Kevin my name is kevin butterfield. It is my great pleasure to introduce you that todays speakers. Our center is one of the sponsors we are proud to bring americas most beloved writers to this room. We want to welcome everyone joining us live on cspan. Our next panels records of survival escaping genocide and human trafficking. His new book is waiting to be arrested at night. A memoir of chinas genocide. The founder and director of resilience force. His book is titled the great escape, a true story of forced labor and immigrant dreams. He is a lecturer in princeton. Our moderator writes for the Washington Post opinion section and is the author of prisoner, my 544 days in an iranian prison, solitary confinement, and the extraordinary efforts it took to get me out. Join me in welcoming them. [applause] i want to thank everybody for being here today and for watching me at home. This is an extraordinary honor and privilege for me. Over the last couple of weeks i have got to know him intima
Right now, a live look at the Oakland Coliseum where the as could decide to stay for little bit longer. Good afternoon. Im ryan yamamoto. Today, the as are meeting with city officials to try to reach a deal to keep playing in oakland. Here is the problem right now. As of right now, their leaves ends after the season. The city is reportedly offering an extension to the as for five years with a price tag of 97 million. The as are hoping a new stadium will be ready for the 2028 season in las vegas but they need a place to play until then. The team would reportedly have to have an opt out option after three years if the new stadium deal is done in time. As hands we spoke to have mixed emotions about the team. I believe that the city should not back down. If the as dont want to work with them, they need to leave. We can just a here with no franchise, no baseball. It would be devastating to our community. The as have been looking at sacramento and Salt Lake City as possible interim all parks
Im rachel ruble live in moscow. This is our t international, the worst violence in decades between homos militants and israel is showing no signs of a bathing. At least 1200 is rallies are reported. Dad was around to 900. 00 casualties in gaza and thousands of left wounded on both sides as the crisis enters its 5th day. The families could be seen and carrying their babies from destroyed buildings as tel aviv continues. Its attacks on palestinian settlements guides a residence. Its a Living Conditions have become unbearable, especially for children the that as it were now, living in you in schools, we cannot even go home and get what we need because the schools are not safe anymore. Yesterday, israel is bomb the area surrounding the school and all the display people who were there came here. There were many injured people among them. Many of my relatives were killed today. See if now the mother smiles. My son is deaf and um and my daughter suffers from atrophy. My 2 brothers are also in
One of the favorite thicks that we f do here at tv and we dont do very often is ask you and we want to hear from you what book is on your bedside table and on your tablet and why its attracted you 202 is the area 7488200 if you live in east time zones. Big crowds here at the National Book festival. Nathey have a whole area full of authors from different areas for of the country, book signings, book sales, i want to let you know that in about 20 minutes the librarian of congress is rejoining us here on your book tv set to make a special announcement. So thats coming up in about 20 minutes. Youve probablyy noticed as well on the screen that there is a 25th anniversary sliver over on the right side of your screen, yes, this is book tvs 25th anniversary. September 12th, 1998 will be our 25th anniversary and our cspan bags all have 25th anniversary on them as do our cspan book tv mugs. So we are very pleased about that. In those 25 years, we have been on the air over 1300 wkends. 92,000 hou
Down 559 points. Ther tina kraus on the outcome reporter tina kraus on the outcome that forced british Prime Minister David Cameron to resign. Reporter brexit reporters celebrated when word came down that Great Britain was leaving the 28nation european union. The sun has risen on an independent United Kingdom reporter the vote was a massive defeat for Prime Minister David Cameron who announced he would leave office in october. I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. Reporter the british pound was down to a 30year low and stock markets around the world plummeted. Voters to backed leaving the eu say they will have more control other trade, immigration and other economic issues. There is no need in the 21st century to be part of a federal system of government based in brussels that is imitated nowhere else in the world. Reporter president obama said the United States respects the voters decision and our partnership