friend. we re going to speak to, you don t go anywhere, we ve got more to discuss later in the show. don t go anywhere. good to see you. coming up on a man, the gop s house of chaos has a new chief oversight chair, james comer. it s been flying under the radar as we pushes. going to exposes double standards. plus, trump s expanding trouble, special counsel jack smith is looking into the president s legal team including rudy giuliani. it s no official, george santos is under investigation. the new details about the probe into the embattled republican. let s get started. just a short time ago, president biden commemorated the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday by walking across the bridge in selma, alabama. back in 1965, state troopers clubbed, tear gassed, and sick dogs on peaceful protesters marching against it was a solemn but crucial visit, especially given biden s teigen voters that played a large role in 2020. juxtapose that moment without congressional republicans exe
communicates a lot better than most democrats joins me live. plus, new reporting on the behind the scenes tales of the night after the 2020 election. their fealty to trump on full display. should we be doing more to rein in israel s far-right government. our thing with democratic governor pick watch and just to president biden on this issue. good evening this weekend. some of the most conservative republicans more process the country gathered in maryland for the annual conservative political action conference. once a staple of the season, this year cpac conference was a ghost of conferences path. for many republicans simply refusing to attend. those that the job didn t get the rousing reception they may have hoped for. 2024 hopeful nikki haley delivered her speech to a half empty hall. former secretary of state mike pompeo delivered more presidential cpac attendees. even donald j trump who drew the largest audience over the weekend can fill the room. look at the crowd sizes.
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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 by
faced fierce opposition from environmentalists. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. finding your voice as a writer, cutting through the cacophony of noise in 21st century culture is not easy. it helps if you have a talent for writing. it also helps if you have something to say which is powerful, authentic, and confronts tough questions about the human condition. my guest, american writer 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