Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. Good evening everyone. Tonight we are here with peter finn the National Security editor at the Washington Post and previously coauthor of the book the zhivago affair which was finalist for the National Book six circle award for nonfiction. Hes twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his International Reporting and hes won the Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award and the German Marshall Fund Peter R White prize for his foreign reporting. In other words, his nonfiction credentials are very wellestablished. Tonight he is here to present his latest book of nonfiction i guess to the right the story of american heiress gertrude with deborahs dramatic captivity and escape from nazi germany. Please help me welcome peter finn. [applause] thank you everyone for coming out and thank you to a books for inviting me. Im delighted to be here. As she mentioned, my book is about gertrude lesandro and the First American woman in unifor
I used to love these days. I could finally start living my life. Im out and the weather was always clear and cold. Five weeks vacation. You get to chill for a little bit. My little boys are counting down. The last day of school is friday. Dropping off the calendar days. You can feel the excitement in the house building. I love it. And i love the cool, clear weather. Is it going to last . No, its not. Okay, thanks for answering the question. This will be the clearest day of the week by far. Coldest weve seen in a long time but it will be a sunny day. Clear weather and temperatures this time of year, the days are very short. So we are hard pressed to warm up that much. Mid 50s. Chilly tomorrow morning. And increasing clouds late tuesday to wednesday, 30s for a few. And 40s for most. An easterly breeze coming off the caldicott. Oakland airport is rocketing up to 49. So is sfo. So theres an offshore component. Inland well struggle to recover from the low 30s. Today is the day to get out if
Enforceable, beijing says will bring certainty back to Global Markets. Under this phase one deal in principle, china will buy more u. S. Agricultural goods and manufactured goods and Energy Products and the u. S. Will be modifying its tariff schedule. Heres what we know what will happen to tariffs after seeing a statement from the u. S. Trade representative and series of tweets from President Trump. You will see 250 billion in chinese goods keep a 25 tariff for the foreseeable future for about 120 billion in goods that saw a 15 tariff beginning in september that will be cut in half by 7. 5 chinese officials in a press briefing earlier said the u. S. Agreed to roll back some of the tariffs on a schedule that had been negotiated. We dont know exactly what the schedule will be or how it will play out the chinese officials saying there will be much to work out after two sides end up signing this deal. The deal by the way is still subject to legal review and translation. In the past, we hav
Politicians. Trains cancelled as flooding hits parts of england. Take care, chris. Captured on camera moments before suffering serious injuries ina moments before suffering serious injuries in a high speed crash, britains champion cyclist chris froome is now recovering in intensive care after six hours of surgery. Intensive care after six hours of surgery. And President Trump causes a splash on twitter about his meeting with the prince of whales. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to be the next conservative leader and the next Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two, after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Boris johnson colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Borisjohnson was out in front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candid
That will determine the course of your life going forward. So weam te sendhe our team outs tonicourse of the year to find the real stories tonight. I those include the global water crisis, which is rea. L, e the rise of americas Fastest Growing professionalt an sports league, which you may not have heard of, and theing, vindication of prepping people made fun of it. They dont anymore. And then the stunning suppression of Civil Libertiesof and human rights in the nation of canada wholly ignored in this country. We begin tonight with a reportso on something that matters to everyone, to every human bein g, the food that you eat. Ma and that food may be changing. , all of a sudden, the people in charge, politicians, billionaire oligarchs, celebrities are telling you Yout Haveelli to fight Climate Change by changing what you eat. They may not want to change what you eat. No one ever voted on that. It o but democracy doesnt matteroo when it comes to the food supply. Heres a Firsk Att Look at