parts of your own town bishop auckland might as well be in a war zone. we were refugees in our own land but there was no one there to help. perhaps we should call the united nations, he joke. you could do that one day, fiona. of course, he was absolutely right. and that is where i would like to begin with the story that people will read in your book, the promise america held for you and the journey and your departure from public and government life based on what you have witnessed at the apex of your career. well that s right, brian, idea i was incredibly fortunate, of course, to be able to achieve so much in terms of my career after leaving the northeast of england. my dad had set me off on this journey, a very difficult in the 19
that we re moving forward on the basis of ally. if we don t get through the bottom of what happened on january 6th, if we don t have an honest conversation about that, if members of congress on the republican party right now, don t look at themselves in the mayor, face up to what actually happened there, and speak the truth. we re heading down a path of many other countries have tried before, towards the degradation of our democracy. very unfortunately, on a path towards authoritarianism and autocracy. i don t say that lightly enough as anyone else, but we re in a very dangerous moment right now. to our viewers, i ll say only this, the thatcher era was especially cruel to the northeast of england. and so, there is nothing for you here, was kind of the admonition young fiona hill was sent off on in her american journey, which we hope contains more chapters. there is the book by the same title, by doctor fiona hill who has been our guest tonight, doctor hills thank you so much for spen