ukraine. we believe that many of the points on the peace plan put forward by china are consistent with russian approaches and can be taken as the basis of a peaceful settlement when the west and kyiv are ready for it, this readiness is not observed on their side. since the war began, russia has become far more dependent on china. china has been propping up russia s economy amid western sanctions by purchasing its energy replacing western supp suppliers in electronics and aircraft and providing an alternative to the u.s. dollar. she is inviting putin to china this year and told putin they share similar goals. putin says russia has closely studied beijing s peace proposal for ukraine, a plan that washington says would solidify russia s grip on occupied land. china would not want to see putin fail. it would set a terrible example for the chinese system. reporter: china and russia have a complicated history, but their shared adversarial relationship with washington is drivi
You the latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan2 come to these Television Companies and more including spark light. The greatest count on earth is a place you call home. At spark light it is our home to an right now we are all facing our greatest challenge. That is space bar quite as working around the clock to keep you connected. We are doing our parts with a little easier to do yours. Spark light on these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Im sure most people write the book they would rather do just about anything else. So, what interest you to want to write the book . Thank you for having me on the show. I have always admired and wanted to work for the New York Times since i was a student in college. One of the books i read as a College Student or pretty early on was the book of the times is something i was thought about you raise a really good appointment and your question, i am look at history this book goes from 1977 through 2016. There are
I have always admired and wanted to work New York Times since i was a student in college, and one of the bookses i read as a college student, i think, or pretty early on was a book on the times. Its something i always thought about. You raise a really good point, your question. Basically, this book goes from 19772016. There are a bunch of advantages of that. For one thing, im not writingwr about people who are there, or more directly, writing about people i work with or about. More than that,at in terms of approaching a project like this, there was a level of candor and also access to documents that i hoped i would have if i was writing about the present. If i was writing a contemporaneous book about the times, i dont see a way to do it while i was still working there, and i dont think i would want too do it e, actually. Ing as much as i expected and maybe more so the benefit of time has really been critical in terms of assessing what is important, what matters, what doesnt but also ge
good morning. we begin this hour with a look at one of the most influential and controversial figures in the world today, elon musk. it was just over a year ago the spacex and tesla ceo completed his acquisition of twitter. since then, he s had no shortage of battles, we spoke about it with walter isaacson, his biographer. talk about writing at elon musk during a volatile time of his life publicly. talk about the challenges and awards as an author you got out of that. first of all, he has been volatile his whole life. as a kid, 2018, he s going just as crazy at times as you see him in the past couple of years. when i started this book, when we first started talking about it, he was the guy bringing us into electric vehicles and the only person who could send people into orbit in the u.s. i thought, good technology story. then a year into my reporting, he is secretly buying up twitter, going to hawaii in a two- to three-night binge and deciding to take it over. it became a
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Please welcome the head of the l. A. Times. Good to see you, my friend. Im glad youre here. Lets start with what happened last week, for the democrats, these big wins and whether or not it is your assessment that the democrats have found their way. Im not sure they found their way. They need to find their wayo sort of expand their appeal. They won, they won big in the governors race. Thats more than Terry Mcauliffe won last time. Its a significant win. It shows the Democratic Base is turning out. I would be careful from extrapolating, and saying, oh, yeah, the democrats are going to take over the house. Immediately its going to help in terms of candidate improvement and the spirit of the party. I think the Democratic Party still has to come up with some kind of message to appeal to the voters they lost in the trump election. Some kind of working class message. Theyre not there yet, they need to do better on recr