the tasha there are also some problems there with audio policies for that we'll move on a package has exploded at a fed ex facility in the u.s. state of texas the blast happened at a distribution center just northeast of san antonio another package may have contained nails and other shrapnel f.b.i. and bomb disposal experts are at the scene one person is reported to have been injured and police are investigating if that explosion is linked to a series of package bomb attacks this month in the state capital austin four attacks there of killed two people and wounded four others a palestinian faction has mass has rejected president mahmoud abbas's accusation it was behind last week's attack on the prime minister blamed his political rivals for the roadside bomb explosion while romney hundred dollars convoy was entering gaza wasn't hurt in the attack you can't deal with her only we offer well wishes and sleep through to our brother from below the prime minister and merge approach the head of intelligence and the rest of our brothers from the security detail that went through this despicab

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her life but losing his own has been posthumously awarded france's highest award for bravery that tasha butler reports from paris. trams coffin was a school to paris and to pouring rain people came to pay their respects to a french police officer has become a national hero in imposing courtyard of the adelaide france's most famous military memorial think tim's families joined politicians of all persuasions and former presidents in a show of unity on friday beltrami had swapped himself with a hostage in an attack in southern france it was a display of courage that cost him his life the consumes a preschool just as soon as we learned of this high risk act all french people trembled as one one of us said stood up straight clear headed and brave he was standing up to islam missed aggression to hate the folly of murder and with him the whole country's heart swelled with the french spirit of resistance the bravery of one man taking the whole country with him mccall wanted beltrami the commander of the legion of honor one of france's highest accolades the nobel transactions have touched so man

paris force so in a tasha another day of questioning there for former president. that's right or the former french president nicolas sarkozy is still in the building that you can see behind me here in just outside of paris he was taken here on tuesday morning for questioning now we understand he was allowed to go home last night to get some rest he was allowed out for about eight hours before being pulled back here this morning on wednesday and what police are trying to find out what they are investigating is whether or not nicolas sarkozy accepted illegal funds from libya back in two thousand and seven when he was running as a presidential candidate now police say that years cooperating fully he is onstream questions and this case opened five years ago but it is the first time that he's been arrested in connection with well he police say that he has forty eight hours and during that forty eight hours he will be questioned and after that magistrates will have to decide whether or not they will place him under formal investigation a lot of people will be wondering

killed three other people he was going to french intelligence services but not deemed a threat the tasha butler has the latest from paris. what we saw this morning was the coffin of al gore. draped with the french tricolor flag it was taken through the streets of paris and brought here to his every need which is france's most famous military memorial and then we had a speech by the french president emanuel mike hall he paid tribute to otto beside a very last race career as a police officer and of course this last acts of bravery which for which he's been called a national hero there were presidents here from the pasta nicolas sarkozy has had some legal troubles but of course that puts his side for this moment of national unity also a frost well known to man who might cause a pretty decisive and the families of the victims who saw her and the mother and the wife of all know and members of the public also allowed to join in that's quite unusual for a ceremony of this sort but it was felt that this was a day for all french people to come together for those who wanted to to be able to be her

after that tasha takes viewer phone calls on immigration, and then a discussion on political candidates and elections from the writers festival in california. later from the savannah book festival journalist seleste headily offers communication strategies in her book, "we need to talk." and catherine smith discusses her book "the gatekeeper." book tv thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. and american history tv, the 75th anniversary of the world war ii battle, and we'll show you a discussion from military historian on the american defeat in tunisia. that event tack place at the national museum in new orleans. it's american history tv thursday night starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> sunday night on q & a, high school students from around the country were in washington, d.c. for the senate youth program. we met with them where they shared their thoughts about government and politics. >> and i'm really passionate about daca. it is unfair that 7000,000 womens lives and children hang in the balance. it's a human rights issue. >> the notion that we're the only country in

sarkozy received illegal funds from libya during his two thousand and seven presidential bid that tasha butler is my first in paris attash big story this in france what more do we know. well the former french president nicolas sarkozy is being held right here behind me at a police station in non-tenured just outside of paris and he's being questioned over the possible illegal campaign funding of his twenty two thousand and seven presidential campaign because there are allegations that it was funded with libyan money now this case was opened by police about five years ago but it's the first time that nicolas sarkozy is being questioned in relation with it well police say that he can be health arbs of forty eight hours and at the end of that magistrates then have to decide whether or not he will be placed under formal investigation. sort of tension how unprecedented is this that a former head of state is is is being questioned for charges a serious as this. one is very serious but these allegations have been around for some time it was back in twenty twelve that a french media websites ac

people in the country feel a sense of anger and despair in bell tram some of found a reason to hope for tasha butler al-jazeera paris. funerals are being held for some of the victims of a fire at a shopping center in such siberia on sunday is a day of national mourning in russia to remember the sixty four victims forty one of whom were children and as really challenge reports from moscow people now want. oh. on sunday now dish. took her grandchildren ten year old maria and eight year old constantine to the cinema they didn't come back just three victims of the russian shopping mall fire that killed at least sixty four people said again natalya's house will be quiet now the children to go on there are many more shattered families like the ago because most of those who died in the fire were kids thank you so this tragedy is made even worse by the fact the children became victims of the blaze great grief is upon all of us and the no words that can express our shared pain the bereaved siberian city of camera began burying its dead on wednesday but as more bodies are identified many more coffins w

jar and other places in northern syria well it's about the french reaction to the ones comments to tasha buckaroos in paris. well what we have a are two sides to the story on one hand we have a delegation from the kurdish dominated syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. saying that they met the french president emanuel mark hall on thursday evening and he personally committed to sending more troops to northeastern syria to support the kurds on the other we have a statement from the police say saying that france is not planning any additional military operations in syria outside of its role alongside the international coalition fighting i saw what the lease say has said is that the french president wants a role in trying to try and mediate between turkey and the s.d.f. it is a confused picture there is no doubt that the french president did indeed meet this delegation on thursday evening it was an on shared told me to get it was off that meeting that this delegation the u.s. you have to allegation decided to put across their side of the story but it is a confused picture and a surprise move u

three other people that he was known to french intelligence services but not deemed a threat then tasha butler joins us live from paris a day to reflect really for the french nation is a although a national hero i mean what's the exact sequence of events. that's right it is a day of national mourning a day of remembrance and reflection as you say. the coffin has been draped with the french it has been taken through the streets of paris and people came out to pay their respects as the car went by it will then be taken here to france's most famous military memorial we will hear from the french president tomorrow michael he will give a speech there will be minutes of silence also and my call will award with a medal the commander of the nation one of the most prestigious medals you can be awarded in france because of course has become for so many people here national hero also here there will be politicians from all persuasions past presidents phosphor law and nicolas sarkozy who's been through some legal difficulties recently but all of that will be put to side to come together in this sho

what's this all about the tasha. well we have workers here and you can see them behind me from across the public sector as she said are teachers hospital workers transport workers and the i mean a railway workers and they will have their own concerns over pay and conditions in may and separate industries but they have decided tonight and come together because what does unite them is a collective sense of anger and frustration with the current government of president mark or the who's trying to push through a run off to reform the streamline the public services now people say that the jobs that they do are important they are underpaid and they say that the government is simply ignoring pace and also training to cut thousands of jobs so they are fighting against those reforms and in fact the railway workers say that they will go on strike they will continue to are rolling strikes in for the next three months when we take a look back at some of the problems that are facing us and say france's national railway. has some

struggling to find qualified staff though some economists are worried the shortage could slow down growth tasha potter reports in the french city of canard it's another busy day at this building material supplier business is booming for the sam c. group that has outlets across france to keep growing the company needs more staff but it's struggling to find skilled workers. this fall says we have five thousand three hundred staff but two hundred and sixteen job vacancies we may need sales people forklift drivers and tireless it's really hard to find people who are specialized in areas such as woodwork so it's difficult for us to recruit staff with the skills we need. the boss says that twenty years ago people joined young trained on the job and worked their way out but today that's rare because you are people are attracted to industry. we can't fill vacancies internally anymore so we must recruit externally but this kids we need are not always taught in training schools so there's a lot of available talent we train in the house but it's not enough. france is experiencing its biggest economic grow

i would like to point out the work that we have done with tasha automotive and 50% of hires from district 10 and ferry landing and advancing a key project to bring improvements to that neighborhood and needed ferry landing. and we also have partnered with the city on the homelessness issue. we provided shelter at pier 80 a couple of years ago. but we also were able to move into business opportunity when it emerged. clear encampments in a humane way, and opened a navigation sent cher opened in may of 2017 -- the center which opened in may of 2017 and 64 formerly homeless people are now sheltered in the navigation center. in the area of resilience this, value here is to lead the city's nefrt addressing threats from the earthquake and -- the city's effort through the seawall and other port property through earthquakes and other damage. i don't think i can overstate the level of efforts and results we have had in this area of our plan. we've had really incredible results bringing the city together, understanding the risk. we completed the vulnerability study and have the executive steering co

jill wine-banks, a former watergate prosecutor, fla tasha bertrand and tom hamburger a reporter for "e washington post" has one of several by lines in today's big scoop about roger stone. tom, let's start there and work our way back to the nuggets in this house intel doc that the minority party's house intel doc. what does your reporting indicate what the status of roger stone's prior knowledge of the impending lacks or the hacks and leaks from wikileaks? >>ing what we reported this morning is that roger stone told two people in mid 2016 that he planned to meet with, talk with julian assange who runs wikileaks and told one of those individuals that he was told there would be documents in. the wikileaks repository that would prove torturous for top democrats including john podesta. these are claims that roger stone made mid-2016 months before these wikileaks documents were released. stone it's important to add has told us that he own rawles mentioning that he was meeting with assange to one person and that his reference was a joke. >> just to be clear, he knew about the podesta or ment

in the country feel a sense of anger and despair in bell trum some are found a reason to hope for tasha butler al-jazeera paris. a four year old boy has been detained by israeli soldiers on suspicion of an attempted stabbing in hebron in the occupied west bank palestinian media say the boy was holding a sharp object it was the pain for an hour and things that this footage of which was shared by a palestinian journalist shows the moment the boy's family confronted the soldiers at an army check out. there have been tense scenes at a memorial march in paris honoring a whole accost survivor who was killed in a suspected anti semitic attack a scuffle broke out between some demonstrators at the march against racism eighty five year old that mirela was stabbed eleven times and her apartment was set on fire in paris on friday investigators say her jewish heritage may have been why she was targeted far right leader marine le pen was told she was or welcomed by france's leading jewish but she went anyway but was a score to the way by police. the u.s. military says a high ranking al qaeda official

think you'd to you and your colleagues into my colleagues tasha thank you to you and your colleagues. i would encourage you to read this. it's much easier than any law school reading you will be doing. i just wanted to focus on two broad points and say something positive. first i want to focus on the issues around technology and data and second around federal funding. think you heard from john earlier that the department of technology has some promising strategies for efficiency. several countries in the world shifted to online and more technological synthesis but there are concerns. for example, our general goal is to get as many people to fill out the census online because that will allow us to prioritize the nonresponse. will be talking to your landlords and neighbors and third-party data to help fill in the gaps. two out of the three test sites the dress rehearsal as it's called, they had to be canceled and one was in west virginia, a point of focus on rural areas and we also had previous test sites for other aspects that had to be canceled. we decided to test multilingual operati

time many people in the country feel a sense of anger and despair in some found a reason to hope for tasha butler al-jazeera paris. still to come on this hour of news from london families lay their children to rest and a day of national mourning in the russia aliments and protesters in catalonia keep up the pressure on the central government in spain and a day before the new baseball season gets underway there's something foul at the doctor stadium to one of the details for. voting in egypt's presidential election has been extended by an hour as officials try to boost turnout incumbent president abdel fattah el-sisi is all but guaranteed to win a second four year term as. yes lete go vote and you will immediately be paid the equivalent of three dollars loudspeakers off of drives to egyptians to cast their ballots as government fears of a low turnout grow state media police and officials are watching to try and prevent embarrassment. trucks distributed sugar rice and cooking oil in poor areas businessman offers people free rides to go to polling stations. the government's using the carrot a

time many people in the country feel a sense of anger and despair in some found a reason to hope for tasha butler al-jazeera paris. poland see all the largest arms deal in its history it will pay america four and a half billion dollars for the patriot missile defense system it's the latest move in poland's efforts to upgrade its military which has accelerated since russia's annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen two thirds of its weaponry is from the soviet called war era. with three of its leaders behind bars spain's catalonia region has been unable to elect a president and to fix that its parliament has voted to allow politicians who have been detained or are in exile to stand for elections in absentia but spain central government has the final say david chaytor reports from barcelona. the spanish judicial review but treated as the cattle on parliament you know. no matter what resolutions of the truth here at barcelona celebrations are of a cure. any candidate for the presidency must appear person in this chamber to get elected. all of them are in jail facing charges of rebell

and the taken people hostage a second person linked to the suspect has been detained more now from tasha butler . people in the french town of caucus on pay tribute to. the forty four year old french police officer had swapped himself for a hostage in a supermarket attack on friday shot by the gunman he later died of his injuries in this small town known in france for its medieval citadel people say he was a hero. he was a man who was passionate about his job i can only imagine that he knew that going into that supermarket he had little chance of getting out to give others a chance to leave because it got us on this you. caucus on it like a village it's a lovely place people are happy here i'm angry that there are bad people out there it was on friday morning that a gunman hijacked a car in caucus on killing its passenger he then shot and wounded one of a group of four police officers who were out jogging you then drove to the nearby town of ted where he attacked a supermarket took hostages and killed two more people pledging allegiance to myself. i saw the attack of firing two or three

many people in france are now questioning how the security agencies could have got it so wrong the tasha butler al jazeera france a car bomb has killed two policeman and injured five others in northern egypt the attack hits a security convoy as it passed the police station in the center of alexandria interior ministry says the city's security chief was the target explosion comes two days before monday's presidential election. well egypt's president abdel fattah el-sisi expected to easily secure a second term in office well there's a third presidential vote since the revolution which filled the fall of longtime early last name of barack come often to maria examines the country's political ups and downs a sense that. i remember this it's hard to forget really an eighteen day revolution it's hard to pyros tahrir square which brought down a president so firmly entrenched in egyptian life a cold in the pharaoh but equally a revolution can be something which goes full circle and it's hard to argue that it's not happened in egypt seven years later the play is largely the same just with a differ

let's get more now on the reaction in paris to one's comments from observers to tasha butler. well what we have there are two sides to the story on one hand we have a delegation from the kurdish dominated syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. saying that they met the french president emanuel mark hall on thursday evening and he personally committed to sending more troops to northeastern syria to supports the kurds on the other we have a statement from the police say saying that france is not planning any additional military operations in syria outside of its role alongside the international coalition fighting eisel what the lease say has said though is that the french president wants a role in trying to try and mediate between turkey and the s.d.f. it is a confused picture there is no doubt that the french president did indeed meet this delegation on thursday evening it was an on shared told me to get it was after that meeting that this delegation the yes you have delegation decided to put across their side of the story but it is a confused picture staying in syria rebels at leas