she. bill: that visit designed to restore stability. the secretary admits it is not all sunshine and rainbows. we are clear eyed about the challenges posed by the prc. the united states will advance a vision for the future that we share with so many others, free, open, stable and prosperous world. i came to beijing to strengthen levels of communication. we agreed on the need to stabilize our relationship. dana: the trip was originally scheduled for last february but the discovery of a chinese spy craft in u.s. airspace prompted the white house to postpone it. i don t know what more that chinese communist party has to do in terms of violating u.s. sovereignty and international law for us to take a tough stand. i think the problem has been the entire biden administration has been filled with mishops towards china. he has made mistakes in terms of not being tougher against china on stealing of intellectual property. letting spy balloons fly over the country unharassed.
a dog. yes. yes. he s going to beyes, back here. all right. py new thank you. happy happy new year, everyoneqt wow, it s been quite a year. cue the next show, 2024.02 a look back. yeah, it s been some year that 2024. they went so fast . well so let s look back, shall, ro we? well, first there s this. last year s new year s eve. i m not. i m bored. the maga in. yeah. ha ha ha. i didn t know. green day tribute were a thing.n and theow grey all appear tom middle aged. you go, girlsid. anyway, if there s one thing web learneoud about 2024 is that these so-called punks are about as punk as brit hume in leathe rther khakis. the real rebels don t mimic ese establishment. they actually threaten it like trump or vivek or yes even me. but the fact is, billie armstrong is about as rebellious as your 401k.hell , barbie has more than him. of course, that same night joe had to be reminded of his favorite food. i m curious what sort i menjo of holiday foods have you bee
good evening, alex. we have beto are joining us tonight on the one year mark since the mass murder in uvalde and andrew weissmann has pulled off a miracle. he s found a way to join us from somewhere across the sea. i don t even know where. you don t need nowhere, all you need to know, if this is gonna be there. so more a lot of time zones from, here in need a passport to be there. but this letter that donald trump s lawyers sent to the attorney general, it andrew can t contain him self. he s good he s gonna get a word in here. about. as he should, i m eager to hear what ginger westman thinks of this letter. thank you, alex. have a good, show. thank you. when your job is making decisions, in the decision to have to make the most important decisions made in the united states of america and you have been making those decisions for a teen years, it seems like the most difficult question you could ever be asked is, what is the hardest decision you ve ever had to ma
[laughter] he s found a way to join us from somewhere across the sea. i don t even know where. you don t need know where, all you need to know, if that he is gonna be there. so more a lot of time zones from, here in need a passport to be there. but this letter that donald trump s lawyers sent to the attorney general, andrew can t contain himself. he s good he s gonna get a word in here. about. as he should, i m eager to hear what ginger westman thinks of this letter. thank you, alex. have a good, show. thank you. when your job is making decisions, in the decision to have to make the most important decisions made in the united states of america and you have been making those decisions for 18 years, it seems like the most difficult question you could ever be asked is, what is the hardest decision you ve ever had to make as chief justice of the united states? where would you begin to answer that question, there must have been so many very, very, very hard decisions
and academic roxane gay, has most definitely cut through with her books, which include unflinching testimony on the impact of being raped, on fatness and the meaning of feminism. how scary is this level of self exposure? roxane gay, welcome to hardtalk. stephen, thank you for having me. well, it s a great pleasure to have you here. you ve written with extraordinary candour about your own life. i have. ..and it strikes me that writing about it presumably a solitary occupation is one thing but then, speaking about it in public is quite another. it is, it is. over the years, has the speaking about it become easier? it has. i m actually afraid of public speaking, and that s why i m a writer, and i never anticipated in my career that i would be speaking about anything in public. but the more you do something, the more habituated you get, and it does get easier and, you know, i tend to speak in front of very receptive crowds and so, that also makes it a lot easier, and i stand