once the book came out, i felt i felt incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukrainian forces have come under increased pressure from russian troops in the besieged city of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture in months of intense fighting. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there out of an original population of 75,000 - have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city. if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. munitions explode this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, ukrainian forces have held off a ferocious onslaught, but now russian commanders are growing increasingly confident, including the leader of t
into the evening sky. and this is the scene live in the vatican where thousands of worshippers have gathered in saint peter s square for the pope s christmas day message. pope francis just arriving pope francisjust arriving on pope francis just arriving on the balcony, as you can see in these live pictures. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than a million americans and canadians are facing christmas day without power as a winter storm continues to barrel its way across north america. the so called bomb cyclone has brought heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures. at least 20 people have died because of icy roads and high winds uprooting trees. howard johnson reports. subzero temperatures. ..whiteouts. .. ..and flooding. from toronto to new orleans, north america is experiencing a winter storm of epic proportions. nearly 250 million americans and canadians are believed to be affected, with more than 1.5 million people without power. thousands of flights have been
had to say astonished many people, but they were polite. and steve carson made me squirm for my dinner by asking hard questions. but he too was a good he was very dubious about what i was saying. i m pleased to report that our friend, the late steve, told me not too long before he died, really, that he remembered that session. and he was gracious enough to say that his doubts had been relieved. and he agreed with me what i was arguing about. and, of course, it was as greg says, only a few years ago that we were honored my partner and i were honored for our editorial work by this group. and it was it s something we are very proud of, and i can t thank you enough for that honor. you may not think that i ve done you any favor of talking about the gettysburg address. everybody knows the gettysburg address. most of you can recite it, i m sure. it s the most famous speech in the world. a lot of people think it s the best speech in the world. it s storied. there are endless,
. start the first sentence and i hope the people that know the words can go along. we get a chorus going here. we get the bass voices going on here and some higher tenor, abraham lincoln voices going and see what it sounds like. four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. wow! this is terrific. that s only the first sentence. okay. who knows how the next sentence begins, anybody? now now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. great. next line, we are met we are met upon a great battlefield of that war. we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. it is all together fitting and proper that we should do this, but in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. we cann
it s a pleasure to be back here. i remember when i first made my brash entrance into the lincoln field, one of the first invitations i got was from this group. and i remember that what i had to say astonished many people, but they were polite. and steve carson made me squirm for my dinner by asking hard questions, but he, too, was a good he was very dubious about what i was saying. i m pleased to report that our friend, the late steve, told me not too long before he died, really, that he remembered that session, and he was gracious enough to say that his doubts had been that he agreed with me, what i was arguing about. and of course, it was, as craig says, only a few years ago that we were honored, my partner and i were honored for our editorial work by this group, and it was it s something that we are very proud of. and i can t thank you enough for that honor. you may not think that i ve done you any favor of talking about the gettysburg address. everybody knows the ge