was first at nbc and then at abc. but, you know, she lived for her work. she absolutely lived for her work and that was everything to her. and she didn t particularly enjoy the vacations. she would go up on vacation and complain how she would get board because she couldn t wait to come back. typical journalist. i think when she finally left television, she just i don t i mean, i think she just didn t want to live anymore. and i haven t barbara was one of my closest friends and i haven t seen her in at least five or six years. and she once she left television, we had one really long lunch and she was very sad and she didn t talk much and it was very quiet and she hugged me. it was right around the corner from her house and she called me darling and sweet heart and we hugged and she said good-bye. she was using a cane and i never saw her again and she stopped answering phone calls from everybody, even her closest friends. and i mean, i would check in like i d email
policies to try to boost the uk economy, despite the turmoil it s created in the markets. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. two weeks ago, 22 year old mahsa amini died in iranian police custody. she d been arrested for allowing strands of hair to escape her headscarf. since then, iran has been rocked by protests led by women demanding freedom and equality. it could be the most serious threat to iran s theocratic leadership since the islamic revolution. for my guest, it s a new phase in a long struggle. masih alinejad began an online movement demanding women s rights from exile. it s made her a regime target. is hers a struggle that can be won? masih alinejad in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, you have been campaigning for women s rights in iran, both from inside the country and from exile in the united states, for decades. have you been
for my guest, it s a new phase in a long struggle. masih alinejad began an online movement demanding women s rights from exile. it s made her a regime target. is hers a struggle that can be won? masih alinejad in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, you have been campaigning for women s rights in iran, both from inside the country and from exile in the united states, for decades. have you been surprised by the speed and the scale of events in the last couple of weeks? to be honest, i knew the anger. i have been publishing the videos of iranian women, for eight years, practising their civil disobedience, many of them bravely filming themselves while telling the police, the morality police, it s none of your business. i don t want to cover my hair. most of them are the true leaders of the change within the society. they re leading a movement against compulsory hijab. so for me, now, the brutal death
tonight marks two week out from election day. steve kornacki is here at the big board. we re tracking the critical night in pennsylvania, republican dr. oz facing off with fetterman in pennsylvania. pennsylvania is one of the few states that could decide who runs the united states senate. right now over five senate races are basically tide. polling showing no statistical difference between the candidates. democrats attacking the economy in some of their closing arguments they re trying to get ahead of what could be that push back, while republican campaigns seize on crime. the new york times reporting on that. and a lot more that we re watching for you tonight. after roe i ve never lived in this type of era. you re the most anti-business governor i ve ever seen. that s time. his running mate has said this in the past that teaching the united states was built on stolen land. that is inappropriate for our schools. it s not true. everything is so expensive now. guy
be used in next month s midterm elections. and finally, huge parts of florida and the southeast still struggling to get back on their feet after hurricane ian. no doubt it will take months, if not years in some places. check out these pictures from yesterday in orlando. 107 people have been confirmed dead, more than 2rkz 300 have had to be rescued. for many survivors a big problem is lack of electricity. more than 400,000 floridians still without power nearly a week after the storm. we start today with that dramatic oath keepers trial. i want to bring in justice reporter ryan riley who are is outside the u.s. district court in d.c. civil rights attorney, former prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. so take us inside the courtroom. how is the the prosecution making its case. fds. what you have here is testimony from an fbi special agent who was there on january 6th and helped escort senators back to the senate on that evening. but you have this breakdown of this go-to m