i want to thank the man booker prize, the chair and the prizejudges for their booker prize, the chairchair and the prizejudges fortheirwork. i booker prize, the chair and the prize judges for their work. i would also like to thank all the critics who wrote about the book — all of them! and especially the book—sellers who sold it. when i had the first third briton, i got a little freaked out by reading what i had written, and i thought it had been a lot of fun but i wondered if any other human would understand it. my any other human would understand it. my wife wrote me a post—it note after reading it which gave me the confidence to go one. thank you, paula, precious friend, artistic era, my guide to the higher ground, even when i have to go there kicking and screaming. 0ur daughters have taught us through their kindness and dignity all there is to know about the deep spiritual rewards of parenting. as you might have noticed, we live in a strange time. the question at the heart of the matter i think is simple: do we respond to fear with exclusion and negative projection and violins, or

i i think cory booker, senator booker did a smart thing. he said there is an issue here. obviously they are horrible. he is giving it to come women's group, women's situation so they are, the public is more aware. as far as giving money back. he at any time see why people have to give money back. it was not illegally gotten. i was go in from other donors so they want to keep it, use it. i don't see any issue this. >> is it tainted money, though. if you are talking about a hollywood producer who is accused of pressuring women into sex as the al gagses go, sexual acts for jobs, then it seems to me,s there something wrong. >> all right. hold on a minute. what you are talking about is l.a. as the l.a. agent said about hollywood. if you can in the town, you got it paid, right? >> so we were talking about win stein here. in that world of superficialality here. not to diminish all the al gagses that everybody else, right? you say what they said about one of the rivals. it is a driven. i that i what is it is. >> it is not l.a. set up about it the local senators. sint he grabbing

when i come here, booker, tell my people -- [inaudible] some call me booker, some call me john, somell me jim, some call me nigger. all that, but you have to smile. if you don't? what's wrong with you? why you not smiling? [inaudible] how you doing, waiter? what's your name? i keep that smile. always remember to smile. [inaudible] the more you smile. you wonder, what else can i do? sometimes you say i'm not going to tip that nigger, you say, thank you. what'd you say? come back, as soon as you can. don't talk to him like that. [inaudible] why? i got three kids -- [inaudible] night after night, i lie down and i dream about -- i want them to do any job that they're qualified. i don't want this, i don't want that, but i just want my children to -- [inaudible] i'm on my way. what you have to go through, but remember, you have to keep that smile. >>>> so that aired on nbc on the national news in 1966, and the night after it aired, he was pistol whipped by a white police officer, and he lost his job. i, you know, didn't really understand what the big deal was because whatt he said was i do

the us author george saunders has won this year's man booker prize,

booker came back to livermore after her parents begged to see her. (catherine) the las vegas shooting leaves many questions... including why this kind of tragedy seems to keep happening.. kron 4's gabe slate talked with a professor of sociology to try and find some answers. sound from kimberly d. richman, ph.d. sociology professor, who is an expert on criminology issues. there is no one who are these people right there there are unfortunately many types of people who could be motivated to commit a mass tragedy variety of different reasons kimberly richman is a professor of sociology at the university of san francisco and she has a ph.d. in criminology, law and society. she has been studying mass shootings and the people behind them for years. sound from kimberly d. richman, ph.d. sociology professor, who is an expert on criminology issues. people who don't mind giving up their own lives which is often what happens with mass shootings don't feel connected to anyone they don't feel any they can't possibly feel a sense of meaning in their life many soci

senator booker? sen. booker: thank you for being here, and i appreciate your service to our country. secretary mattis, a lot of dod funding in the program. to my understanding there is a new air force facility, correct? sec. mattis: that is correct. sen. booker: and we're seeing a lot of talk now about continued military operations in the region, continued investment of u.s. troops as well as resources. is that correct? sec. mattis: we have been operating in niger a little over 20 years now. sen. booker: my point is there has been a significant increase. sec. mattis: there has been recently, as we try to build them up to take care of their own security. sen. booker: at the same time, we are seeing a proposed budget from the administration for food in peace programs being cut. it is now being cut for all bilateral aid to niger. is that correct? to your knowledge? sec. mattis: i will have to go back and look at the figures. sen. booker: those figures are correct. in the proposed budget. a massive ratcheting

let's hear what senator booker had to do today. tell us about your day. >> well my day has been all over the place. from public schools in new jersey all the way down to voting on the floor of the senate. the big thing we did today is after months of working with environmental justice advocates, not climate change folks but folks that focus on the immediate urgent issues of environment injustice in the country. we unvailed a major piece of legislation to combat what conditions most americans especially americans that are prif ledged don't think exist. >> give us examples. >> i left new jersey and traveled through the country. everywhere from north carolina. and the hog farm areas. to alabama. to even st. parish county in in louisiana. these are places that have things -- really i couldn't believe it. you have environmental conditions that are so extreme where poor people live. and the poor people of color. where you have types of corporate villainny you can't believe. parish they call the area the nickname is cancer alley. because

and five novelists vie to win the man booker prize 2017.london's historic guildhall, where later this evening we will announce who has won the man booker prize. good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain faces the highest rate of terror attacks in the last 30 years, with some plots hatched in just days and 3,000 extremists currently being investigated. that's according to the head of mi5, andrew parker, who's given a rare interview and defended the service's record, after four terrorist attacks this year. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, reports. four terrorist attacks in britain, inspired by so—called islamic state, in the space of six months. most of the attackers were already known to mi5, the security service. today, its director general addressed journalists on the extent of the current threat. we've seen a dramatic up shift in threat this year. it's at the highest tempo i've seen in my 34—year career. i asked him why mi5 was unable to stop those attacks by known extremists. the likelihood is that sometimes attacks can hap

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. >>> new, new jersey senator cory booker is talking about gun control. he appeared on "late night with seth meyers." booker believes everyone who wants change has to fight for it. >> and we as americans who believe this passionately have to get engaged, have to start pressuring and fighting, or i fear we'll see this continuing on a daily basis. dozens and dozens of americans punctuated by mass shootings. it will continue to happen until we stop it from happening and pass reasonable gun safety legislation in our country. >> booker equated the fight for gun control to the fight for equal rights. he says it's not easy, but it can be done. republicans say they're open to discussion, but so far the only thing mention sudden a possible ban -- mentioned is a possible ban on bump stocks which the vegas gunman used to make semi automatic weapons fire faster. >>> today is the last day to register if you want to vote in the november 7th elections. you have a few options. you can fill out an online application. you can take a hard copy to your elections board or mai

lindsey graham, corey booker, does that show that maybe th defenses word? >> it's all about influencing the jury. suppose there and observing you'd want to say these are credible people coming in just to be with him. that may have some traction. sometimes is getting one juror to buy into that. >> it looks like he's doing the same thing as the murphy. >> is the ultimate political theater. the jury is really the audience not the voters. >> is this why you don't trust lawyers and politicians? did the guy committed crime or not? >> shakespeare said were all good actors. while the world to stage. in reality it's true but it's a fact of life. >> if he's acquitted to see win reelection? >> no. >> there's a lotats cans lined u. >> that's check in with our meran.on sunday the fifth anniv of sup storm sandy llvering from that another b aded our way the >> the only valid co be made is thee,s year is be ay weather day with rain and wind. the overall atmosphere set up he impact is not near as sa still a big storm a nasty day we'll talk more about that in second. we do n

for graham and booker testifying for me. >> a democrat facing corruption charges. the breaking news this morning is we just learned that senators lindsay graham and cory booker will testify as character witnesses. >> a democrat and a republican testifying on his behalf. let's go to our correspondent who has been there during the trial the whole time. >> reporter: jurors here in new jersey are going to be treated to familiar faces from capitol hill later today as sources tell myself and cnn's dana bash that south carolina's lindsay graham and cory booker from new jersey will both be here in person to testify as character witnesses for senator menendez in the federal bribery trial. prosecutors have accused the new jersey democrat of accepting free rides on a plane from a wealthy eye doctor and failing those to disclose those as gifts on the senate disclosure firm. jurors have heard from a litany of character witnesses all week, everybody from a bishop to a turkish refugee to an autism advocate, but by far booker and graham are the most well-known faces to date, and t

george saunders wins this year's man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo, becoming the seconds author to take home the £50,000 fiction award. anton newsnight we look at the debate raging in universities across the country about free speech — some stu d e nts the country about free speech — some students are keen to stop offensive views expressed on campus while others say people are offended fata easily. we will hear both sides of the argument. —— far too easily. good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain faces the highest rate of terror attacks in the last 30 years, with some plots hatched in just days and 3,000 extremists currently being investigated. that's according to the head of mi5, andrew parker, who's given a rare interview, and defended the service's record, after four terrorist attacks this year. 0ur security frank gardner reports. —— 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports. four terrorist attacks in britain, inspired by so—called islamic state, in the space of six months. most of the attackers were already known to mi5, the security service. today, its

the us author george saunders has won this year's man booker prize, a british literary award.e won for his first full novel, lincoln in the bardo, which follows the us president's grief over the death of his son. now it is time for world business report. it has become the world's factory production line, but now the chinese communist party is trying to reshape the country into an economy fit for entrepreneurs. can this man be simultaneously president and an international business owner? that question will be posed in a federal court today. welcome to world business report. i'm jamie robertson. china is the world's second—biggest economy, and whilst it is still some way behind the united states, what happens there matters to all of us. the communist party congress is where the shape of china and its economy is set for the next five years. in the first half of this year, the economy grew by 6.9%. that is above the 6.5% government target, and the ruling party are keen to make sure that robust growth continues. when you couple that with population growth of 0.5%, it means living s

in a few minutes we will go to the booker prize ceremony live. lost its de facto capital raqqa in the north of syria. and on thursday, i'm live from brussels at the latest european union summit. see you then, bye— bye. good evening. after a turbulent, fast moving start to the week, weather—wise, we've now slowed the pace down a little bit. certainly for a couple of days, that was how it looked in dumbarton through the day. slowly but surely, clouds invaded across a good part of the south—west of england. you can see on the satellite picture the way this lump of cloud works its way into southern areas. as the cloud continues to spread, quite slowly northwards through the night, we will see increasingly murky conditions across the far south. some outbreaks of rain trundling northwards as well. perhaps the odd heavy burst through the midlands towards east anglia. also quite a lot of cloud across central and southern scotland. some zones of clear weather — northern ireland, northern england, fog here. far northern england, fog here. far north of scot

stephanie booker shared this with me as we met to talk about the concert sunday her legs are bruisedwith cuts she got injured after running under the bleachers next to the stage after the gunfire stated to rain down. 12:18 stephanie. i was running through the bleachers, i was pushed over, yeah i am bruised, but that is the least of my worries, nothing compares to anyone else. so grateful that's all that came out of this the livermore native and now las vegas resdient stephanie booker also showed me this video it was taking by a friend she was with under the bleachers. at one point, they saw a woman's body right in front of them. 1:25 stephanie. drop right in front of us, she had a limp body.stephanie says while under the bleachers she called her parents thinking this might be the last time she would talk to them. :43. i thought i was going to die. i called them and others, they told me to be calm. stephanie says she and her friends were under the bleachers for about 20 minutes then made a run for it they wandered onto the strip, and that's when complete strangers lent a hand. 1:16. t

governor christie, senator booker offering up billions of incentivincentives to lure themw jersey. could create 50000 new jobs. diana has a story. >> to bring amazon to new york is the 7 billion in tax incentives. something phil murphy and jill oliver have yet to support. listen to this moment from the lieutenant governor debate. >> i think phil murphy and i would sit down with our stakeholders to make a determination if that's worth our while. >> you're not willing to commit you're not ruling it out. >> it's not time to commit or rule it out. >> about the hypocrisy of that. she just said we want to increase taxes on corporations and now she's saying let's bring it to newark. no corporation will vest here if we increase corporate taxes. >> was an interesting moment, governor christie and the democratic controlled legislator proposed $5 billion in tax cuts. they plan to add to that with the property tax with $1 billion along with the city tax waiver to amazon employees. lieutenant governor says tax incentives are a no-brainer. >> to be competitive you have to have tax credits. i was

said davis took her daughter and fled on foot and is still in the area, so, again, malyaia davis-booker, 6-year-old african-american girl, last seen in a dress and white leggings. of course, the clothes could have change since then, and her mother, laquita davis, a 34-year-old african-american woman. she allegedly took her daughter in mid-july, months ago from her daughter's grandmother in berkley at a time police said davis was homeless, had diminished capacity, and did not have custody of her daughter legally. reporting live here outside the sheriff substation in san leandro. >> let's hope the little girl is safe and sound, thank you, bob. >>> continuing breaking news coverage of the wildfires burning in the north bay after the break. go to nbcbayarea.com for updates for all evacuations and closures. we'll be back after the short break. this morning. this is courtesy of s-f-p-d serg m >>> new images in from the news room this morning curtesy of the san francisco police department showing officers providing a traffic break as they removed horses out of harm's way. we're assuming they w

i am honored by senator graham and booker. >> the indictment accuses mendez of accepting bribes for his influence. >>> still to come here on "action news" at noon she was one of harvey winestein's first accusers and now ashley jud sharing her story. the deal she made to escape the unwanted advances. >> and a mancues a dogs. how they survived as their sailboat drifted thousands of miles off course. and david murphy has your seven-day forecast as we inch toward the weekend. >> getting closer. >>> a new jersey state trooper is called a hero for saving a choking restaurant customer. this video is from the buffalo wild wings in rock away township. a man is sitting at a table with a child struggling to breathe and off duty trooper dennis notices and rushes over and performs the heimlich maneuver in less than 10 seconds. the man made a full recovery. >>> new airport security screenings for passengers bound for the united states started this morning. details about their trip and stricter screening procedures they will be asked simple questions like who packed your bag and where are you going? t

booker plans to join jealous for an event in prince george's county. jealous is the former leader of the naacp. there is a long list of other democratic candidates. >>> to new york city now, where a bull on the loose at a park in brooklyn has finally been cap purred. yeah, that's new york city. so far, no one knows where it escaped from. the fire department says the bull knocked over a stroller, as he just strolled into prospect park. that child was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. no word how seriously the child was hurt. dozens of people gathered to watch before the animal bull, and carted it away before it could get into any china shops. >>> straight ahead, the potentially deadly problem that has ford being urged to recall more than a million explorers tonight. >> and the challenges local police agencies face when it comes to dealing with patients who have dementia. >> and what john mccain said about isolationism last night, that is being shared across the country tonight. >> this is wusa9 news at 5:00. we are back right after this. ralph n

the year‘s biggest literary prize, the man booker award, will be revealed this evening.hess of cornwall who will be presenting the trophy to the winner. 500 guests here in the room and amongst them the six writers short listed for the price. for one this will be a career defining moment. let‘s take a look at the short list. six of the best books of the year are competing for the man booker prize for fiction. 4 3 21 is a very big book, by one of america‘s big beasts, paul auster. it follows the four different paths a man‘s life might take. ali smith‘s autumn is the first instalment of a seasonal quartet. it centres on two friends in the wake of the vote to leave the european union and explores the themes and issues raised by the decision. exit west by mohsin hamid is a book about migration and the refugee crisis. it tells the tale of a young couple who move to different locations around the globe through mysterious black doors. there are three writers with their first novels. george saunders is best known for short stories. lincoln in the bardo is about the death of abra

randall booker/piedmon t unified school district superintendent: "no!ant to be very clear that this isn't a crime. we reported all of this to the police department...">( terisa ) five recent piedmont high school graduates reported the incidents which happened last school year. the teacher was placed on administrative leave in september but has since been reinstated. coming up on the kron four morning news... making the fire fight in california easier. the plan congress has in mind to help the state.( terisa ) plus... hopefully you don't mind waiting. how long it will take major carriers to ship the new i-phone x. w 80 slow from the maze enamel is the strong, white, outer layer of your tooth surface. the thing that's really important to dentists is to make sure that that enamel stays strong and resilient for a lifetime the more that we can strengthen and re-harden that tooth surface, the whiter their patients' teeth are going to be. dentists are going to really want to recommend pronamel strong and bright. it helps to strengthen and re-harden the enamel.

. >> dagen: ideal this senator corey booker who happens to be a democrat was in favor of getting rid of this tax favorability. >> jessica: that's fine corey booker is from new jersey and i'm a new york gal. >> dagen: thank you, goes, and gal. cashing in just over an hour from now trish what do you have coming up? >> trish: hi dagen, vegas shooting victims the hotel where the gunman fired from now someone says all big resorts should be security procedures to protect the public and protect shareholders plus why are some democrats slow to give back their donations from harvey weinstein? see you at 11:30 eastern. >> dagen: thanks, trish we'll be watching but up here first congress pledging even more disaster relief, now as the bills for hurricanes and wildfires continue to pileup, someone here says that we've got to keep our debt down, so how do we pay for all of is this a phone? or a little internet machine? it makes you wonder: shouldn't we get our phones and internet from the same company? that's why xfinity mobile comes with your internet. you get up to 5 lines of talk and text at no

the new jersey governor and senators corey booker and menendez threw dirt around. >> 1, 2, 3. are. >> in celebration of a few brum on friday but the real headline. what do you? i don't say anything tim? am trying to hold back in your presence. reporter: governor crest ty had tough words for former vice president joed by on who criticized the handling of funds during a campaign rally on thursday with bill murphy. here's the moment he called new jersey one of the most corrupt states in the nation. >> what state? what state has the most corrupts and the most problems? reporter: crest ty responded on friday by bringing upped by answer financial ties to em battled hollywood produring harvey weinstein. i did not hear him talk too dop about the corruption of that allowing of a powerle man to skly harass dozens of women over time and to use the power to have sex with them or ru within the careers and the alternative. >> the top tick lieutenant governor controversial campaign ad alemming that murphy would protect illegal immigrants to commit cripple and senator cory booker described it

the 2017 man booker prize goes to..., a few hours ago, when the american writer george saunders won the prestigious man booker literary prize. he took the award for his work lincoln in the bardo, which uses the accounts of hundreds of narrators to weave a tale around the death of abraham lincoln's 11—year—old son willie. it's the author's first full length novel to be published. here's something you don't see every day. a calf here on the loose in the centre of brooklyn. it's not clear how the animal broke out but police were able to stop it from getting any further by bringing in a horse box to aid the rescue mission. the calf was unharmed, and has now been handed over to animal control, who are trying to reunite it with its owner. tens of thousands of pro—independence campaigners have taken to the streets of barcelona, to protest against the detention of two leading catalan politicians by the spanish authorities. the men are being held on suspicion of sedition — or planning to overthrow the state — after allegedly tryi

corey booker is certainly the left and left a mess for him to clean up.hen you had booker and chris christie i pane, opposite ends of the political spectrum all coming together saying that is good deal. we worked it out. it is a multibillion-dollar net fen. it could have happened in morning. >> right. now if you look at the model in see al, you well see there has been a housing problem there. gent trification problem and the wealth gap has increased significant lynn seattle. newark doesn't want to face the same pron. >> all right. you know what? if he raises the minimum wage they are not cocoming here anyway. won't matter. let's check in with dan czar reand your weather. >> happy weekend. dan zarrow her to take about the forecast. he weekend looks great. end klaesing clouds from saturday afternoon onward but temperatures will remain pleasant and will remain dry until the change-over date which still looks to be ons day. so for tonight, dollars skies. comfortably cool temperatures. youer 46 tee lower 50's. perfect viewing conditions for the meteor shower w

new jersey senator cory booker who appeared at the trial on the first day to show support had this togot where we come from. bob has not forgotten where he comes from. not knowing where his next meal comes from. he has their back because he's walked in their shoes. neither senator addressed the charges against menendez which allege he did official favors in exchange for a private jet flight and $57,000 in political contributions. >>> let's get a check on the weather now. nbc meteorologist bill karins. we're at the tail end of hurricane season. we would really like to put behind us. you're still tracking something down in the tropics. >> 50% chance this become as tropical depression in the next 48 hours. headed for south florida. worst-case scenario, low end tropical storm in south florida. most likely just what we call a tropical disturbance. heavy rains. right now, bright white mass of clouds. see it increasing here. it's starting to increase a little bit and move to the north. that's what we expect to happen. it will move away. land there. and then it's going to have a chance. this

and, we'll be talking to this year's winner of the man booker prize — announced this evening.g up in sportsday on bbc news: could tottenham spring a surprise in spain against the holders real madrid? one of three english sides in champions league action tonight. good evening. prices are rising at a faster rate than at any time in the past five years, according to the latest official data. inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index, rose to 3% last month, driven up by increases in transport and food prices. the cost of living is rising faster than wages for millions of workers, but the state pension is now set to increase by a minimum of 3% next year. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, says an interest rate rise may be necessary in the coming months, as our economics editor kamal ahmed reports. running almost to standstill. as prices have gone up, our wages have remained stagnant, making that incomes squeeze just that little bit harsher. over the last year, inflation has risen above the increase in our wages. making ends meet is becoming harder. the basi

will tell you who's won the sheriff's man booker prize. hello that heavy rain has been piling into north america recently some of the worst of it has been in the western parts of canada has some places have reported over one hundred thirty millimeters of rain from this system and it's not going anywhere in a great hurry so as we head through wednesday and into thursday we can expect to see some more heavy rain and snow here and a fair amount of wet weather sleeping its way down the coast as well so for more of us and northwest of pauls of the states we're going to see some heavy rain as well else weather generally quite quiet at the moment and relatively quite mild as well look at chicago up at twenty degrees on thursday for new york will get to around twenty one that's a seventy in the sunshine a bit further towards the south and there's lots of cloud here for some of us particularly over puerto rico so not really good news here and that rain's going to stick around as we head through the next few days as well so very heavy downpours here

randall booker/piedmon t unified school district superintendent: "no! clear that this isn't a crime. we reported all of this to the police department...">(vicki) five recent piedmont high school graduates reported the incidents, which occurred last school year. the teacher was placed on administrative leave in september, but has since been reinstated. (vicki) new tonight at five... a college student says a man inappropriately touched himself in front of her in downtown berkeley. this is who police are now searching for. it happened on tuesday near the corner of center street and martin luther king way...that is right near m-l-k junior civic center park. a student at berkeley city college says a man walked towards her car as she was parking. she said she was scared and stayed in the car. that is when the man exposed himself and began touching himself inappropriately. she took this picture and quickly drove away. (steve) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp. two more days of warm temperatures can be expected across ou

randall booker/piedmon t unified school district superintendent: "no! i want to be very clear that this isn't a crime. we reported all of this to the police department. they formed an investigation. there's no report of sexual abuse or sexual conduct. definitely unprofessional conduct, inappropriate conduct. uh, texts, emails. um, communications. those kinds of things.">(robin) five recent piedmont high school graduates reported the incidents, which occurred last school year. the teacher was placed on administrative leave in september, but has since been reinstated. (robin) a college student says a man inappropriately touched himself in front of her in downtown berkeley. this is who police are now searching for. it happened on tuesday near the corner of center street and martin luther king way...that is right near m-l-k junior civic center park. a student at berkeley city college says a man walked towards her car as she was parking. she said she was scared and stayed in the car. that is when the man exposed himself and began touching himself inappropria

consolidating his grip on power and conventional writing style will tell you who's won the series of man booker prize. hello we begin in iraq where the army says its mission accomplished in the operation to take back curtis held territory in the north so it's now in control of areas around most of those nineveh province including the mosul down kurdish forces pulled out of several towns and oil fields as well in recent days forced by iraqi military advance the towns were seized by the kurdish peshmerga over the past three years. as part of the war against i saw all the offensive began on monday when iraqi troops moved into the contested city of kirk koch the prime minister. had ordered his forces to take back road is held areas lying outside the autonomous region charles start furred has more from erbil. iraq a government troops and shia militia on the outskirts of kirkuk less than twenty four hours off the kurdish peshmerga forces withdrew from the oil rich city no one predicted the ease and speed with which iraqi government forces could take control of the oil fields and most of the remaining

george saunders has been speaking about becoming the second american author to win the prestigious man bookernning book lincoln in the bardo, is his first full length nove, and deals with the grief of abraham lincoln following the death of his young son, in 1862. well, earlier my colleague annita mcveigh asked him how he made the transition from a short story writer into a novelist — particularly when he viewed the prospect of writing the book with trepidation. it was very scary. it's such a beautiful idea for a story and i didn't think i had the skills to do it so didn't think i had the skills to do itsoi didn't think i had the skills to do it so i delayed and delayed and i thought that some point you reach a crossroads where you either take a scary leap and try and fail or you end up repeating yourself in an artistic death so i thought at 55 a few more years so artistic death so i thought at 55 a few more years so i should keep myself alive as an artist rather than, you know? up untilthat point had been writing short stories so how was the transition, was that difficult to manage was the pr

is designing office services with no humans so no friendly cashier in the canteen or meeting room bookerth me is mark davies — ceo of strategy consultancy camberton. good morning. let's start with the spanish, catalan independence referendum. the kings intervention dasha he rarely makes televised addresses — he has been accused of coming down on the side of madrid. he has come down on the side of the institution. you would expect him to come down on that side. it is amazing that both side have played this so badly. they called this referendum on the six of september. it was called illegal. they pushed forward with it. the government approached the date so appallingly, it was extraordinary. so there is the king and the president on the other and the catalans. it would have been more sensible to run this a lot longer, run a campaign much as in scotland, and get a better turnout and get a result that looked far more legitimate. yesterday, we looked at one of the main dailies gci’oss looked at one of the main dailies across spain. today, a catalan —based media organisation. yesterday, the he

to be done about the prison industrial complex democrats want to do something about it led by cory booker of new jersey and others because it's just unjust republicans decided it was spending too much money on prisons and it's not good for budgets so two different reasons but they came together and there was a real strong push for some meaningful prison reform yet cory booker on the left a colin rand paul the koch wrote that koch brothers are behind that as well rand paul on the right coming together since trump has taken office everything is kind of fallen flat in washington but it is an issue on which many americans are starting to agree that we cannot once again in prison our way out of whatever bothers an elite our country i'm a go to on twitter who's your bet on who in the democratic nomination and twenty twenty way too early too early what i know is this you can't beat somebody with nobody the democrats are going to have to put up the right candidate and i are for want at this point i have to admit it i am not convinced that donald trump can not win a second term it all depends on w

the man booker prize winner will be announced.copter on a training exercise. the dog was in the water near the village of coming stunt on the coast in the scottish highlands. the helicopter kept watch until the moray inshore lifeboat arrived. the dog is believed to have been unharmed by his ordeal and is back with its owners, who say they are giving lots of treats. i thought it was kept that had more than one life! as we have heard, britain and ireland are bracing themselves for hurricane force winds in the next 2a hours. it comes 30 years to the day after the famous occasion when weatherman michael fish reassured the nation that there would not be a hurricane, despite rumours that one was on its way. they few hours later, southern england was hit by destructive winds of over 100 mph. the great storm of 1987 claimed 18 lives and caused some £2 billion worth of damage. peter gibbs reports on how the storm affected historic woodland in west sussex. as dawn broke, some 15 million trees lay flattened in southern england. at the nation

senator booker? booker: i appreciate your service to our country. mattis, a lot of dod funding in the program. there is a new air force ?acility, correct sec. mattis: that is correct. we're seeing military operations in the region with troops and resources. is that correct? sec. mattis: we have been operating in niger a little over 20 years now. sen. booker: my point is there has been a significant increase area -- increase. sec. mattis: there has been. sen. booker: at the same time, we are seeing a proposed ajit from the administration for budget from the administration for program being to niger.lateral aid is that correct? sec. mattis: i will have to go back and look at the figures. sen. booker: those figures are correct. a proposed decrease. -- i haveat up to you heard you talk to this, but i would like you to speak to it now. we are seeing a lot of these states in africa, very different conditions similar to have often seen in other places we are involved in. train and equip programs or fighting in the sense of what is happening in a lot of the

he is perhaps best known for his 1989 booker prize—winning novel, the remains of the day, which was turnednto a film starring anthony hopkins and emma thompson. mr stevens. yes. you mustn't take anything i said to heart. it's hideously easy to miss great opportunities in life. and i think that is something we all face, you know. and i think my books have often addressed that. miss kenton. people who didn't quite see love when it came. yes, mr stevens. it's one of the things i resort to, is to create a situation where... in which the character perhaps understates things, almost frustratingly, from the reader's point of view. i want to say, well, why... how can you just... why don't you react more, you know? why aren't you screening? ——screaming. why keep these things to yourself? kazuo ishiguro creates characters and worlds we can inhabit and believe in. there were lots of stories... of course that is the novelist‘s job. i don't think any of them turned out to be true. it's just that he does it better than most. will gompertz, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's emily. churc

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