more than one hundred fifty thousand people get together each year at the international festival of men to. demonstrate to the entire world that in a country so drained by war. shows to humanity that the whole world's problems. that suffering is every war but also lives in the world. but since i live in such a big country. that everything is far. education . food. health. house in. my country still be the new justice doesn't extend to all. they really believe there is abuse of power and greed from that troll resources because we are the children of a planet a planet that we're depleting with wars and everything. is free doesn't unseat governments but it does open consciences and hearts it goes like. taking. in more gold. we must stand up as boys and begin to say that we should. do is to be sexist. but the time has come for us to remember our values to put right all our wrongs to celebrate our humanity and truly live the belief that each of us is the same person as all of us. the. if you use only one hand nothing happens but with thousands of hands things will change. why did i protest p

two of the surviving works were shown at this year's tokyo international film festival. the director himself had smuggled his films out of the country when he fled cambodia in 1970. >> exactly the point of my film. it's not so much a documentary about cambodia cinema history, but about the memories of the cinema and how the films, even though they were wanted to destroy, still exist. it's something you can't destroy, it's something many people dream. >> david chuo's documentary has been screened at 46 film festivals worldwide. it garnered in france and philippines and citations at many other events. "golden slumbers" will be shown in the u.s. >>> next to fast news. >> a tropical storm dropped a torrent of rain on southern india and sri lanka. it claimed the lives of at least six people in the two countries. by thursday, 160,000 people have been displaced. low-lying areas were heavily flooded. an oil tanker ran aground just before the storm hit. one of the crew was reported drowned when a life boat capsized. coast guard officials say 32 crew members were rescued. they are

festival are full of hot air, literally. dozens of hot air balloons were launched into the sky to kick off the international balloon festival. balloons range in shape and color from teardrop designs to butterflies, even elvis made an appearance. the festival was started to boost tourism and has welcomed nearly 2 million people over the past decade. >>> well, in japan, a new school gives new meaning to teacher's pet. a former mascot has opened her doors to teach the art of costume and movement. each two-hour lesson costs about $26 and involves students suiting up in various animal costumes to learn dance and expression. the owner says many students aim to enter the mascot industry where others just sign up for fun. >>> finally, even our four-legged friends need to watch their waistlines. one breeder in china has placed his pigs on an exercise routine so they can produce leaner and healthier pork. up to three times a day they're put in a shute. he can sell them for three times the price of ordinary pigs. chop, chop. no pun intended. >> nice, nice. i'm going to go rescue them and save them all. >> keep them in your back yard? >

wanted to read a poem that was sent by the poet that i invited to the recent san francisco international poetry festival from iraq i've been in touch with for more than a year and a half. after the united states would not give him his visa, i asked him -- i told him about mutanabbi street and he wrote a poem and he wrote it in english, though he writes in, of course, in arabic. but this one he wrote in english. so i'll read it. one figure in the poem you should know, humbaba, which is an ogre, a monster of immemorial age. that was a special big garden, a forest, where all types of trees and flowers grew. the trees bending down gently flinging branches. our orchard grew like a crown on the sun's eyebrow. where did humbaba come from? his mother was just a cave, his father unknown. who made him a friend pretending guardian of the orchard. did those nice shrubs need fear to go begging for a garden and have humbaba in his treachery ilk. those plants and flowers were like books everyone could read, not cut and throw away. their different fantastic colors had formed our blood so our veins ran smoothly, our 7 w

direction of some of that violence and also hopefully two years from now we will have an international poetry festivalith san francisco and its sister city of barcelona where we can unite these two cities. i would like very much to see poetry workshops, for example, in the police department and in the fire department and perhaps in a tax collector's office, and also in the board of supervisors. why not, right? if poetry is the best word in the best place, who else to practice poetry but our elected leaders? and also as a sort of very gentle challenge to all of you -- because we are such a highly literate society and community here in the bay area, and we are very widely read -- i'm going to ask you, when you get a chance on your website, to post your reading list. let us see into your hearts. let us see into where you get your ideas. let us see that you are, in fact, considering the entire range of voices and language and cultures that our community, our city is made up so that we can also dialogue with you about what you're reading, what we are reading. perhaps then we can establish a good dialogue b

and part of my new responsibilities is to also work very closely with miami international film festival celebrating 30 years in march, and we have the director with us here this evening. so mark your calendars for that one as well. [applause] >> and my secret hope is that you'll see ballet with books in them, and you'll see opera with books in them. [laughter] so alina's influence will be everywhere, i think. >> and can i just take two more minutes of your time to see if you can join me in we can nicing mitchell for 30 years of books and books. [applause] for his leadership, for his mission. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. wow. again, alina said that we couldn't do this without our sponsors. we also couldn't do it without our publishers who support us, and we're very, very fortunate to have in our midst one of the really most brilliant publishers that we have not only in this country, but probably worldwide. his name is michael peach, and he's the publisher of little brown who is tom wolfe's publisher. if he'll stand, i would hope he could be recognized. mike? there he is. thank you

and part of my new responsibilities is to also work very closely with miami international film festival celebrating 30 years in march, and we have the director with us here this evening. so mark your calendars for that one as well. [applause] >> and my secret hope is that you'll see ballet with books in them, and you'll see opera with books in them. [laughter] so alina's influence will be everywhere, i think. >> and can i just take two more minutes of your time to see if you can join me in we can nicing mitchell for 30 years of books and books. [applause] for his leadership, for his mission. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. wow. again, alina said that we couldn't do this without our sponsors. we also couldn't do it without our publishers who support us, and we're very, very fortunate to have in our midst one of the really most brilliant publishers that we have not only in this country, but probably worldwide. his name is michael peach, and he's the publisher of little brown who is tom wolfe's publisher. if he'll stand, i would hope he could be recognized. mike? there he is. thank you

inaudible conversations] ♪ [inaudible conversations] >>> that was tom wolff from the miami book festival internationalvisit booktv.org for a complete schedule of the book fair coverage all weekend long november 17th and 18th. we have author talks, panel discussions, and interviewed scheduled as well as taking questions live throughout each day. check us out on twitter, facebook, e-mail us, or give us a call. >> here's a look at the books being publish this week: >> what i discovered is jefferson appears to be a man of contradiction, but when you do something rather simple which is to put him on a timeline and examine all his saying and actions in an excellent chronological order, certain patterns emerge, and things simultaneously get more complicated, but a lot simpler. we're actually dealing with two jeffersons. there was the young jefferson who was a firey radical emancipationist, and there was the oldest jefferson who really embraced slavery. the younger one, oddly enough, is not studied all that much. as a newly minted member, he made a proposal to emancipate slaves in virginia. he made it on the

mexico, folks from around the globe gathered for an international hot air balloon festival in a centrality. balloons shaped like befers, butterflies even elvis filled the sky. organizers say the festival has attracted some 2 million people in its 11 year history. and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. this is "the fox report." they are celebrating in gaza tonight after israel and hamas agreed to a cease-fire. secretary of state hillary clinton went to the middle east to help negotiate the deal and the white house says president obama personally encouraged israel's prime minister to accept it. ed henry is live for us at the white house. ed, it looks like the president and prime minister are working pretty closely on this. >> that's right. the president trying to nudge this along if you will, this cease-fire that's holding at least for now. the bottom line is he has not always had a great relationship with the israeli prime minister. but sort of his approach here has been carrot and stick. in this case with the israeli

last summer we also did the international children's festival, where 24 embassies got to show the american public what they do and the american public got to learn. one of the things, one of my friends is also with, what was a public diplomacy in afghanistan, out in the country trying to help women. so the fact that the public diplomacy goes a lot of different ways, we can get the diplomats to come here and military officers, they go home and preach our views back there. >> i think it's a good question about what's the role of cultural diplomacy, and particularly what do you guys found as effective? >> i like what you said about alumni and we in congress over years ago were a bit perplexed when found there was not a very effective alumni outreach as part of public diplomacy. that has since changed much to the benefit because the concern was with either brought folks to the united states or we interacted with him and programs overseas, but that wouldn't have an ability to reach out to them. so for example, if we engage with in any scientific field and were sent them a science envoy, could w

winner of the employees were overtime packing batches fireworks before the hindu festival which starts today. a more internationalws. a bomb nearnd of syria. you are seeing a video from a similar attack that happened y.sterda smoke could be seen rising into the air. the jet struck an area near the turkish border five times within a. period of 10 minutes. >> thank you very much. 5:09 is the time. degrees. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. morning karen m. jacqui jeras. 5:12. 47 degrees. -- i am jacqui jeras. adam caskey here. rocking the rain gear this morning. the sturdier umbrella. a bit of a breeze that up.icking at times it could be 15 miles per hour. 42 degrees. we are in potomac. off 270 off montrose road along 270. traffic at speed despite the rain and rhode spray. be careful.

so the international children's festival, where 24 embassies got to show the american public got to learnone of the things one of my friends is also on public diplomacy in afghanistan in the country, trying to help limit the fact the public diplomacy goes a lot of different ways. we can show diplomatic seminary to military officers and men they go home and preach our views. >> i think it's a good question about, what is the role of cultural diplomacy? in particular, what if you guys found as effective culture? >> i like what she said about alumni and we in congress several years ago were a bit perplexed we found that there was not a very sharp to alumni outreach is part of public diplomacy. that has since changed, much to the benefit because the concern was we had either broad focus of the united states are interactive programs overseas, but we didn't have an ability to recharge them. for example, if we engage the scientific field and send a science envoy out there, could retype that alumni note work so that were just preaching to the same 50 people who came every time there is a public d

international. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. miami book fair international begins thi

festival last month. >> and in international news, israel carried out more air strikes in gaza today.ed two media centers hit wounding six palestinian journalists. a rocket was also fired at tel aviv and then intercepted by a missile defense system. >> hundreds of thousands of employees and customers are voicing their outrage over black friday coming early. turns out stores like wal-mart, target and best buy plan to open on thanksgiving night instead of the day after. >>> time for a last look at the weather forecast. drying out for a while. >> and. >> plenty of clouds in the bay area this morning. the next chance is coming in tuesday. meantime, a chilly never day. the highs in the low 60s today. the next chance coming in late tuesday and wednesday. thanksgiving looks dry. >> and. >> hurricane sandy didn't just disrupt. >> no, 60 of the dogs and cats arrived in san diego this week to find new homes before the holiday. the animals flew on a southwest airline special charter flight and the flight crew donated their time to take the trip. sea world provided veterinarians and technicians t

this is our live coverage of the 29th annual miami book fair international. the festivalong. it began about a week ago. tom wolfe kicked it off, in fact, and we were live with him last sunday night. this is the last day of the festival. about 350 authors, 250 booths and about 100,000 people are attracted to this festival every year, and we have one more author we want to introduce you to and give you a chance to talk with, and that is manuel roig-franzia. he is a washington post staff writer, he is also the author of "the rise of marco rubio." manuel roig-franzia, what should we know about marco rubio that we may not know right now in. >> guest: well, what you ought to know about marco rubio is that he is more than any other republican politician positioned to have a big impact on what that party does vis-a-vis immigration. such an important issue, such an important demographic. it was proven in the election, and you're going to be hearing a lot from him on that topic in the next four years. >> host: so how did he play it in the 2012 cycle? >> guest: well, he was a big su

being repeatedly shot with automatic rifles festive journalist james carville says it's a rare example of opposition type pics finally coming out of the international scrutiny. the atrocities are definitely being committed by the rebel forces and and unfortunately that is being completely ignored because it serves of course the interests of the people who are backing the rebels and who are against assad to try to portray them in the best light possible so we've seen over the months numerous stock human coming out from different organization including amnesty including including human rights watch documenting summary execution of prisoners torture the use of children in these conflict on the part of the rebels but that has been conveniently buried in the headlines time and time again and even some of the reports that didn't know some of these atrocities being committed by the rebels were almost always prefaced by reports of government atrocities and that was buried somewhere down halfway through the article time and time again so it is of course and if it be hypocrisy that's underlying this and it's trying to manipulate public opinion certainly in t

festivals happening around country. this weekend booktv is live in the 2012 miami book fair international. we will bring you live coverage of author presentations and panel discussions as well as give you the chance to interact with several authors through facebook chats and call in interviews. for complete schedule of live coverage of visit our web site at booktv.org. also this weekend is the 36 annual boston international book fair. the fair will feature dozens of exhibitors and display several firsts or special editions of classic novels and books. florida will host the 30 first annual key west literary seminar from january 10th through the 20th. readers can ventured to the festival to sit in on seminars or listen to several lawyers panels. discuss the foundations of writing and creativity. then in february, georgia will host the savannah book festival from the fourteenth to the seventeenth. please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we will add them to the list. post them to our wall at facebook.com/booktv or e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> this is a booktv l

festival does. >> what does the nypd think? >> the nypd did its own internalves did anything improper. that was done by a former prosecutor, a former deputy commissioner and a couple of other officials. the district attorney's investigation re-investigated the case found they had the wrong people. but when you get to the detectives, charlie, the detectives say why weren't we interviewed in the d.a.'s investigation, why was no witness interviews. they believe these kids had something to do with the assault and they don't believe that they fed them lines or tricked them into confessing and they are very frustrated they weren't allowed to be part of the film. they wanted to tell their story. >> we did ask -- >> repeatedly. there's not a detective on this case who says they didn't call 50 times. >> we would love to have them involved. but let's remember that robert morganthal assigned two new detectives to investigate this. they produced report that mistakes were made by the prosecutors and cops. they asked and joined with the defense to ask a judge to vacate the

festival, visit texasbookfestival.org. >> up next on booktv, "after words" with guest host james hershberg of the wilson center's cold war international history project. this week, david coleman and his latest book, "the fourteenth day: jfk and the aftermath of the cuban missile crisis." in it, the director of the miller center's presidential recordings program details the baseball in october 28, 1962, and shows that the public believes the cuban missile crisis had ended, president kennedy continue to walk a fine diplomatic line. >> host: as you know there's a ton of literature about the cuban missile crisis. most of this focusing on the 13 days as bobby kennedy's memoir was called back in 1969 and hollywood version with kevin costner what made you decide to focus on fmap? >> guest: two things i wanted to talk about in this book, two different tracks the end of dovetailing indian. personal, most of the books that cover the cuban missile crisis came on the 13th day. and on october 20 was khrushchev estes or he's going to back up and he agreed to fire every to message to withdraw missiles in cuba. the first question was, not what? what

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festivities. >> reporter: this has been 100,000 fans in new zealand catching their favorite hobbit stars. the internationalw zealand for the world premier that took place in wellington. this has been a huge production for new zealand and is a huge economic boost for the country as well. an entire marketing campaign for tourism new zealanders is built around these films and it is vital that the production of the movies is made here in new zealand. fans camped out about 24 hours before the broadcast of the world premier of that movie. many came from around the world to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars and the party is in full swing the day of the world premier. >> 100,000 people. >> i know. "the york. it will be in theaters december 14th. you going to see it? >> no. i got a long list before that one. >> "early start" continues right now. >> >> one more try. u.n. ambassador susan rice gets another chance today to win over republican lawmakers. after round one left three of them unconvinced. >> dollars and dreams. we are now just hours away from finding out the winning numbers in one of the largest lott

international kicks off in florida and we will take you live there at 6:00 p.m. eastern to hear tom wolfe, author of back to blood. booktv will be live next weekend for more of the festival. those are just a few of the programs we will bring you this weekend. visit booktv.org for complete schedule. >> here's a look at some books being published this week. bill haas surprise when another request president jefferson's political process and thomas jefferson, the art of power. in the patriarch, the remarkable like and turbulent times of joseph kennedy, david nasa chronicles the life and career of the political dynasty. judge andrew napolitano, senior political analyst for fox news argues presidents theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson disregarded the constitution to promote their own political agendas in theodore and woodrow, how two american presidents destroyed constitutional freedoms. in far from the tree parents, children and the search for identity, national book award winning author andrew solomon examines how parents are challenged and changed by exceptional children. fox news host greg thatfelt presents his talks on political debate in the joy of hate, triumph over

festivals happening around the country. this weekend booktv is live from the 2012 miami book fair international.we'll bring you live coverage of author presentations and panel discussions as well as give you the chance to interact several authors through facebook chat and call in interviews. for complete schedule of live coverage, visit our website at booktv.org. also this weekend, is the 36th annual boston book fair. the fair will feature durches of exiters and display several first or special edition of classic novels and books. florida will host in the 31st annual key west literary are seminar . >>> novellest james patterson is speaking at the miami book fair. he talked about the reading program that he has personally started. we wanted to look at some of the other reading programs that are available in the united states and see what the earths are. i want to begin with jane robinson the chief financial officer of a group. if you can describe what first book is to start. >> yes, hi peter. i want to say thank you to c-span for the incredible support you given to the entire industry and entire