It is now my great pleasure to introduce our guest tonight, chris hedges. Hes a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who has reported on wars and insurgencies in central the persian gulf and the balkans. He became, the New York Times middle east bureau chief in 1991, and then the Balkan Bureau chief for the times in 1995. And because war is our topic tonight, its worth saying that chris has been held captive, has experienced the full force of war firsthand. What maybe fewer people know is that he is also an ordained presbyterian minister who, for many years now has been teaching inmates in new jersey prisons and who works tirelessly, tirelessly on behalf of those inmates in and when they are released released. His recent book, our class and transformation in an american prison, which you can see in the back there, comes out of that experience. Chris is the author of, many other bestselling and often prescient books. These include american fascists, the christian right and the war on ameri
On about books x we delve into the latest news about the Publishing Industry with interesting insider interviews with Publishing Industry experts. Well also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books. The latest book reviews and well talk about the current nonfiction books featured on cspan book tv. And welcome to about books. In a few minutes, well chat with a youtube star turned author whos out with a new book thats equal parts history and cookbook. But first, heres a look at some of the latest news from the publishing world. Well, new york city mayor eric adams recently stepped back from a proposed 4 budget cut to new york city Public Libraries. The move comes after Library Officials warned that such cuts could end Weekend Service at libraries and scaled back public programing despite the potential cuts. New york citys robust Public Library system helped land it on a new list of best cities for book lovers. The list from the website long love ranked 200 American Cities
It is now my great pleasure to introduce our guest tonight, chris hedges. Hes a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who has reported on wars and insurgencies in central the persian gulf and the balkans. He became, the New York Times middle east bureau chief in 1991, and then the Balkan Bureau chief for the times in 1995. And because war is our topic tonight, its worth saying that chris has been held captive, has experienced the full force of war firsthand. What maybe fewer people know is that he is also an ordained presbyterian minister who, for many years now has been teaching inmates in new jersey prisons and who works tirelessly, tirelessly on behalf of those inmates in and when they are released released. His recent book, our class and transformation in an american prison, which you can see in the back there, comes out of that experience. Chris is the author of, many other bestselling and often prescient books. These include american fascists, the christian right and the war on ameri
the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv with washington increasing the pressure for a humanitarian pause. we ll tell you what has come out of those meetings. this, as the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah gives a speech praising the hamas attacks, saying the possibility of total war is realistic . joining me to discuss all that is my panel ayesha hazarika and former us federal prosecutor, joe moreno. israel says its troops in gaza, are engaged in face to face combat, with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has spoken from a secret location. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas at
Cleve. Reporter natasha we all know the expression its better to give than receive, especially around christmastime and in this case, the suspect stole money from a Church Fundraiser here parish meant to help those in need. We give out 1,000 christmas baskets. Reporter the season of giving is at hand in south camdens Sacred Heart Parish but Police Say Two sundays ago this man helped himself. He allegedly stole about 1200 from a fundraiser where parishioners buy and sell homemade goods in the church basement. Its a very joyous occasion. People are eating and drinking and buying and having a good time. Reporter Camden Police released this video of the man they say stole from the church in hopes you can help identify him. The good part of it was that nobody was attacked or hurt. Reporter father Michael Doyle who has been at the church for more than 40 years was doing a special mass to bless expectant mothers at the time of the theft. He says the money from the fundraiser would have helped