debate. eight republican candidates getting their first big shot to convince you they have what it takes to be the nominee. i am the only one whose sole purpose is running to be the 47th president of the united states. i am talking to voters. it matters more than getting robotic attack lines against my opponent. we have been preparing for this first republican presidential debate. the last thing i want to talk about or think about is the presidential candidate with his shirt off. i am going to be the only one on the stage who grew up working on a farm, on a ranch. the contenders posted a picture of himself going short-list shirtless. doug, in our newsroom, we got word that the governor injured himself playing basketball. you can see him limping after tearing his achilles tendon. he was rushed to the local e.r. he has been discharged. he said he will debate, but will he be able to stand? so many americans make so many sacrifices. if you are going to lead this
welcome. let s start in cuba, with yourfamily, your upbringing. a happy childhood? very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, still, our family was on the. i would say it was poorer than most families, but still there was a big, big sense of community. it was a good time for cuba anybody could participate, to everything that society offers. obviously education was free, there was a lot of community parties that brought the community together. i was a very restless, wild kid, and it was in the 80s where the breakdancing movement started in cuba and everything, so i was into the breakdancing scene. obviously, later on in my family, my mother started to have some problems, and then i started to experience some problems with my father being injail and things like that, but i felt for the most part it was a very, very good time for cuba. an artistic family? you are the youngest of 11 kids. that s right, on my father s side. he was a truck driver, and before he met my
as the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg reports, mr putin also mentioned his late critic, alexei navalny, by name. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days i before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened, happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir putin. what an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of putin, he says. and a
hello, i m john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. my guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time, becoming the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of grace and athleticism in theatres around the world. having retired from the classical stage, he set up his own cuban dance company, and is also a director of the berlin royal ballet. welcome. let s start in cuba, with your family, your upbringing. a happy childhood? very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, our family was i would say, it was poorer than most families but still there was a big big sense of community. it was a good time for cuba anybody could participate, do every
program decade and a half ago friends, fox & friends, this was either the first song we played on the show or it was the second song. but we did it because if your name is fox & friends why can t we be friends? griff, why can t we be friends? griff: we can be. that s why i came to fill in for kilmeade. the band for the famous low rider. ainsley: dazed and confused. matthew mcconaughey, all right all right all right. griff: in the 80 s i ha convertible mustang and we rode with low rider. steve: cisco kid was a friend of mine also a war joke. i worked in a disco in the 1970s in college and i played these songs. ainsley: you knew all the songs? steve: so busy. a lot of political news but start on the west coast. ainsley: we are watching that hurricane hillary strengthening now to a cat 4 storm that happened overnight as it s barreling toward california with winds nearing 1400 miles per hour. steve: the baha california peninsula bracing for tropical storm cond