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Its a chinese balloon, and were dependent on our enemy for our modern way in life, a threat we havent faced in our history. thats the number one problem here. number two problem, were focused on the wrong wars. actually driving through the ukraine war, russia into chinas hands, the single greatest military threat that we face. as commander in chief, thats my top foreign policy priority, to drive the wedge between russia and china, like nixon in 1972. i think we can do it quickly. >> what you sai...

Sheffield looks very different these days, but like everywhere, a lot of people have got it tough at the moment. and this is probably the most important of all of the locations because this is, of course, where they did the full monty. however, as you can see, its seen better days. and thats perhaps apt because the full monty, both the film and the tv series, have definitely got a serious side. and for those like peter price, for whom this club was a part of life for more than 50 years, its a mo...

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Biden was a liar. you thought, okay, is this thing going to go sideways with the stakes this high? about two weeks ago, serious people got serious because the problem was so deadly serious. they got the job done. youre right, to listen to that clip, that is two weeks after january 6th. two weeks after january 6th, he was calling for that kind of calm and bipartisanship. there was a lot of eye rolling and a lot of people saying, clearly, take two weeks ago as an example, thats not how washington ...

Storming the capitol? that we had a seditious president of the united states. we write, in the 50th anniversary edition of all the presidents men, a new foreword, in which we talk about george washington, the first president of the united states, warning about what can happen if unprincipled men who are after their own wellbeing rather than that of the nation come to prevail in the presidency. and that happened with nixon. we never thought we would see it with another president. it happened even...

Was, notjust what he did. what on earth have you got in your hand? what have you got there? ive got a selected copy... he has a copy in every suitjacket! laughterjust in case hes being interviewed by the bbc! its from one of the nixon tapes. but this is december 14, 1972. nixon hasjust won a landslide victory. nixons in the oval office with henry kissinger, his secretary of state. and this is happy time for nixon. and this is literally what nixon says. "remember, were going to be around, "and ou...

Purple was a very popular colour that day. a whole family of chopper fans here, granddad roy, with his son and grandchildren corey and reuben. roy got a mark one chopper for his 12th birthday in 1970. and heres tony higgins in around 1972. tony said he was the first kid on the estate with a chopper and his dad told him hed grow into it. and finally, heres tim weller with his friend peter in somerset. looks like tim was another person who was told to grow into their bike. there were so expensive ...

Portrait of the artist as a young man. that was by jamesjoyce. we portrait of the artist as a young man. that was byjamesjoyce. we had cracked him. and weve got a second question for you... hands on imaginary buzzer. the title character of which 1972 david bowie album was inspired by the british rock n roll singer vince taylor? 0h! um... he has had a late night. if we were riven he has had a late night. if we were given multiple _ he has had a late night. if we were given multiple choice. _ he h...

Tonight because for the guests we have tonight. >> exactly 50 years later to the day here at the richard nixon library the same food. neptune salad, beef, strawberry shortcake. there just arent as many men left alive to enjoy it. >> we considered richard nixon, guys that were responsible for getting us home, and we love the man. >> every minute this table was held at the same p.o.w. camp. there is smith and wallingford. in 1972 both were badly injured and captured after the brutal battle -- >> a...