Zimbabwes president defends the crackdown on protests against his government will be live in her. And in sports the l. A. Lakers have secured top spot in the n. B. A. s western conference for the 1st time in a decade but bron james his Team Clinching the number one seed with the win also did you. See. We begin this news hour with the continuing battle against the coronavirus countries around the globe are grappling with the surgeon cases the u. S. Remains the worlds epi center with at least 155000 people dead and of a 4700000 people infected and despite the ads President Donald Trump is insisting that schools reopen a call he once again made on twitter on tuesday but that push has attracted a lot of criticism teachers marched through new york on monday they are angry at a plan for mayor bill de blasio to open schools even with restrictions. Well democratic president ial hopeful joe biden has tweeted attacking trumps handling of the pandemic he said that at the beginning of july donald
Opponents of trying to organize a massacre as voting begins in what could be his toughest election in years. On the hummus with all the sporting glue it is raining us open champion rafael nadal pulls out of this years tournament citing concerns over the corner virus pandemic. To begin with our breaking news from lebanon and the massive explosion that shaken the capital beirut 70 people have been confirmed dead and the Lebanese Health Ministry Says around 3700 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in a warehouse at the port which had been housing 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate the 6 years lebanons president has branded that unacceptable the cabinet is expected to declare a state of emergency in beirut when it holds an emergency meeting on wednesday into monohan report. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital the blast sent shock waves across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. And injuring hundreds. The streets were filled wit
[ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby in tucson, arizona. Wagon trains used to pass right through here on their way to california during the gold rush, and one of the roughandready pioneers who helped settle this area left behind a very strange inheritance. Im here to get the skinny on it. My names jock taylor. In 2009, i inherited a wooden trunk full of family heirlooms going back more than a century. Now im told i could pocket a small fortune. I meet jock, a 60yearold electrical engineer, at his home here in tucson. Hi, im jamie. Im jock. I heard you have something very unusual from your greatgreat grandfather. I certainly do. Come on in. Jock shows me that inheritance an old trunk thats been passed down through the family for more than a century. The trunk contained the family bible, a very ornate saddle blanket, a pair of old jeans jeans . Who keeps jeans . Theyve been in the trunk for so long, i dont think that my mother really knew what else to do with them. According
During the program. Thank you for doing that. 85 years ago this month, Amelia Earhart became the first aviator to fly solo from honolulu, hawaii to oakland, california. 1932,rse on may 21, exactly five years after american aviator Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the atlantic ocean, ehrhardt became the first woman to repeat that feat. We are thrilled to welcome dorothy cochrane, curator at the department. She curates the collections of the aircraft, flight material, aerial cameras and the history of general aviation and women in aviation. She is the coauthor of the aviation careers as well as an essay on Amelia Earhart that is included in the published book smithsonian american women. She earned her private pilot license in 1994 in as a member of the aircraft owners and Pilot Association and experimental aircraft association. Please join me in welcoming dorothy cochrane. [applause] good evening, everyone. Thank you so much. It is supposed to be on. Can you h
Hello, everyone. Good evening and welcome to politics and prose. My name is codel be introducing tonight guest speaker. Before we get started i have a few notes to cover. First it would be great if everyone could silence any cell phones and other Electronic Devices they may have on them we will be recording audio for two nights event and you can see our friends from cspan here are recording. Great. Love to have you. We will be doing a q a following the presentation so we ask any questions you may have, use the microphone provided so you can pick up the audio and the whole world would be able to see. I know, right, the future. One final thing of course with plenty of copies of trend that at the front register it like a purchase a copy after the event. Adam minter is a columnist from the Bloomberg Opinion has been covering the Global Recycling interest for over two tickets. His new book, secondhand travels in the new global garage sale is everything investigation of whats happened to all