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on tv, he played the author alex haley, who's search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breakingce is with you, young skywalker, but you are not a jedi yet. and is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive. ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... that's very good. ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember. kunta kinte, ifound you. i am your father. we have the weather in a moment. we will be with the chief inspector of prisons and in westminster for the next round of voting on the tory leadership and live in philadelphia for the build—up to the presidential debate later tonight. to the presidential debate latertonight. now to the presidential debate later tonight. now it is term for the weather details. hello, there. 0ur change to much cooler, more autumnalfeeling weather takes place for many parts of the uk today. the cold front has already gone through scotland. here, a day of sunshine and blustery showers. some strong winds around, but the cold front cont

reporter: on tv, he played the author alex haley, whose search for his african ancestors led to the groundbreakingts." and he frequently returned to his theatrical, winning plaudits for his performance as a chauffeur alongside angela lansbury and the stage version of "driving miss daisy." >> my sisters saved up so that i could go to school and be a teacher. we didn't have anything. >> look like you right now? [laughter] reporter: his career spanned close to 70 years. >> the force is with you, young skywalker, but you are not a jedi yet. reporter: and has all the more admirable in that a young boy who really spoke because of his stutter should become an actor whose stirring tones -- >> [laughter] that's very good! reporter: brought him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognizable voice. >> simba, remember. >> kunta kinte, i found you! >> i am your father. sumi: more on james earl jones's legacy on our website, bb b.com. republicans in the u.s. house of representatives issued a sharply critical report on monday into the biden administration's handling of the u.s. withdrawal from afgh

might think also even of the tv series roots, where in roots, you ended up playing the role of alex haley to find his own ancestors, his own extended family. these are roles where, again, full of dignity, full of admirable qualities, but not full of that anger. no. so is that a view you brought to your performances? i learned early that there's a difference between consciousness — racial consciousness is good. you should understand your people, understand your culture. but to be conceited about it, that's where the danger lies. mmm. and so many young people, with their anger pushing this gorge up, it becomes conceit. and misplaced anger. and when you, in more recent times, have heard some people — i'm thinking of spike lee now. spike lee has been very critical of, actually, interestingly, of the movie of driving miss daisy and said that it has such a sort of conservative and sentimental view of what happened to black people in 20th—century america. can you understand where he's coming from? oh, yeah. yeah. and there's room for that view. i do know this, and i've learned this from two writ

on tv, he played the author alex haley, who's search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breakingorce is with you, young skywalker, but you are not a jedi yet. and is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive. ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... that's very good. ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember. kunta kinte, ifound you. i am your father. james earljones has died at the age of 93. our north america correspondent david willisjoins me now from los angeles. james earljones was a giant in the industry, what has the reaction been to his passing? it's an extraordinary story of overcoming adversity to triumph, and james earljones, as you mentioned there, was raised in abject poverty in the segregated mississippi of the early i930s, segregated mississippi of the earlyi930s, raised segregated mississippi of the early i930s, raised by his maternal grandparents, and suffering from that very pronounced stutter, and indeed he recalled later in life that he re

on tv, he played the author alex haley, who search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breakingbut you are not a jedi yet. and is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his starter. most impressive. ..should become an actor whose starry tones. that's very good. earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember... i found you! i am your father. the actorjames earljones has died. let's turn to some other important news around the world: a busy bridge in northern vietnam collapsed on monday after being hit by super typhoon yagi. yagi has killed more than 60 people since making landfall on saturday. the storm wreaked havoc across the country with flooding and landslides, leaving millions of people without power. yagi has since weakened into a tropical depression, however, authorities warn it may create more disruption as it moves westwards towards laos. at least 59 people have been killed in central nigeria after a petrol tanker collided with a truck carrying passengers and cattle. authorities say the crash

on tv, he played the author alex haley, whose search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breakingyet. and is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive. ..should become an actor whose starry tones. that's very good. earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember... i found you! i am your father. let's speak to tanya hart, host of the syndicated radio show hollywood live and the podcast hollywood live extra. lovely to talk to you. you interviewed james earljones, you met him at events, what was he like? ~ , ., ., he like? well, first of all he is like what _ he like? well, first of all he is like what you _ he like? well, first of all he is like what you would - he like? well, first of all he i is like what you would expect. he would always command the room. i mean he walks in, he was a big man, with a big voice, but he would always take command of the room, the gentle giant that he was. it's interesting because i was trying to remember — winded first interviewed him? long bef

on tv, he played the author alex haley, whose search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breaking admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive! ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... that's very good. ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember... i am your father. the actorjames earl jones, who's died at the age of 93. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, it's been mild, relatively speaking, despite all of that rain in the south, and very warm, in fact, out towards the far north and west — but some changes for the next couple of days. autumn is biting back. temperature—wise at least, it's going to turn colder by day and by night, with the chance of a frost for some, especially on thursday night. it will be windy, a brisk north westerly wind, sunny spells, but also some blustery showers. and those changes have already started. a deep area of low pressure sweeping across the northern isles, it's sending this cold front sweeping southwards and eastwards across the

on tv, he played the author alex haley, who's search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breaking but you are not a jedi yet. and is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive. ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... that's very good. ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember. kunta kinte, ifound you. i am your father. what a voice. lift off this morning for falcon 9 and the polaris dawn mission. a textbook launch, after several delays. it is a joint venture between elon musk and the billionaire entrepreneurjared isaacman. there are four non professional astraonauts on board, that over the next week will travel further from earth than any human has travelled since nasa's apollo moon missions. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. let's speak to dr megan argo, senior lecturer in astrophysics and science communications at the university of central lancashire. how do you feel watching this launched today? that have been several delays to the launch, but

on tv, he played the author alex haley, whose search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breakingmore admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive. ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... ha—ha—ha! that's very good! ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember. kunta kinte, i've found you! i am your father. james earljones who has died at the age of 93. the former dup leader sirjeffrey donaldson has arrived at court this morning for the latest stage of his prosecution for alleged historical sex offences. he is expected to be asked to enter pleas in respect of the 18 charges he is facing. his wife, lady eleanor donaldson, is a co—accused and she will appear with him at an arraignment hearing scheduled at newry crown court. in the next few minutes, the prime minister is to address members of the trades union congress — who have gathered for their annual conference in brighton. it is expected sir keir starmer will warn workers that decisions on pay will be shaped by the "tough dec

on tv, he played the author alex haley, whose search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breakingt. and is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive. ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... ha—ha—ha! that's very good! ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember. kunta kinte, i've found you! i am your father. james earljones with that incredible voice and career history remembered as news of history remembered as news of his passing is shared. let's get some of the other stories making news here in the uk today. the full state pension is set to rise by £460 a year from april, following the release of the latest official wages data. new figures showed annual wages rose by 4%. the triple—lock means the figure will be used to set pensions, though not everyone receives the full amount. new research has found hundreds of children with special educational needs are completely missing from education in england. the report was produced by the children's commissioner and

on tv, he played the author alex haley, whose search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breakingable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive. ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... ha—ha—ha! that's very good! ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember. kunta kinte, i've found you! i am your father. james earljones who is tied at the age of 93 for the i was watching a wonderful social media clip of him saying ten boring things but making him sound sensational with that voice. thank you for watching. see you tomorrow. bye—bye. hello there. we had a cold front move southwards through the day on tuesday, introducing much cooler air to many portions of the uk. now through the afternoon before that cold front arrived, we got temperatures up to 20 in heathrow. at the same time, it was only seven in parts of highland, scotland, with frequent blustery showers working in here. it's been particularly windy across northeast scotland and as the low pressure driving those winds works over tow

on tv, he played the author alex haley, whose search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breakingbut you are not a jedi yet. and is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive! ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... that's very good. ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember... i am your father. the actorjames earl jones, who's died at the age of 93. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. thousands of prisoners in england and wales are set to be released early from jail, including 1,750 tuesday. the government insists it's a temporary measure that's needed to free up space. ministers say serious violent criminals, terrorists and perpetrators of domestic abuse will not be released as part of the scheme. a public inquiry has begun examing the deaths of almost 2,000 people who received mental health treatment in essex. bereaved parents and relatives have campaigned for an inquiry for more than a decade,

year, the geniuses banning these books have now added books by authors that include james baldwin, alex haley, and w.e.b. dubois and other classics we have all read like a tree grows in brooklyn, seriously. donald trump and his future staffers at project 2025 would like to nationalize these fascist purges and want to prosecute librarians who allow students to choose banned books because it's supposedly poisoning our children. the second most banned book in the united states in 2022, all boys aren't blue, by george m. johnson, is banned in 29 school districts because it deals with race and queerness. johnson has said that we owe it to next generations to give them the tools to build a better, more robust world, and books are those tools. in that vein, johnson has a new book titled "flamboyance, the queer harlem renaissance i which i had known" which celebrates black and queer artists, writers, and activists whose full stories have remained in the shadows. george m. johnson joins me now. great to see you, not just running into you in the train, but seeing you. we do run into each other from tim

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and alex haley put it out and out there. i remember no one ever whitewashed it in my school and i just a middle class neighborhood in massapequa, new york we we learned about it no one no one whitewashed it. but i would love to get a fundamental. i know people don't want national education. i know people get worried about that. libertarians, conservatives. but i would like some fun and mental principles about our past and about history and the classics that we all have to get through. and then this way we could level the playing field with level knowledge and they won't be. well, the sats aren't fair. well, they are fair. if you had the fundamentals maybe up to sixth or seventh grade, i'd love to see. people hitting their standardized marks. but first of all, the best thing is i like to know what that curriculum looks like. my daughter just graduated, is going for a master's education. she has already taught me more about education. the science behind it, what went into it than i would ever know that i'm talking to people, s

and alex haley put it out and out there. i remember no one ever whitewashed it in my school and i just a middle class neighborhood in massapequa, new york we we learned about it no one no one whitewashed it. but i would love to get a fundamental. i know people don't want national education. i know people get worried about that. libertarians, conservatives. but i would like some fun and mental principles about our past and about history and the classics that we all have to get through. and then this way we could level the playing field with level knowledge and they won't be. well, the sats aren't fair. well, they are fair. if you had the fundamentals maybe up to sixth or seventh grade, i'd love to see. people hitting their standardized marks. but first of all, the best thing is i like to know what that curriculum looks like. my daughter just graduated, is going for a master's education. she has already taught me more about education. the science behind it, what went into it than i would ever know that i'm talking to people, s

on tv, who played the author alex haley, whose search for his african ancestors led to the ground—breakingng skywalker, but you are not a jedi yet. and is all the more admirable in that a young boy who barely spoke because of his stutter... most impressive. ..should become an actor whose stirring tones... ha—ha—ha! that's very good! ..earned him the accolade of having perhaps the world's most recognisable voice. simba, remember. kunta kinte, i've found you! i am your father. what a voice. what a legacy. those films will be watched for generations forever. the time is 6.17. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. turning colder, not quite there yet, this is where this cold air is starting to work its way in, everything pushing its way southwards gradually introducing chilly weather over the next 2a—hour is. let's have a look at what is happening out there right now. to the south of it, lots of cloud, outbreaks of light rain drizzle, not of that from frequent showers, turning wintry on the scottish mountains today, particularly on the tops. that is how cold the air is getting. the

trump's last standing competitor nikki haley said it she is willing to campaign on behalf of the former president but said she has not been asked to yet. >> sandra: alex half on us. thank you. >> john: richard failure. richard, we will get you to start is off your. "new york times" poll has donald trump up by one point. what some people including nate cohen from "the new york times" are saying is this a shift now toward trump? he writes today at new polls suggest harris support has stalled after you euphoric august peered what do you think. >> our colleagues at a couple weeks ago that this race will be as tight as a tick and he's right. there is nobody in delaware or mar-a-lago that does not think this will be close and tomorrow's debate gives it vice president, here is an opportunity to tap into one thing that the poll shows us which is americans want to know more about her. this will be her largest audience and she will be going against donald trump who was a well-prepared debater. this is a seventh presidential debate. she will have an opportunity to say here's a clear contrast and here's why i'm different. american people, meet me, get to know me,