Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. How should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into . And what represents the truth of who we are biology, or Self Identity . Well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a storm of controversy and led to her resignation from her university post. Why has this issue become a battleground . Kathleen stock, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. I want to begin, if i may, by asking you about what happened to you last year. After 18 years at the university of sussex, you walked away from your academic post. Now, ijust wonder, having had a few months to reflect on it, whether you are still sure you did the right thing. Yes, im still sure i did the right thing, because the situati
Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. How should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into . And what represents the truth of who we are biology, or Self Identity . Well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a storm of controversy and led to her resignation from her university post. Why has this issue become a battleground . Kathleen stock, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. I want to begin, if i may, by asking you about what happened to you last year. After 18 years at the university of sussex, you walked away from your academic post. Now, ijust wonder, having had a few months to reflect on it, whether you are still sure you did the right thing. Yes, im still sure i did the right thing, because the situati
Electoral college results. The times adds that days before the insurrection, they both met with john eastman, the lawyer who insisted that pence had the power to stop certification of the vote. The Washington Post has reported that jacob clashed with eastman and his advice. Maybe it is no surprise, then, that the committee had nine hours of questions for jacob. Here is Committee Chairman Bennie Thompsons take. We are glad that he came. And obviously it is all part of the work that we do. He is a great patriot. He loves this country more so than other people who do not. And this afternoon another Committee Member explained what investigators hoped to learn. Understanding what that pressure was and what plans were in place and what pressure was applied on the former Vice President , to what extent was the former president or the people surrounding him involved in orchestrating and hatching this plan . That is the work of this committee, to get all of those facts and details. Today, donal
Electoral college results. The times adds that days before the insurrection, they both met with john eastman, the lawyer who insisted that pence had the power to stop certification of the vote. The Washington Post has reported that jacob clashed with eastman and his advice. Maybe it is no surprise, then, that the committee had nine hours of questions for jacob. Here is Committee Chairman Bennie Thompsons take. We are glad that he came. And obviously it is all part of the work that we do. He is a great patriot. He loves this country more so than other people who do not. And this afternoon another Committee Member explained what investigators hoped to learn. Understanding what that pressure was and what plans were in place and what pressure was applied on the former Vice President , to what extent was the former president or the people surrounding him involved in orchestrating and hatching this plan . That is the work of this committee, to get all of those facts and details. Today, donal
Good evening, everyone the effort to offer Covid Vaccinations to virtually all americans, including the youngest among us, is close tonight pfizer confirming late today it has started down the road of seeking Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years who are currently ineligible child cases stood last week at over 800,000. Thats less than the previous week but still extremely high pfizer for now calling for two lowerdose shots for the youngest group. If approved, the first injections could begin within weeks but the news comes with a nagging dose of reality, reluctance of among many parents to have their kids vaccinated tom costello now with late details reporter with 3. 5 million new Pediatric Covid cases, january alone, the potential that shots could be going into very young arms within a month is welcome news for millions of parents. Every day im worried about them contracting covid. I would say that were very cautious. Reporter in maryland, the cr