the week, it turns increasingly unsettled but milder, so i m not sure whether you will appreciate that. the cold air being pushed out of the way and the milder air moves with a south westerly wind but that means lots of rain around as we head towards the weekend. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at six on tuesday it s time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. constitution hill runs a rule at the cheltenham festival in the champion hurdle. british players from the. up against the current us open champion. harry s home run makes history for great britain as they secure their first ever win at the world baseball classic. also coming up we speak to the ukrainian fencer standing up to ioc plans. it will always be in our hearts and our souls, and we will never forget and neverforgive. hello and welcome long. the course of a generation, according to tony mccoy, after constitution hill s stunning race in the cheltenham festival
In terms of her powers and making an observation he couldnt have chosen a better friend of the 20th century. Maybe one of the 20th now. Big sur conversation. This has been terrific. I am looking forward to the boat. Im looking forward to going back and look unite viewers to see if the reallife ties between her life. Guest good thank you so much. Host and booktv will want to introduce you to northwestern Professor John marquez come assistant professor of africanamerican studies and the author of this vote, blackbrown solidarity racial politics in the new gulf south. Professor marquez before we get started on the specifics, what is your goal . What are you to accomplish . Guest i think there were a series of holes that i try to accomplish. The book begins my interest in the book begins around 2002. There is an incident of Police Brutality in my hometown, which is a bluecollar suburb in the houston metropolitan area. The 45yearold mexican immigrant was beaten and choked to death by four w
Brent a decline of 49 cents. Couple big corporate stories to tell you about. The biggest one, its final. Its here. Verizon set to announce an agreement today to buy yahoo for 5 billion. Sources telling us that yahoo will no longer an operating company after this. It will become a Holding Company for stakes . Alibaba and yahoo japan. Has a small platen portfolio to sell. Marissa mayer not expected to stay on after the deal is completed. Her severance, expected to be 57 million. Well have a lot more on the story in a couple of minutes. Other news as well. Tesla and solar city, theyre reportedly closer to a merger. No brainer. Thats a new one. One brain. Elon musk the largest share hoeflder in both companies. In the final stages of carrying out Due Diligence on both companies. The companies are carrying out due dial generals the right brain talking to the left . Elon did an interview this morning. Did you see this . Its a good piece. We dont get that paper. Its called the new york times.
His name is peter dixon. He represents the military order of the loyal legion of the United States. Which is responsible each year for the laying of reefs at the lincoln memorial. The Lincoln Group of d. C. Has been very proud to be one of the Many Organizations that pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln and we had that opportunity courtesy of the organizing efforts of peter dixon. [applause] our speaker tonight is Catherine Canavan author of lincolns final hours. In two what it was like to be in washington that terrible night. April 14, 1865. Theatereer at fords and ive had the opportunity to visit with the thousands of americans who come to fords theater. Buy isthe things you can her book. It is a pleasure to welcome her to talk to us this evening. Thanks to all of you. It is an honor to be here. Who is lincolns archives digital project has made so many records available to so many researchers who arent fortunate enough to live near the archives. Thousands of people witnessed what went on
Book i am the youngest child of the family. Guest i said that to him when we were first meeting each other it was that wasnt a student political meeting in ohio in 1962. We were writing notes back and forth to each other and he had something a sort of typical 19yearold boy and i wrote back. My family has a wonderful family. My father and mother are some of the most dedicated Public Servants in the history of the country. My father was elected in congress in 1940 before i was born there yet he was 26yearsold. My mother was 24. They had a baby girl and eight days later a baby boy. They came here and i think about it now in my old age and think about these kids coming to washington in this day and age age they would still be on their Parents Health insurance and there they were the members of congress and his wife so of course they were not scared to leave cocaine. But here it was the world war ii washington. And it was very similar to the period of washington that i write about in my his