there was praise on social media for that report from ed thomas, with sean mcpartlin calling it an...ce...thoughtful and challenging." while philip erskine described himself as "very moved". others, though, objected to this topic occupying the first ten minutes of the bbc‘s flagship news bulletin. tim sansom asked: "why did the bbc 10:00pm news run a lead story which had no relevance to tuesday's news? there were big stories that day!" and rosemary hutton agreed: "while this is a very important subject, i do not think it was appropriate for the headline news item on the main evening news. it would be a more appropriate item for panorama." a different complaint was raised about pictures of drug—taking which, although we haven't repeated here on newswatch, were contained in the report. when a shorter version was shown the following day on the victoria derbyshire show, it was with an on—screen warning — but that didn't appear on the news at ten. here's a viewer called b hobson: "i have been totally shocked at the film accompanying the headline report on drugs. must such graphic images be

yes, it was a 7.5—minute report, and there was a live interview with ed thomas off the back.ories where there is perhaps more depth, analysis and explanation, and sort of a solution to the problem that we want to get into, so we felt this was one of these occasions where it justified a longer piece. we don't do it every week. we don't do it every month, we perhaps do it six or seven times a year, where we have those slightly longer, deeper, more analytical pieces. a lot of viewers would say, fine, but make it a proper panorama. because again and again, viewers tell newswatch, they turn on the news at ten because they want to find out what were the big news stories that day. and that day there was harvey weinstein, catalonia, brexit, all pushed down the running order. and how many news stories are pushed off the running order by this? if, because we were doing seven or eight minutes on a very, very important and a good piece about heroin abuse, if that was going to relegate what we regard as really, really important other news stories that were only going to exist on that day,

this extended report by our special correspondent ed thomas contains images and details of drug abuseom the start. 0.2 grams in weight, £10 in money. how long did it take you to get it? about five minutes, if that. you can get it from most backstreets in most villages. has that taken over you? yeah. county durham, searching for the next hit. i haven't got time to look for a job. being a drug addict is a full—timejob. every day the same. by the time i do get sorted, it's time to start all over again. this is lisa's life. a mother, ruled by heroin. i put it before my children. do you need heroin more than your children? yeah, ido. before all this, lisa was married with five children, two jobs. then she faced violence, heroin and despair. i lost my oldest daughter, and that's where basically every minute since i've just used that as, like, coping. i haven't really dealt with her death. i've just buried my head in the sand. now drugs and chaos surround her. as we talk... herfriends get high in the kitchen. he's weeing everywhere. not only wee now. i'm not the same person i was. do you wan

yes, it was a 7.5—minute report, and there was a live interview with ed thomas off the back.t to get into, so we felt this was one of these occasions where it justified a longer piece. we don't do it every week. we don't do it every month, we perhaps do it six or seven times a year, where we have those slightly longer, deeper, more analytical pieces. a lot of viewers would say, fine, but make it a proper panorama. because again and again, viewers tell newswatch, they turn on the news at ten because they want to find out what were the big news stories that day. and that day there was harvey weinstein, catalonia, brexit, all pushed down the running order. and how many news stories are pushed off the running order by this? if, because we were doing seven or eight minutes on a very, very important and a good piece about heroin abuse, if that was going to relegate what we regard as really, really important other news stories that were only going to exist on that day, then we would find a different day to run the heroin piece. and so, we did do thejob losses at bae, we did do brexi

ed thomas with that harrowing report. the usual ways. interested in any solutions you might have. coming up... channel 4's educating greater manchester headmaster drew povey turned around the school once labelled "the worst in the country", and he is now working to reduce its debt. he'll be joining us after 10am to share some lessons he's learned. and next on the programme... what can be done to protect young people from bullies, abusers and groomers online? studies suggest parents are now more concerned about their children sexting than they are about drinking or smoking. today, the government's announcing plans to try to make the internet a safer place. the proposals include an attempt to crack down on dangers like cyber—bullying, trolling, and under—age access to porn witth a promise to make britain "the safest place in the world to be online". an ambitious promise. we can speak now to paula snow and her daughter megan who was bullied online and says social media companies didn't do anything when they reported it and t

this extended report by our special correspondent ed thomas contains images and details of drug abuselong did it take you to get it? about five minutes, if that. you can get it from most backstreets in most villages. has that taken over you? yeah. county durham, searching for the next hit. i haven't got time to look for a job. being a drug addict is a full—timejob. every day the same. by the time i do get sorted, it's time to start all over again. this is lisa's life. a mother, ruled by heroin. i put it before my children. do you need heroin more than your children? yeah, ido. before all this, lisa was married with five children, two jobs. then she faced violence, heroin and despair. i lost my oldest daughter, and that's where basically every minute since i've just used that as, like, coping. i haven't really dealt with her death. i've just buried my head in the sand. now drugs and chaos surround her. as we talk... ..herfriends get high in the kitchen. he's weeing everywhere. not only wee now. i'm not the same person i was. do you want to be that person again, the person you were befo

this report, from our special correspondent ed thomas, has disturbing images of victims of violent crimeknife crime across england and wales. did he just rob that guy of his bike? yeah. this week we investigate the knives on our streets. who knows what it's been used for. this is why, look. we witness the tension... look, look. ..as police search for a solution. my friend is dead, yeah, and this is what they're doing to support him, yeah. look what they're doing? look. look, look, look. there's been a lot of knife crime, i've had three murders in the last couple of weeks. so how many people have you? and the victims in fear. he just said, "give me your bag." in london, knife crime is up 34% in a year with more than 13,000 offences. you're about to watch just one. early evening, tottenham, north london, and the mopeds close in. they've just robbed him. robbed who? just robbed that guy of his bike. that was in seconds. there was four men on bikes, they went into the pavement. —— onto we saw them come here and within seconds they've taken this man's bike. my bike and my phone. 0k, calm down

our special correspondent ed thomas reports, and his piece contains images of drugs and drug equipmentnext hit. i haven't got time to look for a job. being a drug addict is a full—timejob. every day, the same. by the time i do get sorted, it's time to start all over again. and this is lisa's life. a mother, ruled by heroin. i put it before my children. do you need heroin more than your children? yes. i do. before all this, lisa was married with five children, two jobs. then she faced violence, heroin, and despair. i lost my oldest daughter and that's basically where, i've been on it since. i use that as like a coping... i haven't really dealt with her death. ijust buried my head in the sand. every five hours in the uk someone dies after taking heroin or morphine. in the north—east, there are more drug—related deaths than anywhere else in the world. how many friends have you lost? there's loads. how many? at least 20. 20 friends? from heroin overdoses? yes. and this is the cost of addiction on our streets. walked in, noticed the fridge was gone. came in to the kitchen, cooker gone. look

ed thomas investigates knife crime on our streets.his bike? yeah. who knows what it's been used for. my heart is beating, i'm actually terrified. if you decided not to carry a knife, then it's one less problem on the street. yeah, that's one less person carrying a knife. there are how much other people carrying a knife? that report coming up later. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello. this is bbc news with me rebecca jones. the headlines. a woman tells the bbc how a senior labour party figure persuaded her to drop allegations of rape by a party member. a man is convicted of murder after running over an ex—navy officer with his own car in a robbery gone wrong. police confirm a man and five of his children died in the devastating house fire yesterday in mid wales. the government's plan to crack down on problem gambling could see maximum stakes reduced from a hundred pounds to just two on fixed odds machines. british police confirmed they are inv

our special correspondent, ed thomas, reports. county durham, searching for the next hit. time i do get sorted, it's time to start all over again. and this is lisa's life. a mother, ruled by heroin. i put it before my children. do you need heroin more than your children? yeah. i do. before all this, lisa was married with five children, two jobs. then she faced violence, heroin, and despair. i lost my oldest daughter and that's basically where, i've been on it since. i just use that as, like, a coping... i haven't really dealt with her death. ijust buried my head in the sand. every five hours in the uk, someone dies after taking heroin or morphine. in the north—east, there are more drug—related deaths than anywhere else in the world. how many friends have you lost? there's loads. how many? at least 20. 20 friends? from heroin overdoses? yeah. and this is the cost of addiction on our streets. walked in, noticed the fridge was gone. came in to the kitchen, cooker gone. look at all the needles you've got lying around in there. 0n patrol with durham police. there's uncapped nee

our special correspondent ed thomas reports. county durham, searching for the next hit.same. by the time i do get sorted, it's time to start all over again. i'm not letting them in. what are you doing, then? getting something. and this is lisa's life. a mother ruled by heroin. i'd put it before my children. do you need heroin more than your children? yeah. i do. before all this, lisa was married with five children, two jobs. then she faced violence, heroin and despair. i lost my oldest daughter, and that's where basically every night since, i've just used that asa coping... i haven't really dealt with her death, i've just buried my hand in the sand. every five hours in the uk, someone dies after taking heroin or morphine. in the north—east, there are more drug—related deaths than anywhere else in england. how many friends have you lost? at least 20. 20 friends, from heroin overdoses? yeah. and this is the cost of addiction on our streets. walked in, noticed the fridge was gone. came into the kitchen, cooker was gone. i'm going to go in, the needles you've got lying aroun

thomas hopko was one of the best photojournalists in west germany bill hart was is germany's legendary photojournalist here ed camera was a gallery his view of the twentieth century socialist world is on display snapshots that shape our memories of global history. charles. thomas bernard you and thomas have to belong to the same generation how much freedom to travel as a photojournalist in east germany. the the fire plan the super freedom wasn't limitless as you know i'll give you an example. from this book or visited me at my studio in berlin in the one nine hundred eighty s. . i was so pleased because he was this great photographer for whom i had the highest respect he came in and i knew that the stars and the secret police were standing outside because they don't let a western reporter for stone magazine out of their sight for a minute. i wanted to buy pictures but i couldn't sell them to him to stand up for what they wanted pictures in which east germany didn't look so great so i had to throw the car out and he didn't know why and i couldn't tell him he phoned me up to home. to do what you were permitted

ed in the book. your name and your question. >> hi name is steven, i'm a little nervous. thomas. i saw the movie and it was in an audience like this, diverse like this. predominantly white. when it was over, people applauded. people were crying. my wife was crying, the white man next to her was crying. the asian woman next to him was crying. i was wondering what you felt about what it evoked that deep emotion, tears of joy, tears of hope, tears of sadness. what is your thinking on the emotional impact of that story? >> that is a great question. i've seen the movie, like, ten times, and different settings, very different settings, and it has been the same. i've seen it in hampton, where everybody knows the people. i've seen it in -- i mean, just with the people who made the movie. so many different settings, and it has been that. i think it is -- there are these ideals, things we want to believe about who we are, about who we can be, and i think that maybe what that movie does is it shows us an instance of closing the gap between who we are when we fall short and who we are when w

thomas friedman the author of "thank you for being late." he is, of course, also a "new york times" op-edolumnist. his column this week envisioned how different it would have been if the las vegas shooter had been muslim. david frum is a senior editor at the atlantic his article for that publication was "mass shootings don't lead to inaction they lead to loosening gun restrictions". and leah libresco is a stat ta stigs who used to write for 538. i will tell you about her piece in just a moment. tom, let me ask you what you meant when you said that this event would have been dealt with very differently if the guy had been a muslim? >> well, let's begin by the fact, fareed, that had this been an attack by a muslim related to isis or al qaeda it would have been the second largest terrorist attack in america -- largest terrorist attack since 9/11. and we know how president trump reacts to those kind of events, how society we react. the president immediately tweets when there is a terrorist incident in europe, doesn't wait for the facts and immediately politicizes them. we know he's trying to

thomas jefferson medical college. that's at 10th and lo cust. the event runs until 1:00 p.m. 1200 children are expected to be look ed at in the four-hour window.r official station of the philadelphia eagles. the birds are preparing for a monday night mash up next week against redskins. kickoff is at 8:30 and nbc 10 will have live team coverage. >>> check this out. this supersized pumpkin would make a lot ofç pies. the 1400-pound pumpkin is is the largest ever grown in idaho. this giant gourd will be going out in style. it's going to be dropped at an annual pumpkin smash event. more pumpkin pie for everyone. >> i like that. that's awesome. i love this time of year. pumpkin everything. we were discussing it. this is the time to get it. this is the weekend to get out and enjoy the fall leaves, clean up the yard, put out the halloween decorations. the only cold spot is dropping down toward san francisco. that's because there's a cold front coming through with rain and may make a tiny dent in all of that in northern california. look at this. 82 in rapid city. st. louis at 78. pittsburgh at 68. we are in the 70s in philadelphia. those are all tempe

ed henry at the top of the hour. and thomasaul all in the name of gender equality and climate change. you're not going to believe this this. you're not gonna want to miss this and your emails have been pouring in on how you feel about thomas getting some new politically correct friends. and lots of solar panels. ♪ ♪ you won' abby: we all grew up with the winnie the pooh books. now the books are coming to life in "good-bye christopher robin." the great thing is to find something to be happy about. >> i think i've got something for us. pete: "good-bye christopher robin" is in theaters this weekend. david: here with an exclusive and interview with the movie stars, oh, no, senior vp of market michael tamero. i just ate. pete hegseth there. here's the story, and i'm seeing something similar in this trend to tell the story of the people behind the stories. >> yeah. i had a chance to catch up with the cast who told me all about the man himself a. a. milne, the inspiration and the backstory behind these iconic stories. ♪ >> he really l

thomas rejoin me in a moment. "redskins gametime" on this bye week sunday. candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: edman's right to choose. ed gillespie would put the government in charge of a woman's personal decisions, not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie >> experience. >> ever stood in front of classroom with chalkboard and led girls and boys. >> not exactly. >> no. >> good you will be teeners now. we're giving out grades at t washington redskins offense, defense, special teams. let's start owe o, keep, hat grade you giving the guys. >> offensive a i think they're playing well. a minus. >> they just got worse. >> they got worse. >> on their buy bye week. >> they're playing well there's dropped passes and things they could do better. i think they're playing well. especially from what we expected them to do. >> i'm going to give offense a b. i think that could be an a. right now i don't like some of the mental

ed gillespie never becomes governor. ♪ >>> yup. gorgeous day. 8:48 is the time. looking at the sunshine. cool temps but beautiful nonetheless. mike thomasep those blue skies coming and the sun getting up in the skies will warm things up later on this afternoon. sunny streak continues two days in a row of bright buehl full sunshine and no signs of stopping here. lots of tongue twisters in those sentsentences. brisk fall morning coming up absolutely gorgeous weather this afternoon once we get some of this warmer air in here later today with temps in the 70s. so, again, jacket to start. later on this afternoon i think you can get rid of it. very pleasant. needed rain finaly did arrive but not in the near term talking long term. talking next week here. you have several days of bright beautiful weather to enjoy st still. 50 degrees outside in washington st suburbs in the fours and 30s this morning. so take caution as you head out the door grab that jacket. chicago 52. detroit 52 have as well. columbus 43 degrees this morning it feels like october out there what it will do. later on this afternoon may feel more like september. we'll be about

thomas lord. as a plug to a.i. tomorrow you have the housing conference tomorrow and the next day, i think that's one thing to bring into this. secondly -- >> and ed pinto will answer all of the housing finance questions that you have. >> no problem, and secondly, we have the debt hole and the bank meetings going on right now because you have 40 trillion in debt and you have 40 trillion in pensions that are in trouble and going back to the series that you had going for a long time of the shadow fed reserve, much talk was about how the policies actually forecast what the next problem's going to be and the fixes were actually the baseline for the next problem, do you agree? >> do we agree that the fixes for the last problems tend to create the next problem? >> norbert? >> i don't know if it creates to deal with it. what they've done is they've divorced monetary policy from the balance sheet. that's basically it. they've got a system where they can keep buying stuff and keep using the interest to offset where that stuff goes. so if there is a pension crisis, great. we can buy that. i mean, if there is a california bankruptcy, i don't know. i'm not sa