From the ravages of the cold war. One quick the cia in despair by the moral compromises they made on the duplicitous and distractive americans, anyone would be so heartbroken to take his own life. The quiet americans 4 cia spies at the dawn of the cold wara tragedy in 3 acts is the story of these four men and how the United States at the pinnacle of its power managed to permanently damaged moral standing in the world. The author of say nothing says in this beautifully observed book Scott Anderson unearths devastating secret of how the United States lost during the cold war. Are focusing on this Colorful Life of four legendary interesting distilled a larger geopolitical saga into internet story of flawed but talented men and the inescapable american idealism and power. It is a helluva book with scenes about the unintended consequences of espionage and intervention that still resonate today. Scott anderson is the author of two novels, lawrence in arabia, International Bestseller which wa
Whats happening is a covid spec. Cases in the state of california have doubled just in the last 10 days. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. As a result, contra costa is one of 60 counties now in the most respect to purple tear. Joining napa, santa clara, and so dominant counties. Only San Francisco, san mateo, and marin counties are one step above in the right ear. Even so, Indoor Dining is also coming to a halt. Health officials say, the spike is occurring even before the holidays or the heart of the flu season. Thanks giving hasnt occurred yet. The weather just started getting cold. We havent seen anything yet. The fact that we already see surges in cases before all of this that events is particularly concerning. It seems restaurants and bars are getting the blood to the plane for whats happening. People sit at tables even if outside are pretty close to folks who the are not with all the time with the masks down. Those are th
And we will keep them in our prayers so were now hearing now from the mayor that the stabbing weve been talking about has now turned deadly. 2 people have died luckily, a suspect has been arrested by police and it happened right here and this is a new not map that were showing you of Grace Baptist Church. Its right Near San Jose State University on san fernando right near 10th. We just learned about this about 30 minutes ago weve been following the details for you this information from mayor locarno is brandnew literally we just got this tweet in from them. In the last 5 minutes or so we do know that there are still other multiple. People who are wounded in this attack. We learned from San Jose Police that and as many many of them still have life threatening injuries. But once again we now know at least 2 people now dead as a result of the stabbing attack at the Grace Baptist Church just east of San Jose State University. Tonight the scene still unfolding there. We are working to get m
Warning that the county is very close to hitting this mark. Some businesses are especially concerned about that curfew bars like the sycamore in the mission say they depend on those late night customers for their bottom line. The workers there say if theyre forced to close at 10 oclock and set of their regular time at midnight. It will hurt even more. As jeremy. Our business is already down closing early or would it bring us even further down its terrible, however i get it its its a good thing i just wish people stan cider. Can be saved. It would have to go through this again. So under the curfew folks will still be able to do a central activities like walk your dog. Pick up takeout or do some Grocery Shopping as well. Now we have seen more than 3 million new cases in just the month of november alone about one quarter of all the u. S. Cases since the pandemic began more than 256,000 people have also died from this virus. The virus is spreading all across the country, including here in
Representative rick larsen, a democrat from washington recently joined book tv to discuss the books he is reading. Congressman rick larson of washington, what is on your reading list . My reading list is or has been long but its coming into this middle of the summer announcement working on rack, the third iq novel by joe e day, los angeles mystery writer. Iq is his character and racked is the third book in his series. Its a detective, detective novel and hes a private investigator and a lot of action and a lot of great relationships in that book and so im working on that. Im also working on Frederick Douglass biography published recently and im working on that. Its a fairly book and so im popping him popping in and out of that book quite a bit and taking that in chunks. The policy in me, david dollar one of the think tanks in washington dc as a lead editor of a book called china 2049 where hes brought together some reform minded chinese scholars to look at what the chinese economy migh