now, understanding the options and decisions of scientists and politicians has never been more important. amol rajan isjoined by experts and members of the public in world questions. this is the bbc world service. i am amol rajan, and welcome to world questions. this is the programme which brings together questions from the public around the world and puts them to the experts. and misinformation. how have the big institutions, governments, health organisations and the media informed and misinformed us about the pandemic? and has the rise of what is sometimes described as fake news, though there are reasons to be cautious about that term, of course, impeded the battle against the spread of covid 19? i m joined remotely via zoom, of course, by a panel of leading journalists, academics, health experts and a representative from one of the big social media companies who will take questions from members of the public from all corners of the globe. let me introduce you to our panel.
this hour. right now election battles are underway in two of the biggest states. these are really important primaries happening today in new york and in florida. they are out voting. reporters are fanned out in each of those states. bryan llenas is here in new york city. phil keating is on board in florida this afternoon in the sunshine state. brian, what s going on in new york? martha, good afternoon. all eyes are on new york s we drawn 12th congressional district which pits two democratic leaders against one another and what has been a personal and nasty clash between once friends. representative carolyn maloney going against jerry nadler. now, maloney has questioned whether sadler is senile. maloney says she s the female candidate needed to protect abortion rights. nadler has called her gullible and cowardly for voting for the iraq war and patriot act. i m the principled progressive. i cast hard votes, unpopular votes that have proven right like voting against the war
by that, they mean temperatures of 90 degrees or more. let s get the read from mark meredith at the white house. you might recall that mark was whining about this just yesterday. on double duty now. how are you holding up, my friend? reporter: says the man in the air-conditioned studio. neil: i m going to turn the thermostat down a little more. [laughter] reporter: unbelievable. good morning from a very steamy white house. 88 degrees, we re expecting the high to be 97. we also expect the president to stay in the white house isolating. white house says we should be getting an update from the president s doctors a little bit later on today. they re not going to be providing that on camera, however, the white house has been going to great lengths to show that the president is still able to carry out his duties. late yesterday as we were coming on the area for air for your show, we saw the president holding an event with his commitment take, we team, and then at his desk
carolina, showing a world of trouble for democrats. the panel is standing by live to debate. and also courtroom questions about amber heard and jonny depp. plus she answered some of the most salacious questions. we have more with a correspondent who is digging in, kevin? that s right, chris ray is calling the shooting in buffalo left 10 people dead and others wounded in extremism. they believe he was prosecuting latin americans. an obvious signs were missed it is said that the teen in custody was not added to a list that may have kept him getting a weapon. 2 that s right, they lawfully was sold a firearm, i can understand the anger from family members because he slipped through the cracks and it is unacceptable. unacceptable from family members and many others around the country. meanwhile in washington, no surprise that finger-pointing has begun. racially motivated views are coming out increasingly into the open and given the legitimacy by cable news pundits. the wyo
sensitive site expiration is done. to be thanks very much, we appreciate it. kristen o leary is the former director of hostage recovery for the united states. he s a senior vice president of global affairs for the group. coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. i ll speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. ruth joins me. then, with israel and hezbollah trading fire over lebanon s threatens to spill over into the region. we ll go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. plus, lbj and by the former vice prime minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. with wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, global leadership is critical. we re facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the world s war. legal peri