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Programming exploring our nations past. Next, historian Nancy Bristow talks about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated american civilians and soldiers during the final year of world war i and beyond. She also explains why the epidemic is not memorialized like the war itself, despite causing a higher number of deaths. Ms. Bristow is the author of american pandemic. Museumional world war i and memorial in kansas city, missouri, hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium. I do ...

Theater located in the National Archives building in washington dc and also a special shout out to our friends at cspan who are joining us today. Before we hear from philip about his book would like to tell you about two upcoming programs taking place. August 16th at noon to tell us about a forgotten founding father george mason who gave us the bill of rights and on tuesday september 10th at noon blumenthal will talk about his recently released volume of his biography of Abraham Lincoln 1856 thr...

Obama finds no easy answers and plenty of contradictions and the problems of our time. But his other books include the breakthrough essay collection, my misspent youth and the unspeakable, which won the penn center usa award for creative nonfiction. Shes also received fellowships from the guggenheim and National Endowment for the arts fellowships and she teaches in the mfa writing program at columbia university. Thank you all for coming out. Im always really relieved when people show up. I love ...

And today were having to talk coming up on afternoon record highes last year live all the sport. According to the world about the issue in cricket. Meteorological organisation. England slip to defeat in the first test against new zealand sadly, not for the first time over but in the process, pace bowler the last few months, jofra archer says he was subjected were talking about racist abuse to racist abuse from an spectator from fans rather joy at the ballot box than the sport itself. As he left ...

A second cinema chain pulls the gang themed film blue story after a brawl at a complex in birmingham at the weekend. And an apology from new zealand for englands jofra archer, who says he was subjected to racist abuse at the end of the first test. And coming up on bbc news today is the day that we are finding out who is up for this years bbc Sports Personality of the year. The six nominees for the public vote are being revealed throughout the day. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at on...

There are different ways of going around it and having it affect our exa m around it and having it affect our exam week. Labour says it will bring in rent controls and improve conditions for tenants in privately owned accommodation in england, if it wins the general election. Pro democracy supporters celebrate, as they win overwhelmingly in hong kongs local elections. And coming up later, treasures worth up to a billion euros are stolen in a daring robbery of ancientjewellery in dresden. Its 5 o...

Very good evening and welcome to bbc news. A man from Northern Ireland has pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to assist illegal immigration, after the bodies of 39 vietnamese people, including children, were discovered in the back of a lorry he was driving in essex. 25 year old Maurice Robinson from County Armagh is still facing 39 charges of manslaughter. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford has been at the old bailey. Of the three people currently being held after the shocking ...

Pick up the phone and call me. No one supports him more than i do, no one wanted him to succeed more than i did, all those years. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. And in sport, premiership champions saracens wont appeal their punishment for breaching salary cap rules, as eddiejones warns it could have a serious impact on his england squad. Thanks, and darren has the weather. Good news for skiers in the alps, but the weather could take a turn for the worse in venice in about a week or ...

Of the Islamic State leader, noting it is a fight in a bigger battle. Leadsl look at where it military groups. In a dramaticdez comeback. This is prime ministerr johnson, said to make a push for an early election. This would come after mps had time to ratify his brexit deal. Joining me is our correspondent. Where does this leave Boris Johnson . It leaves him having to to agree touest that extension. Thenew deadline becomes 31st of january 20 20, with the possibility of leaving earlier than that....

Really on health, inequality, on investment in public services, big boost when he criticised the tory policies, big cheers when he we are very pleased about the jury has seen through these defences that promised to change lives and spend money. This is about energising the we re has seen through these defences that were presented by the suspects, and have found them guilty. Activists, trying to get them to be torrential rain has flooded roads confident and enthusiastic ks about and seen Rail Ser...