Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. How should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into . And what represents the truth of who we are biology, or Self Identity . Well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a storm of controversy and led to her resignation from her university post. Why has this issue become a battleground . Kathleen stock, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. I want to begin, if i may, by asking you about what happened to you last year. After 18 years at the university of sussex, you walked away from your academic post. Now, ijust wonder, having had a few months to reflect on it, whether you are still sure you did the right thing. Yes, im still sure i did the right thing, because the situati
Programme. Could you hazard a guess as to why Ocean Temperatures are so vastly greater at the moment than they ordinarily would be . Vastly greater at the moment than they ordinarily would be . There are a number of they ordinarily would be . There are a number of theories they ordinarily would be . There are a number of theories being they ordinarily would be . There are| a number of theories being explored at the moment by climate scientists. The first, youve already mentioned, is this transition from La Nina To El Nino. The three years prior to 2023, el nino in the tropical pacific, with cooler surface waters, a rapid transition from La Nina To El Nino in 2023, and that tends to push up temperatures. What we saw was Sea Surface Temperatures in other parts of the world were rising even before el nino kicked in, so there are other potential theories, including things like changes in the amounts of sulphur in shipping fuel over the past few years, influence from the tonga eruption. And
Thets big barr laying out a flaw in the main defense that Donald Trumps lawyers using in the federal election case. Well have much more from the former Attorney General on trumps many, many legal issues in just a moment. Meanwhile a key conspirator in the riot at the capitol could receive the longest sentence yet for the january 6th attack. And a very significant summit at camp david for President Biden. Well explain the stakes at todays meeting. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 18th. We made it to friday, folks. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the trial date proposed by Donald Trumps legal team that is way, way, way in the future. In a court filing late yesterday the attorneys representing the former president in the federal election interference case against him thats the one out of washington requested that that trial begin in april of 2026. That is 2 1 2 years later than the january 2024 star
President comes into focus. I am from regular stock. I am from regular people. Tonight, donald trump, Clarence Thomas, and new reporting on the Billionaire Friends Keeping clarence happy. I like to keep that friendship. [laughter] then, why the republicans need to root for jack smiths speedy trial. Plus, on a rainy day for Fake Electors in michigan, why arent we seeing this all over the country . Count three alleges that you dont falsely make, alter, for, its recovered a Public Record with the intent to defraud. Do you understand the charges in maximum penalties . Yes. And senator roy mazie hirono on the devastation of the fires and high hawaii, when all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We have a proposed date for Donald Trumps trial. On charges they tried to steal the 2020 election. In a court filing today, Special Counsel jack smith asked for a start date of january 2nd, 2024. He said this would vindicate the Publics Interest in a speedy trial. That i
Donald trumps trial on charges he tried to steal the 2020 election. In a court filing today, Special Counsel jack smith asked for a start date of january 2nd, 2024. He said this would vindicate the publics interest in a speedy trial, that will ultimately be decided by the judge presiding in that case, judge tanya chutkan. But even assuming she chooses a somewhat later start, there may be some delays along the way, donald trump is probably going to face trial in this case before the president ial election next november. Though he does have one critical possible hail mary remaining. He and his lawyers could try to somehow find a way to kick the case up to the Supreme Court, where the conservative majority would rescue him. That was one of the last desperate plans for Donald Trumps coup back in 2021, to get the Supreme Court to rule in his favor. We know theres at least one very conservative justice who one of trumps Coup Plotters thought would be particularly inclined to help out. I spea