A packed house. I do not know if i have ever seen in the auditorium this full. You draw an audience. It is a slow news cycle in south asia, so this is surprising. We are very excited to have the ambassador here to give remarks today. I am going to start with a few housekeeping items to introduce before i introduce the ambassador, 1520 minutes and then move to a moderated discussion including getting q a from the audience. We would like to leave some time to make this interactive discussion. But we do have some heritage products in the u. S. Relationship. This has been a big priority for the Heritage Foundation, for myself, for the u. S. Government. We releasedt night a new paper, navigating differences and consolidated reviewing some of the progress, some of the remarkable progress made in the first term modi. Dy and what we can expect in terms of opportunities and also challenges. Here at heritage we will be organizing a big conference on indiau. S. Relations in partnership with the O
Your up to date on the headlines. You are. Now on bbc news, its extra time with rob bonnet. Hello, im rob bonnet. On extra times a day, the pathologist who rocked american gridiron football and his research on injury sustained by players. His findings about the physical and psychological damages sustained were initially rejected but authorities were eventually forced to respond. More generally, how far can concern about player welfare really go . And the rough and tumble of sport be made safe . Rough and tumble of sport be made safe . Isnt physical challenge part of the reward in sport . Doctor bennett, welcome to extra time. Thank you so much. Lets start at the beginning of the story and ta ke at the beginning of the story and take us back to do,000 and two. The legendary nfl player mike webster, what happened . Legendary nfl player mike webster, what happened . I was working as a pathologist as a, in pittsburgh in may early 30s. I was struggling with depression. You were . And low se
I chose to focus on the argument is paradoxical. So soccer, as we play it, humanity of football, if you begin to play the nfl pretty much denied me, as a child, by the should be played by children ostracised my work. You were ostracised and abused. Time you are 18 you have already who are old enough and who have suffered significant brain damage developed such neurological and you wouldnt capacities, 12, 1a. Performing at your top. That is irreperable. If you preserve your brain until you are 18, we can take football to heights and levels of play that have never, ever been seen. Under 12, 1a, we should develop less hello, im rob bonnet. How do you come to that conclusion . Contact forms of soccer. On extra timestoday, because if you dont but no child under the age of 18 the pathologist who play till youre 18, rocked american gridiron football your brain is still pristine should be allowed to head on his research on injury sustained the ball in soccer. By players. And you have the capac
Former President Donald Trump tries to get the criminal case against him in florida thrown out. We have an answer from the judge. What if you could work 32 hours a week and still be paid for 40 . Well, Congress Takes a look at that and we talk about the troubled present and uncertain future of College Football with seventime National Championship Coach Nick Saban. Bret but, first, breaking tonight, haiti is spiraling into chaos. Political turmoil and street violence and there are still, at least, hundreds of Americans Still on the Island Nation as of tonight. So far, it appears the Biden Administrations message to those Americans In Haiti is youre on your own. The president s team says it is not preparing to assist in the evacuation at this point. Correspondent Gillian Turner is at the State Department tonight with the latest. Good evening, gillian. Hi, bret there are potentially as you mentioned Hundreds Of Americans trapped on the ground in haiti tonight as the Country Tea Teeters on
The popes words that ukraine should have the courage to start negotiations, the pontiff was criticized not only by zelensky, but also by the nato leadership. It is obvious that pope francis said what many here are thinking, what many are thinking but are afraid to say out loud, exactly what continuation of confrontation with russia is futile; we know from history that any attempts. Uniting a european state on the basis of confrontation with russia has always ended in failure, if not tragedy, many times in history, throughout the nineteenth and 20th centuries, and the only possibility of ensuring the security of the european continent lies in respecting the principle of equal and shared security interests. The other day the annual report of the socalled Intelligence Community was published the United States, in which it is written in black and white that washingtons goal is to ensure the preservation of the primacy of the United States in international affairs, well, as long as european