all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. it s great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a professional poet. now, i ve heard of kids who want to be train drivers, professional footballers, but very rare to find a kid who always knew he wanted to be a poet. how come? when i say always, i guess from the age of 12 i became enamoured of poetry, thanks to an inspirational teacher, mr malone john malone. who, although he was a rugged, outdoor sporty type of guy, he was a complex character and had a weakness for the poetry of the 19th century the stuff you might find in the palgrave s golden treasury, which then was the go to anthology
let s go the white house on the breaking news. lucas tomlinson, i understand you have new reporting the share. lucas: that s right, senior official confirms that the u.s. government is weighing options on how to shoot down this chinese spy balloon when it crosses the atlantic, safely off the coast of the united states. now earlier in syracuse president biden was asked to do on the balloon and he said all options are on the table and this is what he said exactly. the chinese balloon we will take care of it. lucas: this morning former defense secretary chuck served under barack obama said this balloon should be brought down gently to exploit it. we don t know what the pentagon is going to do and what the president will ultimately decide and once it gets out over open waters i d be surprised if we would allow this balloon just to float back to china. lucas: both countries spawn each other, of course, just over a month ago the pentagon says fighter jet came to american sp
the biden administration to shoot down the balloon over the atlantic ocean. the federal aviation administration has issued a ground stop close airspace in north and south carolina until 2:45 p.m. eastern time. the balloon is currently floating over south carolina and moving southeast republican congressman anthony of the homeland security committee standing by with his reaction. but first lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with 30 tables unchecked details. good afternoon mike if you going to shoot down a chinese spy balloon over the atlantic that s exactly how you do it. you close airspace you launched fighters. that appears to be what happened are present biden spoke earlier indicated a decision had been made without offering specifics. [inaudible] earlier this morning on fox former defense secretary chuck said it s unlikely this bible it will make its way home. i do not have the pentagon is going to do with the president ultimately decides but once he gets out
18 months of this campaign and over my, throughout my presidency, will be to end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power. there s a new corporate feudalism in our country. greg: robert f. kennedy jr. is ready to challenge him for the democratic nomination. the media tries to write him off as a fringe candidate, but he already has 14% of joe s voters, no fringe, and 32% would rather have anybody but biden. the president could stop the democrat back stabbing if he was popular, but the white house can t defend that. 50% of those polled have a negative view of the economy. president biden talks about the economy all the time. he talked about the economy all the time because he wants the american people to know he is doing everything he can to make sure that his policies that he has put forward that has shown that he is building an economy that doesn t leave anybody behind. i know you re reading a poll now. that is one poll. greg: there you go, just one poll. dan
thank you so much for joining me. we begin with this breaking news just moments ago, the faa lifting a flight restriction over lake michigan near wisconsin for what it called national defense air space. it is unclear why they impose the restrictions but it does follow a similar pattern that we have seen with at least three now high altitude objects shot down in the last week. and kylie atwood and arlette saenz are tracking the latest developments. what are you learning? reporter: we ve learned that the temporary flight restriction in place has now been lifted. and according to nor rat, it was in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.ra in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.dts in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.\t was in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.t,s in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were.ad in place for norad operations. we don t know what they were., in pl