Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of israel weve heard president Mahmoud Abbas the palestinian president speaking about saying that the United States has chosen to lose its competency as a mediator and will lose its role in the Peace Process we shall not accept any role for the u. S. In the Peace Process its a story coming out. Amnesty International Says the European Union is complicit in the abuse of refugees in libya it says european governments ignore Rights Violations and violent tactics used by the libyan coast guard so will this report help refugees this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im so ho rahman the mediterranean refugee crisis was the top story on every channel was full out of the spotlight in recent months and that may be because refugee and Migrant Deaths are down significantly but amnesty International Says many refugees are actually better off as migration routes to europe closed down hundreds of thousands have been forced back into Detention
If you would like to view other after words programs online, go to our web site, booktv. Org, type afterwards into the search bar and all previous after words episodes will be available. Welcome to springfield, missouri, we visited the city to explore its rich history and literary culture, located 80 miles east of the kansas border, springfield wag the site of many major conflicts during the civil war. Today it is the their largest city in the state, with a population of 167,000. With the help of our partners at media come, for the next hour and ten minutes well explore the local literary culture, starting with jeremy, the border between them, and as he shares the story of bleeding kansas, a conflict occurring along the kansas missouri border in the struggle over slavery. And the question of whether kansas territory would be open for slavery or free soil. Violence of 1850s is really about that question and becomes wrapped in so much more. You have sites over water and access to grazing
This burgeoning building of automobiles in every small town. The demand to be able to open a map and go from place to place was so strong that the government said we are going to start this deal of numbered highways. As theield is known birthplace of route 66. Man namedield had a john t roadworks. He was an absolute genius at marketing and making things happen. He was one of the committee of people pushing for the silent. Highway. They wanted the number to be 60. Then, through politicking with the governor of kentucky, that changedas strange and that number went to another road. John t. Woodruff got together with some of the other people in the committee and came up with the idea of 66. Asking sent a telegram that they be given the number 66. History. Is , iconic inoute 66 music and folklore. We feel like we are the birthplace because the meeting and telegram were sent from our city. How did woodruff get so involved in the establishment. He was a tremendous visionary. His vision was ro
You are very welcome to the pulse. European leaders are speaking openly about the possibility of a grexit and say they now have a detailed plan in place in case black scenario happens. They have said sunday is the deadline for greece to accept a rescue or risk in booted out of the euro. For mroore we are joined by guy johnson in athens and hans nichols in berlin. Hes i nn brussels, excuse me,. Lets talk to guy. Guy, obviously, these banks are still close. Whats it like in greece at the moment . Guy well, people are beginning to wonder when they are going to open. What is interesting is youve got money pooling in certain areas of the economy and we need the Banking System to restart in order for this money to start moving around the system in the way this meant to do. The question is come next week what kind of money are we talking about . There is deadline come sunday. People are talking openly about a grexit. It is not going to be the flicking of us which. Youre not going to see greec
Crudes the january brent prices. Will we see another cut . Days, in the next two donald trump will speak to the assembl ons General Assembly. And we have janet yellen, fed chair speaking. Jonathan we are focusing on the annual u. N. Assembly where President Trump will make his first and biggest address to leaders around the world. President trump has already condemned the u. N. For its bureaucracy and management. President trump in recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement. While the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 , and its staff has more than doubled since 2000, we are not seeing results in line with this investment. Jonathan im pleased to welcome a special guest, tony blair, former Prime Minister serving as leader of the labour party until 2007. Great to have you with us on the program. Tony thank you. Specific you have a knowledge of the workings of the u. N. Security council. How best to nav