Bloomberg surveillance. Im tom keene in new york. Guy johnson in for Francine Lacqua in london. Monthsin to the summer in august. I look at the newspapers in the United Kingdom and it is sort of a soup of distractions right now. Inme and update on the virus the United Kingdom, because the statistics i look at are actually pretty good. Guy . They are pretty good, tom, and there are large parts of the country where people are talking about the fact that we may have achieved herd immunity. You listen to the commentary come out of a large hospital, out of large hospitals, they are seeing a fraction of the number of cases they saw coming through the door back in the spring. The situation seems to be under control. This is pumping Boris Johnson the prime minister, to make firm assertions that schools will september, in the same way Governor Cuomo is making those assertions in new york. Thathe is pretty lonely on right now. That will be one of our themes without question in august. Back to sc
Laura bush i am here to voice my strong support for the courageous people of afghanistan women and men who have suffered for years under the taliban regime. Each and every one of us has the responsibility to stop the suffering caused by malaria, because every life in every land matters and all of us can do something to help. After studying first ladies and knowing some of them very well like my own motherinlaw or one that i admired very much, a fellow texan Lady Bird Johnson, is that we benefit our country benefits by whatever our first ladiesinterests are. She is the wife of one president and the daughterinlaw of another. Laura welch bush became first lady after a controversial election brought her husband george w. Bush to the white house. Less than nine months later came the 9 11 attacks and laura bush helped comfort the nation while continuing to pursue interests long important to her, including education, literacy and womens health. Good evening and welcome to cspan series, first
York america in august of 1619. Good evening. [ applause ] im k. C. Matthews, chief of staff here at the somebuchombur center poo center. Im obviously not kevin young. Listed in your program. Kevin has been looking forward to this event for ytwo years an upset hes not able to join us tonight. Kevin is not feeling well and not able to be here. He hopes to join us tomorrow and saturday for the remainder of the program and is watching along online. It is my honor tonight to welcome all of you who are here in the audience and welcome folks who are watching online as well. This is the Second Annual conference presented by our Lapidus Center for the study of transatlantic slavery. This morning Public Library and vch shomburg city event the historical analysis of transatlantic slavery. Youll hear more about and from mr. Lapidus shortly. This is a banner week for the Schomburg Center. Just a few things i want to mention to you. We and our director are part of a documentary, t rary premiered we
Now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to wednesday in parliament, where theresa may bows out to applause at the end of her last pmqs. And that duty, to serve my constituents, will remain my greatest motivation. Applause. But there are reservations about her successor. Outgoing american president s get to pardon anybody they want. If she could, would she pardon her successor for sabotaging her premiership . Also on this programme, urgent action after an extraordinary decline in safety at Feltham Young 0ffenders institution. And ahead of borisjohnsons giant reshuffle, the business secretary is told he wont be forgotten. And he shouldnt worry, because there will always be a parking space in my heart for him. But first, theresa may has resigned as Prime Minister, handing over thejob to the newly elected conservative leader, borisjohnson. Theresa may made a final appearance outside number ten, alongside her husband philip. She said to serve as Prime Minister was
That killed more than 1300 Israeli Citizens and soldiers. Todays questions, but do you think about the Biden Administrations response to the israelhamas . What me ould to the to the israelhamas conflict and wha shod be done . Republicans, 202 748800. Demoats, 202 7488000. Independents, you can call 202 7488002. You can send us a text message at 202 7488003. Please include your name and where you live. You can find us on facebook. Com cspan. We are also on x and instagram. Again, the israelhamas conflict bubbled back up in a major way with hamas attacked israel last saturday. And it continues to dominate the front pages. I want to show this mornings New York Times. Its got several articles on the front page. Here is one with the headline israel ready invasion to capture gaza city. It says the Israeli Military is ready to invade than the gaza strip with tens of thousands of soldiers order to capture gaza city and destroy the enclaves permit leadership, according to three Senior Leaders w