and my guest today knows it from personal experience. george takei was a fixture on the original star trek series as lieutenant sulu. the show s progressive values dovetailed with his personal activism, which continues to this day. do the values of star trek still resonate? george takei, welcome to hardtalk. good to be here. you re known to many around the world as an actor. do you see yourself more these days as an activist? both, as a matter of fact. i am an actor and an activist, as well, both. which is more important to you? acting is my passion. the theatre is my passion, but i was defined by my childhood imprisonment, and that has made me an activist in my adult life, so they re both equally important to me. you mentioned your childhood already, and i think we have to talk about it at the beginning because it is in so many ways extraordinary that, given what happened to you as a little boy, that you made it in america in the way you did because you, at the age of five,
time now on bbc news for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. turn on the tv or go online, and it s not hard to find political content of all kinds, often delivered with all the nuance of a ten tonne truck. rare is the tv show which offers commentary on the human condition, which is both entertaining and wildly popular. but it can be done, and my guest today knows it from personal experience. george takei was a fixture on the original star trek series as lieutenant sulu. the show s progressive values dovetailed with his personal activism, which continues to this day. do the values of star trek still resonate? george takei, welcome to hardtalk. good to be here. you re known to many around the world as an actor. do you see yourself more these days as an activist? both, as a matter of fact. i am an actor and an activist, as well. which is more important to you? acting is my passion, the theatre is my passion. but i was defined by my childhood imprisonment, and that
ruth bader ginsburg unearthed. and races brand-new questions about mainstream media bias. a stunning statement by inter-reader katie couric who is now at meeting it happened and explaining why she wanted to protect the liberal icon. speaking to the details for us tonight. and eight years later, the boston marathon bomber plant at the supreme court. take a closer look as they hear arguments whether dzhokhar tsarnaev should face the death penalty. we began with double economic troubles for the president and for the country. what has corresponding kevin corke shows how the white house is trying to address soaring inflation and that supply chain crisis. good evening. great to be with you. to put the supply chain problems into just a bit of perspective, retailers are already warning consumers to get their holiday shopping wrapped up as soon as possible because they are actually concerned they won t have the goods to deliver in time for christmas. which is why the president annou
murray led the team to the trophy in 2015, but now believes cameron norrie and dan evans are playing well enough to get the two singles places. after being knocked out of the indian wells tournament by alexander zverev last night, he says he needs to rest his body. this is physically the best i ve felt for a while, but i m sort of battling my game a little bit. it s just not. yeah, the consistency isn t there and the. i don t know. like, the decision making is not great in the important moments, still. and in indian wells, british number two cameron norrie is into the quarterfinals after a three set win over american tommy paul. norrie will now play argentina s diego schwartzman for a place in the last four. hello. there was plenty of cloud across the uk yesterday and most of it is still sticking around for today. there will be some sunny spells, but i think never widespread blue skies. for scotland, the cloud is going to bring some quite meaningful rain in through the day as
on board the international space station, a japanese billionaire preparing to fly to orbit. we re seeing this rush of this new era of space tourism. no question. we re watching the crew get ready. it s called a shelter room there. we are just passing 30 minutes to launch time all these steps are key. they had to take off the little booties over your shoes. you want to keep, i would imagine, the capsule clean from dirt or dust. commander hadfield, can you explain how important these final little prep steps are because, again, space is hard, and you don t want to get anything in the way of a successful launch. i think one of the most important steps right now is bill shatner just sat down. that s a 90-year-old that just climbed multi stories. i really hope at 90 years old i m as physically able as bill is right now. i m glad he s taking a moment to catch his breath. but before bernard and i flew, we go through a quarantine. part of it is because we don t want to take diseas