Youll take the opportunity during our interview to join todays discussion by submitting questions as we go along. You can do that by clicking the q a button at the bottom of your screen. Today, as sidney mentioned, we are joined by my friend bob zoellick. Bob zoellick has served america and served her well across multiple administrations and in a range of few roles. In the late 80s, he served as counselor to secretary of the treasury, undersecretary of state as well as White House Deputy chief of staff. In the george w. Bush years, he served as trade u. S. Trade representative and later president of the world bank. Hes received numerous honors, the state departments highest award, the treasury departments Alexander Hamilton award and dods medal for distinguished public service. But the American Government werent the only ones. The German Government awarded him the Knight Commanders cross, the Mexican Government awarded him their aztec eagle order of merit. These days, among other posts
81971. A white house out more, a revolt in the streets and the untold history. That event is this thursday the 24th. You can find information about it and all of our happenings and events at twitter, facebook an instagram as well as powells. Co powells. Com. Tonight we are very excited to welcome hes an attorney political activist and antitrust and collections expert. A rising star on the left, her campaign for the near attorney general in 2018 was endorsed by bernie sanders, the New York Times and others. She was part of the team of lawyers that sued donald trump for allegedly violated the clause of the constitution. She sits on the board of the directors of the open markets institute and teaches law. In her new book, break them up recovering freedom from big gag, big tech and big money, she offers a call for liberals looking to find a common cause. She makes a compelling case that monopolies of the root cause of many of the issues that todays progressives care about. They derive econ
You can have a decent holiday this year. Im planning on going to france to a campsite in the south of france to a campsite in the south of france on the 11th ofjuly. It does not look much different. Everything looks the same but we will be expected to wear a mask in the supermarket or any other public areas but other than that there is beautiful countryside nearby and im looking forward to getting out there. Sounds lovely wishing you both safe travels, thank you very much indeed. Hello, after all the heat of recent days, its a very different story to take us through the weekend and into next week. A much fresher feel to things now. A much more unsettled look. Low pressure is going to swell, plenty of showers across the uk through the evening and overnight tonight. To the south, i think theyll be quite well scattered through the evening, but look out for some heavier ones, particularly towards the west. More persistent rain gathers across northern ireland, scotland and Northern England
Parties, fianna fail and fine gael, form a coalition for the first time. Health experts in the us say the country has a serious problem, as new cases of coronavirus reach a record high. Now in a rare interview environmental activist Greta Thunberg speaks to the bbcs Justin Rowlatt about the future of the climate protest movement, the coronavirus pandemic and her life. This is Greta Thunberg if youve never seen her before. At home in he flat and in reflective mood. The worlds leaving climate activist has agreed to her first major interview since lockdown began three months ago. She is on the sofa with her dog roxie. Come on. I am in a greenhouse in the middle of beautiful kew gardens. Wired up to the internet for one of the most in depth interviews Greta Thunberg has ever given. Greta, how are you . Hi. I am fine, how are you . I am very well indeed, it is good to speak to you. Thank you very much for talking to us. First of all, let me ask you a bit about lockdown. 0bviously sweden has
Persistent rain gathers over northern ireland, scotland and Northern England towards the end of the net. A much fresher night, temperatures down into the low teens. For sunday, daytime, stilla bit of rain to come across the northern half of the uk. Perhaps shelter regions across the north east of england not faring quite so badly, but some of those showers across northern scotland could be particularly heavy. A windy day across the board. Gusts particular strong to the ly of high ground. There are no temperatures, 20 at best. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines british tourists are set to be allowed to travel to European Countries including spain, france and greece without having to quarantine on their return. The motion in carried and they have agreed to nominate Deputy Michael martin to be taoiseach. Ireland swears in its new prime minister, micheal martin, as the countrys two largest parties, fianna fail and fine gael, form a coalition for the first time. A man who stabbed six pe