Amanpour hour. Heres where were headed this week. As republicans fall in hi, the former president will trumps Vp Choice alienates Swing Voters . And can the divided democrats bounce back also this hour, lyndon b johnson, daughter on the political violence surrounding her fathers turn and why he chose not to run for reelection, then a week out from the olympics, the ukrainian athletes training despite Violence And Tragedy back oh from my archive based on Michael Collins on having The Right Stuff and still having fun. At 71 Pop Icon Cyndi lauper on a life well lived as she embarks on her Farewell Tour Welcome to the program, everyone, and we begin with the story of how Strength And Weakness or perceived and projected as they shaped the u. S. President Ial Race this weekend, while the whole world watches along on one side, the republicans at their convention more unified than ever with allies and x its rivals alike publicly bending the knee for Donald Trump after the attempt on his life,
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk, with another chance to watch stephen sackur s 2019 interview with us astronaut michael collins, who died last week. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. this year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most remarkable feats of exploration in the history of humankind the apollo 11 mission, which landed man on the moon. men on the moon. i m in florida to meet one of the crewmembers. while neil armstrong and buzz aldrin were setting foot on the moon s surface, michael collins was piloting the command module which got them all home. so, 50 years on, how does he reflect on the significance of that extraordinary mission? michael collins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. this year marks the 50th anniversary of the historic apollo 11 mission, which you were a key part of. it means the spotlight is back on that mission and back on you. how do you feel about that? there were three of us, of course, on that flight neil armst
north east of scotland as well. for most it is cloudy, and it has been raining in north west wales and north west england. increasingly into northern ireland and scotland, lots of rain to come in the next few days. a blustery afternoon, but temperatures widely into the teens. rain returns at times to north england and north wales. thoroughly wet in western parts of scotland, particularly around the west island, but look at these temperatures on monday morning. 12 sent thirteens through the central strip. 12s and 13s through the central strip a bit of sunshine to northern scotland, but the club breaks up quite widely across central and southern parts of england and wales later, and just take a look 20 celsius possible, could get warmer on tuesday. more in half an hour. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the un demands international action to stop what it calls a shocking wave of brutality against civilians in myanmar. ahead of a further easing of restrictions in engl
really significant storm surge potential. this is similar, 10, 12 plus feet of storm surge that could happen in some of those areas. the storm surge is not something you re not going to win that battle if you decide to stay, stayed behind for that. you heard the governor talking about cedar key. we ll talk to two residents that have decided for the time being to stay put. first to steve harrigan. he s live for us in dunedin, florida. steve? that s, people lining up to make sand bags, scrambling in the last hours to try to protect their homes. that storm is a category one. winds of 80 miles per hour. it s expected to increase in strength over the warm water in the gulf and get to a category three. that is a lot of numbers. when you re talking about 120 miles per hour winds, that is big enough to create traffic jacks and knock out electricity. in parts of florida that could get hit, they re thinking of the big bend area. it could be real trouble. not just from the wind bu
that they have gone through, frankly, are continuing to go through. this crisis is far from over. there s so much frustration, there s so much suffering, you know? the real mourning has not even been able to begin to start because of people really looking to how do i just get me and my family to tomorrow. joey: yeah. and even still firefighters are working to pull ily contain some fires burning on the island. officials calling it the worst natural disaster in hawaii s history. to a fox news alert, attorney general merrick garland appointing a special counsel to the hunter biden criminal probe. rachel: but republicans and if even some democrats aren t happy with who he selected. will: alexandria hoff joins us live washington. reporter: good morning. it is an interesting turn of events or at least title, right? now special counsel david weiss and the attorney general, they both previously maintained weiss did not need special counsel powers in pursuing charges against hunte