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The president. We begin this news hour at the United Nations in something we dont see every day the Security Council has agreed in a draft resolution condemning chlorine attacks in syria but there were heated exchanges before the agreement was reached. Our diplomatic editor james bays reports from u. N. Headquarters. A rare moment, a new Security Council resolution on syria is passed condemning chlorine attacks and promising to take action if they continue. China and russia supported it. Only venezuela abstained. The resolution does not say which side was responsible for the chlorine attacks, ...

Wayne smith who served as a combat medic during vietnam. We wanted to get home. We just wanted to survive. And yet there is an enormous guilt that stays with me and many my brothers and sisters today that we should have known better. We should have been sitting where you are. That we should have been more active, more informed, and more in opposition to that war. Amy all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. As the nation celebrates memorial day, we look back at the vietnam war. Fifty years ago, on march 7, 1965, 3500 u. ...

[inaudible] its a very good read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. And tonight Sam Tanenhaus has agreed to interview randy and call out for him aspects of the biography, so its my pleasure to welcome them bothful thank you. [applause] am i good here . I can shout, so i probably dont need one of these. So Randy Boyagoda youre a novelist, and youre writing about Richard John Neuhaus. How did we get to this topic, first of all and why . Right. I started i started working on this book in some ways without even realizing it in 2009, so shortly after neuhaus died. I wrote a profile for a torontobased magazi...

120,000 people attend this every year that it happens and is held every weekend, booktv offers programming focus on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2 and watching of our past programs online at booktv. Org. Randy boyagoda is next on booktv. He talks about the activism and political influence of the late Catholic Priest Richard John Neuhaus. During this event in new york city professor bordo go to sit down with author and former New York Times review editor Sam Tanenhaus. Welcome, everybody. Do i wait for you . Welcome everybody. Its really great to be able to ...

[inaudible conversations] welcome everybody. Should i wait for you . Welcome everybody to its really great to have an opportunity to host regular botox by authors that write about topics that concern and culture and politics. Its especially good when the topic is the founder of the magazine and its a pleasure tonight to introduce the biographer of the biography of John Neuhaus Randy boyagoda. Randy is an accomplished novelist and his most recent novel beggars faced which is best described as great gatsby. Its a very good read and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Tonight sam taman house has agreed to i...