I am the Vice President of the open Society Foundation that is hosting this event. And i should say, that we are going to talk to around 45 minutes, give or take. And that we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions. Those questions that you would like to share with eric and maya and me should be sent to questions at open Society Foundations. Org. Questions and open Society Foundations. Org party can also do this by twitter. If you really need to, you can do it via facebook. We are recording this event. It is being live cast. And it is going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, mile wylie is with us as a discussant. She has a very long time civil rights lawyer and activist, former chair of new york cities civilian Complaint Review board. Former Corporation Counsel to his honor, william de blasio, a University Professor at the school and ongoing legal analyst for both nbc news and msnbc. And so its a great pleasure, maya to be wi
I would like to welcome everyone, there might be big news today in american politics, but it aint nothing compared to this, which is so much bigger insignificance, and opportunity for us to celebrate eric alterman. With his new book lying in state why president s lie and why trump is worse we are going to spend, my name is Leonard Bernardo by the way, Vice President of the open society foundations, hosting this event, i should say that we are going to talk for around 45 minutes, give or take, then we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions, those questions that you would like to share with eric and maia and me should be sent to questions opensocietyfoun dations. Org. You can also do this via twitter and you can also if you really need to, do it via facebook. We are recording this event. Its being live cast and its going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, maia wiley with us as a discussant. Meyer, who is been a very long time
Now on bbc news, click. Navigating the world feels like a huge challenge. I lost my sight seven years ago. Navigating the world can feel like a huge challenge, even with my gorgeous guide dog, olga. I usually use my guide dog willow to get around, but today were trying out a new device wewalk smart cane. I think olgas a bit confused with the cane. The device has a round sensor to detect obstacles. Ive paired it with my smart phone and airpods to send me directions. So my airpods pick up the information from my phone and the Navigation System reads it out to me. When we got there it said, starbucks now on your right. And, yeah. By then we could smell it anyway, couldnt we . When i was using the cane it was always vibrating. Thats buzzing a lot. Is it . Yeah, the buzzing got really quick. So i new that i was in front of something that was quite a large obstacle. This might be an improvement for some cane users, but personally ive found the feedback slightly overwhelming. I could imagine
England are chasing new zealands first innings score of 375 in the second test in hamilton as their hopes of levelling the series fade. Are bitterly cold start to the weekend with a hard frost and some fog out there. But, it is going to bea dry fog out there. But, it is going to be a dry story for many of us this weekend with lots of sparkling winter sunshine. All the details coming up shortly. Its saturday the 30th of november. Our top story the man who carried out a terror attack on London Bridge yesterday was a convicted terrorist. Two people, a man and a woman, were stabbed to death. The attacker named as 28 year old usman khan was shot dead by an armed officer. He had beenjailed in 2012 for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and set up a terrorist Training Camp, but was freed on licence a year ago. Simonjones has this report. Terror returns to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed. Now the question is, how was this allowed to happen . Fit pictures of film from the
Time now for click. This week long jumps, a soft landing, high fives. High five a blind girl high five . And squeaky toys. December 3 marks the Un International day of persons with disabilities. And each year on click we use the occasion to look at some of the latest technology thats helping to change the lives of disabled people. This is the beazley designs of the year exhibition at the Design Museum london, which feature some great examples of Inclusive Design. This is mysleeve, silicon grips that make crutches more comfortable. Theyre also magnetic so they snap together and can be held in one hand. Thisables is a 3 d printable add on that makes small buttons bigger and more accessible. And the canguro is a concept mobility robot which can carry your shopping for you. One area of cutting edge design and research which is playing an ever increasing role is prosthetics, particularly in the world of sports. This is paul carter. Hello. Youve been looking at some of the latest prosthetics