he and davis got along. well, they had a great relationship on up until the last few months of the war when things were falling apart around them, but lee knew how to work with davis, which was something that oh joe johnston and board guard did not know how to do salim makes the most of this and he uses this position and he's really the one calling a lot of the shots. he's the one moving the pieces on the chess board here. stonewalls valley campaign really comes about in large part because of lee johnston didn't want it to happen. we did so guess what it happened and here again quoting a letter to cassius lee i have been called here richmond very unexpectedly to me and have been placed on duty at this place under the direction of the president. i'm willing to do anything i can i can do to help the noble cause we are engaged in and to take any position the lower and more humble the physician more agreeable to me and the better qualified i should feel to fill it. i fear i shall be able to do little in the posi

davis. [cheers and applause] >> i'm going to be really quick. i wanted to provide thanks for the chief. as you can see, we've have the senos and the police and we have the fire and we have donna talked about tech, we have positions and work that we do with goggle and linked in and other places. there's such a wide array of opportunities and i just want to really recognize and thank chief scott who has been with us even before ofa was a former program to really do some hard work, to have young people come in and their soul purpose is critique the police and to talk about how to improve community and police relations and so i think milwani done that in the past and we want to say it's not automatic and the chief has been receptive and open and i want to say thank you chief and allow you to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you, director davis. good morning, everybody. i'm going to start off by saying thanks to members of our team and i can't see them out there but director tiffany staten, are you there. where is tiffany? over there. director su

davis. [cheers and applause] >> i'm going to be really quick. i wanted to provide thanks for the chief. as you can see, we've have the senos and the police and we have the fire and we have donna talked about tech, we have positions and work that we do with goggle and linked in and other places. there's such a wide array of opportunities and i just want to really recognize and thank chief scott who has been with us even before ofa was a former program to really do some hard work, to have young people come in and their soul purpose is critique the police and to talk about how to improve community and police relations and so i think milwani done that in the past and we want to say it's not automatic and the chief has been receptive and open and i want to say thank you chief and allow you to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you, director davis. good morning, everybody. i'm going to start off by saying thanks to members of our team and i can't see them out there but director tiffany staten, are you there. where is tiffany? over there. director su

davis cup team. it was the first time a person of color made the davis cup team. he was one of the guys and they didn't look at him as a black tennis player. they looked at him as a tennis player. >> the davis cup was in essence our olympics. for arthur that seemed like a no brainer. who wouldn't want to represent your country? what it entailed was that he had to play up to four weeks a year if you were going to win. like home and away series. if you get a davis cup that looks good on the resume. it was huge to play davis cup. >> arthur was quite an unusual type. he was very sort of skinny and gangly and he had a big serve. most people serve stationary but arthur kind of jumped into the court. he had a tremendous serve. whip like. but the backhand he could hit about seven different ways. he was a shot make jer he would always go for broke. he didn't really want to have ten hits in a rally and then try to win the point. >> here are four of the world's best internationally recognized players. practicin

davis. [cheers and applause] >> i'm going to be really quick. i wanted to provide thanks for the chief. as you can see, we've have the senos and the police and we have the fire and we have donna talked about tech, we have positions and work that we do with goggle and linked in and other places. there's such a wide array of opportunities and i just want to really recognize and thank chief scott who has been with us even before ofa was a former program to really do some hard work, to have young people come in and their soul purpose is critique the police and to talk about how to improve community and police relations and so i think milwani done that in the past and we want to say it's not automatic and the chief has been receptive and open and i want to say thank you chief and allow you to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you, director davis. good morning, everybody. i'm going to start off by saying thanks to members of our team and i can't see them out there but director tiffany staten, are you there. where is tiffany? over there. director su

shannon davis came home from work on monday to find, what else? a bear rummaging through her house. she says she first noticed something was wrong when she found her cat outside, staring at her open window. >> with some help from a neighbor, davis was able to scare the bear off, finally leaving through the back door. davis says the bear caused minimal damage, but it did manage, of course, to get to some of her snacks. >> i think it had some snacks right there coming out of the window. >> it sure did. breaking and entering. >>> finally, to a dog finding a way to beat these early dog days of pre-summer. >> this happened during tuesday's heat wave in kenosha, wisconsin. michelle corbett captured her dog, callie, enjoying a refreshing stream of cool water srayed by her husband amid a heat index of 109 degrees. >> lord, you've got to cool them down some way. she tweeted, when the heat index is 109 degrees, it's nice to have help cooling off from your dad. >> you know, this looks fun. i'm kind of parched right now. >> yes. >> i could go for some hose water. >> mona? >> i feel like this wa

. >> san jose police are still trying to figure out who put the device near council member davis' home and more importantly, why. due to safety concerns, we are not going to be identifying the location of her home. it should be safe to be elected official. it is scary if it is targeted. >> davis and her family had to evacuate. >> about five to six inches long. >> it was wrapped with tape and it had battery and the fuse is lit. >> reporter: seasons police say they called in the bomb squad to handle the device, the technician determined it is homemade explosive. >> yes, it is always alarming to us but even more since it is one of our elected officials here in the city. >> reporter: detectives are trying to figure out if this was random or targeted. davis says she can't think of a reason why someone would target her other than politically. >> i want to come in, i think there is a way to be civil and disagree in a civil manner and it does not have to be violent. >> reporter: eninveinvestigator still trying to gather evidence. when that person is arrested, they'll be facing serious felony c

joining us is joe davis, vanguard chief economist. is this to be still a little bit behind the curve? joe: thanks for having me. yes, and i think many central banks were behind the curve last year. it was a central thesis to our outlook. we are clearly continuing to see a fixation on getting price pressures hopefully contained. i thought was interesting from the ecb if they start talking about medium run inflation outlooks knowledge and the fact that we will not see material improvement in the near-term. jon: to build on not come from your vantage point, mohamed el-erian saying today is just too early, at least in the u.s. much to suggest we have reached a peak in inflation. what is your view? joe: i think it will be tough to tell. we are in a precarious situation. even if we had evidence it is peaking, it is still going to be high from any consumer's perspective. food and energy combined are a pretty powerful one-two punch. so central banks are in a pretty curious situation. they should be raising rates from those pressures on demand

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it was i'm not honestly sure if it still is that was jefferson davis's birthday. so jefferson davis is one of these characters too that he's celebrated in some ways, but also made the villain. there was also a lot of soul-searching in these first five years after the war. why did the confederacy fail? what do you think people at the time started? saying to answer this question right after the war. yeah. that the north just had a superior numbers and resources right and that comes from lee's final order right that the south had devotion and sacrifice and bravery, but it could not compete with numbers of the of the north any other thoughts on that? yeah. there's probably a lot of scapegoating so like even even you just said a lot of that to go around you're that's a really good point and what's interesting about this first phase. there's actually a lot of inner. yeah, blaming just feeling that. they did something wrong these former confederates that there is it's there's always a tension in the lost cause and even some contradictions. so right this is a it becomes a

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linsey davis with reaction from new yorkers tonight. >>> the dangerous heat alerts across several states tonight. temperatures up to 105 degrees. and now the next heat wave already moving in. and the threat of dangerous storms, damaging winds. we're tracking it all. >>> the dramatic pool rescue. an american synchronized swimmer losing consciousness during competition. her coach jumping in to save her. >>> and best in show. america's new top dog, trumpet is his name, and it's a first. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. we have two major stories tonight. the supreme court's major ruling on guns, overturning a new york state gun law on the books for more than 100 years. this will be felt not just in new york, but well beyond. reaction from new yorkers on both sides of this in just a moment. >>> but we begin tonight with the eye-opening testimony late today before the american people from the january 6th committee. the level of detail we had not heard before. former president trump's relentless pressure on the department of justice to find

wyre davies, bbc news, kharkiv. russia's president vladimir putin has accused the us and the eu of provoking humanitarian catastrophes around the world. he defended his decision to invade ukraine and dismissed suggestions that it had anything to do with causing global food shortages. he's been speaking at an economic forum in st petersburg. translation: i reiterate, these are fundamental, i truly revolutionary and inexorable changes. it would be a mistake to think that during these tumultuous changes you can simply sit it out, biding yourtime, that everything is going to get back to the circus, that everything is going to be as it was. it won't, and yet it seems as if the ruling elites of certain western countries are labouring under precisely these very illusions, choosing to ignore the obvious, persistently clinging to the ghosts of the past. in particular, they think that the domination of the west in global politics and economics is a constant, but nothing is pre—emptory. nothing is eternal. vitaly shevchenko

wyre davies, bbc news, ukraine. the world governing body of swimming has voted to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's events unless they've transitioned by the age of 12. it follows controversy over the issue of swimmers who were born male but who transitioned, and then went on to win women's races. our sports correspondent jane dougall has more. the world swimming championships getting under way in budapest. butjust hours earlier, in the same city, the sport's governing body had made a crucial decision. members of fina voted to effectively bar any trans women who has gone through male puberty from competing in women's events. we have to protect the rights of all our athletes to compete. but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially women's competition. the policy has been prompted by swimmers such as american lia thomas, the first known transgender swimmer to win a us national college title. thomas will now not be eligible to compete in the women's events at the world cha

davis. [cheers and applause] >> i'm going to be really quick. i wanted to provide thanks for the chief. as you can see, we've have the senos and the police and we have the fire and we have donna talked about tech, we have positions and work that we do with goggle and linked in and other places. there's such a wide array of opportunities and i just want to really recognize and thank chief scott who has been with us even before ofa was a former program to really do some hard work, to have young people come in and their soul purpose is critique the police and to talk about how to improve community and police relations and so i think milwani done that in the past and we want to say it's not automatic and the chief has been receptive and open and i want to say thank you chief and allow you to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you, director davis. good morning, everybody. i'm going to start off by saying thanks to members of our team and i can't see them out there but director tiffany staten, are you there. where is tiffany? over there. director su

well, once again some uc davis graduates will have to wait to receive their diplomas except this time. it's not because of covid fridays outdo. ceremony was interrupted due to extreme heat and exhaustion for hours attendees were sitting out in hot temperatures considering. well aware of unfortunately, we believe it's in the best interests of those graduates on the field to please vacate the field. in total over 30 calls for medical help were made 14 ambulances rushed to the ceremony and more than five. people were hospitalized uc davis says, they will now start their sunday commencement earlier at 7 am. they will also provide fans shade tents and water stations throughout even so they still urge students to leave after receiving their diploma. i mean sandia kind of a bummer, but you can understand with temperatures so incredibly hot. yeah, it's better to keep them safe. actually since they have an excessive heat warning still going for today tomorrow. it's going to be cooler. so hopefully they'll be able to enjoy the ceremony dion. let me show you the temperature change. it's hard not

well, once again some uc davis graduates will have to wait to receive their diplomas this time though. it's not because of covid friday's outdoor ceremony was canceled after it started due to extreme heat and exhaustion for hours attendees were sitting out in hot temperatures considering the heat conditions that we are all well. of unfortunately, we believe it's in the best interests of those graduates on the field to please vacate the field. in total over 30 calls for medical help were made and more than five. people were hospitalized uc davis says, they will now start their sunday commencement earlier at seven am they will also provide fans shade tents and water stations sandia. can you imagine i mean being in black and cap and gown also on top of all of that? no, and they have an excessive heat warning going again today as it's another hot day. so dion i cannot even imagine it's dangerous heat no doubt about it here in the bay area. let me show you what's already starting to bring us relief as you look from our sutro tower camera. here comes the fog through the golden gate. it's a

it is scary if it was targeted. >> reporter: dev davis and her family had to evacuate their willow glen home around 8:00 this morning after a neighbor found a suspicious device in the street in front of her house. >> about five or six inches long. we assumed it was a bomb, it was wrapped with tape and had batteries and a fuse and looked like the fuse was lit and didn't go off. >> reporter: san jose police say they called in the bomb squad to understand hassle the device and their technicians determined it was a home-made explosive. >> these type of devices can cause a lot of damage, serious injury, maybe even death so yes, it's always alarming to us but even more since it is one of our elected officials in the city. >> reporter: detectives are still trying to figure out if this was random or targeted. davis can't think of a reason why someone would target her other than political difference know how you feel that way. i think there's a way to be civil and to disagree in a civil manner and it doesn't have to be violent. >> reporter: investigators are still gathering evidence from home su

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this story making national headlines and i'm sure it was pretty scary for davis and her family when they had to quickly get out of their home around 8:00 yesterday morning, around the time a neighbor found a suspicious device in the street right in front of their home. because of safety, we are not going to be identifying the location of her home. we can tell you san jose police called in the bomb squad to handle the device and their technicians determined it was a homemade explosive. right now detectives are trying to figure out if this was random or targeted. meanwhile davis says she can't think of a reason why someone would target her other than political differences. civically involved and do public comment at meetings and let me know how you feel that way. i think there's a way to be civil and to disagree in a civil manner and it doesn't have to be violent. >> police told us this device could have caused major damage and serious injury or even death. investigators are getting surveillance video from the area to help identify a possible suspect and when they do, police say serious fe

and what did davis say? davis said, the south never lost the civil war. actually, we won, but it was stolen from us. and we've got to do something to get that back. who does that remind you of? >> powerful. and well put. and chai, we wanted to bring you into the segment, because you've been very thoughtful about how you do effective communication or governing within extreme environments. one of the challenges of standing up to extremism is that you can start to look extreme. in the dawn of the trump era, some people who were genuinely concerned, initially warnings were written off as histrionic. people can judge for themselves whether the warnings were borne out. trump left the way he left office. and we see that. what do you see as a challenge for democrats and how they are navigating it in trying to wake everyone up in these hearings without having it sound like every hearing is, oh my god, a five alarm fire? in a way that reduces the significance? how do you navigate that? >> yeah. i think, quite frankly, democrats have nailed it. it's been a perfect t

wyre davies, bbc news, kharkiv. let's get some of the day's other news. the jailed russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been moved from the prison where he was being held and taken to an unknown location. an opposition spokeswoman said it was concerning that mr navalny was now alone within a system that had earlier tried to kill him. there's been a sharp rise in the price of natural gas on european markets after a major us producer announced that one of its export terminals would remain closed for months. freeport lng said an explosion and fire last week had halted operations at the plant in texas. ryanair has dropped a controversial test in the afrikaans language aimed at identifying passengers travelling on fake south african passports. boss michael o'leary said imposing the test �*doesn�*t make any sense'. the policy caused outrage in south africa, where many black people associate afrikaans with the days of white—minority rule. the highest administrative court in france has said it will decide in the coming days whether or not to ban t

wyre davies, bbc news, ukraine. and since the russian invasion millions of ukrainians have been forced to leave their homes and many people were separated from their families and friends. four teenagers were split up and there rock band put on hold but afterfour months apart, they have now been reunited. singing for peace in a time of war. this ukrainian rock band is playing together for the first time since the russian invasion. they are from avdiivka, a front line city in eastern ukraine. translation: i met the band just a few weeksjust before . moscow launched a full—scale attack on their country. they rehearsed their song called war, and told me about the horrors about the conflict they went through when it started in 2014. they believed no—one would want to repeat it. sadly they turned out to be wrong. on february 2a, russia invaded ukraine. shortly after, their city came under heavy bombardment. singing in ukrainian. translation: there was one explosion, then another one, | and it was so strong that the wh

senator davis, you did, based on the leaked draft, still seeing it officially handed down, what goes through your mind? >> you know, this morning when the decision came out, anderson, my reaction to it was as a mother and grandmother of two daughters and two granddaughters. it wasn't as a former-elected official or reproductive rights champion. it was understanding, on a very personal level, what this was going to mean for them and what it's going to mean for our granddaughters and daughters across this country in states where abortion will now be illegal. and i know i am not alone. i know that there are women and men who are waking up to the sobering reality of what this is going to mean and the future of our daughters' and granddaughters' lives. their ability to realize their dreams, their able to continue the march for full equality that my generation and generations before started. and it's just a tremendously sobering moment in this country's history, and for all of us, personally. >> jeff, you have been saying for a long time this would eventually happen. what stood out to you

this story making national med lines and i'm sure it was scary for davis and her family when they had to get out around 8:00 in the morning. a neighbor found a suspicious quis in the street outside of davis' home, because of safety, we are not going to be identifying theat h home, but we can tell you san jose police called in the bomb squad to handle the device and their technicians determined it was a homemade explosive. right now, detectives are trying to figure out if this was random or targeted, meanwhile, davis says she can't think of a reason why someone would target her other than political differences. >> i want people to do public comment at meeting and let me know how you feel that way. i think there's a way to be civil and to disagree in a civil manner and it doesn't have to be violent. >> police told us the device could have caused major damage and serious injury or even death. investigators are getting surveillance video from the area to help identify a possible suspect and when they do, police say serious felony charges will be filed. we're live in the newsroom. amanda,

wyre davies, bbc news, ukraine. in france, milions of voters have been electing members to the national assembly. and it's not looking good for president macron — despite winning a new presidential term last month — because his coalition is unlikely to win an outright majority which means he'll face a big battle to deliver on his promises. there are 577 seats in the national assembly — so the president's allies needs 289 to form a majority. there are two big groupings. la nupes — a union of greens, socialists and communists led by the veteran left—winger jean—luc melenchon campaigning on the rising cost of living and tackling climate change. and the liberal coalition of parties called ensemble — or together — which backs president macron. the latest signals from the exit polls across france a few hours ago were that ensemble would win the highest number of seats, but not an outright majority. la nupes are likely to be the second largest grouping, while the centre—right republicans and the far—rig

davis and go to a 2-1 ratio in asking questions. mr. davis. mr. davis: i thank you'll of our witnesses. early childhood education and next door is a small -- [indiscernible] when i come in early and taking children in, i smile to myself because it's a great experience to have. last week, i visited five of those type centers in my district. and i saw the children interacting and learning i thought to myself how great it would be if every child in america had what we know that they don't. therefore, it is very important that we ultimately pass build back better, because it proper provide access to every three and four-year-olds in our country. but yesterday, i met with a group of business people, men and women, and one of them had a four-year-old daughter with him. naturally everybody talked about sweet she was and how cute and how great it was to see her and he kind of smiled and said, it's wonderful that i can keep her and have -- not have to and with which i have had access. based upon the experiences. [indiscernible] >> i don't know other way wh

when you think about sammy davis jr. wasn't educated and before athletics make me smile. >> do you ever think about that? >> i wanted to be sammy davis jr. i instantly graduated to the rat pack. my mom introduced me to it, and sammy was my guy because he was the one that looked like me. he made it cool to be black at a time when, according to the masses, it wasn't real cool to be black. so whenever i can get on stage and do what i do, i always have him on my mind and it's just a moment of thank you. there's a lot of different places, a lot of different ways my life could have went, and solely because of music, i'm in an amazing place. i have an amazing wife, amazing children and an amazing career, and i can honestly say i owe this raul to music. ♪ who can take a sunrise ♪ sprinkle it with dew. >> i love these. ♪ the candy man can. >> that wasn't bad. are you sure you don't want to come on the road? >> didn't i just say i want to be a backup dancer? i want to be a backup singer, too. >> just give them a quick sammy

wyre davies, bbc news, kharkiv. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: why the k pop supergroup bts are taking a break after nine years together. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act which, for 40 years, forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. | early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and fatherl to their apartments . in kensington palace. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of - the russian wom

wyre davies, bbc news, kharkiv. the health secretary has promised to overhaul the running of health and social care services in england, after a major review found evidence of discrimination and bullying. sajid javid pledged to bring health leadership "into the 21st century" but video evidence from an a&e department in essex has highlighted the many challenges facing the nhs. health editor hugh pym joins me. a wait of up to 13 hours, very alarming. what has the reaction been? , , h alarming. what has the reaction been? , ,. , alarming. what has the reaction been? , , ,, ,. , ., been? very depressing scenes from that a&e department _ been? very depressing scenes from that a&e department and _ been? very depressing scenes from that a&e department and probably l been? very depressing scenes from i that a&e department and probably not an isolated example. we showed the video to health secretary sajid javid and he said it's not what anyone wants to see, not what i want to see, he said. he argued record levels of support

wyre davies, bbc news, kharkiv. the duke and duchess of cambridge have laid a wreath at the foot of grenfell tower in west london as people marked the fifth anniversary of the fire which claimed 72 lives. survivors called forjustice for the bereaved and more immediate action to tackle the threat posed by flammable cladding which still affects tower blocks across britain. this report from our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. now in their honour, we will observe a 72—second silence. the people who called grenfell home were scattered by the disaster. they returned today — alongside them, neighbours and supporters — to remember friends and relatives lost to the flames. # i once was lost # but now i'm found...# but this event was also about the survivors. # but now i see...# eight—year—old ayeesha among them. never forget. i will never forget the fire. i will never forget the smoke. i will never forget the sirens. i will never forget how scary the fire was. i will never forget how worrying the fire was.

. >> reporter: one of the trainees, marcy davis, the principal at a nearby elementary school. >> it is my biggest fear. i have to make sure you're learning, make sure you're safe and that safety piece has grown exponentially over the years. >> reporter: she says lockdown drills used to happen once a semester and now considering holding them once a month. and she's added additional security officers at the school. >> we use them for lockdown drills and chemical emergencies. now i'm going to restock fraa couple of things from the stop the bleed training. we need to figure out how to get those things for our students. >> reporter: texas requires the training. they mandate schools in the state have easily accessible bleed control stations and have a plan in place for dramatic injuries. >> you can't do enough training. you just can't. and i'm not going to say that we're as good as first responders but think about it. y with will be the first responders. because we've got to act that quickly as help comes to us. >> reporter: the superintendent acknowledges it's preparedness. >> i don't feel

wyre davis, bbc news, ukraine. the world governing body of swimming has voted to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's events, unless they have transitioned by the age of 12. it follows controversy over swimmers who were born male, but who transitioned and then went on to win women's races. our sports correspondentjane dougall told us more. the clarity in this policy has been prompted by lia thomas, who was the first known transgender swimmer to win the highest american female national college title early this year. this policy will effectively stop lia thomas competing in any women's categories. it states that the categories of male and female must be kept separate according to scientifically grounded sex—based criteria and any athlete who has gone through any part of male puberty will not be eligible to compete against female swimmers. one of the experts giving evidence, dr michaeljoiner, said that even after the suppression of testosterone, the effects of male puberty would still be retained. an o