jean becker worked with mr. bush starting shortly after he left the white house and up until his 2018 death. the kansas city public library hosted this program. >> good evening. i'm steve, with the public affairs staff of the library. first of all, before we start, jean will give us a wonderful presentation about george h w bush. we will have a question and answer afterwards. because c-span is filming tonight, please use the microphones that we will place, one there and one to the side. that is so your question doesn't get lost on c-span. i want to welcome all of you and let you know how much we appreciate you being here tonight. especially knowing that the democratic party has done a little counter programming. [laughter] we have another 15 months plus to get our fill of 2020 presidential campaigning. here we will take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988. a president, who seemed the longer he lived, the more loved and appreciated became. i was struck like many others i think by the national outpo

well and he wants of us richard becker joins me now live thank you for joining us on the program mr becker of the media has called donald trump decision unexpected now considering the death toll over 18 years of conflicts do you think the president's decision is going to risk more lives and more years of war. well i think that what we can see happening is a struggle inside of the trumpet ministration with both that on one side and pump a lot of the other and how to move forward and we can see also that i think that one pale has in mind the possibility of an alliance between the united states and the taliban when the taliban was going because the government that it could be an ally just as the merger had the who are the predecessors to the taliban were allies of the united states for 15 years starting and i think the 7th time in the war against the elected government of the soviet union so i think that is the reality of. what again right now is a battle that's being played out but certainly it's not conceivable it's not credible that the reason the talks were called off was just because the

[laughter] please welcome my friend, jean becker. [applause] jean: it is sort of odd after that wonderful introduction. i feel bad but the first thing i will say is when steve picked me up at the airport yesterday we weren't even out of the parking garage when he said don't you dare tell them that time we -- [laughter] i do know stuff about him. his coworkers who are here, i can be bought. [laughter] mi my already in trouble? this is one of my favorite pictures of president bush and me. oddly, we are at a duke basketball game. probably seven or eight years ago when president bush had been diagnosed with parkinson's and was in a wheelchair, his health was declining. coach k wrote him a letter and said it is on my bucket list for you to attend a home game of duke. would you come? i showed the letter to president bush and i said coach k thinks you will fly to north carolina. there we are. i love starting with that photo. it is a good photo of me and i don't take very many. working for president bush was one of the great privileges of my

. >> jean becker was chief of staff to george h.w. bush starting starley after he left the white house. up until his death in 2018. presidency, on the ms. becker talks about the man she knew. here's a preview. this is crisp and are of saudi arabia, the saudi ambassador to the u.s. for almost 20 years. he was the ambassador during president bush's presidency, president clinton. president bush was very close to him. they used to call president clinton and brother by another mother. they gave prince zan bar the same nickname. ago, seven or eight years i got a call late one night from somebody who used to be in president bush's administration to ask me if i had heard anything about the band are. the cia inntially saudi arabia. she said they were hearing he had in assassinated. i read the news to him, and he said "have you tried calling him?" i said "no." that had not occurred to me. [laughter] >> he said "let's try to get him on the phone." we're sitting outside. upstairs, the office windows open, and one of his assistants leaned out. i s

. >> sreenivasan: reuters reporter amanda becker is on the coast at nags head, north carolina, and shhas more on whatesidentsen there faced during the storm. amanda, it looks like kind of a gorgeous day on the beach. >> people are returning to a beautiful day today. they started letting permanent residents and critical business owanrs and personnel back in at noon. and they are returning to actually what is a perfect beach day. strong waves, but other than that, it's gorgeous here. >> sreenivasan: yeah, you can see some of the-- how far and how high did the sea get during the storm? i'm assuming you couldn't ben'st ding where you are now. >> yes, actually, yesterday hours after the huanehere, a few cleared out, was all the way up to the dunes. there was really no beach yet. so they're starting-- and i'll a turnittle bit. you can start to see they are regaining their beach. it's kind of almost back towh e it was two days ago before the storm. >> sreenivasan: and what kind of damage did the people thereea in nag'sor along the outer banks experience? >> so i've only been able to get to the

the 2nd fastest marathon time ever be recorded by because it was a strong showing for ethiopia with becker taking 1st place in the women's race joining us now from the course is. tuckey alina the berlin marathon is always seen as a fast race but no new records today. well as you just said president marathon is known for fast times and public records but no world record was broken here today but we did come awfully close although that wasn't the intention of the organizers there ain't this time around. this year was just about making this a very attractive a very close race and that's how we got it and but the rain of course has been really a bit of a damp not as many. have come out in every part of the route so far rain but a beautiful backdrop to talk us through some of the. yeah so we had of course the kenyan dominance at the berlin marathon has finally ended it was the ethiopians that basically dominated the podium 10 and he said take a lay i mean what a comeback for the 37 year old he ended up finishing this race in 2 hours and minute and 41 seconds as you just mentioned he came so clo

jean becker worked with mr. bush starting shortly after he left the white house and up until his 2018 death. the kansas city public library hosted this program. >> good evening. i'm steve, with the public affairs staff of the library. first of all, before we start, jean will give us a wonderful presentation about george h w bush. we will have a question and answer afterwards. because c-span is filming

ashley: fair and balanced, we go now to todd becker, an ethanol producer. hello to you, todd.is, you have a bunch of corn that's been grown and has nowhere to go so you want refiners to take more of it to produce more e-15, this ethanol bland gasoline. that's your part of this story, is it not? you want to be able to use the corn and you want the refiners to up the amount of refining they do. >> we just want the refiners to comply with what the law says and not get a waiver to grant so they don't have to use it or get an exemption. that's all window dressing. ethanol has been 30 cents to a dollar cheaper than gasoline well over the last ten years. it cheapens the fuel to the consumer. there's a 10 p% mandate but the can use up to 15% that the president gave us as an industry as a waiver. it putting pain on the u.s. farmer with what's going on right now. these waivers are exempting refiners who are making significant profits, exempting them from billions of gallons of gasoline, equivalent to billions of bushels of corn. that's what we are fighting for. it's really affecting rur

. >> jean becker was chief of staff to judge h.w. shortly after he left the white house and up until his death in 2018. this weekend, on the presidency, ms. becker talks about the man she knew. here is a preview. this is a prince of saudi arabia, the saudi ambassador to the united states from us 20 years, the ambassador during president bush's residency, president clinton, lots of george w. president bush was very close to him. callush brothers used to president clinton their brother by another mother and they gave the prints the same nickname. -- the prince the same nickname. seven or eight years ago i got a call late at night from somebody who used to be in president bush 's administration to ask me if i had heard anything about the the head of what was essentially the cia in saudi arabia. she said, we hear that he has been be fascinated. have you heard this? so i break the news to him and he said, have you tried calling him? i said, no. [laughter] that really hadn't occurred to me. to call him. he says, let's try to get him on the

over 2000 children from detention since 2013 nearly all of them have been held without charge jo becker again says the government should make more of an effort to release the children still being held. nobody knows the current number of children may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the united nations or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian child protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities the nigerian military denies the allegations made in the report saying the children are kept and secure areas and adequately cared for we've asked the nigerian ministry of justice for comment but haven't received any reply yet. social media giant facebook is apparently undergoing an identity crisis it's changed the way it describes itself from a platform to a publisher and

we have a becker strong checking our forecasts and nothing says friday like a good ol forecast that's right and it's going to be a toasted want to actually was a lot of spots we're going to see a lot more 80's was a 70's, especially around our basic yesterday, those are going to be replaced by some low 80's. >>yeah, definitely warming up for sale warming trend kick off today and then into the weekend so a nice way to wrap up the workweek if you like warm weather you like sunshine. and this is going to be a perfect day for you out the door right now we're looking at our sutro tower camera overlooking a nice clear shot of the golden gate bridge. block it. so just a a nice perfect picture of the golden gate so far this

released over 2000 children from detention since 2013 nearly all of them had been held without charge jo becker again says though that the government should make more of an effort to release the children still being held nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian child protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities in response the nigerian military denies the allegations that were made against it in the report saying the children are kept in secure areas and are adequately cared for we did ask to the nigerian ministry of justice to comment on this story although we're so far we haven't heard back from the. large scale military drills were conducted this week in various locations acro

we have a becker strong checking our forecasts and nothing says friday like a good ol forecast that's right and it's going to be a toasted want to actually was a lot of spots we're going to see a lot more 80's was a 70's, especially around our basic yesterday, those are going to be replaced by some low 80's. >>yeah, definitely warming up for sale warming trend kick off today and then into the weekend so a nice way to wrap up the workweek if you like warm weather you like sunshine. and this is going to be a perfect day for you out the door right now we're looking at our sutro tower camera overlooking a nice clear shot of the golden gate bridge. block it. so just a a nice perfect picture of the golden gate so far this early hour. so nice and clear look at the visibility as we're looking at future cast over obviously saying just a little bit of fog right along the coastal spots like to half moon bay, but that's normal right and then we're going to see that even clear as we get into the afternoon so lots of sunshine to look forward to today. and yes the temperatures definitely on the rise

held without charge is not known though at this point how many children do remain in custody joe becker again says the government should make more effort to release them nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the night or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities well the nigerian military does deny the allegations made against them in the report saying the children are kept in secure areas and are adequately cared for we've asked the nigerian ministry of justice to comment on the story too although so far they haven't responded. i mean i'm going with awareness and then he stripped him initially award all because of her support for the palestinian cause we've got the detail

had been held without charge or thought at this point how many of them still remain in custody joe becker again says the government should make more effort to release them. nobody knows the current number of children may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the united nations or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities of a no jury military denies the allegations made in that report saying the children are kept in secure areas on a adequately cared for voss the nigerian minister of justice for comment they have yet to respond but sit with us our back in 30 minutes time with the latest boom bust coming up next. this is robust broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of our 21st century global economy i'm daniel

held without charge although it's not known how many children are still being held in custody joe becker again says the government should make more of an effort to release the. nobody knows the current number of children may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the nations or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities. in response the nigerian military has denied the allegations that have been made in the report saying the children are kept in secure areas and are also adequately cared for we've asked the nigerian ministry of justice a comment on the story although so far we haven't received a response. some world news in brief nash starting with a deadly blast in afghanistan a quick morning to you might find some of the ima

have been held without charge is not known at this point just how many of them remain in custody mr becker again saying the government should make more effort to release them. nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the night the sions or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian child protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities with the nigerian military denies the allegations in the report saying the children are kept in secure areas and are adequately cared for we have us the nigerian ministry of justice for comment they've yet to respond. a famous pakistani novelist has been denied a german literary award over her political activism she's been calling for a boycott of israeli goods on quarter reports. the city of dor

while the 2000 children have been released from detention since 2030 but joe becker again believes more effort should be vague to free those still being held without charge nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the night or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian child protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities. the nigerian military denies the allegations in the report saying the children are kept in secure areas and are adequately cared for we did ask the nigerian ministry of justice for comment we have yet to receive a reply. millions around the world took part in a climate strike this week calling for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases over 5000 events were held around the world all the way from c b to

without charge it's not known at this point though just how many of them remain in custody here's joe becker again who says that the government should make more of an effort to release them. nobody knows the current number of children who may still be in military custody nigerian authorities do not allow the united nations or independent organizations like human rights watch to access the military detention centers but what human rights watch is calling for is that nigerian authorities release any remaining children in military detention and transfer them to civilian child protection authorities so that they can receive rehabilitation and help or unifying with their families and reintegrating into their communities ok you are watching out international been a pleasure to have your company this evening i do stick around if you can update on our top stories coming for you just over half an hour. what. they put themselves on a lot. to get except little reject. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to do like to be 1st this is what before 3 of them or 10 people get. interested

laura becker, bbc news, incheon. now, just before we go, japan loves mascots — every city has one.these characters are ren — g the official tournament mascots. there's also a dog mascott called ragamarukun and trykun, this one kind of looks like a rugby player. the most popular it seems is kuma—mon — pictured here with the former emperor and empress. another couple of pictures for our viewers. these tourists in the australian outback have got more than a poor road surface to worry about. take a look, blocked by 30 saltwater crocodiles and that is where we will leave you with this edition of newsday. hello there. temperatures are set to climb over the next couple of days. friday morning will start off with some fog patches in places but that you tend to lift and clear fairly quickly and we will see a lot of sunshine and some real warmth as well. high is centred just about here. consider wind rotating around it in here. consider wind rotating around itina here. consider wind rotating around it in a clockwise direction. the high pressure keeping the rain bearing cloud they have the at

but joe becker is the children's rights advocacy director of human rights watch she says none of the children showed any support to. the united nations since 2013 has documented the detention of more than 3600 children in military holding facilities in northeast nigeria we interviewed more than 30 of these children in june of this year many of them had been detained at cuba barracks for months and some for years in fact 2 of the children we interviewed have been held there without charge for 3 years but many of the children we interviewed described trying to escape. when they were arrested instead as suspects they have been held generally without charge without any opportunity to go to court or to see a judge only one of the children we interviewed ever had a chance to say that they thought might have been an attorney. of violence is causing major problems in a part of west africa hundreds of people have been killed in fighting in the kenya fast so that's causing a major food crisis affecting nearly one and a half 1000000 people the world food program is now warning of what it calls

the teenage victim, joseph becker, was taken to hospital but later died.year—old boys and an 18—year—old man were arrested on suspicion of murder on friday and remain in police custody. the metropolitan police has ended its criminal investigation into the campaign group leave.eu over its spending during the 2016 brexit referendum. the inquiry began after the electoral commission referred the campaign, founded by the businessman aron banks, to the police, and fined it £70,000. but the met now says there's insufficient evidence to justify further action. mr banks has called for an inquiry into the electoral commission's actions, and a separate investigation by the national crime agency into other allegtions, is ongoing. one of the uk's largest pawnbrokers has closed all its stores and left customers in the dark, with a helpline not taking calls. albemarle & bond pawnbrokers and herbert brown stores have more than 100 premises around the country, and is searching for a buyer. it's unclear if any shops will reopen and staff have been offered redundancy. the si

kenny becker price was from pennsylvania and wrote the gettysburg on a bench at night in a railroad cattle car. s an unpaid work a nurse and said said scenes would fill a volume. so many times at night i lay on. my stretcher weeping instead of sleeping. . prices carried misses photo for four years after the war. he was wounded on july 1, gangrene developed in his right arm was amputated at spangler. misses price nursed him from near death until he was well enough to take a train home to ohio. he married in 1866, had nine children and many grandchildren, all amassing substantial while amassing substantial wealth as a businessman. he was a pallbearer at the funeral of william mckinley. he often showed misses price's photo to ex soldiers at national encampments in an attempt to find and thank her, without luck. out of the blue he received a -- in 1906. six dear sir, do you remember the nurse who cared for you? you were to wonder if living and if you were going to atend the ga our encampment saratoga. i expect to be there and would be glad to meet my soldier boys. i would be glad to hear from

craig becker, the famous lawyer, is a yale law school grad. you was not going to law school at night. these are very highly trained business people. they are not traditional union members who worked their way up. randi weingarten has a very strong academic background, but teaching was a very minor part of it, and to get her started in the union. but she was never a classic teacher working her way up. these are professionals running large organizations. if you took the amount of money they take in annually, that the unions take in, they would be in the top quartile of the fortune 500s. you are talking about huge, massive organizations. i do not see a lot of the influence of organized crime. we go into some of that in the book. if there is any, and i don't really -- i can't go into detail because i am not sure, but the traditional unions like the teamsters are now going into government employees because that is the growth area. they know if they are going to continue to grow and taken lots of dues -- take in lots of dues, they will have to go in

. >> jean becker was two for stuff to george h.w.ush right after the white house up to his death in 2018. this weekend on the presidency, she talks about the man she knew. here is a preview. are of is prince band saudi arabia, who was the saudi ambassador to the united states for almost 20 years. he was the ambassador all during president bush's presidency, president clintons, and president bush was very close to him. used to brothers, they call president clinton their brother and another mother, and they gave prince bandar the same exact way came, rather from mother. i got a call late one night from somebody who used to be in president bush judge administration who asked me if i had heard anything about bandar. time was head of the c.i.a. in saudi arabia, and it said, we are hearing that he has been assassinated probably by the syrians, have you heard this? so i broke the news to him, and he said, have you tried calling him? [laughter] not -- id, no, that is [laughter] >> but really had not occurred to me to call him. [laughter] he