what can we expect from olafur eliasson in the future?ere, instead of being guided by the past we are probably now in a situation where we have to be guided by the future. we are going to have to reconsider the way we do things by having a future imaginary which is going to be positive and hopeful and say this is where we go. we are going to go there together. olafur eliasson, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you so much. hello. temperatures have been soaring across the uk. in fact, to record levels forjosey on tuesday and the newjuly record set in saint louis of 35.7 degrees. further records being broken before this hot spell is out. the peak anticipated on thursday and some spots could get up to 37 celsius and that would be a new ukjuly record. to start us off on wednesday, plenty of humidity around. widespread thunderstorms across the northern half of the uk. potentially some big hail, gusty winds and a lot of lightning and thunder. losing their intensity through the morning. we are then left with widespread sun

he is the award—winning icelandic danish artist olafur eliasson.es that artist can change the world by, for instance, attempting to tackle climate change. this is one of his exhibits, a giant wall made of moss, and the idea is to get people thinking differently about the environment. for instance, could our buildings from the future be made from more sustainable materials? is this kind of thinking visionary, or just simply far—fetched ? this kind of thinking visionary, or just simply far—fetched? olafur eliasson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you had a fairly unorthodox ringing. your parents were extremely young when they had you, your mother 20, your father young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather i9. young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather 19. born in iceland, moved to denmark. your mother was a seamstress, your father cook. how did your early life influence you, in your work? well, my father moved back to iceland, and i would spend my vacations in iceland, moving around in nature while he was painting. he also worked as

what can we expect from olafur eliasson in the future?and talk here, instead of being guided by the past we are probably now in a situation where we have to be guided by the future. we are going to have to reconsider the way we do things by having a future imaginary which is going to be positive and hopeful and say this is where we go. we are going to go there together. olafur eliasson, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you so much. hello. temperatures have been soaring across the uk. in fact, to record levels forjosey on tuesday and a newjuly record set in maison saint louis of 35.7 degrees celsius. and don't be too surprised i think if we don't see some further records being broken before this hot spell is out. the peak anticipated on thursday and some spots could get up to 37 degrees celsius and that would be a new ukjuly record. to start us off on wednesday, plenty of humidity around, and some pretty widespread thunderstorms across the northern half of the uk. potentially some big hail, gusty winds and a lot of

if mara eliasson from national public radio, and tom bevan, rel clear politics cofounder.t and the trump administration fought for months to get this question -- the citizenship question on the questionnaire that goes out to hundreds of millions of people. and the supreme court said no, you've got to come up with a better rationale. the president overruled his commerce secretary and said we are going to find a new rationale and now today announces we are giving up. how come? >> i think they ran into a logistical problem, quite frankly. in order to conduct the census, they need to get out there with the surveys and actually start counting people in this country and they know that no matter what they do to try to change the rationale for this question, it's going to be tied up in the courts for -- it could be months. i think in order to actually conduct the census, they had to resolve this one way or another now, which is why you've seen this latest decision. >> chris: 's of the fallback plan is basically to say were going to go to all the departments and were going to say g

mara eliasson, national public radio, and matthew continetti, editor in chief of "the washington freelot of back-and-forth. >> a lot of back-and-forth, just as the democrats were forming a circular firing squad, which is where the republican's want them to be, donald trump decides maybe they were getting too much attention, he wasn't getting enough, and he decided he needed to be part of this fight. fighting it seems to be where he feels most comfortable and he decided to, instead of making it an intramural fight inside the democratic party, he was going to attack people who originally came from countries where governments were corrupt. only one of the four people was an immigrant. go back to where you came from is a very old trope, and it made it all about the president's xenophobia again. >> bret: matthew? >> friday, it was the squad insinuating that nancy pelosi was a racist. now after trump's comments it's all about donald trump's racism. but i would say this, this is following a very common pattern interim controversies. there are some common, and everyone responds and attacks tr

mara eliasson, political correspondent of national public radio and marc theissen.'ve broken through the barrier that's allowed in the jcpoa, 3.67%, there are now enriching a 4.5%, going to attempt on my 20, i take it will probably be a horrible ideal for iran to do. >> that would be a really big leap. they are in a bind. they were in the jcpoa. the united states took themselves out, put on crippling sanctions and iran was hoping to pressure europe to somehow stay in the deal with them, but europe is under pressure from the united states because they have secondary sanctions. so they are playing a game of chicken to see if they start enriching uranium, maybe somebody will come and negotiate with them. >> john: which way is this going to go? europe is under pressure from iran, to reign in the united states. if united states is saying to europe we need help with sanctions, who wins this game? >> i think united states does. if they are more powerful economically and otherwise and we can impose the sanctions -- even if the european governments wanted to trade with iran,