Missed the second half of the show? The latest on… Senator Mitch McConnell on his health after recent episodes and U.N. official Philippe Lazzarini on providing aid to Gaza. Source
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Mitch McConnell says “I’m completely recovered” after freezing episodes
The Senate Minority Leader commented on his health status during a broader discussion about foreign policy on “Face the Nation.” Source
Mideast scholar Hussein Ibish: “Israelis and Palestinians must stop dehumanizing each other”
The Arab Mideast scholar says the current infrastructure of Israeli occupiers and stateless Palestinians forces the two peoples into a toxic relationship of dominance and subordination, and that they must replace violent occupation and resistance with genuine coexistence. Source
U.N. official Philippe Lazzarini says Gaza needs a “significant scaling up” of humanitarian aid
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, tells “Face the Nation” that there needs to be a “significant scaling up of a supply line into Gaza and it needs to be sustained and it needs to be uninterrupted.” Source
Book excerpt: “Devil Makes Three” by Ben Fountain
The award-winning author of “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” returns with a political thriller involving an American entrepreneur caught amid a coup in Haiti. Source
Book excerpt: “North Woods” by Daniel Mason
The author of “The Piano Tuner” and “The Winter Soldier” returns with a novel that spans centuries, set in the woods of Massachusetts and a homestead that is a site of mystery and wonder. Source
Book excerpt: “Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein” by Anne Eekhout
In her new historical novel the Dutch author recreates the fabled 1816 weekend when an 18-year-old Mary Shelley, trapped by a storm at Lord Byron’s rented Swiss estate, conjured the horror tale “Frankenstein.” Source
Book excerpt: “Let Us Descend” by Jesmyn Ward
The latest novel from the two-time National Book Award-winner, about an enslaved Black girl in the American South, is thick with ghosts, history and searing poetry. Source
Transcript: Philippe Lazzarini from U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, on “Face the Nation,” Oct. 22, 2023
The following is a transcript of an interview with former Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, that aired on Oct. 22, 2023. Source
Full interview: Secretary of State Antony Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.” Source