Now on bbc news, The Travel Show stories from scotland. Coming up on this weeks show. The atmosphere is brilliant. Youve got the singing, lots of shouting. Thats so good. Thats so tasty. Some people want train sets, i wanted a castle. Scotland is a perennialfavourite when it comes to travel. From its rugged and dramatic highlands to its vibrant cities and festivals. Considering its relatively small size, scotland really does punch above its weight when it comes to tourism. And this week were looking back at some of our favourite travel show adventures there, kicking off with the time i headed to shetland to experience something thats firmly based in the islands viking past, although a big change is under way. Sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the Shetland Islands have a unique combination of cultures. And today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe. Shouting the vikings. Cheering and shouting so this is up helly aa. Its one of
Scotland is a perennial favourite when it comes to travel. From its rugged and dramatic highlands to its vibrant cities and festivals. Considering its relatively small size, scotland really does punch above its weight when it comes to tourism. And this week were looking back at some of our favourite travel show adventures there, kicking off with the time i headed to shetland to experience something thats firmly based in the islands viking past, although a big change is under way. Sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the Shetland Islands have a unique combination of cultures. And today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe. Men shout the vikings. Cheering and shouting so this is up helly aa. Its one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year. This one in lerwick is the biggest. Up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. Almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set
senator night course of the eve of the supreme court argument, we have senator sheldon whitehouse. but we have senator jon tester. and alex, i don t know, we know him as the mild mannered and of course toughest person in the united states senate, because he s an actual working farmer. yes, he has a major, majorly huge tractor, which, yes. he sent out an email today that begins with i am sick of this bs. mm. so, i don t know. sounds we might be getting calls off, jon tester, in the next hour. sounds testy. we are gonna find out what bs exactly he s keep it up. keep it a family program tonight, lawrence. thank you, alex. have a good show. donald trump had been administering a national until the test of american since 2011, when he began lying about president obama s birth certificate. millions of americans failed that intelligence test when they believed donald trump s lies about president obama s birth certificate in his lies about how he was invest
michelle goldberg, thank you for your time tonight, my friend. that is our show for this evening, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening, lawrence. o donnell, good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex, we will be joined by a yale law professor who won t be elaborating on what hillary told you, what the supreme court might be doing, exactly about hillary clinton s idea in detail. it s of course on the supreme court argument. we have senator sheldon whitehouse but also, we have senator jon tester, and, alex, we know him as the mild mannered and, of course, toughest person in the united states senate, because he s an actual farmer. he has a majorly huge tractor, yes. he sent out an email today that begins with, i am sick of this bs. . so, i don t know. we might be getting gloves off. sounds testy. we ll find out what bs he s exactly into. that s coming up. keep it a family program tonight, lawrence, we ll be watching. thank you, alex
good evening. i m norah o donnell live from the u.s. naval base here in bahrain, home of the navy s fifth fleet. so much has happened since we arrived here in the middle east on sunday. each day we have learned of new attacks from iranian-backed militias. american soldiers have died, and american warships and aircraft are under fire. the number of attacks from houthi militants are increasing, and some of their weapons are getting closer. a senior defense official here in bahrain just moments ago telling us exclusively that about 10 minutes ago, the f-18 super hornets bombed ten unmanned drones in western yemen that were preparing to launch. that is how dynamic this situation is. also, just hours ago, there was another attack. the uss carney shooting down a ballistic missile and several drones that were heading their way, and we are also learning new details about that attack on a u.s. destroyer last night. that was the uss gravely. and the houthi missile came within a mile of