a tiny cell in one of america s most notorious prisons. albert woodfox was the victim of ingrained racism and brutality inside america s system of criminaljustice. he is now a free man. but what does freedom really mean after everything he has been through? albert woodfox, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. here you are, in london as a free man. but given everything you have been through, is it possible for you to ever feel truly free? yeah, i mean philosophically, mentally and emotionally i was free long before my physical freedom. my physicalfreedom. and so my physical freedom. and so that was a part of my survival technique. it allowed me to survive being in solitary confinement for such a long period of time. i wonder in terms of, literally in terms of muscle memory, whether the way your body is, whether the way your body is, whether your muscles remember four decades in shackles, whether you still have that feeling of being in an enclosed space, literally two by three metre
appear to be borne out by photographs from the white house bathroom. tonight with the context, the international trade expert rebecca harding, and former adviser to president george w bush ron christie. hello, welcome to the programme. president biden is defying expectations, and earning a reputation as a president who gets things done. despite the toxic nature of washington politics or maybe because of it senate democrats have been working through the summer to bring about an impressive list of achievements and a lot of that has come with the support of republicans. first came the pandemic relief $1.9 trillion, otherswise known as the american rescue plan. then in november the infrastructure bill. injune the first bipartisan legislation in decades on gun safety. then came the chips act, to strengthen semiconductor manufacturing. then new health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. a bipartian agreement on nato expansion admitting finland
as well as those dead, 2a people are in hospital with injuries. the police say the gunman is armed and dangerous we ll be live in chicago. also tonight. fresh revelations about how much the prime minister knew of the claims of inappropriate behaviour against his former deputy chief whip. ukrainian forces withdraw from the east as president putin ordered his forces to push ahead. the bbc says it s received six complaints about alleged bullying or sexual misconduct by the dj tim westwood and that one was referred to the police. 0h, missed it! and a smash that goes wide hands rafa nadal a place in the men s quarterfinals at wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, jonny bairstow holds the key for england as they prepare to chase victory against india on day five at edgbaston. good evening. police in chicago have confirmed that six people have died and 2a are injured in hospital after a gunman opened fire, during a 4th ofjuly independence day parade. the gunman is sa
a ban on buy one get one free deals on unhealthy food in england is to be put on hold for a year to help families coping with the cost of living crisis. police in india have arrested two people after a fire destroyed an office building in delhi and killed at least 27 people. #upin # up in space, man. # bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonight s eurovision. but will it be enough to hold back the favourites, ukraine? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine appears to have won the battle for its second biggest city, kharkiv according to the us thinktank, the institute for the study of war. it says russia has failed in its efforts to encircle the city, and now appears to be focused on withdrawing its troops safely across the border. but russian troops are intensifying their attacks in the donbas region, which is now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. our correspondent in lviv, joe inwood, told us more about the ba
Understands upfront this is not going to be me. I want you to answer and give your views. I would say you represent probably about half the country, your view about hst other half represents mine. You agree . What kind of divided plus or. Minus . Certainly divided, yeah. Question i mea plun, you know, pol were polarized, were traumatized. We clearly are in thesares. And were in these echo chambers. I mean, lets be candid, john. I mean, you know, night your folks are watching you and getting a certain perspectivin r my folks are watching other networks getting shot. We have Studies Thatorks and sht of democrats watch me. Well, including me. So im actually im here for watc too. Oint, with the point, though, i think we need more of that crosspollinatiowen. Lariza we need more of these kind ofti conversations. And we need to not just, you know, accusing each other of misleading the American People, but i think confront each other in the context of Providinother Ong Opportunitiesm to addres