let's get some analysis on the story now we have thomas smith with us he's an environmental scientist from the london school of economics thomas thank you for joining us we're talking about a place that is usually known for some of the coldest temperatures in the world why are we seeing such record high temperatures in siberia. well it's not unusual for the arctic to have a warm summer but some parts of the uk to particularly eastern siberia have experienced consistently above average in extreme temperatures since the winter so the winter spring and some of the. summer's record breaking temperatures have been due to a combination of a regional heat wave weather related but also caused by a long lasting. climate change which has been driving temperatures in the arctic high and at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world. and that has sparked wildfires tell us more about that and what effect these wildfires have had on the region. both in 20192020 we've seen widespread fires and. on a larger scale than we've seen in the satellite record dating back to 2003 the most obvious impact o

books that changed the world of wedge my book on adam smith is one and christopher hitchens has one also on thomas paine. it was because of adam smith that he asked me to write. >> host: you are on with pj o'rourke. >> guest: >> host: new jersey, go ahead. >> caller: i'm not sure why he deserves to be taken seriously or given all this time on your show when a man i suspect never wore the uniform or hearing about his politics in the vietnam era would have done his harvest we have a war now we should end have had. thousands of americans have been killed, tens if not hundreds of thousands of iraqis have been killed. i think that it's abominable mr. o'rourke can make some of the war and find something amusing about it but the question i wanted to ask he talks about the imperative of the free marks. the condition that existed before we had those borers and the way they were obliged to work six day weeks is that what he thinks is freedom? >> guest: thank you. we will get to the free-market question in just a second. >> host: in your dedication to give the wore a chance, here's what you write like many m

with the idea of a series of books the change the world of which my book on adam smith, christopher hitchens has one on thomas paine. it was because of poking around in adam smith the toby asked me to write. >> host: in mississippi you are on with p.j. o'rourke. kenneth in new jersey, go ahead. >> caller: not sure why p.j. o'rourke deserve to be taken seriously with all the time on his show when a man who i suspect never wore the uniform and i suspect from hearing about his politics in the vietnam era would have done his darndest to avoid wearing the uniform can be so flippant about war. i happen to have been a republican for 50 years, voted three times for richard nixon and twice for ronald reagan, thousands of americans have been killed, tens of thousands of iraqis have been killed, no useful purpose served by this war it is abominable that p.j. o'rourke can make fun of war and find something amusing about it but the question i want to ask, he talks about the imperative of free markets. do you have any conception why we have things like minimum wage laws, maximum hour laws and osha laws, does he remember th

. >> senator hyde-smith, this is thomas o'brien and i would add to what alexander gates discussed, is you brought up early good point that there is legacy systems and others over systems that are out there many to protect our systems. and i would go back to we talked about earlier around cybersecurity framework. we know how this could to adversaries are bit was to be able to protect assets. we need to deal to detect when a bad actor is give into our systems and we need to be able to recover and respond when that happens. that will require increased investment by everybody and i think it needs to scale based on the risks that you have. just a short answer, i would be my feedback. thank you. >> thank you. >> if i might add one other perspective. -- [inaudible] in many cases these networks are large and complex and having tens of thousands of points. one of the recommendations we make, because it is a difficult the challenges come so sophisticated and it is so rapid as far as its movement, one of the recommendations we make is that the utilities consider hiring outside expertise, contrac

smith and robert moses. franklin d roosevelt, robert moses. thomas do we, robert moses. and there were no plaques with rockefeller and moses that he was governor then and moses was still in power. the dates i remember, i still remember one huge plaque nailed to a boulder in the state park and the date was in the 19 twenties. this was the 19 sixties. he had been in power 40 years. and when i began to think like that, it wasn't long before he began to confront the fact everything was baloney. because whatever i was writin writing, based on the inherent underlying assumption that in a democracy power comes from being elected are from the ballot box here is a man who had enough power to shape new york city the whole metropolitan new york city on held power under six governors and five mayors and never had more power than any governor or mayor combined. he held that power for more than 40 years. and i was explaining political pie on - - power had no idea the power that he had. neither did anybody else. all i could see it was somehow outside the tradition of everything i have

series of boo, books that changed the world, of which my book on how the smith is what an christopher hitchens has one also on thomas paine, the rights of man. in very good it is. it was because of some at the smith come poking around in ad and smith that toby asked me to write on adam smith. >> you are on with p. j. o'rourke. go ahead. are you with us? >> new jersey, go ahead. >> caller: i am not sure by mr. o'rourke deserves to be taken seriously or be given all this time on your show. when a man who i suspect never wore the uniform and i suspect from rick about his politics in the vietnam area would a dentist artist to avoid wearing the uniform can be so utterly flippant about war. we have a war now that we should not have had by my likes and i happen to have been a republican for 50 years voting three times richard nixon and twice for ronald reagan. thousands of americans have been killed, tense if that hundreds of thousands of iraqis have been killed. no useful purposes is served by this war and a think it's abominable that mr. o'rourke can make fun of war and can find something amusing about it. but the questi

went to sleep setting off the alarm responding deputies found thomas inside carrying a knife zip ties duct tape and mace. >>and as ryan smithng for us tonight. jennifer hudson is doing a lot of good in chicago, the oscar-winning actress and singer handed out 2000 backpacks and they were filled with school supplies to the needy students in her hometown hudson her sister julia and a group of volunteers delivered the supplies which included course face masks and hand sanitizer katy perry showing off her new baby's nursery, the singer and american idol judge. >>showed how pink she's made her coming baby's room during an instagram live stream over the weekend. 35 year-old is expecting her first child who she is already in a nickname. hickey perry, with actor orlando bloom very soon she also showed off some baby onesies including one with blooms face printed all over it. perry and bloom becoming engaged on valentine's day after a high profile on again off again relationship. she says her second a new album called smile also due in just a few weeks on august 28th. a lot of folks will be anticipating that as well just like you'll b

thomas markle, in august 2018. the friends who will remain anonymous gave an interview to the us magazine people. there‘s more bad news from the high street. wh smithlot of those has post offices in. if they had a post office, they stayed open through the lockdown, so they did do business. and they‘ve reopened all of those, around 570 shops. they‘re not doing brilliantly, trade is about 25% down on normal. the other half of the uk business is what they call travel. it‘s smaller shops in stations and in airports, and there, the drop in trade has been really drastic because so few people are travelling. they‘ve reopened about half of them, but trade is about three—quarters down. it‘s really terrible, and this is where most of the job losses are likely to be concentrated. it‘s not the only firm we‘ve heard from today. there is a fashion retailer m and co. they said they‘re closing 47 shops, 380 jobs to go, and another company we‘ve heard from today is william hill bookmakers. 119 of their betting shops are not going to reopen because they simply don‘t expect people to come back and bet physically in shops in so great numbers. but they think they‘ll be

smith, author of soldier."ays a ♪ >> when you read the things said about thomas jefferson that he was an agent of the french governmentminiscent, doesn't it? the things said about abraham lincoln, the things about fdr that he wanted to be a dictator. it does kinda come with the territory. i think in trump's case, as a water political -- modern political era, i have never seen anything like it. 6, ourunday, september conversation with author ralph reed. joining the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, text, and tweets. sunday, september 6 at noon eastern on c-span2. ♪ "the contenders," about the men who ran for the presidency and lost. monday, thomas dewey. tuesday, adlai stevenson. wednesday, perry goldwater. thursday, hubert humphrey. friday, george wallace. saturday, george mcgovern. all next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created as a public service and brought to you by your television provider. >> washington journal continues. host: rob smith is with us this morning. author of the book "always a soldier: service, sacrifice, an