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and in a bbc news special, the french president emmanuel macron talks to andrew marr about brexit and france s relationship with the uk. %hat‘s at 11.30. good morning and welcome to bbc news. afghan security forces have seized control of a luxury hotel in kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by militants. fierce battles raged through the night as special forces fought the gunmen as they moved around the six storey intercontinental hotel. six civilians were killed, as were all the militants. 160 guests and staff were rescued, including 41 foreigners. the taliban has now claimed responsibility for the attack. andrew plant reports. the intercontinental hotel in kabul at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an 11 hour siege that has seen at least five people killed and several more wounded. the shooting started after nightfall on saturday, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. translation: at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 1 ....
this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i m stephanie sy. this morning officials in texas are investigating a dash cam video that shows the arrest of a woman who later died in police custody. the video shows the confrontation between sandra bland and the officers arresting her, but it has several glitches and jumps and appears to be been edited. the video is only adding fuel to the questions from her family over how bland died. let s do this. we re going to. don t touch me. get out of the car. dash cam video released late tuesday from the texas department of public safety showed the moments leading up to her arrest. get out of the car! contrary to early reports, the department of public safety trooper does not appear to try to pull bland through her window. he does pull out his taser. a struggle ensues and he takes bland to the ground. much of the interaction is out of the dash cam s view. a bystander is also recording. you slammed me into th ....
and indeed, the men did rally. the second chapter of this is that the south carolina general died during the battle. he also happened to be one of the battle s greatest heroes. he also happened to be from charleston, south carolina and worked for a paper that was one of the most influential in all of the south. suddenly, we have a south carolina hero being written the great hero of the battle, and of course, one of his great exploits was going to the assistance of who? thomas jackson, who was standing like a stone wall. so the stories became stories , the man standing like a stone wall. and because of the influence of , suddenly, everybody heard about the stone wall. and it fit with the confederate idea of who they thought they were. that was the first mechanism, i guess you would say, of how his fame spread. into his we get background? where was he from and where did his military career start? guest: he was from what is now west virginia. virginia,n part of which didn ....
she is the author of stonewall jackson s warhorse: little , an unlikely hero of the civil war. post: sharon b smith was a police beat reporter, covered the texas state legislature, and was a weekend anchor. share and then worke went east aere she worked as legislative reporter. and after espn went on the air she moved into sports journalism. she anchored sportscenter, and stretch, down the the first weekly horse racing program on cable television. she anchored the kentucky derby, the breeders crown, and the to lookian, which i had up before i gave this talk. she is the author of several books on horse racing, training, and the civil or, including retraining, teaching previous new skills to old horses. why are you writing books if you know so much about betting on horses? war: a guidecivil for travelers, and most recently, stonewall jackson s little sorrell: an unlikely hero of the civil war. please welcome sharon b smith. [applause] sharon: yes, i did write a book ....
she anchored s works center and eventually down the stretch, the first weekly horse racing program on cable television. she anchored rod casts of kentucky derby day, preakness the the breeders crown, and hamiltonian. she is the author of several books on racing, horse training, and the civil war. why are you writing looks if you know so much about betting on horses? the connecticut civil war, a guide for travelers. most recently, stonewall jackson s little sorrel. please join me in welcoming sharon smith. [applause] sharon smith: my main license to keep your money in your pocket. don t do it. i do own horses and i ve been distributed interested in the civil war for many years. it s a challenge to write a book about a single horse. they tend to not write their memoirs. , hehe case of little sorrel was owned by a man who did not live to write his memoirs. i doubt he would have if he had lived area to be did not write letters either. they were so celebrated, there was a ....