For a complete schedule, visit booktv. Org. Alan dershowitz talks about becoming a lawyer and the many cases hes handled over the past 50 years. This hourlong program is next on booktv. [applause] welcome, everybody. Its delightful to see you all, and remarkable in a funny way for the two of us to be here, alan. I feel as if you ought to be tutoring me for one of our final exams, which you used to do. Weve known each other for over 50 years, as you just heard, and i dont know how that came to be. But you say in your book that you were a dreadful student until you went to college. That during elementary and secondary school, you were a disaster. What turned it around . I dont know. I wish i knew. In Elementary School and high school, i was a c and d student. I have in my book an actual photograph of my senior semester report card with a 60 in physics, red circle around it, 60 in math, red circle around it, 65 in history, and i managed to squeeze out an 80 in english. So i had a 67 avera
Up next on booktv, after words with guest host kim barker. Propublica reporter and author of the taliban shuffle. This week Geraldo Munoz and his book, getting away with u. N. And the politics of pakistan. Rnte the u. N. Assistant secretarygeneral reports on the International Inquiry he lit into the assassination of the formerta pakistani prime minist. The program is about one hour. Host welcome, ambassador. I its a pleasure to be here with you to be talking about your new book. W i wanted to start with the obvious question which is what made you decide to write the book thank you hundred and ie assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and immediately after i delivered the report to the secretary general, there was a change in government in my country, in chile. I was the ambassador of chile to the United Nations. Im a political appointee, and a new government came in of the opposition, so i had free time, first. And second, there were a lot of publishing houses interested in this story behind
And all that gets off the talks in geneva were very wrong. New kit program produced no deal. So im told but its also apparent that idiom to four point gap. We began with the latest from the philippines were massive rescue operation is on the way falling one was awful storms ever recorded. Just left a trail of death and destruction it off. As many as ten thousand people of the teacher being killed in one city alone. The actual death toll nationwide is expecting much hype and thats what wins of simon to only thirty five kilometers an hour from greenhouses and torrential rains walked away entire coastal communities. I got smart and saw tells us more about how this latest typhoon is one of a number of Deadly Weapon systems to start the philippines in recent years the tide is high and sunday. Most of turning it into hades and ctc into wastelands. Bestie if you use a just cause of a long history and natural devastation in the philippines. In the last century alone. At least ten typhoons have
Here goes ahead with a referendum on sunday. Expect the reprisals on monday. So says the us secretary of state to john kerry. Hes sending a message to moscow after confirming his European Partners russias application to join the police cd is now on hold. Us based Economic Organization announced thursday it was postponing moscow Succession Process the major was taken after russias incursion into crimea. German chancellor Angela Merkel and james tiniest and independence referendum and warned that the repercussions from russia could be severe. Im thankful that its the difference and continues on the course of the last few weeks. Peace will not only a few times during the free ukraine. I thought last night the neighbors of brush that we would see is that france this would change the European Unions relationship with russia nine s bass was echoed by us secretary of state john kerry speaking to the Senate Judiciary committee in washington. There will be a response of some time to the referen
And moved it. The mystery of flight 370 takes another turn. The changed flight path was programmed into an onboard computer. The u. S. Navy says it will reduce its effort in the search. Searching 7 million square miles. Vladimir putin has just signed a treaty officially making ukraines crimea region part of russia. Russia has offered a variety of arguments to justify what is nothing more than a land grab. Now ukraine, calling up troops preparing for possible conflict. A california man accused of threatening to bomb the l. A. Subway system has been arrested trying to cross the border into canada. Loren scott, longtime girlfriend of mick jaggar found dead, apparently committed suicide. Mick jaggar says he is completely shocked and devastated by the news. Kevin trudeau has been sentenced to prison for cheating investors. Barely hit by a commuter train going full speed. All that wind up the middle. Nails the umpire. He is down in a heap. Brad meyers is in a world of hurt. Orlando area Team