, president bill clinton and james patterson. We will discuss their brandnew thriller, the president s daughter which was just published this week. We invite president clinton and mr. Pattison on a screen and then we will kick up the discussion president clinton, mr. Patterson, thank you for letting me join you this evening. I m looking forward to discussing the the president s daughter with you both. We are ready. I would like to kick things off and start at the beginning. This is actually the second thriller you to have written together and i know myself and probably many other readers are so curious to know how did this partnership come about to tell them. Tell them how it happened. Well, we have an agent in common, bob barnett s and he had handled three or four books for me but they were all nonfiction and he knew i was a voracious reader of mysteries and thrillers and i was particularly attached to gyms alex cross and michael bennett books and he said you guys out to do this toget
Mr. Pattison on a screen and then we will kick up the discussion president clinton, mr. Patterson, thank you for letting me join you this evening. I m looking forward to discussing the the president s daughter with you both. We are ready. I would like to kick things off and start at the beginning. This is actually the second thriller you to have written together and i know myself and probably many other readers are so curious to know how did this partnership come about to tell them. Tell them how it happened. Well, we have an agent in common, bob barnett s and he had handled three or four books for me but they were all nonfiction and he knew i was a voracious reader of mysteries and thrillers and i was particularly attached to gyms alex cross and michael bennett books and he said you guys out to do this together and i said why in the living daylights would he mess with me, i m a neophyte. I said i d be happy to do this because i would like to learn how it s done. It s worked out quite
would make the pension age the same for men and women as a long overdue move towards gender equality and this has been clearly communicated. but she believes she has lost £49,000 and she wants the money back. simon complex, bbc news. simon gompertz. robert hall has spent the last few days with vetera ns, spent the last few days with veterans, seeing the faces of men in their 90s lighting up. since i got onto the boudicca at the weekend, we saw it on the boat, men who do not talk about d day experiences, do not tell theirfamilies, one talk about d day experiences, do not tell their families, one man talk about d day experiences, do not tell theirfamilies, one man told me he only told his brother a month ago, suddenly sharing experiences and gaining confidence to talk about stuff that nowadays people would say they have post traumatic stress, it did not happen at the time, now they are dealing with that and telling stories and it helps them. thank you. of course, the weathe
the sacrifices of the thousands of men and women who fought to liberate europe. the invasion was the largest combined land, air and naval operation in history and one of the most decisive battles of the second world war. iam i am honoured to be stood here today in front of so many other veterans. you will never forget your comrades. we were all there together. it is right that the sacrifice of so many is being honoured 75 years on. we must never forget. seniorfigures from every country that fought alongside the uk are attending they ve agreed a commitment to uphold democracy, tolerance and the rule of law. the other headlines at two o clock. social workers are severely criticised over the brutal murders of two toddlers in northamptonshire. creditors vote on whether to accept a rescue deal for sir philip green s retail group, arcadia. and women born in the 1950s take the government to court, over the way their pension ages were increased. good afternoon we re live in ports
every one of those names is somebody‘s father or somebody‘s son. it feels a little bit. sorry. it makes you emotional. here on what the generals codenamed gold beach, a memorial will be unveiled to hounour those under british command who died. we will bring you that ceremony, and the memories of some of those who were there 75 years ago. much of the focus today is at arromanches, and i will be meeting some of the people behind this amazing display. we are on hms belfast, the ship that led the naval fleet to the normandy beaches on d day. i will be telling you more about her and the role she played throughout the morning. but for now, the weather, sunshine and showers for many with heavy rain across northern scotland. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it is thursday 6june d day. behind me is gold beach. 75 years ago, the biggest seaborne invasion force in history gathered off this coast. 130,000 allied troops poured ashore. thousands more pa rachuted in behin