mr. len james, you said cigna, how would you like to do a term paper in lieu of the final exam? i said, yeah, sure. and he said want to do a paper on the spanish american war. and i did, and i came to our door in the library to bottles of the library to read the congressional record. and there's nothing like reading these guys talk on filtered on the one side. it was referring to us for practically, as monkeys, in like the round races and this and that are going away. and then you had guys like a william jennings bryan. and the anti imperialist, saying this be trays all over the united states is about, you know, we flight the colonies, reform for independence. what are we? we're going to become a empire now. the for over 400 years. puerto rico suffered as a spanish calling but in 1897, spain granted the island, a degree of autonomy. many hopes that this was a step towards independence. but it turned out to the addendum, the just months after he goes to 1st election, the united states invaded the island. within 10 weeks, hopes of independence were dashed as the island was a next

lens. joining us live now is emmy nominated filmmaker james q chan to talk about the world premiere of his new film, the main hey, james. >> hi, kristen. thank you for having me. >> oh, this is so fun. so of course, the main is about the city's main library. so how did this idea come about? why did you want to tell a story about it? >> absolutely. well, this is a special project. this was a collaboration between the san francisco arts commission and their artists in residency at the san francisco public library. lovely lovely humans and both organizations. and what this was is that it was a ten week immersive live experience where i got free range to go anywhere in the library, talk to anyone. and it was incredible. um, and then afterwards we spent a few months honing in on the project, developing it and it wasn't until, um, last summer where i spent the summer caregiving to my partner's mother. and so her health was failing. um, her mobility was, was compromised and she was unable to do many of the things that we, we take for granted, um, grocery shopping, taking a walk or going into natu

james in the background looking quite satisfied. trump looking quite stern and the judge looking like he was in a wonderful mood. for people that view it through one lens it will reaffirm this is a canned hunt. he is the one in the box. >> bill: as you said, professor, about five minutes ago people looking at this will either be thrilled or angry. the photographers are out, opening statements will get underway shortly. paul mauro joins us here. he has been all over the city and in that courtroom and building as well. what do you make of the events so far today? >> the thing to remember is the judge that's power to control the situation inside the court. as far as whether or not we are going to see the kind of coverage that you are talking about really comes down to what the judge says. look, one of the things that occurs to me immediately upon seeing this, the appeal is already being contemplated over the valuation of the land. what are we talking about? a civil case, that's money, and whether or not it actually plays into the political process here is the question that everybody has. and civil case regarding donald trump's business practices really on

lens. they sit second, a point ahead of their opponents tonight. tottenham are back on top of the premier league table this morning, thanks in part to these two. england forward jameson two matches in the same world cup. there will be one englishman right in the thick of the action in sunday's rugby world cup final. referee wayne barnes has been chosen to officiate the showpiece between the springboks and new zealand at the stade de france. england of course just missing out against south africa in the semis. and great britain are edging closer to next month's davis cup quarterfinal tie, where they will go up against novak djokovic and his serbia side. this was them qualiying in manchester last month — captain leon smith has named an unchanged side. dan evans and neil skupski beating france in the doules, jack draper, cam norrie and andy murray also included. no easy task going up against novak djokovic. but they played well. the gb side unchanged. do not bet against them. i love the optimism. all change here. here's carol. a lot of rain in the forecast and we have spoken about the impact of flooding but still a lot of rain in the forecast which is a problem. a lot

lens later too, and then tomorrow, newcastle are back in action, theirfirst home game in the champions league in 20 years. and to mark it, they've done this impressive fly through of the famous st jamesd become a tactic for them. - trying to frighten them? it could - become a tactic for them. beautiful, isn't it? maybe _ become a tactic for them. beautiful, isn't it? maybe we _ become a tactic for them. beautiful, isn't it? maybe we should _ become a tactic for them. beautiful, isn't it? maybe we should do - become a tactic for them. beautiful, isn't it? maybe we should do that. isn't it? maybe we should do that here every _ isn't it? maybe we should do that here every morning. _ isn't it? maybe we should do that here every morning. nugent, - isn't it? maybe we should do that - here every morning. nugent, watson. who is going to pay for that, jon? carol has the weather. all this cloud has been reducing some rain, i will show you that in a minute, moving away, and two distinctive areas of cloud as well. these are all weather fronts. a lot of rain last night producing roughly 1400 of rain last night producing roughly moo lightning strikes. the whole lot is moving eastwards but the show

lens who top of the group. tonight the defending champions manchester city are back in action, celtic host lazio, and in newcastle champions league football returns after 20 years. mbappe and ps6 at st james'sley move up a spot, they're third from bottom. luton a place above them on goal difference. iam sure i am sure alan shearer will have a word or two possibly on the var controversy from the weekend. he spends a lot of saturday evenings talking about it. we might get a word out of him on it, i am sure. the build—up to the bbc sports personality of the year has begun — and the nominations for the unsung heroes category are now open. it's all about recognising and celebrating the volunteers who make sport happen at the grass roots. here's the gymnast and olympic gold medallist max whitlock on why the award means so much. making it to the top of your game is the dream for so many people. max whitlock is the olympic champion! it's the pinnacle. but to get there, you have to start somewhere a little closer to home. there are community clubs and groups giving people all across the country the opportunity to get involved in sport. these places are led by amazing volunteers who deserve a huge th