the irish prime minister praises the block as the peacemaker europe but still needs . and is rebel troops to spend their last stronghold in syria warnings of a looming humanitarian disaster increased attacks on a live fire saddam s regime forces are putting millions of civilians that. i m sorry so much going to thank you for joining us the future of catalonia separatist movement began today the spanish region s parliament is meeting for the first time since a failed secession bid yellow ribbons marked the empty seats of former president carlos and other separatist figures push them all remains in self-imposed exile in belgium three others are in jail facing charges of rebellion and sedition last night thousands of cattle on independence supporters marched in barcelona calling for their release separatist parties won the election and should have the necessary votes to nominate a separatist president. let s bring in journalist steven burch and he joins us for more on the story
good afternoon. welcome to our session with the author, mark k. shriver. my name is dan. my wife and i are the proud parents of three k school graduates and i m the dean of the law school at cass university. withbe get started, a few reminders. please be sure that your cell phones are turned off or in the silent mode. after i introduce mr. shriver our program today will follow a question and answer format to facilitate our discussion. i will be asking questions for the first 30 minutes or so, then for the next 40 minutes we ll turn the program over to you, members of the audience to ask questions. you ll be invited to come to the microphone ther center of the room. whenout your turn, please fivous and briefly, briefly, ask you question. immediately after we conclude mr. shriver will be available in the activity building to sign copies of his book. mark shriver is the author of the book toy pilgrimage my search for the real pope fran tis president of the save the children n
question and answer format to facilitate our discussion. i will be asking questions for the first 30 minutes or so, then for the next 40 minutes we ll turn the program over to you, members of the audience to ask questions. you ll be invited to come to the microphone ther center of the room. whenout your turn, please fivous and briefly, briefly, ask you question. immediately after we conclude mr. shriver will be available in the activity building to sign copies of his book. mark shriver is the author of the book toy pilgrimage my search for the real pope fran tis president of the save the children network in washington, dc and a form maryland state legislator, this is mr. shriver res second book. er is first book: a good man, rediscovering my father, sergeant shriver was a new york times and washington post best seller. mr. shriver has a wife and three children. for those who have not yet read the book i thought i would share with you a review about the book which will
i needed a grounding in order to be able to write this book about a woman who is really just absolutely magnificent when you read the book, you ll be blown away by her life. now, many folks here in this room and of course at mt. vernon, this is no new story. we know about ona judge and you are among a small group of people who actually now happy there are many more who know her. this expectation. i want her name to become one of those sort of household names, like a frederick douglass, lake harriet tubman because she rubbed away decade before they do. sew so the title a quick story about the titling never caught. this is one motor vehicle first one of my first choices for the title of of the book ann the perfected hated it. they said gives away the story, erica. i said, yeah, but so does 12 yours a slave. only, we understand, it was 12 years, going to end at some point. with never caught this is a history of how a woman who was a fugitive, never found freedom. she
america. this is aljazeera america. good morning, live from new york city, i m randall pinkston. pope francis is hours away from arriving in america. he s wrapping up his trib to cuba this morning with a mass next hour at the country s holy shrine. this afternoon, he lands outside washington, d.c. for the first leg of his six day visit to the u.s. on monday, the pope closed out the day praying at a shrine to cuba s patron saint. the pope placed a bouquet of flowers at the foot of the 403-year-old statue. an unprecedented show of security will greatly the pope s arrival in america. his six day visit takes him to washington, then new york and philadelphia, prompting what has been called the largest coordinated security efforts in u.s. history. paul beban reports. this is what makes protecting pope francis such a challenge. his habit of breaking away from his security detail to be with the people. on his visit to the u.s., the sat can security force will be beefed up by a ba