hi, robin. >> caller: hello, doctor gordon reed.hy do you think the leaders of the confederacy didn't take seriously the failure of the economics with essentially only [inaudible] one crop economy? >> guest: some nations overseas were reluctant to trade. the constitution is explicit about all of this. peoplele are stubborn. also the plan of available evidence indicates annexation by the united states and statehood. some of the problems would even out and get protection and join a larger economy and they would go forth as part of the united states of america. so, that for lots of people that was the plan all along. the failures may not have been surprising to them because the ultimate goal was something else. >> host: i, roberto. >> caller: retired teacher here in texas and i have two points to make, doctor gordon reed. one, you kind of evaded the issue, but critical race theory is going to be coming up this month in the state legislature and they want to forbid it. i think that you should put your work a and come to austin to spk ab

caller: hello doctor gordon reed.y do you think the leaders of the confederacy did not take more seriously the economic failure of the republic of texas as a place essentially only incontinence, one crop economy be to also some nations overseas who really lucked into trade with them because they were so explicitly a slaveholder republic. they try to hide slavery talking about a person's health and service but the texas constitution is explicit about all of this. people are stubborn and people were also, the plan available as it indicates there was people who wanted texas to become a part of the united states and hope for annexation by the united states and eventually statehood. so for the people who wanted just the republic that is one group of folks and the people that thought this to be a part of the united states that some of their problems that they would get protection from mexico and join the larger economy and they would go forward as part of the united states of america, for a lot of people that was the plan a

steuben annette gordon reed, and her husband dr. pierce are prominent retired couple in san antonio, i've met them thseveral times at the texas book festival in austin. but mrs. pierce e-mail meay separately cigna texas state history museum has abruptly canceled the speech by the authors of the new book on the alamo. w i do not know if you are familiar with that book. taxes are trying to keep theut truth from competing with, this is crazy and related to censorship. i know we touched on forget the alamo a minute ago. they wanted to acknowledge this e-mail. >> guest: yes i've heard about the situation. what they call the streisand effect. i think when you draw attention to things like this, this'll probably makeable go out and read the book even more. people do not like to have ideas and things kept from them. that is an unfortunate situation from the things i've actually read about a it. i have not read the book yet. that should be on my nightstand next. >> host: will you be on the book festival circuit this fall? >> i think so. s i'

>>caller: hello doctor gordon reed.y do you think the leaders ofhe the confederacy did not take more seriously the economic failure of the republic of texas where only cotton is a crop? one crop economy? >> and also those that were reluctant to trade with them because they were the slaveholders republic so this tries to hide slavery but the texas constitution is explicit about all of this. people are stubborn and also the plan indicates there were people who always wanted texas to become a part of the united states a plan was to leave mexico hoping for annexation by the united states and then statehood. for those that wanted just the republic those that thought it would be part of the united states that they word even out by those protections of mexico o to join the larger economy and go forward as part of the united states of america. for lots of people that was the plan all along so the failures of the republic may not have been surprising because the ultimate goal was something else and that would be statehood. >>cal

we went back to walter reed general hospital to talk with jim and we found a man dead.are you doing? >> fine, sir. >> how are you feeling? >> feeling? >> just fine. >> tell me what happened to you. where were you? >> 15 miles north of the 38 and there was a counterattack so we waited around for a while and the chinese started popping up in 15 or 20 minutes later we were overrun by the chinese and there were only five of us left so we were taken to the hill. a concussion grenade went off in front of my face and knocked me out. i figured two hours after that they have put me in a foxhole. >> you lost your eyes. >> yes, sir. >> i was washing blood off of my face and after that they told me they were going to move me out on a march. they would be 25 miles per day. >> was this the only medical treatment he received? >> yes. >> water to wash your face-off? >> yes. in the march they wouldn't let us take water. if we crossed the pond we would scoop it up with a cup we had in our hands. this one kid shot at chinese. >> they have a trial and he didn't have any weapons. >> no, sir

caroline reed, sessions will be later. caroline reed. lovely — sessions will be later.th - sessions will be later. caroline | reed, lovely to speak with you. sessions will be later. caroline i reed, lovely to speak with you. i should think that children will have a lot to discuss and debate whatever the outcome. quite an education expense and inhabits up. thanks for being with us. enjoy the match out. thank you. we've spoken a lot about england but what about their opponents in sunday's final italy. the azzurri are unbeaten in 33 matches and with expectations running high fans are hoping the team can bring home their second euros trophy. 0ur correspondent mark lowen report from rome. it's notjust england impatient for football glory. italy's last european title came 53 years ago. but there's no national trauma here, since world cup victory followed in 1982. playing on both triumphs was goalkeeper dino zoff. how did he feel at that crowning moment? in heaven, he says. in the scramble for silverware, italy is hungry, and, he says, ready. translation: they don't - need my

why are you going to walter reed on a sunday for a difficult check out? >> sandra: just talking about this, hopefully we get some clarity on this. >> who is going to believe it is a typical checkup? >> sandra: why leave all of the room for ambiguity? why not make it very clear? okay, maybe it was a routine medical checkup, but on a sunday is interesting. let's assume that they did indeed, they contracted the coronavirus. we wrote down the odds of that, and i will just read this because three out of around 60 or one out of every 20 vaccinations, texas lawmakers had a breakthrough inspection versus the cdc rate of one infection out of every 9,842 vaccinations. the texas lawmakers rate is approximately 29000% higher than the cdc rate. this is a very effective vaccine. this would be statistically major anomaly. i don't know any other way to say it, brian. >> without the most controversial thing they did was get on plane and leave. it is anti-american. i don't like these voter i.d. laws because they want to rein in the pandemic stretch laws. 24-hour voting. ma

qr and annette gordon-reed. we just had her bestseller in juneteenth and we have another look on the front page of their times american on fire. jack davis won a pulitzer for his book called the gulf. he goes all over the gambit. >> host: other names include transportation secretary pete buttigieg, edward o. wilson the naturalist and paul mccartney. what was it like to publish mr. mccartney? >> guest: i can't answer that because i published him in 2001 but his life's work as we see it is coming in november. it's called the lyrics. i've known paul for 20 years and this will be in lieu of an autobiography. it's two volumes and it deals with 154 songs. he does commentary on how they came about and the stories behind them and what involved the lyrics. there are over 700 images and over half we have never seen before. we think it will be one of the biggest books of all and paul has done so much collaboration. paul is a sweet and wonderful man but he likes to be creative and he likes to be energetic. he does not lay b

. >>> vice president harris is at walter reed for what the white house says is a routine checkup. she adds the vice president and her staff are all vaccinated. >>> i want to get to some breaking news out of california. a pretty tense scene unfolded in the town of riverside about an hour east of los angeles. [ shouting ] >> whoa, whoa. >> you see tensions escalating there. protesters and counter-protesters clashing, all at a demonstration by republican house members matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene. one is being seen pushed as

now then, we are pleased indeed to welcome akhil reed amar to our virtual stage. he is a sterling professor of law in political science at yale university. before joining the faculty declared for judge thehe associe justice stephen breyer when he was judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit. akhil reed amar is also a regular visiting adjunct professor at columbia law school and the author of the recently released book "the words that made us: america's constitutional conversation, 1760-1840". join us as moderate this evening is richard brookhiser, senior fellow at the "national review" institute, a senior editor of the "national review," and author of numerous books including give me liberty, history of america's exceptional idea, and john marshall, the man who made the supreme court. he was historian curator for new york historical 2004 exhibition alexander hamilton, the man who made modern america. i was delighted to be able to work with himo back then. and in 2008, president george w. bush awarded him the national humanities medal in a white hou

reed: labor force participation. one of the other illustrations from the pandemic was that many, particularly women, were unable to continue in the workforce because of their childcare responsibilities. have you in the fed looked at this factor as one of those inhibiting issues for labor force participation? is it a factor? chair powell: it is a factor. if you include caretaking it is a big factor. if you include children and schools being closed and caretaking, it is still a medium-size factor holding back participation. sen. reed: if there is a reasonable and available daycare, that should contribute to increased labor force participation? chair powell: daycare coming back and reopening being available, it is also schools reopening in the fall. sen. reed: all of us touched one way or another on the inflation issues. some of these seem to be one-off effects of the pandemic. lumber went out of sight because people were sitting at home and decided to redecorate and renovate. lumber futures are down. we can see that le

yet you quote adolph reed. adolph reed calls himself a socialist. and he in this i mentioned anyway was very much agree with you and actually say that part of his criticism of the civil rights movement would be that it was oh yeah, it opened doors to people like you, people like me. but it didn't do as much as he would have liked for william julius wilson, the truly disadvantaged. what do you have to say about labels and it's sort of an interesting thing area on the one hand you're viewed as a conservative, on the other hand you're embracing the truly disadvantaged and your criticizing people for not helping out enough the truly disadvantaged. your reactions all that. >> your accusation says it all because i don't define myself as aconservative. i define my political philosophy as radical pragmatist . i am a cardiac christian. who is aradical pragmatist . i believe in and all of us, someone said it doesn't matter what people call you. it's what you responded to that's important . and we all have references. my reference groups are low income people

yet, you quote adolf reed.dolf reed calls himself a socialist and he in this dimension, anyway, would very much agree with you and actually say that his part of his criticism of the civil rights movement would be that it was, you know, yeah, it opened doors for people like you, for people like me, but it didn't do as much as he would have liked for william julius wilson calls the truly disadvantaged. what do you have to say about labels? that's sort of an interesting thing. on the one hand, you're viewed as a conservative. on the other hand, you're embracing the truly disadvantaged and you're criticizing people for not helping out enough the truly disadvantaged. your reaction to all of that? >> your explanation says it all. because i don't define myself as a conservative. i define myself -- my political philosophy as radical pragmatist. i am a cardiac christian who is a radical pragmatist. someone said it doesn't matter what people call you, is what you respond to that's important. we all have reference groups.

yet you quote adolph reed. adolph reed calls himself a socialist. and he in this i mentioned anyway was very much agree with you and actually say that part of his criticism of the civil rights movement would be that it was oh yeah, it opened doors to people like you, people like me. but it didn't do as much as he would have liked for william julius wilson, the truly disadvantaged. what do you have to say about labels and it's sort of an interesting thing area on the one hand you're viewed as a conservative, on the other hand you're embracing the truly disadvantaged and your criticizing people for not helping out enough the truly disadvantaged. your reactions all that. >> your accusation says it all because i don't define myself as aconservative. i define my political philosophy as radical pragmatist . i am a cardiac christian. who is aradical pragmatist . i believe in and all of us, someone said it doesn't matter what people call you. it's what you responded to that's important . and we all have references. my reference groups are low income people

for the state of race in america, i want to talk to annette gordon-reed.d a pulitzer prize-winning historian. her new book is "on juneteenth." annette gordon-reed, welcome to the show. >> glad to be here. >> i know this is an impossibly large question, but if somebody were to ask you, what is the state of american race relations today, how would you answer? >> well, i think it's like a river. there is a surface and a deep part of it that could be going with crosscurrents. i think we're sort of at an interesting time because we see the growth in white nationalism, we see a growth in efforts to suppress the vote, which, in many instances, means suppressing the black vote. on the other hand, we go through our daily lives and we seem to get along. there is not a race war going on, but there seem to be people who wish to foment one. >> let me tell you how i look at it and tell me if i'm wrong. i do think there has been an enormous amount of progress made. blacks are more integrated into every echelon of american society, whether college, grad school, profession

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vice president harris making a routine to walter reed on sunday. oh, imagine the uproar if this were mike pence and a bunch of republicans. if the media don't call them out did the dems do anything wrong? this is the entire basis of our political reality today. fanatical hyperbole by the right and embrace of the most egregious behavior of the left. marc thiessen. what is your take on this now as we try and understand it. >> good morning. there is so much hypocrisy here it is hard to keep track of it. first it's the covid hypocrisy. as miranda said if five republicans -- if these republicans got on a plane, got covid and met with mike pence and went to walter reed would be calling this is super spreader flight. instead there is crickets. then the filibuster hypocrisy. why were texas democrats fleeing texas? they were engaging in a walking filibuster in order to thwart the will of the majority and top the texas legislature from passing an election law. they're being received as conquering heroes in washington who wants to get rid of the filibuster in

o'halleran: i wish the reed family strength and peace during this immensely difficult time. in the wake of this tragedy, i am heartened to see an outpouring of love and support from countless in the community. i encourage every arizonan to continue to show kindness to their neighbors. also urge everyone to prioritize safety above all else during the monsoon season. my wife and i are keeping macy's family, loved ones, and the entire pima community in our prayers as they mourn her passing. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to honor the life of rock 'n' roll hall of famer and zz top member dusty hill. dusty was born and raised in dallas, texas, and began playing bass at the age of 14. mr. nehls: he soon mastered the bass. from 1966 to 1968, dusty played with his brother, rocky hill, and future zz top

tested positive for covid-19 now the white house is saying vice president harris will visit walter reed hospital for a routine doctors appointment, let's go to the white house life we will find david spunt. >> were asking the vice president office because of the timing after learning that some people she met with later tested positive for covid-19, they do not believe she was in contact they said she is not isolating because of this and the vice president is healthy. we wanted to ask about the routine doctors appointment, she is visiting walter reed for a routine doctors appointment. meanwhile president biden the president of the united states at camp david he did not meet with this group but the vice president did this is a photograph that made headlines because the group in the middle of the pandemic did not wear masks on the plane it's a nonnegotiable cdc guideline in faa mandate in addition to the meeting with the vice president they met with joe manchin and majority leader chuck schumer, their office say both men were not exposed as spokeswoman for the vice president tells fox news

the capitol and probably philip reed worked with them. he's pretty famous as enslaved man who helped create the statute of freedom and he got his freedom while working on it. slavery was abolished in washington, d.c. while he was working on the statute of freedom and so he got paid as a freeman to help finish installing the statute. so his freedom was hard earned and the spirit of freedom is more important to him than -- than spirits are to many of us who have them as right. there's also the enslaved labor memorial in the capitol visitor center. a lot of enslaved people that worked in the capitol. the stone was one of the original ones and was probably cut by enslaved african-americans and most likely brought to the capitol. actually gave their lives and nothing that honors them in the capitol before this stone was put in. so this is recognizing the people's names that we don't know but who gave their lives and gave their labor to construct the capitol building and they helped give the spirit of freedom to the capitol. there are a couple

we have the book on the revolution coming this fall with the malcolm x biography, annette gordon reed. we had our best seller and another book with "the new york times" america on fire, the book on the golf. it goes all over. >> some others include transportation secretary, edward wilson the naturalist and paul mccartney. what was it like to purchase paul mccartney? >> i can't answer that because i published them in 2001. but his life's work as we see it is coming in november. i've known paul for 20 years. this will be in lieu of an autobiography with two volumes. it deals with 154 and commentary how they came about. there's over 700 images. we think it will be one of the biggest books of the fall. so much collaboration. a sweet man but he liked to be creative and energetic. he does not lay back and just [inaudible] >> you were quoted a couple of years ago saying, quote, being an editor is like being in show business. what does that mean? >> being in the show business is because you never know. you could spend ten years on a book, it could be tremendous and then bombs in the first wee

mike emanuel now the vp's office says harris will not be going into quarantines but going to walter reed hospital for what the white house tells us routine doctors appointment, david spunt live at the white house with more, good afternoon. >> we asked specifically about this appointment and were told it's a routine doctors appointment, the timing is curious and we wanted to know a little bit more but were told it's a routine doctors appointment, we know that president biden did not personally meet with any of the texas democrat he's actually at camp david returning to the white house behind me this evening but as you mentioned kamala harris and the texas democrat made news when they came to washington, d.c. early last week they met with heavy hitters in the democratic party specifically vp kamala harris and joe manchin majority leader chuck schumer their office says they were not exposed in the woman tells us the same thing. there is a photograph that made headlines on an airplane and the reason the photograph made headlines because the group in the middle of the pandemic chose not to we

. >>> first lady joe biden taken to walter reed for a procedure. the injury she suffered on the beach in hawaii. >>> and the husband and wife team on a quest for gold after overcoming tragedy together. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> hello on anional week for team usa gymnastics has just delivered another dramatic twist, a gold medal in the all-around, an event th expected to dominate with simone biles as the favorite. but it was the 18-year-old from minnesota, suni lee, who stepped up with dazzling and difficult routines. with biles still focusing on her mental health, cheering her on from the sidelines, lee becoming the fifth american woman in a row to claim gold in the sport's most coveted title. an olympic moment not likely soon to be forgotten. tom llamas has the latest from here in tokyo. >> reporter: tonight the olympics has a story the world can cheer. suni lee reinvigorating team usa after the shock of simone biles' exit. . there are definitely a lot of emotions, but i'm super proud of myself for sticking with

number one, reed has always said their competition is leisure time.hey described their biggest enemy as sleep. they said their competition includes not just looks and podcasts, but having -- books and podcasts, but having a glass of wine with your partner. this has become a common way to describe competition in entertainment. today, there is no segment of the leisure market that media companies lose to more often than social gaming experiences. you cannot dominate leisure without having a meaningful offering in social gaming, in multiplayer, online gaming. emily: what does that mean for netflix, the traditional competitors that we think of when we think netflix like disney plus and hbo? >> this is a great example of trying to stay ahead of the market. they were years and years ahead of the rest of the market into going into global competition, binging, many of the things that defined the streaming wars they solidified by 2013. it is clear gaming is the next big thing and reed and the rest of the company seem focused on what the company looks like in 2

jim reed, bbc news. london. louis hughes will appear before magistrate this month. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. today has been a warmer day with more in the way of thatjuly sunshine to go around. we've had some beautiful weather watcher pictures sent to us. this one looks like it came from the caribbean. it's actually off the western isles in scotland. we have seen some showers and those storms working away from the far north of england, southern scotland. you are going to see some further bands of thundery rain, returning northern london. through the weekend, we've got some big downpours on the way. these could bring some problems as well. saturday morning, our band of thundery rain continues to work its way northward and eastward. what follows are showers and could drop 30 mm injust one hour. but even worse than that into parts of southwest england. we've got this convergence zone and with the winds not changing, that zone locks the showers and thunderstorms right alon

jim reed, thank you very much.sabled people have been affected by the pandemic. one issue raised has been access to healthcare in line with patient need and responsive to their individual circumstances. more than 1,500 disabled respondents told bbc news that they felt worried about going into hospital. hundreds said they would avoid it at all costs. our disability news correspondent nikki fox has been speaking to the family of one man who wanted to highlight his experience in hospital. my uncle derek was really childlike, he was a lovely man. he loved the simple things in life. he was my brother and i loved him. this is derek when he was younger. the 59—year—old was taken to hospital after falling ill late last year. he was diagnosed with cancer, which the family was told was treatable. while he was there, he caught covid and died. it went from him feeling unwell to being dead in such a short space of time. becky cared for derek but covid restrictions around visitors meant she could not be there for him when he nee

jim reed, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.of the former president jacob zuma continue to spread. the first unrest broke out after the former leader handed himself in to begin a 15 month sentence for defying orders to co—operate with a corruption inquiry. there have been reports of looting nearjohannesburg and here in durban. at least 12 migrants have been killed and 20 others injured in eastern turkey when their bus crashed. the vehicle was carrying afghan, bangladeshi and pakistanis and travelling near the iranian border when the driver lost control and it overturned in a ditch and burst into flames. a us delegation is due to visit haiti later, to assess the security situation following the assassination of president jovenel moise by mercenaries. president biden's envoys will also meet the three politicians claiming to be haiti's legitimate leaders. on saturday the fomer presiden's widow urged people to continue fighting for their rights. pope francis has appeared in public for the first time since undergoing surgery a week a

olympics after testing positive for the virus, before he left the states for japan, alison, patrick reed will replace him on the u.s. roster. >> a lot of comings and goings there. what other events do you have your eye on going forward? >> new sports. karate, surfing, want to check those out. sport climb, spider-men and spider-women climbing up the racks. the skateboarding i have to say was outstanding. it was fun. it was a new energy and seeing a lot of the skateboarders there and talking to them, they're proud to be able to put their sport on display. they know it gets a bad rap at times. people think it trashes public places, the handrails and such but they're like look, we are pros. we love what we do. we're focused, highly trained professionals and we want to share this passion with the world. >> it's not like we're skateboarding at the mall. they're at the olympics. >> that's right. it's different. >> i the atmosphere was incredible. playing old school '90s, hip-hop, i was all in. >> i love it. i love it. coy wire, thanks. >>> the delta variant is fueling an alarming rise in covid

patrick reed will replace him. dechambeau, who won last year's u.s. open at wingfoot in new york quoted as saying in that statement "i am deeply disappointed not to be able to compete in the olympics for team usa representing my country means the world to me. it is a tremendous honor to make this team. i wish team usa the best of luck in tokyo. two huge names from the world of golf. >> great story lines this sunday a gold for team usa in the pool. give us details. >> team usa causing a splash in the pool. take a dive into the olympic pool. the united states with its first medals of the games, both golds in the pool so chase kalisz, a data save, growing up not too far from michael phelps in maryland and another moment in the pool, this video is the teenaged tunisian winning gold in the 400 meter freestyle, 18 years of age, the team had a powerful finish to overcome the rivals to win. great video alert, this is amazing. look at the emotion there. he can scarcely believe it. he can't believe it, fighting back all the emotion there is, incredible when you

well then, we are pleased to welcome akhil reed amar back to our virtual stage.aw and political science professor and before joining yale faculty, he served for stephenen breyer when he was judge, court of appeals for the fourth circuit. akhil reed amar is also a regular visiting author and yale university law and political science professor. and also his newly released book "the words that made us" americans conversational 1760 - 1840 pretty joining us for moderator this evening is senior fellow at the national institute of senior editor of the national review and the author of numerous books including a history of america's essentialist idea and marshall the man who made the supreme court's historian curator for new york historical from 2004 exhibition alexander hamilton the man-made honor in american and i was delighted to be able to work with him that can. in 2008, president george w. bush awarded him the national mental in the white house ceremony. this program will be an hour including 155 minutes for questions and answers the questions can be submitted via

jim reed, bbc news.resident, cyril ramaphosa, has warned that the country's economy is being damaged by violent protests over the jailing of the former leaderjacob zuma. the police say dozens of people have been arrested after lorries were torched and shops looted. at least twelve migrants have been killed and twenty others injured in eastern turkey when their bus crashed. the vehicle was carrying afghans, bangladeshis and pakistanis near the iranian border when the driver lost control and it overturned in a ditch and burst into flames. a us delegation is due to visit haiti later, to assess the security situation following the assassination of president jovenel moise by mercenaries. president biden�*s envoys will also meet the three politicians claiming to be haiti's legitimate leaders. on saturday, the former president's widow urged people to continue fighting for their rights. pope francis has appeared in public for the first time since undergoing surgery a week ago. the 84—year—old pontiff led his wee

here's our health correspondentjim reed. it's one of the most visible signs of the pandemic.ngland is set to end. speaking earlier, though, the vaccines minister said there would still be an expectation to mask up in some cases. the guidelines will be very clear on things like mask—wearing. there's an expectation of people to wear masks indoors, in crowded places, on public transport. so rather than governed by diktat, what we're saying is we move to step four cautiously. in wales, scotland and northern ireland, wearing a mask will still be law for the time being. in england, laboursaid making the rule voluntary would be a mistake. we think more could be done to make sure that public spaces are properly ventilated. and as we've said all the way through this crisis, people who do need to go home to self—isolate need, if they're on low incomes, to be financially supported to do that. it comes as infections are rising across much of the country. more people are mixing, and there are signs the football has led to a spike among young men. though in scotland, that trend has started

will come in in his place so justin thomas, colin morrow cowa and xander schauffele and now patrick reeds. —— collin morikawa. thank you, sarah. now, moving away from tokyo. thousands of people in the western united states are spending the weekend in evacuation centres as wildfires continue to burn across the region. more than 80 large wildfires in 13 states have destroyed around 1.3 million acres in recent weeks. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the dixie wildfire, california's biggest blaze, to the north of the state, is growing rapidly. firefighters are battling day and night to try to bring it under control, but it's with such ferocity that it's making its own weather, creating huge clouds that are generating lightning strikes across the region. about a fifth of the fire's perimeter has been contained, but officials say the extreme nature of the fire, along with low humidity, is hampering efforts to quell the flames. people have been evacuated from their homes in several nearby counties. smoke from the fire is travelling far and wide and is even reaching the neigh

i credit the men and women at walter reed for really changing my life. victims now to get to a facilit. that's the place they have to go. >> i hope for better days ahead for you. thank you so much for your service, as well, marc polymoropolous. my dad was state department, too, so i get it, it is life-long service. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> coming up, president biden attacks his pred dececessor at campaign rally in virginia. details straight ahead next. ♪ dad, why didn't you answer your phone? ♪ your mother loved this park. ♪ she did. ♪ frank is a fan of fast. he's a fast talker. a fast walker. thanks, gary. and for unexpected heartburn... frank is a fan of pepcid. it works in minutes. nexium 24 hour and prilosec otc can take one to four days to fully work. pepcid. strong relief for fans of fast. in ways big and small, the world has changed. but our commitment to getting you safely out in it? that never will. ♪ ♪ i was drowning in student loan debt. i was in the process of deferring them, paying them... then i discovered sofi. completely chang

jim reed, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent is here. a relatively new health secretary.ng on a process which gives people who have had two vaccinations greater freedom than ever before stop health isolation, he mentioned, he is also talking about a travel announcement later this week. getting back in from amber countries if you have been double vaccinated without having to self—isolate. but the policy isn't without consequences. there is perhaps one good reason why people who are in contact with people who have had covid will be no longer be expected from mid august to self—isolate. that is the sheer number of cases. this hundred thousand figures which sajid javid has been mentioning. that could be nearly three quarters of a million people self isolating in a week because they are ill. if all their contacts had to self—isolate as well, that has a huge effect on everyday life. this is it spelt out in this government document, perhaps not widely read, but let me read out the key section. it says there will be high levels of infection and therefore disruption to lives, the

when he was transferred to walter reed his doctors presented it as a precautionary measure. president, we want to make sure he has access to the best care. but the president was resistant to go to walter reed and his doctors at that point feared he would have to go to a ventilator and told him you can go the wallet ear reed now when you can still walk out on your own or you can wait until you have to have wheeled out on a grny and everyone will know how sick you are. for a period of time hissed a viers were fearful he would not make it out. he received access to an experimental medication at the time. it is now authorized. and it is credited with the president's rapid turnaround. >> the book is nightmare scenario. i hope it is a big hit. it is absolutely fascinating. thank you. >>> while many some pretty stiff head witnesses. pretty stiff head witnesses. medicare supplement plans help by paying some of what medicare doesn't... and let you see any doctor. any specialist. anywhere in the u.s. who accepts medicare patients. so if you have this... consider adding this. call unit

jim reed, bbc news.shire, the home town of the british swimmer tom dean. eleanor roper reports. it's an all—nighter, but not like any other. tom's family this morning, having still not been to bed. wild cheering this was the scene last night as tom swam his way to olympic gold. hours later, and his family still can't believe it. i can't even put it into words. it'sjust, like, the most amazing thing... oh, i'm going to cry, this isn't good! ..that�*s ever happened. it's just like it makes everything worth it. and this is him at nationals, getting ready. tom is one of five children who are all keen swimmers. his youngest brother william shows us tom in his goggles when he was barely old enough to walk, but it's mum jacquie that has spent years driving everyone to the pool. i've taken tom to every one of his training sessions since he was a baby. i got him in the water when he was a few weeks old. i've taken him to all his events, counties, regionals, nationals, and all the open meets, and i've followed him

senator reed, this is the he current headline in the current issue of "the economist." "america's longest war is ending in crushing defeat." it's a pretty rough headline. do you agree with it? >> it's not accurate. the purpose that we went into ra afghanistan for was to degrade and disrupt al qaeda, to limit their ability to project attacks outside of afghanistan. to a great degree we've done that.ou the job is not over. this is not a closure. this is a transition. we have to maintain continual involvement both with the afghan government by supporting them financially, also providing the kind of technical assistance they need for their air force and other elements, but i think the president was presented with a bad series of choices. the trump administration had said we were leaving by may 1st. the taliban had no real responsibilities in that agreement, none that they carried out that i can see, and yet that date i think would hav prompted an incredible increase of violence and directed against the united states. i think the president made a difficult but the best of ma

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