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>> good afternoon, neil, i think youre onto something. lets look at the markets first. the dow hit 29,000. in less than 2% below its record closing high of 29,551 and change in mid-february. this is after the dow turned back positive for 2 2020 in a vy strong august. at the s&p 500 hit a very strong high. even a skinny deal for coronavirus relief will come out of washington. that will help the recovery continue. there also seems to be less uneasiness around the election out of the conventions ar...

Kristin urquiza, whose father, a trump supporter, died after contracting covid—19, gave a raw, powerful speech. he had faith in donald trump. he voted for him, listened to him, believed him and his mouthpieces when they said coronavirus was under control and going to disappear. so in late may, after the stay—at—home order was lifted in arizona, my dad went to a karaoke bar with his friends. a few weeks later he was put on a ventilator and after five agonising days, he died alone in the icu...

Prisoners were marched some 15 miles away to a place called westertimke, where they built another camp, called milag nord. but all that remains of that camp today is this memorial to the 5000 merchant seamen who were held here. how many of them would stop at this memorial, do you think? but thats not the only memorial to the merchant navy, of course, the most prominent of which is here in greenwich, a reminder of the dangers the men faced. youve a 50% chance of not making it at these peak points...

0ur ranger, he will... no problem, enjoy. we will bring the fruits to the feeding area. when the tourists arrive, a ranger heads to the feeding platform to call the apes. welcome to our centre. coming here, it is not guaranteed that you will see an orangutan. you happen to see one, you consider yourself very lucky already. in the rainy season between november and march there is an abundance of fruit in the forest so the orangutans often dont need this extra food.

My grandfather did make it home to west wales before the end of the war, and despite fragile health, he lived to the age of 85. always modest, always ha rd—working, and always grateful. in a rare comment on his difficult wartime experience, he said simply this. "i was very lucky." and he always thought of the tens of thousands of merchant seamen who did not return, but who made such a vital contribution to britains survival in the second world war. that report was from my colleague huw edwards...

Arrived in kenosha at the corner where 29-year-old jacob blake was shot seven times in the back by a kenosha police officer, blakes family held an activist event to promote healing in the community. but thats not the reality of kenosha that wants you to see or to hear. instead, trumps first stop accompanied by his chief henchman attorney general william barr was the protests that followed blakes shooting. then he met with local police officials. trump did not meet with blakes family during the v...

Biden and his policies but the rnc was four straight nights of hammering biden on saying that he supports things like defunding the police which we know he does not, saying he hasnt condemned violence which we know that he has. will the biden campaign go up on air in some of the states refuting that. will they deploy surrogates like harris and do they sit back and say voters know us and they are rejecting the president. democrats think that voters will reward them for being more cautious and mor...

About trumps unscheduled hospital visit. the white house not talking. louis dejoy is withholding documents. they say dejoy has refused to hand over documents they requested during his testimony last week. they want information related to post office changes that caused those widespread delays and whether those would impact the election and whether there were communications between dejoy and the trump campaign. could the coronavirus be taken care of by public relations? a communications firm ...

Overnight they declared a riot in the street. protestors were outside the home of the mayor ted wheeler. two sheriffs deputies have said they will not redeploy resources. the protests are now in their fourth month. protests overnight in southwest los angeles after they fatally shot a black man. they stopped the 30-year-old for riding his bike. he ran and when officers caught up to him, he punched one and dropped a pile of clothing which they say concealed a semi-automatic handgun. they opened ...

So what happens now? we elect a president who will build back better. im joe biden and i approve this message. pete: welcome back. a couple of quick headlines for you. a kansas university quietly removes statues of benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson to avoid being vandalized. a washburn university spokesman says the donors family didnt want the statues to become a source of, quote: embarrass wasment. they were reportedly taken down in july without any student input. thats what the left want....