[inaudible conversations] good morning and welcome to the 19th annual National Book festival brought to you by the library of congress. [applause] this festival is free of charge thanks to the generosity of donors large and small. He. Please make it brief and to the point, you are giving us permission to use it to web cast and finally i ask that you please turn off your cell phones, thank you and enjoy your day. Good morning, book lovers, how are you . Can we stop for a moment and acknowledge the librarian, hardworking staff and the volunteers . Absolutely. [applause] im chairman for the National Endowment of humanities, we proud to continue partnership of National Book festival, topic of this festival, changemakers and one way we are doing so is to discuss topic on the bottom level of the Convention Center, theyll we will recognize importance of 19th document, documentary on pbs, we have wonderful cutouts of Suffrage Movement, leaders that you can pose with, grandchildren, Fredrik Dou
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Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. But first the headlines. Thousands take to the streets across the uk to condemn borisjohnsons decision to suspend parliament. In hong kong, police storm an underground train using pepper spray and batons, as the city sees some of the worst street battles yet. Its the very centre of hong kong and look at it. The government buildings under siege, complete mayhem. More than 50 migrants have been detained as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach kent. Several boats have been intercepted. Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert has been killed in a crash at the belgian grand prix. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are city ams comment and features editor, rachel cunliffe, and the journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai brown. Welcome to both of you. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Lets give you a flavour. Brexit endgame thats o
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