Satirists p. J. Orourke. He has appeared on booktv close to 20 times. First up in 2007 on our monthly call in program in depth p. J. Orourke discusses politics, writing and why he uses humor to discuss political and social issues. Is that a real picture of you . Guest oh yeah. Not a we. That was 71. Not quite positive. Host what were your politics in 1971 . Guest a martian left would be the easiest way to summon up. I was a leftwinger but didnt make enough sense to be a communist or anything like that. Host when did the transformation occur . Guest it was gradual. I just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institution backing this called why i turned right, the story, it is a long story and i wont tell it. I will give the short version. I was a radical leftist very much in favor of a marxist socialist thing in america. I got a job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york, 150 a week was a lot of money, living on the Lower East Side and i was very broke,
Issues. Is this picture on the left a real picture of you . Yes. Not the week . Not a week spirit when was that taken . I would guess 71. Not quite positive. What were your politics 1971 . I think a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a left winger, but it didnt make enough sense to actually be a communist are trotskyite or anything like that. Went to the transformation occur. When did the transformation occur . I just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institution is backing this, called why i turned right, and its the story of a bunch of us and why we became right. It is a long store and i wont tell it but ill give the short version of it. I was a radical leftist, very much in favor of some sort of marxist socialist thing in america. I got a job. I got a job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york when it appeared he dont the week is a lot of money is forced i was concerned. I was living doubt on the Lower East Side and i was v
The cofounder of the taliban still a potent fighting force once on enemies they sit in the same room facing each other for the 1st time since the start of the nearly 2 decades long afghan war follows a federal we want all the people of afghanistan to be reunited under one roof or game after more than 42 years of upheavals aggressions jihad and resistance all the negatives might differ we all know what happened to us throughout these years and where we stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new future that we can defy together it took months to initiate the interest of gun dialogue the taliban insisted on the release of 5000. 00 prisoners before talks could begin and in turn released 1000 Afghan Government detainees. We have acted accordingly to all the points outlined in the previous agreement and we are requesting the other side to act accordingly to those things that have been agreed to so we can have this process without any problems ahead we wa
Advisories or excessive heat warnings but still looking at temperatures soaring in the afternoon. Lets get to our red flag warning. It is in effect until 8 00 on wednesday for areas highlighted in red, so that is for the north bay mountains and east bay hills and we are watching the winds. They are gusting up to 60 to 61 miles an hour in Higher Elevations this morning. It is a big concern for bius an also low relative humidity values. A wind advisory for the north bay mountains until 11 00 tonight, with possible downed trees and power lines with these strong winds. Lets talk about our temperatures. No longer looking at those incredibly hot temperatures. Were looking hot, just not as hot as yesterday. Mid80s in San Francisco and low 90s in oakland and mid 90s in san jose and triple digit heat expected for concord at 103. I will continue to go down through the week. Details on that with the future cast winds taking you through today into tomorrow coming up pick lets check in with gianna
Bahrain is often seen as an extension of saudi policy the question becomes will saudi arabia be next many saying that this couldnt have happened without the blessing of saudi arabia but what this does is established a number of goals that the trumpet ministration has had for some time well it underscores the fact that one of those goals has failed and that is finding an agreement between israel and the palestinians it does at least start to it believes achieve the goal of allowing arab nations to join israel in positioning against iran which has been a nation that this administration has been railing against since Donald Trump Took Office well israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fang to donald trump for negotiating the agreement. Pivot of history. Were about to agree on another historic peace between israel and the kingdom of this follows the story of peace between israel and the United Arab Emirates weve been working on this for many years but we wouldnt come to this historic mo