Werent really going to have an instore event this week but then we heard ruths book was coming out so we decided we had to have it. [applause] so thank you very much for bearing with us. I am Bradley Graham the cone are of politics and prose along with my wife lissa muscatine. Thank you so much for coming. We were very excited when we learned after last years clematis hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court that ruth marcus was writing a book on the subject because we knew that if anyone could deliver an indepth behindthescenes account of what happened and also put the whole drama into a grand and political context it would be roof. She hasnt disappointed. Her new look supreme ambition is fastpaced and makes for a really compelling read. In the acknowledge mens rev calls this a book shes been preparing to ride for her entire career and indeed she brought to it a wealth of knowledge and experience, educated in history at yale and harvard ruth went right into
Again. To challenge for the title. Thanks for joining us. People in afghanistan or voting today in president ial elections amid a wave of violence and concerns about legitimacy the taliban is opposing the election and has vowed to attack polling stations thats after peace talks between the taliban and the us collapsed more than 100 civilians have been killed in a spate of bombings in recent weeks the last elections in 2014 were mired in allegations of fraud and ended with the us stepping in to appoint a power sharing government the main contenders or the incumbent president ashraf ghani and his long term rival. Other candidates have already alleged the process has been manipulated and warn of chaos and violence of this election result is discredited earlier i spoke to journalist ali latif in kabul for the latest on the situation there. This fear is its kind of quiet kind of slow i went to the Voting Center where i cast my ballot that Polling Center where i cast my ballot you know there
In the impeachment process steam as President Trump special. The 1st casualty of the fallout over a whistleblower report on the president s contact with ukraine. And in football. Fans expect more after their Team Last Week but do they have the mentality to challenge for the title. Thanks for joining us. People in afghanistan are voting today in president ial elections amid a wave of violence and concerns about legitimacy the taliban is opposing the election and has vowed to attack polling stations thats after peace talks between the taliban and the us collapsed more than 100 civilians have been killed in a spate of bombings in recent weeks the last elections in 2014 were mired in allegations of fraud and it with the us stepping in to appoint a power sharing government the main contenders or the incumbent president. And his long term rival. Other candidates have already alleged the process has been manipulated and warned of chaos and violence if this election result is discredited joini
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Paul coyte is here with the latest from the world of sport and some canoeing work, canoeing news, i cant say canoeing news, Rugby World Cup last night england saw off japan. It wasnt down to hands, wasnt down to feet. It was actually down to joe millers head. Actually down to joe millers head. But ill tell you more head. But ill tell you more about that. Okay, look forward to that. Okay, look forward to that. And as always, you can join in any our discussions, email in any of our discussions, email us gb gbnews. Com you us gb views. Gbnews. Com or you can at. Gb news. Well can tweet us at. Gb news. Well the top story this morning is urgent investigations are being launched by the bbc and channel 4 in the wake of allegations of Sexual Assault, including rape against Russell Brand. But concerns have also been raised over how long the broadcasters knew about the allegations. Owns knew about the allegations. Owns the comedian and actor has been accused of attacking women between 2006 and 2