And now on book tv on cspan2 it as live coverage of the brooklyn book festival. Todays author schedule includes msnbc chris hayes, law professor cheryl and National Book award kathy oneill and recently named National Book award finalist. We will kick off today with a discussion on the immigrant experience. This is a book tvs live coverage of the brooklyn book festival. Good morning. Welcome to the best law school in brooklyn. Those of you brooklynites get that punch line but being the only law school and the best law school in the most vibrant and largest borough of the big apple in the greatest country on earth we got that going for us. So weve got that going for us, too. On this day in late august, our law school welcomed its new class of students of 371 students plus about 35 international students. And they were all enthralled with americans across the country with an extraordinary event that was the day of the totality, the day of the eclipse. People across the United States and h
Hurt our Brooklyn Borough president talk about for today maybe the only divide that matters, and that is americas really basically only two groups of people. One either group of people who live, work, study and enjoy brooklyn. And the other is everybody else who wished they could. So weve got that going for us, too. On this date in late august, our law school welcomed its new class of students of 371 students, plus about 35 international students. They were all enthralled with americans across the country with an external event. That was the day of the totality, the day of the eclipse, and people across the United States and our students and faculty gazed up from, with their safety glasses i hope, and it was as if nature itself was conspiring to bring us together if only for a few hours. But that sense of unity and wonder while pleading was very welcomed from the tumultuous events that continue to roil this country. As of this writing, floridians, some of them graduates of our law scho
Newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. United healthcare. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight accusations again flew up and down pennsylvania avenue on the eighth day of the partial Government Shutdown. President obama did raise the prospect of a shortterm solution to address that and the coming debt limit, but republicans werent buying. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. I will sit down and work with any one of any party. Holman president obama came to the White House Briefing room this afternoon to rebut republican criticism that hes refused to negotiate. Ive
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. United healthcare. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight accusations again flew up and down pennsylvania avenue on the eighth day of the partial Government Shutdown. President obama did raise the prospect of a shortterm solution to address that and the coming debt limit, but republicans werent buying. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. I will sit down and work with any one of any party. Holman president obama came to the White House Briefing room this afternoon to rebut republican criticism that hes
There was word today that power surges have repeatedly damaged a massive new data Storage Facility for the National Security agency. The wall street journal reported ten meltdowns over 13 months destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars of hardware at the utah site. The power problems have delayed the facilitys opening. The u. S. Commando raid that seized a top alqaeda suspect in libya is still making waves. Libyan jihadists vowed today to kidnap americans in retaliation for the capture of abu anas al liby. And the u. S. Military said its moving some 200 marines to a base in italy, just in case. In washington, president obama said the libya raid and another in somalia does not mean hes expanding the war on terror. Theres a difference between us going after terrorists who are plotting directly to do damage to the United States and us being involved in wars. But where youve got active plot and active networks, were going to go after them. Woodruff the president did not directly address