continues live on book tv on c-span2. .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay. welcome, everyone. to the 33rd annual chicago tribune printers row lit fest. we ll get going here. i d can like to give a thank you to all the sponsors. today s program is being broadcast live on c-span s booktv. we ll have have time at the endf the presentation for audience questions. we ask you to line up at the microphones on the right. please join me in welcoming ore into veer, jennifer white, co-host of wbez s morning shift and host of the wbez documentary podcast, making open practice oprah. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. thank you for joining us. michael eric dyson wears a number of hats. at georgetown university he is a professor of sociology, contributing opinion writer to the new york times and a contributing editor of both the news public and espn s the unfee feeted web site. also an ordained baptist minister, which informs the
they call sharia law. the protest was protested saying it is anti-muslim. i think the stand is to basically say it is not compatible with the constitution. we believe in many places it is starting to creep in. are you worried it would creep in in california? yes. a lot of muslims follow sharia law. our rule of law is the u.s. constitution. i am horrified to see what is happening because of terrorist actions in europe. reporter: citing everything from female mutilation to recent terrorist attacks. these activists stood their ground on this biddy street corner across from the santana row shopping area. across the haonking traffic wer many who interpret prom a different angle. even though they are hiding in terms of anti-sharia this is anti-muslim protest. muslims are experiencing, our civil rights are being questioned. we are standing together in solidari solidarity. 120 area groups organized this counter protest from 11 to 3. came from san francisco to santa
us. it s been a beautiful start to the weekend and if you got outside today, then you re lucky. felt more like summer out there. eyewitness news at penn treaty park this afternoon where folks were out and about busy sunbathing soaking up the lovely conditions. meteorologist chelsea ingram is tracking the temperatures for us. how hot is it going to get chelsea. definitely feeling like summer and more so tomorrow and the start of next week. current conditions across the region, low 80 s millville, 87 right now in philadelphia, 83 in allentown. we re in the 70 s a little bit cooler down the shore, 78 degrees in wildwood and 75 degrees and currently in mount pocono. why are we warmer? well, it s simply because of the wind direction. the wind direction coming more out of the south and west and that s what s going to help to pump up that heat as we head into the next several days pulling in the warmth, and it s also going to be pulling in the humidity as well. the summer like d
. dahler: good evening. i m don dahler. three u.s. soldiers were killed today and at least one wounded fighting america s longest war. it was apparently an insider attack in eastern afghanistan. an afghan army soldier opened fire on the americans before he was killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility releasing this photo of the man they say was the gunman. the attack comes as the trump administration is considering sending more troops to afghanistan to help fight in the against the taliban, al qaeda, isis, and a filated terror groups. since 2001, more than 2200 u.s. troops have died in afghanistan. more than 20,000 have been wounded. the 16-year war has cost american taxpayers more than $800 billion. president trump is following the developments in afghanistan from his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, about 50 miles west of new york city. errol barnett has the weekend white house covered. reporter: around midday, president trump was briefed on the situation in a
the first actor to bring the caped crusader to life. and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i m tom llamas. and we begin tonight with the breaking news. the clashes erupting into brawls here at home over islam. police pepper spraying dueling demonstrators in seattle, as protesters faced off across the country. the group behind more than 20 planned rallies say they are protesting atrocities committed under sharia, or islamic law, such as oppression of women and the gay community. but civil rights groups and others accusing those protesters of being just plain anti-muslim. abc s clayton sandell starts us off. reporter: protesters and counter-protesters squaring off across the country tonight, either against the threat of islamic law or in defense of muslim-americans. in seattle, police pepper spraying the crowd. several people arrested for assault. angry crowds gathering in at least 20 cities. in st. paul, minnesota. austin, texas. and san bernardino, cal