His acting career has spanned five decades. Includes many roles, the first one was his iconic and lu,orgettable portrayal of su but it includes many others. George is not just an actor. He is an unprecedented social media presence, and he is an activist for many causes, speaking out for the rights of lgbt people and also asianamericans and many others. In recognition of his contribution to the relationship between the United States and japan, he was awarded the order of the rising sun. By his majesty the emperor of japan. Please join me in welcoming george takei. [applause] mr. Roosevelt thank you so much for coming. Mr. Takei thank you for the invitation to be here. Enter the japan society, it is always a pleasure to be here and to have a discussion with you, who has written a novel titled allegiance. Im halfway through that right now, so please dont reveal any spoilers to me. Mr. Roosevelt i will try not to, although i should say you probably know a fair amount of the plot already. B
Donald trump became the presumptive g. O. P. Nominee after ted cruz and john kasich dropped out this week. Most political pundits didnt think trump would make it past iowa, and many even said they believed his candidacy was to promote his vast business interests and celebrity and not to actually win. It is all but certain that trumps name will be listed on the ballot you will see when you go to vote for our nations next president on november 8th of this year. Trump has run the most unconventional Political Campaign we have seen in recent american political times. Sam katz, should he be admired, admonished, or both . Vilified, i would say, in the manner in which he has conducted himself in the campaign, the extent to which he has taken shots at people who he now needs to be for him not shots that would be traditional to political discourse, but vicious personal attacks on people, whether it was jeb bush, marco rubio little marco, lyin ted and now all these people are supposed to come ba
That will lower the price of everything . I want to bring it down to zero. John these people live in fantasyland. Much of what they believe about economics is magical thinking, myths. Thats our show tonight. Announcer now john stossel. John can americans and president candidates really believe economic myths . Yes, they can. And they do. Many candidate believe a min municipal wage wont kill jobs. At least one believes trade helps other countries at our expense. Many people believe prices are set by business and rich people get rich at the expense of poor people. None of that is true. Recently in our website called cafe hyaak wrote his purpose in life is to dispel wrong beliefs about the economy that most of this students hold. Most . Most before they take my classes. John minnesota believe myths. Most listen to the Mainstream Media and politicians who perpetrate the myths. John they say the interest of the business person are counter to the working person. Its a war. In order to make m
That will lower the price of everything . I want to bring it down to zero. John these people live in fantasyland. Much of what they believe about economics is magical thinking, myths. Thats our show tonight. Announcer now john stossel. John can americans and president candidates really believe economic myths . Yes, they can. And they do. Many candidate believe a min municipal wage wont kill jobs. At least one believes trade helps other countries at our expense. Many people believe prices are set by business and rich people get rich at the expense of poor people. None of that is true. Recently in our website called cafe hyaak wrote his purpose in life is to dispel wrong beliefs about the economy that most of this students hold. Most . Most before they take my classes. John minnesota believe myths. Most listen to the Mainstream Media and politicians who perpetrate the myths. John they say the interest of the business person are counter to the working person. Its a war. In order to make m
Continues to divide opinion. And around a Million People turn out in italy saying no to plans to legalize samesex unions. And in sport for once Serena Williams is denied success in a grand slam final. Angelique of germany winning the Australian Open final and her first major title. Hello, so we begin with that developing story out of turkey. Which has summoned the Russian Ambassador after what it says was a violation of its airspace by a russian fighter jet. Turkey says that despite radar warnings the russian su40 like this one violated its airspace, last november you remember turkey shot down a Russian Air Force jet it claimed that was flying in its territory killing the pilot. That led to an escalating war of words between the countries. After the latest incident the turkish president erdogan says he wants to talk to his russian counterpart vladimir putin. Al jazeeras zeina khodr is live in southern turkey. Tell us the latest on this situation, just how serious is it, zeina . Reporte