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then we have a great candlelight march this evening to the white house. i want to introduce the moderator of this first panel, this is a panel about agent orange. it s not a panel about the history, it is a panel about today. a panel about the continuing legacy of the destruction, they re suffering that our military created because some folks in the pentagon, supported by folks in the white house, came up with the idea that they were going to win this war through the use of chemical weapons and when i heard the excuse for the invasion of iraq because saddam hussein was using chemical weapons and how simply horrendous that was, i m talking, who s talking? so i wanted to introduce a longtime writer for the washington post, an important writer in her own right of the hunted generation, and her prize winning book, all governments lie. i want to leave it there because no one can introduce her better than her south. thank you. we are so pleased to have you with us well, i hop ....
in our community here in oakland and grew up in oakland and has been here in oakland all his life. welcome, paul cox. it is a pleasure to be here today. great to have you. tell us a little bit about your background. i was born in oak lan, my parents come from oklahoma and mississippi. uh-huh. i was born in oakland, i have attended schools in oakland and i have had the opportunity to travel all over the country as a journalist and as an activist and participant in the civil rights struggle and as an advocate for change. you told me earlier that you had not taken a course in journalism but you are gifted in writing detail is. no, i did not take any courses in journalism, i got great grades and english and writing and composition and i remember as a youngster, i was a spelling bee champion and i have alway scarbbling. when you start to realize you have that gift, what made you to work in the community as you did so. my mother used to tell me i was named ....
she is minded to refer rupert murdoch s 21st century fox takeover of sky to the competition watchdog. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. sir martin moore bick the retired judge chosen to lead the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire says it s unlikely its remit would be wide enough to satisfy all survivors. sir martin promised a vigorous inquiry‘ that would look at the problems surrounding the start of the fire and its rapid development in order to prevent this ever happening again. after meeting with residents this morning he said he understood their desire forjustice and that he would produce an interim report as early as possible . critics say residents should have been consulted. 80 people are now presumed by police to have died. here s our correspondent richard lister. the family and friends of tony disson gathered for his funeral today, a short distance from grenfell tower where he died. with an estimated 80 dead, there will be many more su ....
the headlines this evening: a record equalling goalfrom rooney as manchester united move in to the fourth round of the fa cup. millwall capitalise on a much changed bournemouth side to dump the premier league team out of the cup. stourbridge were seven minutes from the fourth round draw but the lowest side in the competition bow out. we ll round up all of the day s fa cup action. also coming up in the programme: murray s winning run is ended by djokovic at the qatar open, as the serb retains his title. and farah finishes in seventh as he starts his season at the great edinburgh cross country. welcome along. 25 fa cup matches. this afternoon couldn t have gone much better for manchester united. current fa cup holders, they beat reading 4 0 at old trafford with one of their goals coming from wayne rooney. it was his 249th goal for united, equalling the club record set by sir bobby charlton, who was watching on. adam wild reports. arriving as the theatre of dreams, for rai ....
hello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gna nasegaram and jessica creighton. the headlines this evening: a record equalling goalfrom rooney as manchester united move into the fourth round of the fa cup. millwall capitalise on a much changed bournemouth side to dump the top tier team out of the cup. stourbridge were seven minutes from the fourth round draw but the lowest side in the compeition bow out. we ll round up all of the day s fa cup action. also coming up in the programme: setting up the season with a stunning three setter. murray s winning run is brought to an end by djokovic as the serb retains his doha title. and farah finishes in seventh as he starts his season at the great edinburgh cross country. it has been an incredibly busy day. and this afternoon couldn t have gone much better for manchester united. current fa cup holders, they beat reading 4 0 at old trafford in the third round, with one of their goals coming from wayne rooney. it was his 249th goal ....