Would create a diplomatic relations and that was the original purpose in the book. No one believed including my publisher thank you dan simon, i started to doubt it myself. When it happened i had to rearrange the book and i was fortunate to update it. Its arts with a detailed account of how it happened on december 17th, the beginning of normalization. The rest of the book is about the preceding 55 years or 60 years and i interviewed for many hours a former leader of the cuban revolution and government his daughter in havana said it should be called two old guys talking so i made that the initial chapter. Host tell us about ricardo. Guest you have to write this book because nobody knows him. If that is true, you are talking about a man who after many decades the Cuban Foreign minister, cute and United Nations representative in new york at the cuban head of Natural Assembly which is speaker of the house of representatives. He has been a public human figure, he knows more secrets, has bee
He dies under robert elys command and this is a devastating a devastating impact. He feels this loss very sharply. I am just curious how do they compare with characters today in washington . [laughter]. So i think he would find that interesting and i will take a pass on the question because it is just too hard because the civil war is just the meet period we can all agree that the country never has to undergo that again thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] host and thanks for watching booktv, 48 hours of Nonfiction Authors and books every weekend on cspan2. And today we are live on the campus of the university of Southern California home of the Los Angeles Times festival of books. Today there are several author panels ahead on the plushing industry biographies Publishing Industry, biographies of World Leaders and science, and well also sit down with tom hayden, travels smiley and hugh hewitt among others while they take your calls. You can get sched
We will be here again all day on sunday. Joining us on our outdoor set, author and radio talkshow host hugh hewitt. Mr. Hewitt, we brought you on to talk about your newest book but i i dont have a copy of. Guest secrecy. It is about hillary. We are keeping it very under wraps until it releases. First of all i want to to congratulate you on bringing books to usc. All all my trojan friends out there command talking about you. I have written a book based closely on nokia valleys the prints which was published 500 years ago. Some people say was that was 502, published 502, some people say 498. And so i wrote a book of advice for hillary on how to when and how to govern. That will be released on june 19. Some of my republican friends are going to like it because it is how she could win and govern. Host what is it called . Guest it is called the queen. Host how did you come up with that name . Guest because it is not the prince is the queen. I we will do everything i can to stop her from win
Consumption of sugarsweetened beverages is down 37 over two decades. While diabetes has at the same time tripled. Spokesman roger salizar says targeting one industry with opportunistic legislation does nothing to improve Health Outcomes and is designed to mislead the public into thinking obesity and diabetes can be cured with label or ban. While a soda tax didnt get enough votes last november, 56 did favor it showing that this progressive city may be receptive to label warnings. I think it would definitely help people see that maybe i should be more careful what im putting in my body what im consuming. But others say warnings are not needed. People are well aware of what soda contains in them. I wont stop drinking soda. At a partying with ill drink Something Like that. They want to ban soda at city functions except some sporting events. San francisco could also take a big stand against tobacco. Supervisor mark farrell introducing related product. If it passes San Francisco would be the
Pushing across the bay. We will be left with mostly sunny conditions. 60s at the coast. The fog stays put here. It will be barely 60 and mid60s San Francisco. Mostly in the 70s north bay, east bay and in the south bay. 80s are getting closer and those will come into play the next few days. Matt . Thank you, lisa. Bart and its unions will be back as they try to hammer out a deal before sundays midnight deadline. We go to oakland with the latest. Cornell . Both sides return to the bargaining table here at the cal trans building in downtown oakland at 9 30 this morning. So far no deal, but for the first time in a long 250eu78 there is hope that a deal can be reached. Both sides agree on that. Talks broke off around 9 30. New to the mix is grace who is sitting in on negotiations and talking with unions. Despite her presence, no deals were made. Both sides say the fact that she is there and listening is a good sign. I think it is good for the unions because they get to address her and they