ed thomas, bbc news, st helens.e result of the elections in belarus. there have been further demonstrations in the country today against the re—elected president, alexander lukashenko, who's been in power for more than 25 years. he was heckled by workers today on a visit to a factory, made in the wake of a massive protest rally in the capital minsk at the weekend. jonah fisher sent this report. car horns honking. this was the day the workers turned on alexander lukashenko. thousands downing tools and marching to a tractor factory. while the strikers rallied outside, belarus' beleaguered president arrived by helicopter to address those who had stayed at work. he was no doubt hoping for a friendly crowd. jeering. what he got was a public relations disaster. chanting outside the plant, the striking workers were visited by the only opposition leader who hasn't been arrested or fled the country. translation: for 26 years, the authorities have humiliated us. thank you for not being afraid. we are not the little people, we

ed thomas, bbc news, st helens.rs, or their moderated grade if it was higher. we can speak to tim lawton. what has gone wrong and he was responsible? whoever was dealing with this problem, it was a massive problem to try and tackle, where you have to assess several hundred thousand stu d e nts assess several hundred thousand students on the basis of no exams, so it was never going to be easy. alas, the algorithm that third that came up with was deeply flawed, and because of that, we have had five days of grief to students who feared losing their university places, so i am pleased that the education secretary has reversed that decision today, but more importantly, i'm really relieved for the tens of thousands of students, including many in my constituency, who might now get the university places which a few days ago they thought they had lost. they come up with the algorithm because the department for education told them to ensure that there weren't that many students who got top grades, didn't they? there was a whol

joining me now is ed thomas, research director at global data.ant question. first of all, the performance has been massively boosted by the pandemic and people being forced to remain in our homes and the number of alternative forms of entertainment being limited, so that has really been a big boost for the gaming industry as a whole. whether they will last is difficult to tell at this stage. i think it all depends on how long the pandemic itself lasts for. because we have seen pandemic itself lasts for. because we have seen booms in the initial weeks of quarantine that have been slowed down as things start to return to normal. but if there is a second wave or if the situation continues to worsen, then i think this strong. for the gaming industry will continue. and i presume with more people are buying consoles, they are going to carry on wanting games use on them. that's true. i think one of the interesting aspects of what has been happening during the pandemic has been as well as the console gaming industry doing well and nintendo's which is a g

i was lucky, ed herman read one of mine thomas jefferson, and tragically died. he did all of macola so i hope i was confusing people. very nice person came up and told how much she loved michael countryman and the young theater roosevelt. it's hard being doug brinkley and nobody calls you david brinkley. i don't want to hear your complaint. >> what were sam and cokie really like? >> i'm not lying. my first book was on dean acheson and somebody i knew in madison avenue of the bookstore. anyway they threw a really nice party for me enter new york penthouse. i was young kid, my first book city at this desk with my signing pen on dean acheson and lo and behold in a tuxedo was walter cronkite in line. i thought wow, the guy i watched in ohio is coming to my book signing on dean acheson. i kept an eye on, talking to other people and he came up and we cut up to me he said, that was a wonderful time we had sailing together. [laughing] he thought i was david's son. i was, you are always put in the position to say oh, well, you know. i corrected him a little and i watched

but as howard fineman and evan thomas and ed mcdaniel and others were called over the weekend, they lovedorm in georgetown. the phone rings, and mele lfin, the washington bureau chief, has gotten the news that jean harris, the head mistress of madera school, a lover of the scarsdale diet doctor had found another woman's lingerie in dr. turnour's bedroom and had accidentally shot him four times in the chest with a .32 caliber resolve f revolver. julia gets up. she knew the guards at the gates of madera because she had snuck out so often as a student. so they knew her. she had the password. and she goes in and does this amazing reporting on jean harris. this was for folks who don't remember, this was not quite o.j., but it was a big story. the murder of the scarsdale diet doctor. and julia just does what she did then, what she would continue to do. she took the human condition in all its complexity and all its just craziness and told the story. and that inemitable voice. great writers -- great writers teach you how to see. it's a great phrase. they teach you how to see. and julia had the re

. >> shawna thomas, what do you take of ed luce's comments?- i think ed has said what i was thinking last night as i was watching barack obama in a much more eloquent way than i think i can, but it's this idea that president trump has changed politics. we -- we operate politically in a different way than we did before, and i think denying that is something that the democratic party sort of at the beginning of trump's presidency was kind of doing, because they wanted to believe that politics was the same as it had been for 30 or 40 years and it's different. and what barack obama did and what michelle obama did, was kind of acknowledge that difference. and acknowledge the fact that this is -- they are going to have to operate in a different way to get their message across about president trump. and that -- to me, that was fascinating. i think the other thing, and i'm interested in how you see this, ed, is the fact that barack obama, a black man, michelle obama, a black woman, felt that they were in the situation that they could take it to the pr

ed. where the materials career in potsdam, trying to understand document exchange in earlier times. >> they were often career but they had telegraph systems. >> our next question comes from thomas who asks, how is the report sent to truman? >> sorry, i didn't read that intense. it's basically the same question. next one from deborah. where are the videos available? great question. >> i love that question. the truman library has its own youtube channel. probably the easiest way to get to it is if you go to true bare -- truman library .gov, scroll to the very bottom of the page and you will see the little icon for youtube. a little plate button. you click on that button and you go all the way into. it will take you directly to the youtube page. what i really like about how that pages organized is there are playlist's. you can look at play lists and find the area of history you are particularly interested in. if you are interested in the 1940 election campaign or trumans earlier live or post presidency, they are organized in that way so you can see different areas of truman's life and times and presidency through those playlists. we actually added quite a lot during the last few m

catholic scho.ls will: and in a new op-ed, our next guest argues during this pandemic they must reopen their doors and teach in person. pete: yes. joining us now is thomas post. you said we felt called. why did you feel called to reopen full, on time, in-person? >> well, you know, as a member of the catholic community, that's central to our mission. you know, on a more personal basis, liz and i have two sons where they're in elementary school right now, and we discussed in-depth what we wanted for them going into the new school year, and i think it's very important that they stop playing fortnight and, you know, get into school. so... will: i don't think you're the only parent across this country that can identify with that conundrum right now. let me ask you about teaching within the schools. there's a story emanating out of new york city right now where teachers could be preparing to strike to prevent the reopening of in-person teaching in new york city. how have your teachers responded to the idea of teaching in person? >> very well. you know, catholic schools, obviously, have less handcuffs on them, you know, made you possible by the constitution. s