Students from lowincome families can get what they need to be ready for athing. Comcast, along with these Television Companies supports cspan2 as a public service. What a healthy democracy does not just look like this. It looks like this. Citizens and our republic thrives. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word, from the Nations Capital comments wherever you are coming to get the opinions that matters the most. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Host you describe yourself in your latest book. Not a futurist. What is the difference . Douglas petrus is usually someone who tells you what is going to happen in the future. I have been right about that a lot. They call me a futurist, but what i am is present. I am more interested in looking at and describing accurately what is happening right now. That is usually an easier way to know what is going to happen in the future, but i do not usually talk about it. Most futurists see my propagandist, fighting for the future th
Obrien go by it its awesome and thank you so much again jeff and now on book tv, live with author Douglas Rushkoff take your calls and questions through email, text and a social media. His book includes program or be programmed, and 2022s arrival of the riches, about plans tech billionaires are making after earth becomes uninhabitable due to Climate Change or other catastrophic event. You describe yourself in your latest book who writes about Digital Technology but not a futurist. A futurist is someone come to to tell you what is going to happen in the future. I have been right about that so they come in a future but what i am as a presentist. I look at and describe accurately what is happening right now. It is usually an easier way to know what is happening in the future. Moche futurists most futurist say things like propagandist, fighting for what they want to see and positioning them as a consultant in the most needed place to keep people interested in the future by scaring them. If
But generally speaking not bad. Some decent spells of sunshine. If you catch a shower they will be fleeting but they could be heavy, with squally showers, sam hail and maybe sleet and snow above 200 metres. Its windy as well. Northern england, northern ireland, not too bad afternoon. And improving picture into wales. Getting colder, yes, but the weather front will sit across east anglia, down through the m4 corridor by the end of the afternoon. Its miles, 14 15, if you keep some sunshine for the end of the day. The front clears through during the early evening. High pressure builds from the west. Like winds across england and wales. Temperatures will fall sharply. We keep the wind and the showers in the far north. Not quite as cold here. Tomorrow morning, a shock to the system, we could see lows of around 4 or minus five degrees across england and where is, a cold, frosty start in rural spots. They could be Early Morning mist and fog and after the frosty start some decent spells of sun
Tickets for top flight football are getting cheaper thanks to big money tv deals but why is the game still struggling to attract younger fans . Ill have the details. In sport, sir Bradley Wiggins says his lifes been a living hell as its revealed hell face no charges following an investigation into the contents of a mystery package delivered to him at the end of a race in 2011. And matt has the weather your thursday start, fairly mild but there is colder air on the way to there is colder air on the way to the next few days. A bit more sunshine as well. Your full forecast in15 sunshine as well. Your full forecast in 15 minutes. First, our main story. The future of zimbabwes long time leader, Robert Mugabe remains unclear this morning, after he was placed under house arrest by the countrys military. Two envoys from south africa have arrived in the capital, harare, to try to hold talks with the 93 year old and with the countrys generals who deny theres been a coup. Its been seen by many as
Could help people whove had cancer cope with the fear it might come back. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. The government says Housing Associations will be allowed to build more homes, but will it be enough to bring down prices and get more people on the housing ladder . Theresa may says building homes quickly is her personal mission. If youre priced out of Home Ownership, let us know what measures would help you most. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning, use the hashtag victoria live. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Police believe they have now found and identified the bodies of everyone who died in the Grenfell Tower fire. They put the final number of victims at 70, including a Stillborn Baby. In the immediate aftermath of the blaze, 400 people were listed as missing. Police say footage showed 223 people escaping the fire, while others were not at home on the night of the fire