she did have very dual dinners with winston churchill -- dull dinners with winston churchill, who stepped on her toes when they went dancing. she did marry a handsome stockbroker from maryland, but he had more charm than money. she was madly in love with him, he her. she had one of the most lavish weddings ever held in maryland. this was -- i forgot to say -- she was born not long after the civil war in 1878. so, right after the wedding -- well, nine months after the wedding, they had a son. [laughter] i kept count. jeff: [laughter] janet: they made it. [laughter] and, they had a wonderful society kind of life. you know, the country club dinners and the charity luncheons and the special dances and all of that. jeff: all right, so why did she want to be a spy? she seems to have a perfect life and existence. why do that dangerous work? janet: she did. but, in 1915, her husband died very young. she was a widow at 37. she was very interested in world affairs. she had traveled as a child to europe every summer. she spoke five languages fluently. at the age of 10, she was the family translator

that the power fight in the saying by winston churchill.er the carpet today. what do you think i'm cohen, _ under the carpet today. what do you think i'm cohen, this _ under the carpet today. what do you think i'm cohen, this is going - under the carpet today. what do you think i'm cohen, this is going to - think i'm cohen, this is going to mean then? anya has already said tonight that it's too early to draw any conclusions as to what this means for the wagner group in africa or in ukraine. but talk to us, we are not really focused on the war on ukraine, what is happened there since the coup, since wagner withdrew from the areas around buck mood? —— 10 one. once they were pulled out by prigozhin, other units went in, i monitored it closely. some of these units are not trained well at all, some of the recruits are trained forjust one month. however, there is so many of them that they were successfully resisting the ukrainian counteroffensive. the defence lines that are built from the mine fields, barbed wire and poured concrete are holding b

i think when you think about foreign policy, we sit here in the uk imagine if there wasn't a winston churchillwhat language would we be speak today? what have we learned through chamberlain is achieving autocratic madmen doesn't get you anywhere these are difficult decisions. we enjoyed a peace dividend minus a few, you know, skirmishes with terrorists we have not had major wars, really, since world war ii let's say world wars we believe that era of the world was overw with. strength through weakness is what the u.s. has adopted. strength through weakness never whit works. i think we need to be stronger just today, we're expecting president biden to release the outbound investment restrictions we, today, just like the u.s. and uk and europe of the 1930s has been our money that has been building the military benefits and building the chinese war machines which has been built with u.s. and european money we have to stop that we have to stop. when you ask what should be done stop outbound restrictions on companies and any company that deal with chinese military building their aircraft carriers an

deal was broken there in the seventy's back during world war 2, franklin d. roosevelt hosted winston churchill there is it's always had that kind of, that kind of stays at. so i think there's an important message by having doesn't come, david dot add us, wants to nail down this very, very important regional partnership with 2 of its great allies in the region. japan inside korea who haven't always seen i to i, but in this case they now have sort of a common adversary, maybe enemies to strong in china and also with north korea to have japan and south korea come together like this was something many people thought impossible just a few short years ago. what changed? yeah, i mean, this week mark, 78 years since the ending of, of japan's colonization of south korea. so it's, it's, it's a big weekend and they've had a lot of issues. they always had issues about sex slavery during the 2nd world war, and a lot of residual issues from that and trade difficulties down the years. but i think what brought them together is, 1st of all, the china has emerged as a major improvements in the region. and also

i think it's a time for a rising up and to remember the words of, of winston churchill when he said that you can always count on americans to do the right thing as, as long -- once they have exhausted every other option. this is how i see it. we are sometimes slow to get there. but when we do get there. we slam it like nobody's business. i'm marianne williamson. i'm running for president. it's time for us to slam it like nobody's business. thank you very, very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] minutes. >> we at the des moines register believe in the power of civil discourse. we ask you to practice the best of iowa nice and please let our speaker have his say without interruption. and if you happen to bring a sign, please keep it down so that people behind you can see the speaker. our next speaker is robert f. kennedy junior. [cheering] [chanting "bobby"] >> mr kennedy is an author and attorney who's been focused on environmental causes and children's welfare. he's a founder of waterkeeper alliance and a founder of the children's health defense and now he's running for the

and the great winston churchill came and spent weeks at a time in a room on the second floor of the white house so when i was writing a book about franklin and eleanor, where did each one of them sleep so i mention this when the book came out on the radio show in washington and it happened hillary itclinton was listening so she called me up and invited me to a sleepover in the white house. she said he could wander the corridor and find out where everybody left so she followed up with an invitation to a state dinner. afterwards between midnight and 2 am my husband and i with my math in hand with every room and figure out yes, chelsea clinton is speaking sleeping where harry hopkins was and we were given that night to sleep in winston churchill's bedroom. therewas no way i could sleep . i was certain i was sleeping and drinking has brandy and smoking has ever presentcigar . when churchill came there ig right after pearl harbor bohe and roosevelt were set to sign a document that had put the associated nations against the axis powers and no one liked llthe word associated nations so early tha

he became part of an enduring legend, and like mark twain, winston churchill, and oscar wilde, many famous quips old and new were treated to him that he almost certainly never said. some that had been uttered by his father and namesake also rebounded to the sun. a few stores in particular stubbornly refused to die. a second-class mind but a first-class temperature -- temper is often quoted as his assessment of fdr, but it has no basis in reality. oh, to be 80 again, what the 90 -- 90-year-old justice was thought to have said wasn't not bad but it was not him using. variations go back a century before him. many brought observations about aging were indubitably his. one of my greatest problems, he casually observed to his young secretary one day, is to find available vices for old age. starting at age 70, he always picked a young man to be his secretary, and he said that he was subject to the right to dog him or reside. his putdowns have occasionally achieved well deceit -- deserved a mortality. holmes once said that a man's mind was like a vice, the jaws of which did not meet. it only held

winston churchill said, i have great confidence in the judgment and the common sense of the americanpeople and their leaders. they invariably do right thing after. they have examined every other alternative. so i say to you, let me begin by saying that i can see, in the eyes of the students and in the spirit this moment, we will do the right thing. in recent weeks, every one of us has been made aware a simple truth white americans and black americans often see the same world and grasp directly different ways. ways that go beyond and beneath the simpson trial and its aftermath, which brought these perceptions so starkly into the open. the rift we see before us that is tearing at the heart of america exist. in spite of the remarkable progress black americans have made in the last since martin luther king swept america up in his dream and president johnson spoke so powerfully for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy. see, in demanding that congress guarantee for voting rights to blacks. the rift between blacks and whites exists still in a very special way in america, in spite

winston churchill meeting franklin roosevelt during the second world war. of diplomatic residents. if president biden had not held the presidential summit. he chose it deliberately to show how important he felt this event was. all three leaders were talking about the historic summit, they talked about the new era in partnership. they really played up how significant it is. >> our state department correspondent. thank you very much. to the u.k. now. aurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others when they were in her care in a hospital in the northwest of england. it means she's the uk's biggest killer of babies in modern times. in a statement, the families of her victim said justice could not reduce their extreme hurt, anger, and distress they experienced, adding that they were heartbroken. she was acquitted of two counts of murr and the jury was undecided on six charges of attempted murder. she will be sentenced monday. the government ordered an inquiry into the circumstances around those murders. i spoke to anna fo

greatest thinkers and statesmen in history from cicero to de tocqueville abraham lincoln and winston churchillcharles degaulle and many more and it exemplifies how one can combine action through the virtue of prudence especially amid very difficult circumstances. dan has been involved with isi for decadesca and he's taught in the honors program for over 15 years and has published three books with isi in addition to riding regularly for modern age and lecturing on college campuses across the country. he is the emeritus at the claremont institute and senior rider at l 30 and he received his.a ta from the college of hoy cross and his m.a. and ph.d. from the catholic university of america in political science. the winner of last year's prize victor davis hanson describes this book as quote worthy of being written and researched to the classically trained and thinking man of action. dan joins a long list of ofaccomplished honorees includig victor david hanson wilford mcclay and are robert angela codevilla and many more to please join me in welcoming this year's winner daniel mahoney. [applause] >>

i think it's a time for a rising up and to remember the words of, of winston churchill when he said that you can always count on americans to do the right thing as, as long -- once they have exhausted every other option. this is how i see it. we are sometimes slow to get there. but when we do get there. we slam it like nobody's business. i'm marianne williamson. i'm running for president. it's time for us to slam it like nobody's business. thank you very, very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause]

to paraphrase winston churchill, i did not take the oath i had just taken with the intention of presentingssolution of the world's strongest economy. in the days ahead i will propose removing roadblocks as though the economy. steps will be taken and at restoring the balance between various levels of government, progress may be slow, and maybe measured in feet not miles but we will progress. its is time to reawaken this ad get government back within its means and lighten the tax burden and fees will be our first priorities and on these principles there will be compromised. at my on the eve for independence, a man who might have been one of the greatest among the founding fathers, doctor joseph warren, president of massachusetts congress said to his fellow americans, our country is in danger but not to be despaired. on you, and the fortunes of america, you are to decide the question about which is happiness and millions get on board, worthy of yourselves. i believe we americans today are ready to act worthy of ourselves ready to do what must be done, happy and liberty for our children and ch

winston churchill. charles de gaulle, and many more. and it exemplifies how one can combine both thought and action through the virtue of prudence, especially amidst very difficult circumstances. dan has been involved with isi for decades. he's taught in the honors program for over 15 years, and he's published three books with isi. in addition to writing regularly for modern age and lecturing on college campuses across the country. he's the emeritus at assumption, a senior fellow at the claremont institute and a senior writer at law and liberty. he received his from the college of the holy cross and his m.a. and ph.d. from catholic university of america in political science. the winner of last year's prize victor davis hanson, describes his book as, quote, brilliantly written and researched tribute to the pantheon of classically trained and thinking of action. dan joins, a long list of accomplished honorees, including davis hanson yuval levin, wilfred mcclay, andrew roberts, angela cody villa and many more. please join me in welcoming t

i think it is a time rising up and to remember the words of winston churchill. when he said that you can always count on americans to do the right thing as, as long -- once they have exhausted every other option. this is how i see it. we are sometimes slow to get there, but when we get there, we slam it like nobody's business. i'm marianne williamson. i'm running for president. it's time for us to slam it like nobody's business. thank you very, very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] here is live coverage on c-span today. georgia and colorado state representative talk about climate provisions in the inflation reduction act which was signed into law a year ago. 11:00 a.m. eastern. chair of the positive insurance corporation of regulating large regional angst, mitigating risks and lessons learned from bank failures. janet yellen gives an update on how the nation reduction act is affecting the economy. watch her remarks alive in las vegas. also on c-span malcolm our free d.l. app --our c-span app. >> this week's eastman brings you 2020 for -- this we

you have to look at the activities of putain in ukraine, of course winston churchill got heavily involved i'm sure if he is hard—working, it's a really tough hard—working ministry, and he is sensitive and listens to the advices given, he will be received on his merits. the military, i don't think they are pro or against any politician, if somebody does the job, we will follow them to the ends of the earth. and i'm sure that is what he's planning to do and hoping to do. it what he's planning to do and hoping to do. , , , to do. it is interesting, 'ust icked to do. it is interesting, 'ust picked up i to do. it is interesting, 'ust picked up on fl to do. it is interesting, 'ust picked up on you i to do. it is interesting, just picked up on you saying - to do. it is interesting, justl picked up on you saying that to do. it is interesting, just - picked up on you saying that having military involvement would be considered as baggage, not valuable insight. considered as baggage, not valuable insiaht. ., v considered as baggage, not valuable insiaht. . �*, ., . insight. that's not quite what i me

and the great winston churchill came and spent weeks at a time in a room right there on the second floor the white house. so when i was writing the book about franklin and eleanor no ordinary time, i began obsessed where did each one of them sleep so i mentioned this when i the book came out on a radio show in washington, and it happened that hillary clinton was listening, so she called me up at the radio station invited me to a sleepover in the white house. she said we could then wander the carter together and figure out where everyone has slept 50 years earlier. so two weeks later. she followed up with an invitation to a state dinner after which between midnight and 2 am the president mr. clinton my husband and i with my map in hand went through every room up there and figured out yes chelsea clinton is sleeping where harry hopkins was the clintons are sleeping where fdr was and we were given that night this chance to sleep in winston churchill's bedroom. there was no way i could sleep. i was certain he was sitting in the corner drinking his brandy and smoking has ever present cigar. i

as winston churchill called it, all the great powers of that era, most of the small and medium-sized states of europe all began because of the rivalry between england and france for a colony in north america, then england entered into an alliance with prussia, and france with austria the latter was joined by russia, which considered prussia a threat to its interests in the baltic states, but in 7 years the strength of all the parties were exhausted concluded a series of peace treaties victorious, withdrew, the anglo-russian coalition, france lost almost all of its colonies. england became the leading colonial power in the poll was among the leading powers of europe, having begun the unification of the german lands of russia, as a result of this war, did not receive anything. elizaveta petrovna , who entered the war, died and peter iii, a great admirer of the russian emperor frederick ii, came to power out of admiration. to them, peter returned to him all the territories that russia had conquered and announced its withdrawal from the war , on august 29, 1898, the first stone was laid

i think it's a time for a rising up and to remember the words of, of winston churchill when he said that you can always count on americans to do the right thing as, as long -- once they have exhausted every other option. this is how i see it. we are sometimes slow to get there. but when we do get there. we slam it like nobody's business. i'm marianne williamson. i'm running for president. it's time for us to slam it like nobody's business. thank you very, very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] ♪ announcer: c-span camping 2024 coverage as your front row seat to the presidential election. watch our coverage of the candidates on the campaign trail with announcements, meeting grades speeches, and events to make up your own mind. and being 2024 on the c-span network. c-span now, our free mobile video at, or anytime online at c-span.org. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. ♪ announcer: this fall, watching c-span's new series of books that shaped america. join us as we embark on a captivating journey in partnership with the library of congress which first created the list

i read that he is the longest serving minister of defense since winston churchill. he was consistent for four years and, by the way, paid partial and political punishment yeru and because he refused to support rishi sonaka only because the thing and sumakh did not promise as it promised lis stress to maintain the funding of the armed forces of britain at the proper level at the level that he demanded so he supported her stress and we know what came out of it. that is, a big big political disaster for this country. so, going back to the fact that ben wallons is one of the best defense ministers that britain has seen for many decades and his charisma and his ability to find contact with soldiers like him and how it is not surprising that he also found contact with the minister of defense of ukraine, mr. reznikov, with whom he told an interview in the sandra newspaper, and there on july 16, when he first announced his intentions to resign from his post, he developed a special code that encrypted his intentions britain, indeed, i am not only frane gardner, our crossword

to paraphrase winston churchill, i did not take the oath. i've just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy. in the days ahead, i will propose removing the roadblocks that have slowed our economy and reduced productivity. steps will be taken aimed at restoring the balance between the various levels of government. progress may be slow, measured in inches and feet, not miles. but we will progress. it is time to reawaken this industrial giant to get government back within its means and to lighten our punitive tax burden. and these will be our first priorities. and on these principles, there will be no compromise. on the eve of our struggle for independence, a man who might have been one of the greatest among the founding fathers, dr. joseph warren, president of the massachusetts congress, said to his fellow americans, our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. and you depend the fortunes of america you are to decide the important question, which upon which rests the happiness and th

among his patients, i would like her winston churchill and charles de gaulle during the second world, almost all research. in this area , they are suspended and resumed only after it ends. today, there are many theories of aging, which can be divided into three main groups. immunological cellular and genetic. new recipes for slowing down the aging process appear barely on the line every year, but after lengthy research and testing , not all prove their effectiveness. literally at the beginning of 2023, employees at the university of california at san diego developed a way to potentially slow down the process of cellular aging through a fluctuating genetic clock, which is the essence of the previous study of this group of scientists showed cells age as a result of two processes , a decrease in the stability of dna and a decrease in the energy produced by the mitochondria energy centers, the cells scientists came to the conclusion that aging will come later. if the cells switch between these two processes, the method was tested on yeast cells and obtained excellent results. what about

we had gary oldman playing winston churchill with prostheses.nicole kidman played virginia woolf by adding a prosthetic nose and won an oscar. as her presenter said at the time, denzel washington, "winning by a nose." i'm not a huge fan of prosthetic noses, i think they're distracting for audiences. but who knows, maybe it's a big part of maestro. we don't know because we haven't seen the film yet. it is already being talked about, though. this is one of the top stories on the bbc website today. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. although it's staying warm over the next few days, it will start to turn increasingly humid and we will start to see some thundery downpours pushing in off the atlantic. warm and humid for the next few days, a little sunshine here and there, but an increasing threat of thundery downpours, thanks to this area of low pressure. high pressure is anchored to the east of the uk. that is bringing a fresh south—easterly wind, tapping into the warm air off the continent, but the humidity will increase over the next few

berlin right during the conference in english the prime minister was replaced and instead of winston, churchillterested in london to represent clementine. also during at the post-am conference, us president harry truman hinted to stalin that the united states had received nuclear weapons. on august 2, 1974 , the all-union research institute of molecular biology was formed , on the basis of which, 11 years later , the scientific and production association vector appeared , now the world-famous state scientific center of virology and biotechnology in soviet times. they worked with many dangerous viruses in the 2000s, and the vector specialists formed a laboratory for the study of bird flu since the emergence of a new coronavirus infection covid-19 vector studied strains and was the first in russia to develop and register a test system for the detection of virus rna by pcr. also in the vector’s list of achievements is the development of a vaccine against the virus, fever, ebola and the development and implementation of the only domestic vaccine against hepatitis. and this was such a day in history

i think, early doors, i can remember winston churchill's funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the

but he arrives at the site where he's going to be meeting with winston churchill and with joseph stalin at, yalta. and we're standing in front, one of the most iconic photographs, not just of world war two, but arguably for all of 20th century history. the big three get together at. and what are the what are the issues, david, that the big issues that dominate this conference and maybe even talk a bit about how roosevelt wanted those issues to be resolved? well, i love this part of the exhibit, of course, because, you know, all seen these photographs and books and so forth. but when you see them blown up live sites like this, it really helps bring the story to life. and these are very powerful images throughout the exhibit and for me, walking through and knowing the details. it's really quite exciting for the americans. there are three essential goals at the conference. the first was orchestrating the final defeat germany. the second was ensuring that they could get soviet participation, the final defeat of japan or a declaration of war against japan and of course, particularly fdr, was

gary oldman played winston churchill and nicole kidman wore a prosthetic nose.en't seen the film yet. water voles have seen their population decimated. we went to find out more. being prepared for a new home, more than 200 water voles transported from devon are being checked before release in cumbria, part of a mission to bring the mammals back to the lake district. you want to see things that should be in the environment and sometimes you have to give them a helping hand. the work the team have been doing to make sure that the site is suitable for water voles for it to end end up with their release is fabulous. 2 2. end end up with their release is fabulous. 2 . ., , fabulous. water voles were widespread _ fabulous. water voles were widespread in _ fabulous. water voles were widespread in cumbria, - fabulous. water voles were widespread in cumbria, but fabulous. water voles were - widespread in cumbria, but there are nowjust a few widespread in cumbria, but there are now just a few isolated widespread in cumbria, but there are nowjust a few isolated populations