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a good project to propose that project in two thousand and seventeen frankly it's like science fiction time warp except that science fiction usually looks forward to this one is a science fiction that is looking back astray is expected to remain the world's largest exporter of coal for at least the next twenty years despite that abundance some power station operators see a future in renewable energy and reduced carbon emissions. al-jazeera muscle brooke in the hunter valley themes and pirates standing all are costing the nigerian government at least a billion dollars in lost revenue every month security forces say they're getting tough on those responsible but that's likely to be a tough task as and interest reports from the niger delta. the hunt for pirates and all of these in the creeks of nigeria's delta it's hard and dangerous work. as we approach a base we were being watched all the way but the military hardware is enough deterrent. that the oil field was set on fire a strategy to stop us from getting close to these suspects however aren't lucky today and the reason we get on board. is

a good project to propose that project in two thousand and seventeen frankly it's like science fiction time war except that science fiction usually looks forward to this one is a science fiction that is looking back astray is expected to remain the world's largest exporter of coal for at least the next twenty years despite that abundance some power station operators see a future in renewable energy and reduced carbon emissions. al-jazeera muscle group in the hunter valley tens of millions across india are marking the hindu festival of those in the southern city of my sort of the local palace was lit up the ten day event marks the triumph of the hindu god the ram of the demon king vanna symbolizing the victory of good over evil it features an elephant processions for additional dances and the burning of mythological effigies. and a new records being set for chinese art at an auction in hong kong a painting by the chinese american artist it was sold for more than thirteen million dollars at sotheby's and saturday is the first time it's being sold it's been owned by the artist family since it

john grisham is known as the master of the legal thriller. 30 consecutive number one "new york times" fiction now he's out with his 25th legal thriller. he calls it "the rooster bar." it explores the world of for-profit law schools for a group of students who learn their school is owned by a shady hedge fund operator. john grisham joins us at the table. this is the second time -- as norah pointed out two in a year. >> two is too many. one is enough. >> when they're like this i don't know if two is too many. >> keep them coming. >> let's talk about "the rooster bar." the genesis is you read an article in "the atlantic" and you thought, what, this is -- >> it was an investigative peegs published three years ago and i stumbled across it. i was not familiar with for-profit law schools. i was not really familiar with the student debt crisis. and the article really opened my eyes. it was a great piece but also a troubling issue. i started researching. and the novel was quickly born from that. >> as you point out, the american bar association says there are currently six for-profit law schools in th

time. this isn't science fiction. we will tell but this dramatic discovery. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> how about this? the impact of the stars were so dramatic, it is actually created element. we'll brick it all down and explain when we come back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ when you're a double-dipping like steve sweeney, it's important to maintain a certain... lifestyle. that's why sweeney spent over a hundred grand of his campaign funds on high-priced meals and other gifts. we're talking fine cigars, fancy watches, pricey restaurants, and expensive wines - all to charm the type of folks who helped him raise your taxes 145 times. too many in south jersey are struggling. but steve sweeney's looking out for himself, not for us. >> so feeling a little dizzy yet? looking at nasa animation showing spectacular collision of two neutrons stars, witnessed by earth, scientists say the collision emitted electromagnetic waves and space time ripples theorized by albert inch stein, and scattered heavy element like golds and platinum acr

time. it's a fictional story. it's a work of fiction. >> it's called "freedom of death." and i'm writing these books so that i could create a vehicle for revenue while i'm on the street so i could have more room to do things for the community, like set up housing for low-income people. maybe even try to renovate a park for the youth. i believe that the youth is our future, and i believe that they need nourishment. >> the subject matter of hinkston's book is not exactly g-rated. >> i'm going read this scene for you. it's about an individual being tortured for violating the code, man. so rico muttered, trying to come to terms with his current reality after i smacked him into consciousness. surprise, surprise [ bleep ], welcome to my torture chamber. >> i don't want to say it's me, i've done these acts that's being committed in this book, but the main character has been fashioned after myself. >> i plunged the crocodile dundee knife into his right thigh. he screamed out in pain, shut the [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. i taunted him. >>, yeah, i would say it fls good, man. when i set

time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtop, i am stephen sackur, my guest today is one of the biggest selling fiction writersf all time. dan brown. his 2003 novel the da vinci code sparked outrage in the vatican, he's just published another epic tale, this time about man's quest for the origins of life. is there still a public appetite for dan brown's high—fibre blockbusters? dan brown, welcome to hardtop. usually the phrase which follows your name is best author but in reviews of your latest novel, 0rigin, the new phrase for you, and novelist of ideas. i like that. i have heard many things but i like that. i would did it and thought i had not heard about it but it is sort of what you are about.” had not heard about it but it is sort of what you are about. i love to write about the grey area between right and wrong, big ethical questions, will god survive science is what i tackled in 0rigin. questions, will god survive science is what i tackled in origin. in some ways it would seem hard to package that into a genre that maybe you don't like this word but people would regard as thriller.|j don't like this wor

what role does fiction play in time of fake news? i think about it a lot.l i stepped away from so—called magic realism and high fantasy and surrealism. i thought in a moment when there is so much untrue, fictionalising going on anyway, maybe don't do that! one of the things the novel as a form is really good at is establishing between the writer and the reader an agreement about the nature of truth. you read a book that you love and you think, yes, this is how the world is and how things are, how we are as people. so you did that because you think we are missing that now in normal dialogue? yes, i think people's breakdown of trust in journalism, in the idea of facts and reality, is a very dangerous thing. i think it's one of the reasons there may be for writing novels ata time like this, it's a place in which writers and readers can begin to agree once more on the nature of truth. do you really think experts are not particularly trusted any more? i think that's weird. the idea of the elite now has to do with education rather than wealth. you have a governme

make yesterday welcome to our tour, on stephen sako, make yesterday is one of the biggest fiction writers of all timedan brown. his 2003 novel the da vinci code sparked outrage in the vatican and he hasjust vinci code sparked outrage in the vatican and he has just published another epic tale, this time around man's quest for the origins of life. is there still a public appetite for dan brown's high—5 —— high—fibre blockbusters. dan brown, welcomed a hardtalk. thank you very much. the phrase that follows your name is usually best selling author. but actually, in refuse of the latest offals you've written, 0rigin, one critic came up with a new moniker which is novelist of ideas. i like that, i've heard many things that i like that one. of ideas. i like that, i've heard many things that i like that onelj looked many things that i like that one.” looked at it and i thought hang on, i haven't heard that before but now iam thinking i haven't heard that before but now i am thinking about it, it is thought of what you're about.” i am thinking about it, it is thought of what you're about. i like to write abou

war on terror in the middle east this leads to a war on terror but this time in africa because the group responsible for this fictional attack in new york is al qaida in africa so in june twenty twenty three just a couple of months after this sort of hideous fictional attack in new york city the u.s. and the start of operation desert strike which for many people will sound very familiar just like the name of the gulf war was operation desert storm and it sees u.s. and canadian ground forces arran see powell descending upon mauritania the fictional president of the us then promises that it will be a well planned rapid and efficient operation that would conclude in just a three is time but lo and behold two years down the line and by the pentagon's own simulated war game violence in mauritania and also in mali where this war is now spread to as well has increased by ninety percent the civilian population that is suffering that's despite the presence of a seventy thousand u.s. troops in the region so things according to this planned well to this simulated war game things have gone from bad to worse and when it comes to t

the times, weinstein said, o quote, came o of the '60s and '70s when i appreciate how the behavior in the past caused pain and i'm sincerely apologize for it. his resume includes hits like "pulp fiction," "goodwill hunting." he said "the new york times" had published false and defamatory statements about harvey weinstein adding we're preparing the lawsuit now, all proceeds will be donated to women's organizations. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we speak with "new york times" correspondent and cbs news contributor, jodie canter, one of the reporters who spent four months investigates the weinstein story. >>> the trump administration is finalizing the new immigration policy to deal with thousands of young immigrants covered by the deferred roxana saberi reports. >> reporter: this college student is grateful she could renew her daca application. >> i'm saving my money to pay for classes. >> reporter: her family moved to staten island when she was 2. daca helps students brought illegally as children stay and work. >> on september 5th, we were on our way to washington, d.c. we heard the news, and my heart was very heavy. >> we're properly enforcing our laws as congress has passed them.

time telling the story. the original story, although it was science fiction, it was about what it meant to be human and whatemories do in the formation of our personality. how do we define our identity? big science—fiction ideas. blade runner 2049 says these are the ideas that matter and we will run with them. about 30 minutes into the film, when i realised it really did have the confidence to take its time and pace itself, i heaved a sigh of relief because i was so glad that denis villeneuve had clearly taken the spirit of the original. i have seen it twice now. the first time, i was just knocked out by the way it looks and sounds, the way it was as a cinema experience. the second time around, what was fascinating was the way it became a melancholy experience. it's a film steeped in sadness, the idea "tears in rain", the key element of the original blade runner. if you're a fan, a genre movie fan, and blade runner is important to you, as it is to me and a lot of people, we really wanted the sequel to be good, but everyone was scared because where do you take the story and how will you not trip up? that sen

denis villeneuve has done a terrificjob, it takes its time because it needs to, because it is dealing with big, serious issues. if you're a science—fictionn, it is a world—building film, big ideas, not afraid of those ideas, and, frankly, when was the last time you saw a sequel to a really good film that didn't make you think, "i wish they hadn't done it"? that's true. they understand the film, the original writer for blade runner, hampton fancher, adapted from philip k dick's do androids dream of electric sheep?, he was the key writer, and you can tell it's about something. i think you'll love it, i genuinely think you'll like it. it is at least on my list, to be fair. dvd, for anyone who wants to say in? gifted, a sweet film about a single parent raising a gifted young child, he wants her to have an ordinary life, but her pushy grandmother has got other ideas. it owes certain debt to a film byjodie foster called little man tate, which i liked. i went into this thinking that this was cheese on toast, but i really liked it, really well played, just the right amount of sentimentality, and there was something a little bit more astringent i

have become overly sensitive others warn other people can no longer cope with fictional violence they're going to have a tough time with a real life after university. other measures also raise concerns among many in academia and literary circles the artistic director at the cambridge shakespeare festival says students shouldn't study the literature if they're not aware his works portray sex and violence so we look to other literary classics now that they might need to be sanitized. sikes back says nancy to death in her bed the corpse is so deformed that the person who identifies her body is so scared by the experience that they're led away in a straight jacket. to. your new cool sullen people's devil tough choice. his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and restore docents go with the new puncture marks finally thrust the shock point home press down the tiny piston. society isn't becoming sensitive just a few snowflakes who are in position of the influence at university they are pushing this agenda but the real agenda is to cut freedom of speech and cut freedom of expression it is our international th

he has made an appearance from time to time in one form or another. he says that is fictionver said, you'd better take that out. he is very open hearted on that one. you have been writing about obesity, your elder brother... that is a book that i have not completed yet. it is almost finished. your brother died young as a result of obesity? there are complications of morbid obesity. he had diabetes. your particular concern is the movement within the us in particular, saying, this is an acceptable way to live? i am not writing about the fat pride movement. there will come a time when i am more interested in talking about this, but this book is not finished yet. this is the subject that i am always on the lookout for. 0n the one hand, this is a huge social problem, it is an economic problem on the health service in the uk as well as the us. it is also an extremely personal problem and an emotional one. people have intense feelings about their weight these days. because of that, that is what i am always looking for. it has some social ramifications, but it is perfect for fiction

fiction film stars ryan gosling and harrison ford. jackie chan's ne foreigner" came in third. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - 10-15 cooler today; breezy to windy - tuesday morning chilliest since mid may! - gradually warming late week into the weekend - ophelia (post tropical); strong winds & rain to ireland and the uk today today: am clouds to sun. breezy to windy & cooler. highs: 62-65 winds: nw 10-15 g 25 mph tonight: mainly clear and chilly. lows: 36-45 winds: n 5 mph tuesday: sunny. chilly start; cool afternoon. highs: 62-65 winds: nw to s 5 mph coming up-- an historic move in the academy moves to expel harvey weinstein, as new victims come forward. why police may soon be knocking on his door. cnarrator: ed gillespie and i wants to endis ad. ed giof a woman'sd put thpersonal decisions,rge not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie never becomes governor. holds an emergency meeting-- and does something i

times" they, too, experienced weinstein's harassment. among them, gwyneth paltrow, angelina jolie, and "pulp fiction" star rosanna arquette. paltrow said -- "we're at a point in time when women need to send a clear message that this is over. this way of treating women ends now." weinstein's wife, well-known fashion designer, says she is ending their 10 year marriage. on tuesday, former president barack obama and former secretary of state hillary clinton both condemned weinstein, who is been a major democratic donor. in a statement, obama said he and michelle have been disgusted by the reports and said "any man who demeans and a great women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held a cannibal regardless of wealth or status -- held accountable regardless of wealth or status." opposition to the u.s.-backed saudi-led war in yemen is growing in washington, where lawmakers have introduced a congressional resolution to withdraw u.s. support for the ongoing bombing campaign. in an op-ed for "the new york times" published tuesday, california congressman ro khanna, north carolina congressman walter jones, and wisconsin congressm

. >> reporter: from the "new york times" about harvey weinstein, the studio exec known for producing blockbuster movies like pulp fictionand "silver linings playbook." he's been lauded repeatedly by male and female oscar winners alike. >> harvey weinstein who made this had film. >> now he says he's planning to take a leave of absence to deal with the issue head on. the times described several sexual harassment including from ashley judd who told variety in 2015, i was harassed by one of our industry's most famous admired/reviled bosses. she did not name him at the time but variety describes how he kept summoning her to his room under the pretense of talking about roles in his movies and tried to get her to waf him take a shower. he reached settlements with at least eight women in response to the allegations he said i came of age in the '60s and sechbs when all the rules were different. i appreciate the way i've behaved with colleagues in the past caused a lot of pain and i insearly apologize for it. his lawyer says they plan to sue the times saying it is filled with false and dee famtory statements. the times says they

. >> reporter: from the "new york times" about harvey weinstein, the studio exec known for producing blockbuster movies like pulp fictionand "silver linings playbook." he's been lauded repeatedly by male and female oscar winners alike. >> harvey weinstein who made this had film. >> now he says he's planning to take a leave of absence to deal with the issue head on. the times described several sexual harassment including from ashley judd who told variety in 2015, i was harassed by one of our industry's most famous admired/reviled bosses. she did not name him at the time but variety describes how he kept summoning her to his room under the pretense of talking about roles in his movies and tried to get her to waf him take a shower. he reached settlements with at least eight women in response to the allegations he said i came of age in the '60s and sechbs when all the rules were different. i appreciate the way i've behaved with colleagues in the past caused a lot of pain and i insearly apologize for it. his lawyer says they plan to sue the times saying it is filled with false and dee famtory statements. the times says they

it's very fictionalized and it's not based on time white. se, it's hoover's vision and hoover was interested and he never give public credit to tom white or the undercover operative on the case and he used the case to cement the mythology his own role and the version told and that is very fictionalized and not very and not broad outlines but in many ways it is fictionalized. one of the ironies is that the only people i could find that publicly thanked tom white was the osage trial who issued a tribal revolution thinking them by name. >> i haven't read the book yet but i wonder if you go into details about how many of those had rights even after the conspiracy was discovered how those rights were never returned to the family and when i began the story i thought of it very much as for lack of a better word who did it and i thought of it very much as the typical crime story where there is a singular back story has some accomplices. over time as i did research i began to see this much more as a story about who didn't do it and there were so many

fiction." now he is planning to take a leave of absence to deal with it head on. "the new york timesribe some from ashley judd who told "variety" i was sexually harassed by one of our industry's most famous admired slash reviled bosses. he kept summoning to his hotel room under the pretense of talking about roles in movies and tried to get judd to watch him take a shower. weinstein reached settlements with at least eight women. in response to the allegations weinstein staid in a statement i came of age in the '60s and '70s when all the rules about behavior and workplaces were different. i appreciate t behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain and i sinlo gize it. attorney lisa bloom, daughter of feminist lawyer gloria allred is advising weinstein and released a statement calling him an old dinosaur learning new ways but also says he denies many of the accusations as patently false. weinstein's lawyer tells abc news they plan to sue "the new york times" saying the story is saturated with false and defamatory statements. "the new york times" says they are confident i

town where there are no rules, where the truth is stranger than fiction, and where fiction is based on reality. it is timeor the department of justice to get their act in gear, start a federal criminal investigation into harvey weinstein, his ongoing criminal activity that no doubt has crossed state lines and continents, and that's my open. tell me what you think on my facebook, twitter, instagram, hashtag judge jeanine. all right, joining me now to talk about all of this is author and columnist mark stein. you know, mark, i got to tell you, that's what i did for 30 years. i hate it when they use power and they victimize innocent victims, and this guy did it for all to see, and none of those phonies who pretend to tell us how we act as though we are inferior to them knew about it. when you've got four guys on the weinstein board who resigned, four out of nine, in days, you know there's more coming. what do you think, mark? >> yeah, and i think that's the real issue here, judge. this guy is an evil man, a monster, and his evil goes back to the dawn of the 1980's, the beginning of his career. i think that's

times" they too experienced weinstein's harassment. among them -- ashley judd, gwyneth paltrow, angelina jolie, rose mcgowan, and "pulp fiction" star rosanna arquette. paltrow said -- we're at a point in time when women need to send a clear message that this is over. this way of treating women ends now." on wednesday, rose mcgowan reported that her twitter account had been suspended. mcgowan had been using twitter support other women who have come forward and to attack those she saw as complicit, including the weinstein company board of directors and high p profile actors matt damon and ben affleck. rose mcgowan accused ben a afflk of lying a about his knowledge f weinstein's history of sexual misconduct. weinstein's wife, georgina chapman, a well-known fashion designer, says she's ending their 10-year marriage. on tuesday, former president barackck obama and former secretary of state hillary clinton both condemned weinstein, who has been a major democratic donor. in a statement, obama said he and michelle have been disgusted by the reports and said -- "any man who demeans and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held a

our look at the best nonselling fiction books according to the l.a. timescontinues with social scientists look at the psychology be behind the longing. in seventh is the recount of the turning point of the vietnam wa war. followed by national book award winning author on the legacy of president obama in we were eight years in power. next is new yorker staff writer and national book award finalist with killers of the flower man about a string of murders in the oklahoma in the 1920s of the indian osage nation. wrapping up our look is blindsided, attorney james encountered a decade-long battle with a chemical company area and :

. >> reporter: his films including "the king's speech," "pulp fiction," and "shakespeare in love" winning 75 oscars. a "new york timesalleges he used his power for more sordid ends, uncovering sexual harassment allegations spanning almost three decades, from actresses ashley judd to rose mcgowan to young female assistants looking to start careers in hollywood. >> nobody with any amount of money or glamour or profile should be held to different standards than every single man responsible for and friends with women in this world. >> reporter: the story striking a nerve. when did you meet your harvey weinstein? getting more than 24 responses on twitter from women in all walks of life. the movie mogul, the latest powerful man accused of preying on female employees. fox news playing millions for claims against former anchor bill o'reilly and ceo roger ailes. ride-sharing uber accused of fostering a toxic culture of sexively and harassment. weinstein said, i appreciate the way i've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and i sincerely apologize for it. lisa bloom, who has represented women in claims

back in my time after the show that we're told a broad based government all important fiction on board and that is to go and if you want because a bunch there do the accepted by the ones there for me to stay with if we've had threats of honest an interest see what i call efficient government taliban official in the burbs for grecian of that is how the country was created in seven in for. a grand bargain between different ones if there is this of on the side if that speech of honest on this knowledge remained in that form so that is the it doesn't really matter but one alone will often be able to control it in the best days. and i just meant is that when we have revealed have a consensus government that would be the one that by your son and all the other e.u. countries would say no. we have not is stored the status quo ante of nine hundred seventy nine you should know this does pakistani intelligence have enough leverage and different taliban groups in afghanistan to actually help push stocks should they ever take both course she is we have pushed them very often but whenever you push t

times. the director, who worked with harvey weinstein on films such as pulp fiction and kill bill, has admitted he's now ashamed he continued to work with the movie mogul. meanwhile, the actress lupita nyong'o is the latest star to come forward. before winning her 0scar for twelve years a slave in 2012, she accuses harvey weinstein of sexual harassment on at least two occasions. in an industry of comebacks and second chances, there is a consensus that while mr weinstein denies multiple claims against him there will be no chance of redemption. no. they were a watershed moment. this is a sea change. i think his last name will become a noun and a verb. we've got to hear from everybody so we understand how vast and all encompassing this was. police in la say they're investigating fresh allegations by an unnamed italian model who said she was assaulted by weinstein in a hotel room in 2013. an allegation recent enough that could lead prosecutors to take the film—maker to trial. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news: eu leaders agree to start prepari

winesteen explosive new allegations tonight from the new york times about harvey winesteen known for producing blockbuster movies like "pulp fictionand "silver lining play book" he's been lauderda applauded repeatedly. >> now he plans to take a leave of absence after several sexual harassment. >> she didn't name h but variety describes how he kept summited him to the hotel room and try to get judd to watch him take a shower wieinstein reache settlements with at least eight women. he said he came of age when rules in the workplace were different. i appreciate i've caused a lot of pain and sincerely apologize for it. attorney of feminist of gloria alred is advising weinstein and says he denies many of the accusations as patently false. >> weinstein's lawyers tells abc news that they plan to sue the new york times saying it is defamiliar torrey statements but the times is confident in their reporting. >>> two dishes and a drink for $40. mitchelin just released the best of the bay area restaurants where you can find a deal this is the new comfort food. grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. a better way t