shuggie bain, by douglas stuart.he glasgow—born author now lives in new york, where he's a successful fashion designer. douglas, congratulations, that looked like a genuine surprise? i was incredibly surprised. i think part of the reason that it took me so long to write the book is because i felt like an imposter. i've felt that way since i was a young man, to be honest. books were never really seen as something that a boy from the east end of glasgow should be doing with his life. i wasn't sure that my voice would be welcomed within publishing circles. and so, this isjust beyond my wildest expectations. douglas stuart's novel, shuggie bain, which took him a decade to write, is a compelling, moving, unflinching account of working—class life in 19805 glasgow. at its heart is a relationship between the alcohol—dependent agnes and her young son shuggie, who has his own issues to resolve. shuggie stood on the bed and put his arms on her shoulders. they swayed that way for a while. she kissed his nose, he kissed her nose.

shuggie bain as a love story.'s really looking at that unconditional often tested love that children can have for flawed pa rents. children can have for flawed parents. the glasgow that i grew up m, parents. the glasgow that i grew up in, i'd always known it to be sort of run by women. i am the queer son of run by women. i am the queer son ofa of run by women. i am the queer son of a single mother who actually lost her own battle with addiction when i was a child. it's a very funny book, it's a tender book and there's a lot of intimacy and love in the book. and i think that's the glaswegian spirit. growing up in glasgow is one of the greatest inspiration is of my life. how can you take the sort of really tough but tender city and look at the people who are sort of making their way in it and as a writer how can it not sort of put these routes into your soul that you wa nt to these routes into your soul that you want to just keep writing about and writing about? agnes's faces very thickly made up and looked to shugg

shuggie bain.is novel based on his life growing up in glasgow wins the booker prize. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself into police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european anti—nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: americans are urged to stay at home for thanksgiving, joe biden lashes out at president trump for failing to co

shuggie bain by douglas stuart. and douglas stuart's novel about growing up in glasgow wins one of the world's top prizes forfiction. hello, welcome to the programme. georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger has announced a hand audit of ballots has confirmed joe biden as the winner of the presidential election in georgia. mr raffensperger said there's "no doubt" the state will certify biden‘s victory on friday. joining me now is our correspondent in washington will grant. hello. talk us through what has gone on there in georgia? well, as we know, the margin of victory was pretty slender the first time of asking. it was below the 0.5% which meant that a recount could be put forward and the trump campaign called for that to happen, as was the right, but ultimately all that has happened is that has confirmed what we already knew, as you explained just there, that this state goes to joe biden. we knew that, this is confirmed and the only margin of error in a couple of places was the greatest margin of error was

shuggie bain, by douglas stuart.nd douglas stuart's novel about growing up in glasgow wins the international booker prize for fiction. hello and welcome. it's a sign ofjust how serious the coronavirus pandemic has become. the us center for disease control has urged americans not to travel during next week's thanksgiving holiday, america's most important family holiday of the year. the number of patients hospitalized with covid—19 in the united states hasjumped nearly 50% in the last two weeks. in california, the state's department of public health has ordered an overnight curfew in most areas. here's the head of infectious disease in the us, dr anthony fauci. we're not talking about shutting down the country, we're not talking about locking down. we're talking about intensifying the simple public health measures that we all talk about — mask wearing, staving distance, avoiding congregate settings, doing things to the extent that we can outdoors versus indoors. if we do that, we'll be able to hold things off until the

shuggie bain by douglas stuart.ouglas stuart's novel about growing up in glasgow wins one of the world's top prizes for fiction. georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger, has announced a hand audit of ballots has confirmed joe biden as the winner of the presidential election in georgia. mr raffensperger said there's "no doubt" the state will certify biden‘s victory on friday. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. remind us, what has been happening in georgia? hi. as expected the recount has confirmed what the original result was, thatjoe biden won the state, becoming the first democrat to take georgia since bill clinton in 1992. according to officials, very few discrepancies were found, perhaps in some counties a handful of perhaps in some counties a ha ndful of votes perhaps in some counties a handful of votes and in most places no changes at all so the result stands. but in the last hour we received a statement from the trump campaign that disputes that i will read y

shuggie bain by douglas stuart. douglas stuart's novel about growing up in glasgow wins one of the world's top prizes for fiction. hello and welcome. election officials in the us state of georgia have confirmed thatjoe biden beat donald trump there after a recount. but mr trump has still refused to admit defeat and his personal lawyer rudy giuliani has again laid out wide—ranging conspiracy theories about voter fraud. here's our north america correspondent will grant. the correspondent will grant. result of george's recou| is the result of george's recount is in and confirms what we already knew. mr biden won the state. still, donald trump will almost certainly not accept that result or any other he still can test. it is now a little over two weeks is the election was held and this was supposed to be the moment president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani showed the proof of their campaign was make unsubstantiated claims of fraud. i know crimes, i can smell them, i can prove this one through 18 different ways. ic

shuggie bain, by douglas stuart.douglas, congratulations. that looked like a genuine surprise? i was incredibly surprised. i think part of the reason that it took me so long to write the book is because i felt like an imposter. i've felt that way since i was a young man, to be honest. books were never really seen as something that a boy from the east end of glasgow should be doing with his life. i wasn't sure that my voice would be welcomed within publishing circles. and so this is just beyond my wildest expectations. douglas stuart's novel, shuggie bain, which took him a decade to write, is a moving, unflinching account of working—class life in 19805 glasgow. at its heart is a relationship between the alcohol—dependent agnes and her young son shuggie, who has his own issues to resolve. shuggie stood on the bed and put his arms on her shoulders. they swayed that way for a while. she kissed his nose, he kissed her nose. the chair ofjudges said the decision to give the award to shuggie bain was unanimous. if you like f

thank you to the judges for recognizing shuggie bain. know i am only the second scottish book to haveon thank you. thank you to the people of scotland, especially glaswendan's, whose empathy humor, whoseru love and le is in every word of this book. to my shuggie family in the u.k. to the people in new york who were the only people who took a risk on my book. >> douglas stuart, author of shuggie bain, has won the booker prize fiction in 2020. just time to remind you of our the centers for disease control has urge americans not to travel for inks giving next week. -- thanksgiving nex week. they should not mix because of the alarming speed at which intensive care units are filling up. thank you for watching outside source. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. raymond james. the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you

thank you to the judges from recognising shuggie bain.hey get to this people of scotland, especially glaswegian some whose empathy and humour and love and struggle are in every word. —— thank you to the people of scotland. to my shuggie bain family, everybody at picador uk, the equitable merchant danny, camilla, ella stein, lucy luck, aries, chrome atlantic in new york, who were the only people who actually take a risk on my book and especially peter blackstone, my very, very courageous editor. i wouldn‘t be able to be here without my husband and without his support so my husband and without his support so michael carey, thank you from the bottom of my heart, your support of me for 12 years what i wrote this book. he always had faith in me. that‘s you supported me. that lets me know i married the right man. thank you. and to everybody from all the readers who have just come out and let me know that my book ssl eyes, i cannot believe this. the greatest gift that just eyes, i cannot believe this. the greatest gift thatjust being able to con

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thatter trubowitz knows lyndon baines johnson was the -- very6 electoral votes to goldwater's 52 volts. how did we go from the trouncing of the goldwater and others along the way to such a divisive nation? peter: it has been a long road, tom. good to be with you and francine this morning. this kind of divisiveness and polarization did not just start on donald trump's watch. it has gotten much worse for sure, and it is plainly evident today. but this has been coming for some time. the country is just deeply, deeply divided. those people that were hoping that this election would be clarifying -- it is not this bection, it is not going to remembered for its political clarity. even in flipped states like a wisconsin or a michigan, biden won by running up the vote totals in reliably urban democratic strongholds. what you are not seeing is people like crossing over. there is one really interesting exception to that right now. maricopa county, arizona. up,he vote tallies hold that county has voted republican in every election since 1948. it looks like it is going biden blue. tom: let's rip up

wouldn't look out of place at the top level with this well worked corner landing at the feet of lewis bainesfirst time in their 137 year history. incredible scenes at half—time. the draw for that third round is on monday evening at a roundabout 7:10 p monday evening at a roundabout 7:10 pm. nojoy for the other two non league sides today. solihull moors of the national league had their preparations were badly affected. they'd not played for 17 days after a positive covid test in the squad and barely been able to train either. they took the lead against league two morecambe but trailed 2—1 untiljordan cranston sent the game to extra time. playing a full 120 minutes was always going to be a stretch too, asjohn 0'sullivan‘s header and then a mitch hancox own goal ended their run. credit to the players to have two weeks credit to the players to have two we e ks off credit to the players to have two weeks off and not to get out onto the grass and train, and to run around for two weeks. to have that resilience and character and work ethic, and in 20 minutes, i have got to applaud my players. 0ne pl

kennedy, it's lyndon baines johnson. >> has thrust upon me the awesome burden of the presidency. >> he realizes he has this moment to push through the first meaningful civil rights legislation. >> in his first address to congress as president, johnson announces he will enact kennedy's stalled civil rights bill. >> let us dissolve the john fitzgerald kennedy did not live or die in vain. >> he brilliantly used the death of john kennedy. >> he tells it, this is what your slain president would have wanted. >> it is time now to write the next chapter. ♪ may your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event. but some can't do it alone. they need help to stay home... ...and stay safe. they need us and we need you. home instead. apply today. i wasn't sure... was another around the corner? or could things go a different way? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. almost

emily: it was business as usual in the yield bain capital but many are on alert.onflict simmers in the north of the country. >> we are not people who fight and kill each other, therefore i feel that the federal governments should solve their differences through dialogue and negotiations and prioritize the interests of our nation area -- nation. >> increased the perfect opportunity for robbery. our country needs peace. we are in a very disgusting time. i am telling you the truth. >> the prime minister lots of military offensive in the region accusing the opposition led local government of attacking federal troops and looting their assets. the regions will by the people's liberation fund. >> today the if the open has dad -- has stabbed ethiopia. rplf is viewing them as a foreign army. i declare that we ethiopians will do all we can to shame and destroy this force. >> he declared a six-month state of emergency and shut off electricity, phone, and internet services there. in a statement aired on television, a regional government spokesman accuses the nobel prime winni

bain's huge choice being that in the street. and of course tear gas has rained down tensions still high in parts of paris as there are those protests against this controversial law. the global security to charlotte taking us through the this was the scene in central paris on sunday morning after a wave of vandalism. vehicles were torched on storefronts and bus stops. dozens of arrests were made during saturday's unrest which involved an estimated $46.00, a people journalist and political commentator on the lizabeth moot say. so as authorities need to change their approach in order to calm the situation, big government have shot themselves because the, the bill itself is not necessarily all bad. but article $24.00 is something that has managed to bring to your position left and right. the stream left and the conservative right saying that this is, this is contrary to not only is it contrary to essential liberties in front could it could make. 8 the not you could make the lives of people much more dangerous and even make the work

bain's huge choice being that in the street. and of course tear gas has rained down clouds of that surrounding the area around the busty. and it seems that while the majority of the tensions are over, there is still that hardcore group who are now being kept in that one area not far from where we are. and it looks like the police are trying to control the situation and get people to move at the, for the moment. tension still high in parts of paris as there are those protests against this controversial, the global security will protesters in the iranian capital, have burnt. israeli and american flags decrying the killing of the country's top nuclear scientist which to run is blaming on israel demonstrates demanded retaliation for what the iranian foreign minister has branded an act of state terrorism. the late research, it was the fault of the runs atomic program and spirit his killing could affect the already faltering iran nuclear deal. the unresolved assassination of one of iran's top nuclear scientists, or in the words of teh

the red cross, for example, which is overseeing demining operations, the exchange of bain's of fallentroops. and as we're coordinating the return help for all the 10s of thousands of refugees that are on the competition with both sides, has been successful. establishing that we have a productive partnership, everybody understands that we must bring peace to this long suffering last post to do so with the recent events here, people react differently somehow, be someone neutral and civilians of course, gave us a warm welcome to think that the war here is over again, aside from the magic unimaginable just a few weeks ago. it is about john the military vehicle making its way into territory, held by pro armenian forces to negotiate, to resolve disputes with the armenian side, through russian peacekeeper mediation. a case of the wrong place at the wrong time, a new report has claimed a counter-terror branch of the us military is buying up location data from apps and suggestions. it's mostly bought from apps aimed at muslim communities on the platform behind their portal. and mother board ha

bain's huge choices being lit in the street. and of course tear gas has rained down tension, still high in parts of paris as there are those protests against this controversial law, the global security to all journalist and political commentator. and elizabeth says, the government needs to change its approach to calm the unrest. i think the government have shot themselves because the, the bill itself is not necessary. but article $24.00 is something that has managed to bring to your position left and right. 8 the stream left and the conservative right saying that this is, this is contrary to say, not only is it contrary to essential liberties in front of but it could, it could make the not, it could make the lives of people much more dangerous and even make the work of police and more dangerous because there could be no trust anymore through his head last has left. the situation brought in so many weapons, almost all on police brutality, but also on the town to. and it's in the past 2 years and it's so it's something that will h

she was one of the bain —— main backers of the leadership campaign.protective square around her. having saying that it would be strange to move her on. yes, indeed. the part of the reshuffle game is to keep ministers on their toes. you put out suggestions that you may be shuffled out in order to then create a culture where they work harder, or try and prove their worth a bit more, but at the end of the day, the big question is why would he stick his neck out and cause quite a big scandal that caused his own very senior civil servant and standards adviser to resign, if he is then in adviser to resign, if he is then in a couple of weeks going to get rid of her. then, the sunday telegraph has news about the archbishop. a sabbaticalfor has news about the archbishop. a sabbatical for spiritual renewal, a time for study, prayer and reflection. i expect there will be a lot of people saying they need a sabbatical, actually. yes. six months of reflection. it is not unprecedented. rowan williams and george carey his predecessors also took sabbatical is, althoug

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baines, and that russia is considering to leave this organization. i will be blunt, the o.p.c. w.'s technical secretary is increasingly turning into a tool in the west. ham's which is being used to exert informational and political pressure on countries to toe the line. this conclusion is backed up by the watch dogs involvement in the russian campaigns with the screen case and now with the alleged poisoning of a mix. so as you can see, we have sanctions now prepared against germany and france. russia is considering to leave the o.p.c. getting very serious. but again, as mr. lover of said today, russia is just responding to their western countries behavior. let's give you some background to the story. alex in a volley is a problem that activists and critic of the russian government. he fell sick on the 20th of august on board a plane flying from the siberian city of tomsk to moscow. aircraft made an emergency landing in the city of homs and mr. not only was taken to a local hospital, he was put into an induced coma and remained in for 2 days. the samples were sent to several russian

thank you to the bookerjudges from recognising shuggie bain.ass stories. and so thank you. thank you to the people of scotland, especially glaswegians, whose empathy and humour and love and struggle are in every word. to my shuggie family, everybody at picador uk, the incredible danny, camilla, ella stein, lucy, aries, chrome atlantic in new york, who were the only people who actually took a risk on my book and especially peter blackstone, my very, very courageous editor. i wouldn't be able to be here without my husband and without his support, so michael carey, thank you from the bottom of my heart, you supported me for 12 years while i wrote this book. you always had faith in me. that lets me know i married the right man. thank you. and to everybody, all the readers who have just come out and let me know that shuggie and agnes have touched their lives. i cannot believe this. the greatest gift is just being able to connect with you. thank you so much. thank you. breaking news lines. joe biden who was speaking the last few minutes, just said th

at a while, haven't ization bain's a rise in infections in africa, on family gatherings, interactions that work and election campaigns and ideas or is, has more from abroad in nigeria. this seems to be some for tea or some kind of fatigue of the past 2 of africans. we just came back from an election in ivory coast and what you notice there in, across many sub-saharan african countries is that people where very few people where most this days, social distancing is still a problem. and crowds gather in large numbers. most of the people you see in such crowds don't wear a face mask. experts are warning that as the how much on dusty season kicks in in a few weeks or a few days. we're going to see we are going to see a lot of cases of covered 19 for example in nigeria. for the last 2 months, only a few dozen cases were reported each day. but today, the center for disease control yet released its results saying that in the past 48 hours more than 200 cases were recorded and it warned that this could increase as people abundant safety precautions use of trees lost and of course, social dista

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shuggie bain, by douglas stuart.debut for scottish writer douglas stuart — his novel based on his life growing up in glasgow wins the booker prize. and coming up from the bbc sport centre on bbc news — a winter rescue package for sport, but will it be enough, as some miss out on the government hand—out. good evening. a draft report into claims that the home secretary priti patel had bullied staff concluded this summer that she had broken rules on ministerial behaviour. the cabinet office began an inquiry into her conduct after the most senior official at the home office, sir philip rutnam, resigned in february. he alleged that staff felt she "created fear" in the department, and is suing the home office for unfair dismissal. tonight labour is demanding that the report be made public. a decision on priti patel‘s future will be made public tomorrow. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. she's the most powerful woman in the cabinet, long—standing brexiteer backer of borisjohnson, in charge of the police, immigr

he is somebody that is very much i would think more of a lyndon baines johnson type of of skill set in that he knows the senate he knows how to get things over the finish line the question is does he have a lot of foresight to know what he should be pushing over the finish line but there's no question that without joe biden barack obama's biggest signature legislation might not have happened up to and including the issues with we might have seen a and uglier situation on the debt ceiling and i think that there's a realistic chance to say that obamacare might never never have happened if he didn't have joe biden who knew every pressure point in congress according to most financial analysts and investors are betting on a victory and expecting a major new stimulus package for the economy if he does a when do you think that they're underestimating trump. well we're going to find out tonight exactly how much the polls are relevant in in 2020 or at least with donald trump there is no doubt about this even if you look at places that. they say polls are being taken off the board prematurely or

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kennedy, lyndon bains johnson, richard nixon and ronald reagan. now professor deluxe analysis only looks at the 20th century. i'm going to throw in some of the presidents from the 21st century as we go along. if we can go to the first slide. professor dally talks about the six points. the first one he says is his vision. then the second second is charisma third is pragmatism. the fourth is consensus building followed by trust their credibility luck and then i'm going to throw in which is on the last slide which is something that i will call communication competence. i'm gonna leave the slides behind for right now. let's start with vision. vision according to dallick is that a presidents come up with an idea and they help us to develop something that is going to pull us all together. it's going to be something that is going to unify us. sometimes it comes to us as a enough phrase. a new deal, the new frontier, the great society. these would be the things that are going to occur when we talk about vision. let me talk about a few of the presidents th

as soon as we got there and go over to meet with the leader of the republican majority leer, john bainare --boehne we tied ourselves to house republicans, th said yes or no and that was a terrible mista and didn't give a damn what john mccain told them to do. we were suddenly involved in whatas sought by others in that particular juncture and a loss to figure out how to make the most of it, the notorious meeting the white house he asked for. bush turns to him and says john and he says i want to hear was john boehner has to say. he wanted on idea whato ask bush for and the democrats for that he could deliver his caucus and that is why he acted that way in that meeting. it was a stupid blunder we should have seen coming. don't want to say it was panic, when you strgle and kick your way to the 40 yard line, knocked back very late in the race you have to have a 1-yard line, and putting it up and throwing a hail mary and that is what it was a it up in our face. you know. we realistically knew it was very unlikely he could win. >> how long did it take to recover? >> from defeat? i think he r

agent the radiation that's being emitted by these devices is essentially the same as it so why is bain and essentially the same is as we've had around with radio for instance am an f.m. radio if many used to get you to hold on to the front of the cat. well i get the rest of the professor croft is chairman of the key international body that recommends safe exposure limits for radio frequency radiation this is one of the most researched physical agents in the world they're just thousands and thousands of papers out there that have gone into everything from epidemiology of cancer to simple doesn't make you feel bad agitated because the symptoms of any had any for. now but i'm going to get you to memory tasks that we were doing oh we believe there are get under the bar tree conditions tests are run on the effects of radio frequency radiation on humans. this test is simulating the radiation emitted by mobile phones. what we're really doing is setting people up putting electrodes on their heads looking at the brain activity the electrical activity caused by the brain and whether it's being i

agent the radiation that's being emitted by these devices is essentially the same as that so why is bain and essentially the same is as we've had around with radio for instance am an f.m. radio of many is to get you to hold on to the front of the cab. while i get the rest of the professor croft is chairman of the key international body that recommends safe exposure limits for radio frequency radiation this is one of the most researched physical agents in the world they're just thousands and thousands of papers out there that have gone into everything from epidemiology of cancer to simple does it make you feel bad agitated cause you symptoms of any any for. now we're going to get you to memory tasks that we were doing oh we believe there are good under the bar tree conditions tests are run on the effects of radio frequency radiation on humans. this test is simulating the radiation emitted by mobile phones. what we're really doing is setting people up putting electrodes on their heads looking at the brain activity the electrical activity caused by the brain and whether it's being influence

and then we clamber hey can we talk to, can we talk to you in north korea baines indifference but then extorts payoffs. payoffs in the form of reduced sanctions. but directs payoffs to the regime just for the privilege of talking with them. there is a long drawn out often frosting negotiation that results in a week treatment that locks in the status quo doesn't really change anything. norman set north korea up to break that agreement and repeat that cycle. okay let's not do that is what we should resolve to do. but i think after the election there will likely be a provocation. much like in 2016 to 2017 there is a. a very high activity for the north korean regime. i think it's an immensely important issue for it's not going away. i think that question to what is the regime getting more fragile now? he apologized to south korea which is something unusual. he has been disappearing for weeks at a time. we think maybe covid-19 has been the best mechanism to enforce u.s. security council sanctions. and also there is a new class emerging. a class of sort of a emerging middle class from this c

these next few evenings bit more moderate into next week and as for bain coastal evening lows remainingdy in the 40's. robin. crews are still working to clear this major hot spot in fremont it's an accident involving an overturned truck and several other trucks will step out of the way you see the spill load of sand here so the tires damaged the trailer portion loaded with sand slipped over spilled, that's an all into the traffic lanes this is fremont southbound 6.80 admission south. >>the 3 right lanes are closed because of this accident here and it's going to take some time to get out of the way right you have to clean up the sand you have to upright the rig you have to remove the other vehicles that are involved a step out of the way look at this we got this video from chp see that pickup truck that's a truck that's actually stuck in the middle of 2 other big rig. so we have the one that flipped over. you have this little white pickup truck that's badly damaged. there's another big rig on the right side you see the sand spill down below so this is going to take some time to clear the

sure it's a strongly republican state it has not voted for a democrat for president since lyndon baines johnson won there in 1964 but only 50 percent of the votes in alaska have that counted and that's one of the reasons that the associated press has not called the state for either. more wide alaska won't even start counting more than 120000 absentee and mail in ballots until next tuesday the 10th of november that's the law and alaska and while trump is likely to win alaska's 3 electoral. votes the senate race there could be a different story there is a republican incumbent dan sullivan is facing a very well financed opponent grows and if there is a. chance that growth could pull it out that could change the entire makeup of the senate next year it's a long shot but politics is full of surprises indeed rob reynolds there for us in los angeles many thanks oh we can talk now to brett burr and he is a former white house director of global engagement other under president obama joining us via skype from washington d.c. appreciate you speaking to us here on al-jazeera let me start by asking

and he's won for his debut — shuggie bain, about a boy in 1980s glasgow trying to support his mother an hour to decide. the panel described the novel as "challenging, intimate and gripping". i'm delighted to say that douglas stuartjoins me now from new york where he lives. with that wonderful smile that not so surprisingly was plastered across your face last night. i expect you to still be smiling. many congratulations. goodness, has it sunkin congratulations. goodness, has it sunk in yet? thank you. it hasn't quite sunk in yet, everything feels like it is happening through a screen! sadly, life is happening through a screen. i wish you were sitting here but it is a pleasure to talk to you nonetheless. my goodness, for your debut, i mean, really, that's just showing goodness, for your debut, i mean, really, that'sjust showing off! you know, i think sometimes davies have a unique power in the world because writers are carrying the story inside them for so, so many years and it builds up. and so i always think there is a unique power to debuts and i'm just really proud to have won. not

and then the guy who is going to become president three years after that, which is lyndon baines johnson. johnson is the majority leader in the senate because the democrats have taken control of the senate, and fulbright is going to become the chair of the formulations committee. this is 1959 and he remains chair for the longest continuous run of anyone from 1959 until his resignation from the senate in 1974. and this graphic is from 1963. it's a very significant scrapbook in that it's the documentation and copy given to the senator of the signing of the nuclear test ban treaty. we have senator fulbright over here, then we also have the premier of the soviet union in the middle, kruschev right here in the middle. fulbright was helping to diffuse conflict and helping diplomacy in the united states and other nations around the world to prevent nuclear violation. these papers show the compromises, and maybe if you would term it, the mistakes that even as distinguished of leaders like fulbright make over a long political career. right here is the senate manifesto or a draft of the senate man

. >> chair peskin: next >> hi, i am jay bain and i'm a richmond district resident.icn supervisor fewer is my reervisor. andden t.i'm on the advisory committee and i was planning on calling during the meeting this afternoon. and --ng an >> clerk: (indiscernible) sorry. >> caller: the board meetings with your agenda item. so, anyway, i wanted to call oun that -- i have been looking atea the city government scorecard be for sftv-led citations and scor seeing theec numbers go down ovr several years and i appreciate that you're looking at red light camera -- programs to implementf thoseor city-wide. appreciat weh i'm very concerned that sftv and essentially with their role inty traffic enforcement, especially as it relates to the citationsel that could save lives. and i hope -- i am excited to hear -- i'm very happy to hear that the comments made by the supervisor stefani, yee and haney today and i really appreciate trying to making thee city safer and strategically saf places those cameras where they are needed most and they can nee have the mostde impact. can that's al

in 2018 i became the first democrat since lyndon baines johnson in '64 to carry the four metro areasdemocrat ever. we won big races down the ballot and we also registered 2 million voters since the last presidential election cycle. all of that expanding the roles, expanding access to ballot box, energizing voters and specifically going after young voters whose turnout is up 600% over 2016. has produced these results that you see now. so this isn't a fluke. this is something that's been building for a while through organizations like the texas organizing project and great candidates who are running grassroots campaigns. if bide dep wins on the night of november 3rd, which as you know will seal the deal for him and make it mathematically impossible for donald trump to have a path to victory, it will be less about frankly the top of the ticket and more about the down ballot statehouse races that are energizing the electorate and sending voters up ballot to the top of the ticket. >> if you're looking at harris county for a moment, got the biggest population of a county in texas, group of

bain? would that be the author? >> yes that's the one. >> he's got a new and out on dooey defeats truman. >> yes it's pretty interesting book. truman did not have a good second term after he won i gues guess. this question about the favorite author have to be nonfiction? >> if you've got a favorite fiction author you want to ring up, go ahead. >> abby thomas berger. he's not real well known but he wrote one novel is written about 18 or 20 novels he died cummings 89 he died in 2014 i think it was. anyway, he's only known really for one book. as little big man. it is written, some people stays not so well-known because he worked in different genres, it's all fiction. but he had detective novels, contemporary stuff. and also he wrote a takeoff on king arthur while. these known for his grasp of the english language. nobody writes like the guy. >> host: where you get your books, brent? why break, online, bookstore? >> online and at the library. but thomas berger he is somebody -- his stuff is, proves fixture estrangement

you've bain steadfast rock in the hardest times. when the stores were raging, you were that rock. in every meeting you were the stabilizer. you are loved and will be loved and looking forward to the days ahead when we can hang out as friends and i'll get some of that tennis with director bridges and maybe the government affairs team can take you all on. thank you, roberta, we love you. >> secretary: i'm still just a phone call away. >> thank you, chair borden. i appreciate your leadership here. >> chair borden: are the others on the call if not we can move on and if others join along the way we can have them speak. directors, who would like to lead us off? >> director: roberta, in some ways the public comment is closed has made this slightly easier because the thing i'll miss most in addition to what everybody said about your amazing job you've done is your friendship. i'll miss walking to work with you and seeing you after board meetings but i've already been missing that the seven months so in some ways it's been a lesson on how not to see you as often as i have for the past 10

growing up in liverpool, i was due to speak to the booker prize winner douglas stewart ant shuggie baint of time separating growing up in liverpool, to writing about that period ? growing up in liverpool, to writing about that period? yes, and i think time is important, i think a bit of space, away from the actual events is important, but i think that i could only have written this book by walking the streets every day. i have always been a great city walker, and you know, if i needed inspiration i would just take myself into town and walk down the back alleys and go into the, those buildings that are used to go into when i could. jeffl am sorry, we are out of time but congratulations on the. no nation, we look forward to hearing the results. thank you. thank you. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello. currently we have a band of rain moving west to east out of wales and across england, and as it does so the rain on it is weakening all the time. as it clears away, we will see sunshine and showers behind it, and it is a cooler feelin

you have heard it from mr bain.says it is better than england wide restrictions that would take no account of their variability of the case rate, demography, risk profile and the various other contributory factors that inform how different areas are put in different tiers under this model. birmingham also tier 3, chris. the leader of birmingham city council ian ward, amongst other things, has said we need a clear road map out of these restrictions on a meaningful package of support for jobs and restrictions on a meaningful package of support forjobs and businesses, especially in hospitality. a road map out of these restrictions. that is also something we had jonathan ashworth, the shadow health secretary, comment upon in a question in the commons. that's right, and i think there‘s an awareness within government and certainly amongst opposition mps and backbenchers that because we now into the slog of this, there is no novelty or newness to any of this now, they are variations in restrictions we have been used to sin