Welcome to bbc news. List into our main headlines. Its where order is a complete siege of the hamas controlled gaza strip. Some pockets are fighting remain. Since 9 11, at least 700 israelis are dead including 260 at a music festival. Look attacks continue. Dozens israelis held hostage including children. Israel orders a complete siege of the hamas controlled gaza strip. The country says its regained control of its southern communities pockets of militants may remain. Israel describes saturdays assault as its 9 11. At least 700 israelis are dead including 260 at a music festival. Rocket attacks from Gaza Continue with explosions heard injerusalem. Dozens of israelis are being held hostage including children. Gaza is under frequent bombardment this is the densely populated jabalia refugee camp. The areas Health Ministry says, 560 people in the territory are dead. This is the scene live in gaza as the uk confirms 10 citizens are feared dead or missing. The us says nine of its people hav
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Author of big, hot, cheap and right, and what america can learn from the strange genius of texas. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im glen, the directer of the school of journalism at the university of texas at austin. I welcome you. Theres two superb authors here to morning to talk about the state of the union where we went wrong. We have 45 minutes, but could spend 45 hours on this. We better get rolling. Ill introduce the writers, ask questions, and i turn it over to you. I want to remind you when the session ends, two authors go to the signing tents, and theres a place to buy copies of the books and take them to the tent and have them signed. Follow us out when we leave. To the left, george packer, staff writer for the new yorker magazine, author of asass sins gate, named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times, written two novels and two Nonfiction Books, a play off broadway, and lives this brooklyn, new york, the new book called the unwinding inner hist
Of the trumans in key west, and it looks like he relaxed that. He did. His fashion sense was remarked upon in key west. The hawaii shirt. The flashy shirt. Fits in now. Yes. They took movies of them partying arounds, carrying on, and he let it go at the masons or went to the big Masonic Building there, interrupted and said, here, im harry. Can you imagine the president being this casual today . He was, but he was in control. Casually in control. No. Why not . Because of the media or things changed. Look at the blarehouse assassination attempt with the president watching this happen. They dont have the freedom to move around like they used to. There was no way that was going to happen. Harry truman was elected, surprising the press, the political establishment to a second term and busy term it was. This is a list of the highlights of the second truman administration. The establishment of nato, the korean war, assassination attempt we talked about, and the 22nd amendment to the constitut
Of an attack in recent years. So we need to define the policy and make sure that policy is focused on serving those that need and i know the commissioner agrees with this completely. To my sense theres nothing that comes before that. Weve identified that in the time ive run the business my father started 97 of the loans that had been injured and every one of those had been an opportunity to step into homeownership that most wouldnt have been able to had that not been there and not one of them that has paid off their loan and bought another house has gotten an fha loan. Fha is a catalyst that must be preserved. It must be preserved notwithstanding all that must happen and just to look back a little on where we go in the secondary market. It seems to me as though the critical point is we focus our attention on not the end game which we seem to want to get to particularly at the political level. We want to define clearly that permanent entity that will be at the end of the trial and tribu