But iran along with these Television Companies support cspan 2, as a Public Service. Welcome to tonights lecture on the tragic life of emmett tell. It was 1955 him, has been described as given rosa parks the strength to sit down, and martin lurking junior the courage to stand up. This is one of our great lives presentation, with the University Celebration of black history month. Id like first to thank the Program Sponsor Abs Corporation for the generous support. Its this kind of support that so crucial and making the series possible as a Public Service to our community. Our speaker this evening is university of kansas professor dave tell, author of the 2019 book titled, remembering emmett till which will be available for sale and signing in the foyer at the conclusion of tonights program. Doctor tell, who has a doctorate from penn state, has won new was around for both research and teaching. His research focuses on issue of race, memory, and the digital humanities. Since 2014, he has f
Coke ver cusus pepsi, one firm,e 35 billion deal webetween omnim and publicis. Far from the only deal. Saks is going to be bought and the battle over Pharmaceutical Company elan ends with a big bid from perrigo. The second half of earning season, hertz and wynn in focus. The hertz ceo will join us as well. Help wanted at amazon. The Company Announcing today it is adding more than 5,000 jobs across the United States. First up, deals involving highend retail and pharma in the fix today. The biggest deal u. S. Based omnicom and publicis group, a merger of equals. The new Company Worth 35 billion and will be the Worlds Largest advertising firm. However, the deal is expected to face intense regulatory scrutiny. Live with the ceos of omnicom and publicis later on squawk in the street. In addition, perrigo and elan and saks and hudson bay. Merger monday . Yes. Yes a merger monday. Got to go there. Thank you. Welcome. Dont believe it is that is it a sign of things to come. Certainly theres a p
This is bbc news. The headlines. The Prime Minister borisjohnson says he is in good spirits after spending the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Colleagues say hell be back as soon as possible. Im sure this is very frustrating for him, somebody like boris who wa nts to for him, somebody like boris who wants to be hands on running the government from the front. But nonetheless, he is still very much in charge of the government. Scotlands chief medical officer Catherine Calderwood resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. Nicola sturgeon says the decison was made by mutual agreement. She made a mistake, she made a serious mistake. People are right to be angry about it. It was clear
yesterday she couldnt continue to be the face of Public Health advice campaigns. Concerns that the sunny weather is making people Linger Longer outside than absolutely necessary when going to exercise. In spain, the pace of the countrys coronavirus
Their meter reader. But he came and he was ever so good. And then people from a local help thing. He brought me some stuff. So i had two genuine people very quickly. Its lanie at bbc radio surrey. Often, its just a few basic supplies or an errand, and the support is out there. They just need someone to bring them together. David sillito, bbc news, brighton. The power of local radio underlined once again. The actress Honor Blackman, probably best known for her role as a bond girl, has died at the age of 94. Who are you . My name is pudsey galore. Having trained at the Guildhall School of music and drama, Honor Blackman starred in goldfinger, and played cathy gale in the avengers television series. In a statement, her family said she died peacefully of Natural Causes at home in east sussex. Time for a look at the weather. Heres nick miller. After the rain last night into this morning, the weather has been sunny spells and a passing shower. This front brought the rain, it is well out of t
About mrjohnsons health. Japans Prime Minister, shinzo abe, declares a state of emergency in tokyo and six other regions, as the country struggles with the pandemic. China where the coronavirus outbreak started reports no deaths in the past day the First Time Since january. Whatsapp restricts the forwarding of messages, in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus misinformation a spokesman for number 10 downing street has in the last few minutes said that the Prime Minister who is in intensive care for coronavirus at St Thomas Hospital in london has been stable overnight and remains in good spirits. The spokesman said that borisjohnson, is receiving standard oxygen treatment and is breathing without any other assistance. He has not required mechanical ventilation and does not have pneumonia. The Prime Minister was admitted to hospital on sunday night after persistent coronavirus symptoms over several days, which worsened. The foreign secretary dominic raab has been asked to deputise