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Perspective, i want to thank all of you out there for all of the incredible support that you show the writers everywhere in the very, very difficult time that we are all facing. All of us at the Miami Book Fair are thinking of you and really helping that you and your families are safe and healthy. We are presenting the series, not only with the Miami Book Fair because they like family to us and we have always wanted to think them and we do think them for all that they do and a lot of people have been asking about the book fair and we will be mounting a book for this year whether its virtual, physical or combination of both, its a little too early to tell. We also want to think to sponsors, one is a literary hub. Com and also my very own culture crusaders. This evening, we are thrilled to welcome our good friend brad meltzer, to celebrate the publication of his new book the lincoln conspiracy. This is a phenomenal book and we have been with brad just about for every one of his books, we
Talked about museum in australia, a madonna montage and a machine that deaf defecates. Wait until you see whats behind that. Breaking news out of nigeria. Theres been an attack by fighters in borno state. Troops are currently fighting fighting fighting attackers in mandula. This is where boko haram have launched so knowledge assaults in the last 18 months. I would planning the finger of blame is pointing at them and tell us more about what you know so far. Well thats why the Nigerian Military are saying that they have engaged boko haram fighters who attacked the capital city of borno state midugery, there is no precise number of boko haram fighters that have been engaged by nigerian fighters. This comes just 24 hours less than 24 hours since president Goodluck Jonathan visited there. Parliamentary elections are taking place and some are wondering hmm does this have anything to do with it, the fact that the president was there and there has been disaffection and unhappiness in the way t
Im Andrew Thomas and the most talked about art gallery in australia. If you think the exhibits are strange, a machine that deaf cates, wait until you hear about the story of the man who is behind the museum. Well, it start starts in nigeria. There have been an taken in the borno state northeast of the country. Lets go to our course upon correspondent. Fill us in on what you know. Reporter well, the latest is coming out from the nigerian menster of defense. They tweeted there has been an meet curfew put in lace in maiduguri. This shows the extent of the attack by boko haram militant. We know so far that the attack went on after midnight and went on throughout the night. We engaged suspected boko haram fighters. What we dont know is how many attackers they were, what we dont know is whether there have been any victims in materials of casualties. What the ministry of defense is telling us they would telling us more and it seems that it was quite the defensive going on. You might imagine t
It is full of intrigue and turmoil and lots of fingerpointing. Who wrote this mustread . None other than former treasury secretary tim geithner. Really, he did. In his new book appropriately titled stress test, geithner recounts the financial crisis and the white houses response to it. Geithner also writes about the anxiety caused over one Major Administration decision. Whether or not president obama should appoint Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Protection finance bureau. Though the bureau was her brainchild, everyone in the room knew she had no chance of being confirmed. So president obama ultimately chose to do this in 2010 secretary geithner and i both agree that elizabeth is the best person to stand this agency up. She was the architect behind the idea for a consumer watchdog. So it only makes sense that she should be the architect working with secretary of the treasury geithner in standing up the agency. Did you hear what the president said . Instead of nominating the agenc