The u. S. Reporting just over 97,000 hospitalizations on saturday. But the numbers of course are still grim overall. The u. S. Has now surpassed 26 million confirmed infections since the pandemic started and of course leads the world in its numbers of cases. This was extraordinary. Antivaccination protesters in los angeles on saturday. Another reminder that some people oppose covid19 Vaccination Efforts even as case numbers rise around the globe. There were some reports the protesters temporarily halted operations at the Dodger Stadium vaccination site. But the Los Angeles Police Department Says thats not the case. And in the world of politics former president Donald Trumps five impeachment Defense Attorneys have stepped aside with little more than a week before that senate trial is set to begin. Sources familiar with the matter tell cnn the lawyers pulled out amid a disagreement over his legal strategy. Lets talk more about this Surprising Development in the impeachment case. Harry li
Now, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Today ive come to kew gardens in south west london. This place is a botanical treasure trove, the largest single collection of living plants in the world, some of the specimens here collected by Charles Darwin himself. My guest is kew s director, richard deverell, who has big ambitions to put this place at the heart of the battle to avert Global Environmental catastrophe. Butjust how realistic is that . Richard deverell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let me begin by asking you about your vision for this remarkable place, kew. Do you see it as an institution devoted to science and research . Or, fundamentally, is it one of the worlds great Visitor Attractions . Kew is a bit of both. I think at the heart of kew has always been science, our scientists and our scientific collections. But we also have this extraordinary living collection in the gardens just here. We have nearly 18,000 different species at kew. And that, o
At the heart of the battle to avert Global Environmental catastrophe. Butjust how realistic is that . Richard deverell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let me begin by asking you about your vision for this remarkable place, kew. Do you see it as an institution devoted to science and research . Or, fundamentally, is it one of the worlds great Visitor Attractions . Kew is a bit of both. I think at the heart of kew has always been science, our scientists and our scientific collections. But we also have this extraordinary living collection in the gardens just here. We have nearly 18,000 different species at kew. And that, of course, is at the heart of the visitor attraction, along with the beautiful buildings. Its a World Heritage site. My vision for kew is that, fundamentally, we try and align everything were doing to address these enormous global challenges we face as humanity, the Biodiversity Crisis and the climate crisis. And kew has to make a meaningful contribution to those big chal
And now its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur, and today ive come to kew gardens in south west london. This place is a botanical treasure trove, the largest single collection of living plants in the world, some of the specimens here collected by Charles Darwin himself. My guest is kew s director, richard deverell, who has big ambitions to put this place at the heart of the battle to avert Global Environmental catastrophe. Butjust how realistic is that . Richard deverell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let me begin by asking you about your vision for this remarkable place, kew. Do you see it as an institution devoted to science and research . Or, fundamentally, is it one of the worlds great Visitor Attractions . Kew is a bit of both. I think at the heart of kew has always been science, our scientists and our scientific collections. But we also have this extraordinary living collection in the gardens just here. We have nearly 18,000 different species at kew. And
Ambitions to put this place at the heart of the battle to avert Global Environmental catastrophe. Butjust how realistic is that . Richard deverell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let me begin by asking you about your vision for this remarkable place, kew. Do you see it as an institution devoted to science and research . Or, fundamentally, is it one of the worlds great Visitor Attractions . Kew is a bit of both. I think at the heart of kew has always been science, our scientists and our scientific collections. But we also have this extraordinary living collection in the gardens just here. We have nearly 18,000 different species at kew. And that, of course, is at the heart of the visitor attraction, along with the beautiful buildings. Its a World Heritage site. My vision for kew is that, fundamentally, we try and align everything were doing to address these enormous global challenges we face as humanity, the Biodiversity Crisis and the climate crisis. And kew has to make a meaningful co