Chief lee nothing has been the problem. 247 news coming from moscow this is r. T. International a very warm welcome to the program my name is you know only at the line story today the u. S. Secretary of state house painted the assassination of irans top general kassam salomone as part of a Bigger Campaign deterrence he says it will also be applied to russia and china. More in this case we had been hearing the term imminent attack in the aftermath of general. Assassination there seems to be a new buzzword. Indeed mike pompei o the u. S. Secretary of state seems to be highlighting the term deterrence as the new buzz word defining u. S. Foreign policy take a listen to what he said reestablishing deterrence real deterrence military deterrence deterrence is hard to establish an easy to lose. Now the killing of a top foreign general by the United States in a different country is considered now to be an act of deterrence intended to deter behavior on the part of the country or entity that was
Is aprofound new way of looking at the history of atlanta. And so its only fitting that his first author talk in atlanta, be here at the Atlanta History Center are many of you all already have read the book, but some of you all might not might not be aware of his background. But professor ober is, a professor of history, and hes also the founding director of the center for the study popular music at the university of and he received his ph. D. From indiana university, bloomington and he received his undergraduate degree a bachelor of art in history from, Morehouse College and. Hes previously written two books. His first book was black power radical politics and African American identity, and he wrote hip hop revolution. The culture and politics of rap. So this is his third book. And having read his first book, it was a great book. But this book broke new ground. And without further ado, i want to welcome to the stage dr. Jeffrey oji obaa. Good everyone to say its a pleasure to be here
[ switching captioners ]. Yeah, were all celebrating the big cool down headed our way around the bay, we celebrate the microclimate, if you dont like the temperature in your neighborhood, drive a few miles and experience the temperature. That was not the case over the past few days. Today we cool things off. Triple digits still very hot toward livermore, antioch, concord, pacifica 77. San francisco instead of the 102 yesterday, 84. San francisco, remember, fwri that was the all friday was the alltime record, 106 degrees. Just amazing. Yesterday the fourth hottest day, 102. Today, much cooler, 84 degrees. Good news, the heat advisories and the heat warnings, theyre gone. They expired 9 00 tonight. All the maps that showed you the yellows and reds, the colors are off the maps because those warnings are no longer in effect. Thats a good sign well be cooling things off in to your monday. Changes to our south though, clouds and some showers that could impact the bay area forecasting your mo
You can watch this and other programs online apple tv. Org. book tv. Org. [inaudible conversations] starting now live from the texas book festival in Office Austin is a conversation about fake news. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Good afternoon and i would like to personally welcome you to the texas book festival in austin, texas, the greatest book festival in that united states. [cheers and applause] my name is Brian Sweeney a proud board member of the texas book festival so you can totally trust me when i say that. We are here with an esteemed panel of two writers i admire 48 panel called pulses, forgery and fake news. I often think this year may be the fake news, something that has come into the currency of our language. Fake news fake news has become so ingrained in every aspect of our lives in terms of how we consume our media and understanding our political discord in the large decisions we make as a country Going Forward. I would like to introduce our panel today. One
Are right. Good afternoon. Thank you for coming. My name is dan simundza. On a Research Scientist at the global forum on urban and regional resilience. On behalf of all my colleagues at the form id like to welcome you to two nights special event. Its an honor for me to have the opportunity to introduce our speaker tonight, doctor Susan Wharton gates. Dr. Gates wrote that freddie mac for nearly 20 years at times help position of the edge of the copies research magazine, compiler of credit risk data for the board of directors, policy director for freddie macs top login is some coordinator of the risk group and primary writer of ceo congressional testimony. She served as Vice President of the Public Policies and of corporate strategy. Our fascinating book days of slaughter which she will discuss shortly provides an insiders view of the implosion of the u. S. Housing finances. Since her time at freddie mac dr. Gates has worked as an academic, a consultant and an entrepreneur. Shes taught c