americas diplomatic personne from the u.s. embassy in the capital city of khartoum there are still thousands of private american citizens stuc amid the fighting. we re following the stor closely. going to bring in the latest throughout the next two hours. mike pence is finally come out strongly against donald trum on one key issue, not the on you think. we ll get the latest from iowa where they both spoke to conservative evangelicals last night. for today s meeting of the velshi banned book club, we re paying tribute to the public library. once a community fixture, safe haven to explore differen worlds and learn new ideas, it has become the battleground fo the ideological fight over books. nowhere are libraries unde greater threat than in texas that s where we re heading t talk to shirley robinson executive director of the texa library association about th fight for the freedom to redeveloped she starts now it is sunday april 23rd, i m ali velshi we begin with the republican
in bangladesh, an explosion and fire at a storage depot kills at least 49 people and injures hundreds more. russian missiles strike the ukrainian capital of kyiv for the first time in more than a month. and in sport, wales beat ukraine 1 0 in cardiff to qualify for the world cup for the first time in 64 years. a huge pageant along the mall has ended with an appearance by the queen. the event concludes four days of celebrations to mark her majesty s platinum jubilee. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted key moments from each decade of her 70 year reign. sir cliff richard, ed sheeran and gary lineker were among the celebrities taking part. in the last few moments, buckingham palace has issued this statement on behalf of the queen. it says: when it comes to how to mark 70 years as your queen, there is no guidebook to follow. it really is a first. but i have been humbled and deeply touched that so ma
it s also a place that can hel do your taxes or define access to grief counseling. even to being able to talk t someone about a tough situatio that you might be facing him t find connection to a book or a resource or community servic that she might not have know about. we absolutely have to protec our libraries and ou librarians and know that their reach especially in our s more is so incredibly important it really is the life and th heart of the community both in a school and for a publi library receive things lik tele-health resources bein offered in some of ours mall - those are incredibly vital resources. charlie, thanks much fo your time and work that you ar doing in texas diversification a great thanks to libraries an libraries across the country surely is the eighth directo of the texas library
you know, this has been a narrative for a long, long time in my political career. i ve always argued the idea that republicans don t give a damn and democrats pretend they do. and that s kind of been the juxtaposition of the black political narrative relative to both parties. what i love so much about michael harriet s piece was that he kept it real and he was very straight up and very honest about it. and it pushed pete to have to respond to him directly because mr. harriet is exactly on point. with respect to democrats and quite frankly the country. that a lot of the thought around the black community is a stereotypical thought. i grew up in a lower middle-class neighborhood. my daddy was a truck driver. my mama was a laundress. i had perfect role models beyond them in the community both in school and outside of school. so this idea that a young negro