author salman rushdie. featuring the 8g band with gene hoglan. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that's fantastic to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. during his visit to puerto rico today, president trump said, "i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you've thrown our budget out of whack." and then he said this to a family who had lost their home. >> we're going to help you out. >> thank you. >> have a good time. [ laughter ] >> seth: which means it's time for another installment of -- "i can't." ♪ >> seth: i just -- they -- it was a -- [ laughter ] you're the president. [ laughter ] i can't. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: that's right. president trump visited puerto rico today, and boy, was he surprised when he asked to speak to their president. [ laughter ] "what? you have a donald trump too? [ laughter ] i want to meet him. maybe he also hates his jo

salman rushdie, thank you. that's nearly it for tonight.k of sory sanle. for more than 50 years he worked as a photographer in burkina faso's second city, bobo—dioulasso. but he didn't place any long—term value on his photos, and was unknown outside of his local area. now the morton hill gallery in london wants to bring him to the world's attention. good night.

salman rushdie, thank you. that's nearly it for tonight. before we go, we'd like to leave you with the work of sory sanle. for more than 50 years he worked as a photographer in burkina faso‘s second city, bobo—dioulasso. but he didn't place any long—term value on his photos, and was unknown outside of his local area. now the morton hill gallery in london wants to bring him to the world's attention. good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up in the programme: tom lawrence fires wales to a big win in georgia as they move a step closer to the world cup finals. ireland stick with them, eating moldova at 2—0 to stay third in group d. and get ready for the super league grand final as castleford ta ke league grand final as castleford take on seven—time winners leeds tomorrow. let's get straight to the foot all world cup qualifiers. it has been a fantastic and penultimate round of group d games. already tight in the top three. wales and the republic of ireland are second and third respectively. both needed to win and they both delivered.

. >> seth: i mean, it wasn't 'till -- >> you're going to have salman rushdie on your show?have salman rushdie on the show. >> well he is in my book store on september 17th. >> seth: that's very exciting. >> yeah. >> seth: and do you like that part of it? that you get to meet authors? >> i don't -- yes, and i read my book, remember i was here last time. >> seth: yeah. >> i read my book in my own book store. and that was fun. >> seth: that's great. well, i feel like if you couldn't have gotten an engagement to read your book there, something would have gone terribly, terribly wrong. >> that would have been bad, right? we're not interested in -- >> seth: now you have -- you have four kids who are in school right now. >> actually, i have five kids. i have an older daughter in her late 30s, she's 41. and then i have -- [ light laughter ] >> seth: so i, by the way -- [ laughter ] >> what do you have? >> seth: no, i -- keep going. >> no, this is about you, apparently. [ laughter ] >> seth: well, i'm just saying -- [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: i said you have four kids in sch

her book on her commutes to work but for saunders he joins a distinguished group that includes salman rushdie hilary meant how margaret atwood and young martell the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al jazeera london. these are the top stories on al-jazeera right now u.s. backed opposition forces have driven eisel from rocka itself to capital and syria kurdish led syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle amnesty international is calling on the international community to take action to stop it calls crimes against humanity and man maher and in a report the group says were henge a minority are fleeing a targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder rape and burning carried out by security forces and rakhine state. presentation paying is addressing china's ruling communist party at its nineteenth congress and beijing you can see this happening right now she says china.

to islam for example, if you are fearful, mindful of what has happened to other writers like salman rushdiered because it's not something i would do, christianity, i write these books to ask myself these questions and christianity is my experience. it's the world that affect me most because it's how i grew up. these are my core values. i write these books in many ways for myself, to explore these ideas. that's why i continually choose christianity. you just mentioned robert langdon and how he is cutting loose, would it be right to say that professor roberts langdon with his travel and code breaking and of thing else is the guy you'd love to be? that is the best way to say it, he's the man i wish i could be, he is more daring and intelligent. somebody once joked that how could he be more intelligent because he says everything you think. but then i pointed out when he says something off the top of his head about a painting, it took me three days to research that. how long can langdon go on? he has tough luck and ends up in some pretty bad situation so i don't know! if i was him i might go hom

her book on her commutes to work but for saunders he joins a distinguished group that includes salman rushdie hilary meant how margaret atwood and yann martel the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al-jazeera london. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the iraqi army says it's achieved its goals in the operation to take back kurdish held territory in the country's north it's now control of the areas around most of them very province the iraqi offensive began on monday in a setback to the kurdish administration's hopes for. the u.n. refugee agency is urging the bangladeshi government to speed up its vetting process as fifteen thousand refugees remain stranded at the border since sunday enjoy are crossing every hour from neighboring me in march with the u.n. says they need to be moved further inland to safety and better conditions. china's president appears to be consolidating his grip on power at the communist party's nineteen congress in beijing in a sweeping three and a half hour speech jumping laid out his political and economic

her book on her commutes to work but for saunders he joins a distinguished group that includes salman rushdie hilary mento margaret atwood and yan martell the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al jazeera london our website as al-jazeera dot com to get a moment take a look at al-jazeera dot com. these are your headlines on al-jazeera president xi jinping says china must cooperate with other nations to ensure the survival of mankind his comments on climate change came during a three and a half hour long speech at the ruling communist party congress in beijing he also said his country's fight against corruption remains a top priority. function. right now about the situation at home and abroad our own are going profound and complex changes the prospects for china are great but there are also severe challenges ahead all members of the party must look ahead and be vigilant be courageous and stay innovative amnesty international is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity and me and

author salman rushdie.he news. during his visit to puerto rico today, president trump said, "i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you've thrown our budget out of whack." and then he said this to a family who had lost their home.

websites the stories trending on al-jazeera dot com at number one they're the life and death of salman rushdie gentleman author of number two a story that i mentioned a bit earlier the double standards when it comes to covering somalia's latest bombing why aren't we all with somalia a number three do you want twenty seven thousand when is it and how is it celebrated and also i saw capsizing on a retreat in northern iraq those stories and much more on our website al-jazeera dot com. with the news great on al-jazeera thank you so much for being with us don't forget with got. ways to connect with us we got people watching today from guyana from nigeria as well and cameron in india don't forget you can connect with us tweet us at a.j. english or on facebook at facebook dot com slash a.j. newsgroup you can also whatsapp us the number is hopefully coming up on your screen prost nine seven four five zero one triple one four nine don't forget to use a.j. news great when you connect with us now it's a grim milestone for us here at al-jazeera it's been three hundred days since our colleague mahmoud a sa

her book on her commute to work but for saunders he joins a distinguished group that includes salman rushdie hilary meant how margaret outward and yann martel the negative an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al-jazeera london ride over to peter now for the. thank you very much the reigning european club football champions real madrid have had to come from behind to salvage a one one draw at home against english club tottenham hotspur in the u.a.e. for champions league on tuesday rail trail the one mil winner f.l. very put the ball into the two sides continue to battle it out before christiana and all those penalty level that matters before half time well now leading spurs in group h. only on goal difference over in england there was a two one victory for manchester city against stirling and gabriel jessa's put city in a two goal lead before the italians pulled one barrack men remain three points clear of the top of the group if there were eight matches in total across europe on tuesday in group the liverpool hammered the meridor seven zero away

number one there same story that was trending yesterday the life and death of the judgment author salman rushdie also trending the double standard in covering the latest somalia a bombing in which more than two hundred people were killed and also all you need to know about kenya is disputed election which is happening right now actually everyone scheduled for next week but a lot of controversy surrounding that election all those stories and much more on our website i'll just dot com. with the news great on al-jazeera thank you for being with us we had to syria now where celebrations over the defeat of i saw in iraq are turning to concerns about what will happen to the men women and children who want to go home to a city that's deserted and all but destroyed one so heart of eyes all self declared capital rockefeller to be kurdish led to a little crowd of horses on tuesday about two hundred seventy thousand people displaced from the city crowded into camps where conditions are miserable and there is barely enough food water or medicine to go around i'm very pleased to welcome now i mean i want to

her book on her commutes to work but for saunders he joins a distinguished group that includes salman rushdie hilary mantel margaret atwood and yann martel the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold stansell al-jazeera london. what's it for the news hour and for myself my colleague lauren taylor will be with you for the full but do stay with al-jazeera much more coming up in a few minutes time. the sky. should be no borders up here. only horizons. as an airline we don't believe in boundaries we believe in bringing people together the world's better that way. it is a right for all of us to go where we need to go to feel the things we want to fail . to see the people we want to see. that's why we'll continue to fly the skies providing you with everything we can and treating everyone how they deserve to be treated we do this because we know the trouble goes beyond borders and prejudice. the travel teaches compassion the travel is a necessity. the travel is a right for all remember that this world is a ball of ours to explore. and it's a strange thing for us to

her book on her commutes to work but for saunders he joins a distinguished group that includes salman rushdie margaret atwood and yann martel the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al-jazeera london. if you want to be al jazeera with. next with the full refusal to stay with us here. mark. a new television station in afghanistan is turning the focus on women it's on t.v. they are on camera in the guest chair and in the control room the founder of zone t.v. says this project couldn't wait this team is for those mothers and those to sit on those wifes living in afghanistan there's all this talking about their advice but they didn't see anything in a nation where education was forbidden for girls as recently as two thousand and one a network just for women is a mark of progress there's also a very real element of danger of course we are threatened but the conscious sit in the corner of our homes we have to go forward and develop ourselves and help bring peace and stability to our country. the russian orthodox church is deep pockets in the