Good evening and welcome to politic and prose live, im grad graham, the coowner along with my wife. Thanks for joining us sures online where we have been able to move many of our event in response to the current pandemic, and continue to for social distancing. We crowdcast you can see us but we cant see you. You can still ask a question. To do so just click on the ask a question icon at the bottom of your screen, and there youll also see a green bar. To purchase this evenings featured book which is trump and is a assault on truth. The Fact Checkers path at the weapons. The fact check are column first appeared in the post in 2002, 2007. The column was a permanent feet noor 2011 by glen kessler, and became famous for rating falsehoods with pinocchios, one pin knownor for minor shading of the factsment for outright lies. But nothing has quite prepared the truth spotting effort for the sheer scale and brazenness of trumps mendacity over the past few years. By the posts latest count, trump
Trump and his assault on truth by the Fact Checking staff at the Washington Post. Fact checker column for support in the post back in 2007 and was focused then on the 2008 president ial campaign. The column was revived as a primitive feature in 2011 by Glenn Kessler. And became famous for falsehoods with pinocchios. It was one pinocchio for understanding the fact were for for outright lies. But nothing had quite prepared this truth squatting effort for the sheer scale and brazenness of trumps audacity during the past few years. By the posts latest counts theyve made more than 19000 statements since making office and they havent knew Fact Checking team examines a number of the president s most frequent distortions and most dangerous deceptions. In their book, lecter reporting, provides an essential resource for all of us trying to keep her own eyes on the truth and avoid being blinded by trumps a blatant and repeated disregard for it. Today, Glenn Kessler remains the fact checker editor
A surprise victory in croatia parliamentary election. With. Other drivers joined together to protest against racism. The details coming up. We begin the news hour in iran where the Atomic Energy organization has revealed that fridays fire at the Natanz Nuclear facility has caused significant damage a spokesman said the fire could slow down to irans development and production of advanced centrifuges and that iran would replace the damaged building with a bigger one that had more advanced equipment another fire broke out at a power station in southwest iran on saturday knocking out electricity in the city if a. Bank has more from to her on on the significance of the announcement about the facility. Significant in the sense that were beginning to have an understanding of the extent of the damage has caused like the Financial Impact now the head of the irans Atomic Energy organization he now he made these comments when he was meeting the National Security and Foreign Policy commission and
Worst of the Virus Outbreak life slowly starts to return to normal. A homecoming for South African stranded in the chinese city of new hand where the corona virus was 1st reported. And corner virus wipes out most of the walls and made just 14 advent of the English Premier League at the Boston Marathon and formula one are all off the Global Sports calendar into chaos. Ok welcome to the news or lets get going the coronavirus pandemic is forcing countries around the world to take extreme measures affecting all aspects of life for billions of people heres a global snapshot of whats been happening now the United States has declared a National Emergency and a travel ban is in effect for most european. And planning trips to the United States canada suspending its parliament while the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau advised citizens against any foreign travel and he himself is now under quarantine after his wife tested positive turning our attention to mainland Continental Europe thats the epice
Authors get an answer love and death shakespeares eternal themes that still resonate in verona and on how has it one morning there with their own it is undoubtedly a city full of history and monuments a beautiful city full of architectural a natural wonders. But it was above all shakespeare who helped make this city famous we call a family that i took that. When giovanni heads through the city its almost always in the service of juliet. And fair verona theres only a fine line. Time between reality and fantasy history and legend. And this dynamic city its easy to imagine the tragedy of romeo and juliet caught on folded any moment all over again. With the rona is simply beautiful i was born here and ive spent my whole life in verona. Im very connected to the place. I think for owen is so attractive to tourists because it reflects so much from so many areas from roman times to the middle ages to the renaissance. And. Giovanni is juliets chief secretary. Sometimes she passes by romeos hous