he opened it up, it was the pollard family bible. george pollard's family. he said -- should i have this? don't you think it should be somewhere else? i said i think the folks at the nantucket historical association would love to have it. and sure enough, this wonderful gentleman, it was in the mail by that week. at that point, there was an essex exhibit and within the week, the pollard family bible was on exhibit at that exhibit. so, for me, this was like the power of history to bubble up. i grew up in pittsburgh. mare time center of the universe. and they were descended on the essex. and they said they had an oral tradition in the family, that, whenever it was time for dinner, they all sat down right away and began eating because they all knew what happened when grandpa got hupgry. it was fun when the book came out. the story just kept on happening and it was really wonderful. >> and we have the bible is in the collection and we had it in our 2015 show. >> and by the way, your exhibit was terrific. it was so fun. you had -- it was a game, basically. you'd

it was the pollard family bible. you know, george pollard's family.and so he said, you know, i mean, should i have this? don't you think it should be somewhere else? i said, well, you know, i think the folks at the nantucket historical association would love to have it. and sure enough, this wonderful gentleman sent -- it was in the mail by that week. at that point, there was an "essex" exhibit, and within the week, the pollard family bible was on exhibit at that exhibit. and so, you know, for me, this was like the power of history to sort of bubble up. >> yes. >> you know, once the book came out, i got a card from the ramsdell family in pittsburgh. i grew up in pittsburgh. maritime center of the universe. and they were dissend from the ramsdell on the "essex." they said that they had an oral tradition in the family that when it came to grandpa ramsdell and whenever he got -- whenever it was time for dinner, they all sat down right away and began eating because they all knew what happened when grandpa ramsdell got hungry. so, another tradition came do

and pollard and everyone else is picked up.they hire a vessel higher earning across the pacific to stop at doocy's island. to pick up three men. so the captain vessel says yes. i can find it. i know where it is a. go get them and he sells out and there's nobody there. there's no evidence anyone has been there. but he knows the area to know there is another island across the horizon. it's not in the book. that is henderson. that's where they were. >> what's really interesting is henderson island has since become a kind of vortex for plastic, floating plastic. and i think it has to do with why the essex guys ended up there. the currents all sort of converge on this island so that is why those three whale boats were up there. and the beach where they landed is now just full of plastic garbage. there's this once virgin island, it was when -- not a virgin island, but it was absolutely pristine and back when i was writing. i had the great fortune to run across a scientific study of the ecology of henderson island. from a scientist th

pollard fell shortly after but the damage had been done.ight, with less than 100 days to go until the start of the delayed euros — glasgow and dublin are at risk of being dropped as host cities. uefa are seeking guarantees from countries staging matches that fans will be allowed into stadiums when the tournament starts injune. but as our sports editor dan roan told me earlier, the scottish and irish governemnets are yet to provide those assurances. they feel, and the organisers feel that they are yet to receive the assurances that they would like when it comes to scotland and ireland to post my plans for those matches, specifically when it comes to the return of fans. we know that in terms of english grounds as part of the road map whereby lockton restrictions are going to be eased in the coming weeks that there will be up to 10,000 fans permitted in venues from mid—may, and that those restrictions will be lifted altogether theoretically from june 21. there has not been that same approach yet from the scottish or irish governments. they are

he's days at the coffin house, captain pollard, captain of the essex is in the house, basically next door and in mellow veils copy of a wind chase, the first -- his account of the essex disaster, mehl vail later late in life later right in -- the eyes who are really giving problems really giving him problems and i'm paraphrasing here, sometime in the 18 fifties went to the island of nantucket, met captain pollard who by this time not only lost the essex but his last command, the two brothers in the next year. met captain pollard, to the islanders and nobody, but to me, the most remarkable man i have ever met. what he saw in pollard, i think, was a role model for how he would conduct himself for the rest of his life. because with mo bee moby dick's, he had gone through one of the great personal and professional disappointments he could experience. he would continue -- pollard by this time was a nightwatchman, he -- wasn't as if he refused to even think of the essex, every november 30th, he would lock himself in his room and fast in memory of those who had died on the essex. he didn't

he met captain pollard. to the islanders, a nobody.o me, the most remarkable man i have ever met. what he saw in pollard, i think, was a role model for how he would conduct himself for the rest of his life. because with "moby-dick" he had gone through one of the great personal and professional disappointments he could experience. he would continue -- pollard by this time was a night watchman. it wasn't as if he refused to even think of the essex. every november 20th he would lock himself in his room and fast in memory of those who had died on the essex. he didn't pretend it never happened, but he led a productive life. melville would do the same. but it's poignant. he misses hawthorne. hawthorne by this time has left the berkshires. i don't think he could handle the intensity of his relationship with melville. he's back in, i think, the concorde area. and melville, during this tour, hears the story of agatha, a woman who marries a seaman, who sails off and does not return for 17 years. melville reads the story and writes a letter to ha

he would continue -- pollard by this time was a night watchman. dealt -- it wasn't as if he refused to even think of the essex. every november 20th he would lock himself in his room and fast in memory of those who died on the essex. he didn't pretend it never happened but he led a productive life. melville would do the same. but it's poignant. he misses hawthorn. you a thorn by this time has left the berkshires. i don't think he could handled the intensity of his relationship with melville. he's back in i think the concord area. and melville during this tour hears the story offing a that, a woman who marries a seaman, has his child. the sailor sails off and does not return for 17 years. melville hears this story, and writes a letter to hawthorn saying, i heard that story. this is your kind of story. you you this write it. it is a pathetic story. it is thing a that letters they are known as. he sets the scene here on nantucket. she's the daughter of a light housekeeper, describes the erosion, you know, already, you know -- anyways. even goes to haw

captain pollard captain of the essex is in the house basically next door. and in melville's copy of owen chase the first maid of the essex of his account of the essex disaster melville later late in life would write in green crayon because now his eyes that we're already giving him problems are really giving him problems and i'm paraphrasing here sometime in the 1850s went to the island of nantucket met captain pollard who by this way this time not only lost the essex but his next command that two brothers the next year. met captain pollard. to the islanders a nobody but to me the most remarkable man, i have ever met. what he saw in pollard i think was a role model for how he would conduct himself for the rest of his life. because you know he with moby---, you know, he had gone through the one of the great personal and professional disappointments. you know, he could experience he would continue pollard by this time was a night watchman. he dealt he it wasn't as if he refused that the even think of the essex every november 20th. he would lock himself in his

pollard. we are also hoping for the ftjournalist as well. she will be joining us in a moment.nyway, let's look at what we've already got in. the metro leads on the trial of the us policeman accused of murdering george floyd. it has a picture of the officer with his knee on mr floyd's neck, writing that he knelt on him for nine minutes and 29 seconds. the i reports on the �*great unlock�*, referring to today's easing of lockdown measures in england. it adds that the uk will benefit from a �*vaccine boost�* with 60 million novavax doses due to be bottled in britain instead of the eu. the daily mail also leads on today's lockdown easing, but calls on the prime minister to speed up the lifting of restrictions as infections, hospital cases and deaths hit a six—month low. the times adds that mrjohnson says england is on course for the reopening of shops, pubs and restaurants in a fortnight. the daily telegraph writes that world leaders will call for a global pandemic treaty similar to the settlement formed after the second world war. the guardian leads on the allegations of sexual m

welcome fleet street editor eve pollard. back to you both. l at welcome back to you both.k at what is already in the metro. the metro leads on the trial of the us policeman accused of murdering george floyd — it says derek chauvin knelt on him for nine minutes and 29 seconds. the express reports that 60 million novavax doses are due to be bottled in britain instead of the eu, declaring it a vaccine victory for the uk. the daily mail leads on today's lockdown easing, but calls on the prime minister to speed up the lifting of restrictions as cases and deaths hit a six—month low. the times adds that borisjohnson says england is on course for the reopening of shops, pubs and restaurants in a fortnight. the sun reports says brits can boost their resilience to covid by improving their fitness now that outdoor sports are allowed. the mirror writes that borisjohnson insists he acted with "honesty and integrity" in his dealings withjennifer arcuri, who he's accused of having an affair with. the daily telegraph says world leaders will call for a global pandemic treaty — similar to t

stood up against strongman leader alexander lukashenko despite violent crackdowns now director alexey pollard yun shows us what it was like actors have all been banned from performing they are pablo. and marina members of an underground theater who are fighting for freedom they're part of a massive opposition movement but they're in constant danger. you'll see that. generation of young people jets go on the street but in the same time all of his people right now look all time maybe somebody her or separate. people you know and it's not possible to leave and says so. specially for the art. director and lexie paolo yun observed the protests in bella roost last summer he's convinced that when winter is over people will take to the streets once again. many demonstrators have ended up in this prison despite their peaceful protests their families wait in front of the building for a new. i some protesters are eventually released. we could put it in the news for what this is this if you're on the ocean going you get really scared yes right now 272 person in prison and and for sure is this person we w

of regret you know what part pollard sitting on the heart of any rumors. like this but for the roberts are you know a part of our president far. rejoice that you got the call and going to get it of yours or. are destined. for example from one of them so that. with your officers on the street correct right. back up the huntress a little better and if you can tell us. how foods in which sector and since i did reach them. and you initially called us out to 330 correct kurtz you recall who was working 330 that. specifically. and so when you start your shift you just know there's a car out there that's 330 you're calling to the correct hand after that. 330 call back inside copy correct correct and what does that mean and you vague knowledge that they've been given a call and subsequent to that there was a call from 320 correct yes and what was the substance of that call they said they would take. so based on what you knew about 320 being busy what did you take from that exchange at 320 was now calling it that they were able to at least what they're calling pend

trick to leave the windies 52 for 3 but then in the next over he was smashed out of the park current pollard hitting 6 balls in a row for 6 west indies caps and becoming only the 3rd batsman to hit 6 straight sixes in an international match after herschelle gibbs and yuvraaj singh pollard's efforts helping he's west indies team secure a forward victory with 6 overs to spare the next match is on friday. the tokyo olympics seem destined to take place with no overseas fans reported a japanese newspaper say the government has already made up its mind but officials say they expect a decision by march 27th before the torch relay starts earlier we spoke to dan all wits who is a sports writer at the japan times. this is was supposed to be the pinnacle of japan's soft power efforts and they were making a lot of improvements to inbound infrastructure improving english excess ability for tourists signage cleaning up they missed landmarks there is a lot of renovations over the last few year of the successful 2019 rugby world cup was 1st be a big test you had tens of thousands of foreign fans coming in f

and when it comes to willingness to take the vaccine i know that a month or so ago pollard was alwaysoles when it came to people wanting to take the vaccine, it has that improved and is there a desire to take whichever vaccine it is? so they have changed a lot. you are absolutely right, last year a number of international poles and domestic ones in poland showed that they were up amongst the most sceptical of the vaccine anywhere in europe and the western world, but at the vaccine roll—out began those numbers have changed and polls show people are more willing now to take the vaccine. ironically, some attribute it to a scandal that took place very early during the roll—out, number of celebrities managed to get privileged early access to the vaccine and some people have suggested that and encouraged others to want the vaccine even more. but in the last few days we have seen problems and doubts among the public about the astrazeneca vaccine given the news across europe. the polish government has strongly defended and has criticised other european union countries. so the government offic

willingness to take the - it comes to willingness to take the vaccine i know that a month or so ago pollardeep holes when it came to people wanting to take the vaccine, it has that improved and is there a desire to take whichever vaccine it is? 50 desire to take whichever vaccine it is? ,, ., , ., desire to take whichever vaccine it is? , ., . ., ., ., desire to take whichever vaccine it is? , ., ., ., ., is? so they have changed a lot. you are absolutely _ is? so they have changed a lot. you are absolutely right, _ is? so they have changed a lot. you are absolutely right, last _ is? so they have changed a lot. you are absolutely right, last year- is? so they have changed a lot. you are absolutely right, last year a - are absolutely right, last year a number of international poles and domestic ones in poland showed that they were up amongst the most sceptical of the vaccine anywhere in europe and the western world, but at the vaccine roll—out began those numbers have changed and polls show people are more willing now to take the vaccine. ironically, some attribute it to a scandal that took

it was one of the first major movements of african americans, their family minister, curtis pollard,state senator, so during reconstruction, 90% of their parish was black, that meant there were a lot of black elected officials. and he was chased out of medicine perish by the ku klux klan in 1879 and her brothers followed him to st. louis. again, records third or in the library of congress and the national archives so i was really able to rely on those senate hearings about that exit this movement in order to tell their story. once they got to st. louis, they joined st. paul immaturity which had a history of taking in recent migrants and then they learned how to be gardeners -- barbers. >> that's a good segue to this question. what surprised do you or amazed you the most in your research? >> so, just like other people who are my age who had heard of madam walker, we knew she started her career company and that was kind of the whole story. but as i began to do research about her, i discovered that she was an international entrepreneur, she was a pioneer in the modern hair care industry

i bought them or last monday i guess welcome again and i got this nod let the initial 2 i should pollard them a torturous awarding a whole. new user who knows a lot more than we know. and i couldn't. show mum a last word here and there she is in the heart of america let them make you. do a lot on them like you to get less canned dog meat when their man come am a man who knew. how did the deer know billy where the kid sheila i mean these things i see them he's nice you try seeing him up. you know waterboarding our sanction them to belittle my security in this. happy craft or to another the young are some what we want to can easily keep going there or holder the program and the. how muslim women golem or with a. hammer some pretty amount of them are there maliki to. solidify your mind that i promise to be will you point me in. the yard and. willis have an appt in to. you believe you have lost my daughter. the power to have half your wound again as i would like to do that. i will scan that region. commission on how much the moon a lot. came 11 giving it a bit. of bloody good to get us all t

the region prepares for a massive winter storm, gerry pollard says he is activating about 50 nationalto help first responders with any search and rescue efforts required. policies urging residents to stay home except for emergencies. some areas could get 2 feet of snow. at this is a live look at tampa from our affiliate, fox 13. one of the big stories there tonight, major league baseball will experiment with several rule changes in the minor league spirit if they include an automated strike zone, restrictions on defensive positioning, and larger bases. that's tonight live look. it outside of the beltway from special report, we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ got my mouth ♪ ♪ i got life ♪ when heartburn takes you by surprise. fight back fast, with new tums naturals. free from artificial flavors and dyes. opportunities are all about timing. so if you're turning 65 or retiring soon, it's time to take advantage of a plan that gives you more for your medicare dollar: an aarp medicare advantage plan from unitedhealthcare. call unitedhealthcare today to get $0 copays for all primary care docto

. >> 2 pollard's across the street from each other. 3 women shot dead at one. and this is in atlanta and then another woman was killed at the massage parlor across the street from that one as we said, 6 of the 8 or asian women police investigating whether it's a hate crime and targeted against them because of that. but at this point we don't know the motive. we are standing by, though, for a press conference and we have already heard from san francisco's police chief william scott. he responded. >> to the attacks on twitter. you can see portion of what he wrote. it says, quote, our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of those killed in the metro atlanta shooting spree working together. we must prevent violence and hold perpetrators accountable to stop asian hate. >> we do have new details this morning. in east bay about what led to a hayward police officer shooting and killing a man in a motel 6 parking lot. the police chief says that the man was in a car connected to a robbery involving an elderly woman who was leaving a bank. that car was first spott

its and hasn't seen for a year alan fischer al-jazeera washington brazil's most populous states are pollard has announced tougher restrictions they include a 2 week overnight curfew and a suspension of religious gatherings of sporting events a nationwide surge in cases is being partly blamed on a highly contagious variant of covert 91st detected in the amazon city of my mouse . well the indonesian island of bali has one of asia's most popular tourist destinations but the pandemic because falls dozens of hotels to close leaving thousands of people unemployed and what would the cation of when tories might return some say bali needs to diversify its economy jessica washington has the story. this is bali's kuta beach once packed with foreign tourists now almost completely empty. nearby many restaurants and stores are closed hotel owner debbie yet though says she had no choice but to temporarily shut her resort and lay off staff yeah it's how they set their form there's nothing i can do except maybe some 500. most of the visitors are gone and the people who call bali home have had to have done i

and most of them asian women and workers at these pollard's show when they said he has a addiction. this is all. >> kind road that they're going down to try to put together and make some sense of what happened. we're going to still be following it as they get more and more information. everybody here in the bay area and around the country has been extra concerned about hate crimes and so that's something that we've seen an uptick in crimes. we have american town. >> with any mass shooting. we know the president has been briefed. we get we're given that word this morning. the administration are currently working with the fbi to get to the bottom of this 4th women. we know we're of korean descent. and we had secretary of state anthony blinken actually in south korea today on state business and he made a statement saying that that's where it has no place in america. but again, we're still looking to try and determine what exactly the motive was and when you look too, at the police saying that they think that he had plans to go to florida and kill more people that they stopped. it is in

then came pollard. every ball of dananjaya's next over was smashed over the boundary.gerrard, who's on the brink of his first title, was sent off at half time for comments he made to the referee who'd booked alfredo morelos earlier. and it was morelos who came up with the only goal to secure the win. they need just 4 more points now for the title. elsewhere, hamilton drew 1—1 with stjohnstone. there are three more premier league games this evening. relegation threatened fulham are at home to spurs, while second from bottom west brom host everton. in the later game, liverpool take on chelsea, with both sides eyeing a top 4 finish. last night, manchester united could only manage a goalless draw at crystal palace. united are still 14 points behind leaders manchester city. leicester city in 3rd are also dropping points, but they did salvage a draw at burnley, thanks to a wonderful finish from kelechi iheanacho. the point means burnley are 6 points clear of the relegation zone now. in last night's other match, bottom side sheffield united got a rare win, beating aston villa

professorjonathan van tam, sir chris whitty, sir patrick vallance, wei shen limb, sarah gilbert, andy pollardiously to look to the recovery ahead. i know everyone in this house is proud of the life—saving work we have seen in hospitals across the country yet we also know that our battles against covid—i9 have meant there are things that we've not been able to do like routine treatments and operations, and the challenges of covid are still with us. we must continue to treat patients with the disease, bolster our vital mission of infection control while also laying the groundwork for a recovery that gets us back to where we need to be. we have backed the nhs at every point in this pandemic so that they can treat patients, stay safe and save lives, and i'm delighted to inform the house that we are backing them again today with a further £6.6 billion of funding for the first half of this coming financial year. this money is in addition to the 3 billion committed at the spending review last november to help the nhs meet the additional costs of covid while critically starting to work on the electiv

when the three men stay behind and everyone else goes on, pollard and everyone else are picked up, they hire a british vessel headed across the pacific, to stop at dues cease island and pick up these men. the captain of that vessel said, yeah, i can find where that is. i can go get them. he sails out and there's nobody there. there's no evidence that anyone has been there. he knows this area of the pacific enough to know there's another island across the horizon that's not in bow ditch. that's henderson and that's where the men were. >> what's really interesting is henderson island has since become a kind of a vortex for plastic, floating plastic. i think it has to do with why the essex guys ended up there any way. the currents all sort of converge on this island. so that's kind of why these whale boats ended up there. the beach where they landed is now just full of plastic garbage. this once virgin island. it was virgin island when i was -- not a virgin island, but it was absolutely pristine back when i was writing in the heart of the sea, i had the great fortune to run across a scient