jeremy bowen, bbc news. let's speak to justin byworth from the charity world vision uk. at a conference in brussels discussing the situation in syria. good evening to you. what was your reaction when you heard this dreadful news from syria? world, i'm in brussels for a major international conference on syria and we were together with people from the un, from other humanitarian organisations, from governments, including the british, and when the news came through, a syrian colleague from another agency suddenly flashed up a picture and over the next hour or so we heard news someone over the next hour or so we heard news someone had lost a colleague and also the hospitals were overflowing so there was a sense of shock, we were just in the middle of discussing how to get badly needed humanitarian assistance to more than 5 million syrians who don't have access, who are in besieged or hard to reach areas, we were discussing how to protect them, and for the children, it's been the worst year of the whole conflict. i've been involved in this since the beginning and it is just t

jeremy bowen, bbc news. we'll speak tojeremy, but first let's join jon sopel, our north america editor, who's at the white house tonight. this very confident assertion by the white house that the assad regime is responsible... is that likely to lead to any action? the simple a nswer to lead to any action? the simple answer to that is we don't know. the white house said it was a reprehensible act and that the civilised world must act against it. there has also been condemnation from president trump of barack 0bama. the statement went on to say, these venus actions by the bashar al—assad regime are a consequence of the last administration's weakness and he resolution. you will remember barack 0bama said that a red line would be the use of chemical weapons. chemical weapons were used and he didn't do anything about it. in no small part down to parliament having also voted to reject it before he was about to make a decision here in the united states. but in answer to your question, donald trump hasn't said there

jeremy bowen is right beside me and we will talk to him in a moment. let's look through some of the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. we start in syria, where syria's president has responded to american accusations that he used chemical weapons to attack his own citizens. the united states is hand in glove with the terrorists, they fabricated the whole story. this means we now have three completely different explanations — one american, one russian and one syrian — for how an attack that killed over 80 people came about. our correspondent is inside north korea, amid speculation the country could be preparing for its sixth nuclear test. donald trump has said that north korea is a problem that will be "taken care of". speaking of mrtrump, we'll be taking a look back at the last seven days of his presidency. he's met the president of china, as well as the general secretary of nato. he's also launched an airstrike against the syrian government. but what does this tell us about how his policies have changed since his inauguration? and more violence has

joining us also is ashley-bowen -- ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd at brown university. our focus has been the panel you did at the aha on the pbs show "mercy street." let me start with you, ashley. how would you describe that showed to people who have not seen it and how realistic is it? ashley: it is a scripted drama that takes place at a union field hospital. exceeding a union general , hospital. it is pretty accurate. they worked with a lot of historians. they did a lot of research into both what occupied alexandria was like an specific family members -- the green family, a major character in the show. they were real people. some of the physicians and surgeons and other folks are composites of the various people who would have worked there, but there is a lot of reality. the new york times called it "gray's anatomy" with crinolines, pretty good description? >> the fabric that civil war women would have worn. ashley: which i think is pretty accurate. which makes it pretty accurate. as much as there is medicine and history, it is also really funny and there is drama an

jeremy bowen has arrived on set in the newsroom.cent trip to iraq, you can contact him. we will talk to him in a few minutes. just before the top of the hour there will be a detailed look at the uk forecast, but know a look at stories around the world. in the south pacific, cyclone cook took down power lines and trees in new caledonia, and then journeying towards new zealand, loses its energy supply, but still an intense area of low pressure with tropical moisture, which enhances the rainfall. it came ashore with gusts of wind, 90—100 mph, easing down as it went towards wellington, christchurch, eventually it will move away towards the east of new zealand. more rainfall coming in from the west. the rain is the big problem of the next few days. 50—100 millimetres of rain for many. some prisons will get more, up to 300 millilitres is possible for some, and flooding is likely. in the bay of bengal, a cluster of thunderstorms which is possibly developing into a tropical cyclone. it may take a few days. some rain in association with that

jeremy bowen, bbc news.ld trump's estate in florida. what has the reaction been. britain was a supporting by stander. the government was told before the the united states was going to do this. but the uk was not asked to take part. ministers are pleased that president trump has acted. the defence secretary said it was an entirely appropriate response and he thinks will deter president assad from using chemical weapons in the future. that was echoed by liberal democrats and many senior labour party figure. but notjeremy corbyn. he thinks the missile strike could only escalate the conflict in syria. he is opposed to it and called for further peace talks. nobody in westminster thinks there is a simple solution. but one question is whether, if the us action escalates and becomes more widespread, is there a chance the uk may be involved in the future. the government have been clear, that can only happen if parliament gives approval and you remember in 2013 the government tried to get support forair the government

we'll be talking to our middle east editor, jeremy bowen.lso on the programme: a new generation of grammars in england — the education secretary justine greening sets out her plans for schools for "ordinary working families". more families who lost babies at birth at an nhs trust in shropshire come forward to speak out about the way they've been treated. a rare glimpse inside north korea, amid speculation that the secretive nation is preparing for its sixth nuclear test this weekend. saving their bacon — the campaign to protect the gloucestershire old spots, one of britain's most famous pig breeds, from extinction. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: chris latham wins a bronze for britain in the men's scratch race at the world track cycling championships, bringing gb's medal tally to two in two days. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the syrian president, bashar al—assad, says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a "100% fabrication". instead, he claimed america h

jeremy bowen, bbc news. 0ur our other top stories this hour: the british chancellor philip hammond isa to discuss financial and business links. he's being accompanied by the governor of the bank of england and leaders of uk financial services. officially the uk can't agree trade deals until it leaves the eu but mr hammond is making it clear he is already seeing india as an important economic partner. india's economy is growing and developing in a way that would have seen developing in a way that would have seen unimaginable a few years ago and the uk has made the historic decision to leave the european union and to re— forged its historic links and to re— forged its historic links and ties with partners, allies and friends around the world. britain and india have a huge amount in common. we already have a very significant trade and investment relationship. also making the news, a spokesman for the un secretary general says america's decision to withdraw funding from the un population fund could have a devastating effect on vulnerable women and girls. the us says the decision is partly

that was jeremy bowen, eating through the broken artefacts of mosul. stay with us. is a swollen rivers are threatening tens and thousands of people in a state of queensland. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can at worst produce a meltdown. in this case the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news. i'm tom donkin. the latest headlines: bad weather is hampering search and res

thanks very much, jeremy bowen.

jeremy bowen, bbc news.speak to robert satloff, a us middle east policy analyst from the washington institute. i know you are specialist in arab and islamic politics and american middle east policy. what hope do you have from the un on this? regrettably the un only reflects the strength of its major leading states, so here we are talking about whether the united states and russia, as the key security council actors in syria, can be affect even addressing this problem. the leadership in damascus and in moscow deny any part in this, but nobody else has the air power, but necessary airpower, do they? no, it doesn't appear as though there are any other potential candidates than the assad regime or it superpowered backers, the russians. it seems far more likely that assad himself, one day after american officials said that the syrian people will determine his fate, that assad himself showed america and the world what he thinks of the syrian people and their ability to determine his fate. quite the contrary. he wa

it's brought war down onto the iraqi people once again. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen reportingng stabbed at their family home has visited the scene to lay flowers in their memory. lydia wilkinson's mother tracey and brother pierce were killed at their home in stourbridge. in a statement, lydia called her mother "wonderful" and someone who "always put others before herself". she described her brother as making "everyone smile". a 23—year—old man, aaron barley, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. officials in australia are still warning that swollen rivers are still threatening tens of thousands of people in new south wales. the floods come in the aftermath of tropical cyclone debbie. tim allman reports. homes, schools, churches and france have all been affected. as some of the waters recede, you can see the impact, including dead livestock that were not moved in time. when i came here a couple of hours this morning the water was up to the roof on the shed. there is a house behind the shed that we cannot even see. we do not know whether the house is still there or

this report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen.tressing images coming up, right from the beginning. this boy was one of hundreds of victims of the attack, he's showing classic symptoms of poisoning, perhaps by a military—strength nerve agent. the victim's lungs were badly affected. rescue workers did what they could to decontaminate the victims, that includes removing clothes, where the poison can linger, and by spraying fresh water. the attack happened in khan sheikhoun, a town that has been heavily bombed by the regime and by the russians in the last two days. it's in idlib province, which is one of the last rebel strongholds in syria. the hospital was overwhelmed by casualties. translation: all are wounded, some are dead, there are many suffocation cases. we couldn't enter khan sheikhoun city because of the intensive and systematic shelling. there doesn't seem to be much oxygen there, which could have saved more people. translation: i lost my son, my children, my neighbours, my daughter. they're all gone, i only have god left. t

jeremy bowen.tors say yesterday's explosion on the st petersburg metro, was possibly caused by a suicide bomber. 14 people died in the attack, and 50 were injured. steve rosenberg reports from st petersburg. this is what chaos looks like underground. this mobile phone footage was shot seconds after the bomb. there is a mad scramble to get out of the train alive. "smash it, break it down", says a voice. some passengers were helped to safety. "give me your hand". at that moment, somebody cries, "mum, mum!" the injured are pulled away. "i was just sitting there", she says. and here is the station today, wreckage cleared, service back. st petersburg, trying to be normal. it is astonishing how quickly a scene of chaos and carnage can be replaced by an error of normality. replaced by an air of normality. as you can see, the metro is up and running again today. but look over here, and you see a reminder of yesterday's drama. people are normally rushing by in the metro. not today. some here said prayers fo

our middle east editor jeremy bowen reporting.r who died after being stabbed at their family home have visited the scene today to lay flowers for the family. his mother tracey and his brother piers died at their home in stourbridge. she described her brother is making eve ryo ne described her brother is making everyone smile. our own barley has been charged with murder and attempted murder. it's ten years since the rotary young citizen awards began. since then, hundreds of young people who've done amazing things have been nominated for awards. one of them is 11—year—old harvey parry, who lost both his legs when he was baby, after contracting meningitis. in 2014, when he was just eight—years—old, he won an award for his sporting and fundraising achievements. harvey's been telling us how, since then, he's been trying to get more amputees interested in sport. my name's harvey, i'm 11 years old and i won the rotary young citizen award in 2014 because of my sporting achievements. when harvey was a little baby he caught meningitis and h

our middle east editor jeremy bowen reporting.rs are still threatening tens of thousands of people in queensland and new south wales as emergency workers battle to restore water and electricity supplies to parts of the region. the floods come in the aftermath of tropical cyclone debbie. tim allman reports. cyclone debbie has gone but the dangers still remain. a huge stretch of land is now underwater. homes, schools, churches, farms — all have been affected. and as some of the waters begin to recede, you can see the impact, including dead livestock that weren't moved to higher ground in time. i came here a couple of hours ago this morning and the water down there was up to the roof line on the shed and there is a house behind the shed that we can't even see the roof of the house. so we don't know whether the house is still there or whether it has actually gone this time. in some areas, floodwaters are still rising. tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes. many more are without electricity and water supplies. lives h

our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report. it contains distressing images.ttack on khan sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas, and rescue workers struggling to help. hosing victims down to try to wash it away. president trump said he was so shocked by what he saw that he went from being prepared to deal with the assad regime to calling the syrian president a butcher. bashar al—assad denies every accusation against him. there was no order to make any attack. we don't have any chemical weapons. we gave up our arsenal three years ago. even if we had them, we wouldn't use them, and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. there is credible evidence, samples, not just pictures, that chemical weapons were used in khan sheikhoun, according to the organisation that supervises the international ban on them. but these scenes, president assad insisted, could have been staged, to discredit his government. we don't know whether those dead, the children, where they killed in khan sheikhoun? were they dead at all? who committed

. >> here to talk about disabled sarahwar veterans, handley-cousins, and ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd in american studies at brown university. thank you for joining us. the focus has been the panel you did at the pbs show, mercy street. let me start with you, ashley. thatould you describe showed people who have not seen it, and how realistic is it? ashley: it is pretty accurate, they worked with a lot of historians, they did a lot of research into both what occupy alexandria was like come and specific family members. the green family was a major character in the show they were , real people. some of the physicians and surgeons are composites of the various kinds of people who would have worked there. but there is a lot of reality in the show. it new york times called with crinoline, which is a pretty good description. it is pretty accurate. drama, loveunny, stories and other stuff as well. sarah, why were they interested in having a discussion on what "mercy street " means to historians like you? sarah: ashley is the one who figured out the idea for the panel. and it came

jeremy bowen, bbc news. the directoreak to of the woodrow wilson center. it happened before, he got away with it then. what should the world be doing now? >> issuing more than statements condemning it. he sort of got away with it before. he did surrender most of his are at hersenal obviously has chlorine and other substances that weren't declared. your last commentator said that. he cannot get away with it again. the eu has sanctioned syrians for doing this. the un is meeting today or tomorrow. this is when the united states needs our alliances. we can work effectively through these groups and impose actions on syria that i hope will curb this behavior. tim: a lot has changed in the last four years. a lot of it has gotten worse. sitting on the un security council is russia. >> theun probably doesn't work. the eu is trying to work. i am not saying they are effective ideas. i saw the statement from the trump administration. i agree limited strategic bombing would have been helpful, but we are where we are. rhetoric will not be enough. we need to consider, wi

that was our middle east editorjeremy bowen. this is the.me for the film review with gavin esler and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases we have mark kermode. what do we have, mark? this is a very, very mixed week. we have graduation, which is a low—key and intense drama. we have ghost in the shell, controversial live action adaptation of a famous manga and anime. and free fire, the new film from ben wheatley. ben wheatley, we are both fans of ben wheatley. so, graduation. graduation is from cristian mungiu, the romanian director of 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, which you remember we reviewed here on the programme some time ago. this is another low—key and very intense drama. the story is a doctor, his daughter is on her way to school, is attacked, she gets a broken wrist and the doctor is just simply worried it will affect her exams. he is desperate for her to get great exam grades because he wants to be able to go and study in britain. he is convinced that she needs

jeremy bowen reports evocations of the us strikes for the seven—year syrian war.lled so many pushed the americans into military action. the long—term impact on the war itself depends on what the americans do next. more chemical weapons attacks on civilians might bring a tougher response. the syrian regime denies it has ever used chemical weapons. i think regime denies it has ever used chemicalweapons. i think trump himself knows that syria did not use any chemical weapons and does not have any chemical weapons and it has given its stockpile to the international organisation responsible for that. the americans say they have cleared proof that the syrian armed forces carried out war finds by using nerve gas against civilians, they are certain of that, thatis civilians, they are certain of that, that is why they carried out this raid. four years after the invasion of iraq we see iraq has been destroyed. syria is the second secular state after iraq that is being targeted by the west simply because it is secular and it has an army and again with the israeli occupation

set against any intervention against the regime of bashar al—assad. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowencations of the us strike for the six—year syrian war. the war crime that killed so many in a village pushed the americans into military action. the long—term impact on the war itself depends on what the americans to next. more chemical attacks would provoke a tougher american response. but the us might accept a return to conventional killing. the syrian regime denies it has ever used chemical weapons. i think president trump himself knows that syria did not use any chemical weapons, it does not have any chemical weapons, as it has given all its stock pile too the international organisation responsible for that. the americans say they have clear that the proof that the syrian forces carrived out —— carried out war crimes, they're certain of that, that is whoo i they carried out this raid. 14 years after the invasion of iraq, we see iraq has been destroyed. syria is the second secular state after iraq thatis the second secular state after iraq that is being targeted by the west, simply b

our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report — it contains distressing images.sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve gas and rescue workers struggling to help. hosing victims down to try to wash it away. president trump said he was so shocked by what he saw that he went from being prepared to deal with the assad regime, to calling the syrian president a butcher. bashar al—assad denies every accusation against him. there was no order to make any attack. we don't have any chemical weapons. we gave up our arsenal three years ago. even if we had them we wouldn't use them, and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. there is credible evidence — samples, notjust pictures — that chemical weapons were used in khan sheikhoun, according to the organisation that supervises the international ban on them. but these scenes, president assad insisted, could have been staged — to discredit his government. we don't know whether those dead, the children, where they killed in khan sheikhoun? were they dead at all? who committed the attack,

let's start by talking to the bbc‘s middle east editor, jeremy bowen.the international community consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times when states are compelled to take their own action. the indiscriminate use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians is one of those times. we don't know if it does yet. it depends if it is a one—off or it is part of a thought out us strategy, a new strategy, one that has a clear idea of what victory looks like, a clear idea of how they get there. that might change things. more attacks might change things as well, if the americans choose to use more force. actually changing the course of this terrible conflict, i think, will take more than simply one attack. let's talk about syria. we will hear from the syrian deputy foreign minister shortly. what has been going on there? it would obviously be very bad for america if it emerged that they had been duped and it wasn't the syrians who have released sarin gas. what would be the theories as to why syria might be engaging in chemical warfare

our middle east editorjeremy bowen reports now on the implications of the us strike for the six yearny pushed the americans into military action. the long—term impact on the war itself depends on what the americans do next. more chemical weapons attacks on civilians might bring a tougher response. the syrian regime denies it has ever used chemical weapons. i think trump himself knows that syria did not use any chemical weapons and does not have any chemical weapons and it has given its stockpile to the international organisation responsible for that. the americans say they have clear proof that the syrian armed forces carried out war crimes by using the nerve gas sarin against civilians, they are certain of that, that is why they carried out this raid. fourteen years after the invasion of iraq we see iraq has been destroyed. syria is the second secular state after iraq that is being targeted by the west simply because it is secular and it has an army and again with the israeli occupation of palestine. in one of the damascus suburbs in which more than 1000 people were killed by chemic

now under control of the iraqi security forces, our middle east editorjeremy bowen has been to see these were the statues of gods, sumerian gods, and they were were great big statues with wings, feet with claws, and the faces and torsos of humans. you can see on it cuneiform. cuneiform writing is one of the earliest kind of alphabets, about 5,000 years old, and it's considered one of the greatest contributions to civilisation. and this wasn'tjust cultural vandalism, though it was that, it was an attempt to remake history, to destroy a civilisation, to destroy a memory. the things that contributed to making this part of the world special. inside there are large... what were once, i suppose, exhibition rooms. high ceilings, pillars, it's a classic museum. now, in other buildings here, other parts of the museum here, you can see that this wasn't just an exhibition hall, it was a working museum. a place of research. and when they came here to destroy all of this, they were also trying to create something new. their caliphate. a return to the golden age of islam. but far from being that, it

thanks very much, jeremy bowen. time for a look at the weather, with tomasz schafernaker.t's good news as far as the weather goes this weekend. the temperatures are going to be rising. we could get temperatures as high as 23 lcs in some spots. not for everybody, but warm enough. the warmth, as predicted, will be coming in from the south, from spain, from france. the temperatures that will happen in london on sunday could be as high as paris and even madrid. some pleasant warm weather on the dot way. the pollen level has been high and will remain high in england and wales for a couple more days at least yet. stating the obvious, we are not used to that strong spring sunshine just yet, so if you are heading off to the beach where the temperature may be 13-14, the beach where the temperature may be 13—14, you will burn. all this talk about sunshine, there's certainly a lack of it across a number of parts of the country in the last couple of days. suddenly northern ireland, the north—west of england, north wales and west of scotland. it's been cloudy, the clouds have been stuc

our middle east editorjeremy bowen is fresh back from mosul in iraq. a lot of time in syria. i suppose when a red line has been crossed it can be crossed again and again. just, 2013, similar scenes in terms of the video that came out of damascus. it was a chemical attack and president obama said that there was a red line, use chemical weapons and you will feel my rough. it didn't happen. america actually blinked. we don't know whether president trump has red lines about this. we don't do what they will do if they do anything if it is from that division was behind it. the russian and syrian government are denying involvement in this attack. you know the country well. is that what it possible? it depends if the reports are true. that it came from an air bombing attack. the last couple of days, that town has been hit heavily by regime and by russian jets. if it did come from an error attack, did someone else have crafted the ever? at the moment, there be no reports of that. this is also in social evidence this point. the fact is that the regime, the world

our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, report on the implications of the air strike for the six—year syrianany in a village pushed the americans into military action. the long—term impact on the war itself depends on what the americans to next. more chemical attacks would provoke a tougher american response. but the us might accept a return to conventional killing. the syrian regime denies it has ever used chemical weapons. i think president trump himself knows that syria did not use any chemical weapons, it does not have any chemical weapons, as it has given all its stock pile to the international organisation responsible for that. the americans say they have clear that the proof that the syrian forces carried out war crimes, they're certain of that, that is why i they carried out this raid. 14 years after the invasion of iraq, we see iraq has been destroyed. syria is the second secular state after iraq that is being targeted by the west, simply because it is secular and it has an army and it is against the israeli occupation of palestine. in one damascus suburb, people stopped believing t

now under control of the iraqi security forces, our middle east and it —— editorjeremy bowen has beenou can see on it cuneiform. cuneiform writing is one of the earliest kind of alphabets, about 5,000 years old, and it's considered one of the greatest contributions to civilisation. and this wasn'tjust cultural vandalism, though it was that, it was an attempt to remake history, to destroy a civilisation, to destroy a memory. the things that contributed to making this part of the world special. inside there are large what were once, i suppose, exhibition rooms. high ceilings, pillars, it's a classic museum. now, in other buildings here, other parts of the museum here, you can see that this wasn't just an exhibition hall, it was a working museum. a place of research. and when they came here to destroy all of this, they were also trying to create something new. their caliphate. a return to the golden age of islam. but far from being that, it turned into the exercise of a brutal, vicious tyranny. you hear the noise outside? it's brought war down onto the iraqi people once again. that was o

i'm carin bowen and a senior here the american enterprise. we'll conclude this series. we are also us a grateful to the bradley foundation of milwaukee wisconsin, supporting this lecture series for more than a quarter century. when peter schuck -- giving a electric noor washington about hit new book, one nationen decide, clear thinking about five hard issues that divide us, we jumped the chance for peteer is one of the cleese expose thoughtful legal and policy scholars of this and or in the generation, a professor emeritus of law at jail and an aei visiting scholar in 1979, the year i arrived at aei. the author of among many other books, why government fails so often and how it can do better, understanding america, the institutions and policies that shape america in the world, and then co-ed it with our colleague, wilson, and finally, meditations of a militant bloggerrist, cool news on hot topics. tonight copies of the new book will be available for purchase and he will sign them in this room. join us for a reception after the lecture and questions & answer period. one

we'll be talking to our middle east editor, jeremy bowen.amilies who lost babies at birth at an nhs trust in shropshire come forward to speak out about the way they've been treated. a rare glimpse inside north korea, amid speculation that the secretive

. >> here to talk about disabled sarahwar veterans, handley-cousins, and ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd in american studies at brown university. thank you for joining us. the focus has been the panel you did at the pbs show, mercy street. let me start with you, ashley. thatould you describe showed people who have not seen it, and how realistic is it?

see bowen thank you so much for joining us. give us the lowdown on homebuying today. this is a second yr of doing the homebuyer incident report. we are going to wait because we don't have the perfect home. so they were staying on the sidelines and this year we talked a talk to millenials who have pulled the trigger. they said absolutely the right decision. is definitely more affordable than renting. they're telling them get out the sidelines because this is going to gonna be a great decision. i think one of the questions here aslenials are juggling these debts. the school bells they have to pay. so the question is how are they able financially able to manage and is housing affordable for these first time millennial homebuyers. first that millenials are serious and intentional about how they are approaching homeownership. the other thing is that they are doing more learning and investigating say think about on our website we partnered with them. what it is that you really need to do and what loan options are available to you. there are some myths out there. i might not

joining us also is ashley-bowen -- ashley bowen-murphy, who just got her phd at brown university.ur focus has been the panel you did at the aha on the pbs show "mercy street." let me start with you, ashley.