emily oliver has investigated the links between the b.b.c. and the foreign office in doing so she has brought surprising documents to light about the secret information research department i r d. b i r d was based in the foreign office up to 300 people working there in the fifty's and so they they basically spread anti communist propaganda and they would feed this information to journalists to trade unionists to politicians but also to institutions including very importantly the b.b.c. external services and that's the german service and it lasted until $977.00 when it was shut down and the activities of the i.r. only became known to the public in 178 no one had actually known that this department existed. the i.r.t. maintained an especially close relationship with the b.b.c.'s german service it was headed by richard o'rourke and austin harrison both former army officers the documents show how intensively the propaganda specialists from the foreign office and the 2 leading b.b.c. journalists were together. in harrison told his b.b.c. colleague

listeners willingly entrusted their personal views and put themselves at risk burn and historian emily oliver has intensively research the history of the b.b.c.'s german service and that of its popular but very idiosyncratic moderator. becomes the berlin representative for the b.b.c. german service in 1950 and he stays in the until $55.00 at which point he returns to london and he takes over letters with that signature and he works on that program for the next 20 years but we know very little about austin harrison he seems to finish this is a mystery even to people who worked with him it seems boston harrison regularly travelled to east germany in the 1960 s. and seventy's the b.b.c. was well aware of his trips but it made little mention of them and its reporting. time peter son became the host of a new b.b.c. music program and got to know him. very soon went to the east germany for the fair and various other events like that and then he would come back reports precious little about what he had done what he had seen what conclusions. what does it you do there. by contrast harrison's trips to

listeners willingly entrusted their personal views and put themselves at risk burn and historian emily oliver has intensively research the history of the b.b.c.'s german service and that of its popular but very idiosyncratic moderator. becomes the berlin representative for the b.b.c. german service in 1950 and he stays in the until $55.00 at which point he returns to london and he takes letters without signature and he works on that program for the next 20 years but we know very little about austin harrison he seems to have been a bit of a mystery even to people who worked with him it seems austin harrison regularly travelled to east germany in the 1960 s. and seventy's the b.b.c. was one aware of his trips but it made little mention of them in its reporting. at the time peter sana became the host of a new b.b.c. music program and got to know him. personally went to the east germany for the fare and various other events like that and then he would come back with precious little about the work he had done what he had seen or conclusions. what does if you do there. by contrast harrison's trips

listeners willingly entrusted their personal views and put themselves at risk burn and historian emily oliver has intensively research the history of the b.b.c.'s german service and that of its popular but very idiosyncratic moderator. becomes the berlin representative for the b.b.c. german service in 1950 and he stays in $55.00 at which point he returns to london and he takes over letters without signature and he works on that program for the next 20 years but we know very little about austin harrison he seems to have been a bit of a mystery even to people who worked with him it seems austin harrison regularly travelled to east germany in the 1960 s. and seventy's the b.b.c. was one aware of his trips but it made little mention of them and its reporting. time peter's son became the host of a new b.b.c. music program and got to know him. personally went to east germany to for the fair and various other events like that and then he would come back with precious little about the work he had done what he had seen or conclusions. you do there. by contrast harrison's trips to east berlin were alwa

listeners willingly entrusted their personal views and put them sounds at risk of burn and historian emily oliver has intensively research the history of the b.b.c.'s german service and that of its popular but very idiosyncratic moderator. becomes the berlin representative for the b.b.c. german service in 1950 and he stays in the until $55.00 at which point he returns to london and he takes over letters with that signature and he works on that program for the next 20 years but we know very little about austin harrison he seems to have been a bit of a mystery even to people who worked with him it seems lost in hers and regularly traveled to east germany in the 1960 s. and seventy's the b.b.c. was one aware of his trips but it made little mention of them in its reporting. time peter's son became the host of a new b.b.c. music program and got to know him. very soon went to east germany to for the fair and those other events like there and then he would come back with poor precious little about the work he had done what he had seen or conclusions. what you do there. by contrast harrison's trips to ea

mansion can say you had all those meetings, you want to the white house, there was an olive leaf extended. jonathan: emilyk you. emily wilkins down ndc the bank ceos heading down to washington next week. it was interesting to see bank of america boosted their minimum wage to $25. that's the goal over the next several years. the federal government telling vendors that anyone who deals with the bank needs to have a minimum wage of $15. we are starting to see this happen, aren't we? may be we are starting to see this minimum wage come to the back door. the federal government is anchoring expectations in a way that is encouraging for the people who want to see a higher minimum which. tom: i go with the backdoor theory. i think that's really true. what is so important to me is we always look at, and the microeconomics, we always look at supply or demand or the other. in labor, we are ignoring right now the need for bodies. jonathan: we saw this with the fast food chains,, mcdonald's chipotle, over the last couple of weeks. do you think that is different from what we are hearing from the bank? tom: no, no. we l

emily, liam. >> or darius. >> darius. >> top four baby names of 2020 and oliver, henry, benjamin and william. >> you know, harry and -- > in california for seven years now. >> wow. >> wow. >> we'll be back at 11:00. >> right now on "access hollywood," bennifer 2.0. but after all these years, we're hoping jen and ben recapture that magic. and what has finally brought chris rock and sam jackson together? and tiffany haddish reveals what it would take for her to host the oscars. "access hollywood" starts right now. ♪♪ welcome to the weekend edition of "access hollywood." i'm scott evans. sibley scoles is gonna join us in just a bit. but we begin with this week's big story -- we're talking the reunion of j.lo and ben. right, now, they've known each other for two decades, and they broke off their engagement in 2003. but the big question a lot of