Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to arts and culture and heading into the weekend heres whats coming up on todays program. Germanys circus one collie is the worlds 1st circus to swap live animals for 3 d. Called the granite elephant in a future looking move to fight cruelty against animals. And you can leave your hat on we head to a region of italy thats especially famous for producing a very large percentage of europes headgear. But we start with some real life greek drama its nearly 5 years ago that the extent of the greek governments Budget Deficit sparked a debt crisis that threatens the viability of the eurozone itself well this provoked a bitter standoff between greek leaders and the e. U. Oscar winning Director Cost us well known for his political thrillers has made this
the subject of his latest film adults in the room. Case. To trap the chancellor is waiting with all the other Heads Of State outraged over the referendum. The financial crisis in 2015 greece is bankrupt
broadcasting all day long, and fox news. and then they are plugged into social media channels that we are not even aware of, so this will go beyond the country pulpit and the weekly newspaper, and this is a conversation that is spun 24/7, year after year, every year trump was out of office, the spin machine continued. as one of the things that has ruined iowa politics is the incessant pouring in of tv ads and in money into iowa that kind of distorts our civic conversation. well, art, the truth matters, and the people of iowa are lucky that you tell every day. it s an honor to see you, thank you for staying up with me. you re lovely. too bad i got stalking had hair.
the best check on this, this is something one of our greatest justices said, sunlight is the best disinfectant. let the american people see this trial for themselves day in and day out and make their own determinations. we shouldn t be relegated to second-hand descriptions and some courtroom sketches of what s going on in the courtroom. glenn, do you think it makes a difference for people to watch it, hear it, see it, versus what we know will happen, which is to be exposed to the spin machine that happens outside of the courtroom? absolutely, alicia, i agree with everything in neal s excellent op-ed. and let me make two points. first of all, if cameras are not permitted in the courtroom donald trump and his criminal defense attorneys and donald trump s lackeys and sycophants at the end of every trial day will spin what happened in trial. they will probably come out and say what a great day it was for donald trump, you know, the evidence is falling apart, that the prosecution is int
any of the myriad issues in this case, but i think we re going to get an incredibly fair judge who will work very hard to do the right thing, whatever that writing is on any particular issue that comes before her in this trial. one thing i am concerned about, steph, we talked a moment ago about the historic nature of this trial, particularly because trump and his cronies are so, they use the spin machine to sow disinformation about what he did or what the trial system is like. i think it s important for everyone to understand right now there is no provision for this trial to be covered on television, live or otherwise. and so we re only going to get news reports of what happened, and that, to me, is unconscionable. and i think everyone needs to figure out, how can this trial get televised, this is storage trial, one of the most important in our nation s history, so everyone can see it for themselves, find out what is happening, and watch judge
that is who she is. i have no idea how she ll vote in this case or how she ll rule on many of the myriad issues in this case, but i think we re going to get an incredibly fair judge who s going to work very hard to do the right thing whatever that right thing is on any particular issue that comes before her in this trial. one thing i am concerned about, steph, we talked a moment ago about the historic nature of this trial particularly because trump and his cronies they use a spin machine to sow information about what he did and what the trial system is like. i think it s important for everyone to understand right now there s no provision for this trial to be uncovered live or otherwise. and so we re only going to get news reports of what happened, and that to me un conscionable. and i think everyone needs to