Host there is a photo that purports to be Thomas Friedman. Tom is younger but it looks like he is accelerating in reverse in that photo. Tom spent his life getting out into the world. Thorough research and speaking to people in every station of life, every walk of life and around the planet. The result is something quite different from the cynicism and snark integration we encounter so often in todays media universe. What we get instead is a pair of rarities, insight and wisdom. They are the product of real reporting and serious reflection. Themselves all too rare. Those qualities could be found in his previous bestselling books and you can find them in his latest, thank you for being thank you for being late an optimists guide to thriving in the age of accelerations. When the editorinchief of bloomberg and former editor of the economist wrote his review of Thomas Friedmans book for the New York Times he rightly observed it is hard to think of any other journalist who has explained as
They have had so dont turn your back from keeping in touch with everybody as your experiences progress. Host if you have been watching live coverage of the National Book festival you saw David Mccullough earlier in conversation with david rubenstein, 2500 people in a packed room waiting in line as you can see around the set, cried ground gathered to see David Mccullough. Raymond in delaware please go ahead. Caller an honor to speak with you, i have many of your books. Can you comment on the most recent elevated efforts to take down our national statues, those that have withstood time for over 150 years, thank you. Guest i find that a complicated and emotionally charged issue. I when the statue was built, when the edifice was created in memory of someone, has a great deal to do with whether or not it is something that ought to come down. The statues to the heroes of the confederacys that were put up in the 1890s were being put up at a time when racism was rampant in the south, black peo
Real. Dr. Deborah birx likening the threat in florida, texas, and california to three new yorks, her words, three new yorks, the former virus epicenter here in the u. S. California just reported its highest oneday death toll yet, but also tonight, the white house is arguing that children should go back to school, even if future studies find they are transmitting the virus. The cdc issuing new guidance today on how to make that happen. Lets go to cnns nick watt. Hes in los angeles for us. Nick, california, unfortunately, setting yet another record in this pandemic. Reporter thats right, wolf. According to the state, 159 lives lost in just 24 hours and that is a new record, because its two more than yesterday. And meanwhile, the deputy secretary of education says that across this country, come the fall, the default needs to be schools fully open and operationa operational. The president backed by new cdc guidelines pushing hard for schools to reopen, brick and mortar. Being at the school