This week on q a, our guest is margaret macmillan, author of nixon and mao the week that chnaged the world. Cspan margaret macmillan, but if you think a book about nixon and mao would so . Guest my father was a good subject and i love the good storiestoriesof history and thou have two extraordinary personality is with great falls and talent and it was an interesting moment that ended the period but in the United States and china and started Something Else so my next book i wanted to do something manageable has a good story. Cspan did he rely on to tell you what that moment was like . Guest that the documents. Theres a record now of all the transcripts of the first memoirs. Bob haldeman did a diary that is helpful, Henry Kissinger wrote them and thereve been lots of interviews, so i gathered whatever i could from those that have been there. Cspan did you learn anything they dont already know . Guest i learned something i didnt know. I think i learned a great deal more about Richard Nixo
Is the inability of libyans to come together and develop a National Reconciliation and strike an accord and i agree a social contract on how to divide power and wealth fairly among the libyans so if the International Community today has the will and all aligned to allow libya to stabilize and allow libyans only to get on with rebuilding their country then libya would be a totally different story unfortunately and as long as this the 3 mental very negative International Interference is carrying on open borders by proxy fueling wars supplying arms to have an all that all sorts of other support ok then libya will continue to be unstable divided and it will never settle and it will never the libyan people will never be given the opportunity to get on with rebuilding their country jim thank you so much for joining us here in the news and we do appreciate your time sir. Now theres been another attack in afghanistan just as talks ended between the u. S. And the taliban. 11 people were injured
Today on the program, the first lady of ukraine. I talk to Olena Zelenska about that frequently forgotten side of war, the human toll. How are ukrainians dealing with the destruction of their cities and towns . How are they fighting winters cold as the country struggles to pump out heat . And can they ever return to life as normal . Also, brazils january 8th and its stunning similarities to americas january 6th. We dig into the attack on the capital in brasilia with reporter mac margolis. And california was pummelled by rivers of rain. Well destroy the astronomical cost of Climate Change and wild weather that is already upon us. But first, heres my take. This week, at a summit, joe biden said that the western was experiencing unprecedented levels of migration, greater than at any time in history. This is not hyperbole. There were 2. 4 million apprehensions at americas southwestern border last fiscal year, which is about 600,000 higher than the prior year, the previous high. These numbe
Pbs documentary about the Trump Administration crackdown. And at 9 00 a. M. , the 50 capitals tour is an arkansas for a conversation with ava hutchison. Good morning, it is tuesday, february 13. The Senate Reconvenes this morning and the house begins its work week at noon. We are you for the next three hours on washington journal and after a busy day on capitol hill, including the budget request to congress and the kickoff to the long awaited immigration debate, we begin with open phones. What are the Public Policy issues on your mind around the country this morning . Give us a call. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter at cspanwj. And on facebook. And a very good Tuesday Morning to you. We begin with the first halfhour. And as you are calling, we will take you to the fiscal budget request making headlines this morning. Proposal,ion budget as usa today puts it, included a massive military buildup. The sto
Colleague ros atkins in berlin for a special Coverage Programme of the general elections. Stay tuned. German elections. Hello, im rosa hoskins. Welcome to berlin and a bbc news special on the german election. In the next five minutes the polls will close, moments later well get an exit poll which has a track record of being accurate. Itll be the first indication of whether Angela Merkel will govern germany for a fourth term and whether she will continue as one of the worlds most influential leaders. The result is certainly not going to be the end of the matter. Unless polling has been wrong, no party will gain a majority, so this minute exit poll will fire the starting gun on detailed and Difficult Coalition negotiations. Angela merkel voted earlier in berlin, shes focused the effo rts earlier in berlin, shes focused the efforts of her Christian Democratic Party on families, a pledge to avoid tax increases and the importance of increasing german security. Above everything, though, the