I would like to welcome our friends who are joining us by cspan and those who are here with us tonight who are the really smart people in ashington because you have chosen to be above the nationals game and about the president ial debate. Were glad you chose to be with us tonight. Id like to acknowledge some very important people who are with us this evening. Matts parents tim and Debbie Costello who are here with us tonight and his wife kristen who is here tonight. And of course, in my book, the two most important costello are sofia and theodore. And theyre at hope. They can come next time. Theyre matt and kristens wonderful little kids. Id also like to welcome the members of our board of director who are with us tonight. We have anne stock. Give anne a hand. [applause] and bob mcgee. And we have two that are enroute, Anita Mcbride and gayle west. Both will be a little bit late. But will be with us tonight. Steve restaurant is the national cochair of the white house our National Counc
Phobic violence talk to al jazeera and a volcano in chile sends ash into the sky european leaders are due to hold an emergency summit in brussels on the crisis in the mediterranean sea. More than 1,000 people arrived in italian ports. Many on rickety overcrowded boats. Live to catania in sicily. Al jazeeras correspondent Barnaby Phillips. Behind you an italian vessel bringing the latest batch of immigrants and refugees. Yes, thats right, a handful of women and men, four pregnant women. We have a few details. They were picked up off the libyan coast. One group on a crowded dingy the other on a more secure vessel. They have been brought back to catania, and all of them have disembarked in a Processing Center away to my right. You cant see it. Theyll be loaded off on buses and taken to various camps around sicily later during the day. Camps which are full to overflowing, so this is the context in which european leaders are meting and the meting and the reason why here calling the summit.