Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. In times of crisis, we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind. How we balance self protection against the collective interest. My guest today is the dutch writer and historian rutger bregman, whose book humankind a hopeful history is making waves across the world. Do we humans underestimate our capacity for doing good . Theme music plays. Rutger bregman, in the netherlands, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. We are all living in this time of covid 19. It is a Global Health emergency and, in times of emergency, perhaps we learn more than usual about the nature of human beings. What do you think this pandemic right now is showing us about humanity . I think it is showing us that most people are actually pretty decent and that, especially in the midst of a crisis, people most people, at least show their better selves, you know . And you see this explosion of co
At the family home in germany. Good morning, rosie. Reporter christine, im here the day after the Police Arrived when lubitzs identity was brought out. Andreas lubitz 27yearold co pilot stands accused of deliberately crashing the plane and everyone searching for clues. A lot of media from around the world and the focus shifted on to the man in the effort to find anything about him. This is the home when grew up with his family. They are said to be a good family. The neighbors are shocked to hear the family could have been involved. The town feels deserted. No signs of life. The police are still here maintaining a presence and security and guarding the home. The checks they took place yesterday and police leaving the family residence and his apartment in dusseldorf with boxes and bags and hoping to find clues why this young man would do this. Anything indicating a motive or he was unhappy or anything unstable. To go on to answer the questions that everybody is desperate to answer. Tell
In flight 9525. The co pilot locked the pilot out of the cockpit. Deliberately flew the plane into the Mountain Side killing 148 people and himself. The co pilot has been identified as 27yearold German National Andreas Lubitz. The central question and mystery here is why. German Police Searching his two homes for clues. The fbi announcing it will help french authorities in the investigation. I want to bring in rosie flores with more in germany. Reporter hi christine. Im here where the family home is of lubitz. We believe his brother and grandparents killed nearby. This is a community he and his family have been part of. The family described as a good family and engaged in the community. No word on why this man would have done this but he stands accused of deliberately crashing the plane. A junior pilot with 630 hours of flying. Impeccable record so far. More details are emerging about him. We spoken to people at the local flying club who knew him. They said he was passionate about flyi
There is never a good outcome to that in a society. That was ben carson yesterday with a little creative input from our producers. In just about an hour from now, President Trump heads to canada to come face to face with the American Allies hes been attacking on twitter. Back here at home, Rudy Giuliani just keeps on talking. And both the secretary of state and the first lady say they have heard enough. Good morning, everyone and welcome to morning joe, its friday june 8th. Along with joe, willie and me we have republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del persio, Donnie Deutsch is with us and cofounder and ceo of axios, jim vandehei and host of bbc america, katty kay. While i loved the message, i think its worth repeating, it was also one of those moments where i thought that all just happened, this week. It is the shock, the shocks keep coming. The shocks do keep coming and it is pretty remarkable. I remember when i first started writing for the Washington Post, i asked
In the American City of minneapolis, to remember the life of george floyd, the 46 year old black man, whos death has sparked several days of protests across the us, and around the world. Tens of thousand of people in hong kong have defied a ban to turn out for a vigil on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. This years vigil was banned by police citing coronavirus measures. Some protesters said they were also standing against chinas growing control over hong kong. German prosecutors, who are investigating the disappearance of the british girl Madeline Mccann say shes presumed dead. They say a jailed sex offender is the prime suspect. Named only as christian b, the 43 year old lived in the part of portugal where madeleine was abducted in 2007. Now on, bbc news hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. In times of crisis we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind. How