Sponsored by wells fargo. Tv critic for National Public radio, and im here with a couple of very esteemed authors, Christopher Caldwell, an american journalist, former Senior Editor for the Weekly Standard and author of the age of entitlement, america since the 60s. Hes joining from washington, d. C. We have historian, journalist, wall street journal columnist and author of the people no of the war on populism and democracy joining us from kansas city. I am in st. Petersburg florida. We are going to make this happen through the magic of video chat. So thank you for coming. I appreciate it. It seems your books in different ways are describing how we have landed in this crazy political time that we are in right now where we are understanding how the movements and politics. What i would like each of you to do is give a thumbnail synopsis of durable and what it might say about whether or how america sort of landed on the road to populism. What do you think . Its more like the railroad for
Living with a noisy neighbor who we visit the villagers who are stuck next to a new runway at international airport. Plus the puppet show in indonesia inspiring kids to join the fight against Plastic Waste seeping into rivers of. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us firefighters in california are battling 2 massive blazes extreme winds have been fanning the flames and a statewide emergency has been declared Officials Say the fire ripping through Northern California in one country has now doubled in size with nearly 200000 people under evacuation orders and further south another wildfire is threatening homes in the last time. Angeles area. Residents including basketball star. And even the terminator. Have been driven from their homes. The 405 freeway in los angeles the latest fronts in the California Wildfires early monday morning a new fire broke out here sweeping through the hills. Thousands of people were forced to flee as the fire scorched the wealthy west side of the city
A chronology of selfportrait spanning for a delight and career from age 16 to his early eightys. Its an extraordinary journey through both his process of ageing the development of the artist from a young boy to old man but also you really get under the a skin of his practice and how he developed as an artist the changes in his painting the style the technique. By meticulously charting his own image lucian freud places himself in the company of the great masters of selfportrait dhruva rembrandt and bingo. This drawing fred made of himself as a student shows the young artist in shock or is it ecstasy a few years later his 1st major selfportrait fashions him as the great painter he hopes to become. Born in 1922 in berlin as the grandson of psychoanalysis pioneer Sigmund Freud lucian and his jewish family fled germany to britain the year of hitlers rise to power. For its mature self portraits reveal a painter confident in style who depicts himself playfully euroleague. Or in self mocking.
Nations leaders stepped out in the holy city of karbala gunman opened fire on protesters. Plus a britains are briggs it log jam begins to break Opposition Leader germy corman says hell back an early election now that a new deal greggs it has been averted. And 2 massive wildfires raging across california and the northern wine Country Homes and wineries are turned to ashes close to los angeles thousands are forced to flee. Great to have a long everyone turkey is threatening to resume its assault on the kurds in Northern Syria on christmas Kurdish Forces have not pulled back from the region which is one of the conditions set by turkey and russia when they agree to. A 6 day ceasefire that ends later today well meanwhile more salient details emerged about the raid in which the Islamic State leader Abu Bakar Elba dudie died a Senior Advisor to the kurdish let Syrian Democratic forces said the s. T. s was pivotal in efforts to track down by daddy in a series of tweets the Senior Adviser said
Colvin says hell back an election now that a no deal president has been a 1st in parliament is likely to confirm today that voters will head to the polls in december. Until gal welcome to the program lebanons beleaguered to Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri has announced that he is to resign his televised address follows almost 2 weeks of protests demanding political change many lebanese are unhappy with what they see as the incompetent and corrupt political elite the Prime Minister failed to satisfy demonstrators with his announcement of a series of Anti Corruption measures and political reforms lets listen in to what he said. Well you know my defeat them honestly i have reached a dead end and we have to take a shocking step to face the crisis. And i thought im going to the president ial palace to submit the resignation of the government to president for me shallow showing where the shot and to the lebanese people in all regions in response to the wheel many of the lebanese who took to th