for a little bit of history, it was founded in 1927 by my grandfather, benjamin bass and it was finally called fourth avenue book row, which is located right around the corner from us from union square to astor place along fourth avenue. at its height it has 48 bookstores. in the 91 years since then, all but one of the stories has shattered, leaving it to be passed on to my father who just died in january and then to me, always to be kept independent. tonight is such a special night. we are so excited to have you here and to have c-span's booktv with us. at the 2016 we olympics, this evenings remarkable author ibtihaj muhammad smashed barriers as the first american to compete wearing a job and made history as the first muslim american woman to medal. as a young woman, sat out sports as a means to fund college and was one of the only sports in which he could participate in modest dress. she was fast, hard working and devoted to her faith. but in a sport privilege than white people, she often felt out of place. if ibtihaj rose above bigotry and other success, named one of time magazine 10

israel and palestine set to dominate the agenda as mahmoud at bass and benjamin netanyahu prepared to address the u.n. general assembly. a russian colonel is identified as a suspect in the u.k. poisoning case. without a trace the long wait for iraqi families waiting to hear about the fate of their relatives detained by government forces. so it all comes down to this the first woman to accuse president donald trump's u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual abuse is about to testify before a committee on capitol hill in washington these are live pictures you're looking at right now and this is the hearing room where senators are assembling since her allegations first came to light it was not clear whether christine the fourth would testify before the judiciary hearing but today is the day let's go live now to roslyn jordan who is in washington d.c. force so rosen roselyn keenly anticipated event this what are we expecting to hear from first. we're going to hear from professor christian blogs a forward she will be one of two witnesses to testify during this portion of brett

israel and palestine set to dominate the agenda as mahmoud up bass and benjamin netanyahu prepare to address the u.n. general assembly. a russian colonel is identified as a suspect in the u.k. spy poisoning case. a nation in mourning vietnam says goodbye to its president who died last week. in sport goals most fiercely contested same event is set for its latest installments. your own advantages they aim to regain the ryder cup from the united states. hello israeli and palestinian leaders will address world leaders at the un general assembly to make their case in the coming hours since last year there's been a dramatic shift in u.s. policy on the israeli palestinian conflict it came to a head in december last year when trump unilaterally recognized your. as the capital of israel and earlier this year the u.s. embassy was moved to jerusalem and the palestine liberation organization's washington office was shut down and for millions of palestinians on the ground it was his administration's decision to cut funding to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees that is affecting their daily

bass called on the u.s. president donald trump to rescind his decision to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem well in his speech israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned iran had a secret atomic warehouse which is it's using for its nuclear weapons program he said the site had as much as three hundred tons of nuclear related material adultry is no longer a crime in india after the country's top court ruled that the law was unconstitutional and discriminatory the law brought in under british colonial rule in the nineteenth century punish the adultry with jail time of up to five years. indian security forces in kashmir have fired tear gas and shotgun pellets at crowds of protesters anti india demonstrations erupted in several areas in the disputed region after locals say security forces killed an innocent civilian during a raid elsewhere in kashmir a soldier and three rebels were killed in two separate gun battles parts of kashmir are now under curfew those are the headlines from news in half an hour of. october on al-jazeera. in a new season al-jazeera correspondent returns with more personal stories from our journalists from around th