washington who is author of tonight s book , boss of the grips, the life of james h williams and the red caps of grand central terminal. this is part of an ongoing series of programs posted in conjunction with our series the ballad of harlem. if you ve not had a chance to look at the exhibition it will be up through the end of december. there are all these things inside the exhibition that i think you will hear about tonight and also it might feed your own historical knowledge about how the ballot for harlem examines several strands of black place making in the 20th century offering viewsof presidents and institutions dedicated to education , politicalengagements , cultural affirmation and creativity. the exhibition as i was mentioning earlier highlights includes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters which was the first union of black workers particularly plowman porters and you ll also find selections from ruby dee and aussie davises collection which we recentlyacquired .
assault a five-year-old girl is in custody. the girl s mother told me over the phone tonight she s relieved police made an arrest and spliez surprised to learn the suspect is just 15 years old. [ inaudible [ inaudible ] reporter: police say the 15-year-old carried the little girl out of her home on july 28th. beated, stomped and sexually assaulted her and left her in the back yard under a pile of brush. the teen suspect is known to freak the north philadelphia neighborhood where the attack happened. hopkins says she s fortunate that her daughter survived the attack and healing from her physical and emotional injuries with the support of family and friends. she s no resilient to not let what happened to her so negatively. she s a fighter. reporter: the 15-year-old faces some ten charge including kidnapping, sexual assault and attempted mord. i m denise that cat to, nbc news. gun fire kills a man and injuries a woman. someone keyed the word rack on a car parked nearby
for the brutal killing of an average woman. snow and ice the economic impact of global warming on melting glaciers in new zealand. good evening. this is al jazeera america. i m libby casey. i m antonio mora. we begin in israel, where benjamin netanyahu narrowly beat the dead 39 form a influence government. the jewish home party neftali bennett. he starts his fourth term in a diminished position at least in the knesset. heading into the election netanyahu was seen as vulnerable but despite a convincing victory he put together a ruling government, and he was forced to make concessions being be convincing lawmakers to join. the slimmest being majority, 61 of 120 seats many believe it will stay in effect for long. mike hannah is in jerusalem with the story. reporter: it went to the wire. only at the last moment was an agreement reached with the jewish home party. its leader neftali bennett making concession, throwing in his eight seats that gave the israeli prime minister
blacklisted screenwriters, agents of stalin. guest: it is true. stalin, the soviet union was five and 1939 and so have all the people in the united states. each and every one of them i m talking about where numbers in the united states in the communist party who had to be loyal. that was the only way to get in. if you want the soviet union. when hitler decided to make the alliance with the soviet union not only did stalin switch but so did all the communist party members in the united states in hollywood as well. they re going to be making an goofy picture by the way. they are going to glorify it this year. there was one of this time period. i went into some detail about how they became for adolf hitler. host: that is absolutely remarkable. guest: the fourth american writers conference which was held in new york but the point is they had these american writer conferences. i go into detail on the fourth american writers conference and all of these in hollywood for undeci