Spirit here to the Asian Pacific american studio. Well, having a daughter, olivia, who was in a ballet school, i saw my share of nutcracker performances, community and professional productions. And even those not familiar with ballet, there is a feeling of holiday spirit that the audiences all share. And when you see it at its highest level, its inspiring. The traditional San Francisco ballet production provides one of those experiences. It starts its holiday run at the War Memorial Opera House december 13. We are proud and happy to have a soloist from the show with us today. Wang wei was born in anshan, china, and trained at the beijing Dance Academy before attending the San Francisco ballet school, joining San Francisco ballet in 2013, then elevated to soloist in 2016. Welcome to the show, and congratulations, i should say, thats a very fast ascension there. Now, give us an idea here in terms of, first of all, for people who arent familiar with it, the San Francisco ballet, the holid
Conversation and we like to talk a lot so there is conversation in social media. I think this whole week has been about learning. I come from a small town where it is very politically homogenic. There is not much chance for people who dont think the same to get their opinion without being ridiculed. Being here has given me an opportunity to learn other viewpoints and also to get my other ideas out with people. High School Students across the country discuss the precipitation there cipitation sunday night at 8 00. Tom perkins wrote a letter to the enter of the wall street journal in january about income inequality. He later apologized for holocaust analogy. He says part of the reason he wrote the letter was because the attacks on his exwife who is in the audience at this Commonwealth Club of california event. He spoke with Fortune Magazine senior Senior Editor about what he calls the demonization of the one percent. It is about one hour. Thank you, caroline. This truly is my favorite pa
The demonization of the one percent. After that, discussion about the situation in somalia. On the next washington journal, is page talks politics and the Supreme Court ruling. Former fbi and cia Deputy Director philip mudd talks about the recent drone strikes that killed dozens of al qaeda. Embers we will be looking for your calls and you can join the conversation of facebook and twitter. Washington journal, live at 7 00 a. M. On cspan. I remember the first conversation i had wasnt about where youre from or what your school is like but it was about ukraine. It was about politics and our believes on education and religion. That, i was like, wow, this week will be intense. It was cool to see the evolution of all our friendships and our bonds just from talking about politics. Ribbon talking about our experiences and what we have learned in who we have met. This is an experience i will never forget. I can never really go that far in politics and politics is such a caustic environment. But
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I am the only one prosecuted, indicted, and convicted. I had nothing to do with surveillance. I resisted with everything i had. Who authorize surveillance and approve surveillance they all have immunity. In fact, if i had committed surveillance if i had engaged in surveillance, i would not have been prosecuted. John kiriakou, if he had tortured he would not be in , prison today. What does that tell you . The press has been complicit in the war crimes any wrongdoing and the suspension of the constitution since 9 11. It is high time. You are faced with the stark reality that you are going to be in this. You need to question this. Question authority. You need to question everything. Especially question authority. How else do we know what is going on without being informed . This is a fundamental and some suggest, the fatal flaw, of any democracy, no matter what form it takes. Including a constitutional republic. It is ultimately about keeping the public informed. The public has the respon