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And we wrap up our saturday prime time lineup at 11 00 with National Book award winner Colson Whitehead talking about his fictional book the underground railroad, that happens tonight on cspans book tv. So welcome, everybody, im the cofounder of civic hall and civic hall i should say is, weve been here now almost two years. It grew out of an annual conference that we do called personal Democracy Forum, which is focused on how technology is changing politics and government that weve been doing si...

Back so i think theres a general consensus now this conflict is generational, its a different kind of conflict its not one where you can say you can walk away fromthis because we want. The enemy, this enemy has decided to keep fighting. You can watch this and other programsonline at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversation] hello everyone. Thank you so much for coming out tonight. Im part of the event staff here and on behalf of the staff and our owners we are honored to welcome you to host john sim...

And we pay tribute to the journalist who first reported the outbreak of the second world war, who has died at the age of 105. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news weve had the first of the league cup semifinals, with wayne rooney given the chance to break the Manchester United all time scoring record. Good evening. There has been a significant increase in the number of people with Mental Health problems asking to be seen at accident and Emergency Departments in england. Figures from nhs digital, a...

From here in the world newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. In this weeks programme. As barack obama leaves the white house after eight years, jon sopel looks back at his legacy as the United States first African American president. I think his legacy to him is more important right now to paint a picture that he did a real good job. But, most black folks are disappointed because we feel he could have done more. The Culture Clash in the amazon....

Im james menendez. From here in the worlds newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. In this weeks programme. As barack obama leaves the white house after eight years, jon sopel looks back at his legacy as the United States first African American president. I think his legacy to him is more important right now to paint a picture that he did a real good job. But, most black folks are disappointed because we feel he could have done more. The Culture ...

Others make their point more peacefully. I think theres a lot of people in our country who are vulnerable who are going to suffer under this presidency. End of an era president obama boards a helicopter for the last time and leaves washington. The walk to the white house in the last hour President Trump and family make their way to their new home. In sport on bbc news dan evanss winning run at the Australian Open continues. The british players into the fourth round at the grand slam for the firs...

Previous balls that we have seen and we are told that the first dance that the president and the first lady will take to the floor too is going to be to the tune of Frank Sinatras my way. Very suitable for this iconoclastic president who ran an unconventional campaign, who was an unconventional campaign, who was a shock winner of the election. Losing the popular vault vote but a comprehensive winning of the electoral college. We will be set looking at what maleny trump wears. A powder blue ralph...

Clara valley but you will see more rain as the front slides south. Look at the peninsula. Youre saying what rain . Boulder creek to Scotts Valley we are anticipating up to 6 inches of rain today. Rain showers now in earnest around portions of the peninsula, san mateo bridge through south San Francisco. You know there will be airport delays at south San Francisco, sfo due to the fact that we do have wind gusts up to 45. Right now around the bayview district, rain showers are pushing out over the ...

People and injured 300 more. The perpetrators were linked to the group that carried out the november 2015 paris attacks. Last june three suspected isis suicide bombers targeted the International Terminal of istanbuls airport killing at least 36 people. Last July Bastille day, a man driving a truck killed 84 people injuring 434 others in nice, france. Isis claimed responsibility for that. In all, at least 165 People Killed in acts of terror in europe last year. Todays attack highlights concerns a...

We begin with the outage following a rape of a 14 Year Old Girl at Rockville High School. Two freshman, a 17 and an 18 year old remain in custody tonight. There are questions surrounding their immigration status. Fox5 has been reporting this story for daze. Today it prompted reaction from both Maryland Governor larry hogan and the white house. Why is an 18 year old man in a ninth grade class with 13 and 14 Year Old Girls . Why was his status not known to those folks why was he allow donter the c...