Naomi alderman, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. I want to start at the beginning. You were raised in a very traditional, observant orthodoxJewish Community in north london where, i think its fair to say, women and girls were expected, by and large, to stay in the background. Now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. You use it loudly. How difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away . Now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. However, my father is a professor of history. So from that perspective, i came from an intellectually very open culture, even whilst, yes, i have been to a talk as a young woman on the subject, the beauty of a woman is in her silence. So, yes. And you were brought up in a religion and you talk about it quite openly in stuff youve written about your past, where at school, every morning, everybody said, thank you, god, for not making me a slave. And then the boys said, thank you, god, for no
Women and girls were expected, by and large, to stay in the background. Now, you today have a very powerful, unique, creative voice. You use it loudly. How difficult was it to find that voice, to make that move away . Now, i should say, i do come from a traditional observant background. However, my father is a professor of history. So from that perspective, i came from an intellectually very open culture, even whilst, yes, i have been to a talk as a young woman on the subject, the beauty of a woman is in her silence. So, yes. And you were brought up in a religion and you talk about it quite openly in stuff youve written about your past, where at school, every morning, everybody said, thank you, god, for not making me a slave. And then the boys said, thank you, god, for not making me a woman. Yes. And the girls say, thank you, god, for making me according to your will. Yes, its, in some ways, quite a misogynist religion. I think that is a very misogynist type of prayer. I think i became
president zelenskyy in lithuania as the alliance declares ukraine s future is in nato. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with ukraine s big ask at the nato summit. nbc s kelly cobiella is following that story from kyiv. so what is president zelenskyy walking away with after this summit? reporter: yeah, well, chris, we all know that he wanted those promises from nato that they would have a firm time line for joining the alliance. he said there were a lot of positive outcomes, even though he didn t get what he went there to achieve. just take a look at some of the things that he did get, and chief among them is this security guarantee from g7 countries. unwavering support pledged from the g7 and security guarantees which essentially mean they have committed to supporting ukraine s right to self-defense, focusing on air defense artillery, armored vehicles, air combat, intelligence sharing and reconstruction and recovery, so long-t
the u.s. bombs 85 targets in iraq and syria and promises it is just the start of the next phase. the u.s. avenging the death of three american soldiers brought home friday in the solemn dignified transfer in dover, delaware attended by the president and first lady. iran condemning the attacks with its foreign minister calling it an adventurous and strategic mistake. the secretary of state antony blinken preparing to leave tomorrow for his fifth dip a medic shuttle to the region. pausing pushing for a halt in gaza, long enough for a hostage release. hostage release. good day everyone, i am andrea mitchell in washington as the world braces for the next phase of strikes against iranian backed militant groups in the middle east as potential counterattacks . the powerful but limited first phase targeted command and control her operations with intelligent centers, weapons facilities and supply lines among the aircraft used was long rage bombers that took off from texas and flew
haley has what she s wanted she s head to head with donald trump in new hampshire. can you hear that sound? that s the sound of a two-person race. we re all set to win, but one favor, no matter how big we re winning, we want to win by big margins. the more we win by, the bigger signal we sent for november. that s why you have to do it. with trump ahead by double digits, is it too little, too late? we ll have the latest from our reporters and analysts on the desantis fallout ahead of tomorrow s primary. and on the 51st anniversary of roe v. wade, more than a year after the decision is overturned, the biden/harris campaign is putting it front and center today. democratic senator amy klobucar discusses the strategy with me. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we are just hours away from the new hampshire primary in a contest unlike any other we ve seen in the state s history. to start, republican front-runner had planned to spend these crucial fina