former chair of the pulitzer prize forum. [applause] thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the itzer prize, and barnes andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. you to s also say thank joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to when a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the three finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. spinteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries. the board members read every finalists entry and
thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the pulitzer prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. so, let s also say thank you to joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to win a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. volunteer juries of experts spend days winnowing down the entries. the board members read every finalists entry and vote on a winner. it is with great pleasure then to presen
board. [applause] thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment of personal privilege to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the pulitzer prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. so, let s also say thank you to joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to when win a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the three finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. volunteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries down to a final three. these are submitted to the thetzer
both civilians and service members are suffering, the technology that can help. we begin tonight with confusing and conflicting developments in syria s civil war. some of the nonlethal military help the u.s. has been sending to syrian rebels may have gotten into the long hands. fighters are now control of warehouses full of weapons. hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled the violence. nisrsreeen of al jazeera has the report. this is where the majority of destitute syrian refugees, have built this flimsy accommodation themselves because they can t afford to pay rent. look how bad it is here. the children are suffering. we don t have any fuel to keep them warm. there are those who are cold and there are those who are dietion from thdying from the cold. reporter: the storm is expected to last through the weekend, the misery of these syrians here are also felt by 280 other tented communities across the valley. those who have not registered with the u.n. refugee agency