[inaudible] winged a microphone. That i didnt know. [inaudible] by this time i read up on him. I had crossed him off, but i did interview him nevertheless. And of course the rest is history. No, that is true. There were several levels, particularly midlevel management where people who tell me will do everything we can to undermine you and make sure this doesnt happen. Nakashima was then the director general and basically he thought that in one year time it would be, how to say we will just kill it, et cetera. Too ridiculous to even talk about. When i was writing about it, i said how is this possible . To go beyond personalities, there is indeed an issue in the u. N. System, which is very rich in terms of its diversity and different agencies and everybody is looking for money, fundraising. So there is a lot of turf and all of that going on and i dont think that coordination is actually the solution. But i must also say that probably in dissent aids that we are the most advanced, best in
The survivors lay dead in the field and they were fired on by machine guns at close range. Machine guns were fired at these men. They fell to the ground. December 17, 1944, an american convoy traveling to belgium is spotted and captured by german troops. Ginny parker on the massacre on sunday night at nine eastern and pacific. Part of American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Our special booktv programming continues in just a moment with peter piot in his career fighting viruses. And a little more than an hour, lori andrews on personal privacy rights and social networking. After that, the swearing in of the governor of new hampshire. It will be a busy day tomorrow for members of congress. The house meets at 10 00 a. M. Eastern to consider a bill regarding Hurricane Sandy relief funding. You can see that live on cspan at 10 00 a. M. At one eastern, a joint meeting of congress. He will count the electoral boards for Vice President and president. Now, peter piot on his book, no time to
Pay 100 per year. [laughter]. Lose. From the council on Foreign Relations in new york city, this is a little more than an hour. Good evening. Welcome to the council on Foreign Relations. I am laurie garrett, senior official for the Global Health program. I am very pleased and excited about our discussion today. We have a very big treat. We not only have doctor peter piot, the founder of the United Nations a program, but we have the current director with us as well. We have a true continuity that stands for several decades. And i think youll have a lively and fantastic conversation. What brings us here today is no time to lose, a life in pursuit of deadly viruses, doctor peter piots memoir. It is not an attempt to write history of anything. But rather an attempt to describe how the world in the history developed through the eyes of a key player who is really on the front lines of each individual step along the way. Because the memoir is far more accessible, it goes through an adventure
Were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the nation now has an official Ebola Response coordinator. He was named today in a bid to corral any spread of the virus and ease mounting public anxiety. Woodruff the appointment of ron klain came in a paper statement this morning and the explanation came this afternoon, from white house spokesman josh earnest. What we were looking for was not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert. And thats exactly what ron klain is. Woodruff klain has no Major Public Health background, but hes been chief of staff to Vice President s gore and biden. For the next five to six months, hell oversee the federal response to ebola. For now though, the white house is still ru
Were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the nation now has an official Ebola Response coordinator. He was named today in a bid to corral any spread of the virus and ease mounting public anxiety. Woodruff the appointment of ron klain came in a paper statement this morning and the explanation came this afternoon, from white house spokesman josh earnest. What we were looking for was not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert. And thats exactly what ron klain is. Woodruff klain has no Major Public Health background, but hes been chief of staff to Vice President s gore and biden. For the next five to six months, hell oversee the federal response to ebola. For now though, the white house is still ru