then it was bought by a syndicate headed by an absolutely fascinating man named richard tim burke, who owned the metairie racehorse in new orleans. he had been kicked out of west point. he had gone down the river riverboat gambler and made a fortune. and he bought lexington, and he was the one who promoted the races to the point that 30,000 people would show up in the whole city of new orleans would shut down when lexington was racing. presidents came to watch the races and it was a huge celebration. then he sold the horse to -- back into kentucky, to an owner who had interests in scottish estates, as well as the finest livestock breeding establishment. and that was where lexington stood stud, to such great success. he had a long life and was very well cared for, which was a good thing. host: geraldine brooks won the pulitzer prize in 2006. cooper, bridgeton, new jersey. please go ahead with your question or comment. caller: i'm just wondering, what really wanted -- what made you want to write this book in the first place? i am an avid reader and a curious guy. you know, out here in ne

tim burks himself who essentially every every utterance of his pre scripted somewhere and he hasn't had an original thought in 20 years. so i'd, i'd, i would like to think that there are people inside the lions who can actually, you know, put the 2 and 2 together. boy, i don't, dear hope because in that that's just the way things work. i never shamal, it's thanks law for joining us on the program. thanks for having me. a zombie and national fighting for russia has been killed and ukraine. that's according to the founder of the wagner, private military group, who says the man had volunteered to go to the front lines. yes, i remember this guy. well, i asked him a question, why do you want to be in this wool? after all, the chance of dying is quite high. remember that? and he answered what i expected. he said, you russians have been helping us africans gain independence for many years. when it was difficult for us, you extended your hand to us and continued to do so. now, the wagner private military company saves thousands of africans. and if i go to wal his, the least i can do to pay back

pay into the new fund until next year when climate summit let's bring in the w correspondent, tim shalon. burke has been covering the un climate summit and joins us from sham else. shake. hello to you, tim. so we understand the negotiators and their teams have now withdrawn into the plenary. so how close are they to reaching an agreement? well, that is a very difficult question. to answer, especially after this rather dramatic negotiations that we have seen here today. it started with their job and presidency, presenting a draft text which did not include a high ambitions on emission reductions at which was basically a red flag for the issue and member states. because according to them, it would have essentially taken out the wind and the strength out of out of any climate ambition that would reach which would open doors still remain the window open to reach 1.5 degrees of very important a target. and this lead has let you commissioner front simmons this morning, a stepping in front of the in front of the press saying if we cannot agree on higher ambitions towards a higher climate ambitions, an

come on, england. them or worse for the tim burks and i'm gonna say 2314 let you know. okay, well we will find out later if you are correct cuz you will be joining me for the next show you digest the fallout from that usa, england's a game of, of now thank you to both of you out today. so far we have seen the african champions that beats at the asian champions house cats are eliminated from the tournaments after losing their 2nd game to senegal, that talk that around the wilds to nail earlier. we were bringing the best of the accident on that show at 2130 gmc mm. a with ah, ah, ah. with me a whole blue a meeting with . mm hm. europe's migration crisis.

us our, tim is one rocket blas off on its lunar test flight 1st step towards putting astronauts back on the move. ah i'm gab office. thanks for joining us. nato secretary general yonce stoke burke says there is no indication that the missile explosion and poland on tuesday was the result of a deliberate attack. stroke bucks at the blast was likely caused by a ukrainian air defense missile gone astray. 2 people were killed in the explosion in a town near the polish border with ukraine. the missiles struck poland as moscow was carrying out white spread strikes on ukraine, raising fierce that nato might be dragged into direct conflict with russia. that's take a listen to the nato chief speaking this morning. but we have no indication that this was the result of a deliberate attack. and we have no indication that the russia is preparing offensive military actions against natal. our preliminary analysis suggests that the incident was likely caused by a ukrainian air defense me sign fired to the fence, ukrainian territory against russian cruise missile attacks. but let me be clear, this is not ukraine's fault. russia bears ultimate responsibility as it continues. it's illegal war aga