Sam is a dam this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up for lankans voting in a much delayed election the 1st poll to be held in south asia during the coronavirus pandemic. At a controversial ceremony indias Prime Minister prepares to lay hindu temple foundations on the ruins of a mosque. Lebanon has woken up to large parts of beirut in wreckage after an explosion tore through the campus of the red cross says at least 100. 00 people have been killed and more deaths are expected thousands have been wounded rescue workers have been working through the night searching for those missing the explosion happened at a port warehouse near a busy commercial district the government says about 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had been stored there for years the blast was felt a 160 kilometers away all the way in cyprus countries around the world are offering help then a holder in beirut begins our coverage. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital. Was. The blast essential quave
Justices earlier years as attorney general and governor of california. Cspan recorded this event at Duke Law School in 2007. Its a tremendous pleasure to introduce a dear friend of mine, jim newton, who is the author of a splendid new biography justice for all, earl warren and the nation he made. Jim is a reporter and a bureau chief at Los Angeles Times, where hes been for over 20 years. I first really became familiar with his writing in the early 1990s when he was the lead reporter for the l. A. Times covering the trial of the officers who beat rodney king and then the o. J. Simpson case. I was always dazzled by his writing, his ability to take a day of complex events in a courtroom and summarize it concisely and clearly. He always wrote with amazing speed and great elegance. I got to know him in another capacity in the late 1990s when he was covering the charter reform process in los angeles as part of covering city government. I was then chairing an elected commission in los angeles
A hindu temple on the ruins of a 16th century. Level and has woken up to a large parts of beirut in a racket just an explosion tore through the capital the red cross says at least 100. 00 people have been killed and more deaths are expected thousands have been wounded rescue workers have been searching for missing people through the night the explosion happened at a port warehouse near a busy commercial district the government says about 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate had been stored there for years the blast was felt 160 kilometers away in cyprus countries around the world offering help then a quarter in beirut begins our coverage. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital 6. The blast sent shock waves across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. And injuring hundreds. The streets were filled with panic and confusion. So you are all. My call was down there it rolled over i think my injuries all because of the loss the loss cut me up my call was like this on abo
In the form of International Community germany is sending search and rescue experts to beirut and a plane full of aid has just arrived from qatar. And solidarity with the people of indian administered kashmir protest take place in missouri for about to mark one year since india revoked the disputed regions autonomy. And he similarly small little confirmed he will not defend his u. S. Open title later this month because of coronavirus fears. Welcome to the news are we begin in lebanons capital beirut where the governor has described the fallout from choose the explosion as apocalyptic the president michel has promised an investigation into the blast that killed at least 100 people and injured thousands more as it ripped through the city is in the heart of reports. The people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more destructive than any explosion lebanon has ever seen just before sunset on tuesday highly ex
The l. A. Times, covering the trial for king, and then the o. J. Simpson case. I was dazzled by his writing, he was able to take complex events in a courtroom, and summarize it concisely and clearly. He always wrote amazing speed and great delegates. I got to know him, in another capacity in the late 1990s when he was covering, i was then sharing the elected commission in los angeles, to revise the charter. I saw them that he had this he was amazingly a talented, but also had lots of integrity. At one point the Los Angeles Times was not nearly showing enough tension to try to reform, but according to los angeles weekly, he quit his position at the los angeles time, to protest over this. He put his job on the line, because he believed in the importance of the story. He is then law, and because of that the Los Angeles Times decided to change its approach. Id like to believe that the charter approach, succeeded because of his actions. He was planning some taking some time off from the l.