Im tony woods, it is my pleasure to moderatetonights book talk. With my friends jordan and chris. Its what happens when a liberal and conservative jump into a car and drive across the country and thats the question of this book union by the friends jordan blashek and christopher haugh. Jordan is my coworker, conservative and a former marine. Chris is a democratic speechwriter. The this unlikely pair met at lost and became friends but they couldnt stop arguing about politics and in 2016 those arguments got worse and worse though they decided to take a road trip to see america. They did it again and again. They but union is the story of their friendship and how that union changed the way they see themselves. Its also the story of the people they met and the lessons they learnedabout what it means to be an american. In the end union is a story about hope for a betterfuture and a better united states. Offer a warm virtual welcome to chris and jordan and give you a moment to say hello to th
Either welcome this is r. T. International. And we begin with a quick update on the latest global coronavirus figures the total number of infections is now more than 4200000 297000 lives have been lost more than one and a half 1000000 people have recovered. Lets begin this hour in germany where thousands of protesters have been taking to the streets demanding a complete end to the lockdown but the demonstrations descended into violent clashes with police. The. The protests began at the weekend and continued into monday in meiji german cities the government has already condemned the violence against police and journalist been gradually easing restrictions in the country over the past 2 weeks but now there are concerns over a possible new surgeon infections into oliver explains. While germany has received international praise for the way in which it has handled the early stages of the coronavirus recent figures concerning the rates of infection in the country have raised concerns over th
[inaudible conversations] good evening. Im at the library publicaffairs and i want to welcome you and thank you for being with us tonight and thanks to rainy day books our favorite collaborator and of course one of the nation great independent bookstores. We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and relevance of our signature programming, whether we are holding forums on local issues over addressing national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week, taking reporters calls, wrote a couple of pieces for the New York Times and four cnn business after the death of david. Chris spent eight years immersed in oakland. The state of the place and the title of his new book. On the extraordinary Business Empire and putins Political Network that was put together from their base some three hours in which debate over wichita. Anybody have the chance to read th
Tonight and thanks to rainy day books our favorite collaborator and of course one of the nation great independent bookstores. We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and relevance of our signature programming, whether we are holding forums on local issues over addressing national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week, taking reporters calls, wrote a couple of pieces for the New York Times and four cnn business after the death of david. Chris spent eight years immersed in oakland. The state of the place and the title of his new book. On the extraordinary Business Empire and putins Political Network that was put together from their base some three hours in which debate over wichita. Anybody have the chance to read the book yet . You wont understand that you will know immediately when you get into it what i am talking about. Its daunting when yo
France and keep us dry, but it could go as far north as wales, the midlands and east anglia. At the moment the best guess is between these two solutions where we see the rain mainly affecting southern counties of england. Away from that band of rain it is a dry day with just a scattering of showers across the northern North Eastern areas. By sunday the low pressure has moved well away from the uk, in towards the mediterranean. And High Pressure really is beginning to dominate. It is not completely dry everywhere, there will still be themselves around because northern scotland, wintry at times, maybe for the northern isles, certainly over the high ground in scotland. There could be some fog patches to start the day elsewhere but for the majority a lot less rain than we have seen over recent days and weeks. Mostly dry with sunshine but feeling cold, temperatures 4 seven celsius was up this autumn the jet stream pattern has often look like this, with a big ridge to the west of the uk. We