Also ahead, the Veep Stakes, Harriss Plan to meet with top contenders this week, and the new rumors swirling around the Pennsylvania Governor. Happy friday. It is 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. This morning three Freed Americans Back Home on u. S. Soil greeted by the president and the Vice President at an emotional homecoming at Joint Base Andrews overnight, after the largest Prisoner Swap since the cold war. I think the front page of the Wall Street Journal really says it all bearing a simple but powerful message, Evan Gershkovich is free. The reporter shown embraing his mother after spending over a year in a russian prison. Theres nothing beyond our capacity when we act together, nothing, nothing, nothing. Were the united states of america. This is an extraordinary day, and im very thankful for our president and what he has done over his entire career but in particular as it relates to these families and these individuals. Joining us now from the White House i
Extraordinarily complex and fraught negotiations going back nearly two years, and ultimately involving seven different countries and two dozen prisoners. Justice a short time ago, President Biden was joined by the families of those now former prisoners to celebrate this moment. Today were bringing home paul, evan, alsu, vladimir, Three American Citizens And One american green Card Holder. All four have been imprisoned unjustly in russia, and now their brutal ordeal is over, and theyre free. Moments ago their families and i were able to speak on the telephone from the Oval Office. They are out of russia, they were flown to turkey, and soon they will be wheels up on their way home to see their families. The personal role in the long and complicated negotiations draws a fascinating contrast to what we have heard from Donald Trump, who said it would have been easy to get the prisoners home. The president was reminded of that and heres what he said. President trump has said repeatedly that
Of cooperation and coercion. Professor davies, in your book you write that early on, children learn a word for people who tell others how to live their lives. Busybodies. Why is thatincluded, why is that important to the theme of your book. It is the subtitle for the book is how busybodies became busybodies and what that means for economics and politics and a busybody of course we all know from children up to our aunts who stick their noses in our business at thanksgiving but when you pair busybodies with governments coercion, they transform into busybodies. People who decide how it is you should live your life and theyre going to use the force of government to see to it you live your life the way they think you should and ultimately the idea of busybodies ironically is a repudiation of diversity because if you take diversity seriously, were alldifferent. We have different preferences, different constraints and what might be a good and right decision for you may not be a good and right
Davies. He is the coauthor of Cooperation And Coercion how busybodies became busybullies and what that means for economics and politics. Professor davies, in your book your right early on children learn a word for people that tell others how to live their lives busybodies. Why is thatincluded . Why is that important to the theme of your book . The subtitle to the book is how busybodies became busybullies and what that means for economics and politics and busybody, we all know from children up to our answers stick their noses in our business in thanksgiving but when you pair busybodies with Government Coercion , they transform into busybullies. People who decide how it is you should live your life and theyre going to use the force of government to see to it that you live your life the way they think you should. And ultimately the idea of busybullies ironically is a repudiation of diversity. Because if you take diversity seriously, were all different. We have different preferences, diffe
Top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. Joining us is Anthony Davies, he is the coauthor of cooperation and coercion. Professor davies, in your book you write that early on, children learn a word for people who tell others how to live their lives. Busybodies. Why is thatincluded, why is that important to the theme of your book. It is the subtitle for the book is how busybodies became busybodies and what that means for economics and politics and a busybody of course we all know from children up to our aunts who stick their noses in our business at thanksgiving but when you pair busybodies with governments coercion, they transform into busybodies. People who decide how it is you should live your life and theyre going to use the force of government to see to it you live your life the way they think you should and ultimately the idea of busybodies ironically is a repudiation of diversity because if you take diversity seriously, were alldiffe