Atlanta History Center virtual author talk featuring Heather Lende in conversation with jessica handler. I am kate whitman Vice President of the programs and Community Engagement for the atlanta History Center. Im glad you are here and thanks for being with us. This talk will also be broadcast on cspan so look out for that. You can purchase copies of of bears and ballots directly from our official bookseller. Theres a link in the chat so you can do that. Also we provide a link on our website. As jessica and had a talking please submit your questions for heather or jessica it just to entertain questions as well. I might. Theres a a q a feature at e bottom of your screen. Well get to as many of us as time allows. Heather lindsey has contributed to npr, New York Times and national geographic. Among other newspapers and magazines. Shes author of the bestselling book buying the good, take good care of the garden and the dog, and if you lift your i would know your name. And that shall be dis
Out for that. You can purchase copies of of bears and ballots from our link in the chat and we provided a link on our website and jessica and heather are talking, please your questions to jessica or heather. We had a q a feature in the bottom of your screen. You will get to as many of those as time allows. Heather lende as contributed as a and pr and National Geographic outlets among other newspapers andmagazines. Shes the author of the bestselling book find the good, take good care of the garden and the dog and if you lived here i know your name you and i shall be discussing herlatest book , of bears and ballots an alaskan adventure into smalltown politics. Heather will be interviewed by jessica hammer, jessica is the author of the novel magnetic girl, author of the southern book, also a nominee for the crisis section, from invisible sisters was named one of the all georgians should read and her craft guide breathing fire, a guide to writing about it was praised by vanity fair and oth
A warm welcome youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International the latest headlines and a roundup of the stories that shape the week and the karen good to have you with us. Well this week has shared light on the fate of an iraqi ethnic and religious minority the years it is despite the fall of the Islamic State thousands of the kurdish speaking group are still being held hostage many of them are children who have been abducted and sold a slave markets. To. The men would offer us and skits in the evenings they would get together and treat the women and have their fun with us. But. It was indescribable for me last turned into endless suffering tears and hunger i couldnt do anything not quite according to. Iraqi officials in twenty fourteen alone almost seven thousand people were kidnapped by eiffel and three thousand are still missing. Reports on the long way home of his cities from terrorist captivity. Age location. Ten thousand dollars russia. Location. Fifteen thousand dollars k
1,000 guns, Baltimore Police have removed that number from city streets. What is the next step to cutting Violent Crime. Hello, again. Im jessica kartalija. Im don scott. Heres what people are talking about today, the commissioner and mayor announced the milestone at the crime scene last night. Just hours later more gunfire rang out in several neighborhoods. Wjz is live. Mike hellgren break s down the significant statistic and what it means. Reporter theres been a lot of stories involving gun violence, gangs and drugs the number of murders that has surpassed that. The mayor and commissioner wanted to make note of this milestone. This is the 1000th gun police took off Baltimore City streets this year. They got it in park heights after a man broke into a home with children inside. With significance to city leaders who held a conference on manchester street is few hours later. The commissioner credited a new foot patrol program. The moment when someone broke into the house and violated th
Im Jessica Kartalija. Heres what people are talking about today. We have breaking news out of charles county. A school bus with students on board is hit head on. Several students are injured. A cadillac collided with the bus. 40 students were on board from north point high. Five were taken by ambulance from the scene. The other 35 students were taken to the hospital as a precaution. The driver of the cadillac, a 47yearold woman, was hurt and flown to the hospital. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Well have the latest on this breaking story coming up tonight at 4 00, 5 00 and 6 00. Two men killed and the suspect vehicle are identified while one person continues to fight for life at shock trauma. Wjz is live at City Police Head quarters. Derek valcourt has the latest. Good afternoon, derek. Reporter good afternoon. The real question a lot of people are asking today, is was this crash the result of a police chase. An actual pursuit with lights and sirens. So far police haven