Stay updated with breaking news from Cassandra buck. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
ending federal protection for the procedure. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford upon avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all into the back of her beige mini and we had come down from preston, and i saw the show and i was just ....
the iraq war was a mess. we withdrew and lost the piece, and then ice is popped up, and we had to go back in. at this point, america was sick of the mideast, and we took our soldiers and bases out of there. but we can t leave without a plan in place, and i we are begging. and beggars can t be choosers. here s what i mean. all american presidents have made the pilgrimage to saudi arabia to make sure the royal family kept the oil flowing and kept prices down. remember when george w. bush held hands with the saudi crown prince? or when barack obama bowed? and then he said it never happened. [laughs] maybe he just dropped his wallet. they rolled out the red carpet for donald trump, projecting his face on the side of the ritz. they let him touch that glowing orb, remember that? and don t forget trump s ceremonial sword dance. jesse: [laughs] at these times we had leverage over the saudis because we had troops, bases, and carriers in the middle east, not to mention swee ....
director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all into the back of her beige mini and we had come down from preston, and i saw the show and i was just completely blown away. and apparently i said to my mum on the way back, that s what i want to do when i grow up. so i must have grown up. and you are one of those people who achieved your ambition, your dream, because for the last ten years, you ve been artistic director here. that s right. 35 years in total with the rsc, the royal shakespeare company. it s coming to an end. how big a wrench is it going to be? o ....
through the senate. we have fox team coverage with alexandria hoff and lucas tomlinson. reporter: the framework is significant in its own right coming to the point in agreement that has not been reached in decades. a statement from the group reads this, quote, our plan increases mental health resources, improves health safety and support for students and helps ensure dangerous criminals those who are adjudicated as mentally ill can t purchase weapons most importantly plans to save lives while protecting constitutional rights of law abiding citizens. it has billions more for mental health and school safety and expanded background checks for gun purchasers under the age of 21. the bipartisan group was led by senator chris murphy and john cornyn, ten republicans in total signed onto this agreement meaning as it s written now it has the ten needed to advance in the senatement on the senate majority leader chuck schumer added this, once the text of this agreement is finalize ....
vossoughian, if you re just joining us, welcome if you re still with us thanks for sticking around. it s time to make the case, 17 months after the january 6th riot, nearly a year after reform this week the committee investigation into what happened will finally start laying out its case to the american public. thursday will be the first primetime hearing of the committee and we re already getting details on what they ll present including tapes and interviews with first daughter, ivanka trump and jared kushner. this is happening as committee members say their goal is to give everyone the overall big picture. the american people i think, we ve seen a number of bombshells already, there is a great deal they haven t seen but perhaps most importantly the public hasn t seen it woven together, how one thing led to another, how one lying to overturn the election led to another and ultimately led to terrible violence. the first non peaceful transfer of power in our history. w ....