little sicily in 1950s to make way for cabrini green. was my grandfather's neighborhood was a young boy, we would go back to visit people and church relatives and what have you and it was totally destroyed. if you look at my site taylor street, part that was destroyed for public housing. there is an effort to build public housing and other italian neighborhood and italian scholars will tell you it was done purposefully to break the italian boat at the reigning democratic party was afraid at least early on they would organize and start electing their own people into city office. part of the reason -- one of the chapters in the book is called the black mafia, a story of the southside of chicago. african american organized crime. we had all the way up until the 50s, very extensive gambling, particularly gambling, some prostitution, some drug dealing in the african-american community controlled by blacks, no italians involved all the way back to the 1910, 1920s. they had their own organized crime in the area known as the black metropolis. 19

identify the victims as well as the survivors. >> body bags on the sand at this tourist resort in sicily. unlike their fellow passengers these six men, all under 30 and one in his teens were unable it swim to shore. it was on this small fishing boat that the group of around 100 attempted the dangerous crossing from northern africa. it seems they took a wrong turn. normally vessels aim for secluded shores away from cities and resorts. >> it is an event quite out of the ordinary here even if just a few00 kilometers down south we are used to the daily rhythm. the police are carrying out procedures to identify the migrants. >> on wednesday another group of about 100 migrants, mostly syrian families, were rescued off the italian main land. numbers of asylum seek eers pea during summer month. during the first half of the year around 8,000 landed on the southern italian coast mainly from northern africa but the boats are cramped to bursting meaning ship wrecks are a regular occurrence. 40 are known to have died crossing to italy during the same periods but it is thought many go unreported. last

he is accused of being the head of the cosa nostra on the island of sicily. he was cleared of mafia allegations at the end of a three-year trial in 1993 after which he came to the u.k. but he was convicted in his absence of mafia involvement and a second trial in 1999. in january of last year, a european arrest warrant was issued. extortion, racketeering, he is also charged who was involved in drug trafficking and money laundering. >> in court, he was described as one of the heads of the powerful mafia organization in sicily accused of spreading terror and systematically murdering opponents. today fresh mark was -- first one was put out and he was rearrested. his wife and daughter were watching a closely -- anxiously from the back of the court. be fullber, there will extradition hearing. he wanted to leave court with his wife and daughter. his lawyer told the judge his client had a heart condition and would submit to a strict curfew and could not flee as he had no travel documents. but bail was refused. the italian authorities are now a step closer to bringin

he is accused of being the head of the cosa nostra on the island of sicily. he was cleared of mafia allegations at the end of a three-year trial in 1993 after which he came to the u.k. but he was convicted in his absence of mafia involvement and a second trial in 1999. in january of last year, a european arrest warrant was issued. extortion, racketeering, he is also charged who was involved in drug trafficking and money laundering. >> in court, he was described as one of the heads of the powerful mafia organization in sicily accused of spreading terror and systematically murdering opponents. today fresh mark was -- first one was put out and he was rearrested. his wife and daughter were watching a closely -- anxiously from the back of the court. be fullber, there will extradition hearing. he wanted to leave court with his wife and daughter. his lawyer told the judge his client had a heart condition and would submit to a strict curfew and could not flee as he had no travel documents. but bail was refused. the italian authorities are now a step closer to bringin

as i read about her and sicily now 88, they say it does not necessarily get easier as you get older, so if you are going to do this, you might want to figure some out. you are still a young guy, but it does not get easier. you to get to the point where you regret you did not do it. >> that is true. 60 is knocking on the door. tavis: you do not look anything like it. >> i like taking movies, and i love the world of filmmaking. that is what really turns me on. it always has and still does, so we will see about the theater. tavis: where and how do you find love for doing stuff that is not lock buster blockbuster stuff when you know what that kind of acclaim feels like? the project "all you need is love." rex this is not a blockbuster -- >> this is not a blockbuster. good question. i am not sure i can answer it correctly. the work is there. i do not look for block dusters. if someone were to give me a blockbuster and it was the correct one, i would say yes. i have always considered myself a working actor, and you have to find the best work for yourself and the most meaningful work, so th

six migrants drown off the course -- coast of sicily in an attempt to cross the mediterranean sea. the german spy service denies cell phone data was provided -- that was provided to foreign agencies can be used for drone killings. is back, with a win for the champions, bayern munich. we began in italy, where six migrants have drowned after the vote they were traveling in sunk 20 meters from the court -- coast they were trying to reach. they were among 100 migrants trying to make their way from north africa aboard what appears to have been a wooden fishing boat, running a ground next to a popular beach resort. they were desperately near the shore but either they were exhausted or they could not swim. >> three cruise ships with 12,000 tourists on board were anchored -- anchored as the refugees swam for their lives. at one of thene most popular holiday spots in italy. a beach called the authorities. boat, ii saw the thought it was part of an effort to rescue the people in the water. i could not believe it was the vessel they came here on. >> they towed the boat in after the drownings.

and italy, the countries coast guard has rescued more than 250 asylum- seekers near the coast of sicily the refugees mostly from north africa were trying to reach europe i wrote. survivors on board told the authorities three somali women died during the trip. an italian island is a popular landings bought for asylum- seekers. spain is considering imposing a $66 fee for crossing the order from the british territory of gibraltar. it is the latest development in an escalating dispute over fishing grounds. tensions were raised 10 days ago when spain increase the order check which caused long delays. that followed a decision by gibraltar to build an artificial reef to project fish. spain opposed the reef saying it opposed the boats. over the past week, the social networking site twitter has tried to reassure users that it takes online abuse seriously. that has not prevented some from aiding a very 21st-century kind of road test by abstaining from that work for a day. it follows that threats and abusive women -- abusive threats towards women on twitter. >> if you ever wondered what a mass onl

. >> more than 300 refugees from africa reached the coast of sicily overnight. two people are reported being killed including a seven-year- old child. many of those seeking to cross used rubber dinghies and need to be rescued by the italian coast guard. >> wildfires are raging out of control in southern california, forcing the evacuation of several mountain villages and injuring at least three people. >> the fires have burned huge areas of wars and brush, sending up massive plumes of smoke -- the irish have burned huge areas of forest and rush -- the fires have burned huge areas of forest and brush. >> germany's soccer coach has named his squad to face paraguay and her family next wednesday. >> he called up for players from byron munich and i'm from dortmund for the match. lex all the players have appeared in international matches in the past. a few key names are missing, however. >> they will play a series of friendly matches before the 2014 world cup in brazil. >> coming up after the break, a unique musical project. we will introduce you to the arab youth orch

. >> more than 300 refugees from africa reached the coast of sicily overnight. two people are reported being killed including a seven-year- old child. many of those seeking to cross used rubber dinghies and need to be rescued by the italian coast guard. >> wildfires are raging out of control in southern california, forcing the evacuation of several mountain villages and injuring at least three people. >> the fires have burned huge areas of wars and brush, sending up massive plumes of smoke -- the irish have burned huge areas of forest and rush -- the fires have burned huge areas of forest and brush. >> germany's soccer coach has named his squad to face paraguay and her family next wednesday. >> he called up for players from byron munich and i'm from dortmund for the match. lex all the players have appeared in international matches in the past. a few key names are missing, however. >> they will play a series of friendly matches before the 2014 world cup in brazil. >> coming up after the break, a unique musical project. we will introduce you to the arab youth orch

at utah beach, been in north africa, been in sicily.first division, assistant division commander. prices start, but he's given a second chance. he comes back with the fourth division. he's in the first wave utah beach. he recognizes that the landings are going badly, that the parents and navigation errors have pushed them off course. he basically tells his men as they land under fire, will start the war from here. he never knows because he dies of a heart attack a little more than a month later in normandy in july 1944 that he will be awarded the medal of honor and that he is going to get his own division, the 90th division. eisenhower just proved it. he's an extraordinary character to write about. like you guys, i appreciate him for what he is. he's a beautiful rider. his letters home to his wife fantastic. i hate to say goodbye to him when he dies in july 1944. >> host: good afternoon. >> caller: hello. i read two of your books. the first of the trilogy. on well into the third, enjoying them. have two questions. the first one is about

it all started back in the early 1900s, when andy's dad and uncle emigrated from sicily and went through ellis island. they were both teenagers and spoke barely any english, but they had a dream for something better. >> this is the american dream where people see opportunity. i don't know how my grandfather was living there, could scrape up enough money to put 2 kids on a boat to the united states and probably inowing they'd never see them again. but they knew there was no opportunity there where they lived. and i think that's what the united states is all about. >> the 2 brothers started their operation in new york, but then moved out west to beain growing fruits and vegetables. and in 1927, steven tbademarked the name "andy boy" in honor of his son. the company became the first ever brand of fresh vegetables in the united states and has been recognized for more than 80 years now as a leading brand in the business. today, the farm is feeding the ntion by harvesting more than 30,000 acres of fresh vegetables all packed under the andy boy brand. and while they farm a wide variety of produ

bring it back to golf, golf course, corsica, the island off the coast of italy, bring it back to sicilythe golden girls," "gilmore girls," girl talk, talkboy, bring it back to "home alone," homemade, made in manhattan, bring it back to j. lo, jennifer lopez dispenser, ian mckellen, degeneres, kris jenner-ish, bring you back to the kardashians, kourtney and kim, kim bassinger, bass singer, bring you back to baritone, tony danza, "who's the boss," who's the boss? bruce springsteen, bring you back to max weinberg, the former bandleader for conan o'brien, conan max to conan, conan, leno leno to fallon, "late night with jimmy fallon." how do you like me now? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow! that was pretty good. that was pretty good. i'm not gonna lie. lie. library, library card, card shark, shark tank, tank top, top gun, bring you back to tom cruise, "rain man," snowman, snowden, edward snowden, edward snow white, white people problems, brings me back to paula deen, dean martin. that's amore, that's a moray eel, electric eel, bring you back to electric boogaloo, rocking you down to el

. >> more than 100 mainly syrian migrants have been taken to sicily after being rescued by the italianoast guard. among the passengers were several women and children. over 1 new york cit 1,000 migrad in italy in the last week. >> the u.n. top human right official arrived in sri lanka after the government promised access to former war zones. navi pillay will examine allegations of human right violations and a government crackdown on the media. >> another crime against the media. five men stormed in the house of the senior journalist early on saturday. police say initial investigations show that the motive was robbery but the victim isn't convince. >convincei don't know. i don't know whether it is a warning. what it is, i don't know. frankly i'm hoping that there would be an end soon. >> the incident comes amid direct and indirect pressure on the media as well as a heavy handed military crackdown on civilian pr protess like this demanding clean water. it is one area that the u.n. high commission of human rights navi pillay will be looking into during her visit to sri lanka. the final st

my mom is from sicily, like his mom is. you don't back down.d chris christie is sending a message to any other republican who is going to run against him, this is what you're going to get. and i love the fact that chris christie is using something from the republican playbook. he's using it against rand paul and he's going with the visceral argument and visceral beats intellectual every time. you know who gave us that? frank lutz. rand paul, you know, doesn't come across as a rabid spider monkey, he comes across as a nice guy. >> he's gone tit for tat with the fie. camden, new jersey is not camden, south carolina. and this bawdy act might play for a while, but when he goes nuts on somebody in south carolina, he's going to be shunned in a hurry. a lot of republicans like him attacking the president. they like him attacking the press. but when that act comes to town and they see it up close, he's going to need to tone it down and be more -- >> but he won't. that's who he is. >> you don't think that he would learn to realize you don't want to be t

the man who retook sicily and the man who was on his way up to the north in a tie importer. but once that formula started to break down antonia pulled away and theodora died. there was a tension and suddenly he became a threat to the emperor and he was recalled at the height of his powers in italy. he was put into exile internal exile for 10 years. he was brought up to say the capital. he was always a suspect. he was more popular and a magnanimous political figures in an age where people were not -- so he was highly popular among the constantinople streets. >> host: do you think this is actually the case that the savior generals will always perhaps the more popular than the elected or appointed? >> guest: absolutelabsolutel y. more popular for a moment. there was a key moment somewhere in 2008 where david petraeus i think the most popular man in the united states and surely more popular than his predecessors casey and general abizaid or generals sanchez and much more popular than george bush but that glory is fleeting because they are in an untenable situation where their su

manufacturing or agriculture, but a monument to the american press, the only constitutionally expolice sicily-constitutionally protected in the land, it will be their ticket to understanding how to get ahead, their ticket to learning english and their ticket to american politics. that's the effect pulitzer had back then. he was a very difficult man to live with as a biographer. he was sort of like the howard hughes of the 19th century. at the peak of his power, i mean, his paper had the power of the new york times, cnn and "the washington post," cbs news all combined. it was, people read the world in a way that people when i was a child used to watch the three networks on tv. immense influence. so he reached this enormous pinnacle of power, and he began to blind. so pulitzer couldn't read his own paper. and at the same time he became beset with a number of psychological issues, one of which was sound disturbed him. so he built a famous tower of silence, a room in which he could go in and get refuge from sound. his new york city mansion had a special bedroom which was separated, had separate walls, inch plate-

you're going to sicily's so he tried to study at the library but thought army intelligence prevented they were convinced german spies could have been handed to it for so this is the one step forward to step back but they dealt with. one by one of might and its officers from the united states and from great britain signed oftentimes about jeeps or transportation or a staff no cameras when they did arrive they did not have a film but they had positions of great responsibility. they were unintimidated but resourceful a and clever. very familiar. by december 1943 trying to get the operation coordinated with the military resulted in numerous and request of eisenhower to issue a directive not just the commanders of all troops on december 29, 1943 was the responsibility not just of his commanders battle soldiers general eisenhower's directive stated if it comes down to the lives of our men or object the lives of the men, held more but he pointed out this is the excuse of convenience the foundation there was some underneath the effort or the very first test to his order came just 45 days lat

was a book on the north africa campaign and the american involvement in it, and the second was the sicilynd italy campaigns that went right up until 1945, very brutal part of the war that often gets overlooked. this third volume, "the guns at last light," chronicles the invasion of normandy, d day, right up to the liberation of berlin in 1945. so that's next on my list this summer to read x. then i was just sent a book by a colleague called "the founding rivals." this is a book about the rivalry between madison and monroe. it's sort of a little known piece of virginia history, but actually madison and monroe ran against each other for the united states congress, and the district had been carved to favor james monroe. madison decided to contest it, and in an upset, he beat james monroe who, of course, was a friend of his, stayed a friend and suck succeeded -- succeeded him as president. so this is quite an interesting book, and it contends that because madison won that election, we got the bill of rights, otherwise maybe we wouldn't have gotten it, because madison was a great champion of t

connections to the world across the mediterranean, with one exception, he built a pipeline from libya to sicily beyond that in and figured it ways, a very profound sweeping ways to move libya away from the rest of the world. host: we're seeing a picture of children in libya. how much do children know about the greco roman influences or roots about other cultures? compare that to adults and what they grew apart like. guest: they are literally rewriting school books. the first thing they did with the books was erased -- muammar gaddafi erased all traces of the greco roman past. insist all children wound -- learn from the green book. now they're learning what in many ways their parents were not allowed to learn, was that libya does have an identity. that's basically is the question they are struggling with now. who are we? if we are not what he says we were, then what are we, and how does that shaped the way we view and connect with the rest of the world? host: if you'd like to join the conversation and talk to robert draper here are the numbers to call. democrats 202-585, 3002. 002. where are the

they were travelling from the headquarters from sicily to the north for they were scheduled to pick up other patients then to transport them to more fully equipped hospitals but bad weather over the past three days and patients have piled up. although it was sunny and clear that day the aircraft encountered a violent storm pushing the plane off'' -- of course, they managed to avoid dangers waterspouts but they lost communication and instant panel was not functioning after several hours in the ear not realizing they had crossed the adriatic they thought the best chance for survival was to land the plane. they found an airfield west german planes that looks like they were abandoned during the war go when they attempted the plane came down in the americans were under fire they quickly ascended only to find them in the path to german fighter planes it had now turned into a fight every journey and the weapons themselves and ducked in and out of clouds and found a small piece of land rugged mountains surrounding with they couldn't land. the ground was still saturated with water the landing g

and, you know, with me in africa with us for the innovation in sicily. i don't write about him a lot but i admire him. >> host: tom e-mails in at the beginning of world war ii mark clark was locked upon as sort of a golden boy. was he a bad a general as portrayed now? >> guest: i don't think so. i don't portray him. he's a dominant figure particularly the second half of it. he's west point class of 1917. he knows eisenhower from their time at west point together. he's two classes ahead of him. he shows up in north africa having a little combat experience. he was wounded in world war i unlike eisenhower have no combat experience from world war i. he's a difficult man to live. he tends to be impurist. he's a bit self-absorbed. he's ambitious. he has a their for publicity that is beyond belief. what you find when you get to italy where clark is the commander of the fifth army, is a man who cares about his soldiers, attendive to their welfare, personally brave unlike some of the stories told about him. and yet insubordinate at times particularly dealing with