So im going to tell some stories, and you oregonians may know some of the stories, and you may not know others. But ill start with how i came to this story. And, actually, whats surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day. In 1836 when Washington Irving was commissioned by John Jacob Astor to write the story of these events 20 years after they occurred, irvings book, also called astoria, was a best seller of 1836. And those events have been largely forgotten in the american consciousness. I think you in oregon know a little bit more about them or im sure some of you know a lot more about them. But in the national consciousness, theyre largely forgotten, except among historians and people who really follow western history. So it is a really important story. Its historically significant, and its a great adventure story. And thats partly what attracted me to it. And its also a story that i feel needs to be told because those events have had a big impact on the sha
In iraq where the fighting is intensifying. We begin tonight with news out of the guantanmo bay detention center. 14 train is have been leased from the controversial facility. They have been returned to afghanistan. They were held there for more than a decade over their alleged ties to the taliban or a al qae, however their lawyers argued the claims could be not substantiated. They are expected to be reunited with their families in the future. The u. S. Has acknowledged holding 779 people at the camp to date. Now 132 left there. The lowest number since the prison opened in 2002. 63 are cleared for release, but u. S. Authorities say they cant send them home because the security concerns or because their home countries are unwilling to take them back. 52 countries have openly accepted guantanmo detainees, while at least 10 were transferred for unnamed locations. He spent 13 years locked up at guantanmo was released early this month and told al jazerra about the mental anguish he endured
It is hard to find time to read. I developed my love for reading as a boy. By the age of ten i was reading all kinds of crazy stuff. Don quixote of ivanhoe. And trash, too. Alice in wonderland. A faraway look comes into the childs eyes. His or her mouth drops open and you no that the child is lost in the story. From noon to 4 00 p. M. In your timezone. A web site once again . Penguin random house. Com readathon or Search National readathon date is the first thing that comes up. Thank you very much. Thank you. Recently shinned i get a man who escaped in 2000 by front north korea and prison camp after being born there admitted he did not accurately portray some parts part of his experiences when telling a story to Blaine Harden. Journalist Blaine Harden appeared on cspans q a program in 2012 to discuss his book escape from camp 14 based on his story. This is about an hour. Cspan Blaine Harden your book is called escape from camp 14 and in your first sentence in the preface is his first m
More fallout from reports the u. S. Spied on the germanys chancellor. Claims say president obama knew about the nsa phone tap and approved it. The u. S. Says its not true. There are reports the eavesdropping started in 2002 before Angela Merkel was lected. This morning elected. This morning the senator called on the nsa to come clean on nsa programs. I think the revelations from snowden and the secrets that have been revealed are damaging our bilateral relationships with germany, with mexico, with the other countries where the suggestion is that we have listened in. I think we have repair work to do, and i think we have hard questions we need to ask of the nsa about what is happening in the program. A much different view from the chairman of the House Homeland Security committee. Congressman peter king says america should stop apologising for the nsa. The reality is the nsa saved thousands of lives not just in the United States, but throughout french and germany and europe. The french
And also were here with cspan, booktv. And so we have a National Audience as well as a oregon audience. So im going to tell some stories, and you oregonians may know some of the stories, and you may not know others. But ill start with how i came to this story. And, actually, whats surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day. In 1836 when Washington Irving was commissioned by John Jacob Astor to write the story of these events 20 years after they occurred, irvings book also called astoria, was a best seller of 1836. And those events have been largely forgotten in the american consciousness. I think you in oregon know a little bit more about them or im sure some of you know a lot more about them. But in the national consciousness, theyre largely forgotten, except among historians and people who really follow western history. So it is a really important story. Its historically significant, and its a great adventure story. And thats partly what attracted me to it.