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I wrote the first book about climate change, it was still an abstraction, a theoretical threat. now its a fierce reality for people all over the world. the u.s. is getting by no means the worst of it, but thats what we tend to notice. people are having to start leaving coastal areas now in the wake of hurricane florence in north carolina earlier this year. just this week they were condemning one apartment building after another in wilmington because theyre washed away or theyre filled with mold....

Heart and soul is always, always vietnamese. [ laughter ] >> anthony: americans coming here as tourists for the first time, especially veterans of the war, are shocked by how friendly the place is. people are genuinely happy to see you. this is hanois old quarter, but its looking less and less old these days. man, this areas changed, though. the irish/czech-themed pub next door. vietnam is a young country. almost half of vietnamese are under the age of 30. fewer every year even remember what the...

Place is. people are genuinely happy to see you. this is hanois old quarter, but its looking less and less old these days. its changed. the irish/czech theme pub next door. vietnam is a young country. almost half the vietnamese are under the age of 30. fewer every year even remember what they call here the american war. those years were a defining time for just about everyone, vietnamese or american, who lived through them. and although there are still a lot of conflicted feelings back home, for...

Decades and she is also writing a new back called, "what i do." thank you both for being here. >> thank you, ali. >> lindsay, let me start with you. i think the reason were doing this segment is not to just talk about yemen which is to many americans an abstraction, but the fact that this is a war, it is devastation and it is a humanitarian crisis in which the united states bears some responsibility. >> yes. i think, you know, for my role as a photographer, im looking to show the world the reper...

To show more sensitivity than i think hes always shown so far. >> michael, this is not an abstraction. >> no. >> were in a world thats a tinderbox. we have war footings or we sound the war bells with north korea, with iran. we have a number of failed states in the world. it should be alarming to people. yemen, syria, libya. all sorts of countries where nongovernment actors can get a foothold. the idea of getting drawn into a war, even an america that says it doesnt want to be the worlds police a...

Rule of law. it is about being people faithful to the constitution. that doesnt always line up with my policy goals. a lot of cases where this law should be -- >> works rights and the, abortion rights are clear. but when you say, you look for judges who uphold the constitution, you believe the right to abortion is not in privacy rights or it is not in the constitution. >> thats frankly something that i think lawrence tried -- >> you can say yes or no. >> the idea that the legal grounding of roe ...

At Barracuda dot com. I. Think. This is the. Service of Salem media. Thats our end News Im Greg kludged than in Washington Tropical Storm Florence says claimed at least 11 lives thats the latest word from officials in North and South Carolina and as correspondent Ben Thomas reports emergency workers have been going door to door Jim Barton lives in Jacksonville North Carolina not far from camp was in he says when Florence arrived the water started to rise found within an hour it could come up. B...

Experience and of his experiences to guide the way. one thing that comes immediately to mind about john mccain is that despite the fact that he wound up in a position, in a series of positions of extremely great responsibility and authority, it never went to his head. there are very few people you can say that about. the large majority of people who wind up at the top of the food chain, many of them, too many of them become sanctionmonius. john mccain never forgot where he came from. he knew he ...

Needs. >> mccain was old and had been through cancer. so the idea of president palin wasnt some abstraction. it was a real possibility. >> heading into the fall of 2008, the race was neck in neck, but then on september 15th -- >> meltdown, the american financial system is rocked to its foundation as top wall street institutions topple. >> just before the first scheduled presidential debate, mccain decided to suspend his campaign to hammer out a deal on the economy. but in a meeting at the white ...

People carrying out those decisions on the other. if you were making a decision and its a bad one, at the highest levels of abstraction, you have a lot to answer for. if you were a young, soldier, sailor, marine, and you are carrying those out and when you are on the battlefield or in the air and fighting, he has to accomplish those missions. but you are also fighting more than anything, for those who are around you and he thought that john kerry had collapsed those two things and he thought it ...