The third person on the list was helen thomas. She wound up writing the forward. She passed away in july. In fact, shes one of ten people in my book who have passed away since ive interviewed them. I want to show you a brief slide show of some of the about 90 people who are in the book and some of their reflections on john kennedy. Afterward, ill come back for a few minutes, and then scott will come up and speak. And i suppose i am a [inaudible] in that 24 hours for the first couple of days. I would think that i, you know, became more realistic as a journalist and saw the larger screen probably and the consequences of during action and the evil that can come even to america. So i do think it was a seminal time for me. The Television Set was, if you will, the centrifuge for the country. Everybody yes. Drew from it in some fashion. I think his legacy was in the boldness of his rhetoric and declaration. I met him as a Young High School student. I was visiting my father at the United State
Ah, good teddy, got us. Hello adrian. They got a hearing though, how the headlines and i was 0 wild leaders meeting in new york for the 77 session of the Un General Assembly rushes war in ukraine. The knock on effects its having on Food Insecurity worldwide. And the Climate Crisis will be discussed on diplomatic editor james space. Is there the plan for the day, a little bit fluid . It has been in recent days. Exactly what was gonna happen on this 1st day. And thats because many of these leaders are actually making their way from london where theyve been at the funeral for Queen Elizabeth and normally on the 1st day of the high level week of Un General Assembly. One of the very 1st speeches is from the u. S. President joe biden, while his speech has been put back to wednesday because he was in london and is resting, i think before coming here to new york. But the 1st speech of the lot that were going to be watching is of course, the speech that comes every year from the un secretary ge
Initiated, previously failed to pressure me and mar to change its policies. Sandwich audrey Al Jazeera Tom root myanmar, bangladesh butter. Ah, so this is our desert, these are the top stories and moscow back separatist in east and ukraine will Start Holding votes on joining russia on friday. Keep says its a sham move aimed at annexing more territory. Hunters protested, had been detained across russia after president Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization on wednesday. One way ticket side of the country have sold out and traffic is searched at border crossings. The secretary of state is urged the Un Security Council to send a clear message to russia over its invasion of ukraine in its threats to use nuclear weapons. Antony blanket describe moscows languages. Reckless, saying it must stop. It must be asked. How has this aggression against view crane by president putin improved the lives or prospects of a single russian citizen . One man chose this war. One man can end
Okay, johnson with a headlines on algebra. Ah, a minute silence has been held across the United Kingdom on the eve of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd funeral. Since wednesday, hundreds of thousands of people have lined up to see the queen lying in state. She lay to rest later on monday. Us present, joe biden, and the 1st lady pay their respects the queen in london earlier on sunday, up to 500 foreign dignitaries from 200 countries or in the city to attend. The few. People have already begun the camping out to watch the funeral procession. And those hoping to witness the 1st funeral or british monarch since 952. 00, braving a cold night. Why was you dont pay this is, this is not just once in a lifetime, once everybodys life and this is not going to happen. I think in the u. K. Ever again. 70 years. All clean. Right . Ive got to, were going to have a monitor the right, the 70 is good. And just to pay your final respects to her. Why wouldnt, why would you be sure. Yeah, i know if you go to come a
To straight away to her, she introduced the subject right away. And so about a personal situation, i thought quite broad terms about life in general. And they strive to as a very curious woman, interested in every detail of the affairs of state under dave personal lives as well. But that was a very special relationship. It seems that have been 14 us president s during her 70 get. Shes met 13 of them. All right, thanks so much andrew. Lets go back to christopher wilson. Hes a royal historian and biographer, is some london joins us from there now. And you were talking early about how unprecedented it is to have this sort of turn out of world lee, this what, why then is it all down to just ease of travel . Is it also partly down to the power of media in social media these days that can make an event in something you just dont want to be left out of . Well, i think it may be a cynical way of looking at it, but i think youre absolutely right. Yeah. We live in a world of real politic and you