Historical society. Im thrilled to see all of you this evening in our beautiful robert h. Smith auditorium. Tonights program, give me liberty a history of americas exceptional idea, is a part of our bernard and Irene Schwartz speakers series, and as always, id like to thank mr. Schwartz for his great generosity which has enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to this stage. Also want the thank all of our Chairmans Council members who are in attendance this evening and to thank you for your great support which enables us to do our work. Tonights program will last about an hour, and it will include a question and answer session. You should have receivedse a noe card and pencil as you entered the auditorium this afternoon, in the evening, and if not, my colleagues are a going up and dn the aisles with note cards and pencils. The note cards will be collected later on in the program with your questions. Following the program, there will be a book signing in our ny district store and copi
To sell their home again, and you have no idea what it costs. The metropolitan police is to pay the former mp Harvey Proctor £900,000 in compensation and legal costs he was wrongly accused of being part of a westminster paedophile ring. A manuscript written by elizabeth i is discovered a translation of a book praising the monarchy, complete with her distinctive messy handwriting. Unai emery is sacked as arsenal manager after 18 months in charge. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The energy firm npower is set to cut up to 4,500 jobs in the uk as it plans to restructure to make itself more profitable. Unions have called the move a cruel blow for workers. The company, which is german owned, described the uk market as particularly challenging. Npower has a uk workforce of around 5,700 staff. They announced plans injanuary to cut 900 jobs. Npowers owners, e. 0n said that profit for the first nine months of its Financial Year fell 27 to two billion pounds. Lets get more from our B
Support among mps. A controversial debate on allowing married men to be catholic priests will be held at the vatican. More success for Great Britain at the world athletics championships. The mens and womens sprint relay teams both won silver. It was Dina Asher Smiths third medal of the competition. Good morning to you. It has been a very wet night with surface water flooding across parts of scotland and northern and eastern parts of england. Take care if you are heading out first thing this morning. More rain to come in eastern areas but brightening up with sunshine across the west. I will have all the details for you a little later on. Its sunday 6th october. Our top story Boris Johnson has urged the European Union to show that its willing to compromise with the uk on a brexit deal. Writing in two sunday newspapers, the Prime Minister appeals to the eu to begin serious negotiations, saying that his proposals are picking up support among mps on all sides. Lets speak to our political co
Are going to see people try to arm themselves with right information but no doubt about it this will change the economy in the coming years. Cheryl im excited because ive been talking for a few days and i know you talk today heavy hitters in the industry, cant wait to see it and i cant wait to see mornings with maria which is obviously starting right now, have a great show. Special debut sunday night at fox news 8 00 oclock, this morning we are gearing up for another big news day, good morning, everyone, im Maria Bartiromo, live this morning from washington, friday september 20th, 2019, top stories right now 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. Mark zuckerberg taking washington, facebook ceo met with President Trump and lawmakers yesterday and hes headed back to the hill today as he faces calls to sell instagram and whats app, back to negotiating table deputylevel meetings resume in washington this as President Trump prepares for tariff exemptions, exemptions on select goods. Is futures looki
All that with sue this evening. Take care. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines borisjohnson hello, this is bbc news. The headlines Boris Johnson is hello, this is bbc news. The headlines borisjohnson is to become the next uk Prime Minister after winning the conservative party leadership. Deliver brexit, unite the country and defeatjeremy corbyn and thats what were going to do this afternoon, mrjohnson met activists at conservative party headquarters. Tomorrow, hell be heading to number ten downing st. The president of the eu connection and the eus chief negotiator bo say they look forward to working with mr johnson. And other news this evening, as forecasters say we could see record temperatures this week, there are warnings about looking after the vulnerable. Ina in a moment, time for sports day, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. At 7pm, beyond 100 days will be live with reaction to the news of Boris Johnson becoming tory leader. After a pm, well