[inaudible conversations] good evening. Ima member of the event to staff and i would like to welcome you this evening to politics and prose took a quick note before we start, now would be a great time to silence cell phones. Feel free to take flash free photography. We are here to welcome Hendrick Meijer for his new book, Arthur Vandenberg the man in the middle of the american century. When Arthur Vandenberg assumed his seat as a republican senator 1928 is outspoken opponent of the new deal and staunch isolationist. By the end of his life was not just a supporter of nato event un, but a key architect of the american postwar policy and in this comprehensive biology he changes from a politician to effective consensus builder. Is a reporter, editor and executive producer of the [inaudible] please help me welcome them both to politics and prose. Thank you for coming and thank you for that nice introduction. I am delighted to have pink with us tonight because this is a surprisingly relevant
Prisoners. Well have the winner of the 2022 Winter Olympics bid will be announced on friday. Were in both of the cities later in the show. The Afghan Taliban has confirmed to al jazeera that its spiritual leader mullah omar is dead, it has also announced his replacement, akhtar mansoor. Well have the latest from kabul in a couple of minutes. Reporter mullah omar was the spiritual leader and military commander of the taliban. Only a few photographs of him exist. The fbi offered millions of dollars for information on his whereabouts. That remains a mystery in the final years of his life. Communications from him came through the talibans website, usually on holidays or anniversaries. It was never clear if they were really his words. As a young man he was a fighter, battling the soviet armys occupation of afghanistan during the 80s. His confident described to he became the self proclaimed emir of afghanistan. When the taliban was arising the need to have a leader eventually the taliban cho
Violence. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im erica pitzi. It was a violent night in ferguson, missouri, two teens shot and a man critically injured with a shootout with police after they say he opened fires on officers. This happened after a day of demonstration marking one year since the shooting death of Michael Brown. We are live in ferguson. Good morning to you. What is the latest on all of these shootings . It was a very chaotic evening after a relatively peaceful day. 2 00 this morning, two teenagers were walking near the can field green apartment complex near the Michael Brown memorial when shots were fired from the back of a car. Those two teenagers were struck. Their injuries were nonlife threatening. Just a few hours before that at about 11 00, shots rang out on west floor went avenue during a protest just as Ferguson Police chief Andre Anderson was talking to reporters. We just want to be as patient as possible. Get down, get down. That shooting happened w
What good is that due . Hilary this american confidence is wellknown throughout the world. Some people actually move to america wanting their children to be confident, wanted them to have that believe that they can do anything. This cuts both ways. We said we dont want you to think you are asa when her and everything you do get at the same time to get a bill gates, to get a Marx Zuckerberg who dropped out of harvard. John they have really roll smart. Hilary they really were smart the back of the splat it spectacularly. Steve jobs had a lot of failures in addition to the successes so its the skill to be smart enough to know what can i learn from this failure. That ability to fail and develop certain skills only by participating in competitive experiences. You need to put yourself out there and learn how to fail and learn how to bounce back and learn how to perform in highpressure situations and thats what it it will take to fix this longterm and mike. John thank you hillary. Coming up w
What good is that due . Hilary this american confidence is wellknown throughout the world. Some people actually move to america wanting their children to be confident, wanted them to have that believe that they can do anything. This cuts both ways. We said we dont want you to think you are asa when her and everything you do get at the same time to get a bill gates, to get a Marx Zuckerberg who dropped out of harvard. John they have really roll smart. Hilary they really were smart the back of the splat it spectacularly. Steve jobs had a lot of failures in addition to the successes so its the skill to be smart enough to know what can i learn from this failure. That ability to fail and develop certain skills only by participating in competitive experiences. You need to put yourself out there and learn how to fail and learn how to bounce back and learn how to perform in highpressure situations and thats what it it will take to fix this longterm and mike. John thank you hillary. Coming up w