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After words programs on our web site, booktv. Org. And now a panel on the life and career of recentlyretired librarian of Congress James billington. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Please take your seats. My understanding is were live on cspan, so behave yourselves. Inform. [laughter] welcome to valentines day a bit early. Im jane harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center, and i cant and we cant imagine what the Wilson Center would look like today if nobody had been smart enou...

And a meeting of thousands of years in the making. Pope francis meets with his counterpart from his orthodox church. Im brent goff. It good to have you with us on this friday. Fleeing for your lives. Tens of thousands are fleeing the city and was left of it from aleppo. This as the syrian army steps up on the turkish border. Peace talks in geneva are on board. Russia is backing the syrian government. Cities reduced to rubble. This video posted online shows the syrian city a few minutes after the...

Will talk about our book we could not fail the first African Americans in the Space Program. Influx at nasa role in civil rights the years before the civilrights act which is an important distinction because before the act discrimination was not against the law it was legal to say you cannot use this toilet you are black or cannot come into this restaurant because you are black. It is an important distinction as we talk about the achievements of the people in this book. To talk about the rules p...

And steven moss talk about 10 africanamericans who broke the color barrier at nasa and use of the Space Program by president s kennedy and johnson to advance social change. Thank you, im richard paul. Steven will be up when it is time for his presentation. Were here to talk about our book, we could not fail. Look as that today seas role in the years before the Civil Rights Act passed. That is important distinction. Before the Civil Rights Act passed discrimination was not against the law. It was...

And steven moss talk about 10 africanamericans who broke the color barrier at nasa and use of the Space Program by president s kennedy and johnson to advance social change. Thank you, im richard paul. Steven will be up when it is time for his presentation. Were here to talk about our book, we could not fail. Look as that today seas role in the years before the Civil Rights Act passed. That is important distinction. Before the Civil Rights Act passed discrimination was not against the law. It was...

His brother and mother. Call it raiders of the lost train. Polish workers launch a search for a train said to be laden with gold and valuables. I am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. At this hour, Syrian Refugees in hungary are using the only thing they can, their feet, to get out of hungry and into austria. After days of being stranded at the main train station, refugees said they could not wait any longer. Unwed there is unrest at refugee camps as well as clashes with riot police at ...

Change. Matt i am at hermann. Thanks for joining us. Hungarian police say they have arrested four people in connection with a gruesome discovery near vienna. Some 71 people apparently suffocated in an abandoned truck. The deaths have shocked austria and driven home the human cost of europes migrant crisis. The reality was worse ban anyone had feared. Austrian police recovered 71 bodies from the truck, among them, for children. Its thought the dead were Syrian Refugees who had crossed the border ...

Forces. A form of pneumonia that could be fatal. Officials are confident they caught the disease early. I think we are addressing it as it is prison wide. We will continue to operate to operate with the same protocols in place to ensure it doesnt spread further. Reporter because of the outbreak the prison shut down its water system. Portapotties and no toilets. I would think for the staff as well, everybody is at risk. I am sure others. There is no information being given out. I get bits and pie...

Biden will participate in a labor day parade in the battleground tomorrow. Nbcs kristen welker. Kristen, thank you. Overseas as the migrant crisis intensifies, pope francis today called on every Catholic Church in europe to take in refugees and said the vatican would do its part by providing shelter to two families in the coming days. As that papal plea was made, the march of migrants and refugees into europe continued today. Our chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel has our report. Reporter...

Again at this hour, theres no deal in israel. Five hour humanitarian ceasefire between israel and hamas has ended, and rockets launched from gaza this morning in israel, attacking from air and sea. In one week of fighting, 235 palestinians have died, along with one israeli. Nick schifrin is in gaza. All day the diplomats have been meeting in cairo, trying to come up with a ceasefire. But in cairo and hamas, the palestinian authority, egypt and United States, it has been ten with us. And for thre...