now, barbara bush was a rich woman. she could afford a lot. but she had this image of being somebody who would just live down the street from you. >> the every woman, yeah, the every woman. >> exactly. >> people said they felt like they could sit down and have a cup of coffee with her. and this was either an innate political sense or an innate sense of self. but in the leading into the campaign, advisers were saying you need to lose weight, you need to dye your hair, and she said we can do anything but you can't -- you can't make me lose weight, you can't make me dye my hair. >> but ultimately, the public responded to that. what was the dynamic there? >> i think it was very much an every-woman kind of persona. people really could relate to her, you know, because she wasn't a size two as nancy reagan, because she dressed nicely, but maybe not in the same high style. she just seemed like someone you could talk to. and i think, too, it was -- >> and it worked politically. >> it did. you know, and she also had the kind of demeanor where she seemed

tonight is the story of barbara bush. the wife of herbert walker bush and here for the next 90 minutes to tell us more about her life and influence are two guests. mira is the barbara bush biographer, a first lady scholar and teaches at rider university in new jersey. jeffrey engle is the founding director for presidential history at southern methodist university and the author of one book on george bush's foreign policy and at work on another one. thank you for being here tonight. >> >> my pleasure. >> her words were much more attention getting. it's been interesting that that trend continues. throughout the time tonight we'll see clips that she gave us to us in october. one of them, which we released last week, has been bouncing around the news networks for several days because she talked about presidential dynasties, mill dynasties in history and the potential for her son, governor jeb bush's aspirations. i want to start there, barbara bush as you describe her in the biography, was -- he used it was a carefully managed

you are on to talk about barbara bush. >> yes. i had two statements to make, then a question, very quickly. she's -- three statements. one, i am a democrat. and out of all of the presidents wives, i think barbara bush is one that i respected greatly for her frankness and just a beautiful person. the other statement was this. two more statements, real quickly, and then the question. i had a great respect for her husband, although i did not vote for. him and -- but what he did in the gulf war by going, in organizing and going in and getting. out whether he took care of that saddam hussein, that's another thing, but he got out. the other thing was when he was confronted when clinton -- and i don't agree with what clinton did with the young lady in the white house -- but he was confronted with. it and what i understand he says, listen i'm not getting into that. i was wondering what was barbara's position in reference to the clinton affair? which he ever confronted with it and how did she handle it? and now i will be quiet. >> thank yo

barbara: scientists in the u.k. are conducting the world's largest drug trial to see which drugs could treat covid-19. they have seen that a cheap, off-the-shelf steroid can work in many cases, saving the lives of one third of critically ill patients. researchers say had the drug been used in the u.k. from the start of the pandemic, up to 5000 lives could have been saved. in the second of our series inside scottish clinics, the lead of a medical staff at a hospital who has been on the front line of the british trials. >> this is the intensive care unit. 10-bed unit of the intensive care unit where all of the covid patients were at the height of the pandemic. it would have been filled with medical staff. >> the covid-19 pandemic in the u.k. may have subsided for now, but it is accelerating in many parts of the world, so the search for treatments alongside a vaccine remains as urgent as ever. a landmark drug trial has revealed a steroid to be effective in reducing deaths by up to one third, dexamethasone. >> they have

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. ♪ barbara: hello. i am barbara serra. you are watching al jazeera, live from london. coronavirus numbers, looking for leadership. u.s. remains the the world leader in the pandemic. barbara: the united nations warning on the libyan confnflict of foreign interference has reached unprprecedented levels, and building relations while loading a war. the u.s. president hails what he calls a tremendous relationship betweenn his country and mexico. ♪ thank you for joining us. the prime minister of ivory of 61.as died at the age the president says the nation is in mourning. he was taken to the hospital after he fainted during a cabinet meeting. he had returned to ivory coast last week after a prolonged stay in france for a hard exam. more now from senegal. reporter: this is a big blow for the president, because with this death comes a political crisis, a political void. the question now is who will now replace the prime minister, who was the chosen successor, expected to run in the next upcoming presidential election in october, and whoever will come next will have to defeat

former first lady barbara bush passed away in april of 2018. she was 92 years old and had been married to george h. w. bush for 73 years. we talk to her in 2013 about her life before being married. about her public and private life after marriage. >> barbara bush, with all the posts you and your husband have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house, and when you became first lady, and you feel prepared? >> the answer is that i feel prepared? yes. first of all, i was not elected. so it didn't make that much difference. i didn't notice the difference between being the vice president's wife and the president's wife is huge, because the vice president's wife can say anything. nobody cares. the minute you say one thing as the president's wife, you have made news. that was a lesson i had to learn pretty quickly. but, i felt very prepared, because we had lived in washington off and on. my father in law had been a u.s. senator, although we lived in texas. i think probably -- i was very comfortable. i had a wonderful

did of years barbara vessel joins us now live for more from brussels a very crucial summit barbara can you outline for us the competing views on this massive fund that's dividing the. all the fault lines front have now become relieved visible on leaders arriving here in brussels what we have is countries that say we need more money for agriculture others like poland don't want to fulfill the climate goals hungary doesn't want to have any ties between money and rule of law and so on and so for us lots of detail bought at the core is this cultural war between the south countries of spain portugal and italy say we urgently need help we need a lot of money and we need it quickly and we need this money as grants because we can't burden ourselves was for the loans and we cannot don't want to really full full type of league ations we don't want this money to be controlled by somebody else northern countries aren't our parents in the north however they say we don't like the idea of communal debt at all if we have to give money to the south we want to give it as grants as we saw and in the end

. >>> former first lady barbara bush passed away in april of 2018. she was 92 years old and had been married to george h.w. bush for 73 years. we talked to her in 2013 about her life before being married as well as her public and private life after marriage. >> barbara bush, with all the posts that you and the president have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house? and when you became first lady, did you feel prepared? >> the answer, did i feel prepared? yes, i really did. first of all, i wasn't elected, so it didn't make that much difference. i did notice, though, the difference between being the vice president's wife and the president's wife is huge because the vice president's wife can say anything. nobody cares. the minute you say one thing as president's wife, you've made the news. so, that was a lesson i had to learn pretty quickly. but, i felt very prepared because we'd lived in washington off and on. our father -- my father-in-law had been a u.s. senator. although we had lived in texas, why, i think proba

you can do that at the website to j f i dot org slash barbara lee use the promo code ca 13th and we to have those details on our website. let's take another live look outside and take a lot last work at least for now at the forecast let's go back to bruce rodrigues. >>there catherine tracking that high cloud cover becoming more widespread right along the coast starting to make its way. right throughout san francisco international airport as well already seeing that blanket of cloud cover for those of you in the east bay shoreline and temperatures out there right now widespread 60's and 70's 59 degrees though right along the san francisco peninsula coastline, thanks to that cool sea breeze and thick marine layer, an antioch 82 degrees as you step outside right now so still tracking warm temperatures. their current wind speeds out there right now a little bit breezy 20 mile per hour winds in downtown san francisco and oakland but fairfield still tracking the gusty winds at around 30 miles per hour or less and overnight lows tonight, widespread mid 50's with temperatures very seasonable f

in the barbara book of memoir. it in leisure, my national security advisor in my very close friend, read a book with me called a world transformed and talked about some of the historic changes that took place in the world. they were huge historic changes. just compress into that for you. and so i thought that book did the job. the main reason i didn't want to write a memoir this a can't remember anything pretty's. [laughter]. we had to research by the world trance form. he would flesh out to me what these people said. and i was think they didn't even have a meeting with the bernama going to write that stuff. [laughter]. we came up with this idea that made it easy for me. we do a book and made up of letters that i have rented through the years also wedged in there you'll notice there are some diary entries. in all of the idea. my my part was already done. [laughter]. but seriously there's no revisions in this. no faulty memory. and just what i said, and at the time that's what rick is represented here. if i were to

. >> and barbara is joining us live now. barbara, thanks for being with us. so if you're ready to sell right now, how should you think about pricing your home in this kind of market? >> you know, the only way to price your house is to check out the competition, because that's exactly what the buyer is going to do, and it's easy to do online. you simply search for all the houses with the same bedroom and bathroom count as your own and compare, and then you look at the last five houses that have been sold and price yours within 10% of that range. >> so what are your three best tips for marketing your home with social distancing in mind? >> of course. number one, you want to take great house photos, great house photos and the more the merrier and you want to do a 3d virtual tour. the reason the photos are so important, it's the hook that brings that buyer in. you have to think of your house as a beauty contest that you want to win, so the better you look online, the more buyers you will attract to come in and have a peek. the next is you want to play up any amen

barbara: the world health organization's warns that the pandemic could get worse. we look at the new ban on the sale of alcohol is going on in south africa. and protests against the nomination of the new election chief considered too close to the former president. ♪ barbara: welcome to the program. the united states has toughened the stance on china's dispute to offshore resources and most of the china sea, calling them completely unlawful. but pompeo has released a statement saying beijing has no legal ground to unilaterally impose will on the region. the move is likely to further increase tensions in the nation. sanctionsenators were for supporting measures in the treatment. kimberly has more. what is so pronounced is the fact that up until now, the u.s. maintained when it came to disputes with the territorial waters and claims china has made in the waters that this really needed to be resolved at u.s.-backed arbitration. this is a departure from that standpoint. the u.s. secretary of state coming up strong, accusing china of bullying and being unlawful in thei

i would like to reference the honorable barbara lee. we have a friendship that started upon my arrival in congress. i have been to her district. she is a hard-working congressperson who really does reach out to what i call the and the lost.t, those who have been locked up or left behind, she brings them in and they receive an opportunity to be heard. she is a person i have great respect for. i look forward to continuing the relationship with her as well. and to the neophytes who came as prepared as any to serve in congress, representative omar, i cannot tell you how much i have been impressed with her. she had an agenda when she arrived. unfortunately there are some who , are not prepared for agendas. difficults, the most challenge we have is setting an agenda for ourselves. everyone has an agenda. everybody. if you meet someone on the street, they have something for you to do, but she came with an agenda, and i respect that she has moved forward that with that agenda. i look forward to continuing to serve with her. now to what i have b

thank you, barbara. stay well and stay well read. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. >> bind to these titles this coming week wherever books are sold and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> c-span is unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online or listen on our free youth radio app every part of a national conversation through c-span's baby "washington journal" programs or through our social media feeds. c-span, created by america's cable-television companies as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. >> democratic representative john lewis of georgia died on friday july 17, 2020. the civil rights activist who spoke at the march on washington and chaired the student nonviolent coordinating committee was elected to congress in 1986. he served as the democratic representative of g

and so i saw them when they were campaigning nationwide, and they still have time to babysit barbara angela on a saturday night when george and i would want to go out to dinner. really, that year and a half that we lived in washington until president bush was elected in november of 1988 was a wonderful time for our family. it was the only time i ever lived with my in laws, and my mother-in-law and i really had a chance to bond. our little girls had a chance to get another grandparent in a way that they had not really, because their grandfather had been vice president for the whole part of their life, 1981, right after he was elected vice president. so i knew, really, what it would be like. and my hesitation was because i knew what it would be like. i noted in politics to be defined in a way that you're not. that's what we saw with president bush and it was too distressing for us in 1992, we lost, because we saw characterized in a way that we knew he was not. and that's just the run. and that's also what you know it's going to be like, i think, which makes all the difficulty of it, th

barbara: that is a very good question. that is one of the strongest cards beijing would have it wants to hurt president trump an election year by punishing farmers in the rtmidwest, an imt voting bloc. om what i understand it still buying large amounts of farm products, because it is fuous with the trump administration with this raft of punitive measures and deceit by the speed-- dizzied by the speed of them, the chinese do not want to escalate ata:his point. la what is china one from beijing exactly? barbara: washington wants beijing to play by the rules. the expectation was that china rising would gradually adopt weern values in its interactions with the west. but if you hear is that -- but the view here is that it has exploited freedom by f using technolo surveillance and so on. the demand is that you have to play by the rules. onhe other side from the view in beijing is that the trump administratiea isset on preventing china from catching up with american economic might. very different views there. laur barbara plett-u

i'm hugh downs. >> i'm barbara walters. and this is "20/20." >> reporter: hugh downs' legendary career began decades earlier. at one point he logged more hours on television than any other person, though at first he didn't think tv would last. >> i thought it was a gimmick, like 3d movies, and it would just go away. >> reporter: so, the young man from akron, ohio, started out in radio. >> they $12.50 a week. that's how i started in broadcasting. >> reporter: when he finally made the jump to the small screen, he was everywhere. jack parr's sidekick on "the tonight show." >> what are you doing? are you doing a show on the side here? >> reporter: the host of the classic game show "concentration." >> congratulations to you on that win. >> reporter: in 1962, he went over to nbc's "today" show. when the network was looking to pair him with a cohost, downs had an idea. >> i said, why don't we develop our own talent? they said, such as? i said, such as barbara walters. they said, she's a writer. i said, think she'd do well on the a

from brussels as well thanks very much barbara. well no other key player here is the e.c.b. and what about the city when it comes to recovery plans the you in the european central bank are they on the right track when it comes to getting the continent through the crisis that's a question our business reporter rob was put to some of the world's leading economists during and online panel discussion hosted by the world economic forum. what do you have a commitment to a common fiscal response with the european recovery fund now they're going to walk you about it on friday or saturday doubtful we'll get a decision at 5 minutes past midnight by st deprived politicians as we always do but i think we will get. eventually a commitment to a common fiscal program and that's why i call for europe's stability over the medium term the problem of course is that the scale is still relatively limited. and that there is a great deal of dependence on the national government still leading in terms of fiscal policy but i think we're going in the right

barbara: the casket of civil rights pioneer and longtime u.s. representative john lewis has arrived at the capitol rotunda after a procession through washington, d.c.. the georgia congressman is the first black lawmaker to lie in state at the rotunda, one of the highest american honors for public service. daysy is the third of six of memorials for the congressman 80,died on july 17, aged after a battle with pancreatic cancer. south carolina congressman and u.s. house majority whip james clyburn joins us now from washington, d.c.. thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. you knew john lewis from when you are both young men in the 1960's. how will you remember him? >> i will remember john as being one of if not the only person who really internalized what martin luther king jr. preached. nonviolence. i keep hearing my office, as you can see above my head, the likeness of mahatma gandhi. he pioneered nonviolence and king adopted that. that is what he taught. many of us adopted it as a tactic, but john internalized the notion of nonviolence. lif

i have the representative of introducing barbara lee. she is always on the front lines fighting for social net, justice. >> thank you madam chair. thank you for that spirited introduction. let me thank you for your steady leadership of the congressional black caucus. we are in our 49th year. thank you so much. i want to thank all of our colleagues who are with us today. the tragic murder of mr. floyd shows how white supremacy has affected our country. systemic racism has been built in this country. racism is at the heart of every process that we are dealing with right now my from -- right now, from police murders and brutality, mass incarceration, the health crisis, to the crisis -- the health crisis disproportionately affecting the african-american community, to the crisis of poverty, where african-american numbers are in the majority in this country. the percentage of poverty as it relates to the african-american community is the highest. we see how it has blocked so many black families from achieving the american dream. and so to move

faisal in brussels and you had been watching diplomatic tight dry for 2 days barbara before tensions boiled over on sunday is it too simplistic to say that things just not going well there between the heads of state. to put it mildly because these have been some miserable days and particularly the sunday became venomous and in between because the leaders really started sort of insulting each other we heard that during dinner president mike krunk has now lost his cool completely used last night he had threatened to leave several time it sort of get his helicopter and just sort of fly away and did tonight then he over dinner berated his colleagues the so-called fruits the northern countries the netherlands and friends who are blocking this thing and they have been blocking it for 3 days and somehow it doesn't move forward so it seems that after 3 days the leaders are so far only sick of each other and they simply can't bear each other's faces anymore at the moment what happens is the interesting exercise of seeking progress through torture because they are continuing was. trying to pus

visible from all barbara. has laid out hope plans how are they likely to be received in brussels. brussels is expecting everything from her more or less it is the moment one of the main problems might be the height of expectations and so bolin is already trying to lower those into say listen we cannot sort out all the problems the european union has we can't restructure everything we can sort of turned upside down and she will have to start was the recovery program of course and then the european budget this is the 1st huge big piece but then there's so many other things that will be coming up the brics it of course the difficult situation and relationship with china and the difficult relationship to the united states in so many so many building sites as we say here in brussels problems that have to be tech old and dealt was that she will hardly get any sleep during the next 6 months so can uncle america walk on water that's what the european union is expecting from her but she is just a mere mortal and she wi

a sneak peek of the new documentary on barbara lee and how you can be among the first to see it. >>and coming up has forced the football team in washington has decided to change its name jason dumas school this may congresswoman barbara lee is well known throughout the bay area as a champion of progressive politics, but a local award-winning filmmaker felt. >>her story needed a wider audience and that filmmakers launching a documentary on lee this thursday night there will be a special screening at a drive-in theater i talked with the filmmaker about the project this all clips from the film. >>here's a preview of truth to power barb really speaks for me. >>political item. fighting for social >>myself more as a public servant, not necessarily a politicians. >>the reason i wanted to do it is because i felt like. barber should be better known than she is outside of the bay area and i really wanted to share her story. the story traces barbara leisurely years born in texas the move to california her days at mills college u c berkeley a single mom and a young activist. >>when she needs

thanks much for that for now we'll have much more from barbara from brussels as this summit proceeds. well the u.k. the u.s. and canada are accusing russian agents of carrying out cyber attacks to steal information on potential covert $1000.00 vaccines 3 nations of issued a joint advisory warning scientists and pharmaceutical companies to be on the alert they say the cyber attacks use custom malware to target coronavirus research centers russia denies the accusation. as the pandemic surges across the globe the search for a covert 1000 vaccine has been an international effort to protect global health this common goal has been undercut by allegations accusing russia of trying to steal information from vaccine research as in the u.k. the u.s. and canada believe this is economic espionage or they're trying to promote it to games private information intellectual property from news from these organised lucian's that are engaged in coronavirus research and presumably use it to advance their own research efforts the alleged culprit is a familiar photo a.t.p. 29 or a cozy pair a group associa

barbara and jenna were freshman in college when george was elected. so they never really lived there with us. they stayed there, of course, whenever they came and there were many occasions when eight girls stayed in those two rooms when their friends would come far to visit or for weekends or for holidays. >> what renovations did you initiate at the white house? >> we worked on the lincoln bedroom which was so much fun and so interesting. and i worked with the white house historical association advisory board which is an advisory board of art curators, a wallpaper expert, historians, in fact lonnie bunch was on that white house historical association advisory board. that's how i got to know him. he's now the director of the new african-american smithsonian museum that's going up right now on the mall in washington. and that was a really great -- had gotten to know him like i did working on all of those rooms. and i know he loved working on the lincoln bedroom. but the lincoln bedroom, when lincoln lived at the white house, was actually his office unti

2021 will prove to be decisive and we have team coverage of the story in a has it is in berlin and barbara vessel joins us from brussels and you now begin 1st if you germany's model for the e.u. presidency is together for europe's recovery what's in the plan. the german government will be throwing all its weight behind efforts to get the e.u. out of this very existential corona crisis you have to remember that anglo-american we saw in the report says it is the biggest crisis the e.u. has ever faced and this time around this is an economic slump that is nobody's fault it was caused by a virus and the economy is essentially came to a standstill which is something that angle america has recognized which is why she is willing to take these revolutionary steps as some people here in berlin call it that she is willing to give the e.u. commission approval to issue shared bond which can then 750000000000 euros worth some of that money can then be given to the countries that are hardest hit by the crisis is italy and spain and you always have to remember that germany desperately depends on those ec

alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. too late if we can act no new fears of famine in yemen where the u.n. says it's seeing alarming levels of food insecurity. protesters keep up the pressure on israel's prime minister to quit over corruption and his handling of the coronavirus plus the bizarre intervention by ukraine's president that helped end the 12 hour hostage standoff. in the welcome to the program we begin with a dramatic escalation in the growing tensions between the united states and china the u.s. government has ordered beijing to close its consulate in houston texas saying it's to protect american intellectual property a spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry has the night media reports that staff had been burning documents inside the bill. thing and accuse the u.s. of violating international law travis threatening to close the american consulate in rouhani in response it's also warned the chinese students in the u.s. to be on guard for what it calls arbitrary interrogations we're going. surely on july 21s

barbara is the reporting from brussels thank you very much. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. in the. climate change. cause for most of us. who still. want to do years today how far future. deep blue dot com for mega city. could target. keep your distance and where in mass it's the advice that's been given to millions of people are on board and following that recommendation has become for many the norm. but others refuse to comply when what you can certainly think you are hard to put in. all of that. 6 months into the pandemic of the use of face masks is still up for debate so is the recommended approach still the way to go. welcome to your code 19 special here on. these. i'm tired of breathing through them you might be as well but scientists say wearing face masks is imperative when trying to slow the spread of the corona virus and then there's the us nowhere is the discussion around for a mask wearing probably as polarizing as in the united st

the story traces barbara leisurely years born in texas the move to california her days at mills college u c berkeley a single mom and a young activist. >>when she needs shirley who is the first african american representative in congress who she invites to come to mills. >>and she decides what now that i can achieve running for president maybe i can work in her campaign and in that moment, barbara becomes you know essentially a political activist sort of within the democratic party, the film follows her election to the california statehouse and then the house of representatives all the time and advocate for progressive issues fighting for the poor and communities which are largely ignored and it highlights her lone vote against the iraq war. >>this resolution authorizing the president to use military force president is authorized to use force. this is going to set the stage for endless war i rise today really with that very heavy heart understanding how barbara came to that boat why she was able to live with that. >>you know the pushback that came to her some of the death threat to cete

>> reporters said, are you hillary clinton or barbara bush? and i always just said, i think i'll be laura bush. i do laura bush pretty well, having grown up as her in midland, texas. >> mark, you had the opportunity to host some of these panel sessions with first ladies talking about the role. and what you hear is the desire on the part of the public and the press to type cast, and also the desire of the women in the role to be their own self, despite all the enormous pressure to be something other than that. would you comment on that? >> that's right. they're always going to be compared to their predecessors. are you going to be a more traditional first lady, an activist first lady, which one will you be? i think they all put their unique stamp on the role. laura bush was no exception. >> we have read a couple times from laura bush's memoir, which is spoken from the heart. you talked along the way about what a guarded individual she was. when you read her memoir, did we learn any more about her than you had known perhaps from all your reporti

i'm joined now by our correspondent barbara valle who's in brussels monitoring the situation barbara there's a new proposal from the european council president it's on the table will this be any more acceptable to the more frugal members there. at this it's getting there because we've heard positive noises from several members the austrian chancellor for instance just said that it's going in the right directions the talks were intense which is a diplomatic speak for there is quite a battle raging ongoing and that's a good sign because as soon as it gets to the point where they turn and in circles for several hours and everybody says no no and no again it's time to break up and try again but we haven't reached that point yet so to date to end it's ongoing there which fling away at the figures that's what they're doing at the moment and they're sort of rejigging the packages within this big recovery deal and within the european budget a little bit more for agriculture and little less for something else a little less for signs for instance we hear the protests from the lovely groups com

visitor who is following the summit in brussels so barbara quite a sober outlook from uncle a miracle there who was echoed actually by luxembourg's prime minister xavier beto she said quote in 7 years i have rarely seen such diametrically opposed positions on many points so barbara why is this summit turning out to be so difficult. because it's about money a lot of money and it's about power it's about control over this money and it is really seems to be quite intractable and on the 3rd day tempers are fraying and the gloves come off it seems the european leaders are rather sick and tired of each other and they're forgetting the usual diplomatic politeness the bad boy of the hour has been from the beginning on the dutch prime minister mark rich he has made himself the informal spokesman off the frugal to the countries who want to pay as little money as possible to the south by lee has as much control as possible over this money at the same time that you've managed to set. teeth on edge and she's using the very patient and just listen what hungary and prime minister viktor orban had to

we're going to brussels correspondent barbara visa with us as well as our business reporter on the sullivan with me of the apple's welcome the deal so is island even though it just missed out on how much 13000000000 euro yeah that's right so there'll be a lot of parties and i've been celebrating what we're not going to do with 13000000000 euros of those seriously there actually won't be because there's really a lot of people in ireland who aren't happy about this so for starters the opposition parties in our large swathes of the public feel it's quite embarrassing and insulting that of the time when the irish government is spending a fortune on payments to try and boost the economy off the crown of ours or during the democrat or a while this is happening they're turning down it's actually more than $13000000000.00 euros because that figure has increased through interest since the original ruling so it's around 40000000000 euros now what art and doesn't want to because of what the implications would be for its overall economic model what will it mean for its economic well well this is the qu

barbara germany really does have its work cut out for itself doesn't it trying to convince the other members to get on board with this coronavirus recovery plan. it's a hugely difficult task really because what america will have to do is balance interests the interests of the northern and the so-called froogle states the netherlands austria denmark and the swedes that they will not have to sort of shell out for the summer in a countries which will then sort of the waste their money that is the main issue that is at stake here that is what they are afraid of what they fear that they cannot sell politically at home and on the other side the south so where the politicians are really clamoring if you look at spain and particularly italy for help and quick help from brussels from the european union to overcome the deep slump the economy is falling into because of the corner crisis and she will somehow have to give something to everybody that is always the very difficult task of the u. presidency she will have to make little parcels and offer something to the netherlands as somehow mitigat

hello i'm barbara sara this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thanks for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes 3 european nations threatened sanctions against foreign governments over repeated violations of a u.n. arms embargo in libya. 25000000 people infected millions more at risk iran's president warns this country's fight with coronavirus is far from over imo they should show strength drug cartel fighters flex their muscles as the mexican president hits town and the u.s. congress loses a man described as its conscience john lewis the civil rights hero who shared a dream with martin luther king dies aged 18. and for italy with hamilton clinches pole position for the hung garion grand prix and defending for realign world champion will start at the front of the grid for the 90th time in his career. france germany and italy have threatened to use sanctions against countries that continue to violate a united nations arms embargo on libya the embargo came into effect in february but has been routinely flouted by both sides of the conflict meanwhile investigators from th

putting this into context for us let's bring into that you correspondent barbara vessel in brussels probably heard it there of the resignation and wofully was expected but why did the entire government resign now. because president mike wrong a once a complete reshuffle it seems incredibly brutal but it's something that happens again and again in french politics the president in france is more or less like the king and he determines who his court hears the people working for him and definitely under him are going to be and it was clear for weeks on end that didn't president mike wrong and yet announce it wanted to relaunch himself he wanted to relaunch his politics and that all was means in france it is going to be a bloodbath politically he wants new people new faces because he's things that faces that have accompanied him so far on his way throughout these difficult times was the yellow vests protests and and all of the strikes against the pension reform and everything that happened and didn't go well and did go very badly in french politics in the last 2 and a half years that needs to be

and i said, such as barbara walters. they said, she's a writer. and i said, well, i think she'd do well on the air. >> reporter: and so began one of the longest partnerships in tv history. ten years at nbc before the duo made the jump to abc news and "20/20." his stories took him up in the air. >> pull left, feel how much rudder there is? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: and deep into the ocean. >> and then i reached out and grabbed his fin. what's our speed now? >> reporter: he even played astronaut for a story on training for space travel. true story, there's an asteroid named after him. 71,000 hugh downs. and every friday night, that sign-off. >> we're in touch, so you be in touch. >> reporter: hugh downs was married to his wife ruth for 73 years. they had two children. he wrote 17 books, played and composed music. but when barbara walters asked him that famous question, he was humble. >> we used to ask this of people so i'm going to put you on the spot. how do you want to be remembered? >> i hope i'll be remembered as a guy who tried to do some good

barbara lee fights for me. she is always on the front lines fighting for social and economic justice in our communities. you,e bring before congressman barbara lee. >> thank you madam chair. thank you for that spirited introduction. let me thank you for your steadfast and brilliant and steady leadership of the congressional black caucus. we are in our 49th year. i cannot think of an individual who has risen to the occasion to lead based on the aspirations and dreams of our founders. thank you so much. i want to thank all of our colleagues who are with us today for their long-standing brilliance and visionary and powerful work at this historic moment but for so many years in the past. the tragic murder of mr. floyd covid-19 crisis illustrates the legacy white supremacy has had on our country. we have to understand how systemic racism has been built in this country. ways itof the insidious remains part of our criminal justice system, our education system, our economic system. it really is reflected in the dna of

the ship was undergoing renovations east a congresswoman barbara lee well known throughout the area as a champion of progressive politics, but. >>a local award-winning filmmaker felt her story needed a wider audience and is launching a documentary on lee in fact this thursday night there will be a special screening at a drive-in theater in concord i talked with the filmmaker about the project today and saw clips from the film, here's a preview of truth to power barbara lee speaks for me. a political i. >>fighting for social >>myself more as a public servant, not necessarily a politicians. >>the reason i wanted to do it is because i felt like. barber should be better known than she is outside of the bay area and i really wanted to share her story. the story traces barbara leisurely years born in texas the move to california her days at mills college u c berkeley a single mom and a young activist. >>when she needs shirley who is the first african american representative in congress who she invites to come to mills. >>and she decides what now that i can achieve running for president maybe

he's the congresswoman barbara lee is well known throughout the bay area as a champion of progressive politics, but a local award-winning filmmaker fell to her story needed a wider audience. she's launching a documentary on lee and there's a special screening at a drive-in theater this thursday prom for spam or gives us a preview. a political item. >>fighting for social >>more as a public servant, not necessarily a politicians. >>the reason i wanted to do it is because i felt like. barber should be better known than she is outside of the bay area and i really wanted to share her story. the story traces barbara leisurely years born in texas the move to california her days at mills college u c berkeley a single mom and a young activist. >>when she needs shirley who is the first african american representative in congress who she invites to come to mills. >>and she decides what now that i can achieve running for president maybe i can work in her campaign and in that moment, barbara becomes you know essentially a political activist sort of within the democratic party, the film follows her

one was barbara's memoirs published in 1995. another a book of george bush's writing s other letters release in 1999. she's writing two "pearls of wisdom" coming out around mother's day, brash bush famous for giving advice and jean collected all the advice off forward children and grandchildren to bill clinton. by the way, all of the proceeds from that book, jean's donating to the barbara bush foundation for family literacy. the second book, which i think the publisher is pushing for release in 2021 will be about what she's discussing tonight. the remarkable post-presidency of george h.w. bush. she insists that her name will be on that one. so in the crowd tonight are a number of people from back home. they've driven here to hear jean speak. family, friends, co-workers. so you know, back in martinsburg and in mexico, still pretty darn proud of her. just between us, i am, too. please welcome my friend jean becker. [ applause ] >> okay. it's sort of odd after that wonderful introduction. i feel bad that the first thing i'm going t