So, obviously, my immediate question was, can we go? can we get there? setting it up with the ukrainians was not the hard bit. Actually, it was convincing my editors and, you know, layers of management back at the times that this was a safe thing to do, or that we could mitigate the risks involved in it. Because they weren t just about the danger there. They were also these legal risks about. . . . . The legal consequences of illegally crossing into russia, which is how the russian government have perceived the trip. But you obviously persuaded them, cos you went. Just to explain, then, who you did speak to and what the terms were. I suppose the question is, whether you were changing names to protect russians, because getting people, presumably, in russia to speak candidly to western journalists must be very hard? well, yeah, these are people who lived in a very quiet corner of russia, and probably had never had anything to do with a journalist, even a russian journalist, never mind a
To protect russians, to protect russians, because getting people, presumably, in russia to speak candidly to Western Journalists must be very hard . Well, yeah, these are people who lived in a very quiet corner of russia, and probably had never had anything to do with a journalist, even a russian journalist, never mind a foreign one. I gave them their choices. I used first names only. And, you know, gave them the choice. I also made. I made very sure to speak to them out of the earshot of ukrainian journalists as much. Ukraine and had taken aggressive action there. And you attended something that sounded very fascinating, which was that ukraines civilian Military Liaison Officers were showing films to local people about the invasion. And i wonder what the reaction was to the films as you were there . Yeah, i mean, that was extraordinary, and one of the most extraordinary things to watch. There was a small audience of older people who were watching it. I spoke to one of them afterwards,
Catherine philp is world affairs editor at the times. She s reported from war zones for decades, and recently accompanied ukrainian forces across the border into kursk. So, i was coming into ukraine for. . . I ve been coming on and off since before the invasion, and this was a long scheduled visit. Itjust so happened that it came at a time when ukrainian forces had crossed the border into russia. So, obviously, my immediate question was, can we go? can we get there? setting it up with the ukrainians was not the hard bit. Actually, it was convincing my editors and, you know, layers of management back at the times that this was a safe thing to do, or that we could mitigate the risks involved in it. Because they weren t just about the danger there. They were also these legal risks about. . . . . The legal consequences of illegally crossing into russia, which is how the russian government have perceived the trip. But you obviously persuaded them, cos you went. Just to explain, then, who yo
And as millions of americans continue to stay home amid the coronavirus, we run down some of the hottest holiday tech peoples of their, all as swarmed online sites. Speaking of staying home, what streaming companies are doing. First, lets get a check on u. S. Markets, where we have been talking about the rotation out of tech shares on corona vaccine news. Reversed courseon wednesday amid data showing a possible slowdown in economic growth. Ed ludlow joins me with my. What are you seeing . Ed im calling it the unwinding of the rotation trade, taylor. The s p 500 coming off this record high, dow coming up 30,000 points that we saw yesterday, and then the technology stocks, the nasdaq 100 index up. 6 . Data wise, this is the first backtoback rise in weekly u. S. Jobless claims since july. Investors are reassessing what is going on with the economic recovery as it relates to covid19. The story, as you say, has been a move into value and smallcap stocks, those kinds of companies that would
Palantir pelletier set a september 9 date for an Investor Presentation. And bumble is preparing for a Public Offering that could come as early as the start of next year. Has, reports the cdc notified Public Health officials in all 50 states and five large cities to distribute a Coronavirus Vaccine to Health Care Workers and other highrisk groups as late as as early as late october or early november. Into question the timing because the president ial election is november 3. Lets see how the stories are playing out with Abigail Doolittle in new york. Stocks at record highs, but mixed messages beneath the surface. What are you reading . Abigail it was a very exciting day. At the beginning, we thought we would find a decent decline. The nasdaq went down by 1 . But at the end of the day, big gains including for the nasdaq 100. The s p 500 gaining 1. 5 . Perhaps because of vaccine hopes. For the mixed messages, there are nuances, including the fact that the mega caps you were mentioning like