like, you know, i mentioned i haven't read, you know further rock city since i wrote it. that's true. i better read it a thousand times while i was writing it because i'm very obsessive about going over senses. i'm always trying to make sentences more straight. like i i just i want the senses to be entertaining and interesting and clear and all three of those things. i think are equally important. so the time i spend editing my work. it's always to like simplify it simplified simplify it make it straight or make it straight or make it straight or make it straighter. so like a it can't remember what the question was now it was something of those regarding around. sorry. you think the 90s seemed more innocent at the time because we were younger and it was pre-911, or they just were or perhaps you disagree. i don't think of the 90s as an innocent time. i mean, they wasn't really how it was. um, i don't and not so sure about. the loss of innocence in general over time as much as maybe the changing view of what constitutes innocence. like, you know, i think a modern parent alm

so sometimes somebody will come to me and they just read fiber rock city which came out in 2001 like they just read it a week ago and they'll ask me a question like oh you said cinderella, you know like this hairstyle or whatever. do you believe you know, it's like and they're telling me stuff and i'm like, it sounds like something i could have said or could have written but i haven't read that book since i wrote it and it's like i'm talking about this other person that that i know that he's i used to know maybe you know, and like i've totally lost touch with so there is a ton in those first two or three books. that if i could rewrite would be totally different in fact, i mean, i just not this is gonna start arrogant, but like if i wrote frogger rock city now, it would be very good like i could really do good job on this book now because after i wrote it i ended up talking about it for 20 years or whatever and i've learned all these other things but you know, it wouldn't be the same book and i don't think people would like it as much you're probably seen kind of clinical and sterile

so sometimes someone comes to me and just read rock city, came out in 2001, and like they read it a week ago and ask me a question like you said cinderella, this hair style whatever, you believe and telling me stuff and i'm like it sounds like something i could have said or written but i haven't read that book since i wrote it and it's like i'm talking about this other person that i used to know or maybe, you know, and totally lost touch with so there is, in those first two or three books, a ton that if i could rewrite would be totally different and in fact, i mean, this is going to sound arrogant, but like if i wrote it now it would be really good. i could really do a good job on it now because after i wrote it i end up talking about it for 20 years and these other things but it wouldn't be the same book and people probably wouldn't like it as much, would seem clinical, sterile, not as emotional, i mean that's -- to me, the craziest thing about what i just look back on things that i've done. like that book, "killing yourself to live," my third book, i can't believe how casually i talk a

city of leveep. just 40 miles from the polish border and once a destination for refugees had been mostly spared any major attacks since the russian invasion began, but on saturday several powerful explosions rocked the city russia now pushing for a mission reset. after suffering repeated setbacks on the battlefield the ministry of defense saying the plan all along was to focus their efforts on taking control of the donbas region in eastern, ukraine, but from keith where ukrainians have pushed russian forces back some 40 miles to croissant where russia has now lost control to kharkiv, which moscow's ground forces haveeeu's stalled president. biden said ukraine the us and european allies need to be clear-eyed about the battle ahead and ready for a long fight karen travers abc news warsaw bay area musicians gathered in san francisco this afternoon for a benefit concert for ukraine. mary's cathedral musicians performed beloved ukrainian songs and other pieces of hope and peace. is a way to bring people together to celebrate ukrainian culture and music but also to collectively feel grief together. the whole world has been horrified by what's going on in ukraine. the concert was also a fundraiser for

city's underground shelters. here's abc's james longman. >> reporter: tonight, missile strikes rocking the western city of lviv, just over the border from poland where president biden gave that historic speech. the blasts sending people running for cover. we headed straight to the site, a fuel depot northeast of the city center. the air thick with black smoke. this is an oil depot. you can see the flames there burning. this city was meant to be a sanctuary for thousands, and now it feels like the war has come to them. city officials confirming two russian strikes. the first hitting that oil facility, injuring five people. russia has said they've re-orientated their focus to the east of donbas. this doesn't feel like it. on the way out, we meet this man who lives near the depot. >> it's difficult to say. it's like when the earth drop, and i just jump like that. >> reporter: so the earth shook? >> yeah. >> reporter: my god. >> all people who live in the city of lviv think that it's safest city in all the -- in all ukraine, yeah? all people from other cities come here to be safe. but no place is safe now. >> reporter:

spoke just five hours away from lviv in western ukraine where earlier today multiple explosions rocked that city. less than 50 miles from the border of nato ally poland. lviv is a crossroads for millions of ukrainians fleeing putin's brutal invasion is. president biden meeting with some of those refugees while in warsaw. hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hello, arthel, everyone, thank you for joining us, i'm eric shawn. the president in this last hour called the war a new battle for freedom. he portrayed it as a fight for freedom, human decency and democracy, he said the values we hold dear as a free people against the dark forces of totalitarianism, and he called vladimir putin a criminal. the address followed his meeting with his polish counterpart where he stressed that putin has failed to divide european allies and called nato's joint defense obligations a sacred commitment. meantime, putin's war is raging on now entering its second month. the u.n. estimates russia's bloody campaign has killed nearly 1,000 civilians while destroying schools, homes and hospitals. and now th

city. really, really rock the city or however, fortunately, there are few people in injured nobody dead at this stage reported because so many people in that city are sheltering below ground as the reason. now this clearly was not a military targets just as 24 hours previously, there was no military involvement on the ground in a civilian area, which was attacked by rockets reportedly also attacked by cluster munitions, horrendous scenes, a lot of people just fighting for their lives. now in the hospital, ah, one lady who, whose legs were blown off very fast action on the ground to put toner case in place . but sadly, she's since died. and also the mare of hock, heave reports that 3 children died, burned to death in a car that was hit by the blast, this just a civilian area. however, on monday there was a devastating military attack in the northeast of the country. that's about midway between the huck heath and keith. this was a military barracks where 17 soldiers, 70 ukrainian soldiers died in this blast. whether it was a miss all or not isn't clear, but it was a devastating direct hit on

the city of kherson, which ukraine denies and analysts really doubt and new explosions are are rocking citiesnt to bring in contributor to "time" magazine tkim dozer ad white house and national security correspondent at "the new york times" david sanger. can we talk a little bit about where the biden administration is on its calculus, david, about what they can and cannot do and maybe what the limitations are? >> well, the trick that president biden is trying to deal with right now, and you saw it in the speech yesterday, and what he said we were doing and what he didn't say is that he can't let the united states become what is called a co-combatant in the war. he said we're not going to be a direct participant. so obviously we're feeding them arms. obviously we're feeding them some intelligence. but what happens when you get to those next steps, whether it is helping interfere with communications, whether it is sending in people to go try to protect zelenskyy himself, very important to the u.s. government that zelenskyy stay alive. if he doesn't, the russians are simply going to turn around

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. >> the ukraine city of lviv once a destination for refugees had been spared any major attacks when the invasion began but on saturday several powerful explosions rocked the city. russia pushing for a mission reset after suffering repeated setbacks in the battlefield. the ministry of defense saying the plan all along was to focus their efforts on taking control of the donbas fregion. from kyiv where ukraine is a pushed back russian forces -- to karkhiv which ground forces have been able to take, the war hsas stalled. president biden says ukraine and the allies have to be clear right about the battle ahead and be ready for a long fight. amanda: a polish walnut creek is showing support for refugees. abc7 news there today is student created drawings and came up with words of encouragement. >> we did like hand prints and we were writing like we're with you. take care. we're on your side. we've got your back. yeah. >> students are also learning more about ukraine and what it means right now to be a neighbor there are roughly 130 students enrolled in the polish school and all of them have polish roots. they learn everything from the language to polished dan

city of odessa. and tributes from across the music industry for taylor hawkins, the drummer with the rock band the foo fighters, who's died at the age of 50. hello and welcome to bbc news. the western ukrainian city of lviv has been largely untouched by the fighting in the country, until saturday. the war arrived with russian missiles striking close to the city centre, hitting an oil storage depot. lviv is not far from the border with poland, where us presidentjoe biden delivered a major speech, saying the russian leader vladimir putin, "cannot remain in power." mr biden said the battle between democracy and dictatorship is "the fight of our generation" and warned mr putin not to even think of attacking an "inch of nato territory." our first report is from our north america editor, sarah smith, who is travelling with president biden. this is notjust ceremony as the presidents of the us and poland marched in step together, but a declaration of intent that america would do everything it takes to defend poland from what they see as a great threat from russia. visiting some of the more than 2 million refu

several explosions rocked the city, with air sirens ringing out and people told to head to the sheltersn missiles hit a fuel storage depot, injuring five people. lucy williamson has been to the scene. ukraine's city of refuge has been waiting for one arrival. today, it came. missiles puncturing lviv�*s sense of safety. explosions emptying its streets. among the infrastructure targeted, this fuel storage depot where five people were injured. marianna heard the explosions from the bomb shelter where she was hiding. "how do we defend ourselves," she demanded. "we had a life before the war started, and now it's not a life, we are just existing." there have been strikes on military targets in this region before, but something changed here today. the sites this time were within the city of lviv itself. the fuel depot less than two miles from the city centre, surrounded by cafes and residential homes. this conflict has been creeping closer to lviv for weeks now. the targets are still military and strategic sites. but this one is right in the centre of lviv. max heard the explosions from his ho

a massive explosion rocking the city of kyiv.n the south a new moment of defiance overnight as a deadline of surrender came and went. overnight a city under siege taking a stand. leaders in mariupol rejected russia's demand to surrender, defying the 4:00 a.m. deadline to turn the city over to russian troops. as the invasion stretches into day 26, russia is upping its attacks against nonmilitary targets. in kyiv, ukrainian officials say this missile strike destroyed a shopping mall, killing at least one person. survivors seen grasping on to rescuers as firefighters worked to free victims from the rubble. back in mariupol, local destroyed a school where ke - hundreds of people had been sheltering. that school not far from this theater bombed last week where up to 1,300 people were sheltering. >> we've seen deliberate targeting of cities and towns and civilians throughout in the last several weeks. i believe that he's taking these kinds of steps because his campaign has stalled. >> reporter: this local park turned into a temporary c

get started with a free credit evaluation at creditrepair.com. >> todd: ukrainian second largest city rockedian air strike. searching debris of government build nothing kharkiv targeted in what is believed to be assassination attempt. people can be seen pleading for their lives. >> carley: battling russian troops outside several cities as 40-mile-long russian convoy closes in on the city of kyiv. mike tobin is latest in lviv with the latest. mike. >> michael: this new and very dramatic video of targeted strike on municipal building, dramatic. if you watch the video slow enough, you see the rocket come nothing and hitting this facility. aftermath shows how much destruction there was in this hit. some sourcing on the ground is telling us this was attempt at targeted assassination. we don't have a word on casualties. unrelenting and indiscriminate rocket fire in the center of the urban population. what we know from casualty figures, they are in the dozens. west of the city of kharkiv, the town turka, military base there, reporting that was hit with an artillery shell. figures we have out of the

another explosion, rocks the besieged city of mario pole. but the target was no military installation or children's hospital now in ruins. after a direct hit from an apparent russian asked rank ukrainian authorities reportedly 17 injuries and fear, many more may still be trapped inside the world. health organization has verified 18 attacks on health facilities and workers since the start of the invasion. in statements on wednesday, it cold on russia to commit to a peaceful resolution will come and allow humanitarian aid to reach those in need. this violence is breaking and it's breaking bodies is breaking minds and it's breaking souls and it's must, must must stop. but it is not the doctors and the nurses. it is not the humanitarians. the co stop. this violent rushes invasion continues to meet heavy resistance. but military analysts warned that russian forces are increasingly shelling civilian areas in the northeastern city of zoom. in the 1st successful humanitarian corridor desperate ukrainians managed to flee during a pause in the fightin

♪ lawrence: good evening america, head on cross country a shift in putin's strategy rocking the western ukrainian city but president bides just across the border. >> will not be won. in days -- or months either. we need to steal ourselves of a long fight ahead. >> assault leaving behind devastation and despair live on the ground, plus the nuclear threat looming ever closer sparking rise in sales of private bunkers family familiess globe protecting themselves like never before. >> all right this is -- that door you cannot. okay. oh look at this. then we have another room back here. you don't want to miss that report in wild nuclear fear echo from overseas here of a migrant surge brog and biden himself admits it. >> we have thousands of people day literally not figuratively trying to get in the united states. lawrence: crime is still ravaging our own streets. our call for the nation's leaders to do something about it plus we begin tonight in ukraine alex hogan is standing live in lviv where explosions rang the earlier today. alex what can you tell us? reporter: hi lawrence those explosions were the clos

this massive explosion there rocking the second largest city of kharkiv. the city hit dozens of times in just the last 24 hours. attacks intensifying in and around kyiv. deadly russian air strikes pounding civilian areas in the capital. apartment buildings up in flames. tonight, more than 3 million refugees now fleeing ukraine, and today alone, an estimated 20,000 people escaping mariupol. 24 hours after we learned a fox news correspondent was injured in an attack, we've now learned the fox news photographer and a 24-year-old producer on the ground in ukraine who was helping them navigate kyiv, they were both killed when their vehicle was hit. ukraine's president zelenskyy in that address to canadian parliament today pleading with western nations to enforce a no-fly zone over his country. tonight, the white house responding. and we've also learned president biden will attend an emergency nato summit in blessrussels nex week. abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell tonight leading us off from kyiv again this evening. >> reporter: tonight, the full br

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only to be woken to this, one of 3 explosions that rocked the city court on surveillance camera. oksana didn't hear the air raid sirens, but the force of the blast shattered the windows and her ceiling collapsed. she lives on the 4th floor of an apartment block, facing a shoe factory. an apparent target of russian missiles isn't here. we didn't expect anything in neat pro. there are no military facilities around the russians was saying that they would only target military infrastructure here. there are only residential blocks, the school and the kindergarten windows were het sees him mill. as he says, the rockers were launch funded and yet sweden, in territory controlled by the russian back separatist. this is the 1st time this city has been targeted since the beginning of the war. now that will have a huge impact because so far me pro has been a transit point for people fleeing other areas in eastern ukraine that were under heavy bombardment. the immediate impact long queues outside the train station people standing for hours in sub 0 temperature, patiently waiting to escape, despite t

the mayor of the city, vitali klitschko, sent from these blasts a number of houses were hit, shopping centre as well, and there were some large explosions rocking to rescue people stranded in the rubble. we understand at least one person was killed in that attack. the government in ukraine has said nearly 4000 people who have enabled to get out of the port city of mariupol, and there are plans to send around 50 buses to evacuate more residence in the course of monday. plans like that haven't always worked out in the past, i think it is important to make that point. our correspondence has been 0ur correspondence has been having a look at efforts to get people out, actually. the numbers of displaced is huge. it whether they are leaving the country are in fact having to stay in the country.- stay in the country. that is ri . ht, stay in the country. that is right. 10 — stay in the country. that is right, 10 million _ stay in the country. that is right, 10 million have - stay in the country. that is right, 10 million have had| stay in the country. that is i right, 10 million have had to leave their homes across ukraine, 3.5 million so far have mana

one of 3 explosions that rock the city court on surveillance camera. oak santa didn't hear the air raid sirens more, but the force of the blast shattered the windows and her ceiling collapsed. she lives on the 4th floor of an apartment block, facing a shoe factory and apparent target of russian missiles. we didn't expect anything in neat pro. there are no military facilities around the russians were saying that they would only target military infrastructure here. there are only residential blocks. the school and the kindergarten windows were het ukrainian military says the rockets were launched from the burnett, sweden interrogation, controlled by the russian back separatist. this is the 1st time this city has been targeted since the beginning of the war. now that will have a huge impact because so far, ni pro has been a transit point for people fleeing other areas in easton, ukraine that were under heavy bombardment. the immediate impact long queues outside the train station. people standing for hours in sub 0 temperature patiently waiting to escape, despite the fear of another attack,

air raid sirens wailing in the ukrainian capital of kyiv, also rock in the city. high-rise building, fires from shelling, injuring four people according to kyiv mayor. speaking to reporters earlier today 264 civilians have been killed in the capital's since war broke out. >> i very appreciate, for aerie in ukrainian soldier who defends our country. who defends our families. >> southern ukraine, this street battle remained relentless in the circled city still ukrainian forces have prevented its fall, but the damage and human toll is devastating to read ukrainian president zelenskyy 430,000 residents, some 100,000 remaining. they have often failed, meantime president joe biden other world leaders are arriving in brussels were highly anticipated talks are set to begin in the morning. and nato is estimating that 7000-15000 troops have been killed since the war started. to put that in context of russia left about 15,000 troops over ten years in afghanistan. i'm jonathan hunt live, stay with fox news for all your coverage in the ongoing war in ukraine now let's get back

protests across russia. hundreds are detained in 23 cities and also the sour iran claims responsibility for a missile attack. near a u. s. consulate, any rocks northern kurdish city of urban that i have he dissimilar the sport for time. grand slam champion, miami osaka is lifting tears on the tennis court. a dim of being heckled at indian wells. thank you very much for joining us. russia. miss alice strikes have hit a military training base in western ukraine. around 30 miss has struck the facility in yavari eve that's in the living region, just 20 kilometers from poland, a member of nato, and the european union. at least 35 people were killed in the attack in more than a 130 wounded ukraine holds most of its trails with nato at the base which housed us chose just a few weeks ago. during a whole has more from the outskirts of you. i believe on our way, and we saw loads of these ambulances screaming in and screaming out, taking injured, to evolve hospital just down the road over that possibly also all the way to vive as well. and pretty grim descriptions coming about the extent of injuries suffered the center of international peacekeeping and

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earlier this dash camp footage kept at the moment of an explosion rocked the city. international criminal court chief prosecutor says an investigation into possible war crimes in ukraine will begin straight away. nearly 40 countries impact the prob i. c. c prosecutor says there's reasonable basis to believe war crimes have been committed. one is for here and i was 0 right after today's inside story. next dictatorships to democracy. activists to cooperation control of the message is crucial for public opinions for profit. the listening post examines the vested interest by the content. you can hugh on al jazeera, the war in ukraine is pushed up the price of all to a 10 year high, and the russia on the sanctions prices could continue to go higher. so how will the world deal with this energy crisis? this is in size to ah hello, welcome to the program on has i'm seeking as the russian invasion of ukraine enters it's 2nd week. crude oil prices have risen to levels not seen in a decade. russia is the world's 3rd largest oil producer and provider of nearly 40 percent of eur

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