Imagine you are a patient about to undergo Brain Surgery. If it goes well, it could save your life, if it goes wrong, you could end up paralysed or dead. You want to believe your surgeon is infallible, a superhero but he is not, he is all too human, just like you. That emerges from the extraordinary honest writing from henry marsh, giving us a rare insight into the mind of the doctor. Is that reassuring or troubling . Henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. The veryjob description, brain surgeon, i think in most people it prompts a sense of awe and maybe a little bit of fear, as well, and certainly mystery. But youve decided to lift the veil on what it is really like and i wonder why. I was subject to that myth of Brain Surgery myself when i decided to become a neurosurgeon many years ago. I suppose i was Drawing Attention to oneself, as any writer is doing when writing a book, and i am the youngest of four, i have been Drawing Attention to myself from an early age, if you ask my family i wa
I am stephen sackur. Imagine you are a patient about to undergo Brain Surgery. If it goes well it could save your life, if it goes wrong you could end up paralysed or dead. Of course you want to believe your surgeon is infallible, a superhero, but he is not, he is all too human, just like you. And that simple truth emerges from the extraordinary honest writing of my guest today, one of britains leading Brain Surgeons, henry marsh. He has given us rare insight into the mind of the doctor. Is that reassuring or troubling . Henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. The veryjob description, Brain Surgeon, for most people it prompts a sense of awe and maybe fear as well. And certainly mystery. But you have decided to lift the veil on what it is really like and i wonder why. I have been subject to that myth of Brain Surgery myself. I decided to become a neurosurgeon many years ago. I am the youngest of four and i have been Drawing Attention to myself from an early age. I wanted to convey
People. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. To our viewers around the United States and the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. President trumps inner circle under scrutiny by the feds. The longtime aide who knows the most about the money and the longtime fixer no longer willing to take a bullet for the boss. This man has come to a moment in his life and i wont talk about what he did in the past for donald trump other than being a loyal defender as an attorney, but i will tell you my own personal view. This man has turned a corner in his life, has hit a reset button and hes now dedicated to telling the truth. Plus new evidence the American Economy is booming, low unemployment, high growth. Is the timing just right or will the president s trade war stall
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Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. After his ukraine work dried up. And that is important because thats when he went to one of trumps closest friends and said i really need to get to trump. And then offered to work for trump for free. How and yes became the Campaign Chair is still a weird so far unexplained thing. Today in Court Prosecutors began laying out the evidence for the Dire Straits Manafort was in when he joined one Trumps Campaign for free. Thats something to keep an eye on as the trial goes forward. Joining me, senior white house political reporter, a close observer of the manafort case cynic it began. He was in the courtroom today. And i get to announce that as of today, he is an msnbc contributor. Ive seen some of the early reporting that there were audible gasps. Take us through some of the more audible moments. Well, this reference as having embezzled from manafort was something that grabbed my
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A morning newscast featuring breaking news and weather reports. And we now understand its burned 83,000 acres. Something at play for firefighters, you can almost not get your head around what its like to battle a blaze like this burning so hot here. You can see that firefighters, some of them working 24hour shifts have been grabbing sleep any way they can. Thats what they are up against. Not only are they fighting it in terms of fatigue, but in these conditions, there is a problem with equipment as well. We are used to hot but, you know, 116, 117 degrees on the fire line, humidity is hovering around 10 or less during the day, which is critical Fuel Moisture for us, which means that we have 100 probability of ignition. So we are just battling those two things right there, just the fatigue on the firefighters putting out fires is horrendous, let alone the Equipment Fatigue because the fire is causing the
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