War on drugs. Where does your name come from . I was born in czechoslovakia. Is not czechoslovakian. Wanda with a w is a fairly common polish name. The one that i was named after, is the inventor of orchids. It is interesting because a lot of my work is based on working on endangered species and conservation. I guess i was born to this name. My last name is arabic even though i was born in czechoslovakia. Brian you thank your mother in your books. Vanda essentially, those letters are the female endings. It can mean belonging to the man. For simplicity, and also because i did not want the connotation, i dropped those letters. Brian how long have you been in the United States . Vanda about 30 years. I came in high school. I started high school in the czech republic. I won a scholarship to a private, american high school. It was extraordinary. I loved every moment. I was very grateful. I never went back. I did all of my undergraduate work and graduate work in the u. S. Brian describe the
The bleak new figures from syrias war. We take a look at one of the most dangerous jobs in sew malia somalia. And im at the venice film festival. One of thousands of festivals taking place across world. So why is there a shortage in movies . Find out later in the program. Nato and European Union leaders have stepped up their confrontation over russia. They criticized russias continued denial in itself involvement saying it is no doubt it has sent weapons and troops into ukraine. They accused russia of an invasion. The u. N. Says the intense fighting means on average 36 people are dying every day. Almost 2,600 people have been killed since the unrest spread to the east of ukraine in april. Russian separatists are now in control of large parts of Eastern Ukraine, including the areas of luhansk and donetsk. They have also taken a coastal town. It is feared they are trying to create a land corridor between russia and the annexed region of crimea. The u. N. Says these are the areas where th
Television. All right, it is, in fact, go time. [ music ] cenk man, these republicans cannot let it go. They are still crying about the he election. Do you remember john sununu who was throwing out all those racial comments and we wondered if he just stoked the base or if he meant it . He meant it. They aggressively got out the base of their base. The base of their base thats dependent to a great extent economically on government policy and government programs. The eighth republican in a row to say oh, he lost, and hes giving stuff away, who is the base of their bases you know what im talking. Man, when are you going to stop crying . You lost. Get over it. Do Something Else with your life. Roger simon wrote a great article in making fun of them. The new republican ideas well, obviously he couldnt win. You cant beat a black guy. He said, quote their idea is it is not fair. Romney was cursed with white skin, and rich and powerful father. The best education money could buy, and numerous c
Credible and confident today. They will go out and fight. What they need to figure out is how to sustain themselves with logistics and communications, intelligence. We will be operating at that level, not without risk, but for those who are weary of war. It will be a very different mission. Host host he said down with nbc news. Others may say why stay there . What is the u. S. Interests and thus remaining even if it is a residual forces or advisors to help train and rebuild . Guest there is a general assessment that while we have made progress in a innocent, including with equipping Afghan National Security Forces, they are not really ready to stay in the field very effectively if we leave very rapidly. With equippn National Security forces, they are not really ready to stay in the field very effectively if we leave very rapidly. They have been trained. There are caps and the officer corps. They do not have the communications of war, the organization. Will be anure they Effective Secur
Developments in that part of the world. What is next for president obama and how should the u. S. Respond . You can join in on the conversation by calling the numbers on your screen. We are also on facebook or you can send us a tweet. Latetement was issued yesterday by john kerry, who is making his appearance on sunday morning programs. He says that unless immediate and concrete steps are taken by russia to deescalate tensions, the effect on our relations will be profound. I have convened a call with my counterparts from around the world to negotiate our next steps. Towill work closely together coordinate. This is a headline from the Washington Post. As Russian Troops continue to seize crimea, a region that was once part of the soviet union, kathy says that Russian Troops and Vladimir Putin are setting the stage for a highstakes International Showdown over the future of ukraine. We are in the cspan studios and this is dominating the programs that will be heard later today. Nancy, good