Historian of american conservatism on his life, career and key moments in the conservative movement spoke about his book just right at the Hoover Institution. This is just over an hour. Good afternoon. For those of you that dont know me welcome. A more parochial absent all the official papers are at the Hoover Library archives in palo alto and we have failed themselves of that when writing the book and the acknowledgment makes the point that it was lost or maybe you had forgotten about so i would suggest you talk about the book in your life. What is it like to go through all of your archival papers and find things you completely forgot about . Do i seem that stupid that i said that. Those of you that do not know lee, he is one of the great historians of the conservative movement and hes written over 25 books and is a great biography of Barry Goldwater and history of conservatism in different angles and history of the Heritage Foundation where he is a distinguished fellow in conservativ
A bit ofa a bit of a dull day for some others but at least it is not windy. That could all change when it comes to the weekend. More details later. Also coming up getting himself into hot water. The mp who admits spending an hour in the bath every morning so he can clean his body and clear his mind. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. The performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a e and planned operations being widely missed, thats according to bbc research. Nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. 0nly scotland has hit one of the targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing on these three key waiting time targets. Being seen within four hours at accident emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in
Than 1 eve seen less move in the s p 500. And its been quite a while since weve seen this compressed volatility. We will talk more about that in the options of eight in about 20 minutes. Energy shares are the best performers today. , mitigatingt now lowerclines, theres lots today, real estate all by nearly 1 . Remember the formal self ration of real estate in financials. Ill happen on september 16 individually within technology we have apple falling for the second day after it introduced its newest iphone, on skepticism about demand. The company saying its not going to give first weekend preorder numbers in terms of how the numbers are looking for the company. And ibm offwn a bit by about 1. 5 . Well,he oil majors doing all higher along with the oil prices which as you heard are higher after we saw weekly inventories decline, going all the way back to 1999, in part because of hurricane hermine. Oil prices up 4. 5 . Weve seen Natural Gas Prices rise today is smaller than estimated gain
Drugs. Jane is the director of a drug Treatment Facility in arlington where the heroin epidemic hit hard. She hopes the concerted effort by the Law Enforcement to fight the problem make a difference state wide. I think everyone at this point recognizes okay, this is really a problem. Reporter as cat continues recovery at phoenix house, she is set on not turning back. When i feel like im a member of society again. I feel like i can accomplish anything. Nearly 3,000 virginians lost their lives and the experts believe the problem will get worse before it gets better. Live in the newsroom, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Maureen thank you, jeff. Now virginia isnt alone in dealing with the overdose epidemic. Governor larry hogan declared the heroin overdose a health emergency. Leon we have breaking news from northwest d. C. Where portion of the southbound connecticut avenue is closed after a car crash involving a police officer. The southbound connecticut between l and m street is shut down. The
Connecticut. Further west you have around i91, some heavy rain bands also moving east and well south of boston, weve got strong rain also falling around South Middleboro and moderate there is still a lot of rain. It looks like the heaviest for the most part will be to the stout and very late tonight it temporarily. Tomorrow mornings commute looks wettest around the cape and the islands. Deeper into the day tomorrow the northwest to southeast but then a second storm, very late tomorrow night and friday morning, looks like it may impact southeastern mass and the cape as it turns colder. Cold enough for rain to mix and change to snow and a winter storm watch has been posted for that area. More coming up on that in a while. New at 5 30, were learning more about the death of 5yearold boy. He disappeared for four months in 2013. His body later found in the woods. Sarah has new information that was just revealed. Its been nearly two years since the body of Jeremiah Oliver was found in a suitc