It is now more than a decade since you wrote sapiens. It was a worldwide hit, and in essence, it was a very sort of positive explanation of how we humans have come to sort of dominate this planet. It was about our ability to cooperate, to tell shared stories, to give ourselves common purpose. I just wonder whether in the last decade, youve lost some of that optimism. I think our shared stories and our ability to cooperate, both as a species, but also on the national level, is collapsing in more and more places. I see it now in my home country of israel, which is really on the verge maybe of a constitutional crisis or even a civil war. Maybe what we need to understand specifically about democracies is that democracy, in essence, is a conversation. You know, dictatorship, there is one person dictates everything. Democracy is trying to reach some agreement through conversation, and conversation is not always possible. For most of history, large scale conversation was just technically impo
It was a worldwide hit, and in essence, it was a very sort of positive explanation of how we humans have come to sort of dominate this planet. It was about our ability to cooperate, to tell shared stories, to give ourselves common purpose. Ijust wonder whether in the last decade, youve lost some of that optimism. I think our shared stories and our ability to cooperate, both as a species, but also on the national level, is collapsing in more and more places. I see it now in my home country of israel, which is really on the verge maybe of a constitutional crisis or even a civil war. Maybe what we need to understand specifically about democracies is that democracy, in essence, is a conversation. You know, dictatorship, there is one person dictates everything. Democracy is trying to reach some agreement through conversation, and conversation is not always possible. For most of history, large scale conversation was just technically impossible. You had small scale democracies, like in city s
barred. his lawyer argues it was all free speech, and in fact in the lawyers words, it wasn t like trump carried a pitch fork to capitol hill. but is that the legal bar? and a $100 billion battle escalating on capitol hill. the aid to israel and ukraine is, in the words of our top diplomat, all part of one fight. but a lot of house republicans, including the new speaker, are trying to split that money into two bills. democratic senator bob casey of the intelligence committee joins me on the controversy and the possible consequences in just a minute. but we start in gaza, where the u.n. says an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions. and there are now reports coming in of explosions in a refugee camp, right on the fringes of gaza city. in the words of that chief u.n. official, quote, the scale of the horror they re experiencing in gaza is hard to convey. he said people are becoming more desperate by the hour. at least four u.n
On fake news during the Election Campaign, saying itll do all it can to tackle the problem. In sport, theres hope yet for arsenals season. They beat Manchester United and are still in the chase for the Champions League places. And carol has the weather. Good morning. For some of us, the good morning. For some of us, the good weather will last. A bit more cloud in the north and east and still cool down in the north sea coastline. I will have more details in about ten minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Frances newly elected president , Emmanuel Macron, has promised to heal the countrys divisions following his resounding victory over the far right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterdays election. The pro eu candidate secured 66 of the vote and atjust 39 years old, he will become the countrys youngest ever leader. Speaking at a Victory Rally outside the louvre in paris, he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity. Heres our europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.
Antiracist tweet and wants to it imagine a world where anybody can enter freely from mexico. Take a second and just imagine no wall. No wall in southern arizona. Brian can you imagine that night. In new york Cynthia Nixon said its time for the Democratic Party to push socialism and others on the left seem on board. The establishment is terrified of that word. Socialism. But if we learned one thing from the obama years, its that republicans will call us socialists no matter what we do. [cheers and applause]. So we might as well as give them the real thing. Brian this is going to be a big debate in 2020, isnt it . I dont think it will be a debate point. A look at the latest news and headlines of the day features discussions of politics and culture, analysis of Political Correctness in Campus Craziness and. Brian columnist mark stein here. There are times when you have to split hairs to find the problem. We dont have to split hairs here. Socialism, lets just embrace it . Right, 20 years a