welcome everyone to the brooklyn book festival. tonight is the seventh day of an eight-day 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. i m 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. they re calling it a a conversation but i m just going to fan boy out and as as a sayn the hood, ask you some questions. and see if we can sti
we re getting a look at san francisco across the bay. you can see a lot of cloud cover in place. we ve got fog out there as well. an issue along highway one. first, a look at the golden gate bridge. folks are already on the go and temperatures are in the upper 40s. 50, san francisco. low 40s, livermore. san jose, 53. very similar to yesterday. santa rosa is slightly warmer. i m giving you a view of that cloud cover in place and fog along the coastline this morning. we will transition to a cooler pattern. darker shades of gray along highway one from the northbay all the way down to santa cruz. if you are taking an early drive, you will see patchy fog. everybody else is looking fairly good when it comes to that morning drive. partly cloudy skies with afternoon highs looking good. low 60s, san francisco. mid-60s to low 70s for the east bay and inland communities we ll top out in the high 70s. i will to tell the forecast coming up in a little bit. one person was killed and seve
made its way into the sediment. that makes it unlikely these fukushima flounder will be deemed safe enough to catch and sell anytime soon. ifill: and, a look at tainted waters here in the u.s. one of the country s largest coal producers gets slapped with penalties in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and ordered to clean up waterways in five different states. woodruff: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: the push for a peaceful resolution in ukraine stalled again today. when all was said and
information leaked by edward snowden. ifill: roughly one out of every six new yorkers is over 65. hari sreenivasan reports on efforts to make the big apple a little more age-friendly. woodruff: and are colleges too focused on career training? jeffrey brown sits down with the author of the new book why teach? that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: president obama began a trip to europe today for an economic summit, but syria stayed at the top of his agenda. the administration s push for military action advanced in
snowden. ifill: roughly one out of every six new yorkers is over 65. hari sreenivasan reports on efforts to make the big apple a little more age-friendly. woodruff: and are colleges too focused on career training? jeffrey brown sits down with the author of the new book why teach? that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: president obama began a trip to europe today for an economic summit, but syria stayed at the top of his agenda. the administration s push for military action advanced in congress even as the preside