the united states has dismissed claims from the iranian president that the us was involved in an attack on a military parade in the country which yesterday killed 25 people. hassan rouhani says america and its gulf allies backed the assault, a claim strongly denied by the us ambassador to the united nations. mr rouhani made his comments, as he prepared to travel to new york, where the un general assembly will convene for its annual meeting of world leaders on tuesday. from new york, here s our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. gunfire the moment the shooting started. iran s elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushed by opponents of the government. soldiers and civilians died as others fled for their lives. an anti government arab group based in this area of south west iran said it was responsible, but militants of so called islamic state also claimed this as their work. but iran s presiden
with allegations of sexual misconduct against him. the new yorker has published allegations by deborah ramirez that brett kavanagh exposed himself in front of her at a drunken party when they were students. people are angry. we believe survivors! these were protests in washington where activists marched to the supreme court. mr kavanaugh denies the report, which he says is part ofa smearcampaign. remember he s president trump s nominee for the supreme court. here s the president earlier today. this could be one of the single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate or anything. but i am with brett kava naugh candidate or anything. but i am with brett kavanaugh and i look forward toa brett kavanaugh and i look forward to a vote, and for people to come out of the woodwork from 36 years ago and 30 years ago and never mention it, all of a sudden it happens, in my opinion it is totally political. it is totally political. that allegation from 36 years ago he s referring
hello. good evening as the director at the creative writing program we re happy to welcome back our friends we have been honored to post this award in the auditorium from the creative writing program with a series of interviews posted on our block to check that out at book critics thought work over a three week period that could not have been done without our intrepid stewart - student interviewers thank you to the board members and to all others for their efforts. also can we get a round of applause? [applause] the board enterprise is volunteer and it is called preaching to the choir and then to propose the elimination. [applause] and mention the things we could have better not have happened like to keep funding for health care so mention those other things as needed and americans for the arts is a great organization so support them pergonal is my pleasure to turn over to the book s editor at newsday. [applause] it is nice to see so many people here tonight it is my ple
the nbcc. we ve been honored to host this awards ceremony right here in this auditorium. the series of interviews that i have posted. they are posted on our blog and on the nbcc website. thirty interviews over a three-week time is a huge job and one that could not be done without that many editors who gave their help. thank you to the board members. a few more thanks. in the huge thank you. i wonder if we can give up round of applause for the board. they make mention this also. with the enterprise. i think today they have it preaching to the choir. i think they will need that. [applause]. we can also mention that. i don t want that. mention other things the arts and great organizations. to support them. now it s my pleasure to turn the evening over. the books editor. it s nice to see sony people here tonight. i am the president of the national book critics circle. for the publishing year 2016. we are delighted to have you join us. with six categories fiction, nonfiction, biog
about social inequality in the united states as well. host: the next call from evelyn in tuscaloosa, alabama. you re on booktv. evelyn, are you with us? doesn t sound like evelyn there is. let s move on to terry in brooklyn, new york. terry, you re on the air go ahead. caller: seem to be having problems with the phones here. this text message came in for you, and in specific terms, explain the end result that your movement wants to achieve, how will you measure success or failure? guest: well, that s a great question. i think that there are short and long-term goals. there s a long-term goal that looks at how we have to actually attack social inequality, racial inequality in this country to deal ultimately with the question of policing, because policing really isn t about crime. it s not really about stopping crime or anything like that. policing has become a way ofor dealing with the social crises that exist in communities across the country, and so that s a long-term