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Battles to contain an oil leak from a grounded ship. International leaders hold virtual talks in the coming hours to raise a day for the lebanese capital that stands the cleanup continues in beirut from tuesdays huge explosion swards of the city were devastated when 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded at the port france and the United Nations have set up a Donor Conference to help u. S. President donald trump said hell be joining back or its estimated the blast at the warehouse caused up to 15000000000. 00 worth of damage at least 158. 00 people were killed and rescue workers are still searching for the missing more than 5000. 00 were injured in the explosion which left 300000. 00 homeless. Outrage over the explosion spilled on to the streets of the city on saturday thousands of people rally the games the government the protests to stand in 2 hours of street battles between demonstrates is and Security Forces then a call the reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the fa
Information about the events coming to you shortly. In the interim i am so pleased to welcome Douglas Murray to the event this afternoon. Also in author most recently the 2019 books demint mess of crowds and he was with us in person at the Manhattan Institute i think in early 2018 and that was just after the publication of this book the strange death of europe. Douglas is a Formidable Political critic and im not sure that he knew the subjects of both his most recent book and this one would come into play during this particular moment in time and for that reason and many others it is my pleasure to welcome you to the event this afternoon. Guest thank you very much. Its a pleasure to be with you and all of your members. Host we will talk for the next 20 minutes or so at which point we will turn over the qanda to the audience. If you look at the righthand side of the screen, there is a little triangle with the word question. You can type question anytime you like. And when we turn over to
Book came earlier in the year when i the press coverage of sara palin unfold and she to be on the National Stage i was amazed at some of the exaggeration and distortions or been told about her and some of our most established news media. People said that she was a supporter of pappy cannon, she wasnt. People said she was a supporter of the Alaskan Independence Party, she was not a member. Rumors about the paternity of her youngest child were circulated on the web. [inaudible] all of these rumors and lies i decided we should catalog them to show not only the fact that all of these myths were propagated, but also try to ask for the question of why. I think the question of why it isnt a way more interesting question. Sara palin has this unerring ability to summon up the worst feelings in her opponents. It is really quite amazing. What is that quality . Why is that quality they are invited to have the effect it had . Of personal thing she represents most of the things that the left in this
Offering Financial Relief as talks on the new covenant virus rescue package collapse. And brazil passes a grim coronavirus milestone as the number of covered 1000 deaths exceeds all 100000. Outrage over chooses explosion and lebanons capital has spilled onto the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious at the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured in a heart of reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the face of power. Relentless tear gas by Security Forces at times live ammunition. But protesters didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed and damaged many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be