now on bbc news, it s the media show. hello. why does so much of the media now need a subscription? netflix for this, amazon for that, now tv, box, i could go on but up till now one terrain largely immune to the blight of subscriptions has been pod casts. maybe not for much longer i m afraid because apple and spotify are rolling out a feature which allows them to charge fans a monthly fee to hear new episodes. is this the beginning of the end of the world of pod casts as we know it? are we seeing the consolidation of the industry around a handful of tech companies will stifle new entrants and cream of the biggest stars or is this a wonderful thing? biggest stars or is this a wonderfulthing? quality biggest stars or is this a wonderful thing? quality costs may customers should pay. give the enormous budgets that are now thrown tv drama. are we going to get a new calibre of pod casts that will blow our ears off in exchange for a few quid each and every month. i put together an
turning showery. low pressure driving wet and windy weather, strongest wind to the south across england and wales, gusts of 50 60 mild power, staying windy in the evening. because of the wind and rain, it will be a cold day. 60 mph. it stays cold through the week ahead. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. people in england may not need to self isolate if they ve been in close contact with someone with covid. daily rapid tests will be offered as an alternative to ten days quarantine. india has recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day since the start of the pandemic. a national day of mourning in israel, after 45 people were killed by a crush at a jewish festival early on friday. surgery in the womb a pioneering procedure to repair a baby s spine while still in its mother s womb continues, despite pandemic pressures. hundreds of manchester united fans invade the old trafford pitch, protesting against the club s owners, ahead of this afternoon s
in scotland, despite a massive surge in support will be cold enough at times to see for the snp in the general election. some of the show as fall as snow, journey times are being cut, more services and new routes added particularly in the northern heals. as part of major timetable changes more on that coming later in the on britain s railways. programme. and in sport, and christmas comes it s saturday, 1ath december. early for liverpool fans as managerjurgen klopp signs a contract extension, our top story: keeping him at the club until 202a. boris johnson will visit the north of england today after his party won a number of traditional labour heartland seats to secure a majority in parliament. some areas voted conservative for the first time in thursday s election, helping to achieve and ahead of tonight s strictly the largest conservative victory final we ll ask for more than 30 years. our very own ‘magic mike‘ bushell there are flashing images in this which couple he th
big and small.charter is connecting us. charter to medications supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers givingyou a front row seat to democracy . now it s my pleasure to introduce catherine smith. catherine smith is a journalist and history writer with along time interest in and pr and his times. he is the biographer of marguerite alice levine who was fdr s private secretary, counselor, confidant from 1921 to 1941 and served as his de facto white housechief of staff . in addition to her book the gatekeeper catherine co-authors a mystery series with kellyto run . she also impersonates lane for a tell-all book about life and has given more than 100 presentations at venues including the fdr library, little white house in west national world war ii museum. her most recent book is baptists and bootleggers: a prohibition expedition through the south with cocktail recipes . she considers the repeal of the 18th amendment to the one of the gr
all. so let s just have a conversation as we go on. a couple of housekeeping things to begin with. this weekend, for those of you that don t know, is the society of presidential descendants first biannual gathering, as i call it. this is a new society, presidential descendants. there was no such thing before till i created it. it and we have a partner ship with long island university who takes care of much of us. we really appreciate the tremendous amount of work they ve done and sign of it is this roosevelt house here, which, if you haven t had a sea bed to see, you haven t had a chance to see it yet. do walk around it. you ll each go who are staying for dinner? we ll go to a different dining room. and the way that ll work is we ll have a cocktail reception in front of the house and then everybody will to their dining area and then as dinner finishes, we ll all come back in here where doris kearns goodwin will receive the first biennial presidential historian award of societ