To introduce our speaker Richard Preston during his undergraduate work and got his ph. D. In english from Princeton University where he studied 19 century nonfiction writing and the author of nine books on a variety of topics including Infectious Disease and a childrens story and the author of many nonfiction pieces including a piece just last week entitled the old wars preston published the hot zone with the accidental outbreak and a colony of research monkeys and virginia in the 80s. The hot zone sold millions of copies and terrified millions of readers. For example, novelist stephen king said the first chapter is one of the most horrifying things i have ever read and then it gets worse. [laughter] i am also sure the hot zone inspired many readers to consider and pursue careers in epidemiology and Public Health with a fascination from what we know today. The most recent massive outbreak occurred for the first time in west africa put speeleven back on the bestseller list 20 years afte
Carrying out the massacre. Then to iraq. We are now in the position to go on offense. The airstrikes have been effective integrating isils test capability in the advanced or making. Now we need Ground Troops, iraqi Ground Troops that can start pushing them back. As president obama deploys 1500 more troops to iraq, we will speak with matthew hoh, the former marine and state Department Official who once served in iraq. In 2009 he became the first known u. S. Official to resign in protest over the afghan war. And we will speak to a yale graduate student in Public Health who just completed 21 days in quarantine after returning from liberia. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has authorized the deployment of an additional 1,500 troops to iraq, more than doubling the current u. S. Force in iraq. Pentagon press secretary rear admiral john kirby unveiled the plan on friday. The commanderinchief ha
Killings is the worst atrocity mexico has seen in years. On friday, the Mexican Government accused a gang of carrying out the massacre. Then to iraq. We are now in the position to go on offense. The airstrikes have been effective integrating isils test capability in the advanced or making. Now we need Ground Troops, iraqi Ground Troops that can start pushing them back. As president obama deploys 1500 more troops to iraq, we will speak with matthew hoh, the former marine and state Department Official who once served in iraq. In 2009 he became the first known u. S. Official to resign in protest over the afghan war. And we will speak to a yale graduate student in Public Health who just completed 21 days in quarantine after returning from liberia. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has authorized the deployment of an additional 1,500 troops to iraq, more than doubling the current u. S. Force i
Killings is the worst atrocity mexico has seen in years. On friday, the Mexican Government accused a gang of carrying out the massacre. Then to iraq. We are now in the position to go on offense. The airstrikes have been effective integrating isils test capability in the advanced or making. Now we need Ground Troops, iraqi Ground Troops that can start pushing them back. As president obama deploys 1500 more troops to iraq, we will speak with matthew hoh, the former marine and state Department Official who once served in iraq. In 2009 he became the first known u. S. Official to resign in protest over the afghan war. And we will speak to a yale graduate student in Public Health who just completed 21 days in quarantine after returning from liberia. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has authorized the deployment of an additional 1,500 troops to iraq, more than doubling the current u. S. Force i
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The pieces are scattered all over the coast of virginia. Valuable clues in determining why an unmanned rocket bound for the International Space station blew up last evening moments after liftoff. The rocket was 13 stories tal, owned and operated by Orbital Sciences, a private company, a 200 Million Mission wiped out in seconds. It is first failure in nasas commercial Space Program, and we have more now from chip reid in wallops island, virginia. One. Reporter for a brief moment, it looked like a perfect launch. And we have liftoff of antares. Reporter but just seconds later, the base of the unmanned rocket suddenly became engulfed in flames as it fell back to earth and exploded in massive ball of fire. Its going to be loud reporter so powerful it blew out windows at ron wolffs restaurant. How far are we from the launchpad . As the crow fly, probably seven to eight miles. Reporter seven to e