for more, i'm joined by andrew smith, a professor of history and politics at the university of chichester. thank you for joining us. edouard philippe has been a steady pair of hands during the coronavirus crcrisis. why would president macron want to remove the most popular minister in his government and replace him with a relative unknown? what is the strategy here? andrew: it is an interesting question. i think that is really at the heart of the shift. is it vote strategy, vote positioning? is it macron trying to exact his influence? we have seen macron describe the idea that het, the takes so much involvement in sony things. with philippe, we saw a lot of good interaction between the two. you can see this working together, which was i think relatively effective. france had a relatively decent response to the coronavirus crisis. thater, one of the things developed is exactly as you are saying. the prime minister is meant to be a presidential prophylactic, as it were. kind of shield him from difficult decisions and all the rest. when your prime minister b becos more popular than your pres

andrew smith is the director of the campaign against autumn strayed he says the u.k.'s government of the government small business graceful. we were shocked by the $1000.00 we hadn't had any prior warning that was going to be coming today and we believe it's an utterly disgraceful decision it's a morally bankrupt decision we can't see how your government could possibly have looked at the evidence and concluded that the seals were legal then bombing of yemen has created the worst humanitarian crisis in what it was and yet the u.k. has continued to arm incident and support this 80 regime but doesn't let it was brutal catastrophe when mr set. that she is referring to the bombing of schools she's referring to the bombing of possible tools she is referring to the bombing of weddings and even funerals which have been turned into the sites of massacres how many hundreds of isolated incidents does it take before the government sees it there's a pattern we are considering all legal you know all legal options to challenge this decision and we expect to have an update on that in

among them a team in the group painted by andrew smith and experts with a campaign against arms trade. in march 2017. 18 filed a complaint contesting the legality of uki arms sales to saudi arabia they were once firsts. for the reason we took legal action is because we believe fees arms sales are not just and moral we belief it also illegal u.k. arms export criteria is very clear it says that if there is a clear risk that weapons might be used to commit a serious violation of international humanitarian law and an arms sale should not go ahead the case brought several classified emails to light like this one consider the defense secrets. in it the head of the export control joint units a government organization expresses doubts about the legality of the arms shipments concluding. to be honest and i was very direct and honest with the secretary of state my gut tells me we should suspend. the n.-g. o. lost the 1st round in the case but was allowed to file an appeal. on june 20th the u.k. court of appeals ruled on the case declaring brit. arm sales to saudi arabia for use in its war in ye

liquid evolved sales to that country the court says could commit them campaign against arms sales andrew smith says that the best way to make sure you can weapons are no longer used against civilians is to stop the sales. arms industry is actually a very small part of the economy cancer but 0.2 percent of jobs but the damage which it does internationally is beyond calculation as we're seeing in yemen where the world's worst humanitarian crisis has been elected and you can meet fighter jets u.k. made bombs new commitments miles of which essential rule struction where weapons are being exported they're being used and we're seeing the u.k. made weapons being used to repression against pro-democracy campaigners in hong kong we've seen u.k. made weapons used around atrocities in abuses her own best way to make sure that you keep weapons are no longer used in peace of peace is to stop the sales. of a.b.c. put cost has come under fire after a presenter labeled white women as karen's. balkin white when not the carin. educate yourself read some better. the term is usually used to refer to a middle aged

andrew smith. he is the director of the bureau of federal tech in the consumer trade commission. >> thank you. chairman moran, ranking members blumenthal and members of the subcommittee, i am andrew smith, the director of the federal trade commission's bureau of consumer protection. my written statement represents the views of the commission, but this opening statement represents my views alone, and not necessarily accused the commission, or any individual commissioner. i am pleased to appear before you today to discuss protecting americans on covid-19 scams, despite the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic, the bureau of consumer protection has managed to be aggressive, creative and productive, particularly with respect to scams, taking advantage of covid-19 during confusion many of our specific initiatives in the last four months are outlined in my written testimony, but what is truly remarkable to me is how the entire bureau of consumer protection has risen to the occasion and made a major con

andrew smith is the director of the campaign against arms trade he joins me now via skype from glasgow thanks for being with us so what were you surprised by the announcement we were shocked by the united we had any prior warning that was going to be coming today and we believe it's actually disgraceful decision it's a morally bankrupt decision we can't see how your government could possibly get looked at the evidence and concluded that the seals were illegal the bombing of yemen has created the worst humanitarian crisis and one of those and yet the u.k. has continued to arm and support the stated regime but doesn't let it was brutal catastrophe so that in the written statement the trade secretary talked about there being only isolated incidents of air strikes in yemen that breached humanitarian law. and you can add you expect to the government that would somehow continue blocking arms sales even when the even when this expired this legal precedent. well when. mr set. she is referring to the bombing of schools she's referring to a bomb in a possible she's referring to the bombing of we

despite admitting they're sometimes used in war crimes in yemen campaigner against arms sales andrew smith says that the best way to make sure you can weapons are no longer used against civilians is to stop the sales. the arms industry is actually very small part of the economy that can survive as he took point 2 percent jobs but the damage which it does internationally is beyond calculation as we're seeing in yemen where the world's worst humanitarian crisis has been inflicted and you can meet fighter jets u.k. made bombs new commit missiles which essential rule in struction where weapons are being exported they're being used and we're seeing the u.k. made weapons being used in repression against pro-democracy campaigners in hong kong we've seen u.k. made weapons used and atrocities in p.c.'s her own best way to make sure that you keep weapons are no longer used in peace or peace is to stop the sales and that's if i'm ever more news than half an hour. time after time called her ration to repeat the same mantra sustainability very important to excel or transition to sustainable transport s

campaign against arm sales andrew smith says that the best way to make sure you carry weapons and no longer used against civilians is to stop the sales. arms industry is actually a very small part of the economy cancer but 0.2 percent of jobs but the damage which it does internationally is beyond calculation as we're seeing in yemen where the world's worst humanitarian crisis has been elected and you can meet fighter jets u.k. made bombs new commitments miles of which essential rule and struction where weapons are being exported they're being used and we're seeing the u.k. made weapons being used to repression against pro-democracy campaigners in hong kong we've seen u.k. made weapons used around atrocities in abuses her own best way to make sure that you care weapons are no longer used in peace of peace is to stop the seals. b.b.c. podcast has come under fire after presenter labeled white women as karen's how can white women in not be carin. educate yourself read some better. the term is usually used to refer to a middle aged middle class white woman who displays racist behavior aro

i am andrew smith, director of the federal trade commission's bureau. my written statement represents the views. of theessarily the views commission or individual commissioners. i am pleased to appear before you today to discuss protecting americans from covid-19 scams. theite the disruption, bureau has managed to be productive, particularly with taking to scams advantage of covid-19 fear and confusion. many are outlined in my written testimony, but what is truly remarkable is how the entire bureau has visited to the occasion and made a major contribution against covid scams. each of our regional offices is pulling its weight, while keeping up with project loads and cases. practice division is taking on robo calls. our privacy division is focused on contact tracing and issues around since learning. our enforcement division is taking on fulfillment scams that promise ppe to consumers, but that never delivered. collecting and analyzing complaint data for public consumption and improve law enforcement targeting. it remote courtroom appearance these, testim

moved to nashville, tennessee, dropping out of graduate school, in nashville came people like smith, andrew, janetta hayes, dolores wilkerson, and john lewis. and diane nash. ct vivian. lafayette. paulina night. angela butler. how all of us gathered in 1958 and '59 and '60 and '61 and '62, at the same city, at the same time, i count as being providential. we did not plan it. [laughs] we all lived there. when charlie smith and the national christian leadership counsel met in the fall of 1958, and we determined that, if there's to be a second major campaign that will demonstrate the efficacy of satyagraha, of soulforce, of lovetruth, that you would have to do it in nashville. so, our plan, as a strategist and organizer, a 4-point gandhian strategic program to create the campaign. we decided, with great fear and anticipation, we would desegregate downtown nashville. no group of black people or other people anywhere in the united states, in the 20th century, against the rapacious nest of a segregated system, every thought about desegregating downtown. tearing down the signs, but renovating wait

peter strzok signed off on it, so did kevin klein smith. andrewhey picked pientka because he was a top agent. he later interviews flynn along with peter strzok trying to corner flynn into lying to the fbi. is it your sense that we're seeing documents released and declassified now because the u.s. attorney, junk during how many -- john durham, talking to them maybe in his criminal probe? >> yeah. i mean, here's -- elizabeth: you think that's going on? >> since the mueller -- i think that's exactly what's going on. these are documents being declassified and released to the public. they're only sent out to the public once the justice department and durham are finished with them. i think they've already are talked to pientka, i think they're probably talking to strzok. but that's how they do these investigations. they start small and then you're supposed to plead guilty if or blame your boss, and it works it way up the food chain. that's how they came after me. in our case, of course, in the trump administration nobody had done anything wrong x so it

to nashville, tennessee, dropping out of graduate school in nashville came people like kelly smith and andreweanette hays and helen roberts and delo res wilkerson and john lewis. and diane nash. ct vivian. marian berry. bernard lafayette. paulina knight. and and gentlemen angela butler. how we all gathered in the same city at the same time i count as being providential. we did not plan it. we were all led there. and when kelly smith and the nashville christian leadership council met in the fall of 1958, and we determined that if there's to be a second major campaign that will demonstrate the efficacy of satagria grata, love force, love truth that we would have to do it in nashville. and so, i planned as the strategist and organizer, a four-point strategic program to create the campaign. we decided with great fear in anticipation we would desegregate downtown nashville. no group of other people in the united states in the 20th century against the segregated system ever thought about desegregated downtown. tearing down the signs. ren vatding the waiting rooms. taking the immoral signs off of dr

with me are kezia dugdale, director, john smith centre for politics & public service at glasgow uni and kate andrews, economic correspondent at the spectator. as the uk government defends its decision to quarantine those travelling from spain, the metro leads with uk prime minister boris johnson's warning that a second wave of coronavirus is under way in europe. that story also on the front page of the financial times, with spain's prime minister pedro sanchez calling the uk's decision ‘unjust‘. the telegrpah has been speaking to the boss of london's heathrow airport who has urged the uk government to provide coronavirus tests on arrival in a bid to rescue the summer holidays — the paper also carried a picture of the duchess of cornwall sporting a liberty print face mask on a visit to the national gallery in london. the mirror's lead is the news that police in germany, investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann 13 years ago, have been excavating an allotment in the city of hanover. and the guardian leads on calls for 1.5 million additional school meals to be offered to pupils in england — t

nashville, tennessee, dropping out of graduate school, in nashville came people like kelly miller smith and andrewnetta hayes and helen roberts and deloris wilkerson and john lewis and e diane nash, ct vivian, marion barry, lafayette, paulina knight, angela butler. how all of us gathered in 1958 and '59 and '60 and '61 and '62 in the same city at the same time i count as being providential. we did not plan it. we were all led there. and when kelly miller smith and the nashville leadership council met in the fall of 1958 and we determined that if there's to be a second major campaign, that will demonstrate the efficacy of satya graha of soul force, of love truth, that we would have to do it in nashville. and so i planned as the strategist and organizer a four-point gandhiing strategic program to create the campaign. we decided with great fear we would desegregate downtown nashville. no group of people or anywhere in the united states in the 20th century bence the rapaciousness of a segregated system ever thought about desegregating downtown. tearing down the signs, renovating the waiting rooms, tak

with me are kezia dugdale, director, john smith centre for politics & public service at glasgow uni and kate andrewsonomic correspondent at the spectator. welcome back with you. more times to go through these papers now. tomorrow's front pages starting with. .. as the uk government defends its decision to quarantine those travelling from spain, the metro leads with uk prime minister boris johnson's warning that a second wave of coronavirus is under way in europe. that story also on the front page of the financial times, with spain's prime minister pedro sanchez calling the uk's decision ‘unjust‘. the times also has that story, as well as a picture of the england cricketer stuart broad, who became only the seventh bowler to take 500 test wickets as england clinched a series victory over west indies yesterday. the telegraph has been speaking to the boss of london's heathrow airport who has urged the uk government to provide coronavirus tests on arrival in a bid to rescue the summer holidays — the paper also carries a picture of the duchess of cornwall sporting a liberty print face mask on a visit to t

andrew fails to appear on official photographs. it has taken everybody a bit by surprise, penny smith?of course it is one of those things where... is a special day like that, for example, where you are walking down the aisle with your daughter and you are nowhere in existence. mind you, it isa nowhere in existence. mind you, it is a lovely picture of the queen and prince philip and of course that outfit, i was just thinking prince philip and of course that outfit, i wasjust thinking i have seen that outfit somewhere before and it was when she was making sir tom more sir tom, the 100—year—old who was so chuffed to meet the queen, so we will see more of that outfit a bit later on, and i think it is something like the first time in 235 years that there has been a very quiet, secretive royal wedding. yes, and you can understand why, i suppose, you can understand why the individual snaps prince andrew isn't there, but whether he was or wasn't, attention is going to be paid to it,. yes, of course, and that is the point. sorry, penny, iwas trying to get back to to join in. point. sorry, penny

andrew lawson, and activists, speaking. we will hear later from former president barack obama. w: we did not plan it. we all lived there. when kelly miller smith- ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bluebird television and radio. the stock of the hour is ups. surging the most in one day in 20 years since most of us are getting ups trucks at our house delivering things. kailey leinz is here with report. tradingups is up 16%, at a record high. they blew it out of the water in the second quarter. in this stay-at-home world where e-commerce is booming, that means a lot of online orders have to get delivered. average quarterly volume jumped 23% in the quarter driven mostly by a 65% surge in residential delivery, and that led to a 13% jump in revenue in the period. i would point out analyst thought revenue was going to fall on a year on year basis. this is a huge upside surprise and a big surprise on the bottom share,arnings of $2.13 a which doubled analyst estimates. if there is a negative spot, it is the margin pressure. yes we are getting a lot more at home deliveries, but not as many business-to-business, and business-to-business is the lucra

which is exactly what adam smith said capitalists would do if you let them get together over cocktails and didn't send somebody in to listen to what they were saying. andrewhe question how is your Ãbfor example, i'm thinking alfred w crosby ecological imperialism, and the result of climate crisis. imprinting european agriculture and commissary, Ã >> i relied the past in many different ways on crosby's work and particularly the ecological imperialism the whole idea of europe exporting it and basically his ecosystem. with it. it's agricultural plants and animals, its understanding of resources and what they are good for and all that sort of thing. i think my argument and his arguments intersect i think fairly compatibly. my focus i think crosby is looking more at the larger unanticipated consequences. remember, there's a wonderful piece in there about i think one of the azores were somebody let's routes loose 50 years later there was nothing left green on the aisle because rabbits just do what rabbits do. one of the beauties of environmental history is that it's full of these kinds of forces that are not under anyone's control. unfortunately, that fact ofte

smith. >> sandra: brian kilmeade, big morning coming up couple live events we're watching just ahead the supreme court opinions are expected, judge andrewk force briefing. it will be hosted by vice president mike pence. what are the doctors saying about our ability to reopen schools and get kids back in the classroom this fall. we're learning more this morning former education secretary margaret spellings is our guest as well and illan omar calling for the dismantling of america's system and oppression, neil cavuto on that big three hours coming up on this wednesday morning join us live from america's news room studio j top of the hour. which over time can cause sensitivity and a lot of people start to see their teeth turn yellow. i like to recommend pronamel to my patients to help them protect their teeth and keep the enamel strong. steve: the faculty at washington lee university has voted to remove robert e. lee's name from the title of that liberal arts college. the faculty affairs committee writing "lee does not represent who we are and who we want to be lee cannot just symbolize our community any more." here with reaction is the pr