That is made possible in part from a generous gift from massachusetts of the cincinnati features. Dr. Brooke barbier discussing her new book, king hancock the radical influence of a moderate founding father, recently published by the university of harvard press. Brooke barbier is a public historian who holds a ph. D. American history from boston college. In addition to king hancock, she is the author of boston and the American Revolution a town versus an empire, published by the unit excuse me, the History Press in 2017, which focuses on prerevolutionary boston and its during the American Revolution. In addition to her scholarship, she is also the founder of yield tavern tours, a popular guided outing along bostons renowned freedom, and that was founded in 2013. But before i hand over to dr. Barber, however, the usual housekeeping items are in order for our friends tuning in with us on zoom this evening following tonights authors talk there will be a question and answer session. So ple
senior ukrainian government minister has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv that has killed at least 1a people. we ll be live in somerset where a major incident has been declared because of the risk of severe flooding good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. mr good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon, mr davies! and the 100 year old war veteran whose latest mission is to help children in cheshire learn to read. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the world of snooker reacts as ten chinese players are charged in connection with alleged match fixing allegations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the biggest day of strikes in the nhs so far is now set for monday 6th february, after ambulance workers announced today that they would walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales. tens of thosuands of nurses in england are already on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of
wards fell silent. emergency care is still being provided hospital bosses say they re hugely concerned. my message and that of many chief executives around the country is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action and the disruption it s causing to patients and to our staff. the thing is, there is no sign of a resolution tonight. i actually detect resolution tonight. i actually detect a resolution tonight. i actually detect a souring of the mood between health detect a souring of the mood between health unions and the government. also on the programme. one of the ukrainian government s most senior ministers has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv at least 1a people were killed. another slight fall in inflation but food prices continue to soar. the united nations sends its most senior woman to afghanistan for talks with the taliban, who ve stopped women working for aid agencies there. a major incident has been declared i
Up over 40 miles its going to be a very raw day. Right now cloud cover disappearing so youll need your shades as you head out but the sun isnt going to help very much not with these temperature. Wer in philadelphia right now 20 in allentown, 20 in trenton one in reading and wilmington and 21 in millville. Very even and ver numbers as you step oueally is how it f chill right now is showing up in Single Digits across most of the region. I think there might be a little problem with dovers reporting this morning. Everybody else pretty much is in the Single Digits. It feels like iinladelphia, seven in trenton just 4d chill right now in allentown, five in reading and nine wilmington and a little may. Its really sad when 13 is a little better. On the bus stop this morning, its winter gear all around. Wind chills between five and 10 as the kids are waiting on the bus stop. Suburban temperatures around 19. The city 23. And as we go through the day it stays cold. It looks like were only going to
My name is Michael Quinn and as the president and head of this museum, it is my pleasure to welcome you for a fascinating insight into part of the american revolution. One of the things we pride ourselves here at this museum is telling the stories of the revolution that you do not always know, bringing the life bringing to life the people from all walks of life who took part in the revolution, who took the ideas of the revolution to heart and launched a series of revolutions that has created the american nation. Today, it is my great pleasure to be introducing a noted scholar, historian, political activist, Robert Watson from Lynn University who will be talking about the ghost ship of brooklyn. I am holding the book in my hand. We have had a lot of online orders for this book. He will be signing books after and we still have a few left in our gift shop, if you want to take it home. This is how history should be written. It makes it a story of real people, drama, and excitement. I stron