All right, i start this hour by taking you back to the quaint time that was 2015. Back when we were still figuring out what the dating term ghosting actually meant. And what a lot of us didnt know how much about that Fringe Movement that was the alt right. Of course, that all changed with Donald Trumps Golden Escalator Ride at trump tower when he announced his long shot president ial campaign. Trump of course started by courting the fringe Alt Right Movement, retweeting their memes, enlisting the help of steve bannon then Executive Chairman of the far right Site Britebart to run his campaign. This was concerning for conservative commentator david french. He wrote an op ed in 2015 calling out the movement saying quote, many of them are White Nationalists, hate interracial adoption, and other race mixing practices. French and his wife and ghost writer nancy were quickly bombarded with threats from the alt right troll. As french writes in her new book ghosted, an american story, the most
On this new hour of ayman, What In The World happened to reagans Republican Party . Our first guest wrote the book on how the alternative right took center stage. Also, the clock is ticking for trump to pick a running mate. Who he chooses could boil down to one thing, loyalty, and believing the big lie. And, the mindnumbing conversation between ann coulter and Vivek Ramaswamy that earned them the title of worst of the week. I am Ayman Mohyeldin. Lets do it. I start this hour by taking you back to the quaint time that was 2015, back when we were still figuring out what the dating term, ghosting, actually, meant, and what a lot of us did not know about that Fringe Movement that was the alternative right. That all changed with Donald Trumps Golden Escalator Ride at trump tower, when he announced his longshot president ial campaign. Trump, of course, started by courting the fringe alt rights movement, enlisting the help of steve bannon, and then Executive Chairman of breitbart. This early
Ahead to the ryder cup and roma. And of good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Thousands of teenagers are using vapes every day across the uk. Some become completely addicted. Theres been a sharp rise in the number of under 18s using vapes over the past few years and doctors have been sounding the alarm. Their concern is notjust about the lack of research on long term effects. Its also about the official Public Health messaging around vaping. The claim that vaping is 95 safer than cigarettes has informed Government Policy for years. But now a top paediatrician says that fact is putting children at risk. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. He was out of it. Theyd morphined him up. Such was his pain. Ians13 year old son was rushed to a e one night with serious stomach pains. The doctor came and said, we cannot find anything wrong with you. Hes not the only parent to be told by doctors that their childrens symptoms could be linked to vaping. Thats when she said, are you doing any
After missing key targets. And spotify s chief tells the bbc why the Audio Streaming Giant will not ban content created by artificial intelligence. Before we move on, lets return to those live pictures from the last few minutes, because these are just from a few minutes ago, these the recorded pictures of President Biden arriving in michigan, he is heading to detroit, as i was saying in the headlines, tojoin a to detroit, as i was saying in the headlines, to join a striking to detroit, as i was saying in the headlines, Tojoin A Striking car workers, a really important moment, because this would be the first time a sitting us president joins a picket line. Let me take you to the live pictures because the president just arriving, you can see, Air Force One there on the tarmac, and it is going to be interesting over the next couple of days because we have the president doing this, we have the president doing this, we have donald trump heading to the same venue, to michigan as well, to add