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Together with other leaders. You know, the president talked about his thoughts on climate. The hosts the talking climate. What chance is there though, of any Real Movement toward Climate Action here . Well, Climate Change is a very important topic was on top of the agenda today. And its of course, very important from the european perspective. The leaders today talked about how important it is to reduce emissions, to use green energy and to choose economic models that are not only standing for gr...

Curiosity about how other people live think and work and it was always worth it yes im a citizen of the world. This is the story of a the story of the final year in the career of detail a man has shaped the german Cultural Landscape of the past decades like few others with his incredible ability to grasp the right moment. As head of the German National library as loued of palins Museum Island. As president of the institute but his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a traumatic year. The...

About how other people live think and work and it was always worth it yes im a citizen of the world. This is the story of a farewell the story of the final year in the career of detail a man he has shaped the german Cultural Landscape of the past decades like few others with his incredible ability to grasp at the right moment. As head of the German National library as loued of Museum Island. As president of the ghetto institute but his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a dramatic. A la...

Set to become the bundesliga is youngest player of all time. A math anyhow. Bookham u. S. Drug giant pfizer and its german patent a biotech have applied for emergency authorized they Coronavirus Vaccine in the United States. The vaccine has performed well in initial safety trials. And based on that, the u. S. Food and Drug Administration could grant permission before testing is complete. If it does the 1st does, this could be administered as soon as next month. That means hope for many people fo...

And im a citizen of the world thats certainly because of my own biography. Well, i fled from breslau during the bombardment, including i grew up in a small town. And libraries were how i got to know the world. I visited north africa as a schoolboy. I was 17 or 18 and we drove folks who are going to band through all the north african countries. I was always drawn to Foreign Countries because i had this curiosity about how other people live, think and work. And it was always worth it. Yes, im a ci...

And im a citizen of the world that certainly because of my own biography. Well, i fled from breslau during the bombardment cleaning. I grew up in a small town and libraries were how i got to know the world did north africa as a schoolboy. I was 17 or 18 and we drove folks are going to ban through all the north african countries. I was always drawn to Foreign Countries because i had this curiosity about how other people live, i think and work. And it was always worth it. Yes, im a citizen of the ...

A fiction rates continue to still plus an historic day at the turkish grand prix. Lewis hamilton has. Michael schumacher has full time formula one record of 7. Well talk math and held welcome. In peru, interim president. Manuel merino has announced. Hes stepping down less than a week into the job. Protesters in the capital being out on the streets celebrating the visit nation, which comes after a violent mass demonstrations in which 2 people died from gunshot or another. Took of the top job afte...

So little perspective on this moment, its quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think its an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any period in history . Jill lepore as a historian im interested in an...

You today by your television profess provideer. And now on book tv we are live with author and Harvard University history professor jill lepore who over the next 2 hours will be taking your calls and comments. Professors book include secret history of wonder woman, these truths, history of the United States and the newly published if then, about the cold war origins of data mining and social manipulation. Harvard professor jill lapore, before we get into the substance of your book, as a historia...

Good evening, every saturday night throughout the summer booktv is putting on several hours of a wellknown author. Kind of our twist on binge watching. Tonights featured author s historian David Mccullough the author of a dozen books including bestselling histories on the american revolution, the invention of manned spaceflight the settlement of the Northwest Territory and the creation of the brooklyn bridge. He is a two time winner both Pulitzer Prize and National Book award and appeared on boo...