Afternoon thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Ok before we get to breaking news story that i can bring you in just a moment lets get a quick update on the latest global coronavirus figures the total number of infections is now more than 4200000 over 280000 lives have been lost more than one and a half 1000000 people though have recovered. You know. Ok lets go to the breaking news now coming out of russia because the kremlin spokesman to be to post scott has been taken to hospital of the testing positive for corona virus lets go live now to our to correspondent Matthew Taylor whos been across the information of the story which has just broken what do we know at this early stage about the condition of the meter prescotts what if theres anything that weve learned over the last couple of weeks and months it is that with coronavirus james change by a minute and duckie as the news thats just come in in the last half hour it is that spokes possible the russian president dmitri
we will be honoring book writing with four awards. i n am the eckstein a faculty fr at columbia journalism school and especially happy to be here because i was back in 1997 i guess 25 years ago part of the foundingng crew that set up this program. tony lucas was a wonderful nonfiction writer and reporter who was not only great at what he did but also cared a lot aboutt the field. this kind of work is not part of mass culture shall we say. but it s a distinct community that care about it and are devoted to it and help and support each other. he put on with me a big conference on nonfiction writing into the new york state writers institute in albany in 91 or 92 called tellingel the truth. at the time of his death he was the president of the authors guild. he just did as much as he could possibly do but for his own people that do this work and i think that he would be pleased to see what the program named after him has become. i got to know his widow he was an equally remarkable
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morning. the washington post s eugene robinson, thank you, my friend. and thanks to all of you for getting up with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. 225 came here. after two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms. behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. before me are the men who put them there. these are the boys. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the heros who helped end a war. that was ronald reagan in 1984, iconic d-day speech, about the brave young men who climbed the cliffs of pointe du hoc, to reach a suspected german gun in placement 100 feet up. that is where we begin this morning. normandy, france, for the 80th anniversary of the d-day landings, the invasion that propelled the end to world war ii. right now, president biden is meeting with global leaders and the veterans who sacrificed their li
Was a very manipulative, conniving and ruthless individual. Detectives say harris was driven by greed and lust but thankfully failed three times to kill the woman he had spent his life with. Duncan kennedy, bbc news. Tributes have been paid by members of all parties to the former labour first minister of wales, Rhodri Morgan, whos died at the age of 77. He was widely credited with bringing stability to the National Assembly after it was created in 1999 and colleagues have singled out his ability to communicate with people of all backgrounds in a political career that spanned four decades. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd has this report. Rhodri morgan strove throughout his career for wales with the establishment of the National Assembly, his vision was realised and among the many tributes paid today, hes been described as the father of welsh devolution. He was first minister for almost a decade but wasnt tony blairs choice as Labour Leader in wales. He took over following the resigna