This week on q a, william taubman, he discusses his book on gorbachev, his life and times. Host william taubman, a book on mikhail gorbachev. Prof. Taubman gorbachev changed this country and the world. But neither as much as he wished. It is a story of great achievement and it has, in some ways, a tragic end. Host you suggest that in the book, that you spoke with him for an interview as many as eight different days. Prof. Taubman yes, my wife and i had eight long interviews with him. And then several other encounters at conferences where i knew he was going to be or he invited me to show up. Host what did you see in person over those eight different interviews, and how many years were between all of those . Prof. Taubman the first interview was in 2007. The last was in 2016. What i saw apprised me. He was remarkably natural, informal, warm, humorous. He did not ask questions in advance. He did not insist on having his own interpreter. Jane and i speak russian. So we did it ourselves. W
This has President Trump faces a political storm in d. C. , a culture war raging across the country as the president starts barnstorming the country next week for jobs and tax cuts. Welcome to risk and reward im elizabeth mcdonald. Now to the culture war underway across the u. S. Here is some of the headlines in the culture war. New york city mayor bill deblasi o wants to take down a statue of Christopher Columbus even though few in new york are complaining of that statue is even a problem and supporters of Football Player Colin Kaepernick demonstrating at nfl offices calling for a boycott because no Football Team has hired Colin Kaepernick yet and a black student leader says the usc mascot is a symbol of White Supremacy and again no one complaining about that either. In fact you dont hear nancy pelosi or Chuck Schumer or the Congressional Black Caucus saying any are the problems. The culture war is the problem and that dont put food on the table. Everybody knows the kkk and natzis are
Chancellors phone calls. President obama saying now is the time, this is the moment to pass Immigration Reform. He says now that the Government Shutdown is over, republicans and democrats should come together to fix what he is calling a broken immigration system. Mike viqueira what does the president want exactly in well, as you reported the president says this is the moment. There is precious little time between now and next year, which is an Election Year in congress. Bipartisan support now languishing in the house of representatives, and the president coming off on the big victory over the shutdown showdown, he is trying to build momentum and trying to get something passed, the immigration bill that many consider the potential signature bill of his second term. He was surrounded by supporters. Obviously just because something is smart and fair and good for the economy and fiscally responsible and supported by business and labor, and the evangelical community and democrats and republ
Is standing firm. Over the last few weeks, the rhetoric has just been cranked up to a place i have never seen before. One congressman said that obama care is the most dangerous piece of legislation ever passed. Think about that. Affordable healthcare is worse than a law that lets slave owners get their run away slaves back. These are quotes. Im not making this stuff up. Bill there has been hysteria over obama care no question. But its not just on the right, mr. President. Many of your supporters have entered the land of lunancy. We are not going to bow to tea party anarchists who deny the mere fact that obama is the obama care is the law. We will not bow to tea party anarchists who refuse to accept the Supreme Court ruled obama care to be constitutional. We are for cutting spending. Rewe are for reforming entitle thes. Not we what we are not for is negotiating with people with bomb strapped to their chest. Talking points believes there should be a compromise. Senator joe manchin democr
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