[applause] thank you so much for that, for that kind introduction, and my thanks to everybody here tonight for coming out in these conditions. If you had not guessed from my accent, im from england and headed back there shortly. I think this is preparation after Southern California for a british winter. Just begin by saying a few words by saying the first time i came to the subject before describing the scenes of the book, now, as you already heard, the my previous book was about cia front groups in the early years of the cold war, apparently private, nongovernmental organizations made up of anticommunism citizens engaged in cold war propaganda overseas and emerged the groups were, in fact, secretly funded and managed by the cia. Now, one group i didnt really engage with in the book was the american friends was middle east mainly because its purpose didnt seem to be so much to do with the cold war as was promoting the arab world to an american audience, and, also, it was anti zionist b
Derrick jeter says this season will be his last. Well tonight, historic Winter Weather gripping the eastern half of the us. 100 Million People, from the gulf coast to the New England States are at risk. Crippling ice has knocked out power for hundreds of thousands. In atlanta roads were closed and most people stayed home. Streets virtually empty. A different story in North Carolina, roads were backed up around raleigh and charlotte. We have reporters along this storm path, erica, obviously many drivers spent hours on the roads, right . They sure did. Its been slowing and sleeting all afternoon in charlotte. The real issue is ice. Those roads were slick out there. Cars were stuck along our major highways earlier this afternoon. Fortunately thats been cleared now theres cars stuck along the rahrah leraleigh highways. That ice could settle on there and bring those power lines down. More coming in about Power Outages but we are hearing over a half million throughout southeast. Officials ha
An emotional battle over allowing euthanasia for terminally ill children. It was enough to make a classic car lover cry. A sink hole does serious damage at a museum. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Another round of snow and ice paralyzes the south, causing gridlock and Power Outages in the region. In North Carolina, freezing rain and snow snarled traffic across the state. Drivers were stuck on roads for hours after ignoring pleas by Government Officials to stay home. Now the storm is making its way north. These are live pictures of washington d. C. , government offices shut down for the days. We have reports in atlanta, washington d. C. And philadelphia. Robert ray has details on the latest storm gripping the region. Southern discomfort as another powerful snow and ice storm socks states from tennessee to the carolinas. Many eyes were here on atlanta, to see if the city could avoid the same mistakes during the last storm that brought scenes like these.
Hello, this is breakfast with Rachel Burden and ben thompson. Its 8 31am. Heres a summary of this mornings main news. The queen will host a meeting with senior royals at her sandringham estate tomorrow, to discuss how the duke and duchess of sussex step back from their roles. The talks, which also be attended by Prince Charles and Prince William, are aimed at finding the next step in the process. A number of options are to be discussed with prince harry. Iran was in breach of International Law when it arrested the uks ambassador thats according to the foreign secretary, dominic raab. Rob macaire was detained in tehran after attending a vigil for those killed in the ukranian passenger plane that was shot down on wednesday. He was released after three hours. Many vigils in iran turned into protests, with hundreds of people condemning the government for previously denying downing the jet. President trump has expressed his support for protestors in iran, with tweets being sent from the pre
The changeover weve been talking about has now arrived as we get you situated to head into the weekend tonight. This socalled arctic blast has now taken twothirds of the nation, and tonight that includes part of the south where they broke a record today in atlanta. The northeast is dealing with freezing precip. Fullon ice is the problem in parts of the northwest while parts of wisconsin are dealing with 55, fivezero, inches of snow. And none of this includes the next weather system expected to roll in across the country. We begin tonight with nbcs Gabe Gutierrez in atlanta. Reporter from coast to coast today the unrelenting, bonechilling wall of arctic air kept marching. In oregon an icy nightmare. Cars and trucks sliding all over. It was so slippery. Like i could barely walk. Reporter record snow piled up fast prompting amazing images on social media. Huge snowdrifts blanketing cars, burying backyards and almost reaching old glory. I cant walk on this. Reporter the frigid temperatures