About her new book the great secret the classified world war ii disaster that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. I also want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight, alas its virtually but i will do my best. It is my first soon presentation so bear with me everyone. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking about now i shouldve had a lot of wind, but anyway here we go. Im going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. He once observed, may occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them picked themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel stuart alexander, the remarkable hero of my book, did not hurry off. In fact, he refuse to leave the scene of the military disaster even when churchill himself warned him to. He stayed, he paid attention, he investigated, and as a result he recognized the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors that might have lifesaving
I and delighted to welcome an accomplished author and the administrative director of the Manhattan Project and the author of New York Times bestsellers with the british spy ring and wartime washington and in tuxedo park speaking to her new book the great secret. Thank you for joining us. Also thank you to the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight my first zoom presentation. Bear with me. Now im thinking i should have had wine. Winston churchill had a way with words. Men occasionally stumble across the truth but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing is happened Lieutenant Colonel Francis Alexander the remarkable humor of my book and in fact refused to leave the scene of a military disaster when churchill himself warned him to. And investigated and recognize the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors to have lifesaving implications in the future. And then turns a chemical weapons report into a stepping stone and a tragedy into a medical triumph. To t
From santiago. Things were going very well indeed until a group of massed vandals we dont know who they were began attacking 1st of all police and bird down a Police Church this is a church that is used mainly by chiles police force and another chapel which is a national a National Heritage site in chile very nearby they also looted shops also one of the main avenues about 700 meters from where i am right now close enough to the main protest area where we could see the smoke and smell it and hear of course the ambulances and the fire trucks that were trying to get to this area so they are clearly been marring what was supposed to be and many had hoped would be a peaceful protest. Vote counting is underway in bolivias president ial election on official early results from a bolivian t. V. Channel suggest luis r. C. Has won hes the candidate from the socialist party of former president evermore others who was forced out of office after a disputed vote last year theres anger in argentina o
Recap of the headlines this hour now police in thailand used water cannon to break through a barricade set by demonstrators in bangkok thousands of people continue to defy a ban on gatherings calling for the prime ministers resignation and reforms to the monarchy. Training sessions between person in the e. U. Appears to be on the brink of collapse of the u. K. Prime minister one business is to prepare for a no deal breaks it in new leaders say theyre willing to continue negotiating but wont seek a deal at any cost u. K. Prime ministers official spokesperson told journalists the trade talks are over since we have only 10. 00 weeks until the end of the transition period or generally the 1st i have to make a judgment about the likely outcome and to get us all ready. And given that they have refused to negotiate seriously for much of the last few months and given that this summit appears explicitly to rule out a canada style deal i concluded that we should get ready for january the 1st wit
Democratic challenger joe biden is leading in Many National polls with just over 2 weeks before the election john hendren has more from washington d. C. Hes been playing defense all across the map in florida georgia and iowa hes been campaigning those are all states that he should have handily in his column by now but National Polls show him behind across the u. S. The latest poll i saw said 12 Percentage Points behind joe biden and hes also behind in key battleground states those include michigan in wisconsin the 2 states that hes going to now so he has been aggressive there speaking very much like hes on this steroids that he was on just days ago when he tested positive for the coronavirus standing in front of the air force one to showing people that hes back. A u. N. Arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years it was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers the us withdrew from the pact in 2018 and its voiced a strong opposition to any easing of sanctions there