last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a recordber of 91 black british undergraduates. but beyond numbers is the experience. i'm ashleyjohn—baptiste, a bbc reporter, but also a cambridge graduate myself, and whilst i'm so glad i studied there, as a mixed—race south londoner who grew up in care, it felt worlds apart from what i was used to. and nearly ten years on from my own time, i want to find out what life at cambridge has been like for a new wave of black british freshers. cheering the data is stark — black british undergraduates have never made up more than 3% of cambridge's undergraduate population. this doesn't include international students, who roughly make up a quarter of all undergraduates. steps have been made to improve things. in 2018, the university launched the stormzy scholarship to fund a selected number of black freshers. but i know first hand that, once you enter cambridge, it's not uncommon to feel out of place. and as much as the university did offer support, i often felt like an impostor and totally out of my

forth that will be aided and improved enormously by the astra zeneca vaccine dr 1st both of cambridge university thank you once again for joining me on the alexander sure it's a pleasure thanks for having me dr pettit 10 conny are of extra university is one of the leading lights speaking out and if public health might be alex ask him what the public can do to maximize their 50 at this really difficult and stressful tang . but clearly our welcome back to the alex salmon sure thank you. you know what in this position we have the virus as the subject. other additional public health measures which would help meet the scraper situation well what we should do is do what we were supposed to do in the 1st instance and if you look at what the far eastern countries have achieved by just the 3 cs you would get very far the 3 cs are awarded getting close to other people awarded crowded places especially india was an award closed indoor places with poor ventilation so if you follow those 3 c's and for example you were in your mosque and you wear it properly and you continue to do all those infection control

a team at cambridge university has been trying to answer it by looking for clues in the blood. 0ur scienceple get really sick with covid, whilst others are fine? and could the answer lie in our blood? for months, researchers at cambridge university have been comparing the blood of hundreds of covid patients. some of those patients were hospitalised — others had no symptoms at all. and the researchers could see significant differences. we found that the patients who did well had evidence of an early robust immune response to sars—cov—2, and no evidence of inflammation associated with that — at least, in the blood. in contrast, in people who went on to do badly, and who were admitted to hospital, they had a slower response to the virus itself, but enhanced evidence of inflammation. and we saw that, importantly, at the very first blood test we took, often within a couple of days of symptom onset. inflammation happens when your body sends in the troops to attack invaders, like a virus. but if the immune system overreacts, sending in too many troops, the excess inflammation can make you very il

let's now feet chris smith a consultant for ologist to cambridge university an editor of the naked scientists how concerned are you by the remarks we heard from doris johnson today evidence that this new variant is more fatal and the marrow well it's very early days actually and both chris witty the chief medical officer and also patrick balance the chief scientific officer were quite guarded in how they worded this things because they don't have all the facts they don't have all the evidence yet so this is certainly something they'll be watching there's possible directional information that there might be a higher mortality but then it might be a statistical glitch you've got something which we know is fuelling a far faster spread an acceleration of the spread of this pandemic and if it accesses more people more often including more people who are more susceptible to becoming severely on where with the virus surprisingly you're going to see more real people so it might be just down to a numbers game in the statistics on the other hand it might be down to the biology of the virus it's going t

when i first went to cambridge university, i had been with the chimps two years. had never been to college, and i was going to get a phd. i was taught the difference between cute malls that humans and animals. i was also taught that to be a good scientist, you have to be objective. you should not have empathy with your subject. of course, i knew that was wrong. if you have empathy, that's what that means. i think what i did soften the idea of science to many young girls. i think perhaps, there is some kind of inborn gentleness in women, their role in evolution has been to raise families, more patients, tolerance perhaps. although culture changes that, maybe there is something in that, that girls appreciated. >> have you been able to see or be with your chimpanzee family, friends, i shouldn't call them family. your acquaintances during this crisis? or have you had to be distant from them as well? >> there, i've been here. i have been here since march. i have been granted. >> so you are traveling the world to be at the net like we all are. i saw some beautiful pictu

key express to us them about this race between the vaccine and the virus dr chris birth of cambridge university those are all just who told us over a year ago in this program that we faced the greatest public health challenge of our lifetime we ask him can we win that race and they don't talk about it but kindly often x. to you the best tells us one has to be done know in terms of public health measures to stop that and that chest being overwhelmed the fall of the vaccine arrives the 1st the to sabina with your comments on last week's show and it's fun so i feel last week teaching 7th cable and going to africa quickly tom platt says vince and i at the same sunny summer think i met him in the big 1960 s. before he became famous we were near neighbors i've always find it hard to disagree with a few of his views that i disagreed with they are still reasonably expressed such talents are tremendous asset to a politician even snow sought to mystic about the liberal democrats electoral success and phase one m.p. for the lib dems is their prospect. it is once too large weeklies prediction that support

joining us now is gary of americanssor history and a fellow of sidney sussex college at the university of cambridgeduated from brown university, got his phd from harvard. he is a fellow of the british academy and the royal historical society. credit. wall street thank you so much for joining us. i wonder, you know, as you watched these events unfold on wednesday, especially considering the fact that the president of the united states essentially sent an angry mob to the capital with the intent of having them disrupt the democratic process there, is there any precedent in history for such an act? gary: no, no. washington has been full of demonstrations for centuries, often large ones, larger ones than what we saw yesterday. they have occasionally been violent, but in no instance has a group of citizens large or small storm to the capitol .uilding or the white house to understand when that last happened, one has to go back to the war of 1812. british forces burned the white house and the capital and that is the last time. that was a foreign war. the most stunning aspect you hit on is exactly -- this

protests then joining me from bangkok is chris spake a chris taught asian history and politics at cambridge universityith his wife he's written a number of books most recently a history of our youth fire good to have you with us so we've gone through the estimates can we say with any certainty that what the king is actually worth you know we come because this figure has never been made. and you know he said. what we know he had promised me mostly about a 100 years ago. and it has passed one part of. the young commercial bank. and then we know that that's the. but the other part is based on land and this is land in the center banks call a very large part of the census bank but also in several other towns and cities throughout thailand and we know for instance that the number of rental contracts on this land. is very large and now some time ago historians who knew where this land was in part put back together with modern family and as the result of that came up with the estimate that the king in 2005 was worth about $41000000000.00 u.s. dollars right now and then we all know how you value things and wha

sons it wasn't just sexual discrimination gender discrimination but when when i 1st went to cambridge university and being with the chimps to be honest i had never been to college the congress goes to do a ph d. . and i was taught the difference between humans and animals was one of kind and it really only beings at personality mind and emotion but it was also taught that to be a good scientist you have to be coach any objective you should not have and being with your son. and of course i knew that was wrong and this tour i might do and i mean if you have empathy that leads you will kind aha moments that means and many contest but i think that what i did sort of. the idea of science to many young lives and i think perhaps there is a kind of in. gentleness and women because then that role in evolution has been to raise families more patients more tolerance perhaps and although. it's a culture changes that in women maybe it is something in. that girls preaching to. you. have you been able to see or be with your chimpanzee family. friends i shouldn't call them family but your acquaintances. during

protest then joining me from bangkok is chris spanker chris taught asian history and politics at cambridge universityth his wife he's written a number of books most recently a history of our youth via good to have you with us so we've gone through the estimates can we say with any certainty that what the king is actually worth you know we can't because this figure has never been made public and didn't you know he sets them around that difficult through what we know he had the property with mostly acquired about a 100 years ago a century and it has parts one part of it is investment think companies and young commercial bankers and see and cement and we know that that stock market next but the other part it's based on land and this is land center bank cock a very large part of the central bangkok but also in several other pound city throughout thailand and we know for instance that the number of rental contract on this land. is very large and now some time ago historian who knew where this man was in the past put that together with modern value and as a result of that came up with the estimate that cam

well, we can talk to dr emily shuckburgh, cambridge university's chief climate scientist.hat we'd get a drop, but that is what has happened in 2020. but put that into context for me. how significant, how sustainable is that? well, it's probably no surprise that as a consequence of the global lockdowns that we have seen around the world, emissions are likely to be somewhat lower this year, may be around about 7% lower. emissions are likely to be somewhat lower this year, maybe around about 7% lower. but that's emissions. the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are still rising rapidly. if we look back in earth's history, the last time concentrations were so high, was around about 3—5,000,000 years ago, when temperatures were 2—3 celsius warmer than they are today and sees with some 10—20 metres higher. 2020 is likely to be the hottest, or second hottest year globally, what stands out for you in 2020 in terms of heat and heat trends? we have seen places around the world with exceptional heat. california was particularly warm and that was then associated with

by the cambridge university press partied and today she will be speaking on her new book, what remains, bringing americans missing home from the vietnam war published by harvard university press. sarah, the room is yours. >> thank you so much really ... ... . >> on a day in november 2018 i went to the tomb of the unknown soldier here in washington dc just a journey across the memorial bridge purposely built to connect to the mall to the hallowed ground of the cemetery. rain came down on those of us that assembled with the around the clock sentinels pacing with me was my stepson a ten -year-old boy as he shifted his rifle from one shoulder to the next my companion was skeptical when he told him he would take exactly 21 steps is issues seem to glide across the meadow is a major conflict over the past century with the korean war going to the too many times the past several years on the one hand to consider the foreign and domestic and the military ritual widening that military gap performed each hour on the hour through the changing of the guard ceremony. shadowed from the pageantry of sy

this guy was supposed to be in a coffin at cambridge university an popped out of that coffin and played los angeles from canada and i don't think that went very well. but stiller and i got along exceptionally well and, he was laughing at a few ad libs i was throwing out so i was like, something is telling me that some part of this went right but some part of it went horribly wrong >> jimmy: wow. >> because i feel uncomfortable. they're calling me back for a makeup test. my agent calls me and goes, there is a breakdown coming out for this role again. so i was like i'm getting fired. the only reason that i got back and had to re-audition is because stiller said na i think you guys are making a mistake here that was one cool thing. the other great thing was robin williams for, you know, three movies, and sad but on the third one we're shooting at the british museum at night and we have the place all to ourselves. and robin, you could tell something was happening with him, right he had -- he would go on these rips every once in a while and light up the world and you'd be like oh, my god. wh

as well, i'm told there are interviews, depositions with stephen halbert, the cambridge university professorontact with george papadopoulos as well as carter page. and what these documents may do, i don't want to say that there is any kind of a smoking gun because i don't know what the content of them is at this moment but they may add more light to what we know about the origins of the russia investigation, why carter page and george papadopoulos were suspected, why he decided to bring the information to the fbi, was the dossier part of a disinformation campaign designed to obscure an investigation into hillary clinton's emails by turning the spotlight onto president trump and the trump campaign. president trump has long insisted that he was spied on. other officials have a different opinion of that, saying it was just appropriate surveillance given what was being said about the trump campaign back in the late part of 2015, early part of 2016. but once we get our hands on these documents, we can see what was included in these depositions, these transcripts, these interviews. it may give us

for months, researchers at cambridge university have been comparing the blood of hundreds of cova patientssh bowl and it is kind of hard to do sometime. symptom onset. inflammation happens when your body sends in the troops to attack invaders like a virus. but if the immune system overreacts, sending in too many troops, the excess inflammation and make you very ill. so the people who get very sick, and i right in thinking, it�*s not the virus that is making a very sick, it�*s the value�*s response. the bodies attacking itself that�*s factually true the infection kicks thing whole thing off. what caused the damage that results from admission to intensive care as an uncontrolled activism probe response initiated by the virus seems to be sustained in people. the virus might have gone and your immune system is still attacking the body. it appears the virus is cleared for most patients by the time they�*re doing badly. in intensive care for example. a key question is how can you use this information? can you develop a test that people take so that they will know the date we get sick or not?— si

percent protection for at least 5 months let's go straight to chris smith a consultant barrister cambridge university thanks very much for being with us again on the program just on on that last point the the public health england study how important a finding is that are about people being protected from go but if they've had it before. well it tells us something that we suspected but didn't have any confirmed rock solid data to go on so it kind of fills in the gap but we sort of expected this would be the case we know that the person who catches corona virus more than 80 percent of the time just recovers and they recover because their immune system makes a response that kicks the virus out of their body the question was well how long are they going to remain in the room for and can they catch it again in that period of time well this siren study that's the name of the study from public health england gives us a bit more clarity because they followed up some 20000 people half or just just under half were people who had had a confirmed case of corona virus and had antibodies the rest of the group wer

cambridge and to look could get access to that because as there was this one researcher from cambridge university can get that information by doing this seemingly innocuous survey. so that's how the information fell into the hands of one of the biggest funders of the far right to then of course ted cruz then dental trop used in the election. >> are you worried that facebook could have an effect on november? >> well facebook is going to have an effect on november. >> let me put it merge medically, are you worried that they could reelect donald trunk? >> well, again, which parts of it are going to be used? i think that the biting campaign is going to use facebook better than the clinton campaign did. they're not going to dismiss it like that. they know what happened in 2016. but, the trump campaign has a big head start and already collecting the data from 2016 and building on it over the last four years. now, facebook is indicating that they are considering cutting off politico advertising. that happens, that's going to be a giant win for the trump campaign because the trump campaign because they h

with david spiegelhalter, professor of statistics at cambridge university.er 100,000 deaths? it is milestone we have reached over 100,000 deaths?— 100,000 deaths? it is an awful barrier to go — 100,000 deaths? it is an awful barrier to go through, - 100,000 deaths? it is an awful barrier to go through, and - 100,000 deaths? it is an awful barrier to go through, and i - 100,000 deaths? it is an awful. barrier to go through, and i have 'ust barrier to go through, and i have just been— barrier to go through, and i have just been looking at the website, and it— just been looking at the website, and it came to about five minutes ago _ and it came to about five minutes ago i'rn — and it came to about five minutes ago. i'm afraid i'm going to give even— ago. i'm afraid i'm going to give even worse _ ago. i'm afraid i'm going to give even worse news because we actually pass that _ even worse news because we actually pass that barrier some time ago. this is— pass that barrier some time ago. this is based on the definition of a covid _ this is based on the definition

california press in 2008 and the co-author in the aftermath of genocide, published in 2014 by cambridge university press and today she will be speaking on her new book what remains: bringing america's missing home fromthe vietnam war published by harvard university press . sarah, the room is yours. >> thank you so much and first of all my thanks to christian, to eric and chris mcdermott for being here as well as as christian mentioned the people behind the scenes, both peter and especially rachel for getting the logistics and allowing us to be together. i will say having taught the entire semester remotely i'm getting used to zoom but i miss the opportunity to be together and to be in a room and feel the energy, or boredom whatever the case may be but to have that. i'm grateful we have so many attendees and i look forward to a robust discussion. i would like to begin with just some basic remarks about the book and i think it may be helpful if i share my screen and i will have this presentation prepared, i think the visuals may help set the scene for where i did the research. at this moment i'll sh

professor sir david spiegelhalter from the centre for mathematical sciences at the university of cambridgee nhs is under strain, that the number of cases is going up. can you put the sort of trajectory of the disease in any sort of trajectory of the disease in a ny co ntext sort of trajectory of the disease in any context for those? yes. i think we ought to always be careful about the daily reports that are given because for example yesterday we had this frightening figure of 1000 new deaths being reported and actually a lot of those were dating back some days and the true number every 2a hours, at the moment, is more like just over 600, but it is going up. the number of deaths is going up, the number of cases going up. it is likely to be quite soon as lockdown sta rts likely to be quite soon as lockdown starts taking effect. the number of hospitalisations at a record level at the moment and those will start, will peak probably in a week or two weeks, it is an unbelievably challenging time for the nhs. but as the lockdown starts taking effect, as the vaccine starts taking effect, we might

mathematics said theoretical physics and founder of the center for theoretical cosmology at the university of cambridge he joins us today from the star most festival in the canary islands i last spoke to stephen in 2010 and it's a pleasure to have the opportunity to pick his miraculous brain again stephen when we. 6 years ago you said that mankind was in danger of destroying ourselves by our grievance stupidity have things gotten better or worse since them we certainly have not become less greedy or less stupid 6 years ago i was warning about pollution and overcrowding they have gotten worse since then the population has grown by a half 1000000 since our last meeting with no end in sight at this rate it will be $11000000000.00 by 2100 air pollution has increased over the past 5 years more than 80 percent of inhabitants of urban areas are exposed to unsafe level some very pollution stephen what is the biggest problem facing humanity today lead increase in air pollution and the emission of increasing levels of carbon dioxide will we be truly to invite dangerous levels some global warming you've been warn

. >> reporter: a university of cambridge study looked at data from 29 countries and find while community mental health, in at least one in 20 trial settings it did not help anxiety and depression. >> in some cases, a few cases, it may not be beneficial, it may just not -- not have an effect. >> reporter: researchers followed almost 12,000 participants, including in the u.s. most were women who took part in classes at work or college. they found mindfulness compared with doing nothing boosted mental health. so things like exercise may work just as well. >> we need to find this advantage of the mindfulness that has activity in them. >> reporter: british body coach joe wics says fitness and mindfulness work hand in hand. >> exercise to feel good. good morning, everyone -- >> reporter: when the pandemic hit, wicks became the world's pe teacher, launching live workouts on youtube to give people a lift during lockdown. >> ultimately you walk away there that workout, an adult or kid, feeling a little bit happier. that's the main aim of it. >> reporter: cambridge researchers say the number of mi

professor spiegelhalter, from the university of cambridge, always good to talk to you.ands of small businesses are celebrating a supreme court ruling that means they'll receive insurance pay—outs for losses incurred during the first national lockdown. thejudges ruled in favour of their appeal in the £1.2 billion legal battle. insurers, who had said the cover was never intended for such unprecedented restrictions, say all valid claims will be settled as soon as possible. our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma reports. back in march, hundreds of thousands of businesses were forced to close because of restrictions. many worried they would never open again. some were hoping that their insurance policy would cover the cost of the loss of income. much to their surprise, they were told they were not covered. one of them was daniel, who runs a patisserie in belfast and was forced to close because of restrictions. it is a really good day for thousands and thousands of insureds who were left with very little clarity until now. we are extremely proud of thisjudgment and it'

coming up, on bloomberg markets, mohamed el-erian of the university of cambridge and bloomberg opinionolumnist. good morning. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i am bullish about 2020 one overall, and that is really dependent on covid. we have got some really hard months ahead of us. we go into the year with robust growth, but i want to remind everybody that it is a default. even with robust growth, we will take a long time to get back to where we were prior to covid. we came to a 10 year expansion where we could not get inflation up to target. i'm more confident now that with our new framework review that we released in august and with the support we are giving, it will get inflation back up to 2%. but i'm not at all worried that there is this run-up in inflation around the corner that we will need to preemptively stave off. francine: that was san francisco fed president mary daly. that goes back to -- tom also asking about the good assets or some of the value that he saw out there. mark, what do you do with european fixed income right now? mark: european fixed income, i think it is quite a sto

the uk, done through public health england _ the uk, done through public health england and cambridge universitysad element — personally, a worrying and sad element i_ personally, a worrying and sad element. i have to say, i see it as a threat _ element. i have to say, i see it as a threat much more to countries are far poorer— a threat much more to countries are far poorer than ourselves and for less well— far poorer than ourselves and for less well placed. i don't see this, as less well placed. idon't see this, as far— less well placed. idon't see this, as far as— less well placed. i don't see this, as far as the _ less well placed. i don't see this, as far as the uk is concerned, as being _ as far as the uk is concerned, as being a _ as far as the uk is concerned, as being a long—term problem. i'm sure that the _ being a long—term problem. i'm sure that the different vaccine companies, the problem is that they're — companies, the problem is that they're having with immediate production, will be resolved within a relatively short period of time. as you _ a relatively short period of time. as y

student from the university of cambridge julio regime who disappeared in cairo on the 25th of january 26th. the young italian was found dead 9 days later in a ditch on the city's outskirts his half naked body bore the signs of heavy torture . to outdoor. in on pastoral care the till attitude toward the. northeast i mean it after to what ed of am and what it on of it all a come out of the sauna. there on that awful scene state that case they are. the day regina went missing a major security operation was underway in cairo to control protests marking the 5th anniversary of the revolution. the italian authorities suspected that regime e had been arrested that night but the egyptian government denied any responsibility. there was a whole range of lurid details of a fright that rejoined he was the victim of a car crash and later a consummate in the press that julia a jenny was gay even though he wasn't and that he'd been killed by a gay lover and there were suggestions that he had been taking drugs and this was perhaps a drug deal that had gone wrong. bill and then i maybe at the end they

following graduate school, mary served as a white house fellow and joined the faculty of the university of cambridge, where she received tenure. she is a former humboldt scholar. we will start with mary, who has to part a little early today to go and teach. we will have questions for simon, who will have a chance to immediately respond to the questions. mary, the zoom room is yours. great to have you with us today. mary: excellent. it's an honor and pleasure to acknowledge the work of a brilliant young scholar doing amazing work on the reagan era, which we all really want to understand better, because it is hugely important. i was just casting my eye over the names of people in the audience, and it's a real testimony to your work and its importance. the names of the people who are here, i see just a few who popped up, nate jones, david holloway, james mann, william hill, samuel wells -- a very impressive collection of colleagues, editors, participants in events. but it's a real testimony to your work. it's great to be here today. i recommend you buy the book. you can do it while i'm talking. go to i

marywing graduate school, served as a white house fellow then joined the jack nolte university of cambridge only then to go off to teach at ufc. she is a former humboldt scholar, a member of the council on foreign relations. we will start with mary, who will depart early today to go and teach. endk each commentator to their commentary with a few questions for simon. simon will get a chance to immediately respond to the questions so we can start the conversation. yours.he zoom room is >> it is an honor to be here and a pleasure to acknowledge the work of a billion scholar doing -- brilliant scholar doing work on the reagan era. i was casting my eye over the names of the people in the audience ended is a testament to the people -- to your work. roy, sandy rushed , jamesvid holloway wilson, aaron schaefer, william braithwaite, a very impressive collection of colleagues, editors. it is a testimony, simon, to the importance of your work. i recommend you wall by the book. you can do it while -- you all buy the book. you do not even have to pretend you are listening to me because i cannot see you.

david spiegelhalter is professor of statistics at the university of cambridge. very good afternoon.wful lot to unpick today. what stands out for you as a starting point as to whether we should see glimmers, should we? i point as to whether we should see glimmers, should we?— point as to whether we should see glimmers, should we? i think what ou have glimmers, should we? i think what you have been _ glimmers, should we? i think what you have been talking _ glimmers, should we? i think what you have been talking about, - glimmers, should we? i think what you have been talking about, the l you have been talking about, the fact that we're fairly confident thatis fact that we're fairly confident that is below one, that is good news. since cases piqued rant about the new year, we have seen a decline. there's been a rather slow decline. there's been a rather slow decline but overall it looks like they are getting down to nearly half what they were three weeks ago. that is enormously helpful. but that change in infections follows through rather slowly to benefits from admissions. new admiss

many thanks, dr olivia remes, from the university of cambridge.rently facing. new daily cases have reached more than 50,000 for a fifth day in a row, and the uk—wide total for people in hospital with the virus is higher now than at the peak of the first wave last spring. martin berry from the college of paramedics joins us. martin, of paramedicsjoins us. good morning to you. whai are martin, good morning to you. what are your members who are obviously the first responders, very often, having to go out to people when they are unwell. what are they telling you about the situation on the ground? paramedics, as well as the rest of the nhs having to overcome some elderly overwhelming challenges. the significant increase in the number of individuals accessing the healthcare system, the pressures on services such as intensive care beds, which is backing up into the a&e, and it inevitably backs up to the ambulance service. one of the main concerns are members, and this is something they have experience working frontline of the christmas area, is that incr

some of the other evidence, there is another way of measuring this through a phone app, some university of cambridge is normally a delay or two or three weeks. —— deaths. nevertheless what you are not seeing some of the better news we have seen in some other surveys. back to coronavirus now and a senior doctor has warned that concern, myths and disinformation are likely to be causing some people from the uk�*s south asian communities to reject the covid vaccine. it comes as more than 100 mosques have used their friday sermons today to urge people to get the jab. sima kotecha reports. in bedford, just one of several religious communities offering their space not for worship but for science. today nhs england are warning the amount of this information targeting ethnic minority communities could cause millions not to take the job. we millions not to take the 'ob. we need to be i millions not to take the job. - need to be clear that people realise there is no meat on the vaccine, no pork in the vaccine, it has been accepted and endorsed by all the religious leaders and councils and faith communities, an

he has an albright scholar who earned his masters degree from cambridge, and a professor who once taught european history at the university of kentucky. a new york times bestselling writer. he has written many acclaimed books on history. he is here to read from his book, the trial of adolf hitler. the trial of adolf hitler: the beer hall putsch and the rise of nazi germany. this -- calls david's new work and astute work of scholarship and business narrative and meticulously researched instructive work with great relevance for right wing resurgence. the writer of the book the good shepard says that david's new book is ominous and an observing detailed account -- those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. please let us welcome who with this writing and research, make us remember. david king. >> wow, thank you very much. thank you for that warm welcome. thank you for coming out here today and being here. can everyone hear me okay? i'm used to roaming when i talk. i'll try to stand behind here and be chain to the podium and see how that goes. i want to make sure everyone could hear me. thank you very much