more of a breeze further south and that weather fronts will make it to east anglia and south east as f one across the country on sunday bringing cloud and showery rain east across england and wales but more of you will be dry on sunday, a better chance of sunny spells and we will have more of the breeze on sunday with a few showers dotted around. 13, 14 degrees, feeling warmer than saturday the further south and east you go. next week, high pressure will start to push in. lots of cloud and a few showers around, sunnier and a few showers around, sunnier and warmer the further south and east you go. this is bbc news. i�*m frankie mccamley. the headlines: downing street insists boris johnson was not aware of "specific allegations" against chris pincher before appointing him as deputy chief whip. the prime minister now faces calls to suspend the mp from the conservative party — after allegations he groped two men at a private members�* club. opposition parties call for an investigation. i�*m afraid to say this shows there is a pattern of behaviour of scandal and poor behaviour and is a pa

and it looks like that rain now is going to be a bit further south across wales, the midlands and across north, it looks like it'll be dry, brighter and a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland. still some warmth, though, if we do get some sunshine in the southeast of england. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. let the games commence: 5,000 athletes from around the world are in birmingham, in central england, as the commonwealth games get underway. fearing further deadly floods: torrential rain in the american state of kentucky causes flash flooding, killing eight people. resistance to russian occupation: we meet ukraine's shadow army working behind enemy lines. and the end of the so—called wagatha christie trial: two wives of premiership footballers find out later who's won their high court libel case.

and it looks like that rain now is going to be a bit further south across wales, the midlands and acrosse it'll be dry, brighter and a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland. still some warmth, though, if we do get some sunshine in the southeast of england. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: direct, in—depth, and straightforward, the white house's assessment of a marathon phone call between president biden and his chinese counterpart, xi jinping in which taiwan was the main focus. fears of a recession in the us after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but president biden says the economy is still healthy. we've created 9 million newjob just since becoming president. business are investing in america at record rates. that doesn't sound like a recession to me. the commonwealth games open in birmingham. more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will compete over the next 11 days.

this was highlighted during sherman's march to the sea and through, south carolina. during this campaign william to come to sherman marching his army through georgia and then up through south carolina union officers in his staff and in his command so i've got a picture here of sherman staff officers in may 1865. they were very concerned about civilization and how to make to maintain self-control and discipline of soldiers while unleashing them to destroy wheat resources and wage psychological warfare on the confederate population. so what's really interesting right before sherman's march his staff has joined by henry hitchcock who was new to the war. who've been a lawyer in st. louis. he was related to ethan allen hitchcock. who is the us commissioner for exchange of prisoners and he decides in the fall of 1864. he wants to join the union army and his uncle sets up for him to be on sherman's staff and hitchcock brings to the war a typical concern about civilization and he becomes obsessed about whether this army that he is joined is behaving in a civilized fashion. so

was included to us and we have thoroughly digested the actual situation in the south andern direction and we will continue to talk about the kherson region, there are ongoing hostilities in the communities of several kakhovsky kherson district, berislavskyi residents of the territory bordering snowurivka and zelenodolsk talk about the mining of roads and the banks of the river ingulets , nataliya gumeniuk told us about what exactly, livestock died every day due to the mines that were laid, because of which, due to the lack of drivers, they were forced to evacuate release local residents ah a lot of news about the occupied kherson region, for example, during the week, the guys are checking private garages in kherson itself, they are looking for weapons on the streets of the regional center of the checkpoint, increased patrolling, the occupation authorities in the kherson region have blocked the google search engine, the decision was made by the so-called deputy head of the military kyrylo strumousov of the civil civil administration of the kherson region youtube and viber

some cloud getting out into the south and east as well. r two sugars, and top temperatures around 17 to 22. as you move deeper into the week, it looks like this era of high pressure will continue to influence our weather, pushing these weather fronts away. that will always be courage, with a chance of showers and a stronger breeze across the north and west of the uk for the rest of that week. you can see the cloudy skies across scotland and northern ireland the further south that you are, the better chance of staying dry. and it should start to turn warmer, perhaps reaching 26 on friday. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in eastern ukraine, there's been further fighting for control of lysychansk. the ukrainian army rejects russia's claims that they've encircled the city. russian state media says two more british men captured by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries. a council of afghan tribal elders and clerics ends with a call for the world to recognise

here it is to start the day, working south and east, lovely bright start in east anglia and the south—eastshine for northern england and wales, sunshine and showers throughout the day, claudia stood in the far north of scotland, outbreaks of rain here all day long coming and going, the lightest winds here, or the breeze further south and that weather front will make its way south—east as we head into the evening, just a few splashes of rain by then. another cool day injuly for this stage, but the breeze helps to push the weather fronts on as we go through the night into sunday, still be drugs of one across the country on sunday, a bit of clout and some showery rain eastwards across the uk, but by and large most of you will be dry on sunday, but a chance of sunny spells, into the highlands of scotland, a breeze on sunday would just a few dots of rain. warmer compared to saturday, the further south and east you go. next week, high pressure will start to try to push its way in, not enough for... scotland, sunnier and warmer the further south and east you go. today at six. the conservative mp

you can see the cloudier sky across scotland and northern ireland. the further southtart to turn warmer, perhaps reaching 26 degrees on friday. this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm rich preston. our top stories: in eastern ukraine, further fighting for control of lysycha nsk. the ukrainian army rejects russia's claims they've encircled the city. the un calls for calm in libya as anti—government protests continue but demostrators say they won't give up. a council of afghan tribal elders ends with a call for the world to recognise the taliban and lift sanctions. the biggest ever london pride — more than a million people take to the streets as it marks its 50th anniversary. and, getting fiery under the lights at wimbledon — the match one player described as a �*circus�*.

so this really brings us to secession and the eve of the civil war. when south carolina passed secession ordinances and broke from the united states in december 1860 it set off this chain reaction of disunion that really rippled all the way across the continent. and that's how we need to think of confederate secession in the coming of the civil war. i argue really as this continental crisis of the union that reached from charleston harbor all the way to the shores of the pacific. and the most dramatic rupture took place in arizona and the spring of 1861. so unlike today's state which as we know sits directly to the west of new mexico arizona at the time was this much wider stretch of terrain to the south of new mexico and it was populated by this combination of native americans some mexican-born residents and crucially a bunch of migrants from, texas. and once these texans caught wind of south carolina's secession, they held three separate secessionist conventions of their own in three different towns in arizona. now most southern states had opted for just one c

and the public protector, the ethics guardian in south africa, is now investigating the case, so why you just back off a little bit and let due process happen? politics don't work like that, where someone from london tells you to "back off". there's no—one from london who can tell us to back off. we do what we do, and we do it for the best of our people. ramaphosa has brought the office of the president into disrepute and we must be worried, we who love south africa, that our office cannot be occupied by a person with so many accusations against him, including torturing of women. we shouldn't be only obsessed with money. there was a female there who was tortured. and the chief bodyguard of ramaphosa has now come clean, confirming the allegations that were made against ramaphosa as a person was leading that investigation. all i can do is remind our audience that mr ramaphosa denies all of these accusations that you keep sending his way. and the point is, how credible are you? you've been running a vendetta against ramaphosa for years. it's six or seven years since you labelled him a mu

if you quit after plans for the south and south—east, still a chance of seeing some rain scotland andt this stage, cooler, because along with these waving weather fronts, because along with these waving weatherfronts, if because along with these waving weather fronts, if you because along with these waving weatherfronts, if you look because along with these waving weather fronts, if you look at the picture for monday, sitting to the north, still quite some warm and humid air to the south and along with the responsible parts of england and wales, times into seven eastern scotland, some shari ran around but could still be avoiding those driest parts of southern england. —— shari rain. look at tuesday and wednesday, tuesday has a warm weather system getting to pull away, still some showers around it as it does so but some sunny spells. not necessarily looking like a washout but could be trailing weather fronts to parts of northern ireland, southern scotland and england for example in another area of low pressure into wednesday looks like it could be moving in with a spell of rain, partic

colonel, i think that they are aware of their vulnerability in the south, and that is why they may wantn the north how likely it is and on the other side how quickly will they be able to transfer the appropriate amount of manpower there and will it not go unnoticed for example uh it will be completely transparent to ukrainian troops on our side, short distances and maneuverability and dynamics and logistics on their side, a large number of manpower, and so they will throw new meat into this meat grinder, which the armed forces of ukraine have already made, with the hope that our knives the meat grinders will drown and get stuck in their veins, well, this is a figurative look , you can say that because, well, in reality, they will throw meat, i used to do it there during the time of the soviet union. because there is no equipment, there are no weapons. personnel forward, poorly equipped, but forward to er, hmm, to the attack on ukraine, how many personnel can they drive to the north, they can mobilize a million people for all this, it takes time to equip them and throw them to the side,

the ku klux klan,, plantation, slavery but t shows the meaning of being american is linked to the south and of that our understanding andd its history and culture is the key to understanding the nation in its entirety. the professor of african-american studies at princeton university and as well as awards including the 2019 biography prize from the foundation. [applause] >> welcome. i am so pleased to be here. thank you, everybody for coming, first of all. it's a pleasure to be here. i guess the first thing is that we need to me to do something. it was really interesting. what would you say in answer to that question? >> absolutely. first of all, i love that you posed that question thatis we tk about this because the image in florida tends to be south florida and miami and disney. the first sentence of the chapter is -- >> i was going to cite that. the point is that the panhandle is the deep south as much alabama and georgia but it's also in the biblical sense letters, argumentative letters. florida is in some ways like texas a nation unto itself but also teaches a great deal about the hist

it will still be humid in the south and east, temperatures not dropping much lower than 19 or 20 but h and west, back into lower double figures. as we start tomorrow this is the charge, read these weather fronts the real fresh air is to the west of the weather front stretching from north—east scotland to wales and the south—east, brighter conditions with showers towards the west, it is tracking eastwards and runs into humid air, across southern counties of england, parts of the midlands, east anglia and the south—east we could see pretty nasty thunderstorms, still pretty nasty thunderstorms, still pretty hot but temperatures dropping back closer to normal temperatures. thank you, matt taylor. the weather is our top story. the uk record hottest temperature broken today with over a0 celsius at heathrow. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. ben stokes has let england out to the middle in his final one—day international. the hosts are bow

you can see the cloudier skies across scotland and northern ireland. further southgrees on friday. welcome to bbc news — i'm rich preston. our top stories. in eastern ukraine — further fighting for control of lysycha nsk. the ukrainian army rejects russia's claims they've encircled the city. the un calls for calm in libya — as anti—government protests continue — but demostrators say they won't give up. warnings of further disruption this summer at heathrow, for travellers passing through the uk's busiest airport. the biggest ever london pride — more than a million people take to the streets as it marks its 50th anniversary. and — getting fiery under the lights at wimbledon — the match one player described as a circus.

plenty of scott sunshine further south and east. igh teens and we could be looking at 22 degrees across the south east. play continuing for wimbledon. this evening, that weather front brings outbreaks of rain too much of scotland, particularly north and west of scotland, it could be quite heavy and persistent. some showers likely for northern england and elsewhere further south clearer skies and temperatures in single digits but further north and west, quite a warm and muggy night. wednesday looks like being another cloudy one for northern and western areas, murky and feeling quite humid. spots of rain across scotland and it will be quite windy. best of the sunshine in parts of wales, the midlands and we could see the temperatures peaking at around 25 degrees, the mid to high teens by the north. across the south, england and wales we will see the highest of the pollen levels on wednesday, lower across scotland because it will be breezy with more cloud. again, it should be an interrupted play at wimbledon for wednesday. variable cloud

you can see the cloudier sky across scotland and northern ireland. the further southiday. this is bbc news, the headlines: fighting appears to be intensifying around the ukrainian city of lysychansk as russian forces try to take the only remaining city in the luhansk region not under their control. it's come under intense shelling but a ukrainian spokesman denied claims that russian—backed fighters had now encircled the city. libyan activists say they'll continue protesting until the ruling elite steps aside. the comments follow rallies in most parts of the country on friday, which ended in the parliament building in tobruk being stormed and then set on fire. the united nations has called for calm in libya. a three—day meeting of religious and tribal leaders in afghanistan has ended with a call on the international community to recognise the taliban government and lift all sanctions on the country. the male—only meeting also declared that any armed

you can see the cloudier sky across scotland and northern ireland. further southr, perhaps reaching 26 degrees on friday. hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford, and joe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll. welcome back to both of you. let's just have a look first of all at what those papers are saying. the observer says an official inquiry will investigate the prime minister's claim that 40 new hospitals will be built by 2030. in what the sunday express reports as an exclusive, ministers have urge borisjohnson and rishi sunak to cut taxes now rather than wait until the next election. another story about the prime minister — the telegraph says he has been accused of turning a blind eyeto accused of turning a blind eye to alleged sexual misconduct claims about his former deputy chief whip. the mirror also reports on that story, saying the prime minister was warned twice about chris pincher�*s behaviour. the sunday times says the charity watchdog

the north is breezing for a week of extreme heat while south and nations i've already seen temperatures climbing to new ice. the effects of the extreme heat has killed hundreds. blessed when winds have triggered destructive wildfires across port to go, spain, france, italy, and greece. several firefighters have been killed firefighters in spain's extreme, the door, a region faddle, wild fires through the night. at daybreak, military, police and aircraft joined the fight to get the situation under control. dozens of wild fires across spain have forced thousands to evacuate fire season has started earlier than usual after an especially hot and dry spring. so now guys that kick wedding down without a doubt at 40 degrees celsius, it's more difficult to extinguish the fire climate change effects. everyone in this area is usually green and cool in summer, but it's becoming very hot like cordova and seville in the south. i saw him avo coronado, my chevy. similar scenes are taking place across southern europe. strong winds are spreading several fires across the greek island of crete. in southwe

at the moment we have got hot conditions in the south and east. at cooler conditions and a few showers in the north and west. quite breezy across the north of scotland. that is blowing in the art shower. by that is blowing in the art shower. by and large fine weather. temperatures quite considerably lower apart from the south—east. but the cloud we have in the south holds onto that heat and humidity and that slips away overnight tonight with a few showers to follow. and still warm but not tropical as it was last night in the south—east. a little bit more comfortable for sleeping in the next couple of nights. tomorrow the next couple of nights. tomorrow the best of the sunshine again in the best of the sunshine again in the south with a peppering of showers in the north of scotland and across northern ireland and northern england. the wind starting to switch to the north—west. again in the south—east locally heatwave conditions continue. on friday the high pressure is still with us but we have some weather fronts moving in and they could give us som

back and this we can come arena times in the north and west, still very little rain towards the south andom singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... a clear and present danger to humanity — president biden promises to make the largest ever us investment to combat climate change. but stops short of declaring an emergency. i will do everything in my power to clean our air and water, protect our people's health, to win the clean energy future. across europe, wildfires rage, with countries sweltering in severe heat. this is what it takes to stop the fires. a court or 300 metres wide cleared of all trees are fuel for the flames. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, and the

the showers will come courtesy of this weather system which has been tracking its way south and east arly hours of the morning, that will bring outbreaks of rain across scotland, down across northern england, wales and edging in towards the south—west. clear skies either side of it and temperatures in rural parts down to sing a figure. most around ten to 13 degrees as we start your saturday morning. it could stay dry until the evening, towards south—east wales and cornwall, brightening up with sunshine and showers. southern scotland and northern ireland, sunshine and showers throughout the day. northern scotland, persistent cloud and outbreaks of rain or drizzle. more of a breeze the further south you are and for all, in the breeze out of the sunshine it will feel rather cool for this stage injuly, but nice enough when the sun is on your back. as we finish the day, and bricks of showery rain, further showers in the north west and scotland but most places dry and care for a time during the night but on sunday, little areas of cloud and showers to the south which will go from west to ea

yeah, and and so yes, the ethos came more but the south had universities they just weren't as open to. to people who aren't plantation owners they've i'm struck by the fact that the war in the so long-lasting and so bloody given all the structural advantages that the north had. and something else that you mentioned a moment ago that somebody said that we were fighting for a way of life. and they were fighting to defend their own home, and i'm wondering what financial advantage. or military advantage per se the south had a i call the book a custody determination on the battlefield. they you know, they fought with astonishing and almost alarming bravery as late as 1864 this summer grant was absolutely stuck in the mud in petersburg, virginia and lincoln was being told by all of his advisors. he couldn't win the election if you lost the election mclellan was going to sue for peace which would mean two countries and probably slavery continuing the south or who knows how long the south i think to get your question about purposes. it was driven by the fear that the republicans would end sla

you can see the cloudier sky across scotland and northern ireland. the further south degrees on friday. this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: in eastern ukraine, further fighting for control of lysycha nsk. the ukrainian army rejects russia's claims they've encircled the city. the un calls for calm in libya as anti—government protests continue, but demonstrators say they won't give up. a council of afghan tribal elders ends with a call for the world to recognise the taliban and lift sanctions. the biggest ever london pride — more than a million people take to the streets as it marks its 50th anniversary. and getting fiery under the lights at wimbledon: the match one player described as a circus.

so fortunately degree heat is not the same here, like in london, and it would be in the south of spain like the buildings that we live in just to cool down this thing are not built with the heat in mind. places down in the mediterranean are far more equipped and they build literally everything from not just the houses, but the roads, the rail, everything the infrastructure is built to withstand that he only about 0.5 percent of the houses that in this country have air conditioning which is tiny m m, so basically doesn't have access to the rest by that we need thanks for that explanation. scott duncan, with her ologist in london. let's look at some more stories making headlines around the wild flaps, triggered by terrain. terrain have killed at least 12 people in the south. the 4 problems of sudan. at least $100.00 houses in comes for displaced. people are damaged or destroyed. the united nations with g agency as coordinates and 8 efforts . a cargo plane carrying weapons house crashed in northern greece. all 8 people on board were killed. officials say the aircraft was flying from sab.

and he lamented that you know their narrative on ukraine. they can't get the global south on board. what's wrong with these people? and it is, it's really quite amazing how he is a prisoner of his own ideology and in the same applies to western leads. i mean, the, the, the, the fort, the, their former colonies won't get on board and it's really truly extraordinary how out of touch these people are going to talk about domestic issues in the west. but i'm, i want to start out with foreign policy. why can't you people get on board with your old colonial masters? go ahead and route. well, we are being bombed with the same weapons that they are sending to ukraine for its freedom and democracy based. they tried a foreign policy of so called freedom and democracy, which is basically the foreign policy of hijacking resources from the global south ever since they took over from great britain. ever since we've gone from being colonized by britain to colonized by the french and then colonized by and then i states of america so been bombed by them, sanctioned by them. they've been helping everyo

and there a contempt against the global south is funny, and at is that is it? it's also to be honest with you. some sort of a, a project does against us, holds them in an exceptional or a self implemented exception. low position, which is the use of usual may be us and, and western exceptionalism and hierarchy that they believe they have over the rest of the world, specially the global south. and we should just follow suit. i don't think that's the case and it will the south, we already have our own problems. but at the same time we are very well aware that this campaign will not stop at ukraine or russia it. whoo vaughn. it will touch us again. but this time will be well ready and prepared for it. yeah, basically the same question here, arthur, in toronto, i mean they do the at the g 20 web, which is the g 7 countries in the g 20. what hijacked it. and basically, a paralyzed the torpedo its proceedings and saying, you know, they have to talk about ukraine sovereignty, but, you know, they don't want to respect the sovereignty, the global south, i mean, they hav

you can see the cloudier sky across scotland and northern ireland. further southiday. this is bbc news. the headlines. fighting appears to be intensifying around the ukrainian city of lysychansk as russian forces try to take the only remaining city in the luhansk region not under their control. it's come under intense shelling, but a ukrainian spokesman denied claims that russian—backed fighters had now encircled the city. two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to state media. dylan healy and andrew hill are being held in the east. two other british men, along with a moroccan man, were sentenced to death last month. a three—day meeting of religious and tribal leaders in afghanistan has ended with a call on the international community to recognise the taliban government and lift all sanctions on the country. the men—only meeting also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be

so fortunately degree heat is not the same here, like in london, and it would be in the south of spain, like the buildings that we live in, just don't cool down. this thing are not built with the heat in mind. places down in the mediterranean are far more equipped and they built literally everything from not i was just, but the roads, the rail, everything's infrastructure is built to withstand that he only about 0.5 percent of houses in this country, of air conditioning, which is tiny amounts of basically doesn't have access to the rest by that, we need banks without explanation. scott duncan, with her ologist in london now to the latest on the war in ukraine. moscow has stepped up at the tax in recent days. russian missiles have struck industrial facilities in the south and ship built in city of mc alive, defend as fear, russian forces are preparing the annexed offensive. most of the fighting is in the eastern region of dawn, yet square shelling along the entire front line. our next report is from puck rusk, a small city in the path of russia's advance. yet when a mother grieving the

you can see the cloudier sky across scotland and northern ireland. further southdegrees on friday. this is bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories — in eastern ukraine, further fighting for control of lysycha nsk. the ukrainian army rejects russia's claims they've encircled the city. russian state media says two more british men, captured by russian forces in ukraine, have been charged with being mercenaries. warnings of further disruption this summer at heathrow, for travellers passing through the uk's busiest airport. and the biggest ever london pride — more than a million people take to the streets for the annual event.

attackers are trying to storm our positions in order to improve their tactical position and the situation in the southukraine remains uneasy at dawn russian troops fired 10 onyx-type missiles at mykolaiv this is reported by the southern command , the occupiers also attacked the facilities of the port and other industrial infrastructure of the city, information on the extent of damage and the victims are specified by heavy artillery in the middle of the night, they were in the vicinity of the big kostroma, there were no victims, there is still an enemy threat from the water area of ​​the black sea seas in the black sea, a gesture of goodwill, two missile and two large amphibious ships are rehearsing, so the threat of a missile attack remains relevant, a reminder of the rear of the enemy regarding the landing of the amphibious landing , too. remember the danger contained in the coastal waters and on the coast of the entire southern region, more than 10 thousand residents of mariupol are in the prisons of the so-called dnr , the city council reported that the occupiers detained civilians and took them to

you can see the cloudier sky across scotland and northern ireland. further south start to turn warmer, perhaps reaching 26 degrees on friday. this is bbc news — i'm nancy kacungira — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world... in eastern ukraine — further fighting for control of lysycha nsk. the ukrainian army rejects russia's claims they've encircled the city. state media says two more british men captured by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries. a council of afghan tribal elders ends with a call for the world to recognise the taliban and lift sanctions. more hell at heathrow — warnings of further disruption this summer for travellers passing through the uk's busiest airport. and — the biggest ever london pride — more than a million people take to the streets for the annual event.

focused its main efforts on encircling ukrainian troops in the lysychansk district and from the south andd establishing full control over the luhansk region, this is stated in the joint general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, and in the morning there was an assault here with the aim of blocking the logistical support of the units of the armed forces of ukraine in the lysychansk direction, the russians are shelling the positions with barrel and rocket artillery they are trying to take control of the section of the akhmed lysychansk highway, but without success. later, the general staff added that the ukrainian military repulsed the reconnaissance attempt with combat at the same time, the enemy became more active in the direction of kramatorsk and in the direction of bakhmut, the russian military is shelling the area of ​​the ughledar tpp and i am joined by military expert oleksandr kovalenko e hm i congratulate you oleksandr so the general staff is talking about an attempt by the russians to surround the ukrainian military e-e and lysychansk do you see such a threat there greetings s

to keep them forces focused in the south . and, but obviously with regard to the weapons available to the ukrainian army, we need much more western support to ukraine to make such an offensive in the south successful. we'll get to the weapons in a minute. i'd like to get your opinion. do you think that ukraine can even do that with the current capacities that they have? i think at the moment or ukraine is not capable of free capturing her thought region, for example. because it's one question to have 1000000 people who are ready to go. and it's another question to equip them properly. i just have one example of a friend who joined the army several months ago and he's mainly equipped with stuff that her friends donated to him. friends bought this equipment. and of course, it's her a big operation against russians in the caps on region. we have fortified their positions over the last month. it's a difficult area to do an offensive operation. and a yes, if you fed ukraine, needs more than just soldiers to recapture this area. that's

and he it was not in vogue. to be an interracial couple in south texas in the 70s. and and so seeing some of the things that they deal with my parents have lived in the same house for the last 54 years. it was the only neighborhood in san antonio that would sell. to an interracial couple which meant those were the oh that neighborhood and the schools that service that neighborhood were the only schools my brother sister and i were able to go to now i turned out. okay, right. i'm a proud. i'm a proud john marshall ram, you know about aggie proud aggie in in so whoop is right and and so so for me seeing that growing up and the opportunity for my dad my mom started a business when he retired for my sister to go and become a partner and an engineering firm for me to get exposed that southwest research institute to robotics and want me to be you know, computer scientists. we were lucky to have those opportunities and we need to be making sure that we're providing the best opportunities we can start with education and and i believe look there's there it's not getting a lot

and currently he is on trial for that. but in the south, the reaction to what they saw in minneapolis was to turn on the confederate monuments. because confederate monuments represent to them, to a plurality of southerners, not just african americans, systemic racism and white supremacy and police brutality that is borne out of those two things. and now, we are seeing these statues which are mired in the politics of divisiveness that exists and has existed and has been building for the last several years. it has become a national issue, not just a regional one, but a national issue. that is probably why we are having -- why i wrote the book, why are we still having this conversation. and lastly, i would just say that the ways in which the south has responded with white legislature and the gop that dominates southern legislatures throughout the region, the response to all of this is to pass monument laws, or something they call heritage protection acts. that means that they are doubling down on preserving these statues and what that does is

the landscape, the artifacts and then i want to dig a littleul deeper and capte the culture of the south and the encounter. when i talk to somebody, that conversation is shaped by the culture of the local place and that is part of the truth of the place. >> host: harpers ferry, you went to harpers ferry because it was important in our country's history, you can recount for the audience in n case they don't know. in the meantime you had a whole dialogue, internal dialogue going on in your head thinking about tony horowitz's book in the attic, and you encounter someone who is a reenactor of the civil war. >> guest: i had this internal dialogue because tony horwitz, i hadn't read confederate in the attic when he was living and i read it and so frustrated with him, so sympathetic to confederate reenactors and i am frustrated with him and he has one conflict in the book, my friend's mom, kind of grumpy about that but i was also a thinking but he was able to access something i wouldn't be able to access as a black woman, to have those kinds of conversations with confederate reenactors in west virg