Tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. You can also watch all the past programs anytime at booktv. Org. Good afternoon everyone and if youve been with us the previous sessions,welcome back but if youre joining us for the first time , please welcome to North University 20 20 military writers symposium on weapon icing agent tactics with new implications. Id like to welcome you to our campus in our beautiful state and the only regret we have is that youre not able to be with us or in person to enjoy vermont university. Im author travis noris and i have the privilege of being a military symposium executive director and also director of the houston war center and also for everyone this issue is part of a program with george Universities Center for global resilience and security which is part of a larger initiative, the Environmental Security initiative. Where thrilled you are joining us today for a special presentation to award Adam Higginbotham that 20 20 military
Live interaction. Getting to know their students. It will be a different experience. [ inaudible ] the first few weeks will be spent opening students and families, assessing skills, and virtual home visits to guide parents for distance learning. The district says it is trying to address the digital divide. They are trying to provide 25,000 computers to students in need. They have distributed about 13,000 so far. In oakland, kenny choi, kpix 5. As we mentioned, School Starts monday in oakland. They are the only bay area district mandating that teachers, educators teach from empty classrooms. San francisco unified begins classes on august 17th. A tentative agreement requires each educator to give two hours of live online instruction a day. And for details on your schools district learning plan, though to kpix. Com back to school. Today we finally got an explanation and an apology from the state Health Secretary for californias undercounting of coronavirus cases. We apologize. You deserve
we ll hear from both sides of the legal debate. he s the failed republican candidate accused of orchestrating the shootings at the homes of democrats, now investigators are looking into whether solomon pena s campaign was funded by fentanyl. also, this a massive loss for music. david crosby dying at 81. we ll speak live with one of his best friends. cnn this morning starts right now. to all of those stories in just a moment, but first we need to talk about ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, making a desperate plea for more weapons before it is too late. there are signs that russia is regrouping and preparing to launch a major offensive. and cnn has learned cia director bill burns personally flew to kyiv for a secret meeting with zelenskyy to brief him on vladimir putin s plans. this morning, the defense secretary, lloyd austin, is at ram stein air base in germany to huddle with western allies. president zelenskyy spoke virtually at the meeting. the war st
Sugar rush. Speaking of sugar, americans are expected to spend 152 on average for easter thisserra. Can you guess the number one candy that goes into easter baskets . Chocolate eggs. Wrong. The reeses Peanut Butter eggs. Im not a peeps fan. Me neither. Plenty of candy at my house. We do a gathering at my neighbors house. Saturday and sunday. A fun weekend. The weather is going to change for the weekend. We will talk to steve about that in a second. We will start with the news of the day and what is happening in San Francisco that so many people around the country are watching. Arguments whether the Trump Administration can withhold money from sanctuary cities. Rob malcolm has more from the courthouse in San Francisco. Rob. Reporter this begins at 9 00 a. M. From the crowds we were seeing this morning, this federal courthouse appears to be packed as the judge listens to the arguments this morning. It could also be the turning point in the immigration debate and other jurisdictions will
Aisles. Protests in malaysia are calling for the Prime Minister to step down. Government says the rallies are illegal. I am raul in doha, ill have the sport including banking the bank. Manchester city sign the Belgian International for 90 million nearly a year after he was discarded by chelsea. Hello. Our top story. Human rights organizations say changes to asylumseeking laws planned by hungarys government encourage more people smuggling, including the tightening of boarders and returning refugees to his serbia, the last border they crossed. Further at this time mantling the overwhelming asylum practice test in hungary, from budapest Andrew Simmons reports. Reporter for now this is home for people who left war zones looking for sanctuary and they go go no further, many were not warned not to buy International Rail tickets and Police Stopped them from boarding trains. This syrian mother spent the last of her savings on nonrefundable tickets, now she regrets not paying people smugglers i