a handgun. so, this is an absurd, outdated, outmoded loophole, but this is a first step in recognizing our problem, where we allow 18-year-olds to buy weapons of war. news of this framework coming on the somber six year anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting in orlando, florida, 49 people murdered in cold blood, targeted about because of who they live. many mass shootings in this country, the attacker used an ar-15 style guy on, the senate deal comes after communities of uvalde, texas, and buffalo, new york, were changed forever by gun violence. all together 31 americans killed in both shootings. the shooters and both shootings were 18 year old boy legally obtained obstacles to carry out their crimes. the steel wall imperfect is something, comes up after last week s testimony from the children killed in uvalde. they sidelined their grief to going through what they re going through. the deal comes as demonstrators hit the streets, demanding action. we ve seen this bef
Everybody im steve it is my privilege to preside over this speakers pride ceremony our program is a little bit of it introduction a little bit of things in a discussion with her three winners that is great to see a good group here and thank you all for sharing this part of the evening with us. Let me first tell you about this prize since not all of you maybe is acquainted with it as we are. This is a memory of tony lucas was fired my generation of journalists by the time we were in college and started to think about what we wanted to know and what we wanted to write. And social issues in Common Ground was one of the big books on that shelf. When tony passed a lot of experience to come together to create this prize. So that is where this prize began. It has expanded gradually to include the history prize which is named for the late mark hinton who is a Senior Executive in the netherlands for the time of his death in 1997 and a deep reader and supporter of serious history. His wife maria
With this years lukas fridays ceremony our program is a little bit of the introduction and i hope an interesting discussion with our three winners and then with more celebration to come so thanks for all of you to share this part of the evening with us first i will tell you about this prize is you may not be as acquainted with it as we are but this is a prize in memory of tony lucas who inspired my generation the first time we started to taken college what we wanted to write and our generation grew up with a narrative nonfiction searching about social issues and Common Ground so when he passed a lot of people were inspired by his life to create this prius this is where the enterprise began it has expanded gradually for the Senior Executive in the netherlands at the time of his death in the 1997 as a reporter of serious history his children established the prize as part of a the lucas fridays project and his family has generally underwritten the prize since the inception in 1998 his wif
Alleged terrorist activities. Also on the program the music world mourns the death of Leonard Cohen at the age of 82. The singersongwriter best known for songs such as suzanne, bird on a wire, and hallelujah. My name is christopher springer, good to have you with us. We start in the United States where president elect donald trump has announced a major shakeup in his team. He has asked Vice President mike pence to hold the process for filling the administration posts and preparing the new administration to take office in january. He replaces Chris Christie, being demoted to a deputy role. He was one of the first prominent republicans to support trumps candidacy. And for more on this, we will go right over to washington now. We will talk with mark fisher, a Senior Editor with one of the leading newspapers, the washington post. Mark, thank you for joining us. Day two of his transition, he has dumped Chris Christie as the leader of the Transition Team, installing mike pence. What is your
Economics section because europe is really getting kind of a super election cycle underway. Were watching a referendum in italy. People are looking at italy because its a good barometer of way that the voters across europe think about how happy they are with their government. Isn though the referendum something that seems fairly arcane, changing the way the parliament is set up in italy, cutting down the number of senators there. We all seem to have lots of governments turning over. Over 300 senators and they are cutting it down by about two thirds. It is supposedly going to streamline government but allows lots of things within government to change. It tells you if people are angry enough that they want big changes in government. See it happens, you will across the continent in places like france and have important elections later this year. Oliver it is sort of a peach or dish. That will be important for this sort of globalization coming to a halt. That is one of the problems. Populi