Nations history from 1783 to 1861, the political history of our nation. I guess i want to say if youre looking at american politics from the beginning strawing through, past the civil war, youre talking about par dockses and conflicts improv. The period i tend to focus on more at the early part of that arc, and its the improve vacational nature of that, that fascinated my more than anything else of. The nation was find founded in a world of monarchy and the United States was a republicful. What that means wasnt clear and people knew they were trying to do something that wasnt there. The president wont be a king but beyond that there was a lot of open ground. So theres a lot of improv in those early decades about what the nation is, how it functions, the tone of the government , and how this nations going to stand up amongst the nation of the world that are other kind of nations. What does it mean to be a republic in a world of monarchies and how is the new nation going to get any degre
China promises a set of tariffs. Jay powell declining to signal more easy Monetary Policy. The yield curve inverting yet again. How will business respond . How will it impact the economy more importantly, what does it mean for the market and investors . And then a news making interview you cannot miss. Federal reserve vice chairman Richard Clarida from jackson hole we are covering the angles with the team of reporters as always. Elan, first to you on the china fears which appear to be trumping the fed speak today. Nice, sara. We are waiting to see if President Trump will make a statement on those latest trade tensions with china and the new 75 billion in retaliatory tariffs that were announced this morning. We know there was a meeting at the white house earlier today with mnuchin, kudlow, navarro and lighthizer and President Trump did tweet that he would issue a response this afternoon. He then went on to order American Companies to look for alternatives to china including bringing bus
The girl whose death from an allergic reaction to a sandwich, has brought about a change in the law. And as a heatwave grips parts of europe, record temperatures of more than a0 degrees are forecast. And coming up on bbc news. A hostile welcome at the home of cricket for Australias David Warner as he continues his return from a ban for ball tampering at the world cup against england. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. After repeated accusations of avoiding media interviews, the frontrunner for the conservative leadership and Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has made a series of broadcast appearances, setting out his ideas, including on brexit. Mrjohnson made an unequivocal pledge to take the uk out of the eu by october 31st, in his words, come what may, do or die. He continued to maintain his silence on his private life, which has come under scrutiny. Its been revealed that the winner of the leadership race will be announced onjuly the 23rd. Our political correspondent, je
And well be talking to a senior irish politician about the key issue of the border. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. The hillsborough match commander, David Duckenfield, is to face a re trial in connection with the deaths of 95 liverpool fans. A court hears that a passenger lee pomeroy died after being stabbed 18 times, in front of his son, on a train from guildford to london. Southern water is ordered to pay a record £126 million in fines and customer rebates, over what regulators call shocking failings. And england are struggling in their cricket world cup match against australia. After being set a target of 286 theyve already lost four early wickets. Five wickets. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson has given his firmest commitment yet that britain would leave the European Union on the 31st of october if he became Prime Minister. He told talk radio that brexit would happen on the halloween deadline do or die, come what may. And in a letter to his rival jeremy hunt this afternoon,
Welcome back. Thank you very much. How was the holiday . Very sunny. I think i timed it quite well. Ive missed this wet patch that everybodys been experiencing ive come experiencing and now ive come back are you . Back to sunshine. Where are you . Of france. Yeah. South of france. Yeah. South of france. Yeah. Its lovely. Yeah. Really nice. Can you imagine . And you were just saying that you were busy boozing the flight last night. Well, i had glass of well, i had had a glass of wine, of course, on a wine, but, of course, on a flight, you have to have a little mini bottle. Oh, and it was about 6 00 in the evening. I thought would having thought everyone would be having a drink, but maybe everyone had had on their holidays. Had too much on their holidays. And was drinking and it seemed i was drinking alone flight home. Alone on the flight home. Yeah. How many bottles did you have . No, just the one. Just the one i was working on. Getting the cider. Might getting the cider. I might not dr