and by the way, it s the intended effect is to leave the population of the unitedat c states dangerously ignorant on questions that affect liveyou has. ave at this point, you haveorke to wonder if the average, say, new yorker is really better informed than a factory workeray in pyongyang, north korea. probably not. both have been effectively blindfolded by information monopolies. and if you doubt that s true, ask your neighbors who s winning the war in ukraine. and , i of course, to tell yl winn ukraine is winning the that s what they ve seen on the today show every morning for the past eleven months. and not just on the today show, but in virtually every media outlet in america. apart from colonel doug mcgregor s appearances on this show, for which he hasn needles to say, been condemned as an agent of putin, but he s pretty much alone. here s the version that mostm americans see this as leonskerio describe the time as the beginning of the end of the war. does we have t
are struggling around the globe and russia is already getting a billion dollars every few days in oil and gas revenues, why did opec slash production? everything has a price. we will explain. but first, here s my take. one of the few issues on which there is a consensus in washington, d.c. is that american policy toward china was built on an intellectual tariff. liberals and conservatives both believe that beijing s embrace of free markets and integration with the global market would fundamentally change china. but they didn t, so the consensus goes, we should recognize this was a naive belief. in fact, viewing china on the eve of the 20th party congress, i m struck by how little that line of analysis captures what has happened in china over the last decade. china has gone through profound economic and social changes. its per capita gdp has gone up almost 30 fold since the start of economic liberalization in 1978. mass education and urbanization have changed the face of
the verge of another revolution in iran? the images of mostly young people rising up against the regime have captivated all of us. i will talk to an iranian writer who explains what the protestors want. and at a time when economies are struggling around the globe and russia is already getting a billion dollars every few days in oil and gas revenues, why did opec slash production? everything has a price. energy security has a price. we will explain. but first, here s my take. one of the few issues on which there is a consensus in washington these days is that american policy toward china was built on an intellectual tariff. liberals and conservatives both believe that beijing s embrace of free markets and integration with the global market would fundamentally change china. but they didn t, so the consensus goes, we should recognize this was a naive belief in the power of markets and trade. in fact, viewing china on the eve of the 20th party congress, i m struck by how
the world. it s not one of those positiono you give tgiveo elderly men who have campaigned from the b their basement. if you wantent. to be the guy in ls second in line from the presidency in america, you ve got to work for it. to work and kevin mccarthy ca has worked for it this week.t whatever you think othinf, theyt the feeling mccarthy would crawl naked through a sewer to get this gig. et thi s and that s not necessarily an insult, by the way. it s what it takes, obviously. maybe it s what it should take. so if you take a deep breath and you think about it foringtor a second, nothing we have seen in washington recently the supposedly apocalyptic world ending drama of politicians arguing with each. s none of it qualifies as especially unusual or even bad. this is what democracy lookst up like when you get up close. i want one thing.ote to s you want another thing. we schedule a vote to seecase who gets it, or in this case, eleven votes, but whatever . bu how is
for a third straight day, kevin mccarthy rejected now 11 times to lead the house of prepresentatives. and, royal rumble. prince harry accuses his brother, the future king of england, of shoving him, in a fight about meghan markle. tonight, the new revelations. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. tonight, there is promising news from doctors about buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. they say today marks a really good turning point in his recovery. plus, that republican revolt in the house of representatives continues for the third straight day, as a small group of members hold kevin mccarthy s speakership hostage. we ll tell you about the real- life consequences of the stalemate in just a minute. but first, we have new details in the murders of the four university of idaho students. it was this affidavit relea