He is a professor of southern studies at lsu. He is a native of michigan, not far from lansing. He did his undergraduate work at northwestern before spending some time working in washington dc as a congressional staffer. And then we have gone to the university of virginia where he studied under Gary Gallagher and published his dissertation with the university of North Carolina press which is entitled why confederates fought family and nation in civil war virginia. His most recent book published by harvard entitled the calculus of violence how americans fought the civil war. It was published in 2018. Aaron at lsu is a great place for him being in baton rouge and not far from new orleans. He is a selfproclaimed foodie though he has lots of places to select from in new orleans. Today he will talked with about his very important book and a book i should add has received two recent awards including the Jefferson Davis award from formally the museum of the confederacy and now the American Ci
As councils step up visits to the elderly and doctors warn of the risk of heatstroke. Meanwhile, rail passengers are told to stay at home, with the risk of rail tracks buckling. Sarah is at our Weather Centre. It is officially the highest temperature in july on it is officially the highest temperature injuly on record but there is a chance today we could beat the all Time Temperature record which is set at 38. 5 celsius. The heat is rising and so is the humidity, it is not going to cool down ina humidity, it is not going to cool down in a hurry. I will bring you all the details in about half an hour. Englands cricketers are slowly repairing some of the damage from yesterdays collapsed. They have a rather Unlikely Hero to thank so have a rather Unlikely Hero to thank so far. More later in the hour. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. The temperature here at westminster has soared in recent days both outside and inside the houses of parliament where earlier Boris John
Tom barton reports. In manchester, theyre expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. But, they new Prime Minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and leeds, 35 miles away. I want to be the Prime Minister who does with Northern Powerhouse rail what we did for crossrail in london, and today, im going to deliver on my commitment to that vision with a pledge to fund the leeds to manchester route. But while local leaders have welcomed that promise, the chief executive for transport for the north told the Prime Minister that the proposed line doesnt go nearly far enough. We wa nt we want to have liverpool, sheffield, holland newcastle all getting the benefit as well as leeds and manchester. Well, there you go, barry, 39 billion, a number to conjure with, i dare say. But youre absolutely right, barry, and youre writing your aspiration and we support that. Labour says todays announcement is just reheated pr
Club jiangsu suning, reportedly earning the player £1 millon a week. And coming up, hard drive talks to Katherine Legge about blazing a trail with her first all female motorsport team. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has pledged to fund a new high speed rail route between leeds and manchester. Borisjohnson says it will turbo charge the economy. It is thought the new route is part of the governments wider investment commitment to the north of england, set to cost around £39 billion. But labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. Tom barton reports. In manchester, theyre expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. But the new Prime Minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and leeds, 35 miles away. I want to be the Prime Minister who does with Northern Powerhouse rail what we did for crossrail in london,
Have called for more massive the most stations that we are not against the people and we are not against before but we have to understand that infiltrators they started towards are there and they are willing to apply their hidden agendas we dont need troubles and dont need the rift. Dude is from the Sudanese Professionals Association and said that the protest as well not back down despite the risk of violence. I think it would be better for them to resort to the language of even russian living with them for the betterment of of their country tomorrow there will be a demonstration i would expect more violence against time compared with the violence that have already taken place because. From the language we have we have come to me and that they are ready like us are ready and they are ready for 4 more shootings or more killings. Still ahead for you on the program a hero to migrants but a criminal in italy the captain of a charity ship to rescue dozens of people from the mediterranean is