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Thank you. [applause] guest thank you. Host David Mcculloughs most recent book is called the american spirit who we are and what we stand for. 202 is the area code, 7488200, east and central time zones and want to talk to David Mccullough, 2027488201 for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. You are familiar with his work and all his books, john adams, harry truman, johnstown flood, the wright brothers, that is just a couple of the books he has written. American in paris. That is just a ...

Cohair of the washington history seminar along with my colleague, christian, of the history and Public Policy program. Seminar for those of you who dont though is a collaborative east of the National History center which is part of the American History association and center for scholars. The traditionally meet on monday afternoons at 4 p. M. , though, today for our fall lunch weve made exception and chosen a beautiful pride afternoon to get this season started. Though, normally we meet on monda...

Hello. We are talking today to susie hansen, author of notes on a foreign country. American and post American World. Shes a contributing writer at the New York Times magazine and is currently living in istanbul. In trying to describe this book to other people i tried by myself stumbling because i think its many books in one. Its a book about you going abroad and american in 2007 learning about the muslim world in turkey and the surrounding region. Its a book about that region, but also a book th...

Hello im rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. I appeal to the leaders of myanmar including military leaders condemning siteman racial its of the violence and the u. N. Calls for arjun to action as new figures say overhaul five million have fled to bangladesh. Students joined growing support for catalonia as independence referendum plus. Im stuffed reporting from a ga evacuation camp on the slopes of mount im going to wait for a possible eruption c...

Tonight. House of cards has collapsed on kevin spacey. Now eight employees of the netflix hit have reportedly accused him of behavior that made him a predator on the set. Production on the final season of the show has been shut down indefinitely. Youre not happy with our dynamic . Reporter a new report says spacey made the set of house of cards a quote toxic environment for young men who had to interact with him. Cnn spoke to one unnamed Production Assistant who claimed spacey sexually assaulted...

How about this . Jessica chastain weighed in on this. It would work with the storyline. Can Robert Wright be the lead of house of cards now. Were ready for it . Absolutely, we are. Shes awesome. Shes obsessed with the kardashians. Jennifer lawrence. Jlaw was hilarious. Weve put together the top three reasons she needs her own late show. [ chanting ] lets go jennifer. Kim kardashian is here. [ cheers and applause ] reporter reason number one . Jlaw will have anything. Do you think its a coinciden...

Youre not happy with our dynamic . Reporter a new report says spacey made the set of house of cards a quote toxic environment for young men who had to interact with him. Cnn spoke to one unnamed Production Assistant who claimed spacey sexually assaulted him when he was riding with the actor to the set. He told the network, quote, i was in a state of shock. In a statement, netflix says sit not aware of any other incidents involving kevin spacey on set. And tight. Reporter the Production Company s...

Hello im down jordan this is al jazeera from doha also coming up saudi arabia says it will ease its blockade on yemen but the u. N. Says the move doesnt go far enough. A possible breakthrough over the long disputed South China Sea ahead of the final day of the summit. And its only fails to qualify for next years World Cup Final its first absence from the football competition in sixty years. Iran has declared tuesday an official day of mourning after an earthquake killed at least four hundred fif...

The right person to lead the turnaround well be talking to former ge vice chair bob wright. The father of nbc universal. Hell join us live here at post 9. Get his take on the outlook for General Electric and conflicting reports in the last hour about whether the Senate Tax Bill will include repeal of the obamacare individual mandate we have Senate Finance Committee Member pat toomey here to tell us whats going on, and what other changes have been made in that bill. Weve been getting conflicting ...

Its100 years since women were allowed tojoin its100 years since women were allowed to join the uk armed forces. We found out what has changed between their women who served them and those who serve now. Good morning. Its friday 7th july. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump has met russias president Vladimir Putin face to face for the first time. The two leaders shook hands at the 620 summit in the german city of hamburg. They are due to hold further talks later. Ros ...