So advanced, so many tipping points may have been passed, that some of the severe consequence of warming may now be inevitable. Among the cited consequence, rising sea levels that displace hundreds of millions of people from coastal areas. Increased numbers of destructive storms. Devastated fish stocks and even reduced supplies of drinking water. The report is the gloomyest prediction thursday far of the u. N. Panel that warns if global emission ands Greenhouse Gases are not reduced, the consequence will be even worse. Margaret . Thanks. At the u. N. Today, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg blasted World Leaders for inaction to stop climate change. In her speech, thunberg warned politicians they are failing to protect the planet. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you social media lit up over this shot of thunberg glaring at President Trump as he arrived at the u. N. Well be back. Whos
Department. They tell me they now believe that this fire started on the second levl above the sleeping quarters. Also today, families have been giving dna samples to help identify the victims. And we have been watching, norah, as the fbi has been carting away evidence gathered at the scene. Norah . So tough to hear those details. Jonathan vigliatti, thank you. Chaos and confusion at the airport in new jersey. A flight attend apt at Alaska Airlines became suspicious of two men last night, and sounded an alarm telling everyone to evacuate. The men were later questioned by police and released without charges. No one was hurt in the race for the exits. Alaska airlines is investigating this false alarm. Federal Law Enforcement sources confirm that the gunman in last weekends mass shooting in west texas purchased his ar15style rifle in a private sale. Now, the search for the seller is underway. Sources say 36yearold seth ator had previously failed a federal background check because ileopl de
Thank you for coming to this panel. At 2 45. True crime across america. Im the graduate dean at jackson state university, and im happy to be here as a room coordinator. Well have 45 minutes for the session and then leave 15 for q a. The sponsors for our panel are cecile and nancy brown. Are they with us . [applause] im happy to introduce our moderator for this session, james, at i skipped over. Curtis wilkie. An associate prefer of journalism at the university of mississippi and fellow at the university oses center for southern journalism and politics and will take over. Thank you and thank you all for coming, and we appreciate the presence of our guest on the panel here at the mississippi book festival. Its getting bigger and better every year. Im going to start off by introducing very briefly our guests, and well carry on a discussion and i hope you all will have some questions for the panel toward the end of hour our hour. Karen abbott is bestsale august authorize of several books a
This post reads, if you see vito, tell him contact his mum, please. The United Nations says the storm left more than 70,000 homeless. Many bahamians say faith is all thats getting them by. Now, it would seem time is working against hope. This country is receiving assistance in search and recovery from the u. S. , u. K. , jamaica, and trinidad and tobago, but the harsh reality is human remains decompose quickly at sea, so many may remain missing, norah, forever. Oh, that is so heart breaking. Errol, thank you. Back here at home, new accusations tonight the Administration May have tried to pressure the National Weather service to change a Hurricane Dorian advisory to cover up a mistake by the president. Weijia jiang is traveling with the president in North Carolina, and, ouija, what have you learned . Reporter norah, a top scientist said he was investigating the policies of scientific rer integrity. He was reacting to a press release that backed the claim President Trump said Hurricane D
Q a. The sponsors for our panel are cecil and nancy brown. Are they with us . [applause] im happy to introduce our moderator for this session, james a stevens, is not only, im sorry. I skipped over. Curtis wilkie. No, hes over there. Our moderator is curtis wilkie, associate professor of journalism at the university of mississippi and a fellow at the universitys Overby Center or southern journalism andpolicy and hell take over. Thank you for coming and we appreciate the presence of our guests on the panel at the mississippi bookfestival. Its getting bigger and better every year. Im going to start off by introducing very briefly. Our guest will carry on a discussion and i hope you all will have discussions for the towards the end of our hour. Karen abbott is a bestselling author of several books and her newest one, the ghost of eden park is an in the next pick as wellas an amazon best book. A glowing review in last sundays clariion ledger, maybe some of you read, said abbott captures th