we can go live now in two moscow and will vernon. saying in these early hours and since the reports first emerged? i in these early hours and since the reports first emerged?— in these early hours and since the reports first emerged? i don't think this news has _ reports first emerged? i don't think this news has surprised _ reports first emerged? i don't think this news has surprised anyone - reports first emerged? i don't think| this news has surprised anyone here today, mishal. around one hour after the plane crash, the federal air transport agency released a statement confirming that yevgeny prigozhin�*s name was on the passenger manifest of that plane, and that is very fast for that particular agency, and that is very fast for that particularagency, it and that is very fast for that particular agency, it normally takes much longer to respond to incidents like this. and that already raised a few eyebrows here, because after all, speculation has been swirling for some time now aboutjust exactly what fate would await yevgeny prigoz

will vernon - response a denial. will, thank you i very much indeed.ttinghamshire is in a critical condition after being hit by a train as he tried to help a distressed man on the tracks. it happened near newark northgate station last night. with me now is our correspondent, robin brant. robin, what more do we know? this happensjust this happens just north—east of nottingham. police say they were called to that area last night at around seven o'clock to deal with what was described as a distressed man on the track. it is not exactly clear what happened, but at some point a train struck both of those people. british transport police is investigating this, so two constabularies involved here, and they are saying the man who was being rescued has suffered electrocution injuries, but his injuries are not life—threatening. but the police officer is much more serious. nottinghamshire police stay he is in a serious condition, he has been treated at the queens medical centre in nottingham should he is being treated. he is in a serious condition and his injurie

will vernon has this report. ukraine has denied any involvement. will vernon has this report.ite today in russia's tver region. investigators say they've recovered the bodies of all ten people that were on board. the key question now — what caused the crash? officials say they're examining a number of theories, including the possibility of external actions leading mr prigozhin�*s jet to crash—land yesterday. all eyes are now on vladimir putin, who was attending a summit today by video link. unsurprisingly, he made no mention of mr prigozhin�*s reported demise. yevgeny prigozhin is a businessman and former convict. his wagner mercenary group took part in some of the most brutal fighting in ukraine. mr prigozhin became increasingly critical of russia's military leadership, eventually launching a mutiny in june. his forces seized a major russian city and even marched on moscow before abandoning their insurrection. yevgeny prigozhin had a lot of powerful enemies here in moscow, notjust in the military, but also in the kremlin. when his wagner mercenaries marched on the russian cap

will vernon, bbc news, moscow. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. good morning.nd some warmth. in fact, in suffolk, we saw highs of 26 degrees on sunday afternoon. now mixed fortunes with our week ahead. in fact, we're going to start off monday for england and wales under this area of high pressure. but low pressure over the next few days will dominate further north and that will bring some rain, some of it heavy at times. early morning, patchy low cloud, mist and fog will quickly fade away across england and wales with a light south—westerly breeze, the sunshine will start to kick in and take over. but further north and west, some of that rain turning quite heavy through northern ireland and northwest scotland as we close out the afternoon here, only around 16 or 17 degrees, but at the highest values further south of 25 celsius, that's 77 fahrenheit. now, as we go through monday evening and over into tuesday, we'll see that rain turning quite patchy as it pushes its way steadily southwards with quite a lot of cloud around. we keep those temperatures around 14 or

our moscow reporter will vernon.raine's counter—offensive continues its creeping progress. with ground taken in and around the village robotyne on the southern front, near the city of zaporizhzhia. analysts at the us—based institute for the study of war say the advances are �*tactically significant�* as ukrainians begin to threaten the russian army's second line of defences. meanwhile, several of ukraine's western partners this week stepped up their support, with commitments from the netherlands and denmark on delivering f16 fighterjets in the coming month, and the pentagon has promised to start training ukrainian pilots and ground crews in october. earlier, we spoke to samir puri. he is a visiting lecturer in war studies at king's college london and author of of the book russia's road to war with ukraine. he explained the challenges facing ukraine's counteroffensive. i think it's been frustratingly slow for the ukrainian armed forces given that we are fast getting through to august into september. they have a tickin

will vernon reports from moscow. russia's first mission to the moon for almost 50 years.he first country to land on the south pole of the moon. as a result, the russian space agency broke the bad news. luna—25, had been lost. in a statement, roscosmos said the craft ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon. this is a humiliating blow for moscow. russia had hoped that this mission would reestablish it as one of the world leaders in space travel. but russia's space industry has been in decline for years, partly because of western sanctions, but also because for the kremlin, the priority is the military and not civilian space programmes. the war in ukraine has led to isolation after russia's full scale invasion last year. international agreements on space were torn up. you cannot buy certain electronics unless you have worldwide co—operation. and if the developers of the spacecraft work in isolation, even if they have 20 years like they had with the lunar globe and luna 25, it's still not enough. and india is in the race now, too. chandrayaan 3

will vernon, bbc news, moscow.ain's la roja beat england's lionesses1—0 in a closely—fought match in sydney to win the trophy for the first time. 0ur correspondent, jenny hill, was with fans in madrid. they dared to hope... ..and they got their dream. history made and a moment to savour. "we've won at last", he says. her words — "history, history, finally." well, you can seejust how thrilled they are. you know, there are so many young people here. and for many, this is a moment which they'll remember for the rest of their lives. even the queen of spain couldn't contain her excitement, celebrating with the squad. their victory — all the sweeter after months of a very public falling out between coach and players. and back home, this win matters. spain's football—mad, but the men tend to steal the show. translation: the women are as good as the men. i they make the same effort. we should give them more support. they give us the same joy. it's a beginning, but we are winning. more people are interested. today's the day

will vernon, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.iler boots promoting four brands of infant formula on google broke advertising rules, the watchdog has said. in the uk, it is against the law to advertise infant formula for babies up to six months because it might discourage breastfeeding. boots apologised and said the adverts had been removed. fraudulent insurance claims dropped by nearly a fifth to the lowest level since 2005 last year but the value of the average scam surged to a record £15,000, according to a report. the association of british insurers said the industry's warnings over the 'grave consequences�* of committing fraud may be deterring some people, but said scammers are becoming more ambitious. the foundations and bricks from the crooked house, formerly britain's wonkiest pub, will stay on site. that's according to local councillors as work to remove hazardous waste is carried out. south staffordshire council said the agreement with the site owners and contractors was 'a positive step' weeks after the fire on 5 august.

our correspondent will vernon has the details. the crash site today in russia.vestigators say they have recovered the bodies of all ten people that were on board. the key question now — what caused the crash? officials say they are examining a number of theories, including the possibility of external actions leading to mr prigozhin�*s crash yesterday. all eyes are now on vladimir putin, who was attending a summit today by video link. unsurprisingly, he made no mention of mr prigozhin�*s reported demise. yevgeny prigozhin is a businessman and former convict. his wagner mercenary group took part in some of the most brutalfighting in ukraine. mr prigozhin became increasingly critical of russian�*s military leadership, eventually launching a mutiny injune. his forces seized a major russian city and even marched on moscow before abandoning their insurrection. yevgeny prigozhin had a lot of powerful enemies here in moscow, notjust in the military, but also in the kremlin. when his wagner mercenaries marched on the russian capital back injune, that was a direct challen

that was our man in moscow, will vernon.nd scotland are set to fall. the price cap for bills — that's the cost per unit of energy — for millions of households is set by the regulator, ofgem. the new — lower — price cap will apply from from october — though bills will still be higher than in the winter of 2021. the drop is because of lower wholesale gas prices, but prices will still be higher than they were two years ago. the chief executive of the energy regulater ofgem, jonathan brearley, explained why the price cap is coming down. what we do as a regulator is we look at the costs that the energy companies need to spend to get the energy their customers need, and we make sure, through ourformulae, that that is reasonably reflected in the prices that they pay. and so, in essence, the price cap is a maximum that companies can charge, to make sure that they are not charging unfair prices over and above that. now, what we are announcing today is a £150 drop in that cap. now, right now, that applies to most households, and of co

our moscow reporter will vernon, there.its creeping progress, with ground taken in and around the village of robottinna on the southern front, near the city of zaporizhzhia. analysts at the us—based institute for the study of war say the advances are �*tactically significant�* as ukrainians begin to threaten the russian army's second line of defences. meanwhile, several of ukraine's western partners this week stepped up their support, with commitments from the netherlands and denmark on delivering fi6 fighterjets in the coming months — and the pentagon has promised to start training ukrainian pilots and ground crews in october. about 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the british museum, but some of the missing treasures have started to be recovered. that's according to the museum's chairman. the organisation is one of the uk's most prestigious cultural institutions, but revealed earlier this month that a number of treasures were reported missing, stolen or damaged. a member of museum staff suspected of involv

will vernon, bbc news, moscow. the next hour, disappointed, no doubt, but still with heads held high after that narrow 1—0 defeat in the final. the prince of wales, who is the president of the fa, sent a message to them, saying they had done themselves and the nation proud. "the spirit and drive have inspired so many people and paved the way for generations to come. thank you for the footballing memories." rishi sunak also said, "it was not to be. we have already secured your legacy as game changes." we can have a quick look at celebration among spanish fans and players in sydney after that successful result in the women�*s world cup final. 1—0 the result there. many fans we were speaking to later could scarcely believe their success, later could scarcely believe theirsuccess, beating later could scarcely believe their success, beating the titans england. i will be back with the business news injust a moment. stay with us on bbc news. good morning. our weekend may well have started off wet and windy but we closed o

will vernon reports. russia's first mission to the moon for almost 50 years. on 11th august. hopes were high that russia would be the first country to land on the south pole of the moon. the russian space agency broke the bad news. luna 25 had been lost. in a statement, roscosmos said the craft ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon. this is a humiliating blow for moscow. russia had hoped that this mission would re—establish it as one of the world leaders in space travel. but russia's space industry has been in decline for years, partly because of western sanctions. but also because for the kremlin, the priority is the military and not space programmes. the war in ukraine has led to isolation. after russia's full—scale invasion last year, international agreements on space were torn up. you cannot buy certain electronics unless you have worldwide cooperation, and if the developers of the spacecraft work in isolation, even if they have 20 years like they had with luna 25, it's still not enough. and india is in the race now too. c

will vernon, bbc news, moscow.ndent in kyiv, james he says there are many unanswered questions, still. it seems that investigators are now arriving at the crash site. we are told all the bodies have now been recovered, so the question is what will come out of that investigation and what will be made public? it was curiously quick when we learned about who was apparently on the aircraft at the time of it coming down, but there are huge question marks here over what caused this private jet to come down and the... and who indeed was on board because at the moment we are not getting any confirmation or any kind of official response from the kremlin. so we are dealing with your typical fog of unknowns here, but i think certainly, we may well get the official stance, certainly, we may well get the officialstance, if certainly, we may well get the official stance, if you like, from the kremlin, as recovery teams continue their work and try to work out some kind of a cause, but let's be realistic here. we are talking about

security correspondent frank gardner about the increasing use of drones in the conflict, but first will vernon under attack once again, the defence ministry said a drone had been shot down by anti—aircraft systems at around aam local time last night. and as you say, they blamed ukraine for that attack. video on social media shows an explosion in the area of the moscow city business district, that is where the skyscrapers are in moscow.

our will vernon reports on the latest developments.ter: just a few months ago the very idea that the usual aren capital could be hit by drone attacks or explosions was almost unthinkable but now it's becoming almost a daily -- occurrence here the russian defense mini city industry said that two ukrainian drones had been shot down by russian air defenses in the moscow region. they said there were no casualties or damage. we heard from the mayor's office who said that to combat drones had been brought down, one of those in the area of the city where there's an international airport and russia social media channels posted video which showed explosions lighting up the night sky. you might be thinking this is all sounding rather familiar. position cow has been hit by a whole string of drone attacks in recent weeks. we all saw that video of skyscrapers in the moscow business district being hit by drones. that explosion. quite shocking for residents to see in the center of moscow. it's worth mentioning that these incidents are really incompar

our correspondent in moscow, will vernon, sent this update a little earlier. the russian capital under attack once again, the defence ministry said a drone had been shot down by anti—aircraft systems at around 4am local time last night. and as you say, they blamed ukraine for that attack. video on social media shows an explosion in the area of the moscow city business district, that is where the skyscrapers are in moscow. you will remember that is an area that has come under attack twice at the beginning of this month. no casualties reported. russian media showed damage to an exhibition centre in that area, west of the city centre. but it wasn't completely clear whether that damage was caused by debris from the drone falling, or whether actually, the drone hit its target. drone attacks in areas around moscow are relatively common. in fact, we hear almost every day about drones being shot down or drones being discovered on the ground. but it is relatively rare for a drone to get this far into the city centre and this close to the kremlin itself, about three mil

our correspondent will vernon has more from moscow.n iwas ona i was on a conference i was on a conference call a little earlier with president putin's spokesman. these happen every day with a select group of russian and international journalists where you can ask any question you want. and i asked whether the kremlin had something to do with this plane crash two days ago which reportedly killed yevgeny prigozhin. it's notjust western officials who think that. many russians believe it too. he said the claims were an absolute lie and he said we should be guided only by facts. we have no facts at the moment. these need to be clarified during the official investigation. he was echoing some of those earlier remarks by president putin calling on people to wait for the results of the official investigation. will that convince people at home and abroad who believe that there is some sort of link between russian authorities and the death of the wagoner bass? i don't think it will and this is why. time and again when accusations are levelled aga

will vernon has more.ions was almost unthinkable but now it is becoming almost a daily occurrence. to ukrainian drones had been shot down by differences in the moscow region —— air defences. we then heard from the moscow mayor office who said that to combat drones had been brought down, one of those where there is a major international airport and social media channels posted videos which showed explosions lighting up the night sky. you might be thinking this is sounding ratherfamiliar. sounding rather familiar. moscow has sounding ratherfamiliar. moscow has been hit by a stream of drone attacks in recent weeks. we all saw the video of skyscrapers in the moscow business district been hit by drones. quite shocking for it to be seen in the centre of moscow and again that was blamed on ukraine. it is worth mentioning that these incidents are really incomparable to the death and destruction brought to ukrainian cities by russian forces. on monday, russian missiles hit a russian city and todayit missiles hit a

let's join our moscow reporter will vernon. how much are we likely to be told about what the flight recordersy much optimism here about those flight recorders. a lot of the russians i have been speaking to are pretty doubtful that the real truth will ever be known about what happened to that plane. you know, earlier i was on a conference call with president putin's spokesman, a daily call that happens with moscow—based journalists here. you can more or less ask any question you want. i asked dmitry peskov for his reaction to accusations from various western officials that it was the kremlin that was behind the killing of yevgeni prez —— prigozhin. a lot of russians believe that as well. that is what he said to me. he said those claims were an absolute liar, and he said, when we talk about this issue, we should only be guided by facts. we don't have any facts at the moment, they need to be clarified during the official investigation. so, a clear denial there by the kremlin. but will that be enough to convince those at home and abroad, who believe that the russian authorities were somehow invol

our moscow correspondent will vernon gave us this update the number of dead from hawaii's devastating images started to appear online. but how accurate are they? shayan sardarizadeh from bbc verify has been taking a look. parts of the island of maui, hawaii have been devastated by one of the worst wildfires in its history. the exact cause of the fires is currenly unknown and under investigation. however, that has not stopped viral misinformation being shared online. these are a few examples. this video has been shared on the platform x and viewed more than 11 million times. it claims to show a massive explosion in maui just before the wildfires. however, this video is false. how do we know this? we found this video of the exact same incident posted to tiktok in may. as you can see, there is a chilean flag and some text in spanish, and it says this was an explosion at a power plant. we found a report from a chilean tv network that confirmed this was precisely the case. here's another example. this image has been viewed more than three million times and it says the wildfires were not a

our correspondent, will vernon, has that story. the 11th august. hopes were high that russia would be the first country to land on the south pole of the moon. but today, the russian space agency broke the bad news. lunar 25 had been lost. in a statement, roscosmos said the craft ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon. this is a humiliating blow for moscow. russia had hoped that this mission would reestablish it as one of the world leaders in space travel. but russia's space industry has been in decline for years, partly because of western sanctions, but also, because for the kremlin, the priority is the military and not civilian space programmes. the war in ukraine has led to isolation. after russia's full scale invasion last year, international agreements on space were torn up. you cannot buy certain electronics unless you have worldwide authorisation, if the developers work in isolation, even if they have 20 years like they had with the lunar globe, and luna 25, it is still not enough.— lunar glob

from moscow, will vernon reports. anna has fond memories of her grandma.s year, anna's grandma yulia was at home when a man knocked on the door. she knew him, she let him enter to her house and he killed her with a knife in her own home. tens of thousand of russian convicts like him were released from prisons and sent to the front line, many with the wagner group. after serving for six months, some are allowed to return home. it's obvious that if they were in the prison, they may have i think we are hearing this now in english. it looks like he is addressing, you can see him on the screen, addressing the people admission control. , ., , addressing the people admission control. , ,, , ., , addressing the people admission control. , ,, , ., control. this key moment. he is at the brexit summit _ control. this key moment. he is at the brexit summit in _ control. this key moment. he is at the brexit summit in south - control. this key moment. he is at the brexit summit in south africa. | the brexit summit in south africa. he has clearly broken away from the pol

the bbc�*s will vernon has been following the story from moscow all we know is what roscosmos, the russianluna—25, and there were attempts to made attempts were made to reestablish communication, but those attempts were unsuccessful. and the best line in the statement was, the craft ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon. now, when russia launched luna—25, nine days ago, it had hoped to become the first nation to land a craft on the south pole of the moon. and it planned to do that two days before india, because india also has a moon lander heading for the lunar south pole. now, russia, especially in the form of the soviet union, used to be one of the world leaders in space exploration battling with the united states. but is it fair to say that the russian space agency has dwindled somewhat amid a lack of funding with some of that money being diverted? primarily, let's be honest, to the military for that that war in ukraine. yes, absolutely. you know, i think that russia was hoping that this mission, luna—25, would re—establish russia's position as one of t

many of those who were injured have been flown to moscow for treatment. 0ur moscow correspondent, will vernonle earlier. deadly fires and explosions are a very common occurrence in russia, this kind of thing happens almost every day, but the death toll here was particularly high and that's probably because the area around that petrol station was packed with cars last night at around 9.30pm local time when the explosion happened. videos provided by the emergencies ministry and also posted on social media show people screaming, running, a huge inferno that took around four hours for firefighters to bring under control. president putin has expressed his condolences to the victims and the governor of dagestan, sergey melikov, has declared today a day of mourning in the republic. spain have qualified for the final of the women's world cup, beating sweden to — one, with all goals coming in the last ten minutes of the game. the spanish captain scored the game. the spanish captain scored the winner and they will now face either england or australia in the final on sunday. that other semifinal is tomo

earlier i spoke to our moscow correspondent, will vernon.y common occurrence in russia, this kind of thing happens almost every day, but the death toll here was particularly high and that's probably because the area around that petrol station was packed with cars last night at around 9.30pm local time when the explosion happened. videos provided by the emergencies ministry and also posted on social media show people screaming, running, a huge inferno that took around four hours for firefighters to bring under control. president putin has expressed his condolences to the victims and the governor of dagestan, sergey melikov, has declared today a day of mourning in the republic. today marks two years since the taliban takeover in afghanistan. the un says the country is experiencing one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, and has warned of a huge shortfall in funding amid a deepening economic crisis. women and girls have also faced severe restrictions since the taliban came to power, including the banning of girls from secondary

our moscow correspondent, will vernon, gave us this update a little earlier.nce in russia, this kind of thing happens almost every day, but the death toll here was particularly high and that's probably because the area around that petrol station was packed with cars last night at around 9.30pm local time when the exposing happened. —— explosion. videos provided by the emergencies ministry and also posted on social media show people screaming, running, a huge inferno that took around four hours for firefighters to bring under control. president putin has expressed his condolences to the victims and the governor of dagestan, sergey melikov, has declared today a day of mourning in the republic. life now to kabul and live pictures showing supporters of the taliban government. showing supporters of the taliban government-— showing supporters of the taliban government. they are marking the second anniversary _ government. they are marking the second anniversary of _ government. they are marking the second anniversary of their - government. they are marking the secon

our correspondent in moscow, will vernon, sent this update a little earlier.own by anti—aircraft systems at around 4am local time last night. and as you say, they blamed ukraine for that attack. video on social media shows an explosion in the area of the moscow city business district, that is where the skyscrapers are in moscow. you will remember that is an area that has come under attack twice at the beginning of this month. no casualties reported.

if mr prigozhin is indeed dead, it would be an abrupt end, but it's not unexpected, as will vernon explainsscow. i don't think this news has surprised anyone here today. around an hour after that plane crash, the russian federal aviation authority released a statement confirming yevgeny prigozhin�*s name was on the passenger manifest of that plane. that is very fast for that particular agency. it usually takes much longer to respond to incidents like this. that already raised a few eyebrows here because after all, speculation has been swirling for some time now just exactly about what fate would await yevgeny prigozhin. when yevgeny prigozhin launched his mutiny exactly two months ago, his wagner mercenaries seized a major russian city and even marched on moscow. that was hugely humiliating for the kremlin and vladimir putin is not the kind of man to forget that. if pregozhin was killed in the plane crash today which is likely, it will come as no shock whatsoever to most people here. most people will probably be surprised it did not happen sooner. we don't know what exactly caused that cras

security correspondent frank gardner about the increasing use of drones in the conflict, but first will vernonn moscow sent this update on today's attack. the russian capital under attack once again, the defence ministry said a drone had been shot down by anti—aircraft systems at around 4am local time last night. and as you say, they blamed ukraine for that attack. video on social media shows an explosion in the area of the moscow city business district, that is where the skyscrapers are in moscow. you will remember that is an area that has come under attack twice at the beginning of this month. no casualties reported. russian media showed damage to an exhibition centre in that area, west of the city centre. but it wasn't completely clear whether that damage was caused by debris from the drone falling, or whether actually, the drone hit its target. drone attacks in areas around moscow are relatively common. in fact, we hear almost every day about drones being shot down or drones being discovered on the ground. but it is relatively rare for a drone to get this far into the city centre and this

let's speak to our reporter will vernon who's in moscow., that's right the official death toll in that blast and that fire now stands at 35 people according to the emergencies ministry. and that sadly includes some children. dozens injured, perhaps more than 100, certainly more than 80 and some of those injured are critically injured and emergency ministry said some of those people have been flown to moscow to the russian capital for specialist treatment. now, deadly fires and explosions are a very common occurrence in russia. this kind of thing happens almost every day, but the death toll here was particularly high and that's probably because the area around that petrol station was packed with cars last night at around 9.30 local time when the explosion happened and videos provided by the emergencies ministry and also posted on social media show people screaming, running, a huge inferno that took around four hours for firefighters to bring under control. president putin has expressed his condolences to the victims and the governor of dages

our moscow reporter will vernon explained what mr putin had to say.ments, i thought, from president putin, a bit of a mixed message about yevgeny prigozhin. on the one hand he said that he was a man with a complicated history who made serious mistakes in his life, but he also said that he was talented and achieved necessary successes, i think that last comment referring perhaps to the wagner group's success in seizing the city of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. i think vladimir putin was being careful with his words. it's a bit of an understatement to say that someone has a complicated history and made serious mistakes when they launched a mutiny and marched on your capital city. interesting comments from vladimir putin. over in the us, a pentagon spokesman saying that washington has no information that a surface to air missile was responsible for bringing down the aircraft, and that corresponds to what some russian media here are saying, several media outlets quoting sources in russian law enforcement saying that the main theory among russian investigato

joining us is our moscow reporter, will vernon.exactly happened on that flight. because rumour has been swirling here for several weeks now about exactly what fate would await yevgeny prigozhin, right? you had a lot of powerful enemies here, especially in the military. i think most russians were utterly unsurprised when the news broke yesterday that yevgeny prigozhin's plane had crashed. and i think a lot of russians were actually more surprised that something like this had not happened sooner. also, whatever ends up being the official cause of the crash, in some ways, it does not really matter, because for the kremlin, the job is done. this event has served one of its purposes which is to warn other potential rebels, other potential mutineers that you should not challenge the kremlin's authority and you should not cross vladimir putin.— 0ften often we have discussed various strike action across different industries. today charlie, focusing on the nhs. we are talking about consultants. hospital consultants in england have started t

vernon association but i will recap briefly in case you are not fully immersed in it as i was not that forgot to mt. vernon. the mt. vernon ladies association was founded in 1853. as a grassroots effort to acquire and preserve the home of the nation's founding father. inspired by a letter from her mother who had seen mt. vernon and something the condition you see it in a program before you. and she wrote to her daughter painful at the run and desolation and the thought passed through my mind her mother right why was it that the women off this country did not try to keep in repair. because the men could not do it. so your question why not man? avastin stories of andover -- opportunity not taken. it then made available as a family. mt. vernon has been made available by the washington family as collateral relatives of george washington is still owned it since the 1830s and both congress and the legislature of virginia, the state of virginia had been approached and in decline because of course there was no model, there was no model for preservation at all much less government owning privat

our correspondent in moscow — will vernon sent this update a little earlier.

i'm sure you've heard the story of the mount vernon ladies association of the union. i willecap it again briefly in case you're not totally immersed in it as i was not until i got to mount vernon 2010. the association was founded in 1853 by and pamela cunningham of south carolina. as a grassroots effort to acquire and preserve the home of the nation's founding father. now it was inspired by a letter from her mother who had seen mount vernon in something like the position you see it in that photograph before you. from eight riverboat and was she wrote to her daughter, painfully distressed at the ruins and desolation at the home of washington. the thought passed through my mind, this was her mother writing, why was that the women of this country did not try and keep it in repair if the men could not do it? [laughter] that does seemed like such a blot on our country. to your question, colleen, why not men? i think that's a story of opportunities not taken. in fact mount vernon had been made available by the washington family collateral relatives of george washington who still o

it will make you to think back to the plan of mount vernon with the schedule hall, four rooms.one on the other side. chimneys pushed to the edges. but then what you have all these service areas. a series of rooms functions to be required for such a big plantation house. you could still go see this see about the life of people on the plantation. here it is anymore develop version. at the upper level north and south are confused before. here's jefferson's law office off to the right. and there is the servant spaces down below. so it's the sense of the working person this complex are separated out. they're not all pushed into the same building but rather expressed as different architectural forms. but where you would enter it you would not be the least aware will be reloading your entering through into a space that is invested in the history of western culture. it ends up on the point. and again in the history of transatlantic revolution of the 18th century. this is where the spaces you would enter. the top so they do not want to see you. jefferson referred to it as indian hall. f

will see fedex and u.p.s. moving as well. >> david vernon, i appreciate your insight. >> thank you >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," management here looking at surging inflation for taking a bite out of shareholder appetites. that full story and we will explain the mystery chart when we return. stay with us new nature's bounty hair growth. clinically shown to help grow thicker, fuller hair with just one capsule a day of advanced hair complex. conquer hair thinning... ...and fall in love with your hair all over again. only from nature's bounty. >>> well come back to "worldwide exchange." we start with shares soaring with revenue posting $183 million compared to 175 to $178 million. it was a 6% decline from last year the education company laying out a strategy for artificial intelligence, including the new gene generative a.i. tool taking a look at shares of beyond meat. cutting forecast after the miss on q2 sales due to slowing demand for plant-based meat products inflation and ambiguity of the benefits of plant based meat weigh on the trend shares of beyond meat down 16% and an paramount global stock as t

to talk about the how, why into what effect will have terrificto stories talking about the historic role of women in preservation from places like mount vernon all the way to the white house including our own founder jackie kennedy which elaine will talk about in the course of our discussion they were going to start with susan dear susan, you worked at mount vernon and, of course, mount vernon is one of the most amazing and interesting preservation stories in the united states, one of the earlyh preservation stories in the united states. can you tell us a little bit about that story and can you tell us why women saved mount vernon and not man? >> because they were there. [laughter] [applause] so much colleen and o our sponsors today. it's it's wonderful to be here if i can have the first slide. and all of you being here today, you're all invested in preservation. i'm sure you've heard the story of them alvernon ladies association of the union, but i will recap it again briefly in case you're not totally immersed in it as i was not before i got to mount vernon in 2010 the mount vernon. is association was founded in 1853 by ann, pamela cunning

going to be about but i wanted to write a book peer and in this audience will appreciate, but i one time at dinner party vernonr we exchanged stories all night long told me i should write a book. i tookeo him seriously. a lot b of other people told mei should write about but k vernon seriously. and then when i step down from bet almost four years ago, it seemed like theti perfect time. >> wasn't a covert project for you over there other factors that made you think now is the time to really share my story? >> it was helped by covid that i started it before covid. i started trying to find someone to help me write a book proposal. so that started before covid but i was on planes every other week i'm on four corporate boards. i have the foundation. i do a conference. so i was busy. i never really thought i would retire. but covid helped because we all stop traveling, and i had more time at home, i got allowed me to focus on getting the proposal together, finding a publisher and getting the whole process started. .. give weight to both. one of the things that that i think. have any of you had a chance to actually r