Host thank you so much for being here, debora mackenzie. Much of your work over the years i was delighted to read your book which is the first that youve done in this way. Guest the first that ive written. Host it must have been challenging to create such a factual account of a pandemic while it is ongoing. Can you tell us about that . Guest i understand why people would think why are you writing about this now. I deliberately took a step back. As things unfold im not about this misstep or that by the government. Not that level of. What im doing is saying why a pandemic, why now and this is something i could do because if youve been reading my book you would say this is going to happen, these are the viruses we need to work on and this is what we need to do. Its already obvious those productions were spot on and we havent done what we need to do so this is kind of the moment to repeat that stuff at the time that people can understand it and it would make sense to them and therefore the
Thank you so much for being here Debora Mackenzie its really an honor. I was really delighted to read your book. Is the first book ive ever written. Amazing, its also been challenging to create an account of a pandemic while his ongoing, can you tell me about that process. I understand why it has not happened yet, i am writing about the things we can write about now, i deliberately took a step back and i am not writing about things untold and about government, im not talking on that level auto i suppose it will be acquitted by that, im standing by and saying why now and thats something i could do really quickly. I like many other people have been writing a book for a few years and weve been saying this is going to happen, these are the viruses we need to worry about this is what we need to do, is already so obvious that the predictions were right on and we have not done a lot of the things that we needed to do, this is kind of the moment to repeat all of that stuff at a time when peopl
Unshakeable. Woodruff and to denounce President Trump. Today we are a country divided and we have a president doing everything in his power to make it that way. At the time like this the oval office should be a command center. Woodruff tonight former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former president barack obama and this years Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris. Day three of the Democratic National convention. Woodruff again, im Judy Woodruff and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the Democratic National convention. Were now on night three of this virtual event. Tonight, we will hear from Hillary Clinton, the partys nominee four years ago. Well hear from former president barack obama and then we will hear from Kamala Harris, a historymaking Vice President ial nominee. Im here in our studio with political analyst amy walter and right around the corner our senior correspondence amna nawaz. Both socially distanced. And we have reported and guests across the coun
Im delighted to see you all here, to see jean baker, author of Margaret Sanger a life of passion. Shes going to be in conversation tonight with christina page. While we often think of markets sangers at 46 amara street in brownsville, she started that clinic after being a nurse here and the Lower East Side. Here she was a cohort of emma goldman, who will be discussing and just two weeks. Tonights top is just not fitting because it is surprisingly timely, it is fitting because there is a good chance that Margaret Sanger knew one or more of the immigrant women who lived in our tenement a few doors down and 97 orchard street. Tonights guest jean baker is professor of history at of university in baltimore. Shes the author of several books, including sisters the life of american suffrage is. Professor baker has done a remarkable job telling the story of our newest subject market sanger and a highly compelling biography. Publisher weekly boasts best known as an advocate for spearheading the
Lebanese capitol. Emmanuel macron inin beirut two days after a blast rips through the city killing 135 people and woundiding 5000. His visit comes one dayy after france responded to calls for help by sending a and medical personnenel to the country. Afafter his meeting with the president , he said the country will continue to sink if reforms are not made. To aidy the priority is and supppport the population unconditionally. France has been pushing for months even years now for necessary reforms in certain sectors, energy, governmentrun tracks, the fight agagainst corruption, if these r reforms e not carried outut, lebanon will cocontinue s sking your sinking. Why is s Emmanuel Macron in lebanon two days after this blast . He is there to reassure lebanese people. He wants to show that france is friends with lebanon. It is true a lot of lebanese christians are francophones. France is the big sister country. The core of this message is clear in the latest statement made by Emmanuel Macron