Dana perino recalls her experiences as White House Press secretary and her life thereafter, and Gernot Wagner looks at Climate Change and more. Visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. First up this weekend on booktv geoff dyer talks about his experiences while living aboard the uss george h. W. Bush. [inaudible conversations] hi, everybody. My names clay smith. I am the Program Director of this festival so thank you for being here. Con fronting the confronting the drizzle or the mist or the rain or whatever we want to call it. Youre not here to hear from me, youre obviously here to listen to geoff dyer. Let me tell you a little bit about geoff and he and i will be in conversation for a while and then well open it up to questions from you all. Geoff dyer is the author of four novels two collections of essays and seven genredefying titles and they are but beautiful, the missing of the thome, out of sheer rage, yoga for people w
First up this weekend on booktv geoff dyer talks about his experiences while living aboard the uss george h. W. Bush. [inaudible conversations] hi, everybody. My names clay smith. I am the Program Director of this festival so thank you for being here. Con fronting the confronting the drizzle or the mist or the rain or whatever we want to call it. Youre not here to hear from me, youre obviously here to listen to geoff dyer. Let me tell you a little bit about geoff and he and i will be in conversation for a while and then well open it up to questions from you all. Geoff dyer is the author of four novels two collections of essays and seven genredefying titles and they are but beautiful, the missing of the thome, out of sheer rage, yoga for people who cant be bothered to do it [laughter] the ongoing moment and xona, a book about the film stalker. He is the coeditor of what was true the photographs and notebooks of william getny. Hes a fellow with the Royal Society of literature and an hono
Detained in russia over a deadly stabbing. And fury in italy with the convicted nazi war criminal is granted a funeral service. And there have been several after shocks. The quake was measured at a magnitude 7. 2 and a half. Belobo he island, while the densely populated island was also badly hit. The power was cut to many areas, buildings collapsed and people panicked. While some of the victims died in stampedes. Reporting. Lack of space and equipment, they are overworked and it isnt just them, rescue workers at are stretched, the earthquake hit just after 8 00 in the morning. Many say it was the strongest one they have ever witnessed. We were caught by surprise, the building collapsed as people were coming out. Offices and schooled were closed for a National Holiday which may have saved lives. There are many lifelines that have been blocked, roads bridges and we are beginning to get the messages in right now. As people make their reports. But in the meantime, we have a lot of problems
African Healthcare System is seeing. But first at least 73 people now have been killed and many more injured in an earthquake in the central philippines and it was a magnitude 7. 2 earthquake that hit the island in the second biggest city and power has been cut and buildings destroyed and over 100 people have been hurt. Reporter crews search for survivors be kneeled concrete buildings, the 7. 2 magnitude earthquake hit just before 8 00 in the morning and the force brought down buildings and seeing people fleeing into open spaces. Translator we were caught by surprise. The building collapsed as people were coming out. Reporter officers and schools were closed for a National Holiday and this may have saved lives. This is where the church is, a huge, old, Spanish Church built in the 1600s and severely damaged and a lot has collapsed and perhaps because its a holiday today there were though casualties at all there. The mayor of the town came out to the command center in front of the church
A solution in curbing Irans Nuclear program. And changing the way mothers and children are cared for, we have a special report from sin gal this hour. We begin in the philippines at least 93 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake shook the center of the country. It measured at 7. 2. And the densely populated city was also badly hit. Powers cut to many areas, buildings toppled. Reporter what was once a marketplace is now an open air hospital. Lack of space equipment means medics are overworked. Rescue workers are also stretched. The earthquake hit just after 8 00 in the morning. Many say it was the strongest they ever witnessed. Offices and schools were closed for a national holiday, which may have saved lives. Reporter there are many, many lifelines which have been blocked like roads and bridges and powers. And were beginning to get the messages in right now as people make the reports, but in the meantime we have a lot of problems in terms of 400year old churches collapsin