shashi tharoor, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about india s current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? it s not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that it s a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now it s number one in global population, it s number three in purchasing power parity terms in the overall gdp, numberfive in dollar terms. it s a country of some substance. it does have free and fair elections. every once in a while we sort of overturn state governments, so we haven t yet been able to overturn the central government. so it counts for a great deal on the world stage. and i must say that when you look at things like technology, it s done rather well for a so called developing country. it s got some very fine talents. we seem to have exported an
shashi tharoor, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about india s current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? it s not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that it s a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now it s number one in global population, it s number three in purchasing power parity terms in the overall gdp, number five in dollar terms. it s a country of some substance. it does have free and fair elections. every once in a while we sort of overturn state governments, so we haven t yet been able to overturn the central government. so it counts for a great deal on the world stage. and i must say that when you look at things like technology, it s done rather well for a so called developing country. it s got some very fine talents. we seem to have exported an
that incredible reporting. thanks so much to all of you for being with us. ac 360 starts now. good evening. anderson is off tonight. and we begin with breaking news. a new window into just how far the former president went to overturn the election that he lost. we ve already heard the phone call of him pressuring georgia officials to find him votes that he was not entitled to, not to mention his phone call to arizona governor doug ducey to overturn the election results in arizona. and now the detroit news is reporting on recordings they ve reviewed in which he is pressuring detroit area election officials to do the same. cnn s marsha cohen joins us now with more. marshal, there s cleary a pattern emerging here. one state after another. trump trying to dip into the local state of affairs and influence the results, interfere with the results. i want to be clear, we have not heard this tape for ourselves, but the details were reported by the detroit news. this is november
the former president went to overturn the election that he lost. we ve already heard the phone call of him pressuring georgia officials to find him votes that he was not entitled to. not to mention, his phone call to arizona governor, doug doocy, to overturn the election results in arizona, and now the detroit news is reporting a recording that they reviewed in which he s pressuring detroit area election officials to do the same. cnn s marshall cohen joins us now with more. marshall, there is clearly a pattern emerging here. one state after another, trump trying to dip into the local state of affairs and influence the results, interfere with the results. i want to be clear, we have not heard this tape for ourselves. but the details were reported by the detroit news. this is november 2020. trump lost in michigan he lost by more than 100,000 votes. it s time for the election canvassers in detroit to do their job and certify the results so the election can be finalized. on the
attorney bragg for giving donald the opportunity to come in to tell his story. knowing donald as well as i do, understand that he doesn t tell the truth. it s one thing to turn around and to lie on your untruth social. it s another thing to turn around and lie before a grand jury. i don t suspect she s going to be coming. after decades of screwing over creditors and employees and lawyers and the american people, how rich would it be if an extramarital affair with a porn actress is what finally sinks donald trump? also tonight, leonard leo played a large role in pushing the courts to the far right. now, he thinks the rest of american society needs a hard right turn. but he has a fundamental misunderstanding of why the right is losing the culture wars. and tonight, state of disunion. how political powers being wielding in states with one-party control. in tennessee, republicans are using it like a club. and attacking the lgbtq community. but it s a much different story in