july 4 is going to be our birthday. three years from the big 250 and sadly the perception of the state of the unit, our union, not that great of the people in it, americans. 39% say they are extremely proud of our country. a whopping 48% think america s best days are behind us down from 70% in 2011, that was not too long ago. amazing how relevant the warnings and worries still are from 240 years ago even though we see more patriotic back when our country started. challenge number one, spending. not just 2023 think, key concern from america s survivability in the beginning. benjamin franklin of all people born against dangers of overreliance on debt emphasizing the importance of fiscal responsibly for overall health as a country. thomas jefferson similar concern. he says i place economy among the first was supporting the public and virtues and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. we have problems that. alexander hamilton said national debt, if it s not excessiv
i thought that johnny carson came witith the tv s set. w what the hehell were yoyou thinking? dave was the new johnny, for me. i m not exactly a computer, slow down. it felt edgy before i was probably old enough h to appreciaiate what ededgy was. you betetter be as s good as letterman! i ll give it a shot. my heart dropped through my butt, exited my butt. holy [ [ bleep ]ining [ bleep p. this isis madness.. absolute madness. it makes every hair on my bodydy stand up.p. we rere on! but n nobody s a a late-nigh host u until they y are one. fires, looting, and violence, tomorrow we ll drown out the negative voices that have health us back too long. fires leading to violence, five people are dead the end of an era. after ruling late night television for 30 years, johnny carson steps down tonight. the buildup to the last tonight s show was l like a t that was going to be derailed, and all you can do is stand by and watch. here s bette midler.
from humble beginnings. it started in a garage. too global empire. how a plastic doll went from misunderstood. seventys were not a great time for bobby. to megastar. ryan gosling, pink everywhere. if you think you know barbie, i got a story for you. it starts with a woman. she grew up in denver, colorado. as a high school student, she met elliott answer, the two of them married and they went to the golden state to pursue their golden dream. wasn t your typical 1940s housewife. in their relationship, ruth was the businessperson. elliott was a creator, and artist. he was working with plastic and making things like light fixtures in the garage. he saw the business and the market possibilities at every opportunity. she brought in a business partner. created and it started in a garage. as it happened, the company was not ruth s name but instead, a hybrid of mats for harold matson and elliott for elliott handler. mattel. the first line they produce was t
corral republicans on the debt deal, run desantis is in iowa, marking the first big speech of his presidential campaign and taking aim at the former president. now, he is attacking me over some of these disagreements. i think that he s doing it in a way that the voters are going to side with me. our panel will explain how all of this will play with the national audience. plus, a new study shows that the first 45 words of police officer says during a traffic stop of a black driver can predict how that encounter will end. i will talk to one of the researchers who discovered the warning signs of a police stop likely to escalate. remember the fifth grade florida teacher who is investigated for showing a disney movie with a gay character in it? as we speak, there is a heated school board meeting going on where parents and students have a lot to say about all of this. that teacher will join us straight from the board meeting. just a reminder, here is the controversial scene.
now it s time for bbc 100 women in conversation, priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she s an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, went on to to become a successful bollywood star. now, she s perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she s one of the bbc s 100 women this year. hi! and we re going to talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thanks very much for speaking to the bbc. you re obviously a successful star in two countries on two continents, but when you were growing up, that was a very different world. when people asked you what you want to be, what did you say? and at what point did you feel that the canvas could be as big as this? no, i never thought the canvas could be as big as this. this was not ever an aim or ever even a thought. i came from a famil