From the united states, canada, mexico, jamaica, peru, [inaudible] guatemala, argentina brazil, coaster rica [inaudible] and probably even pasadena. [laughter] thank you. My pleasure. Thank you everyone for joining us for this evenings event. My name is kim sutton and im the host of the event. Before we begin i want to encourage you all to check out the lineup of upcoming Virtual Events by visiting. One of our many Upcoming Events we are looking forward to is tiffany in conversation with ellie about the new book say it louder black voters, white anarchists seen saving our democracy. Thats next friday the 18th. Please remember to follow us on twitter, facebook and instagram. Tonight we welcome leonard and rob paulson. Leonard received his phd in the theoretical civics from the university of california berkeley, was an Alexander Von Humboldt fellow at the Max Planck Institute and was on the faculty of California Institute of technology. His previous books include the bestsellers the gran
Latest nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by americas Television Company as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. As far as i can tell, we probably have i know leonard has readers from all over the world, he has readers until the united states, canada, mexico, haiti, jamaica, peru, caribbean, puerto rico, venezuela, guatemala, argentina and brazil, costa rica bermuda, san juan and probably even pasadena. [laughter] thank you rob. Take you everyone for joining us for this evenings event my name is kim and im the host of tonights event. Before we begin i want to encourage you all to check out our lineup of upcoming Virtual Events by visiting the website one of our Upcoming Events is tiffany and conversation with ellie about the new book say it louder, black voters, white narrative and saving our democracy. That is next friday the 18th. As well please remember to follow us on twitter, facebook, and instagram, tonight we are honored to welcome Leo
Tojose mourinho being named the new boss at tottenham, and were asking where it went wrong for pochettino. Thanks, holly, and Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. It is mostly dry but fairly cloudy this afternoon, some right then a forecast, particularly to end the week and into the weekend, but pretty quiet and dry for most away from the south west over the next couple of days. I will bring you all the details in about half an hour. Thanks, sarah. Also coming up the koala rescued from the bushfires in australia the woman seen on video taking off her shirt and charging into the flames to save the injured animal. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. The liberal democrats have set out their general election manifesto, reiterating their pledge to stop brexit. The party claims by doing so it will be able to invest billions of pounds in Public Services, and tackling inequality. The manifesto also includes a pledge to tackle Climate Change by generating more electricity through renewable en
Fighting to stop brexit that is or priority. Because we believe we are better in the european union. It is better for our Public Services, like the nhs. It is better for our environment, and its better for peoplesjobs. Heres the scene live in Central London where party leaderjo swinson will be giving more details of the lib dem manifesto shortly. At the trump impeachment inquiry the Us Ambassador to the eu says the president was behind pressure on ukraine to investigatejoe biden. And the special one is special again at least thats what spurs think, asJose Mourinho returns to football management in the premier league. Its five oclock. Our main story is that borisjohnson has said that, if elected, the conservatives would raise the threshold at which employees Pay National Insurance to £12,500. That would bring the threshold into line with income tax. Mrjohnson said the first step would be to increase the threshold to £9,500 in the first budget of a tory government. The Prime Minister a
Primary School Children are being refused support for Mental Health issues despite a growing need for help. And coming up in sport the open is underway at portrush with rory mcilroy dropping four shots on his first hole. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The uk could be pushed into recession next year if there is a no deal brexit thats according to the countrys fiscal watchdog. The office for budget responsibility, the obr, says that Economic Growth would fall by 2 by the end of 2020 if the uk leaves the eu without an agreement. Chances of a no deal outcome have risen recently, after both tory candidates to be the next Prime Minister said they would be willing to leave the bloc without a deal. Speaking to journalists shortly after the obr published their report, the chancellor Philip Hammond said he feared the impact on the economy of a no deal brexit. The report that the ob r have published this morning shows that evenin published this morning shows that even in the most ben