Todays show with that a warm welcome to your remarks where we have a lot more festive topics this time around. The traditional food the people in france enjoy during the holidays. And every year hundreds of sandals joined the charity raised in brighton england. But 1st we dive into the 19th century with british author Charles Dickens and his book a Christmas Carol as you might know the story is about an old miser who changes his ways and becomes a warm hearted and generous man thanks to the spirit of christmas has been filmed many times at once a year at actually comes to life in the dutch town of devon terror when the residents get together to reenact dickens iconic novel. Really very recently. They all look like something out of a Charles Dickens novel farmers beggars tradesmen well to do citizens and theyre all here in devon town for a pretty christmas journey back to the 19th century. Christmas yeah i like it a lot its nice because of the neighborhood its also like an oldish style
Close. Was that it was meet. The most famous Christmas Carol in the world to put us in the perfect mood for todays show with that a warm welcome to your remarks where we have a lot more festive topics the time around. The traditional food the people in france enjoy during the Holiday Season and every year hundreds of santos joined the charity raised in brighton england. But 1st we dive into the 19th century with british author Charles Dickens and his book a Christmas Carol as you might know the story is about an old miser who changes his ways and becomes a warm hearted and generous man thanks to the spirit of christmas has been filmed many times that once a year at actually comes to life in the dutch town of devant or when the residents get together to reenact dickens iconic novel. Really where it was really the world. They all look like something out of a Charles Dickens novel farmers beggars tradesmen and well to do citizens and theyre all here and given time for pretty christmas jou
Presidency, and expressed in written word. The other culture in this room is pat oliphant. [applause] please greet pat oliphant. Even more so by the work of pat, which you will see displayed on this screen. Is notture he represents sort of broad gauge and long but highly specific. The course ofer more than 60 years as a cartoonist producing more than 10,000 individual cartoons five days a week for the denver post for several years, for the washington star for several ears, and then pot out fan he became the first 20thcentury cartoonist to work independently. It was syndicated through newspapers across the country out of his studio. Comment onic, daily events as they were occurring. Far from being balanced, they were opinionated. Virtue. Part of their obviously, not so much in words, but especially in pictures. Not just confined to cartoons, but also to paintings and sculpture. ,efore i introduce our panel let me speak some words of thanks on behalf of those who were instrumental in hel
Before 9 30 last night, 18 year old Connor Lapworth and 15 year old Connor Lapworth and 15 year old corey mavin, both from blyth, died of their injuries after that crash. Their families after that crash. Their families are being supported by Police Liaison officers, but police are still asking for anyone with dash cam footage or who witnessed that crash to come forward. Now, in other news, today, millions are set to be on the roads today with the aa saying drivers can expect lengthy amounts of lengthy traffic jams as people travel to be with their families. The met office is warning flying debris and power cuts may disrupt those last minute getaway plans, as meteorologists are predicting wind gusts of up to 70 miles an houn wind gusts of up to 70 miles an hour, hitting parts of scotland and Northern Areas of england. Rail services disrupted as well today , major london stations today, major london stations close for a few days. That includes euston , kings cross, includes euston, kings
Im jim byron president ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. 50 years ago tomorrow, after four years of delegate on and off again negotiations and military actions by the Nixon Administration, secretary of state William Rogers signed the paris peace accords for the United States. What was not on and off again and was in fact very consistent, was the approach that president nixon took in leading his administrations attempts to leverage great power rivalries and competition for americas benefit. The overriding objective of which was to end the war in vietnam. To discuss nixons grand strategy for ending the war in vietnam, im pleased to welcome pier assal, the Dwight E Stanford chair in American Foreign relations at San Diego State university. Neil ferguson milbank family senior fellow at the hoover institution. Rana mitter professor of the history and politics of modern China University of oxford. My colleague mark up grove, president and ceo of the lbj foundation in austin, texas, will m