Now on booktv, nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi adichie delivers the 2015 pen world voices freedom to write lecture. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Im suzanne the executive director of Pen American Center and on behalf of our 4,000 members, its a great honor to welcome you to the tenth annual Arthur Miller freedom to write lecture by Chimamanda Ngozi adichie. [applause] just a word on the first Arthur Miller lecture delivered here in this room in 2006 by his knew appearances observations read as if they could have been written this week. He said respect for the rights of religious and ethnic minorities should never be an excuse to violate freedom of speech. We writers should never hesitate on this matter no matter how provocative the pretext. Our natural deattachments and desire to understand those unlike us should never stand in the way of our respect for human rights but thomas doesnt leave it at that. He goes right on to say he is always had difficulty expressing my polit
Havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. [cheers] almost all ofn them with overwhelming landslide numbers. Amy senator ted cruz celebrated his victory during a rally in milwaukee wisconsin. Asa result of tonight a result of the people of wisc
Tremendous to your tremendous governor, Governor Scott walker. Amy then we will go to iceland where the countrys Prime Minister has resigned just days after the Panama Papers revealed he had benefited from offshore investment accounts in tax havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of e
Tremendous to your tremendous governor, Governor Scott walker. Amy then we will go to iceland where the countrys Prime Minister has resigned just days after the Panama Papers revealed he had benefited from offshore investment accounts in tax havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of e
Dozen countries. We are live on the ground to check the progress and see however some countries still have to go. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. We begin with breaking news out of missouri. Theres been another Fatal Shooting in the st. Louis area involving a Police Officer and teenager. It happened this time in berkeley, less than three miles from the ferguson neighborhood where Michael Brown was shot and killed in august. Police say a suspect pulled a gun on an officer outside a gas station and the officer fired back. Local reports say the suspect was 18 years old. Afterwards, a crowd of people gathered in the scene and many rushed at the police and broke into a Convenience Store across the street. Police fired tear gas to break up the crowd. No word on any arrests. Meanwhile, the new york city skyline went dark in honor of the two Police Officers shot and killed over the weekend. The mayor asked protestors to honor the fallen officers and hold off on more anti Police De