, your producer, we've been marco poloing.arco polo >> seth: i do. i think it's really nice >> me too. you know why i realize i like is because face-time -- the young people really like face-time. i don't like face-time because you can't -- like, you're not really in control of it when it happens. like someone can just face-time you, right, out of the blue. >> seth: right >> and i like marco polo because you can decide when you want to hear people's messages and also you can fast forward people, which is what i always want to do is to tell them to go faster. >> seth: yeah. >> and they can do the same to me but it's a very -- i feel like it's a very gen x social app >> seth: yes but, yeah, that two times speed thing is -- true story i once said to a podcast host that i love that i can listen at one and a half speed and it broke their heart. and i didn't realize that a lot of people think that they are perfectly sound producing at the right level. they don't want to hear you sped them up. >> yeah. you don't ever have to tell the

most of the time cameraman marco polo and i find ourselves completely alone in the city's memories of alleyways. normally the crowds here make it difficult to cross the reality bridge now i stand alone by the grand canal the city's main thoroughfare. we can tell from the packaging that these are boxes of medicines. that are being unloaded here the supply chain for the pharmacies appears to be working they are still open. the delivery workers letters film them but they don't want to be interviewed so we move on. the few others we come across give us a wide berth somehow in this difficult situation it doesn't seem appropriate to confront them with a camera and a microphone. what we're experiencing is extraordinary fascinating but a bit frightening at the same time. we've obtained special permits from the math and completed the self declaration forms required of all italians when they travel otherwise we wouldn't be allowed to be here or took. luckily our encounter with a caribbean yesterday passes off without incident with filming it secretly with a cellphone. do a film permit yes we've

, 1937, was commander of the first infantry regimen of the china garrison army, which is at the marco polo bridge. he was one of those that was among many that was responsible for this incident developing into something and going beyond a local resolution. and so mutaguchi came to feel that he was responsible for getting japan into the war and then he thought that he had, therefore that he had a moral responsibility to deliver a knockout blow against the british and bring and end to the war and get japan out of the war. now, he didn't feel this because he regretted getting japan into the war. he just had this exaggerated view of his importance in all of these events. and in addition to these personal factors of why mutaguchi came to favor an offensive into india, there are also certainly military rationales. first of all was the win gate operation, the chindit operation from february to may 1943 which professor millett just mentioned. and as a result of that operation, mutaguchi, among others, drew a couple of conclusions. first of all, it convinced him that sizable ground force could be p

he likes to think that she invented a case that he referred to, sort of a marco polo of journalism but for the purpose of the discussion it is a good line. he borrowed the strategy rendering the settings for moree more than just state lines crafting carriers that were more than quotations in fiscal descriptions and identifying what is in the reporting he moves into things that make the story more than some o the sum e parts and certainly it's more of a trend to new journalism in magazine writing and nonfiction books that we read that people tend to put themselves in the heads of their characters and a want to ask each of you how much of your own imagination dare you use in crafting your story? we will start with you -- >> we are all creatures with minds and ideas and imaginations and when you spend so much time thinking about someone, you do start to imagine you have to be very careful when you are writing a nonfiction book and they want to be very clear about the forces and where things are coming from and if you do speculate, which some people choose to you want to flag that for the

what happened in 1937 it's the marco polo bridge incident which is a skirmish between chinese and japaneseforces which through a chain of events is eventually going to lead to sustained combat for the next 8 years and when this initially breaks out chiang styeds that the hour has come where he must now strike and he can no longer ask for forbearance in policy of preparing for war. he look where is the fighting first broke out and that's northern china which has terrain that greatly disfavors the japanese and greatly disfavors the chinese. he believes that the correct place for the chinese to make the first stand is in fact, in shanghai where its crowded urban areas would maximize strength of small arms and minimize japanese strengths in fire power, mobility, air support and things like that. there's going to be this tremendous bat until shanghai which goes from august to november 1937. before it's over, 3 quarters of a million chinese troops are going to fight in and around shanghai. a quarter of a million japanese troops are going to fight in shanghai. this is by far, by far the biggest b

casey referred to him, he thought he was the sort of marco polo of new journalism, and invented the first nonfiction novel, but this is what i think for purposes of our discussion, it's a good line that capote barriod the strategies of fiction writers in his nonfiction. rendering settings that were more than just datelines, crafting characters who are more than just quotations and physical descriptions, and identifying win his reporting or imposing on it, moods and themes that made a story more than the sum of its parts, and certainly there is more of a -- you call it new journalism and magazine writing or the nonfiction books we read that they are more colorful and people tend to put themselves in the head-of-the characters and so and so may have thought such a thing if want to ask each of you hutch of our own imagination dare youy in crafting your story? casey, why don't i start with you. >> i was hoping could carve an answer from what these two. wear ucreatures with minds mindd imaginations and you spend time thinking but someone you start to imagine things if think you have to be very

now, what happens in july 1937 is known outside of china is the marco polo incident which is a service between chinese and japanese forces which, through a chain of events, i talk about eventually going to lead to sustained combat for the next eight years. when this initially breaks out shang decides that the hour has come or he must now strike and can no longer ask forbearance in the policy of preparing for war and now he must make corporate as he looks around he looks at where the fighting first broke out and that's up in northern china which has a terrain which he believes greatly favors the japanese and greatly disfavors the chinese. he believes the correct place for the chinese to make their first stand is, in fact, in shanghai or its crowded urban areas will maximize the strength of chinese numbers of small arms and minimize the japanese strength and firepower ability your support and other things like that. there will be this tremendous battle in shanghai which goes on from august until november 1937 and before it is over three quarters of a million chinese troops are going to f

what happens in july 1937 is known outside of china as a marco polo incident which is a skirmish between chinese and japanese forces which through a chain of events i talk about is eventually going to lead to sustained combat with the next eight years. when this initially breaks out, chiang decides the hour has come where he must now strike. he could no longer ask for forbearance in this policy are preparing for war. now we must make war. as he looks around he looks at where the fighting first world war broke out and that's up in northern china which has terrain which he believes greatly favors the japanese and greatly disfavors the chinese. so he believes the correct place for the chinese to make their first stint is, in fact, in shanghai where it's crowded urban areas will maximize the strength of chinese numbers and small arms and minimize the japanese strakes in firepower mobility, air support and other things like that. so there is going to be this tremendous battle in shanghai which goes on from august to november 1937. before it's over three-quarters of 1 million chinese troops ar

. >> stewart, great to see you i've become a big fan of something called marco polo. >> yeah, that'sat app. >> it's been great for keeping the family altogether. it's like a synchronous face time for sorts out there who didn't know about it i didn't know about it until recently co congratulations on the fundraising. >> great to see you. thank you. >> hold on >> thanks, andrew. when we come back, exxon mobil ceo darren woods will join us coming up in a few minutes up next, u.k. prime minister spending the night in the intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. we will go live to london for an update on boris johnson's health first as we head to a break, let's take a look at the pre-market winners and losers. lots of winners out there. the dow is up another 720 points stick around you are watching "squawk box" on cnbc >>> well comeback to "squawk box. u.k. prime minister boris johnson is in intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsens. we're joined with the latest from london. do you think you know everything at this point, steve we're hearing no intubation a