Is very strong. The fires are releasing copious volumes of carbon dioxide, which Scientists Say will make our planet even warmer. That means wildfires like these will become even more common. Ramzan karmali, bbc news. Drivers in the us state of newjersey had a lucky escape when a runaway tyre caused a motorway crash. The tyre can be seen rolling along the road after coming off the back of a lorry. After going over the barrier, it struck a car in oncoming traffic. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. 0h, oh, my word thats the first time ive seen those pictures, very striking and relieving to hear no one was hurt. Now its time for a look at the weather. Good afternoon. That was a painful watch but hopefully now for you some relief from the heatwave. The pictures arent so pretty across the uk today. This is the river cam with umbrellas up because pretty wet weather has arrived for some of us. We have a weather front at the moment which is pretty much over the north west of scotland exte
Good afternoon. My name is roy brownell, and im pleased to be the moderator of participant for the third and final panel. Title for this panel is real world scenarios illness catastrophe and governmental response. The idea is to give a sense of the practical realities of the 1947 statute. Now i have the great honor introducing our distinguished panelists. Dr. Joseph j fins he is the e William Davis jr. Md professor of medical ethics at wild cornell medical college. Hes also visiting professor of law and Solomon Center distinguished scholar in medicine bioethics and law at yale law school. Dr. Finz will be speaking about the experience of speaker carl albert who during the 1970s for several months was first in line to the presidency. Dr. Rose, mcdermott she is the david and Mariana Fisher University Professor of International Relations at brown university. Shes also author of the book president ial leadership illness and Decision Making dr. Mcdermott will be speaking about president ial
[inaudible conversations] welcome to arlington vermont on booktv. Located on Lake Champlain about 45 minutes south of the Canadian Border. Its home to the university of vermont and its the states most populous city with about 42,000 residents. With the help of our Comcast Cable partners over the next hour we will feature the Literary Committee including author Willard Sterne Randall on the war of 1812. A lot of people have misconceptions about the war of 1812. They think it was all about the star spangled banner and the british attack on washington and it was not very important like a hiccup in history. It had been a long struggle with the british over trade and writes and basically to take us back so its much more important than the way its taught in school. We begin our special feature in burlington with bill mahers and Jeff Danziger on their book the full monty, vermont in the age of trump. About a month before trump was elected i had openheart surgery and so i was not in great shap
Misconceptions about the war of 1812. They think that it was all about the starspangled banner and the british attack on washington and that it was not very important like a hiccup in history. There had been a long struggle with the british over trades and rights. The british wanted basically to take us back. Its much more important in the way its taught in school. We began our special feature unpredicted bill mayors and Jeff Danziger on their book the full monty, vermont in the age of trump. About a month before trump was elected i had open heart surgery, and so i was not in great shape and i was in even worse shape when this election happened and i thought what a wretched birthday present that was. So i think like a lot of people who did not vote for him, i was pretty depressed for a month or six weeks, and gradually we, with most things, you start to get over them but it still wrangled on me and i just didnt want to sit and be frustrated all the time so started to think what can i d
Are particularly strong with 20th century vermont members of congress who tend to have long tenures in congress. Goerge george aiken served in until 1974 until 1974. Aiken was a republican, a moderate republican. He was known for having these regular breakfasts with the leader of the democrats in the senate in the lunch room. He had a strong relationship with the white house. He kept a diary in his later years of being senator. He wouldnt enter these weekly enterenteruld would these weekly entries, a very significant historical event. August 10, 1874. Augustlks about him 10, 1974, talks about being at his home. Speaking, i arrived at my home on friday. There was one cucumber big enough to pick. Monday, there were 30 cucumbers big enough to pick. This is an important diary for u. S. Political events, for the nation. Six, he get to page finally gets to the big news of week, the big sensation the resignation of Richard Nixon as president. Although i constantly oppose resignation on his pa