Public service and brought to you by your television provider. Welcome to the Commonwealth Club. Im george hammond, chair of the vanity form, i am happy to welcome back a. J. Baime. We had him here i urine to have a go for the accidental president , his last book and this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book about the 1948 election going back 72 years and you will be amazed how similar it sounds in some ways, in other ways very different. Politicians were all younger than they are today. Take it away, the overview of the book, a very good review. Guest thanks for having me. The Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be. A lot of people going to pain and suffering, i am reminded why i fell in love with reading, books can transport you to another time and place and it has been a blessing. Regarding my last time with you i started this book in 2017 to talk about the accidental president. This book came out in the 2020 election cycle. This is
Long rule of Alexander Lukashenko will his government crack under pressure from the people. Hello im terry barton good to have you with us the recent poisoning of the russian Opposition Leader alecks in the bonnie has raised tensions between germany and russia he is being treated in berlin after collapsing in siberia the German Government says he was poisoned with a nerve agent nova truck the affair is casting doubt on the future of a strategic pipeline being built to carry russian gas to germany. Construction is in the final stages yet the north stream to pipeline might never be completed because of the diplomatic storm over the poisoning of alexina valmy it is what you know not all over 100 companies are involved in this project half of them a german backlash against the project would hurt them to perform for an hour or so but it would be wrong to assume that whats happened will not have any consequences after this point. Must go denies the allegations of an avowal nature and to hit
A client. But its always been like im here when hes there buys a verse on the martial arts but its a. Spend will be in to buy for just 24 hours but he couldnt miss the big boat show everyone whos anyone in the industry will attend. For more than a quarter of a century the super rich have come to dubai to check out the yacht market at least half of the Worlds Largest shops are owned by wealthy arabs. The amir of divine Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum arise with his usual contingent of advances and bodyguards. But rather she this is the aft deck. And spend doesnt need to rent an exhibition hall he simply welcomes potential clients on board one of his yachts this one is called the silver fast. Law school where she comes up when you sit here you can look out over the water. On the. Boat shows give us a chance to show our know how so were very happy we could show this boat here today its not always the case because the bigger the boats are the more private their owners are gone theres
Forget the details from wellington. And ducting during corona some of the best soloist in the world contribute from a distance to the impossible orchestra and ambitious project to raise funds for victims of covert 90. Im told me a lot of them to the show republicans in the u. S. Have mounted a robust defense of law and order on the 3rd night of their National Convention this comes as the country faces new tensions following the shooting of jacob blake a black man in wisconsin Vice President mike pence was the keynote speaker. Warning that only President Donald Trump could uphold order he said americans didnt need to choose between a Lawful Society and standing up for africanamericans after he spoke he was joined on stage by trump making a surprise appearance trump is set to give his the acceptance speech tomorrow on the final bite off the convention. Lets hear more of what mike pence had to say the violence must stop whether in minneapolis portland or can no show too many heroes have d
Broke. U. S. President donald trump has visited louisiana to get a firsthand look at the damage from hurricane lara trump met with officials and relief workers during his 2 hour for the storm tore through the region 2 days ago leaving at least 16 people dead and hundreds of thousands of people without power and water. Shiite muslims around the world are marking ashore under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic its the highlight of a holy month and marks the death in battle of the prophet muhammads grandson who say. This is due to you news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at g. W. News or visit our website w dot com. This week on world stories. We look at a 2nd wave of Coronavirus Infections in israel and with that in mutual submission in berlin because we begin in mexico increasing numbers of mexico City Residents have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic and can no longer pay their rent many families are now facing homelessness but the government isnt offerin