Spoke with the librarys president and ceo anthony mark, about the hoyt of the institution as well as its Current Operations and future. Lets start with numbers. How big is the New York Public Library . How many employees, budget, et cetera . Guest a Public Library combines the largest circulating Branch Library system in america, 88 branches, in every neighborhood in the burroughs, as well as four Important Research libraries, this one being the crown jewel at the center of the system and also the shop berg center in hard harlem. We have 2100 employees, a budget of 280 million a year, operating, about half from the city of new york, largely to pay for the circulating Library System in the neighborhoods. The other half comes from return of a billion dollar en. Com that employs me, a trust, and that we raise somewhere between 80 and 100 municipal a year. Theres also 100 million a year. Theres also somewhere in the vicinity of 40 or 50 million a year of capital improvements, again mostly
What about those who oppose the assad regime we hear from one syrian woman fearing for her future plus. There are children here and there but they just started attacking us even mean viciously my husband was lying dead in front of me after that i lost consciousness we have an exclusive report of a series of attacks by far right gangs from the Roma Community in ukraine what is fueling the final. Hello im terry march and good to have you with us symbiote ways president. Has called for dialogue with the opposition amid high tensions following mondays elections his comments come a day after the military shot dead three unarmed demonstrators at a protest in the capital harare. Deployed the troops to disperse the protesters who
allege the countrys elections were rigged International Observers have condemned what they call the use of Excessive Force by the army. Soldiers firing live rounds and zimbabwes capital. The army into district to Harare Midafternoon reportedly at the request of the po
But the pressure from lebanon to leave is building some three Thousand Syrians have already registered to return but i can never go back to syria. She is especially worried about this man. Is a member of the Syrian Committee tasked with collecting the names of Billing Return is and sending the list to damascus for approval who is suspicious that the government mitali the names with those who protested against the regime and neither of us them upon arrival or refuse them approval to return but golson denies the charge. Its not a condition not an issue of approval its just about informing the government of the names of the people returning. He claims syria is now safe and to convince us
he asked one of the refugees whove applied to return to talk to us do you want to go back of course whats keeping me here but it doesnt go quite as he was sought so he is confronted by angry syrians that jobs are going back to syria safely is impossible. He shows his broad scars the military did this whil
Elections and the future and one woman this morning was just crying because she couldnt believe the amount of violence that she was seeing yesterday against older people and women as well was really heartbreaking to see all right emotions running very high there mentally. In harare thank you very much. Now some other stories making news Around The World authorities in the Democratic Republic Of Congo say four more people have tested positive for the a bowl of virus in the countrys northeast the outbreak in north kivu province close to the ugandan border has already claimed Twenty Thousand lives the cases come just days after another outbreak in the northwest of the sea was declared over. And the u. S. Has announced sanctions against to talk turkish officials over the countrys detention of an american pastor turkey accuses Andrew Brunson of aiding the failed coup attempt against turkish president won in Two Thousand And Sixteen the u. S. Is demanding bronsons immediate release. Lebanon
Its Services Worldwide and it goes on. In the sports world, Major League Baseball has delayed opening day for at least two weeks and suspended spring training. The National Hockey league has paused its season. The ncaa has canceled its march madness. Nascar races will continue without spectators and formula one has canceled its season opener. Live nation has suspend all tours, broadway, Carnegie Hall and the met opera have all gone dark. Disney land, disney world, disney cruises and universal orlando theme parks have shut down. In the race for the white house, the president has halted his Campaign Rallies take a look at that list for just a moment. That is a lot of Closures Amid this coronavirus crisis. Just yesterday, exactly one month after the dow soared to an alltime market high, the measures gained under President Trump is now gone. The s p plunged more than 7 just minutes after the opening bell causing a 15minute trading halt. The fed tried to ease investors as the markets began