Purchase a big hand for the festival of books. [applause] you can visit the Student Union for more information on matter visit them at your website. Your gift will certainly make a difference. Out of respect for the authors in our fellow audience members, it is time to turn off your darn cell phones. I will do the same myself here. Lets introduced these guys and get the show on the road here. On stage here is my good friend, Margaret Regan. Ive known market for more than 25 years. We both lived away at the tucson weekly. She is one more journalism awards and i can tell. Shes the author of two books about the border. The death of use and mean and deported stories of immigrant families under fire. We also have to reset duncan, attorney for the author of the guantanamo diary. Im going to get this right. Mohammed do all right. Thats the last time ill say that. Hes been in detention at one time the most since 2002. A federal judge ordered his release in 2010 but the u. S. Government has bee
Off by three dozen air strikes conducted primarily by u. S. Attack planes but also by American Drones and a b1 bomber. The u. S. Also has special operations commandos on the ground on sinjar mountain, which overlooks the isilheld city below. U. S. And british troops are helping to direct the air attacks, which u. S. Military sources claim killed more than 60 isil fighters in the Opening Hours of the kurdishled ground offensive. The objectives . To free sinjar from more than a year of isil rule and block a key supply line, highway 47, that links mosul in iraq and raqqa in syria, isils two biggest strongholds. The u. S. Said pesh muir ga forces seized part of the road. The highway 47 over sinjar mountain and the ground by the pash merge ya. A force of 8,000 troops led by the kurds is going up against 400 and 600 dug in and determined isil fighters. The battle plan takes two to four days to retake the city and another week or so to clear bombs and booby trapped houses. Unlike the prison r
Decision to do so peacefully. Ends with violence nationwide. Cleanup in the bay area now under way. The system needs to be indicted. This system is completely unfair. Good morning, everyone, im scott mcgrew. And im kris sanchez. That developing story tops our news this morning. In the light of day, were getting a look at the damage left behind in oakland after angry protesters smashed store windows, looted, and lit fires in response to that missouri grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson. But even before the sun came up, workers were making repairs, sweeping up shattered glass. Nbc bay areas bob redell has been in oakland all morning. Bob, i assume youre seeing some signs of progress . Reporter we are. Which is a good thing. Good morning to you there, scott and kris. Mayor jean quan of oakland telling us this morning her Police Department arrested over 40 people last night, some of whom were responsible for scenes like this. Youve got businesses along b
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Republicans have called for an investigation into the NGOs activities after footage emerged of a charity worker allegedly holding open a section of border fence for people to enter the US from Mexico .