Welcome everyone to the brooklyn book festival. Tonight is the seventh day of an eightday festival where we have presented over 100 programs and almost 300 authors. It has been a tremendous week of literary celebration as were very grateful to have his of the wilkerson and Michael Eric Dyson with us tonight. I would like to say one thing, show the love by purchasing their books in the link below. They are authors with books after all and going to turn over now to both of them to continue the conversation. Thank you very much. Thank you very kindly. Im honored to be here today with a woman who is among the 304 greatest writers in america, arguably the finest writer in america today. I am going to make that argument. So it is an extraordinary honor to be with you, ms. Isabel wilkerson, and to have this opportunity to chat with you. Theyre calling it a a conversation but im just going to fan boy out and as as a sayn the hood, ask you some questions. And see if we can stimulate the convers
Good morning thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Moscow is again urging berland to Exchange Information about the alleged poisoning of russian Opposition Leader alexei intervallic adding it has nothing to hide as International Pressure mounts on russia over the case the us president of the trump though says that he hasnt yet seen any proof the point of the poisoning claims. Well i dont know exactly what happened i think its its tragic its terrible and shouldnt happen we havent had any proof yet but i will take a look there have been International Calls for transparency from russia in an investigation into what happened to alexina valmy the Russian Foreign minister sergei a lover of has said moscow has nothing to hide when it comes to mist in the fall me he says russia is still waiting though for requests for information to be answered. But its we have already commented on this and said we have nothing to hide as soon as alex in the valley fell ill the plane was grounded
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