professor said a minute ago. it doesn't have to be all one way or the other. they're doing things in a very different way in china, and we ought to pay attention to it. ben swan and professor richard wolffe, host of economic update. thank you both for that expert analysis today. and finally, what better way to promote a book about a treasure hunt inside of a video game and create a treasure hunt inside a video game? author urges klein has partnered with roe blocks as a tie in for his new novel ready player 2, the sequel to the 2011 bestseller ready player one. now, the original book of correspond the 2800 film directed by steven spielberg, which also had a similar event inside the game of the treasure hunt inside robots, will take place across 7 different video game worlds. the 1st of which is already open. those who compete in the in game hunt will be awarded special birch will goods. in a press release, klein said rowe blocks is the closest thing to the digital world he created in his novel. the company behind robot filed paperwork to go public last week and revealed it is over 30000000 daily users 12000000 more than it had just 2 years ago. the game i

ben saul is an international law professor from the university of sydney, where he joins us today.heard within the last couple of hours? the findings of investigation are shocking and sickening and i think this gal of the problem surprised everybody. 39 people murdered, including prisoners, children with their throats being slipped, farmers, prisoners, and it's happened over a period of many years. and the only positive news is that the enquiry has been very thorough, interviewing hundreds of people over four years and has really revealed deep—seated behaviour in the military. what steps do you think need to be taken to steps do you think need to be ta ken to restore steps do you think need to be taken to restore the military after this? the good news is that the australian government and military are taking this really seriously. already, australia has apologised to the government of afghanistan and pledged to provide full compensation to victims and theirfamilies, which compensation to victims and their families, which is something pretty rare in these conflicts in which western

suspect that by the administration, we'll figure that out, axel it and cite professor richard walsh and boom bust co-author, ben swan, thank you both for your time today. thank you. kiran time now for a quick break, but here because when we return oil prices have been riding the wave of vaccine optimism this week. later on, we're going to break down the high demand and what it means for one of the world's hottest commodities. and as we go to break, here are the numbers at the club during the vietnam war, u.s. forces to neighboring laos. it was a secret war. and for years the american people did not know how much it is a heavily bombed country per capita. millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this small agricultural country. jordyn wieber. even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago. is the u.s. making amends for that tragedy and what help to the people need in that little land on the wrong. but old rules just don't hold any old belief to shape out these days. you can stick out to it and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to loo

suspect that by the administration will figure that out, axle it and cite professor richard walsh and boom bust co-author, ben swan, thank you both for your time today. thank you. time now for a quick break, but hang here because when we return oil prices have been riding the wave of backseat optimism this week. later on we're going to break down the high in demand and what it means for one of the world's hottest commodities. but as we go to break, here are the numbers at the club you know, those will soon will wear sleeves. but wu clubbable was sure i can afford it doesn't actually matter. bench to put have been measured by you get that when you discuss all of these to do just about because those dollars could be game we will see in the be confused with the it seems obvious to us, but it's the most severe some of what is in your speech, come home and use the 20th century. was thinking of revolution, the great depression and world war the 21st century, real mental illness, those aren't my words. that's what surfaced some psychiatry to tell us. the only question is, should we accept it as a fact now welcome ba

ben benevolent colonialism? >> how many hours? you're asking an african woman, professorhas been sitting in the private sector for 15 years, when shepeaks abo systemic racism and decoloniizing the private sector, hmm. let just say i have few thoughts. sorry. look, i think we need toalk the talk. i think a lot of companies are talking about diversity and tech companies talking about "black lives matter," companies came out reay supportiveut i thought a little bit pout this when i was talking about ben and jerrs,less you can really show that - and you're also creating real environments where you're creang an environment where diverse talents -- i'll call it diverse talent. not just "black lives matter." it's the differences you bring to t table and the richness it brings. i don't think-- i say that with all my heart -- would have where we got to in terms of hand-washing asoap had i not been there i am a for of pentagon health for a long time. that richness onl gets us all better and of course i would haveever brought back to the public health worldhe rich unless i speak of

joining me is professor ben sovacool from sussex university and fatima ibrahim who is one of the foundersu are looking for a simple answer. imean, i you are looking for a simple answer. i mean, i rememberthe chinese saying that you touchstones to cross a river and i think this is touching the first stone but we still have many more to go. i especially like the ban on combustion cars but i think many of the others are kind of insufficient at getting the uk on a true green industrial revolution. so not nuclear, small nuclear plants and not wind and solar, it's got to be more? that is one way of looking at it, only one or two of the ten points deal with consumer behaviour. this would be things like efficiency of the active transport parts of the plan but i thinkjust holistically, if you take the whole plan, you add it up to maybe £4 billion, give or ta ke it up to maybe £4 billion, give or take 250,000 jobs, and it up to maybe £4 billion, give or take 250,000jobs, and he it up to maybe £4 billion, give or take 250,000 jobs, and he put it into the context of global energy markets, it is very

ben. let's look at these legal claims, then. we can now speak to andrew stoltmann who's an attorney and northwestern adjunct law professor.for coming on the programme. any time, thank you. took us through this, then. legal challenges in various different states. just broadly, what kind of racist you think they are going be launched on? well, it's interesting. most of the allegations have centred around fraud and alleging fraud and proving fraud are two different things but i think the primary allegations are going to be it is not the state legislatures that ended up making these rules with respect to absentee ballots but it has been unelected officials who have done it and obviously they have done it and obviously they have been doing things during a pandemic to try to make voting much easier. now trump in his tea m much easier. now trump in his team —— and his team are going to say wait a minute, that's fraud, because we have unelected officials changing those rules and those rules are favouring joe biden. that sounds like a technicality, almost, that they are not saying actually there are tens of thousands of votes or d

ben, thank you very much. we can speak now to gina reinhardt — associate professor in the department of government at the universityday. do you think the words "i concede" are in donald trump's vocabulary? my gosh, that's a good question. i don't think he has ever said that before and he certainly doesn't intend to say them. i wouldn't be at all surprised if biden wins the election and trump refuses to actually say those words and just sort of talks around it instead. so ifjoe biden gets to the 270 electoral college votes, and as we have said the margins are really fine in those states which are still counting, and donald trump doesn't concede, does not formally say those words, what happens next? what is the constitutional position? well, what will happen is the electoral couege what will happen is the electoral college vote will take place in mid—december, and that is the final decision of who is the president. before then, if all the states come in with their decisive tallies, and if any recounts result in any other sort of updates, once the states and those election commissioners are set there is really nothing

ben wright there. president trump plans to lodge lawsuits in several key states on monday. i've been speaking to andrew stoltmann, who's an attorney and north—western adjunct law professor, anduits might be based on. it's interesting. most of the allegations have centred around fraud, and alleging fraud and proving fraud are kind of two different things, but i think the primary allegations are going to be it's not the state legislatures who ended up making these rules with respect to absentee ballots but it's been unelected officials who've done it, and obviously they've been doing things during a pandemic to try to make mail—in voting much easier. now, trump and his team are going to say "wait a minute — that's fraud!" because we have unelected officials who are changing those rules and those rules are favouring joe biden. well, that sounds like a technicality, almost, that they're not saying actually there are tens of thousands of votes for donald trump that weren't counted, or there were tens of thousands of illegal votes that were actually there. this is a procedural technical approach — is that right? i would say that's a pretty fair characterisation. now remember, we h

ben rhodes, former deputy adviser to president obama. he is an msnbc political analyst and christina greer, associate professor of political science at fordham university. and professor greer, there is that old saying, we only have one president at a time. that's really being tested during these 56 days. >> yeah, indeed, lawrence. donald trump has made it very clear that he is not interested in the health and welfare of the american citizens. he's clearly just running out the clock and utilizing his last grift on the way out, fundraising for, you know, several lawsuits that will not come to pass. joe biden will be certified and sworn in on january 20th. our democracy does still stand, and sadly, donald trump has shown us he is not interested in governance and definitely not interested in the american public, especially during a public health crisis where over one quart of a million of americans have already died. and so it's on the one hand, it's a very sad day for the american democracy. on the other, i think the turmoil and trauma that we've experienced as american citizens over the past four years is coming to a close. but i will say, law

professor at the graduate center. he is the author of walt whitman's america a cultural biography. winner of the ben croft. his other books include beneath the american resins outs john brown abolitionist. and mightier than the sword uncle tom's cabin in the battle for america. he is a regular book reviewer for the new york review of books, the near times book review and the wall street journal. david will be in conversation with james oakes, one of the leading historians of the 19th century america. james is pioneering works include the ruling race covid 1982. slavery and freedom and interpretation of the old south, the radical and the republican frederick douglass abraham lincoln and the triumph of antislavery policy. in his latest book, freedom national, the destruction of slavery in the united states, 1861 to 1865. they will have a conversation for about 40 minutes, 45 minutes. and then take questions for ten or 15 minutes. please click on the question box below to typing your questions. jim will be sure to get to as many of you as he can. we will try to ended this program after about one hour eastern

bring in brendan o'connor now, who is associate professor of american politics at the united states center at the university of sydney joins us from now. ben, thank you for being with us. i want to talk to you by the international reaction to what's going on in the u.s. . we've had many world leaders rush to congratulate president elect biden. when it became clear he'd won, but a week after the election, few of them have spoken out officially about president trump's refusal to concede and his accusations of widespread voter fraud. why do you think this is and just how difficult is it for them to navigate this complicated transition period? well, i think it is very good. the very number of democratic leaders, including the private a service dryly a have acknowledged that biden is well ahead in the case states that biden, who saved enough votes to get over 270 electoral college votes. so that is, i think, an endorsement of democracy from other democracies, the sense of whiting getting up. what does trump going to do? i think is probably frustrating for him, ladies and foreign capitals, peoples around the world as well. so at the moment i doi

know that there have ben so many warnings in "the new york times," the associated price, congressional hearings. they twice last year rejected the system. the princeton tenured professor all trying to warn us about the system. 28 states used at this election. i will add, if we want to have as a country election results with integrity that the people of the country will have confidence in, we can easily and absolutely have a system forensically checked. by the way, i will even argue allowing both republican and democratic engineers to do their forensic checks together. for example, if texas rejected the system, well, three separate times do we owe every american to know which is the best, the most reliable, and accurate system so we can have confidence in the voting in the country? we are a powerful country. we are in advanced country. guess what, we can and must eliminate any chance of fraud or abuse, or corruption, or questioning of integrity and confidence. there is good reason here not to have confidence buried or not to believe this is fair. in states with a razor-thin margins like georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, we must avoid to the american people to do all due

historian ben mcintyre recalls the life of soviet intelligence officer ursula baldwin who gathered information to help the soviet union build an atomic bomb. neuroscientist abel eagleman à Ãlaw professorines the relationship between law, epidemics, and public health guidelines. new yorkers historian david reynolds take a look at societal influence that all starts tonight at 7:10 pm eastern, for more schedule information visit booktv.org or consult your program guide. >> during a virtual event hosted by politics and prose bookstore journalist marcia gaston describes their concerns about growing autocracy in the united states, here's a portion of that talk. >>. >> institutions are not fixed in a vacuum they do not work on their own. they are entirely dependent on all these conditions and also dependent on the Ãbthe way donald trump treats the courts the way he treats the law is the way real estate developer in new york treats city hall and its regulations. he sees it as an obstacle and something to get around. correct me if i'm wrong, you know much more about this than i do. i think the american court system Ãbi'm not sure you can make a system that doesn't take into account the possibi

ben mcintyre because the life of soviet intelligence officer who gathered information to help the soviet union build an atomic bomb red neuroscientist david england explores how neuroscience will impact the future of artificial intelligence. law professorjohn fabian witt examines the relationship between law academics and public health guidelines. discussing the life and political career of president-elect joe biden and historian david reynolds looks at how societal influences impacted abraham lincoln's life. at all starts tonight at seven: 10 pm easter . or more information visit booktv.org or consult your program guide . >> that evening everyone, welcome to the bookstore in scottsdale arizona. my cohost this evening is the pulitzer prize winning distinguished foreign correspondent and columnist for the washington post and i'm happy to say