for better for worse. ~ do us part. till death us do part. but what happens when oral tradition stop you from following your heart ? in the medieval fortress of can often castle, charles, the eldest son of queen elizabeth, is ground prince of wales pci charles prince of waterloo become your least amount of lif and limb. there is so much pomp, so much glamour, but under it all is a near his 20-year-old. he feels very strongly that the whole weight of monarchy rests on him. he had no choice in his life at all. s future was mapped out for him. he knew from an early age that he is part of a machine. prince charles is a central figure of this dynasty. he is the future. he is the great hope. the young prince who just celebrated his third birthday carried out his handshaking duties both sedately. the prince as a child was quite withdrawn, very sensitive very shy. but right from the beginning there s all the way of expectation on the little boys back. when c
marilyn monroe, blonde bombshell. get out the fire hose. hollywood super star. the late marilyn monroe. tragic victim. the story of marilyn monroe is an authentic tragedy. when we talk about marilyn poor marilyn, this vulnerable passive woman who is being destroyed by hollywood. that s the way the story frames her. after a reckoning in hollywood, it s time to reframe her story. now it can hit pause and roll it back a bit and ask ourselves, okay, what is it that we think we know? she was quite ahead of her time. and she was very much an architect of her own fame. you must think i was born yesterday. her performances are layered. they re funny. they re tender. they re human. they feel modern. bingo. she had a deep inner life. she was an artist. she was a poet. she was a businesswoman. what a power broker she was, renegotiating her contract, creating her own production company, getting films made. it s actually rather frustrating that people can t
batteries. bret: okay. greg: dagen mcdowell is here. i know because i can smell the craw fish in her purse. so as the country reels from a bizarre historic raid of a former president s house our current president leaves for vacation. let s hope he tries para sailing or face jumping or even more dangerous, takes the stairs at the hotel. but he curves a break for as you know he s done so much. first he put on his jacket. this after he slow danced with it for 15 minutes first. that was a crowning achievement of his presidency so far just eclipsing that time he made a solid boom boom in the press office bathroom. well, near the press office bathroom. sorry bret. after approximately four minutes of actual work where his hands were busier than a cnn producer on bring your daughter to workday, biden hops on a plane. he hops on a plane, and not just with dr. jill, you know, the noted the tv actress neurosurgeon who discovered a cure for hemorrhoids when joe accidentally sat on a
hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, pumza fihlani, here in johannesburg. this time, we ll be getting first hand accounts from five important moments in the history of healthcare. coming up how, in the 19705, chinese scientists used an ancient herbal remedy to find a cure for malaria. the german psychiatrist who first identified alzheimer s disease. and pakistan s angel of mercy, abdul sattar edhi, whose charity provides healthcare to millions. but we start here in south africa, where, in the late 1990s, cases of hiv and aids soared. by 1998, almost 3 million south africans were infected, and aids was the leading cause of death in the country. yet, antiretroviral drugs were too expensive for all but the richest south africans. activists began a long campaign for the right to import and use cheaper versions of the vital drugs. building coffins is a quiet ritual here. aids kills like clockwork in this area. it is a production line of death. from, really, the mid 19
as an excuse to build new coal mines. he was speaking at a un climate change summit where delegates are seeking ways of changing climate change emissions. now on bbc news, it is time for witness history. hello, and welcome to witness history, with me, pumza fihlani, here in johannesburg. this time, we ll be getting first hand accounts from five important moments in the history of healthcare. coming up how, in the 1970s, chinese scientists used an ancient herbal remedy to find a cure for malaria. the german psychiatrist who first identified alzheimer s disease. and pakistan s angel of mercy, abdul sattar edhi, whose charity provides healthcare to millions. but we start here in south africa, where, in the late 1990s, cases of hiv and aids soared. by 1998, almost 3 million south africans were infected, and aids was the leading cause of death in the country. yet, antiretroviral drugs were too expensive for all but the richest south africans. activists began a long campaign for