the nobel committee has a history of giving the award to u.n. institutions especially at points in time when they are particularly relevant to the situation going on at the time. they are making the case that food security is very intimately tied of war yeah exactly right there and this is very much tied to as well the pandemic we heard right there the pandemic deepening food insecurity globally especially in countries in africa we heard about congo nigeria south sudan that's right so making the point that. conflict and food security intimately linked the corona crisis the pandemic coming on top of that creates a very severe risk of much greater worsening of those crises referring to some of the countries where the world food program has been essential to trying to stave off i mean for instance yemen which is one for years now we've seen the terrible images come out of yemen in recent years the world food program playing a critical role in trying to keep the population going the pendency in yemen for example on all the supplies coming from the u

peace prize in a wage and nobel committee said. it has awarded the prize for quote but when you have pays efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for pace in conflict affected areas and acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon for war and conflict the devil you have paid provided assistance to almost $100000000.00 people in $88.00 countries last year the prize is worth over $1000000.00 and is widely considered the world's most prestigious reward. for. for more i'm joined by chief international editor richard walker richard hi nice to see you so the u.n. world food program it is this year was that expected it wasn't really one of the most hotly tipped organizations or institutions in the days leading up to the announcement but when you stand back then it certainly does look like it really does fit the mold of many previous nobel prizes the nobel committee has given the award to u.n. institutions many times over the years in particularly in years where they have given mission was particula

prizes the nobel committee has given the award to u.n. institutions many times over the years but equally in the years where they have given mission was particularly critical and that is something that the nobel committee is saying really is the case right now in terms of hunger and drawing the connection between conflicts and hunger one feeding off the other and also with the coronavirus pandemic here on top of that that adding to the problem especially looking to the year ahead absolutely we actually have a reaction from the w.f. pay is the executive director reacting to the price. i mean this is the 1st time in my life a bit speechless what i'm going to. talk about the most exciting point in time with your wife is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family there out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world where this war conflict is one of the streams it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and in wow wow wow wow akbar here. very happy reaction that was this was this decision contro

prizes the nobel committee has given the award to u.n. institutions many times over the years but equally in the years where they're given mission was particularly critical and that is something that the nobel committee is saying really is the case right now in terms of hunger and drawing the connection between conflicts and hunger one feeding off the other and also with the corona virus pandemic here on top of that that adding to the problem especially looking to the year ahead absolutely we actually have a reaction from the w.f. pay is the executive director reacting to the price. i mean this is the 1st time a lot of big speeches like. this. talk about the most exciting point in time when your wife is a nobel peace prize it is because of the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world where this war conflict one of the streams it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow here we'll leave it very happy reaction that was this was this decision controversial in. anyw

the norwegian nobel committee praised the agency's work in fighting global hunger. the committee described the award as a call to the international community not to underfund wf p. >> it is perhaps the most prestigious award in the world. the nobel peace prize is craved by world leaders, including one of this year's nominees, donald trump, but the jury decided to honor an organization, not a politician, for promoting peace. the prize came with an urgent appeal. >> with this year's award, the norwegian nobel committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the millions of people who suffer from the effects of hunger. the world food program plays a key role in multilalateral corpororations on m making food security and instrument of peace. >> last year, the world food program fed millions of people at risk of starvation. the united nations body is active in 88 countries. this has made it an agent of peace, says the nobel committee. >> the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle. war and conflict because food insecurity and hunger, just as hung

the united nations world food program has won the 2020 nobel peace prize the norwegian nobel committee honored the u.n. agency for fighting global hunger and the use of hunger as a weapon of war the committee also said the award was a call to the international community not to underfund the f w p it's perhaps the most prestigious award in the world the nobel peace prize is craved by world leaders including one of this year's nominees stunnel trump but the jury decided to honor an organization not a politician for promoting peace the prize came with an urgent appeal here with this year's award than a week nobel committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the millions of people who suffer from a face the threat of hunger the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation in making food security an instrument of peace. last year the world food program fed almost a 1000000 people at risk of starvation. the u.n. body is active in 88 countries this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vici

prizes the nobel committee has has given the award to u.n. institutions many times over the years and particularly in the years where they're given mission was particularly critical and that is something that nobel committee is saying really is the case right now in terms of hunger and drawing the connection between conflicts and hunger one feeding off the other and also with the corona virus pandemic here on top of that that adding to the problem especially looking to the year ahead absolutely we actually have a reaction from the devil you have to pay is the executive director reacting to the price. i mean this is the 1st time a bit speechless was. this little talk about the most exciting point of your life as a nobel peace prize it is because of the the family there out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world where this war on climate shrinks it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow mark you. very happy reaction that was this was this decision controversial anyway well what's st

peace prize. >> the norwegian nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2020 to the world foodd program for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. >> the world food program was founded in 1961 and is the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. the nobel committee says the coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge inn the numberr of vicis ofof hungerr in the worldld and ququoted the wfp whichch said, l there is a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos. in 2019 the u.n. branch provided assistance to close to 100 million people in 88 countries affected by food insecurity and hunger. the wfp thanked the nobel committee for the honor on twitter adding the award is a powerful reminder peace and zero hunger go hand in hand. >>> next, a typhoon is now barreling toward japan. weather officials say the system is just south of the cou

on the united nations world food program has won the 2028 nobel peace prize the no we nobel committee cited for us agency for it said efforts to combat hunger among the globe and for leading the fight to stop the use of hunger as a weapon for. that's it you're up to date will world news at the top al in just a moment i'll be back should be too soon to be fixed on the day today. sleep . carefully. is soon. to get. discovered. subscribe to the documentary on to. the funny seconds the coronavirus pandemic. where does science stand. what the new findings have researchers need. information and background into. the corona update. 19 special. monday to friday on t w. this or some know story stubborn rice farmer from thailand. his problem. is crude no chemical. and his plan was. just. don't stand a chance. train in success. the chat of me starts october 15th. this weekend sees the imposition of tougher coronavirus lockdown restrictions in major german cities like berlin and franc 1st the german chancellor and the mass of 11 of the country's biggest cities have agreed on more strict and more t

this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee. the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle. war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause delays to conflicts to flare and trigger the use of violence as the when it was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. paid real. oh this is the 1st time i was a bit speechless but this is worth a little talk about the most exciting point in time with your wife is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family there out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world where this war conflicts climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow here we'll leave it there won't be much time to celebrate 135000000 people suffered from acute tanga in 2019 the most in years challenges like the coronavirus conflict and climate change ensure that the work of the world food programme is not about to get any easier. today marks 80 years since the birt

committee has decided to have war the nobel peace prize for 2022 the world food program for its efforts to hunger. for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict affected areas and for acting as a driving force in the efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict the world food programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization at the same hunger and promoting food security last year the w f p provided assistance to close to 1000000 people in 88 countries who are victims of acute should in security and. in 2015 eradicating hunger was adopted as one of you ends sustainable development goals the w f p is the un primary instrument for realizing this go in recent years as the situation has taken and they get to turn. in 201935 1000000 people suffered from acute hunger the highest number in many years most of the increase was caused by war and armed conflict. the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a strong upsurge in the number of victims of hunger in the world. in countries such as yemen the democratic republic of congo nigeria and sou

know the winner of this year's nobel peace prize is the world food program the norwegian nobel committee has all of the un agency for its fight against a global hunger on the use of hunger as a weapon of war the committee described the award as a call to the international community not to underfund the w.f. pay. it's perhaps the most prestigious award in the wild the nobel peace prize is craved by world leaders including one of this year's nominees stunnel trump but the jury decided to on an organization not a politician for promoting peace. the prize came with an urgent appeal with this year's award the norwegian nobel committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the millions of people who suffer from of face the threat of hunger. the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation on making food security an instrument of peace. last year the world food program fed almost a 1000000 people at risk of starvation. the u.n. body is active in 88 countries this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunger and armed conflict

know the winner of this year's nobel peace prize is the world food program you know wager nobel committee is all of the u.n. agency for its fight against a global hunger and the use of hunger as a weapon of war the committee described the award as a call to the enter national community not to underfund the dubby raf pay. it's perhaps the most prestigious award in the wild and the nobel peace prize is craved by world leaders including one of this year's nominees stunnel trump but the jury decided to honor an organization not a politician for promoting peace. the prize came with an urgent appeal here with this year's award the norwegian nobel committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the millions of people who suffer from of face the threat of hunger. the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation on making food security an instrument of peace. last year the world food programme fed almost a 1000000 people at risk of starvation. the un body is active in 88 countries this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunge

this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee. the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare and trigger the use of violence. as the winner was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. page. oh this is the 1st time i'm oh i forbid speechless like. this is a little we'll talk about the most exciting point in time with your wife is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family there out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world with this war on fleet climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and well well well market will even that won't be much time to celebrate 135000000 people suffered from a key tanga in 2019 the most in years challenges that the coronavirus conflict and climate change ensure that the work of the world food program is not about to get any easier. will the restraint poor speaks for the world

the united nations world food program has won the 2020 nobel peace prize the norwegian nobel committee honor the u.n. agency for fighting global hunger and the use of hunger as a weapon of war the committee also said the award was a call to the international community not to underfund the w.s.p. . it's perhaps the most prestigious award in the world the nobel peace prize is craved by world leaders including one of this year's nominees donald trump but the jury decided to honor an organization not a politician for promoting peace the prize came with an urgent appeal here with this year's award the norwegian nobel and the committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the millions of people who suffer from a face the threat of hunger. the world the world food program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation in making food security an instrument of peace last year the world food program fed millions of people at risk of starvation. the u.n. body is active in 88 countries. this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee the link between hunger and armed conflict is

it turns out the nobel committee had trouble getting a hold of me. i think they called my university number, and i'm sheltering in place in my home in the us. that is extraordinary. you are told by a friend. i was reading you turned down an award seven years ago to get an award, because two collaborators of years weren't involved in the citation. how important has your tea m citation. how important has your team been to win the nobel prize? is this something you really firmly believe it is equally shared between all three of you? yes, it's a great question. i think my nobel in the 70s, he defined hepatitis as a big problem. what myself and colleagues did in the 80s was actually discover the virus, the cause of non—a and on behalf of site ‘s. i've worked with two very important colleagues. i consider we identify the virus and discover the virus. but then going further, doctor rice is a brilliant virologist and he taught us a lot about how this virus replicates in ways we can attack it in order to produce therapies. ex expands 30 yea rs. produce th

minutes barrett rice anderson who's the chair of the norwegian nobel committee will walk through that door make the announcement and then also explain why they've made the announcement. and every single year this kind of little cottage industry that springs up in trying to make a prediction of who's going to win it and. the you know the betting companies or even offering betting on the various people and we can maybe just go through some of the some of the individuals potential people. and i think it's quite you seem to think about way they get the prize because sometimes it's individuals and sometimes it's organizations sometimes the prize goes to people or organizations which are very much focused on specific peace process or conflict in a specific country in the specific job basically yeah and then sometimes it is it is more broad it it's a prize given to try to recognize and bring to the top of the agenda. an important global theme so a trend yeah yeah and i think you know that can maybe help us look through a few of the potential winners that are being talked about like i mean on

committee says thanks to their discovery highly sensitive blood tests for the virus are now available their discovery also allowed the rapid development of antiviral drugs directed at hepatitis c. for the 1st time in history the disease can now be cured. hepatitis c. is a chronic disease found in the blood that can cause liver cancer and psoriasis many sufferers need liver transplants the world health organization estimates more than 70000000 cases worldwide with 400000 people dying from the disease every year. the discovery happened so long ago that the scientist weren't picking up their phones from the nobel committee to get the news i called them a couple of times before without any outs or but once i reached them they were extremely surprised it has taken decades to fully measure the impact of their discovery it's critical to go to the to the beginning to really understand the basic regional discoveries that i really enabled there's so much. that has happened so many and advances and have a pizza to put that's made possible but this initial discovery of the action of. the disease

this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee. the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare up and trigger the use of violence. as the when i was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. pay real. i mean this is the 1st them oh i forbid speechless what i'm going to. talk about the most exciting point of your life is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world where this war conflict climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow here believe it that won't be much time to celebrate 135000000 people suffered from a key tanga in 2019 the most in here is challenges that the coronavirus conflict and climate change ensure that the work of the world food program is not about to get any easier. a reminder now of the top stories we're following fo

committee is actually reminding us all that we are living in any year out of very complex complicated systemic structural violence. that we actually need to scale up without commitment and results is to prioritizing the resolution of those but actually that somehow we've also failed and that we really need to review our models of mediation and i'll invest heavily in preventive diplomacy and we have spent a lot of the last couple of decades looking at preventing violent extremism and so on but we haven't really delved deeper into the sort of analysis of where conflicts that coming from and some of those complete south sudan require me and my career and ensure they're also getting swept up in geopolitics economic demand and of course led by very real structural violence causes how much has conflict driven hunger and food insecurity increased these past few years how bad is the situation. well we're seeing is that situation is quite bad you know already at the beginning of this year we saw that you know we saw warning signs and we sort of numbers. that that food insecurity was an increas

our friends and colleagues that their partners at the world food program but absolutely i think the nobel committee is actually reminding us all that we are living in any era of very complex complicated systemic structural violence conflicts that we actually need to scale up for our commitment and results is to prioritizing the resolution of those but actually that somehow we've also failed and that we really need to review our models of mediation and i'll invest heavily in preventive diplomacy and we have spent a lot of the last couple of decades looking at preventing violent extremism and so on but we haven't really delved deeper into the sort of analysis of where conflicts that coming from and some of those complaints south sudan require me and my career and ensure they're also getting swept up in geopolitics economic demand and of course led by very real structural violence causes how much has conflict driven hunger and food insecurity increased these past few years how bad is the situation. well what we're seeing is that situation is quite bad you know already at the beginning of thi

committee is actually reminding us all that we are living in any or out of very complex complicated systemic structural violence conflicts that we actually need to scale up without commitment and results is to prioritizing the resolution of those but actually that somehow we've also failed and that we really need to review our models of mediation and i'll invest heavily in preventive diplomacy and we have spent a lot of the last couple of decades looking at preventing violent extremism and so on but we haven't really delved deeper into the sort of analysis of where conflicts that coming from and some of those complaints south sudan require me and my career and ensure they're also getting swept up in geopolitics economic demand and of course led by very real structural violence causes how much has conflict driven hunger and food insecurity increased these past few years how bad is the situation. well what we're seeing is that situation is quite bad you know already at the beginning of this year we saw that you know we saw warning signs and we saw or in numbers. that that food insecur

committee is actually reminding us all that we are living in any year out of very complex complicated systemic structural violence. that we actually need to scale up without commitment and results is to prioritizing the resolution of those but actually that somehow we've also failed and that we really need to review our models of mediation and i'll invest heavily in preventive diplomacy and we have spent a lot of the last couple of decades looking at preventing violent extremism and so on but we haven't really delved deeper into the sort of analysis of where conflicts that coming from and some of those complaints south sudan require. qur'an and ensure they're also getting swept up in geopolitics economic demand and of course led by very real structural violence causes how much has conflict driven hunger and food insecurity increased these past few years how bad is the situation . well what we're seeing is that situation is quite bad you know already at the beginning of this year we saw that you know we saw warning signs and we saw or in numbers. that that food insecurity wasn't increa

committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2022 the world food program. for its efforts to hunger. for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict affected areas and for acting as a driving force in the effort to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict the world food program's chief says he's deeply humbled to receive the nobel peace prize david beasley says the award is an incredible recognition of the u.n. agencies work in more than 80 countries around the world i mean this is the 1st time in my life a bit speechless like this without a little talk about the most exciting point in time in your life is the nobel peace prize it is because of the w.t. family they're out there in the most difficult complex places on in the world where this war conflict climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow thank you believe it when i spoke to jane howard the spokeswoman for the world food program she says the nobel peace prize is a great boost to the group's efforts to combat

the norwegian nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2020 two the nobel peace prize for 2020 two the world food programme for its effo rts the world food programme for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict affected areas and for acting as a driving force in effo rts and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger asa efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. the world food programme is the world's largest humanitarian organisation, addressing hunger and promoting food security. last year the wfp provided assistance to close to 1 million people in 88 countries who are victims of acute food insecurity and hunger. in 2015, eradicating hunger was adopted as one of the un's sustainable development goals. the wfp is the un's primary instrument for realising this goal. in recent yea rs for realising this goal. in recent years the situation has taken a negative turn. in 2019, 135 people suffered from acute hunger, the highest number in many years. most of th

this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee. the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare up and trigger the use of violence. as the winner was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. paid real. i mean this is the 1st time in my life of this beach this one. doesn't believe we will talk about the most exciting point in time in your life is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places all in the world where this war conflict climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow wow wow wow mark it will even that won't be much time to celebrate 175000000 people suffered from a key tanga in 2019 the most in here is challenges that the coronavirus conflict and climate change ensure that the well of the well food program is not about to get any easier. joining us from the world

far as millions worldwide suffer from the virus which is a major kohls of liver disease the nobel committee credits the research for saving millions of lives reports. getting a blood transfusion used to be a gamble there was an unknown disease causing liver damage and it wasn't hepatitis a or b. in 19093 scientists were able to clone the name virus in called it hepatitis c. this year's nobel prize in physiology or medicine awards the discovery of the hepatitis c. virus americans harvey alter and charles reiss along with british born scientist michael hotel are considered pioneers in their field the nobel committee says thinks to their discovery highly sensitive blood tests for the virus are now available their discovery also allowed the rapid development of antiviral drugs directed at hepatitis c. for the 1st time in history the disease can now be cured. hepatitis c. is a chronic disease found in the blood that can cause liver cancer and psoriasis many sufferers need liver transplants the world health organization estimates more than 70000000 cases worldwide with 400000 people dying from th

the nobel prize committee could not reach him, so his fellow winner and his neighbor knocked on his door. and it was all captured on his ring doorbell camera. >>> today the world which academy of science is announcing milgram and robert wilson as this year's winners. recognize them for improving how auctions work with new theories and formats. it said their research has benefited sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world. >> it has been a very pleasurable, exciting past for me. and i think a lot of pride, by the way, in the students of mine, who have done so very well come you know, paul represents the third of my phd students to win a nobel prize. >> they will share a cash prize of more than $1 million. >>> when his phone visit to in the morning, he answers that telephone. >> if the nobel committee calls you and wants her personal cell, you don't know me. i will get the email in the afternoon. >>> with a big issue to talk about in terms of the warm-up coming our way. i mean, today was already about 10 degrees above average. probably did not even notice because it is kind of what we

committee said the group wanted to focus attention on literature again. situ up to date small world news of a top al coming up next taking periods like as your business objects but. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many reasons. there are many cancers. and there are many stories. make up your mind. made for minds. you're sitting has begun ordering businesses to close in virus hot spots the big apple is still recovering from a spring lockdown we'll talk to the cabbies shop owners and real estate brokers determined to keep going during the pandemic. show women entrepreneurs face unique challenges. is adding to them we look at a business in kenya struggling to get through the crisis and we talk to an expert on women entrepreneurship. hello and welcome to the show and. it's good to have you with us the protests have flared in several new york city neighborhoods in recent nights as the city moves to close businesses and covert 1000. of the closures are the latest test for a city that has so far avoided a 2nd surge in infections but whose busi

committee said the group wanted to focus attention on literature again. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you germany's capital has now been . in the last 7 days. more than 50 cases of the. 100000 people. watching. next my colleague stephen. thanks for being with us.

committee said the group wanted to focus attention on literature again. earlier we spoke to american poet atara secretary who was once a student of lily's kleck louise's the only poet i can think of luis glick who can use sentimental language without being sentimental or poetry has this quiet fierce rescission and it sensitivity really covers the whole spectrum of human experience . she has quite a range and she's a poet poet she's a poet whose were many poets admire like this is not a controversy all i heard a moment ago decision and everybody ringback is excited. well friday is a big day for formula to stop driver make sure america in the run up to this sunday's formula one grand prix in western germany schumacher will be given a practice drive that could help him land a seat in an f one car next season he has of course a tracing the footsteps of his father racing legend michael the elder schumacher won 7 world titles and was injured severely in a stinging accident in 2013 and is still recovering. if racing and racing skill is in the blood mick schumach

nobel committee says their discoveries helped save countless lives around the world let's take a look at the world of art now you can see behind me these images from a long overdue exhibit at london's national gallery we're going to go there now for the very latest on that thing. she was one of the most dazzling artists of the baroque and an intrepid pioneer are to means yet gentle a scheme be italian pain to use to work to raise the voice of women and fight for equality against all odds and this in the 17th century it was extremely challenging for women in the 17th century i mean they had sort of severe social restrictions but also as an artist i think you really had limitations this is the sort of restrictions on not being able to move about and see the art works on public display meant that she was really exposed to very little compared to say have male counterparts the exhibition shows 30 pictures from a remarkable career the daughter of painter or a tsunami gentlest ski artemisia discovered her extraordinary talent early on and let nothing stop her. we know that she was painting

voice is important and resonance of the female experience i think that the nobel committee is really trying to tell us something about. you know you're choosing her in this year they've already chosen several other women nobels this year. and i think the choice of blue just adds a really deep a mistake resonance to to the choice this year. this is all just there and these are the top stories a kid not somalian politician and a french aide workers have learned in molly's couple bomb a coat after being released as part of a major prisoner exchange the deal was announced by the country's new transitional government on tuesday. the u.s. is impose more sanctions on iran's banking sector it's the latest move to curb what washington described as terror nuclear ambitions and.

committee described her as one of the most prominent poets in american contemporary literature because to be announced the award after several years of controversy and scandal for the world's preeminent literary accolade let's bring in karen hempstead from arts and culture karen it's good to see you so glick. we're expecting this you know. in the words that i've digested it by now but in a word no i was definitely she was not on top of my radar let's say when i woke up this morning. many obviously as an american poet you will know of her but many people on this side of the pond will not know her work but she's definitely well decorated as you said yourself pulitzer prize in 1903 and she was poet laureate in the states from 2003 till 2004 but i was pretty surprised because you know we were many were expecting the the academy to to possibly try to redeem itself for the past few years and i would have expected them to be a bit more in tune with the political zeitgeist and perhaps try to bring a bit more diversity to the award on the other hand it says something about the relevance of poet

what's the recognition from the nobel committee do to help the work of the u.n. food committee? >> we were so surprised. we were literally in the field and we were in a meeting. someone came running in and said nobel peace prize. i was like great. who got it? they said world food program. we were really -- about fell off the chair. honestly i can't tell you how much it means to us. we got more people struggling right now, knocking on the door of starvation than any time period in world history. this comes at a time where we're saying thank you to the men and women at the world food program who put their lives at risk every day whether in syria, yemen or iraq. i could keep going. these men and women get it done, whatever it takes. this is needed because covid has compounded an already fragile world. we're going to have literally from 135 million to 270 million people on the brink of starvation. i'm not talking about people going to bed hungry. 270 million on the brink of starvation. this is timely. >> staggering numbers. i'm curious to get your thoughts. in april you warned in a

this has made it an agent of peace says the nobel committee. the link between hunger and armed conflict is a vicious circle of war and conflict can cause food insecurity and hunger just as hunger and food insecurity can cause latent conflicts to flare up and trigger the use of violence. as the winner was announced in oslo there was joy and surprise at the w.f. paid. i mean this is the 1st time of my life a bit speechless but this is a little talk about the most exciting point with your wife is the nobel peace prize it is because of the the family they're out there in the most difficult complex places on in the world with us war on climate extremes it doesn't matter they're out there and they deserve this award and wow well well archaea will leave it there won't be much time to celebrate 135000000 people suffered from a key tanga in 2019 the most in here is challenges that the coronavirus conflict and climate change ensure that the work of the world food program is not about to get any easier. and nor restrepo speaks for the world food program i

he's sharing the news after the nobel committee couldn't reach him. >> paul? it's bob wilson. >> yeah. >> you won the nobel, you've won the nobel prize. >> that makes me laugh every time. so, one stanford professor realized he won he then got on the phone with the nobel committee. by the way, professor robert wilson who you see here milgrim is his third student to win a nobel prize. >> listen, get in the class early. sign up now. >> don't get on the waitlist. >> this whole thing is so funny. get up. get up. >> you won the nobel prize. >> this thing. come on. >> it happens. it's not the first time. my student's done it. >> that was cute. congratulations to them. >> kumasi, when you win the pulitzer. i'm going to come over and have a pot and pan and the cougar over to make noise. >> a candy chute. >> we'rer a egoing to pound the door. i'll have the candy shooter. >> i'll get up for all that. >> okay, good. >> we should even get oprah to show up for kumasi. >> oprah. >> all of it. >> yes, all of it. >> oh, the plans we have if they would only come to fruition onc

prize committee is sending a message with this choice. the work has been very significant as an articulation of the female voice for a number of decades she's one of the big prizes in america her voice is important and resonance of the female experience i think that the nobel committee is really trying to tell us something about. you know you're choosing her in this year they've already chosen several other women nobels the seer. and i think the choice of blue just adds a really deep a mistake resonance to to the choice this year. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines here as president donald trump is your fusing to take part in a virtual to bates' with his democratic rival joe biden the debate commission change the format after trump was treated for covert 19 trump initially said he would do a rally instead but the 2 campaigns have no agree to that debate shoots be held on the 22nd of october with a 3rd.

>> in what was undoubtedly a highly significant year for the nobel peace prize, the nobel committee has in a not unexpected way, picked a winner, a laureate which will be surprising, but no one can question its worthiness. they say at this time they want to turn the world's attention to consider the millions of hungry people around the world. and so for that reason, they have chosen the world food program. the united nations key vehicle for combatting hunger and food insecurity in countries all around the world the committee said just last year alone, the food program assisted 1 million people in 88 countries dealing with food insecurity, and they have talked about food insecurity and hunger taking a negative turn in recent years, and in this year, especially, it has teamed up with the coronavirus pandemic to increase suffering in some of the countries that are hardest hit by the virus as well. in terms of its connection to peace and the end of conflict, the nobel committee has made the point that it is impossible to aim for zero conflict in the world without also eradicating hunger as

one now works at rockefeller university in new york anden sad he nobel committee called, he thought it was a prank. >> after a chawith him i said, well if you don't leave me -- actually just would've go to the nobel sit and in an hour hopefully we will convince you that this is not a prank call. stephanie: the nobel committee tsa scientists' work has greatly reduced to -- reduced the chans of contracting patitis c through blood transfusions. the u.s. supreme coicked off its new term with only 8 justices. colleague ruth bader ginsburg in a conference held by phone due to the pandemic. chief justice john roberts are amended ginsburg as a dear friend and a treasured colleague. and wall street started the week with fresh hopes of new covid economic aid from congress. the dow jones gained 465 points to close that 20,148. the nasdaq rose 250 seven points and the s&p 500 added 60. this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona ate university. judy: presiden' trump' diagnosis has upended a presidential race that is already

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. >>> in 2009, president barack obama won the nobel peace prize for what the norwegian nobel committee called his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. >> i am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the nobel committee. to be honest, i do not feel that i deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honored by this prize. mative figures who have been honored by this prize we'd love some help with laundry. here's how you do it. spray and scrub anything with a stain. soak your nasty jersey. it stinks! wash the really dirty clothes separately. remember -hard work builds character! tide pods with upgraded 4-in-1 technology unleash a foolproof clean in one step. aww, you did the laundry! but you didn't fold it. oh, that wasn't in the note. should have sent a text. #1 stain and odor fighter, #1 trusted. it's got to be tide. it's our most dangerous addiction. and to get the whole world clean? that takes a lot more than an alternative. so we took our worst vice, and turned it into the dna

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he says when the nobel committee called, he thought it waa prank. >> basically after a chat with them, he said, 'wellou don't believe me, i actually ost sort of go to the, go the nobel sort of site. and inn hour, hopefully, we'll convince you that this is, you know, sort of not, not a crank call.' s' woodruff: the nobel committee says the scientiork has greatly reduced the chances of blood transfusionstis c through the u.s. supreme court kicked off its w term today, with toly eight justices. they paid tributheir late colleague ruth bader ginsburg, in a conference held by phone due to the pandemic. chief justice john roberts remembered ginsburg as "a dear friend and a treasured colleague." and, wall street started the week with fresh hopes of new covid economic aid from congress. the dow jones industrial averagd ga65 points to close at 28,148. the nasdaq rose 257 points, d, the s&p 500 added 60. oodruff: president trump diagnosis has upended a already underway. that is so where do the campaigns go from here? amna nawaz has that and more. >> nawaz: it's been just days since we learned o

the nobel committee says thanks to their discovery highly sensitive blood tests for the virus are now available their discovery also allowed the rapid development of antiviral drugs directed at hepatitis c. for the 1st time in history the disease can now be cured. hepatitis c. is a chronic disease found in the blood that can cause liver cancer and psoriasis many sufferers need liver transplants the world health organization estimates more than 70000000 cases worldwide with 400000 people dying from the disease every year. the discovery happened so long ago that the scientist weren't picking up their phones from the nobel committee to get the news i called them a couple of times before without any outsider but once i reached them they were extremely surprised them it has taken decades to fully measure the impact of their discovery it's critical to go to the to the beginning to really understand the basic regional discoveries that really enable there's so much. that has happened so many and advances in her appearance at her but that's made possible at this initial discovery of the action

committee said they chose her for her quote unstable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal . and for more about the nobel prize in literature i'm joined by my colleague mike a crew guy mike how big of a surprise is this was no one had her on the list but this was the case in the recent years that somebody once no one expected to win so the surprise has become the rule right as you might say but after the announcement we were all searching for photos of her. and that and that manny she's not really famous but is not a nobody it's just obvious that poetry has not the weight that novels do maybe. it's also may be a safe choice just because after all the criticism in the last year we all expected a female writer right now most authors male or female can only dream about getting back early morning call from stockholm what do we need to know about louise glick well that she is one of the most important living poets from the united states. she's from new york she's 77 years old i was when gary in jewish roots lives in massachusetts now is also a professor of en