. >> alec ross, why do you open your new book, "trophies the future" with a story about vomit? >> guest: the first sentence of the book is. it it's 3:00 the morning and i'm mopping up whiskey smelling puke after a concert in west virginia. not a typical beginning of a book about the future. start the book that way because i want to be clear that the perspective i give is from somebody who grew up in west virginia and who worked as a midnight janitor. most people who write books about the future do so from a position of what i'd call coastal privilege, and i guess part of what i wanted to convey was that there wasn't any blue blood in this body and i wanted to talk about a whole bunch of different issues from the perspective of somebody who grew up in west virginia and worked as a janitor. >> host: you write that people in west virginia were doing their best to imagine a slow descents. >> guest: how old am? i i'm 45. just turned 45. and the first 220 years of my life were spent -- 20 years of my life were spent in west virginia and i thought it was normal to just try to manage d

alec ross there now to join andy swiss.night at the etihad stadium. a big night at the etihad stadium. a big night for pep guardiola, he has this incredible record in the champions league, he has neverfailed to get beyond the last 16. he will hope that record stays intact tonight. but monaco will provide a very stern opposition. there are top of the french league, they have this incredible goal—scoring record, 76 in 26 matches. almost an average of three goals per match. they are the top scorers across europe's top division and pep guardiola knows that his team face a tough test tonight. they are intelligent, physically strong, they arrive in the box and they are the most successful team in europe in terms of scoring goals. so it is a tough draw. we look forward to playing them. they really are team. —— a good team. city are without some key players tonight. they are without vincent kompa ny players tonight. they are without vincent kompany and gabrielle jesus after a fracture. so all eyes on sergio aguero after a difficult

. >> alec ross, why do you open your new book, "trophies the future" with a story about vomit? >> guest: the first sentence of the book is. it it's 3:00 the morning and i'm mopping up whiskey smelling puke after a concert in west virginia. not a typical beginning of a book about the future. start the book that way because i want to be clear that the perspective i give is from somebody who grew up in west