America and the Queen
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
How is the US reacting?
From Truman to Biden, the Queen met thirteen of the fourteen US presidents who held office during her reign and left a lasting impression on the United States. Justin, Sarah and Marianna look at the reaction to her death and catch up with the BBC’s Chelsea Bailey in Washington DC, who has been speaking to some of the Queen’s biggest fans.
And after a five-year legal fight, an Ohio college will pay nearly $37 million to a local bakery that sued the school for libel following a 2016 shoplifting incident involving three Black students. Criminal defence lawyer Professor Jonathan Turley takes us through the case and wider implications of the ruling.
Americast is made by Phil Marzouk and Alix Pickles. The studio director is Emma Crowe. The assistant editor is Sam Bonham. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, it's been a busy week for very obvious reasons. |
| 0:08.7 | The death of the Queen has impacted people all over the world, |
| 0:12.1 | not just in the UK, including in America. |
| 0:15.4 | And as rarely happens on America, |
| 0:18.3 | none of us have actually been in America to see it, |
| 0:22.2 | unfortunately, Justin, you told us last week |
| 0:24.2 | you were going to be going to Pennsylvania. |
| 0:25.6 | I did, and at the time, what I told you was true. |
| 0:28.5 | But it turned out to be fake news. |
| 0:31.0 | And I find myself in Edinburgh as well by coincidence. |
| 0:34.1 | But of course, as soon as we got the news of what had happened |
| 0:36.9 | at Balmoral Castle, I went straight to work |
| 0:39.2 | and have been there for the last few days, |
| 0:40.8 | covering the Scottish end of the departure of the Queen. |
| 0:44.2 | And there's no fake news for me. |
| 0:45.7 | I am still in London. |
| 0:47.0 | As I said, I would be with my only friends, the undercover voters. |
| 0:50.8 | Yeah, okay. |
| 0:51.6 | Well, you are never actually the voice of misinformation, |
| 0:54.0 | even though that's the nickname we've given you. |
| 0:56.0 | Out doing us all, though, I should say, is Anthony, |
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