and i had to go to chautauqua.use of the dream? >> because of the dream. but then i thought, don't be silly. it's a dream. >> salman rushdie had been invited to the tranquil town of chautauqua, close to lake erie, to speak about the importance of a subject he knows too well, the importance of protecting writers whose lives are under threat. >> did you have any anxiety being in such a public space? >> not really. in the more than 20 years that i've been living in america, i've done a lot of these things. >> you haven't had security around you, close protection detail, for a long time? >> long time, long time. what happens in many places that you go and lecture is that they're used to having a certain degree of security, venue security. in this case, there wasn't any. >> the irony, of course, is you were there to talk about writers in danger. >> yeah, exactly, and the need for writers in other countries to have safe spaces in america, amongst other places. and then, yeah, it just turned out not to be a safe space for

lo confirma el servicio meteorolÓgico nacional en el condado de chautauqua. >> uno de esos tornados alcanzÓron toda la noche recogiendo esos escombros y examinando los daÑos. y respecto a las personas que ahÍ viven, bueno, hasta el momento no se han reportado heridos o vÍctimas fatales. >> y en texas, tras el paso de mÁs de 1.300.000 ■k7, usuarios siguen sin electricidad. lo ven bien, mÁs de 1 millÓn. tras varios dÍas de ese paso de barril es que los daÑos en el tendido elÉctrico llevaron al colapso de la red que nutre la mayor parte del Área metropolitana de houston. >> las zonas mÁs afectadas por el paso del ciclÓn estÁn ademÁs bajo alerta de calor excesivo. imagÍnese, las personas estÁn lidiando con ellos sin aire acondicionado. >> adentro no puede estar uno con los abanicos de cuentas que estÁn en un horno. ponemos un generador, pero pues sale muy caro por la gas todos los dÍas. >> por cierto, ahÍ en houston los bomberos han alertado que las llamadas de auxilio por intoxicaciones se han triplicado y eso lo justifican con los generadores generadores, generadores elÉctricos que han recibi

but the fact were having this conversation on the fourth of july, lot of democrats would prefer chautauquacue. >> sorry to them but this is the number 1 topic of conversation on the minds from everyone. you are right that it is joe and jill biden's decision as well and that only goes to what jackie was saying that it's a trickle but becomes a flow -- of flood for democrats calling for him to step down right now there are two but they represent their constituents and a lot of people in swing states are saying man, a voter enthusiasm and polling is showing that it it is lower before the debate and if it is down for joe biden then what does it mean for me? if they don't vote for joe, they won't vote for me. >> democrats need five seats a take the house and they feel like they can do that pretty easily in the map does not look bad for them. >> not anymore i think there is panic and they're trying really hard to keep people from coming out and saying something out loud including some senators. >> you go back six months ago with the election coming up what we coined lawfare that he would be in s

it at chautauqua a few years ago, and it was so hard to convince people that there is no way to make housing affordable other than building more housing. and finally, i was like, look, there are, you know, some of people you need to house if, you do not build enough housing for them. there is no other policies solution that solves that problem other than having housing for them to live in. and that was when they finally got it, was to stop thinking about prices actually, and to just start thinking about like there needs to be a unit for every family to live in. and one other quick point. you can also start with the regulations where you really have to twist your mind to see any other effect. then it being good for lower income buyers like get rid of minimum lot requirements. how could it possibly be good for the poor to? say every house has to have an acre. i think it's just really hard. say like, yeah, i don't say so. and that's a big regulation. so you just get people on board with that one. you're already doing a lot better than one could reasonably hope. the second row here, like