So ive been thinking, the laws of nature explain the events like the formation of the great ice packs in the coral reefs, once thought of as permanent. Now we know theyre not. And we hope the laws of man can save them from global warming. These books deal with these two conflicting forces, i guess, in engaging way with really gripping writing. In reading them, i wondered how all this history that were going to be talking about todayr affects us. I thought that all three books were essential to our understanding of todays world. Michael schuman is the author os confucius and the world he created. He has covered asia and the Global Economy for the wall street journal. He lives in beijing. Hes also the author of the miracle the epic story of asias quest for wealth. In this latest book, he tells how confucius attempted to bring a system of order, respect and responsibility to his unruly world, an effort the communist government is continuing today. Marys book, mary beards book is spqr a hi
Paris suburb that will impact the political. Tom many headlines from germany as they consider what to do. I know youre going to Brendan Greeley in a moment. Andbackdrop is markets softer commodities. Francine dollar higher, euro weaker. In paris have launched a raid aimed at capturing the suspected leader of last weeks attacks. Two people were killed and five were arrested. It is not known if the elected ringleader was among them. Who died had a suicide vest. Police believe one person is pulled up in an apartment. 2 air france flights were diverted after the airline received threats, one from Atlantic City and one from washington was diverted to halifax, canada. No threat was found on either flight. David cameron making the case for extending airstrikes from iraq to syria. Cameron says britain needs time to target the head of the snake and bomb Islamic State targets at their syrian base. Wants. Stmas he expandingd a vote on rates. The oecd wants to scale back power plants run on coal.
Jon and kayla. Kale aa having just interviewed john stone ed lee joins us as well, managing editor of re code. Busy day. Markets getting a little volatility. Were getting auto sales all through the morning. Right now we have breaking news from toyota. Phil lebeau has that in chicago. Phil. Carl, tale of two automakers. Lets start first with toyota. An increase in november auto sales. Well above expectations. Up 12. 4 . The edmonds. Com estimate was for an increase of 4. 9 . The best black friday sales in eight years for toyota. Thats what was driving strong numbers last month. Meanwhile, weve also gotten a peek at what november was like for volkswagen. We knew it would be bad, but im not sure people were expecting it to be this bad. Sales plunged 24 last month. More than double what most people were expecting in terms of a decline. What was driving it . A drop in pasat sales. Up more than 60 . All of this tied into the stop sale order on those tdi diesel vehicles. Those versions of tho
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