>> chiang kai-shek, chiang kai-shek, chiang kai-shek would be the panda hugger in me. the real, the more i think reasonable answer to that is there's some problems that just don't get solved. he could not solve all the problems of china. and the communists were able to sabotage his attempts at political change, at economic change, in social change, so the answer is chiang kai-shek, chiang kai-shek, chiang kai-shek, but nobody could have done any better. it's going to happen, i am not going to say it is inevitable but so many problems in china and the communist just made them worse and they kept offering hope. at the end of the day, it's hope. and the communists promised hope and chiang kai-shek promised a top-down and it was time for change. and i could be disputed by at least 100 scholars on that. >> "what do you recommend for beginners about china in regards to your lecture?" >> the next slide. the first one is the may 4th movement, which is a classic that every chinese graduate student would read. i am a huge fan of john king fairbank. he died i think early 1990s. b

brent: kai, standby.here is widespread the satisfaction about the speed of the vaccine rollout here in germany and across the union. we have this report now. reporter: accessing this vaccination center in brandenburg in eastern germany is harder than it might look. to get an appointment for a covid-19 jab, you need staying power. only those determined enough to get past the overloaded hotline will get an appointment. like these two. both are over 80 and belonged to germany's number one high risk group. >> our daughter got the appointment for us, but it took her a long time to get through and arrange a time. reporter: as in other vaccination centers in germany, things are moving slowly. many remain empty because there is not enough vaccine. only 70 people a day can be immunized instead of the planned 600. the situation is even worse in other regions. this center in cologne is not even open. appointments are being made for february, but it is not an easy process. >> i am not just calling them to be kept on

he stars and produces the hit series "cobra kai.c. please welcome the one and only ralph macchio! ♪ [ applause ] great, welcome back. so great to be here. thanks for being in studio as well, by the way >> only way to do it i love it, man >> cobra kai, congrats on this the first time when we first talked, i was so psyched about this and i was, like, this is such a cool idea. and you never know if things are going to work. this thing is the biggest thing in the world >> listen, props right here from day one, you're a a day-oneer. the time the show launched on youtube at that point and everyone was, like, well, i don't know you were like i'm in, i want this guy on the show >> absolutely. >> my loyalties are here it's awesome >> thanks, buddy you're the best, congrats. [ applause ] it went from youtube, then it went to netflix, and then it just went whoosh, took off like crazy. it was trending all weekend by the way. everyone's talking about it. how does it feel it's the biggest thing >> it's terrible [ laughter ] >> we're working throu

jon kay, bbc news, bristol.few of the many families and friends dealing with grief and loss during this pandemic. that wasjon kay reporting there. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are pippa crerar, the daily mirror's political editor and anand menon, director of the thinktank uk in a changing europe. tomorrow's front pages... the telegraph's front page focuses on vaccines, saying that thousands of pharmacists have offered to help give the jabs, but have been met with silence by the government. meanwhile, the i reports the government is planning to increase the rate of vaccination by opening nhs vaccine hubs and sports stadiums and exhibition centres. hubs in sports stadiums and exhibition centres. the guardian says further restrictions could last for months, as data shared at the latest government briefing showed more than 1 million people are currently infected with the virus in england. the metro leads with the latest uk government statistics for coro

and -- cobra kai and a bunch of other tennessee. jack, go ahead. >> it's jack howe. isn't that cobra kai based on, like, a 40-year-old karate movie? how relevant is that thing? >> it's a reimagining of it. i mean, i could go on and on, but i urge everyone to watch it. it's kind of a rell telling of -- retelling of the story. jack: jack, let's go to cars. you have been pushing this theme for a wheel, and i -- while, and i bought in. building a car, why is tesla at 7 billion times earnings when these companies are to cheap? that's changing recently. >> it is. you know, ford and gm's stock are both up more than 30% just so far this year. jack, if you have people watching this show who are people of faith out there, i think this might qualify as a miracle. we've been writing in barron's for some time there was value in these stocks. our friend al root did a cover story in november saying he thought ford stock could double. you can call it a rotation to value, but you could also call it people looking for new ways to chase electric vehic

jon kay, bbc news.pport a labour proposal to extend the temporary £20 a week increase in universal credit. the chancellor introduced the rise last april, as the pandemic hitjobs and family finances, but it is due to run out in march. conservative mps have been told to abstain on labour's vote tommorrow. the foreign secretary has said this morning that the government will always look at how to protect the most vulnerable communities. cornwall has been chosen to host the leaders of some of the world's biggest economies for the g7 summit injune. the seaside town of carbis bay will be the venue for discussions on debt, climate change and post—covid recovery. incoming us presidentjoe biden is expected to attend the event, along with leaders from canada, japan and the eu. winter in rome means starling season, when up to four—million birds gather in the italian capital on their migration from europe to africa. their murmerations in the skies are beautiful — but their droppings create a hazard, and the city aut

kay brown would not consider it. >> trump wants governors to deploy the national guard as a show of force to intimidate the public. i want to ensure that the public can safely raise their voices in this much needed call for reform. >> laura: it became about respond and not responding to the violence. the democrats ideology may not justice violence but it can explain violence. blm protestors invaded the capital, they would not have been treated like the trump protestors. democrats would have urged restraint and dialogue. trump would have been blamed for pushing those people to the edge. that's what happened last summer when protestors threatened the white house. remember how funny the left thought it was when president trump was taken to a skier location because the secret syracuse was concerned about his

and also from bbc, katty kay. john heilemann, what happened? >> all hell broke loose and you're doing a good job of talking about it. i think the broad outlines of what happened are obviously clear at this point. you know, we had in some ways, you know so much of the trump administration have been shocking but not surprised. it was, you know, stunning on some level, but obviously when it's all opened up in the clear

kai, go ahead. >> mkay. i have mine turned on, but it doesn't seem like you guys can see me right now. so i will just move forward. i'm kai forrestly, and i've lived in san francisco for 12 years. i'm from illinois. i work in the field of diaper distribution, but i am a trained librarian. i have worked for the city and county of san francisco at the library, as well as the department of environment. i have worked for a local federal government. i've been a volunteer and a neighborhood course ad adjudicator with the d.a.'s office, and i served and investigated, i guess you could say, and i was a member of the civil grand jury, the 2013/2014 civil grand jury. specifically for this task force, i was a member of a community benefit district, and i'm sure you guys are familiar with community benefit districts. but i don't know if i should explain -- i was a member of the community of a district about eight years ago, and the work that i was doing on the community benefit district actually raised some concerns tha

. >> they knocked on the door of kay and william ray, the couple who lived next door to the goslins.t they had to say was so compelling, they asked him to immediately come in for an interview. >> said he had some information about something ms. goslin told you. >> somehow another got involved with a drug dealer. at least $20,000 of meth and got jumped and stole away from him. it happens these guys are supposedly after him for the money. >> the rays explained to the investors jessie had told them about the drug dealers weeks before the murder. >> she seem worried at all about what was going on? >> she's been scared ever since this has happened she's been scared. fear for her life and her children. >> did they ever say who these people were. >> no. >> where they were from? >> never said nothing about it. >> kay ray convinced jessie she should talk to military investors, tell them what she told local police. it turned out to be a fateful decision. >> they get in and go to cid headquarters. >> with kay ray sitting next to her for support, jessie gave a detail explanation about why she tu

kay, thank you so much.ms an "people: the tv show" weekdays on people.com and you can pick up this week's issue of "people" on newsstands nationwide, guys. any of that sound interesting? >> yeah. i never pictured the bee gees and country music together, but i listened to some of it this morning. it's actually really good. >> i love dolly no matter where she is and what she's doing. >> good point. dolly can do no wrong. >> yep. >> speaking of documentaries, there's also a bee gees documentary up on hbo as well that i've been meaning to watch. >> i was going to say you find a way to watch some really decent things, dan. >> he has a lot of time on his hands. >> i was really complimentary of dan ahead of the show this morning, so i'm not going to keep complimenting you. generally you find some good things to recommend. >> i spoiled it by making some tart comments in response. >> just so you know. >> so i will pay on national television. >> that's right. thank you, janai. >>> all right, coming up here, the crafty

katty: i'm katty kay in washington and this is "bbc world news america." u.s.fficials say hundreds will be charged and their role at the seizure of the capital. it will ilude everything from trespass to murder. democrats push their case for impeachment as mr. trump shows no remorse for hisns in the lead up to the attack. instead, he went to texas to talk about his border while with mexico. the president wants to highlight s administration's accomplishments, but critics see it as a symbol of a fai d coping with covid. ny in the u.k. are coming up with creative ways to pass the time on the lockdown and the safety of their own home. ♪\ kay: welcome t world news america on pbs and around the globe. a range ofna crity unmatched in the history of american law enforcement. is beinhow it characterized of the actions of those who took part in the include sedition and conspiracy, among many, many others. >> the range of criminal conduct is unmatched in any te of scenario we have seen. we are looking at everything from simple trespass to theft of mail, to theft of digital

. ♪ katty: i'm katty kay in washingtonnd this is bbc world news america.nes that are etched in america's nscience. how scenes in the u.s. areer laying out and around the world. the chaos on capitol hill is front-page news. we have wondered how i could take place in the heart of american government. some allies ve urge caution d calm as a sign of just how much the worldas changed. the international community is telling united stes how best to practice democracy. while rivals like china see potential advantage in america's political drama and division. katty: welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we are only seven days into the new year, about 12 days until inauguration and only one day remove from some of the most chaotic scenes america's capital has ever witnessed. there he been calls for accountability for those responsible for the storming of the capitol building. there has also been some understandable shock from americ's all and rivals overseas. for the next half hour, we will go aund the world to see how other couries are looking

for decades the nationalist party ledy chiang kai-shek governed with a one-party rule.wan's first direct election was held in 1996, realizing the democracy that citizens had long hoped for. one hour's drive from taipei is a small restaurant run by a family from hong kong. the family had believed that beijing would maintain the one-country two-systems policy that it had promised to keep for 50 years when hong kong was returned to mainland china in 1997. >> in 2019, over 2 million people took part in demonstrations in hong kon surpassing the scale of the umbrella movement. they were opposing the revision of the extradition bill which would allow hong kong to return wanted criminals to mainland china. on september 4th, the chief executive of hong kong says she would withdraw the bill. but the demonstrations continued. the protesters' greatest demand is the implementation of direct elections. in july and august, when mass demonstrations were being held in hong kong, support movements were active throughout taiwan. this demonstration was organized by taiwanese human rights g

obama pollster cornell belcher and bbc washington correspondent katty kay. andrew, i quote that straightforward thought. i'm curious your reaction. >> i think that's getting at something important, which is that on one hand you can have people saying you need to move on and that it's important to sort of focus on the future, but if you do that you are ignoring the importance of deterrence, in other words, the message that you're sending to future presidents, future people who might do this. i'm of the view that you really don't move on unless there's accountability and it's important for the president to be held to account and for former presidents to be held to account just as they are in other western democracies. >> in your experience in federal law enforcement is that a commonplace approach, to say if there was a wanton repeated criminal conspiracy carried out in public that for other reasons like it would be easier or more convenient or nicer that you just kind of let all those crimes go? >> no. i mean, you would never have that view in a normal crimina

the bbc's katty kay is still with us.we have msnbc national affairs analyst, executive editor of the recount and co-host and executive producer of show time's "the circus." politics professor at morgan state university. and political contributor jason johnson is with us. and "usa today" opinion columnist and former senior adviser for the house oversight and government reform committee curt bardella. senior adviser to the lincoln project. >> we heard from two republicans who voted to impeach a sitting republican president. even if that sitting republican president is donald trump, and even if they are lightly impeaching him for committing insurrection against the united states of america, that still, again, people don't want to hear this. even though it's the right thing to do and that's what every republican should do, that is still a career-defining vote that will most likely, i would guess, get at least nine out of ten voted out in the next election. >> well -- good morning, joe. or potentially primaried. >> yeah, prima

jon kay, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. hello. rain, sleet and snow. now, this time, the sleet and the snow should mostly fall across the hills. and at the moment, there's a battle between cold air coming in from the north and the milder air trying to spread in from the south. and this is also where we have a weather front, and that weather front will bring the rain, sleet and the snow on saturday. in fact, we've got a couple of weather fronts heading our way. this is just the first one which is moving across the uk as i speak. so, early in the morning, it's very mild in the south—west of the country, so certainly no snow here. the further north you go, the temperatures do dip away, so some sleet and snow across the welsh hills. and then north of that, early on saturday morning, with the clear skies across the far north of england and scotland, there's a sharp frost. so, that sharp frost and clear skies in the morning across scotland and the far north of england. to the south of that, the cloudier weather, outbreaks of rain, sleet

. >> reporter: this graffiti on the boarded up outdoor dining platform is just the latest blow to kay elements barbecue in the richmond. vandals, thieves and burglars are hitting already struggling small businesses in the richmond particularly hard. surveillance video shows a man on a bike pulling up outside kay elements barbecue on clement street. he stops and looks around several times before tagging the plywood. this happened the day after christmas and it's happened eight times since the city's first shelter in place. >> as a small business owner right now, we literally don't have any more income coming in. the business is shutting down. we are not able to open and now with this extra expense it's definitely harsh for us. >> reporter: the owners say they spent hundreds of dollars painting over graffiti. that's on top of investing 10 grand in the outdoor platform they barely were able to use and $8,000 in security cameras. currently revenue from takeout isn't even enough to cover one employee's salary. >> i think a lot of these people that were committing crimes are sort of dependi

john kay, bbc news, devon.ht in if people don't obey the lockdown rules. coronavirus cases continue to rise here — and with this bigger spike, of course, there is a higher percentage of "young people" becoming infected — some of them serious. a 20—year—old from cambridgeshire who's spent a week in intensive care says he can't believe young people are in denial about the virus. jay clack fell ill on 27 december. within five days, 80% of his lungs has stopped functioning. he even had a goodbye phone call with his family. thankfully, he is now recovering — and he has been speaking tojon ironmongerfrom his hospital bed. shallow breathing this is jay. he's 20 years old and suffers with asthma. but just after christmas, he got covid, too. so i've got a headache, shortness of breath, and then i was bedbound. i was calling my dad and sister, like, drenched in sweat. i couldn't move, i couldn't eat. they had to literally physically get me out of bed to go to the toilet because my body was in shock. he was admitted to hi

jon kay, bbc news, bristol. but the exercise — designed to replicate the power necessary for take off — was stopped early, and it's not yet clear why. mark lobel has more. take off. it's one of the most anticipated moments of any space mission. here, igniting all four engines together for the first time to simulate the sls rocket�*s rise into orbit for the first manned trip to the moon in decades. and here they go. gearing up to one day reach 8.8 million pounds, or to those in the know, 39.1 mega newtons of thrust, to make it the most powerful rocket ever to fly to space. and to put you out of your misery, this is what lift—off should look like. later this year it is hoped these rockets will send nasa's next generation 0rion spacecraft for an unmanned spin around the moon. the artemis missions should eventually lead to the first woman on the moon in three years or so to search lunar soil for earth—shattering scientific discoveries with economic benefits as well. but back on earth, thisjoint nasa and boeing test,

jon kay, bbc news, bristol. quoting him as saying she had already passed away. mike pingel said she passsed away late on monday evening in the ceders—sinai medical center in los angeles. she had suffered from complications due to an infection. tanya roberts, who was 65, was perhaps best known for her starring roll opposite roger moore in his last james bond film, a view to a kill, and her work in the charlie's angels tv series. when peter lowe retired last year, he decided to leave britain to visit his son in taiwan. then came the pandemic — and he was unable to return home. so, he turned his efforts to spearheading a clean—up campaign for the tamsui river. what started out as a one—man campaign to clean up the trash has now become a fully fledged movement. here's his story. i enjoy boating, always have. after i got stuck here, i thought, "i need to get a boat sorted out," because obviously i wanted to go out and do some boat rowing on the river. so that's what i did. what i saw firstly was a beautiful river, be

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kay, did you want to weigh in? did you have a question? kay: i wanted to make a comment -- it was an article i read about dustin hoffman and mia farrow -- in the middle of this article about people who were actors and actresses there was a status that stood out -- it did not have anything to do with the rest of the article. it said if an event-making individual who predetermined the course of history, then democracy must be perpetually on guard against him. that is what we have and donald trump. we must be on guard against him. i just wanted to make that comment because i think in some ways what happened yesterday may be a wake-up call for all of us in the discussion we're having here today, but i just wanted to ask a question of david -- in all of the discussion we have been having, we are talking about, generally speaking, more, non-college-educated white men. i wanted to ask you in your research, what about the non-educated white women. david: the majority of the working-class are white women. kay: exactly, and what role do these women

jon kay, bbc news.win the first test against sri lanka in galle, but they're making hard work of it. set a target of 7a to win, england lost three quick wickets in their second innings to close on 38—3, needing another 36 runs to go one up in the series. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:35 this afternoon. bye for now. good afternoon. now the latest from the bbc sports centre. it's been a fascinating day's cricket between england and sri lanka on the fourth day of the first test in galle. it looked like england would coast towards a straghtforward victory, but there's been a sting in the tail, asjoe wilson reports. what stood in galle between england and victory? first, thirimanne e. sri lanka's batting was the story of the morning with thirimanne are making it to 100. now a significant moment, not because the ball squeeze through safety to the boundary but those four runs took sri lanka into the lead, five wickets down. there's the lead

jon kay, bbc news.the italian capital on their migration from europe to africa. their murmerations in the skies are beautiful — but their droppings create a hazard, and the city authorities are trying new methods to move them on. here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen. in the roman twilight, nature's great dancers flock to the stage. the acrobatic twirls like wisps of smoke. a synchronised spectacle of breathtaking beauty. the starlings migrate in winter south to africa. nesting at night in central rome for warmth, flying in formation to avoid predators. a murmuration, it's called, and this city of art marvels at the show. but beneath their charm, rome is rotting, and it's a hell of a mess. in the cold light of day, the other side of these gorgeous birds is clear, and for those unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's not exactly sightly, it can be a safety hazard, and i can tell you that even with the mask, the stench is rancid. "i slipped on the droppings when it was muddy",

jon kay has been hearing from two people who've lost loved ones in the past month.vid caused blood clots on his lungs. he was 56. rob was a very fun—loving person. # and we could be together baby...# very outgoing, friends with absolutely everybody. it's rob here again. welcome to melbourne. this time last year, the couple were on the holiday of a lifetime. now colin faces the new year alone. the outpouring that we've had since his death, the messages i've had on facebook have been absolutely brilliant, and they help me through it all. when the pandemic began, rob decided to leave his deskjob in the nhs to work as a nurse in a&e helping covid patients. his funeral cortege went past bristol southmead hospital. he wanted to be on the front—line. he felt he was more use doing things like that than being in research. i think i'm going to find things now very quiet. everything just seems empty. "i've tested positive for covid—19. breathing is ok. . . " in the days before christmas, rachel's auntie jan said she was coping fine, but her situation rapidly deteriorated. i th

kay, do you want to weigh in here? did you have a question? wanted to make a comment. it's been in my mind all day c long. it's annt article i read in "time" magazine and probably 1974.dusth fa's an article about dustin hoffman andrr mie far roe and i ace anti-hero and in the middle of this article about two peoplt who wereus t actors and actress there was a sentence that stoodo out. it was just there, didn't have l anything to do with the rest of the article. it said, as an event -- if an event-making individual who redetermines the course of history then democracy must be perpetually on guard against him and that's what we have in trnald trump. an event-making individual who't redetermining the course of our history. we must be on guard against him. so, i just wanted to make that comment because i think in some ways, what happened yesterday g may be the wake-up call for all of us in the discussion that we're having here today but i just wanted to ask the question of david, in all of the e talk discussion we've been having, we're talking abou

kai, go ahead. >> mkay. i have mine turned on, but it doesn't seem like you guys can see me right now. so i will just move forward. i'm kai forrestly, and i've lived in san francisco for 12 years. i'm from illinois. i work in the field of diaper distribution, but i am a trained librarian. i have worked for the city and county of san francisco at the library, as well as the department of environment. i have worked for a local federal government. i've been a volunteer and a neighborhood course ad adjudicator with the d.a.'s office, and i served and investigated, i guess you could say, and i was a member of the civil grand jury, the 2013/2014 civil grand jury. specifically for this task force, i was a member of a community benefit district, and i'm sure you guys are familiar with community benefit districts. but i don't know if i should explain -- i was a member of the community of a district about eight years ago, and the work that i was doing on the community benefit district actually raised some concerns tha

katty kay, sometimes chai brings a two-by-four to a logical discussion.h everyone he's ever worked for, i think you can understand the logic, katty, which is chai was just reminding us, as he i think just memorably put it, part of the party is riot adjacent. in my work, katty, as in yours, we're not doing aspersions on 75 million people. you have to go out and interview them, right? a vote for trump is not a vote for the riot. but if you're a republican senator and you are still after a video like this comes out trying to basically politically party with the rioters, then you are going further, are you not, katty? >> yeah. i mean, look, it's very clear from that "new yorker" video where ted cruz is mentioned in name and mentioned as concurring with what they are doing, which is trespassing and fiddling around with documents, that they feel ted cruz wants them to do this. therefore, the onus is on ted cruz specifically to go further than he has done, denounce them more forcefully, distance him more forcefully. and even then frankly it might toob late for t

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from bristol, jon kay reports. it was one of the key moments of 2020.rown into the city's harbour. as the figure was recovered and restored, a debate ensued across the uk about how we memorialise controversial figures from our past. and now the government's planning new laws to protect statues in england, with planning permission and public consultation required before they can be removed by local people or councils. writing in today's sunday telegraph, the communities secretary, robertjenrick, says... critics question whether changing the law like this would really make a difference, and whether it would stop impulsive moments of protest. in the last few months, the future of statues across the country has been challenged, from cecil rhodes in oxford, sir francis drake in plymouth, sir winston churchill in parliament square. the government's plans will be outlined inside parliament tomorrow. jon kay, bbc news. winter in rome means starling season, when up to four million birds gather in the italian capital on their migration from europe to africa. thei

laughter jon kay, bbc news, exeter. and a happy birthday from all of us.cloud which has been pouring down all day across northern ireland, parts of england and wales and a reminder that by thursday some areas of the high ground, wales, the peaks on the pennines could pick up over 150 millimetres of rain and the amber warning across these areas, these are the most sensitive areas because rivers are running at high levels and that was before the rain even began to fall, but things will continue to deteriorate as we go through the night with further outbreaks of persistent, heavy rain pushing on across wales and the rain getting heavier over the night. some snow mixed in across the high ground in northern

katty kay, jump in.s of navalny kissing his wife good-bye at the airport. these may be the last pictures of we see this incredibly brave leader in russia before disappearing to jail. masha, the incoming biden team with a tweet jake sullivan sent out made it clear this will be a different tone coming out of this administration. president biden has asked avril haines to include looking at navalny and what could be done in her briefing to him. what are america's options now when it comes -- they can jack up sanctions against russia, that doesn't seem to make much impact. is there anything america can do in terms of navalny? i know the european union asked him to be released. could washington weigh in and could it have any impact? >> it's hard to imagine that at this point vladimir putin could be influenced from the outside. it is significant that the biden administration is the first u.s. administration since the soviet union collapsed where the incoming president has not made any overtures to russia, has n

jon kay picks up the story.ust knew that it was a heel that i felt on my palm. ah, 0k. that's. .. that's a bit of a shock. ok, so here we have sam, and our new baby, julia. we were not expecting julia. just ten days later... she is absolutely stunning. at seven and a half pounds, apparently full—term, still in hospital tonight, but doing fine. i was more concerned thatjulia were healthy than anything, that they were 0k. lo and behold, here she is. so, we've got three beautiful children now. which i couldn't be more happier. sam thought she might be pregnant last summer, but all the tests came back negative. in november, she was hospitalised with covid. and even then, baby julia wasn't spotted. unreal, definitely. unreal. two weeks ago, you didn't know she was pregnant. and now you've got a full—term, healthy baby. yes! i know... it's really, really strange to think of it that way. i can't imagine any better feeling than what i'm feeling right now. jan is now getting used to having a surprise granddaughter. i wil