Megan buskey presenting her new book ukraine is not dead yet a family story of exile and return. Joined in conversation by emily channel justice, our spring event season is in full swing here at bookstore you can find our full time schedule at harvard dot com slash events where you can also sign up for our email newsletter. Tonights will conclude with some time for your questions, which well have a book signing here at this to ask the question. Raise your hand during the q a portion and our speakers will call on you. Cspan booktv is also our event tonight, including the q a. So if you ask a question, please just wait for their microphones to reach you before you ask the question and if you havent already, you can find the copy of ukraine is not dead yet. At the register in the next room. Thank you for continuing to steam. Ask it as we strive to keep our Community Safe and just a reminder to please silence your cell phones for the duration of this event. And as always, thank you for buy
around the world and keeping the internet free and fair. the big boss of web browser, firefox, tells me how herfoundation is trying to compete with the deep pocketed rivals like google and apple and still have an influence. wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. china it s the world s second biggest economy. it trails only the united states and is more than four times the size of the next on the list, japan. so what happens there certainly matters. but a year since the government abandoned coronavirus lockdowns, it s an economy that s still struggling. the challenges for president xi jinping s government include vast debts in the property market and local government, soaring youth unemployment, an ageing workforce and ongoing trade tensions with the united states. his government set a target of around 5% for economic growth this year. it was the lowest in decades, and some say that was deliberate, but it will
Good evening, everyone. My name is jasmine and on of Harvard Bookstore. I am so excited. Welcome you to our event with megan buskey presenting her new book ukraine is not dead yet a family story of exile and return. Joined in conversation by emily channel justice, our spring event season is in full swing here at bookstore you can find our full time schedule at harvard dot com slash events where you can also sign up for our email newsletter. Tonights will conclude with some time for your questions, which well have a book signing here at this to ask the question. Raise your hand during the q a portion and our speakers will call on you. Cspan booktv is also our event tonight, including the q a. So if you ask a question, please just wait for their microphones to reach you before you ask the question and if you havent already, you can find the copy of ukraine is not dead yet. At the register in the next room. Thank you for continuing to steam. Ask it as we strive to keep our Community Safe
let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 16th. new overnight, cnn obtained new video of a man chasing a screaming woman with a bat minutes before he allegedly attacked staffers at a congressman s field office. you hear the screams there. the suspect this morning is under arrest. virginia congressman says his staffers have nonlife threatening injuries. also in washington, president biden is going to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again today as both try to find a way forward when it comes to the debt ceiling. mccarthy said they re not closer than they were as a treasury secretary is doubling down that america is headed for a default as early as june 1st. durham is report is now out after three years in the making. the special counsel from the trump era the fbi should have never launched a full investigation into connections between the former president s 2016 campaign and russia. but he did not recommend any new criminal charges or, quote, w
dollars later, john durham issues his report. was it everything trump promised it would be? and a florida teacher under investigation for playing a disney movie that happens to include a gay character. chasten buttigieg, the former teacher and husband of pete buttigieg, is my guest tonight. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, russia s worst day of the war, in fact, it was the worst day for putin and his prized air force in more than 50 years. so here s what happened. ukraine s antiaircraft missiles systems took four down four of putin s fighter jets and helicopters. it reportedly does not appear that the crew of the four aircraft had time to eject. now, the worst day in more than 50 years for putin s air force, ukraine has stopped short for taking responsibility of the attack, only saying tonight that the aircraft ran into some trouble. now, these attacks could be a precursor to the counteroffensive. just today two, more strikes in l