Leak. Turns of thousands of people are on the march in washington d. C. Taking a message against Police Brutality to donald trump. And sympathy in london with american anger black lives matter demonstrators condemn the killing of george florey. Welcome to the news hour Libyan Government forces are heading into the stronghold of warlord Khalifa Haftar that is sending on sirte just hours after have to announce that he supports a ceasefire with the un backed government its been proposed by his ally egyptian president sisi following talks in cairo the socalled cairo agreement to include a ceasefire from monday and the exit of all foreign fighters but the internationally recognized government is ignoring the cease fire call. Has the latest. Proposing a peace deal in cairo egypts president abdel fatah was warlord Khalifa Haftar whose 14 month offensive to capture the libyan capital tripoli collapsed this week and im saying it is time for a ceasefire and all foreign fighters to leave come out
David quammen is with us today, courtesy of diane and robert levy. I didnt say shes over there. Shes hiding the second row David Quammen has 16 previous books. I notice that this does not include the two you wrote as fiction is correct. Doesnt it does include. Okay. My my bad 16 previous books include the tangled tree. The song of the dodo, the reluctant. Mr. Darwin and spillover, a finalist for the National Book critics circle award and a recipient of the merck prize in rome. He has written for new yorker harpers magazine, the atlantic, national geographic, and outside among other magazines, and is a three time winner of the National Magazine award. Kwame and a home in bozeman, montana with his wife, betsy gaines quammen, author of american zion and with two russian wolfhounds, a crosseyed cat and a rescue python python, we wont hold that against you. Please give a warm savannah. Welcome to David Quammen. Thank you. Thank you, nancy. Thank you all. Nancy does not like snakes, but that
The hospital footed the deal. She has had adoption offers since but they included other pets. She should be an only dog. She likes to be the queen of the home. This is like her spot. Reporter the hard part is as much as vega loves olympia, the Staff Members also have their own pets. My dog has been kind of shifted to my parents for the time being. Reporter she is not willing to send olympia back to the shelter. She loved being with people. Thats her goal in life. Reporter stephanie ramirez, wusa 9. The doctor is determined to find olympia a new home and will keep her for as long as it takes. Maryland lawmakers are pushing back on a proposed high speed rail line that would go from d. C. To baltimore. The train would do the trip in under 15 minutes. Lawmakers from Prince Georges County says it would disrupt Communities Just too much. The project is in the y environmental review. If you ever wondered how much the red cross needs blood donations, evan is here to show us and tell us about a
Authorities are scrambling to evacuate danger zones. Weve all been overwhelmed at the scene of destruction in the county and primarily in the city of gatlinburg. Cell phone video shows flames surrounding a driver evacuating the area of gatlinburg, tennessee monday night. Fire threatened to block off the only road to safety. Go, go, go. At one point sparks flew over the windshield. Almost every cabin is burning to the ground. To escape. It is unclear if everyone was as lucky. Flames closed in on the Park Vista Hotel in downtown gatlinburg. People trapped inside recorded video on their cell phones as the fire burned. The lights flickered on and off in the smokefilled lobby. Structures if gatlinburg were burning. Were just now beginning to assess the loss of structures and again conditions throughout the area. Its so hot. High winds caused the fire, which began in the Smoky Mountains last week to descend on surrounding towns. They were forced to evacuate. Earlier in the day smoke blankete
The driver was killed. State police say it started in salem where the driver was involved in another accident, apparently swiping two other cars. As the trooper chased him, police say he drove erratically until the deadly ending. The troopers took immediate action, in removing the operator from the immediate area. Pulling him up the embankment, and administering first aid. I saw a pickup highway, had his flashers on. Nearly crashed several times. Reporter after the fiery crash, it took firefighters several minutes to put out the flames as they also dealt with angry hornets. It appears that the truck came to a stop near several nests and some of the firefighters were stung. Mike cronin, wmur news 9. Jean thanks, mike. We now know the man who died in during a confrontation with police. That comes from the autopsy results released today on 25yearold cody lafont. Officers responded to congress street sunday morning after receiving a 911 call. Lafont was shot during a confrontation with tho