maynard in oxford. the situation was bleak even before this latest conflict began, and there were already shortages of medical supplies in hospitals, medical equipment. what are you hearing about the current situation in hospitals across gaza, if it's in the north or the south where some hospitals have been asked to relocate, to move patients to the south, which has been extremely difficult. what are you hearing about the conditions in these hospitals? >> that the situation is absolutely desperate, and there's a very clear view that i share that the health care system in gaza is on the verge of total collapse if aid is not allowed in. i hear that up to four hospitals in gaza are unable to function at all at current levels because the infrastructure has been so badly damaged. i have had most reports from the hospital where i have spent most of my time over the years, and they are essentially hanging on, but with extremely limited resources. they are very worried about the amount of water they have, and t

maynard: thank you very much indeed.tian: president biden was supposed to be campaigning in colorado today, cancel that trip in favor of a national security meeting at the white house. two strike groups, the uss eisenhower and the uss gerald ford, have been repositioned in the eastern mediterranean, and there are reports that the president is himself weighing a trip to israel later in the week, depending on the security situation and the state of the war. in foreign policy terms, there are many in washington we think this has been the president's strongest few weeks in office. he has been clear i'd -- clear-eyed about the fed and immediate in the response. pres. biden: the most important thing is ending this brutality, and to hold those who committed it accountable. christian: by contrast, people pointed the dysfunction in the house, where republicans are struggling to appoint a speaker. yes been two weeks since kevin mccarthy was deposed, and still the chairman's unfilled. that's speak to the director on arab-israeli re

well, benjamin mays was my maynard's hero. also is one of mine, too. i met him. he was a wonderful person. and favorite quote is from benjamin. he means and it is. and i'm sure that dr. king probably this, too, if you believe something, you must act on it. if you don't act on it, it's not a belief. it's an opinion. i like that. well, all right. i don't mean not in my book. i'm making a list of all the things i regret that are not in the book. and on the list. no. all right. whatever. we're familiar with a lot of the names associated with dr. king, ralph abernathy, who was his best male friend. of course, you know. bayard rustin. i mean, i thought he was outstanding. a philip randolph, thurgood marshall. we benjamin mays. and then there were people like stanley levison, which we i never really heard very much about until i read your talk about stanley levitan, levison emerged the leader of the montgomery bus boycott. immediately people began to say this guy is magic this guy's got power he's he's he's lighting up the media he people are flocking to him saying we n

but to discuss the situation there in more detail, i'm joined by professor nick maynard, a consultantospitals — he's visited gaza many times, and trained doctors there. he last visited gaza in may. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. just tell us about what communications, if any, you have been able to have but some of your medical colleagues who are in gaza at the moment?— your medical colleagues who are in gaza at the moment? well, thank you ve much gaza at the moment? well, thank you very much for— gaza at the moment? well, thank you very much for having _ gaza at the moment? well, thank you very much for having me _ gaza at the moment? well, thank you very much for having me on again. - very much for having me on again. i've had contact since yesterday, as you will understand, for about 30 hours prior to yesterday morning, and i'm of us have had any contact at all and we had no idea what that they were alive or had they had been killed. we had limited contact yesterday, i benchmark contact today. as you can imagine, the situation gets ever appalling over there with

maynard's mother is a french professor. but grandfather dobbs was very upset about the king family performing in this performance. and aunt june said that basically, daddy king led a combination of protest and accommodation. >> yeah. >> to be able to operate in the city, and to develop grace with white leaders. grandfather dobbs -- but anyway, we'll move on from that. okay. now, he actually ended up going to seminary, so the school of ministry, and had a little problem in terms of -- he was an eloquent speaker, but his writing left much to be desired, so he often had a handicap. talk about how he -- >> plagiarized? >> thank you. i didn't want to say that. >> we're among friends. listen, as i said before, i think it's important that we acknowledge that our heroes don't have to be perfect, or else who is anyone going to expect anyone to stand up and lead? none of us are perfect. so he skipped several grades in school. it really set him back and he had to account for it. and it affected his performance all through high school

people like benjamin mays made an influence on maynard that i am still quoting him. so i do think the trickle-down influence and respect, dignity and a search for truth and a love of mankind is what all of those accolades, as you said, got from dr. king and i pray they keep on keeping on and that your children and my daughters will be able to reflect that also. >> i think i will take the privilege of the last question. i was just thinking about the amount of detail that you have in your book and some of it is flattering and some of it is not flattering. i wonder, do you think that makes him a person? it makes him someone we can all relate to? he is not just a mess -- myth but a person and gives us hope that we all have the opportunity to do what he has done. >> i think that is central to what i was trying to do with this book. i have a paragraph where i say that he chewed his fingernails and he had a dog named topsy and he couldn't shave because his skin was too sensitive. at the same time, as we discussed, he wasn't progressive in every way and he had a blind spot w

joining me now is consultant surgeon nick maynard, who makes regular trips to gaza to train surgeonshe dire situation at the hospital mac, have you managed to contact doctors today? you managed to contact doctors toda ? ., ., you managed to contact doctors toda ? . ~' ,, you managed to contact doctors toda ? ., ~ i. , you managed to contact doctors toda ? ., , . ., today? thank you very much for askin: today? thank you very much for asking me _ today? thank you very much for asking me on — today? thank you very much for asking me on again _ today? thank you very much for asking me on again i _ today? thank you very much for asking me on again i have - today? thank you very much for asking me on again i have been| today? thank you very much for. asking me on again i have been in contact this morning, but not this afternoon. the situation has deteriorated overnight. they are very frightened, the fuel will burn out in generators today or tomorrow and that will have devastating consequences, of course. we have seen the doctor— consequences, of course. we have seen the doctor they _ conse

joining me now is consultant surgeon nick maynard, who makes regular trips to gaza to train surgeonsa guest on the programme that i myself have spent some time at that hospital in gaza and i was really struck by the extraordinary talent of some of the surgeons there, not only are they some of the best trauma surgeons but they work with the bombardments all around them. i wonder if you have had any communication with any of them and what they have told you? yes, i have had regular communications. i go out to gaza regularly with a team of colleagues from oxford and we have all been in regular contact for the last week throughout the day and night with some of our colleagues who are working in that hospital and other hospitals throughout the gaza strip. how resourceful do you have to be as a doctor working in gaza? i how resourceful do you have to be as a doctor working in gaza?— a doctor working in gaza? i think, all the time _ a doctor working in gaza? i think, all the time they _ a doctor working in gaza? i think, all the time they have _ a doctor working in gaza? i think, all the ti

traffic manager, how important the police were to the boston was as the wife of john maynard keynes used to say very upheavals. at that time, very much disrupted by the return upheaval though like so much from return of the soldiers from the war on boats where they landed in the port of boston, no accidents. seattle and boston are both ports people land there in a mood. they're not quite ready to leap into civilian life. yet many are angry. many of the vets there was union established in boston that met a tram on temple where coolidge gave speeches. the new governor, the union of the crippled and the blind that is there was so many people hurt in world war one that they their their one thought was to unionize and they did have troubles and the government was insufficiently addressing those troubles. all that made the police reason that if they went out on strike september 1919. well, they might get a conciliation. you recall that i think it was george who mentioned the coolidge been actually head of a committee on conciliation. a few years back right with an earlier strike, he was a conc

john maynard made a comment after the paris peace conference. hoover is the only person that left the conference with an enhanced reputation. but hoover realized one thing, and that is important food is in preventing the spread of bolshevik ism. and he was very careful in the allocation of food and they said we told the bolsheviks quickly when they were thinking of taking over austria that food shipments will depend on the democratic government. they're going to pipe in a word about that, at part of your question time, when dealing with the occupied europe idea, i mean, it's was something that i mean, had domestic dimensions as well as global dimensions for for hoover. i mean, fdr immediately rejected the idea too it was the british they were important partizans reminding us because of course they would breach the blockade of germany, which was their main strategy for dealing with nazi before they landed troops. but it also from fdr point of view, i don't think it took it took a genius to say well if hoover's idea to happens and it works well, i