people from their cars and some people had to spend the night in community centres. and there are still weather warnings to come. now on bbc news amol rajan interviews the man playing for his eighth uk snooker title, ronnie 0 sullivan. ronnie o sullivan is generally regarded as the greatest player ever to pick up a snooker cue. a son of essex, he s broken record after record and he s as exciting away from the table as he is on it. a child prodigy, he became the youngest player to ever win the uk championships. he s compiled more century breaks than any other professional. cheering and applause commentator: i mean, the boy is such a genius, he really is. ..and his unbeaten 147 time of five minutes and eight seconds is one of the most famous moments in all sporting history. what a break! what a fantastic maximum break that is! in 2022, he went after stephen hendry s record of seven world championship titles. he ll have dreamed of this moment, equalling. but what is the true
maximum break that is! in 2022, he went after stephen hendry s record of seven world championship titles. he ll have dreamed of this moment, equalling. but what is the true price of victory for him? o sullivan has battled addiction to alcohol and drugs, fought a continuing battle with his mental health and, at 16, had to overcome an unimaginable trauma his father sent to prison for murder. but overcome it, he has. today, the father of three is still the number one player in the world uncowed and outspoken. i don t get appreciated on the snooker circuit. none of the top players do, in my opinion. how did the rocket, as he came to be known, stay at the top of the game? and where are he and snooker going next? ronnie. good to see you. how are you? you all right? come and take a seat. thanks for inviting us over. it s all right, mate. this is where the magic happens, is it? sometimes. how do you choose which table you go? that used to be my favourite one, when i first start
The painting is being exhibited under stringent security measures, particularly temperaturecontrolled case. Nearly 10,000 people filed by mona lisa the first day, making her by far the most popular hostess in washington. Everybody wants to meet the new girl in town. Next, stephen hood discusses his book on the military career, personal life, and legacy of general John Bell Hood. The author is a distant relative of the general. He analyzes his actions at divingauga and antietam, into records recently released by hood descendents. He said many controversial acts are clarified or redeemed through examination of the documents. Atlantant is from the cyclorama museum. It is about an hour and ordered five minutes. 45 minutes. For coming. I was in atlanta in january. I am going to be able to vote down here if i keep showing up. In West Virginia you could, probably. To mention a couple of people that are here. My beloved cousin, barbara hopkins, and her husband, mark, are here. They are from hu
Minutes. Thank you all for coming. Will beny mentioned, i able to vote down here if i keep showing up. [laughter] in West Virginia, you could. Mention a couple people who were here. My beloved cousin, barbara hopkins, and her husband mark are here. They are from huntington and moved to atlanta about 10 years ago. And general hoods greatgranddaughter, mary hood perlman, and her husband skip from asheville, North Carolina are here. I will embarrass her and make her raise her hand. [applause] her grandfather was oswald could hoodod, one of the 11 children who we will talk about later. As anthony mentioned, i wrote a was on hood, and it originally to be titled history vs. John bell hood. what i did, and i will be talking about this in a few minutes, i was a little bit distressed at a lot of things that have been written about hood, especially around the 1970s on. I decided to write a book that would really expose a lot of the myth and legends about him that you read about, and actually use