looking . Art, ace tr
Making decisions about our own. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the situation in syria had u. S. And Russian Military officials talking today, at least by long distance. They discussed ways to avoid confrontations between warplanes crisscrossing syrian skies. Meanwhile, the war on the ground raged on. Woodruff rebels in Northern Syria fought using americanmade antitank weapons today, trying to slow a government offensive in hama province. The assad regime is taking advantage of rus