Glad to start by carla library of congress and i just want to thank jamie and the angels and the readers for allowing me to be with someone who has elevated libraries to such an extent. [applause]. Let me just say, there have been saints in the library. You are now number one. I finally smacked down andrew carnegie. Susan you have. So how does it feel to be the patron of all of the librarian. When i started this book, i could not have anticipated that part of it. Susan i was drawn into the story because really, wanted to understand what happened in 1986 that this epic fire the close the la library for seven years, but more importantly, i wanted to understand why cared about it so much. I have often said that if someone had said to me, city hall burned down i wouldve thought, thats too bad. And i assume they will rebuild it. But hearing the library had burned, felt like this deep profoundly personal loss. And i thought, why do we feel such a connection to books. Why do we feel such a co
Prisoners detained without trial. Plus im phil lavelle at the Venice Film Festival where theres a syrian wedding taking place, but its not quite what it seems. Find out what i mean shortly. Hello, there, welcome to the program. A ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine is now in its third hour, and so far it appears largely to be holding. But after nato meeting in wales, pressure continues to pile on russia. Well hear the latest from there in a moment. But first paul brennan reports on the ceasefire deal signed in minsk. Reporter central donetsk, late afternoon. Lennon square is once again a place where children can go roller blading. The Contact Group convinced in minsk under a heavy burden of expectation. Ahead of the talks there had been confident predictions that a deal would be possible. The military conflict in east ukraine is no longer winnable. At the nato summit, the ukrainian president described his interpretation of the plan. There are 12 practical steps to establish peace and stabilit
20, says the human rights watch. A syrian wedding is taking place at the venice film festival. Its not quite what it seems. Find out shortly. Well, we begin in ukraine. The president petro porashenko says that a peace deal could be agreed to bring to an end months of fighting in the country. Peace talks will be held in minsk in belarus, involving ukraine, russia and the prorussian rebels. Also will be members of the o. S. C. E. Speaking on thursday, petro porashenko said he would order a ceasefire, hours from now, if the peace talks go ahead. Harry fawcett is in mariupol. The advance from russia into that country appears to be going on. It is to be a ceasefire day. Theres no sign of a ceasefire just yet. In the last few minutes we have heard more than a dozen shells landing around the eastern fringes at the city of mariupol, and spoke to locals who say shelling has been going on throughout the night. What i have seen from the checkpoint, where we have been pushed back from, is a sorry
Job gains in eight months. We begin this hour with president obamas effort to build a coalition against Islamic State. The president said today that all members of nato agreed that the group in iraq and syria pose as threat. Mr. Obama said ending that threat will require more help from iraqi forces and other nations in the middle east. We can support them from the air, but ultimately were going to need a strong ground gain, and also were going to need the sunni tribes in many of these areas to recognize their future is not with the kind of fantasticism that isil represented. Michael phil ittner has the late frees london. Reporter speaking at a nato smith president obama said the priority is to degrade and destroy the Islamic State group. That was a sentiment echoed by other representatives in the 28member alliance. There was a tenmember side Group Meeting and Action Committee that was organized which secretary of state john kerry attended, and so did importantly a representative from n
Thanks to the supreme court. Kurdish and Iraqi Forces Push forward in tikrit. Im phil lavelle at tvenice Film Festival where a wedding is taking place. In a moment well be looking at that major announcement by nato. High on its priority list is of course ukraine. There are peace talks in the belarus capitol minsk. A ceasefire was supposed to have been implemented now, but there is still fighting going on in mariupol. And the advance from russia into that country, appears still to be going on. Harry there is talk of this possible ceasefire deal, but it seems the fighting is still going on there in mariupol. It is, yeah, if you saw me looking around, thats because we just heard system of the closest artillery shelling that we have heard all day here. You can see overmy left shoulder, there is a pretty large column of heavy artillery, two howitzers that have just arrived. The Ukrainian Forces say they have been up for the last 48 hours, they have been firing, and they have encircled the t