Thats coming up next on booktv. Thanks for that kind introduction. Its truly an honor to be here at the museum of chinese and america, an institution that has done so much to increase public understanding of not only the chinese immigrant experience in the United States, but also of asianamericans and the asian diaspora more generally. Im particularly, im an editor at the new york times, and i mostly traffic in words. And do careful editing. Im very attentive. I try to be to nuances of word selection, diction, syntax but also meaning. But im also very, very aware of the acute and enduring power thank you very much of images. And what was most striking to me in looking at these two books is the immense visual array of whats been amassed here which is really something quite distinctive. I dont think in any of the books that ive read that arabamericans, that asianamericans have i seen such a visually rich and, frankly, disturbing collection of images. So i think thats very impressive. Im
Clues for what the future may hold are frozen deep within ice on the worlds highest mountains. Lonnie thompson and his team have been risking their lives for over three decades, drilling into mountain glaciers ice that has remained frozen for thousands of years. The ice cores they retrieve contain a perfectly preserved record of the earths past climate. Looking toward the future, chris field has created a time machine in a Northern California grassland. The jasper ridge Global Change experiment is subjecting an entire ecosystem to the predicted climate conditions possible 50 to 75 years in the future. Both Research Programs one looking into the past and the other toward the future will ultimately provide us with better ways to predict and cope with earths changing climate. [ wind whipping ] man ive climbed a t of mountains, and ive been told that i hold the worlds record for the amount of time a human being has spent above 18,000 feet, which is 3 1 2 years of my life. But ive always ha
Special envoy is that Franklin Roosevelt, who was immobilized and was unable to travel except in extraordinary circumstances, how she used those ways to sidestep and build a relationship and what position the United States for a policy that he sought to pursue taking america into the Second World War. And as michael explained, that changed the course of history as we know in very dramatic ways and in particular the role of america in very dramatic ways. And so the story is a fascinating one of itself. Its told beautifully by michael in a way that takes you into the rooms where the decisions were being made and the conversations were being had that shaped the course of history. But it also has i think important lessons about statecraft, about the way in which president s of with great difficulty nevertheless can turn the american state and new and profoundly important directions. Therefore it has relevance for today as well. Michael was the director of the institute for International Po
Hello welcome to fox news night im shannon bream. Kicking us off tonight with brandnew information to ramp up covid19 testing all across the country, good evening kevin. Good evening, the Coronavirus Crisis taking a little bit of a turn as the president criticized democratic governors over handling of the pandemic, knowing it is also there dont like their responsibility to manage the needs to be safe and that includes more coronavirus testing as more states prepared to reopen. All of that said, the president promised they will have a partner in the federal government ready to help. President trump we will be sending out 5. 3 million testing swabs to the state and can be done easily by the governors themselves, mostly at his cotton. Its not a big deal. You can get caught and easily, but if they cant get it, we will take care of it. President trump earlier today now, it shifts the responsibility to the states. One of the major points of contention, shannon at least the democrats the lack
Hello welcome to fox news night im Shannon Bream. Kicking us off tonight with brandnew information to ramp up covid19 testing all across the country, good evening kevin. Good evening, the Coronavirus Crisis taking a little bit of a turn as the president criticized democratic governors over handling of the pandemic, knowing it is also there dont like their responsibility to manage the needs to be safe and that includes more coronavirus testing as more states prepared to reopen. All of that said, the president promised they will have a partner in the federal government ready to help. President trump we will be sending out 5. 3 million testing swabs to the state and can be done easily by the governors themselves, mostly at his cotton. Its not a big deal. You can get caught and easily, but if they cant get it, we will take care of it. President trump earlier today now, it shifts the responsibility to the states. One of the major points of contention, shannon at least the democrats the lack