And international affairs. And from 2008 to 2009 was president of the association, has won several awards for his work including two awards, at st. Our Journalism Award and american library. Joining an onstage is chris hedges who has spent two decades as Foreign Correspondent in the middle east, africa and the baltics. And has worked for the Christian Science monitor, National Public radio, Dallas Morning News and the new york times. And a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for global terrorism. He is author of several bestselling books including wars of force which gives this meeting and his new book wages of rebellion, the moral imperative. We are here tonight to celebrate the release of teds newest book snowden. Without further ado please welcome ted rall and chris hedges. [applause] thanks for coming. And i will talk about my book. And we will talk about whatever he is going to talk about and we will have a little discussion and throw it out to the audience for q a. If you have any questions o
Like most of my best ideas, they didnt come from me. The original title, i cant say the original words because im sure this is a family show. But the original title was epic fail. We had a long conversation with my agent. At one point, morgan shouted that the internet is not the answer. So it wasnt my title unfortunately. Its a good title, isnt it . I wanted to ask about the whole chapter you talk about failing, failcon. What is that . Im sure you been to Silicon Valley. It is a place of cults. Its this ideal of failure. The bigger you are, the more you boast about failure. I attended a conference called failcon. One of the speakers was a young man who boasted he is now the current ceo of uber, the darling of Silicon Valley, a Company Worth 40 billion. But he boasted about being sued by record labels for a quarter of a trillion dollars because he had a Company Called scour which is essentially like napster, and legitimized the stealing of music. So the cult of failure is one of the mos
Welfare. The washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and invades every note and cranny of our lives must be stopped. Too often when republicans have won, we have squandered our victory by becoming part of the washington machine. That is not who i am. Charlie joining me now is Mark Halperin of Bloomberg Politics also john heilemann. They are part of the show with all due respect. Tell me about the announcement, and the outlines of his candidacy, and how he sees an self getting the nomination. Mark 1500 people in this hotel, a well choreographed events. Introduced by his wife, kelly paul. Then he gave a speech which was his message. Some of the rougher edges shaved off, the libertarian agenda. His father was in the audience. Photographers could not capture very easily the two of them in the same shot. This is a guy who was not afraid. He has underrated strength in the early voting states. He believes he can go by the mantra that john and i created for him that says the Republican
Dateline london. Hello, welcome. Im shaun ley. This is the programme which brings together bbc specialists with the foreign correspondents based in the uk who file their stories for the audience back home with the dateline london. Wagons roll its been the week when vaccine began its journey to our shores. Guess where from . The eu will those lorries keep coming, brexit trade deal or no deal . Donald trump takes his case to georgia, where voters still have the power to deny joe biden at least some of his power. What is the place of us courts in determining the outcome of this most contested of president ial elections. To discuss that, were joined byjeff mcallister, a former white house correspondent, London Bureau chief for time magazine, and a practising lawyer. As well as writing for portuguese publications, eunice goes is an academic in london, exploring the importance of ideas in politics. And back with us in the studio after weeks pounding the sidewalks in the United States for pre
To shift the weather around, it looks like some of that fog could well linger well into the afternoon. And where that happens, temperatures wont get much above freezing. The best of the sunshine across North Western areas, but turning cloudier late in the day for eastern scotland and eastern areas of england. A cold one coming up. Temperatures, 4 6 degrees. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines the uks chief negotiator returns to brussels, where brexit talks are set to resume. Sources tell the bbc its a final throw of the dice. Donald trump makes his first rally since losing the us president ial election, urging crowds in georgia to vote republican in Crucial Senate run off elections. Peter alliss, the former golfer and bbc commentator, has died. His family say his death was unexpected, but peaceful. Now on bbc news, its time for dateline london. Hello, welcome. Im shaun ley. This is the programme which brings together bbc specialists with the foreign correspondents based in the uk wh