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john cooper clarke was once dubbed "the punk poet". all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. its great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one — "all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a...

wordsmiths but many of us shy away from the art and the best harness the power of words, poetry. but not my guest today. john cooper clarke once called the punk poet, all his life is used words, rhythm and rhyme to bind human and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet one of his crimes has become a worldwide viral sensation. where does his word magic come from. —— poems. john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. great to have you here. ijust read your memoir in ...

hi to everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. happy friday. what began at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, an affair between a porn star and a business mogul, now has the potential to throw the entire country into unchartered territory with donald trump reportedly on the verge of becoming the first ex-president to be criminally indicted. as we reported on this program yesterday, blockbuster reporting in the "new york times" reveals that the manhattan d.a. has invited donald trump to test...

all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. its great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one — "all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet." now, ive heard of kids who want...

>> kat: okay, really? because everything is kind of rough right now if you ask me. i mean, sometimes the news can feel like depressing story after depressing story. if i want to see that id just flip through my old diary. a former united states president being arrested, a current united states president who cant pronounce the word arrested. deadly storms, inflation, violence, and thats just in the fox and friends green room. the only thing that might be more depressing than the news is...

mm hmm. great opportunity and asking so many people so many questions about things ranging from the future to kind of advice, and we thought wed ask a few questions that run a little bit of a gamut really quickly. were also gonna be looking to the letter we thought would be addressing to ask you in the year 2025. whats the thing? youre most certain about? more people will have access to their own health information. what do you dream for something in 2025. the less people have to say g...

pill, mifepristone justice samuel alito, putting a temporary pause on any changes to the way the drug is currently administered, but only until wednesday, the court giving itself more time to decide if restrictions on the drug will go into effect if the full court doesnt choose to act after wednesday, doctors will be instructed to only prescribed if a princeton up to seven weeks of pregnancy instead of the 10 weeks now, however, doctors typically have discretion to ignore those instruc...

welcome to this special 8:00 hour of the "cnn newsroom." im jim acosta in washington and we begin this hour with an emotional anniversary of a pivotal moment in american history. on a busy weekend when the race for the white house was taking shape. president joe biden was in selma, alabama, today for the anniversary of bloody sunday, and a speech before some of the countrys most prominent civil rights leaders. while outside washington, a very different scene in a very different speech,...

president biden is about to honor of hero of bloody sunday. it was 58 years ago that white deputies and state troopers violently turned on peaceful demonstrators. they were beginning a 54-mile march to montgomery, the state capital to call for equal voting rights for african-americans. this is obviously an important trip for the president. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, jim, president bidens purpose here in selma, alabama today is two-fold. the white house has said he wants t...

of the security burden for europe. >> nato numbers must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations. if nato countries made their complete contributions nato would be stronger than it is today. >> laura: he made it clear that the days were over when the united nations and other foreign countries could just run roughshod over americas interest. >> we will only give foreign aid to those who respect us and who are frankly are our friends. we expect other count...