Welcome to the weekly here on our t. V. Where we wrap up the top stories from the past week bringing you the latest developments as well thanks for tuning in. Militants in eastern go to district of syria are indiscriminately shelling the capital damascus according to Russias Defense Ministry thats despite the United Nations voting on saturday to implement a cease fire or war correspondent martin ghazi it was here in the studio earlier with the details russian reconsiderations said the Monitoring Center in syria says that over the last twenty four rebels in the east launched no less than thirty one shells into damascus and i knew what that looks like every time we stayed in that mass because every time weve been in damascus we shells lending all over the capital of damascus because it is the last rebel stronghold in the vicinity of the capital. Shrine gold you know the residue revolutions because all of the lives around the capital have been. Retaken by the syrian got. Nevertheless thes
Good evening everybody. Good evening on this beautiful evening. Thank you all for joining us. We are very excited to host this launch in d. C. Of a monumental new book, train three. It is already getting excellent reviews in the New York Times. If you havent seen it, that should be the second thing you read after her book this brave new world. We are excited to have anja manuel joining us in conversation. I will give you just a brief sketch of both of their biographies because they are so well known to all of us in this room. Three is a lawyer anja manuel is a lawyer and handles the asia portfolio for the undersecretary of state who handles clinical affairs. They have served as the Deputy National security adviser among many positions as chairman of the u. S. Institute of peace. This book is really a wonderful work. Its important and comes at an important time when so many of our policymakers and Business People and are trying to determine precisely how to think about china and where t
Debate, most of the important work has already been done. It is informative to watch, but it is not necessarily the real business being done. Its actually not rational for most voters to spend a lot of time informing themselves about politics. Because most voters have complicated lives. Informing yourself about politics it takes a lot of time for very little reward. I find it rewarding to study politics because i find it fascinating. But the probability of one voter casting the pivotal vote in an election is pretty much less than the probability of getting struck by lightning. So, its not really rational to invest a lot of time learning about politics unless you enjoy learning about politics for its own sake. Because it is not rational for individual voters to do that, you wind up with a lot of voters who are relatively poorly informed. The problem is the if the electorate as a whole is poorly informed, then you wind up with the possibility of bad decisions been made where income and i
The. Who was Simon Schuster . Guest well they were max shuster and simon and they were two gentlemen who were friends with one another and we back in 1924 they decided to start a Publishing House on their own. They have been working in Publishing Houses but felt they could begin on themselves so they did. They set out one day and they rented a space and put up a sign that said Simon Schuster publishers. Host would they recognize what you do today . Guest know i think they totally would. Some of what is really interesting when you read through the history is to realize how many things go in circles and what is old becomes new again. They use as an example the reason they would recognize what we do today namely its because the job of the publisher has not changed at all which is defined great work. Depending on what kind of work it is and then to find an audience that commits that audience to buy it. We have always been the conduit between the artist in the consumer and that has not chan
He glided into the base in thailand and as soon as the wheels touched down on the runway, the engine stopped because he was out of fuel. It is just one of these incredible stories of aviation skills in heroism and why is that valor . He was doing that because of the loss of his friend to try to help his friends on the ground. So it was a combination of worry free, commitment, love, all of those that make up the real definition of the word dowler. And then, i am sorry to tell you, a few weeks later, leo was shot down and i ended up in the same cell with him many years later when the vietnamese photos altogether. On a recent trip to new york city, but tv tour the headquarters of publisher Simon Schuster. While their convoy profiled several principal players responsible for a books publication from acquisition to editing, publicity and sales to be also discussed the history of Simon Schuster now in its 90th year and the Current Health and future of the Publishing Industry. Who were Simon