His appearance in 2012. For his final novel, back to blood. [applause]. Tom wolfe good evening everybody. Welcome. On behalf of all of us from the Miami Book Fair, we want to welcome you to the 29th book fair. Believe it or not. [applause]. This is a remarkable undertaking. Takes the work of literally hundreds and hundreds of volunteers. We have a remarkable board of directors to work extremely hard to doing this year round. None of this at all, could happen without the good good support of everyone here in miamidade college. Lets give them a huge round of applause. [applause]. Host i would particularly like to thank the sponsors. Without the sponsors and the funding from sponsors and governmental agencies, we would not be able to bring you this wonderful literary extravaganza. And many of you are friends of the Miami Book Fair. And that is the way you can support this book fair and make sure that it goes on for another 29 years as well. [applause]. If you look downstairs, you are more
ah ah hello and welcome to cross stock were all things are considered. i m peter lavelle . when thinking about the e. u. one doesn t know whether to laugh or cry when it says it s united over the issue of ukraine. it is not, it says it doesn t want to fight russia, but in fact, is a co belligerent on the side of ukraine is determined to deeply damage rushes economy . but in doing so, damage is itself, ah, cross stocking the e u, i m joined by my guess, marco gassett in london. he s an international affairs commentator in prague. we have brad blankenship. he is a columnist at c g t n, a freelance reporter push in law as well as a r t contributor and a mirror cash we custom roster. martin j. he s an award winning journalist, an commentator. all right, gentlemen, cross stock rolls in fact that much. i mean, you can jump in any time you want. now is appreciate a martin. i start out by saying, i don t know if i should laugh or cry when it comes to the e. u. i think that should be
Slayer. Dragon slayer. We are winning. I know you are. Republicans control the house, democrats the senate. The u. S. Senate control is up for grabs. Republicans have to gain a net of six seats. It will be down to the wire. Iowa is one of the purpose union. 40 of our voters are neither democrats nor republicans. Our two senators, one of the most liberal democrats in the United States, and one of the conservative republicans, and iowans reflect them cycle after cycle. A lot of iowaians vote for both. When tom harkin announced his retirement it was unexpected. Everyone was taken by surprise, it was a shock. You are my friend, my mentor, and my hero. And if i have the chance to represent you in the yate senate. I cant think of any federal motto. Congratulations. Bruce was one of the strongest candidates that the democrats landed this election year. It represents a quarter of the states. It won by a huge margin. Hes a relatable kind of guy. The kind of guy you have running in the senate ra
How the president and Incoming Congress can Work Together. Where do you see areas of compromise in which leaders are best positioned to find Common Ground . Our phone lines are open. Host and if you are outside the u. S. You can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages twitter, facebook, and cspan. Org. Takes on the press conferences that have happened in the last couple days to on the Republican Press conferences, this is from the editorialy board. It was good news to hear Mitch Mcconnell say there would be no more government shutdowns and no more default on the national debt. There are ominous signs that the acrimony and still made that have marred most of the past six years will continue for divorce or get worse. Conflict looms over the need to fix the broken immigration system. The other flashpoint is the gop declaration that they remain committed to repealing obamacare rather than working to improve it. The question is whether they will let material from those dis
Another emotional day ahead, i suspect. Reporter thats right. This afternoon mourners are preparing to remember that slain bus driver. Police appear willing to wait this one out. As police towed the school bus from the crime scene friday, investigators released the first picture of the man they say is responsible. 65yearold jimmy lee dykes. The man believed to be holding hostage a boy with asbergers syndrome named ethan in an underground bunker. We understand hes got supplies there. Hes got food there. But this is a young child five years old. Has he got food that this child will eat . Reporter nbc news has confirmed dykes served in the u. S. Navy in the 60s. He served various awards, a good conduct med methal and Vietnam Service medal. But on tuesday those honors seem very far away. Police say dykes boarded a stopped school bus and demanded two random young children. When the bus drive refused, plea say dykes shot and killed him and made off with 5yearold ethan. Kelly miller says her