about 10 years after grant died mark twain was asked in mark. twain had met everyone in the world i said reporter said who's most impressive person you've ever met. and twain answered i think above woman. i would put general grant. his was a grand figure and his was a noble nature. it was so simple and yet so beautiful. standing face to face with him. you looked at a man with a mighty record and yet it was not the knowledge of the fact, but the man's latent power that was so impressive with him. it was the perseverance of the man that distinguished him above others and then around the same time he said in a lecture ulysses s. grant was the greatest man. i have ever had the privilege of knowing personally. and i have not known a man with the kinder nature or a pure character. he was called the silent man the sphinx and he was that in public but not in private. there he was affluent and able-talker with a large sense of humor and most rare gift of compacting meaty things into phrases of stunning felicity along with his other great gifts. he had tha

tried to carry out such a blitz, uh, it means the economy is clear that it did not work out, as mark twaineath were very popular. that's the same with regard to russia. so, as far as the eurasian economic union is concerned, the volume of trade is constantly growing with all countries, and among themselves it is growing faster than with third countries . although if the third floor grows strangely, then there is an association in itself. it does not prevent the euro-western countries from supporting relationships with third parties, so it happens. this is very good. yes, the problem is being created, but uh, they will certainly overcome by developing the topic of wanting to eat, you know, such a very cynical joke appeared. not even a joke. just like this in moscow several times. i have already heard from various people such is the whole hope for famine, which means that now the famine will begin and here they are formed and sanctions are imposed on it. in general, they will be friends with us, because they realize that it is impossible not to be friends with us. how do you think this forec

she said that she never will forget mark twain said that you morphed important moments in your life. you're born and the moment you find out why you were born and like i said, i work withthese families . i call the time and there's 20 years ago because you become family. i know there are kids and all of that and i said i never thought i would hear you in the middle of a rally in ferguson quoting mark twain but people that shunned us as activists marching about police brutality, marking about racial violence and affirmative-action . once i ran for president and became the host of the tv show they said we don't accept things with you now. first eof all i'm still marching. i'm still doing the rallies are in i'm not stopping anything i did. and what makes you think i need your acceptance? the question is whether i want to be in your company. and i don't understand how intelligent people could be faced with these kinds of social crisis and not be involved and have this attitude like they can just rule accepted. put me on the acceptable list if that's the price i have to pay . >> you go th

well, they failed, obviously, like mark twain said, the rumor it's about my dad are largely exaggerated. the same goes for the situation with russia, which is the most because that's what i was a pass for the duration konami unions with her in the over is throwing increasing with all state one that i should be city. and jim. so it is growing faster and more rapidly inside the unit and, and with the 3rd countries, even though it is growing with a 3rd countries as well because we can still have good relations with a 3rd countries. and that's how it's happening and it is good. it's good to go and like my colleague said about chinese investment was from the humidity. yeah. but there is 7000000000 of russian investment into big when did 1000000000 of the china last, which is more about they have 1500000000 people living there. and we have 146000000 people of population, but still 7000000000 and fascinating to immune nuclear industrial projects and catholics down the matter a lot in this issue. but because we have a very good program of industrial cooperation, you took a look at us. it's not

michael brown who was killed by police got to the rally one night and said she neverr would forget mark twain's head of the most important moments in your life is the moment you are born and the moment you find out why. i work with these families. i know their kids and they know mine and all that. i said i never thought i would be at another rally but because people that shunned us merging about police brutality and racial violence, marching about affirmative action and lgbtq rights, once i ran for president, they said we can accept certain things. first of all, i'm still doing the rallies. i'm not stopping anything i did. and what makes you think that i need your acceptance? the question is whether i want to be in your company. and i don't understand how intelligent people can be faced with any kind of social crisis and not be involved and have this attitude like they can is accepted. what is unacceptable is if that is the price i have to pay. >> you go through and talk about that in the same spirit with cold banana parks, like this idea of who is acceptable and we are able to kind of used to

one of the things i wanted to write the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated as mark twain oncet's easy when we are sitting from the outside or can it hong kong purely from a political perspective or democratic perspective to say the place is doomed. at the same time, this is a society that has been vibrant, a community that is vibrant. the big risk is can they keep the young people satisfied? that is why housing becomes an issue, young people do not want to go work in the mainland. they don't like it. they don't speak the language. they can't compete. they are very talented. you have 300 million urbanites living north of here and many of them want to come down. they want to live the better life here in hong kong. the young in hong kong are having difficulties with that. >> you mentioned the tycoons earlier. i have been here 31 years. i was here during the last years of british colonial rule and since then until today, the big-money powerbrokers are still the tycoons. do you see a seismic shift coming? the influence and the wealth of the big property powerbrokers is going to be

the situation moved mark twain to term the era the gilded age. implying that society was bright and shining on the surface but increasingly built on a substratum of poverty. it was within this situation that in the late 19th century demands for reform began to arise. the movement promoted by the revelations of a group of activists known, somewhat derisively at the time, as the muckrakers. it included such prominent writers as ida tarbell and her exposÉ of the standard oil trust, and the more widely known novelist, upton sinclair, whose book, the jungle, focused on the unsavory, literally unsavory practices in the meat packing industry. the first significant reform movement involved the populists led by william james brian in the 1890's, but that mostly agrarian movement never gained sufficient support from middle and upper class, and urban voters. so it was superseded around the turn of the century by a broader based movement known as progressivism. the success of that movement bringing out reform, largely owing to the energetic efforts of theodo

with mark twain serving as a publisher who saw no need to edit grants pros. even as he fought through his pain to complete his memoirs grant thought of his family. one day he composed the letter to the president of the united states requesting an appointment for his grandson. then approaching his fourth birthday. to the united states military academy at west point a request that william mckinley would honor in 1898 thus allowing. ulyssia grant did's father to become. an army officer in june 1885 the grants left, new york city from mount mcgregor new york near saratoga springs with a general put the finishing touches on a manuscript that still stands today as a standard for american autobiography. the endeavor succeeded in providing for grants family beyond his wildest dreams. he could not stay to be a living witness to that final triumph. however passing away on the morning of july 23rd 1885 for days there was quite a discussion is where the general would be laid to rest. once more love for family triumph julia explained that among the considerations in choos

i was 12 years old, i read a book by mark twain yankee at the king- porch of king arthur from then i before going to bed. i thought, and how could i help king arthur with today's task, well, a person from modern times and how i could surprise or get around. well, let him be such a naive scientist, but still a scientist in those days of merlin . that's what i know and can do. can i do not know to make heating in the castle. can i think of how to make a sewer to get electricity or something else is a very good game for me, which can be useful to everyone, but because it immediately becomes clear that each of us is deftly pressing the buttons on all kinds of tablets. these tasks are practically impossible to perform. that is, we do not fully know more than one technology. and this is strange. this is what i want to think about. it was we who hung out with your rivals, so that you have a good, well, i think, yes, let's, probably, shoot at fencing was, but shoot no it technical mind is not unconditional. let's check if such an answer on the scoreboard goes to the team of kaliningrad stude

petersburg forum quoting the american classic mark twain as for the president’s speech itself, his wordseurs, investments in our own economy are safer and more reliable, and the state is ready to support from the other side. a return to the days of the iron curtain is definitely not worth the wait. although the game on foreign markets will follow different rules about the new economic realities. alyona germanova. never before has a forum in st. petersburg been held in such difficult conditions with its unprecedented sanctions. the west tried to crush the russian economy, but the forum once again reminded the world. no matter how hard the falls were, and shook off the princes and went further, this time russia can go so far that it will not be easy to catch up and return to its market. and in fact the congress of entrepreneurs of the cis in the ninety-seventh forum for these 25 years has become a series of events to be sure. and now some europeans did not dare to miss, only to advertise their participation and give did not want an interview. okay, no matter how hard the collective west tr

such a blitz, it means that with regard to our economy it is clear that it did not work out, as mark twaint my death were very popular. here is the same in a relationship, damn it. from the perga concerning russia, it is clear that the topic of ukraine during this discussion has become one of the main hostilities. this, of course, is a great tragedy, but the conduct of a special military operation. according to vladimir putin has become inevitable. after many years, the curators of the ukrainian authorities from the united states began long before zelensky's presidency, literally forcing russia to use force. we were just dragged to this line. i have to remind you how it all came together, but listen, what would be bad governments. e in ukraine can with everyone. worked normally. here, mr. yushchenko was tymoshenko. they were absolutely pro-western oriented. the same. uh, the so-called civilizational choice. what is there? sorry for the bad manners, what for the civilizational choice, they hid the money for the ukrainian people in banks and want to protect them. in addition, they began to c

there i'm mark twain. there i'm tom wolf. i was hearing the voices of the writers i was imitating. not plagiarizing like their voices are in my head -- you. it gets more as you get into it. there's they came a moment. where i didn't think oh someone else and i also thought oh, this is less objectionable. and i know exactly where the moment was and it was about chapter mid chapter 6 and what's happening in that? what is happening is interesting. it's the first time i'm ripping off a customer for solomon brothers, and i'm morally i'm outraged. i'm in this situation. i don't know that i'm ripping them off, but i'm ripping them off and it's it's really funny that this the the story the guy loses his job because of it something i put him into but i was so absorbed with my own experience. i forgot about how i was supposed to write it and i just told it and i was getting what i was happening is i was sending in chapters to the publisher two at a time. and the response was so enthusiastic. i was starting well, maybe i can do this, you know. i mean what was actually the backdrop of this it

now i'm mark twain. there i'm a little. so i was hearing the voices of the writers in the book i was reading that i was imitating. not plagiarizing, justtheir voices are in my head .>> that book doesn't feel like a michael lewis book it to you ? >> there came a moment where i didn't think someone else. and i also bought this is less objectionable and i know exactly where the moment was and it was mid chapter 6. what's happening in that is interesting. it's the onfirst time i'm ripping offthe customer for salomon brothers and i'm outraged i'm in a situation . i don't know i'm ripping them off buti'm ripping them off and it's funny . the story. the guy loses his job. because of something i put him into but i was so absorbed with my own experience i forgot about how i was supposed to write it and i just pulled it. i was sending in chapters the publisher two at a time and the response was so enthusiastic i started to think maybe ican do this. the backdrop of it was it was so odd was whati had sold the publishers was a history o

good morning mark twain said that there is nothing easier than quitting smoking, as i personally quit to say from my own experience. i am quit smoking 35 years ago before. i smoked a lot of anything. everything that smoked. well let 's talk about quitting smoking. this, of course, is not a feat, but something heroic for sure. it is high time to admit that a real smoker is nothing like a handsome man from a cigarette advertisement. a real man with a cigarette is a person with a mental addiction and lousy health, according to the world health organization, tobacco consumption kills more than 8 million smokers a year. but if this the argument sounds insufficient for you, convincingly, today academician yuri nikitich belenkov will talk about his personal experience of how he quit smoking. i've been smoking for 16 years and haven't tried it, it seems, how much a day, well, i have enough one and a half packs for a day andrey volkov, 52 years old. a pack of at least and boris monks 40 years ago, saying this year, how much does it turn out a day? i do not count, because i smoke an electronic

how is it that these people who are completely predictable, you know as mark twain said suppose. i was a congressman suppose. i was a thief but i repeat myself. how is it that these people have warped this magnificent most prosperous and freest country in the world? so i said maybe they didn't do it. maybe we're looking at something else altogether. maybe what these people are taking lessons from medicine are an opportunistic infection that comes to the fore when the body becomes weak. right, so it's not it's not it's not the pimple which causes the the blood disease but rather the other way around. so i say ah now, perhaps it begins to make sense that what's happening is a decay of an organism. that gives rise to opportunistic infections your war you run down you're more likely to get the flu, right? you're not eating. well, you're more likely to have intestinal but bob your eyesight's gonna go bad etc. so what so i say, okay. what is the the overriding? fact that weakens are the west and the answer i came up with was from certain of history. it's prosperity. that that there's s

we can't just see the same things, and i think it's a big task, sometimes there is the old mark twain quote, i would've written a shorter letter but i ran out of time. the editing process, being really judicious. and with a show us is what's really important part of their task for tomorrow. >> harry, quickly on this front, which is the interviewing style of the numbers of congress. talk to me about how they go about questioning the witnesses in all of this? there is a chance that we could, and reportedly hear from ivanka trump, and jared kushner. how do they prosecute those interviews so to speak? >> first, do no harm. so i think it's likely that we will hear from trump and kushner by video. cause they won't want to take the chance of a wrestling match that they lose. cassidy hutchinson, michael go dean, secret service that you were just talking about aim in, those will be different. but they will be very carefully choreographed to be crisp, four or five questions, maybe a videotape, move on. keep it quick and keep it informative. but, don't take any big risks. >> harry lippman, barba

and the fact that they tried to carry out such a blitz, it is clear that it did not work out, as mark twaincy. this is the same with respect to the close, touching russia so russia has entered a tough stage for the whole world well prepared. stibov, including the sanctions of the fourteenth year, the industrial complex for 8 years very successfully responded to them and replaced imports, and now we are not afraid. we are ready for absolutely all challenges, but the west accuses russia of the lack of food in the world, allegedly because of the events in ukraine, although there is very little grain there. and if we keep in mind that 800 million tons of wheat are produced in the world, then 5 million tons for the world market. how are you you understand, the weather doesn’t do anything at all, but nevertheless , there are opportunities for export, and not only through the black sea ports, the high stands say that grain is a reality, but ukrainian ports and russia allegedly do not allow this grain to be exported. uh-huh it's bluff hey that's why we didn't mine the approaches, it was ukraine who

we can't just see the same things, and i think it's a big task, sometimes there is the old mark twaind've written a shorter letter but i ran out of time. the editing process, being really judicious. and with a show us is what's really important part of their task for tomorrow. >> harry, quickly on this front, which is the interviewing style of the numbers of congress. talk to me about how they go about questioning the witnesses in all of this? there is a chance that we could, and reportedly hear from ivanka trump, and jared kushner. how do they prosecute those interviews so to speak? >> first, do no harm. so i think it's likely that we will hear from trump and kushner by video. cause they won't want to take the chance of a wrestling match that they lose. cassidy hutchinson, michael go dean, secret service that you were just talking about aim in, those will be different. but they will be very carefully choreographed to be crisp, four or five questions, maybe a videotape, move on. keep it quick and keep it informative. but, don't take any big risks. >> harry, lippman, barbara -- thank y

>> to me it was a continuation of that, was mark twain who said that a lion can travel halfway around the world before the truth is revealed. that is true, that is why so many people believed on trump, it takes time to disprove it. the committee helped the truth catch up and surpassed the lie. he did it the easy way, rather than try to show the complex ways this election will bear the lies of trump, they had trump's own people say it. not only explain what they also are, but what they all told him. all in all, it was clear that they really showed trump's own people the loyal people who i experienced during the first impeachment, how they stood by him and defended the indefensible. here, they said enough, a line has been crossed, we will defend democracy. they showed how trump has been fraud. -- their democracy, and their dollars, which is also important. democracy is complex and abstract. their dollars, they understand that. i think overall it was a great day to really show the lie. to neil's point, they helped to show criminal intent which is often the biggest challenge for people in

you, as mark twain said, rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated. headlines immediately go out.inguishes our kind of liberal scum from all the others, that is, but they do what they want, they don’t need any news at all, it’s enough to say the alphabet. they themselves will cut everything as it is convenient for him to congratulate. eggs show respect, because well, for our workshop, that is, for journalists of this kind of work, this is the olympic games gold medal. that is, well, well, this is objective, because the number of people in the world who had the opportunity to talk with the president, especially in such a stressful environment, when all the vips are sitting and looking at you and when they are nearby. uh, head of kazakhstan and keep the focus. that is, of course, it was not easy, how you feel directly, because there was still a conversation, as i understand it, some kind of communication both before and after. come on, we're interested. of course, i can’t tell everything publicly, then i ’ll tell you in your ear. and that made me very happy. just very pleased. i hav

well, they are not very smart there, but putin speaks about the economy, and as mark twain said, thexaggerated. headlines immediately go out. rumors about my death are greatly exaggerated. putin that is, this is what distinguishes our kind of liberal scum from all the others, that is, but they do what they want, they don’t need any news at all, it’s enough to say the alphabet. they themselves will cut everything as they like margaritina. firstly, why congratulate you respect, because well, for our workshop, that is, for journalists this kind of work, this is the olympic games gold medal for everyone, well, this is objective, because the number of people in the world who had the opportunity to speak for the president, especially in such a stressful environment, when all kinds of people are sitting and looking at you and when you are nearby. uh, the leader of kazakhstan and keep the concentration of attention, that is, the person, of course, was not just like you feel directly, because there was still a conversation, as i understand it. some communication before and after. come on, we'

people who are january 6 deniers and trump supporters, all those who spew fox news, i remember mark twainhat went never argue with stupid people. they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. some of your collars are so uninformed. it's just sad. you are very patient and i thank you for keeping it all together for us. host: connie is on the republican line in texas. caller: -- host: we will go to laura instead. laura in baltimore, there we go. you are on the air. caller: thank you for c-span. i am so grateful for c-span. it's one of the last platforms for input from the citizenry. we are looking at roe v. wade and taking it apart. i would like to mention another supreme court decision. this was in 1982. a town in texas said they didn't have the money to educate all of the influx of undocumented or illegal or whatever you want to call it people coming in. supreme court said you do have to educate every person in your jurisdiction. i think that was a flawed decision. we are seeing it now. i just wanted to make that. i'm in favor of legal immigration. what's happening

it is, you know, history doesn't repeat itself as mark twain said, but it sometimes it does rhyme.ing here, not only with watergate but going back to the mccarthy hearings, and at some point, the fever does break, and when it does break, those trying to undermine the constitution will be judged harshly by history, and some of them may be judged harshly actually by federal courts even sooner. >> there is much more ahead. charlie sykes, sam stein, chuck rosenberg, thank you all very much for coming on this morning. >>> coming up, the impact of the supreme court's ruling on gun ownership. mayor eric adams is our guest next hour, and our coverage of the january 6th hearings continues as well. "morning joe" is coming right back. ings continues as well. "morning joe" is coming right "morning joe" is coming right back ♪ ♪ it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala reduces asthma attacks it's a once-monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden thing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble bre