Bestselling author, tom friedman. [inaudible conversations]. From the failing New York Times, the truth is, that the times succeed on some fronts. And the central reason is that it is home to outstanding journalists, a standout among them, is tom friedman. [applause] you may have noticed in the program that there is a photo that purports to be tom friedman. You know, tom is young but looks like he is accelerating in reverse in that photo. Tom has spent his life getting out into the world doing thorough research and speaking to people in every station of life, and walk of life around the planet. The result is something quite different from the cynicism and snark and aggression we encounter so often in todays media universe. What we get instead is a pair of rarities, insight and wisdom. They are the products of real reporting and serious reflection, themselves, all too rare. Those qualities can be found, could be found in toms previous bestselling books, you can find them in toms latest.
2a people are confirmed dead, more than 500 are missing, thousands have been left homeless in a series of blazes described as unprecedented in the region. They are now burning an area larger than chicago. And there are worries the changing weather will bring new outbreaks. This report from peter bowes. Entire communities completely wiped out. In some areas, the Deadly Wildfires have left nothing but charred rubble and brick chimneys in their wake. Their destructive path sweeping through northern californias wine country and still burning out of control. This is what the firefighters are facing, one of more than 20 fires burning across several counties. Devastation on this scale has never been seen before in this region. More than 3,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed. Fire Officials Say theres more to come, with high winds and tinder dry vegetation expected to hamper efforts to quell the flames. There are fears new fires could start at any time. These fires are just literally
Phillip brucker said that the north korea Breakthrough Potential upped the stakes on the mike pompphaoeubmike pompeo. They may be playing with the one opening we have with north korea. Do you agree or disagree with rucker in. Heidi heitcamp got on or board with his confirmation. It will be close. Theres some sense there is an issue where if you oppose pompeo you open yourself up to attacks. Is and some of these red states is not supporting the president on Foreign Policy during this key moment. A lot of people a lot of democrats were forced on thursday to grudgingly acknowledge sort of admiration or respect for pompeo going to meet with kim jongun over easter. It didnt move a lot of their votes. As you saw a bunch of the democrats on the Senate Foreign realizes committee, they still had to reiterate their
opposition is. Anna palmer from politico, what do you think is is the story of the week . I think one of the most interesting stories is u. N. Ambassador nikki haley asserting herself
The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Charge of an investigation and a guy who is the subject of an investigation that just got more profound. We have to preface everything, ari, with if the account from Michael Cohen is true, blah, blah, blah. So if the account is true, it is a tremendous change in the landscape. What it does is show us two things. One, that donald trump, from the very beginning, was in on an attempt at collusion, an attempt to conspire with a plot that was described to donald trump jr. As a secret operation by the kremlin to help trump. So if trump knows about that from the very beginning, and is in on it, i think that has a lot of legal, but even more so, political implications. Plus if hes told about this, and even if nothing came out of the meeting, remember throughout the whole campaign and up to now he keeps denying or dismissing the russian operation. Could have been a 400pound guy in a basement. The
Putting aside the fact the bible is under our constitution, not the framework to resolve these issues, which the Attorney General knows even if the white house spokesperson does not know that. Lets look at what else we have here. Jeff sessions dismissing all of these concerns from experts and families by saying these Migrant Children who were ripped from their parents arms are well cared for. This is hhs, health and human servic services. Something entirely different from the criminal Justice System that they care for these children in a. Proper way. They are providing food and education in their native language, health and dental care. We transport them where they want the to go while they are in the country. That is the representation of the Trump Administration about what they are doing. Et we show you that so you can see their version of events. What we are seeing, though, on the ground is very different. Heres whats happening inside the casa shelter in texas. Children sleeping in