Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the paige turners readingsters, aim glen raucher this cowerrator and host of the page turns reading series. This used to be call the king reading sears to six miles to the west. I dont know if identity pointing west put humor me. Were glad you could be here in the nook. We started here last may ander very pleased to be here with our friends here the stage. Its a monday knight in new york, a beautiful spring day here in the late winter. And we know that even on a monday knight in new york theres 10,000 different places you could be, and nobody involved with putting together this event or participating in it take ford granted you have chosen to be here with us so thank you very much for that. We appreciate you being here, and the present you get he tend of end of your evident is the evening with a wonderful author, tim bakken and the cost of loyalty. Were joined by cspantv. If you look at the pageturners or Facebook Page i will post when this is going
Lets just say the death toll i mean and its something you can really officially comment on but the fact that only 50 people have been confirmed dead but i mean from the devastation youve seen that death toll would surely rise. It really is tragic i mean any death is a tragedy but what were seeing is a lot of families that are wondering where their loved ones are and its going to take time for the authorities to to identify. And learn more about. What may end up being a really tragic that. You are from an aid group working with distributing that id tell me about that because from what ive read and seen its not so much the issue of is there the aid its how do we actually get it out to people because of the infrastructure which has been damaged. The logistical challenges here just staggering im here in freeport and there is no Running Water and many places theres no electricity in most places were seeing long lines at gas stations at petrol stations people are filling up tanks to take bac
Security council has passed tough new sanctions on north korea that will cut oil supplies vital for pyongyangs missile and nuclear programs. With chinas backing, the Council Unanimously adopted this us draft resolution that forces the repatriation of north korean workers abroad, cutting off another revenue stream of kim jong uns regime. Heres what the Us Ambassador to the un, nikki haley had to say a short time ago. Today, for the tenth time, this council stands united against the north korean regime that rejects the pursuit of peace. The kim regime continues to defy the resolutions of this council, the norms of civilised behaviour and the patience of the international community. Their arrogance and hostility to anything productive has set their country on a destructive path. The bbcs un reporter nada tawfikjoined me earlier. Rex tillerson said he wanted to see this, President Trump even called president xi to say he wanted oil supplies cut off and weve seen the Security Council bring
To learn firsthand how it is changing lives at the most basic level. I learned about the tremendous support vida usa has from the bay area to peru because of its mission and its beloved cofounder. [ speaking spanish ] it was a spectacular 25thanniversary gala, with 900 donors and the consul general of peru in San Francisco, candy chavez. Haydee rodriguezpastor is the cofounder of vida usa and vida peru. This mother of six lives in the bay area and was born in peru. She inspires people because of the work being done by the nonprofit she started in the east bay with her late husband, carlos. He started a bank in peru, which has been an enthusiastic supporter of vida for years. A deadly illness prompted the birth of the charity. The infrastructure was already there after the epidemic ended, so haydee and her team built it into a lifesaving powerhouse that ships containers full of surplus medical equipment and supplies to peru and helps millions of other people in at least a dozen other la
Town celebrates. Abc7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman shows us petalumas beloved tradition. In petaluma today, a refreshingly oldschool definition of taking to the streets and, for that matter, respecting your elders. 91 next month. 91. Im 93. Ill be 94 in january. I am 100 years old. Theyre the guests of honor today in a community that turned out with tears in their eyes. Because they sacrifice so much to have us have our freedom, and theyre just never recognized enough. Yes, its veterans day once again in petaluma, where, 38 miles north of San Francisco, 42 miles north of oakland, and after a week of angst about this nations future, petaluma honored those who served their country in the past. Fred bollinger says it may have been a better world then. But you didnt have the internet. Well, i hope not. [ laughs ] you got that right. [ laughs ] i used to stand up on the hill and yodel. This year, the parade has grown to 200 different entries, 1,700 people riding, walking, marching, being ch