hello, welcome to the media share. in a moment we are going to talk about channel 4, its new headquarters in leeds have just opened and the government consultation on whether to privatise it is into the final straight. we will hear the case for privatisation from a former channel five ceo and if you re wondering whether any of this has anything to do with the telly watch we will unpack that, too. first, though, let s talk to jack thorne who is an acclaimed screenwriter who has worked on his dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. and at this year s edinburgh tv festival he gave taggart lecture which is one of the most high profile moments for the tv industry and in that, he was blunt, telling the audience tv has failed disabled people at the and totally. welcome to the media show. can you explain to us in more detail why you came to that stark conclusion about the state of the tv industry? primarily because it is true. and i think that the argument must be brok
helicopters have rescued 169 americans from a hotel outside the airport in kabul. this comes hours after president biden claimed americans were not having issues getting through the taliban blockade. we have no indication that they haven t been able to get in kabul through the airport. we have made an agreement with the taliban thus far. shannon: other parts of the biden administration have conceded that does not line up with the reality for some on the ground, as the white house admits it is unsure how many americans are in need of evacuation from afghanistan, and the pentagon corrects the commander in chief on his claims that al qaeda is gone, and the u.s. will be able to monitor the terror threat to americans from afar. look, let s put this thing in perspective here. what interest do we have in afghanistan at this point, with al qaeda gone? al qaeda is a presence, as well as isis, in afghanistan. and we have talked about that for quite some time. we do not believ
of the dangers of the delta variant, keeping his eye on the science. he says politics and pandemic simply don t mix. the ones that you don t want to do in the middle of a global pandemic is that in your own country is you don t want intense political divisiveness. the is you don t want intense political divisiveness. is you don t want intense political divisiveness. is the virus. smell the coffee. another day, another report on the re storative powers of the magic beans. why is a cup of coffee so good for us? hello i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the us senate is taking up a voting rights bill this evening that democrats hope will strengthen protections at the ballot box. it s one of those procedural votes so unique to washington, it s not a vote on the bill, but a vote on whether to even discuss the bill. and the result could speak volumes in terms of where we are in american politics. the democrats are not expected to get enough votes, with one
the ncaa unnoticed for student athlete conversations. we begin tonight in colorado. and it fallen officer in suburban denver, following a shooting that left three people dead including a civilian in a suspect. we re monitoring the latest fro colorado tonight. reporting in of violent surge i summer s deadly scenes all across the us. good evening. shannon, on the first weeken of summer, many community find themselves trying to come with grips with the string of shootings that left several people severely injured or in some cases dad. it s chicago police are investigating the shooting dept of a 24-year-old. and the skaters say he was killed while trying to shield the mother of their two childre after they were ambushed. she survived but was critically wounded. this happened during the parade. there was a crash prior to the shooting and the crowd surrounded the couple present vehicle where video appears to have showed the couple being dragged from the car and shot i the street.
there he shot three people and killed two of them. the prosecution claims that thi was murder. carl rent house that it was self-defense. it s pretty simple. here s the amazing thing. every single witness the er prosecution has called so far has wound up making carl white house s for him. what include engaged crows the avowed communist who rittenhous shawn the arm. he was supposed to be the prosecution s star witness in this trial. once he got on the stand, he admitted that carl rittenhouse shot him after he pointed a loaded gun in the boys face. it s. that s a photo of you, yes? yes. okay. that s mr. rittenhouse? a correct beam act okay. now do you agree your firearm i appointed at mr. rittenhouse, correct? yes. once your firearm is pointed out mr. rittenhouse, that s whe he fired? no. sir, does it look like be me that looks like my shopping vaporized, yes.ze has been vaporized at the point and you re gun directly a him, yes? yes. y so when you were stan