the east and the west beyond just those clouds borders and the race borders, which certainly in the west when because the west actually was more multi racial and the east coast. there again it was just part of that this is a settler society, we don't have so many laws and rules and regulations here. >> that rachel question just came in from one of our viewers saying if the western states that encourage suffrage were primarily white, one about suffrage for native american women? >> some native american women and men didn't get the vote until the 19 twenties and even later ian. a number of native american women and men to get the vote when an act was passed. this was an act that the people who promoted thought it would be a wonderful thing for native americans but it turn it to be a disaster because in enabled the tribal reservation to be apportioned into plots that they gave to different people. if you claimed one of those plots, sort of like a homestead, you also got the right to vote. some did get the right to vote, but i mean a lot of native women as we talked about sarah win and suzan

migrated to the west. most 19th century americans, including beecher, considered politics too base a pursuit for women but not all. in july 1848 as migration increased, katie stanton -- elizabeth katie stanton, who we see here in all of her mag magnificence -- [laughter] and lucretia mott, both abolitionists, famously held a meeting in seneca falls, new york, to discuss what were first called woman rights. the event was later promoted as the birth place of suffrage, the right to vote in national mobile elections, sit on jury, run for office. but seneca falls really only helped to formalize and publicize a cause amid e the ferocious battle to abolish slavery. by the 1830s black abolitionists soon personified by sojourner truth upheld universal suffrage or the right to vote regardless of race, sex or creed. they inspired white women abolitionists to rebel against their own second class status which was based on gender instead of race. stanton and mott were well aware that in their own upstate community the n

the race borders at which certainly in the west because the west actually was more multiracial than the east. so, you know, there again, it was just part of -- this is a settler's society. we don't have so many laws and rules and regulations here. >> yeah, that racial question just came in from one of our viewers saying if the western states that encourage suffrage were primarily white, what about suffrage for native american women and men? >> yeah, that's a -- some native american women and men didn't get the vote until the 1920s, and even later. a number, this gets complicated, a number of native american women and men did get the vote with the severalty act was passed. this was an act that the people who promoted, thought it was going to be a wonderful thing for native americans, turned out to be a disaster. it enabled the tribal reservations to be apportioned into plots that they gave to different people, and part of, if you claimed one of those plots, sort of like a homestead, you also got the right to vote. so some did get the right to vote. but a lot of native women as we tal

eric eyre how unique is mud lick west virginia and what happened to it? >> it is a really small community there is about 30 residents outlive their and to show you how small it is, it took me a while to figure out how to spell it i heard mud lick is one word in mud lick as two words and i actually had to call the sheriff's office in wayne county to figure out exactly how to spell it and she says it's two words but don't worry there's only 30 people that live there and they won't be reading your book. it's a typical hollow and west virginia and between the mountains, that is where the overdose that started this whole story and this all occurred with the overdose on oxycontin it's very small and very rural. >> at one point did 12 million oxycontin arrived in the count of 30 residents reads alert? >> it really raised alerts we had to go to court to unseal some documents, there was a modified complaint that was filed in circuit court in a case of the distributors, west virginia versus the drug distributors and these are companies that shift onto chip opioids

a day to forget for west indies. earlier, australia beat south africa by five wickets in the opening match of the super 12 round of the tournament in abu dhabi. neither of the sides has won this competition and south africa didn't get off to the best of starts when quinton de kock dismissed himself in bizarre fashion forjust seven runs. aiden markram top scored with a0 as south africa set australia a target of 119. it ended up being a tight contest with marcus stoinis clinching the victory with just two balls to spare. it didn't come easy. so, tight in the australia match, but england can take a lot of confidence by getting their campaign up and running in such emphatic style. former west indies head coach, stuart law's commentating on the tournament for the bbc. he told me england's win sets them up nicely for the rest of their group games. their bowling and fielding was outstanding. they took brilliant catches. the way they started, moeen ali brought his ipl form into the first game here, taking the two wickets, bo

pope service in the west was not done. immediately or take part in the following campaign of the siege against. publican illustrates one of those personality traits learned about, insubordination. during the campaign, siege of crime would advance his column to quickly, disobey the structure of movie no faster than the other elements of the union army, in this case that command of the will. also disobey order from henry hallett by lawrence during the campaign about 4 miles east. this new trait that emerged constantly disobeying orders, including, not expelling one of pope's tools to promote himself. henry ordered the removal of the media and the press out of the army during the campaign and pope yet again is an insubordinate to his commanders orders. he enjoys posting of himself, he loves gossiping about others to those in the media and press. henry ford right in the moment say pope was no doubt an able man and good soldier but he talked too much of himself. of what he could do and what he ought to be done and he indulged c

some particularly heavy rain moving from wales into north—west england, cumbria included an drifting across scotland. a really wet afternoon across the east of scotland, there is a slice of brighter weather following on behind. northern ireland, into wales, the south—east of england, sunny spells, the odd shower, more showers you notice returning from the west later in the day. 12— 16 , cooler than yesterday, during tonight, this slice of clear sky moving eastwards, turning chilly for a time and then we see showers merging into longer spells of rain and pushing from west later. mild weather, rain working in across the west, 11 or cardiff and plymouth, chilly for a time across the east and low pressure to the north—west of us tomorrow, this frontal system bringing another dose of rain. at least it's moving, moving east, so across scotland, england and wales, it will be a really wet start but the rain will slide eastward through the rain will slide eastward through the day and then these areas will join with northern ireland in a sunshine and showers afternoon. some showers heavy

england and north and west wales. windy with the rain, especially through the irish sea, where there could be some gales. yet again, sticking out into the brighter, drier weather, central and eastern parts of england, and this is where we'll see the higher temperatures. for friday it looks as if this weather front is going to begin a move south—eastwards. some uncertainty about the speed of progression of that. it may not look exactly like this by the time we get to friday. it looks like those areas that have stayed dry for much of the week will eventually get into some rain, whereas where it's been wet, it'll be drier with a few showers around, and you'll notice temperatures are starting to come down a few degrees. just a word about the rainfall, then. as that weather system sits around northern and western areas, rain totals are going to mount, particularly through parts of western scotland, north—west england, in cumbria, the lake district, north—west wales, snowdonia, and this is where we could see some disr

when he returns to west point some of the correspondents at the west point correspondence does survive and there's an expert -- excerpt from his brother sam and pelham says i do not think a man can be strictly honorable and less he is brave. if he fears encouragement to other men he cannot fulfill his definition of a man and his west point letters gave us a little bit of insight into his foundational thinking and we can see that play out as opportunities arise in the civil war. pelham's actions tend -- he wants on her knee wants to be brave so the quote from the west point letter is very insightful in that way. deception calms or john brown's. in 1859 raises tensions within the barracks of west point just as it raises tensions across the united states. pelham tended to stay out of the political squabbles and fights and his classmates know this. in the mid-1860s he went home to see his family who would then seriously ill but he returns to the military academy in time to meet chris edwards of england who is in the united states at that time. others around pelham in this period described

water has always been a limited resource than the west. we have this old saying in arizona that whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. by the turn of the 19th century, as westward expansion took hold, complex framework of case law and interstate water compacts allocated, in some cases over allocated surface water supplies. congress later established the bureau of reclamation to reclaim and maximize surface water in the west. today, that normally -- abnormally dry conditions are reducing the availability of water performs, industry and cities and towns. native fish and wildlife have never been so imperiled. drought is making our forests more susceptible to wildfire. behind me, we have a graphic, produced by the u.s. drought monitor program that shows the general reach of a regional drought that has persisted for the last 20 years. you can see how bad it is in the west. some climate scientists call this a mega drought. soil data indicates we are experiencing the worst drought in 1200 years. having surpassed the last longest droug

the west point years. for john pelham are 1856 to 1861 and if you're doing some quick math nthis early in the morning you'll see that he's there five years. what happened? did he get in trouble, was he held back? no, jefferson davis who secretary of war at this point had a brilliant plan, or at least he thought it was that the west point course of study should be changed from four years to five years. it didn't last very long but pelham is one of the young man who is at west point for five years so it's the typical studies that we read about four west point at this time.while he's at the military academy he becomes good friends with tom rosser who will later be a well named confederate cavalry leader as well. they were roommates and when they leave west point they will leave together. i promised someone in the room i would reveal what john pelham's first demerits at west point was for so here we go. his first demerits was for a quote, bedding not properly aired at morning inspection. his other early demeri

bit further west and then a little bit further west. they were going to do what theodore roosevelt and the former state historian walter durham called the great leap westward. they were going to leap over the cumberland plateau and settle here. the reason they had picked this spot was that james robertson who was a surveyor and a long hitter had been here a time or two and he had seen the abundant amount of gain, come because al of these salt licks where salt comes up out of the service of the ground were attracting animals and so you had animal trails leading all over middle tennessee where you could see what the land looked like, and then they were followed by hunters, native american hunters and, as was the long hunters come from primarily for ginny and north carolina. and so this great leap was made in the middle of the revolutionary war and it was a hotly contested effort to claim this land because the chickamauga ends, that hostile group of the cherokees, had tried to prevent these people from stink. they tried to push him out in

here's the thing was with warren, can't get elected in west virginia. joe mansion probably couldn't get elected as a democrat in massachusetts. that's why we need to think that in probably the most truth, however, i think that that's accurate, but i think that's why we have to have a big tent party and break everybody in. and i think the democrats are doing that, you know, look, you know, i know the senator and i know a lot of folks across the way and, and when i have spent time with him, i've had other democrats come to me and say, are you gonna go take a shower now after, after your time with the senator mansion. ah, my question is, do you think democrats, your democratic party friends understand that that bernie sanders would not be chair of the budget committee? if you did not have that seat in west virginia, that you would not have in control off all, you know, both houses of congress and the white house. probably. if you did not have a, a person in that seat, that the fragility of presence means you have a fragility of presence. and that means tha

i think he would continue to divide and disrupt the west. obviously he faces a bit of a different picture now that there's joe biden in the u.s. he's still making overtures to the kremlin following geneva in june. we have to see. it's quite simple for putin now. he just wants power. when he first came to the presidency he might have been a little bit reluctant president but the security servicemen around him certainly wanted to make sure he held onto power and accumulated as much as possible and then to a degree that stability would be returned to the russian political seen and then they could remove all of position and once that reached a critical mass, once the commander of the economy reached a critical mass, they were able to divert cash flows to begin undermining democracies in the west and corrupting officials and -- and so on as we seem and what happened in -- with trump and the u.s. and far left and far right across europe. the ambitions of putin and his men change and expand in trying to standing on world stage but trying to undermi

hills, northern and western scotland, perhaps into north—west england, north west wales at times. it will be pretty cloudy and dull, but look at these temperatures. despite the cloud and rain in the north, all the sunshine in the south, looking at temperatures a good five degrees above average. it's very mild as we move into the middle part of the week. further wet and windy weather across north—western areas, and by friday, it looks like some of that wet weather will reach southern and eastern parts as well. see you later. welcome to bbc news. our top stories: how much safer should social media be. the facebook whistle—blower prepares to address british mps a campaigners daughter took her own life. i campaigners daughter took her own life. ~' ., campaigners daughter took her own life. ~ ., .,, own life. i think on the most basic level _ own life. i think on the most basic level right _ own life. i think on the most basic level right now - own life. i think on the most basic level right now there i own life. i think on the mostj basic level right now there is no company in the

commiseration to west indies _ fantastic start. commiseration to west indies was _ fantastic start. commiseration to west indies was that _ fantastic start. commiseration to west indies was that you - fantastic start. commiseration to west indies was that you just i west indies was that you just touched down from the radio booth in the last few minutes for the pakistan chase down that 135 victory against new zealand. they started off with that huge win against india to pakistan looking really good. l to pakistan looking really good. i don't know how they'll handle to pakistan looking really good. u don't know how they'll handle the weight of favourites was coming into this tournament pakistan's 18 that you get a look out for. for everything that happened in new zealand playing at of tours to pakistan, pakistan i felt at a point to prove in this tournament. when you think about tournaments gone, pakistan is a fantastic tournament team. seems like south africa, bilateral series and then teams like west indies, pakistan and sri lanka who may not give the best show in bilateral series b

ktvu is, rob ross tells us safari west is accused of serious standards violations. at safari west all seem normal on the outside thursday, but on the inside, we were devastated. devastated that the association of zoos and aquariums or asia has denied safari west accreditation for the first time since it was initially accredited more than 30 years ago. not being accredited does not stop the preserve from operating, but loss of accreditation is a loss of prestige in the industry. you want to be able to have that on your resume that says you are accredited. um and by all standards is the gold standard, the independent accreditation commission noted serious concerns with veterinary practices and care and with how safari west acquires and removes its animals. dan ashe is the president of the cia members, um have to show a very high standard of responsibility for where they get animals and where they send animals to, um. and then that was an issue in this case, safari west is appealing the decision. it says. it is operated the same way for decades and how it acquires anim

but climate change has become a growing threat to west virginians. rene marsh, you travelled to west virginia this week. what did you learn from his constituents? >> what i learned, it's not just senator manchin who doesn't want quick and aggressive action when it comes to climate change. it's many of his own constituents who in real time are feeling the impacts of climate change. so we traveled there to peel back the layers and figure out just why climate change is so complicated in that state. >> our house is already -- >> we're in the car. the car is flooding full of water. >> reporter: floodwaters submerged people, cars and homes in the thousand year flood. the town in west virginia almost wiped off the map in 2016 and this past summer parts of the state saw more flooding. from raging deadly floods to widespread drought, west virginians over the past few years have faced weather whiplash and scientists predict it will get worse. >> rising about a foot an hour. >> reporter: jimmy rader, a retired iraq war veteran, survived the deadly 2016 west vir

virginia democratic center for west virginia. we need to hold the majority, but we also have to deliver a job like at least be a good negotiating partner in good faith, meet me to where you think you can go and you know, to his frustration to center centers, frustration, you know, there hasn't been a lot of beat to the bones and he's asking, you know, what are the details, what are the things that you would support? what are the things that you wouldn't support and, and had that hasn't come out. so center standards of view has been, well, a president biden, and senator and schumer, the majority leader, can do you know, a job on trying to bring jo mansion along. he's also happy for that to be the case . sometimes maybe other people might be better messengers with, with jo mansion in any case. let's just get a deal done. i mean, when the process mechanics are and they've been going on for so long, people are frustrated about increasingly you see the poll numbers and jump right in dipping because they're just annoyance that you know

go directly to west. it's very imbalance here. that's all the time we have gentlemen. i want to thank my guests in london, brussels, and in washington. and i want to thank our viewers for watching us here at r t c. you next time? remember, possibles? we have always been able to push that in sort of a far dark corner of our conscious because they will not turn it in. once there are alternatives, you can no longer do that and you have to kind of accept, oh yeah, for that an animal has been killed and oh yeah, act as greenhouse gas emission. and here we have essentially the same product. so same price, same quality with none of those features. oh yeah, it's made a lot of that in the beginning is scary, but in the end it's not in that it other voice us the point, but also within the industry, we're little fish was a little bit else with the rest of the basilica. thought the other mothers because lucia was assumable just needed. yeah. it was a just to say that him and then you would, you that is images, moves

hills, northern and western scotland, perhaps into north—west england, north west wales at times. it will be pretty cloudy and dull, but look at these temperatures. despite the cloud and rain in the north, all the sunshine in the south, looking at temperatures a good five degrees above average. it's very mild as we move into the middle part of the week. further wet and windy weather across north—western areas, and by friday, it looks like some of that wet weather will reach southern and eastern parts as well. see you later. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk i am stephen sackur. in all cultures, all languages, there are writers whose imaginations prompt them to challenge the status quo. in democracies, they are called critical voices. in authoritarian regimes, they are labelled enemies of the state. the novelist and playwright ariel dorfman was forced into exile and saw his

go directly to west. it's very in balance here. that's all the time we have gentlemen. i want to thank my guests in london, brussels, and in washington. and i want to thank our viewers for watching us here. r t. c. you next time? remember possibles? blue. blue, blue? ah ah ah. ah, it join me every 1st it on the alex simon. sure. i'll be speaking together from the world politics sport. business. i'm show business, i'll see you then. mm. when i see black america, i see part of my so when i was growing, you know, like america spoke to me when white australia did not. those who say black lives matter is a movement we are importing from america. know nothing of who we are. i lived in a world where white lives mattered. and i was not wide like missing. and i wasn't known from black america. i learned how to speak back to whiteness. aboriginal people here, i'm more every day. we are moving them now with the police were out with she states, i'm scared that more children are going to grow up in the country that th

the west is making a serious strategic error. i cross sucking rushes relations with the west. i'm joined by my guess. i've been eel in washington. he's a senior fellow at the independent institute and author of the book war and the rug presidency in london. we have charles shoe bridge, he is a security analyst and former u. k. army, an counterterrorism intelligence officer, and in brussels. we crossed to pierre emanuel solomon. he is a ph. d and geo politics, as well as a lecture at leon university. our gentleman cross lock rules and effect, i mean to can jump in any time you want. and i always appreciate. let's go to brussels 1st pierre emanuel. i noticed you have like 4 globes behind you. so you really are in de geo politics. 0 guy. i mean, what do you make of the prevalence decision to, to sever official contacts with nato and in, at i could throw in to they don't have much contact with the european union, either severing this is it, a game changer is a continuation of something doesn't matter go ahead, i think is sir consternation vista, great power or rivalry? the configu

women worked very hard in the west. they worked in all the ways they do in the east, they are homesteaders, they are farmers, they work in factories, they work in industries growing in the west, basically the employment patterns of the west for women replicate those of the east, they do laundry especially mining, all the things they do back east despite the image of the west the women are essentially nuclear wives or prostitutes but there are of course prostitutes in the west. i like this picture especially because the liquor and striped stockings, an image taken of striped stockings and liquor signifies this is a picture of two prostitutes but this is not the only reality of the west for western women, yes they are prostitutes, yes their wives but for the most part women doing everything you east. the old saying that they had to do everything the men did and still take care of the kids at the same time. the experiences of western women have an image of being stay-at-home wives or fallen women as they call them but the

water has always been a limited resource in the west. we have a saying that whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. by the turn of the 19th century as westward expansion took hold, a complex framework of water compacts allocated and in some cases over allocated surface water supplies. today abnormally dry conditions are reducing the availability of water for farms, industry, and for our cities and towns. native fish and wildlife have never been so imperiled, and drought is making the forests more susceptible to wildfire. behind me we have a graphic produced by the u.s. drought monitor program, updated weekly. it shows the general reach of the drought that has persisted for the last 20 years. you can see how bad it is in the west. some climate scientists call this a mega drought. call this a mega drought. the data indicates that we are experiencing the worst drought in 1200 years. having surpassed the longest which occurred in the late 1500s, scientific assessments see that these are made worse by the effects of climate change,

eric i who won a pulitzer prize for his reporting on opioids at mayo and now a reporter in west virginia and the author a coal country fight against the drug companies that develop the opioid epidemic. patrick, let me start with you in your devastating, absolutely devastating portrait of the family and their role in that opioid epidemic. can you give us a brief description of empire of pain and tell us what led you to write this book. >> absolutely first of i'm really humbled and honored to share a panel with the two of you and who have written such amazing stuff on this issue, the opioid crisis is so big as an issue that i feel different parts of it have been worked over by people in different ways there's great books on opioid crisis i wanted to look closely at the perpetrators so i was very interested in the family who owned purdue pharma connecticut pharmaceutical company that a lot of people with the tip of this. of the crisis the drug that started this on the road to where we are today. it is not in opioid crisis per se it's a broad look of three generations of the families of fami