wrapping up his first term in office with a tradition that goes back decades, hosting the previous president for the unveiling of his official presidential portrait. on that day, in may of 2012. obama made this statement about the point of these portraits, as an enduring member of the presidents temporary time in office serving the people. now the white house is many things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it is fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residence. we are renters here. we are charged with the upkeep and tell our lease runs out. but we also leave a police of ourself in this place. we are renters here. charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. in 2012, we did not know how precious those remarks wer
from the british medical association and other unions later this morning, in a bid to avert future strike action. in the us, where a fresh batch of classified documents relating tojoe biden s time as vice president have been discovered at an unsecured location. and tributes pour in forjeff beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, who has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a russian mercenary group fighting in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing over the weekend. christopher parry and andrew bagshaw were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. the claim has not been verified by the foreign office in the uk and the wagner group of mercenaries did not give a name. gareth barlow has this report. chris parry and andrew bagshaw went missing on friday, while travelling to the town of soledar. ukrai
which means every thursday at 3:30 p.m. because of there s one thing about theory scholars, they are early risers. sandy talks a lot in both classes, jumps in the conversation when she feels he has something important to say which is frequently. she is hardly a genius but she is highly self-assured. she s got strong opinions about racism and cosmetics. she seems to spend a lot of time updating her facebook page. the main things you remember about sandy cortez. fast forward ten years. suddenly, sandy cortez is a world famous figure. somehow. she is calling herself alexandria ocasio-cortez. some kind of female westchester county s first socialist revolutionary, still yammering on about racism and eye shadow, her obsession, and she is still frantically updating her social media pages. some things have not changed. but other things have changed. one night, you are watching tv and you see sandy cortez talking authoritatively about america s energy grid. like she knows a lot abou
but, it s reported the israeli military has struck targets in gaza within minutes of the ceasefire coming into force. now on bbc news dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week s news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls for a policy u turn, she delivered a speech that still defines her you turn if you want to, the lady s not for turning . this week, the woman who would be her successor u turned. america s third lady, nancy pelosi, did not, going ahead with a visit to taiwan, despite chinese warnings beforehand and missiles after. nor did the bank of england u turn, going ahead with the half point rise in interest rates. the governor had said the bank was minded to
if you, don t, you lose. now that may sound unfair, but we did not make the rules nature did. ignore t we can choose to ignore them,he but those rules will never change. sorry wil. thankfully for americans, we live in a country that is remarkably abundant in all three of those things. the u.s. has the most fertile farmland in the world. we ve got more potable freshwater than virtually any other place and critically, first of all, america has the largest recoverable oil reserves on the planet. we are no one in that category and that matters maybe more than anything. now, let me be telling you on cnn that so-called renewable energy windmills and solar panels are about to power the world s. but that s absurd and no one corrects them and somebody should because a lot is at stake.e.at if your nine year old sta startt telling you i m like superman, you have to correct him before he jumps off the garage.ect the the stakesbe are high. so it is incumbent on the rest of us to point out