i give you the honorable ambassador robert o'brien. [applause] amb. o'brien: thank you miles. think that calls for gobert's there's a lot of harvard and yale and stanford and ucla guys. it's great to be with you. thank you for the kind introduction. miles did tremendous work for us in the last administration. i think you are also in policy and planning and let our china efforts. thank you for your service to the country and that kind introduction. my mom will appreciate watching that. i've got some good friends here. fellows here at hudson, this is one of the great think tanks to watch. hudson dives down into the issues and gets to the bottom of things and punch way above its weight. the hudson institute plays a bigger than life role in public policy debate. a great think it's -- think tank and institution. we are here to talk about china. specifically the chinese communist party. it's one of those mixed things i've been to china many times in the past. i can go now, they've disinvited me permanently. the chinese people are great people and chinese-americans play a role in our

robert o'brien, lighthizer the real policy we should have on china. a very important guest is going to be coming your way. vivek ramaswamy is a breakout star who everyone seems to be comfortable vilifying. he is going to be joining us in 10 minutes, super star to my immediate left who has a british accent. at least he does on tv. totally different in the green room. i didn't want to give it away but he just took your shot. >> piers: thank you, buddy. ruined it, sorry. >> brian: and you did. that was your best. now something that's going to tick you off. you ready? some of the most enraging stories of the week have to do with kids. people other than their parents who are supposed to be protecting the children are flat out not. case in point i will bring to you vicksburg, michigan where boys are allowed to use the same school bathrooms and locker rooms as girls. >> many female students are using the bathroom only one time a day out of fear of anxiety that a male student could be in the bathroom with them. >> i'm a survivor child sex abuse. do you know h

he spent the next decade or more becoming the o'brien expert.published companion books, some of which i helped him with and he published the first biography of patrick o'brien which is a fascinating tale of a man who pretended most of his lifee . during that research he was in the new york yacht club library when he discovered sufferings in africa. that was enough to spark another adventure. that was a 1817 account of an american captain whose ship was wrecked off the coast of africa. nsspending the next number of years working on what became the bestseller skeletons on the saha rest. we are here to talk about his latest adventure guardians of the valley and the friendship that saved yosemite. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> to set the stage for our discussions, what your book is about. >> so, john is considered the father of our national parks. he was a scotsman born in 1838. migrated to the u.s. to wisconsin in 1849 and eventually as we will talk about discovering yosemite valley and would create the sierra club and really laid the

for the pbs newshour, i'm miles o'brien in soma-city, japan.the newshour for tonight. i am geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on behalf of the entire newshour team, thank you for joining us. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions, and friends of the newshour, including jim and nancy and kathy and paul anderson. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] >> before foundation, working with visionaries worldwide. funding was provided by -- and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ [bright music] - [christiane] hello, everyone, and welcome to amanpour and company. here's what's coming up. [person speaks in foreign language] - [interpreter] i do not even know how to describe it. my son was killed in the war, and now

patrick o'brien too. i'm just, wondering when i read something a year later off i think, first of all, 16 is the best animal story, it's not about yosemite. but you get the gist of the question. >> i think i'd like to go back into history and, as you said, bring it alive. i could point out a lot of places where time seems telescope history. constand was a maybe a couple lessons. and i, often when you go back and look at history, it's not black and white, it's messy and more beautiful and fun and relate will. if we try to crystalize it, becomes almost untrue and itself and i think when you are, particularly a lot of cases where muir was of some purist trying to keep people of nature to protect nature. it's all about bringing people to nature. this year a club that was created at the same time these two trees were cut down was created to bring people into the sierra nevada, to experience what, was to him, the greatest manifestation of god. he could bring people to the mountains, they would fall in love with

o'brien.000 teamster jobs being lost because yellow fired -- filed, excuse me, for chapter 11 on sunday? >> no, not at all. i mean, our members have given back $5 billion in concessions since 2009 and three other times since 2009. yellows has always come back to the well looking for more and more out of our members, and it just got to a point where it was so mismanaged -- it's always a easy to blame someone else, ask that's okay, but at the end of the day the facts don't lie, and yellow's got to look themselves in the mirror and accept what they've done. cheryl: well, the company, again, they have filed, it looks like it's going to be an asset sale, the trucks, the terminals, etc., but when mark was here yesterday, he told me -- and i'm paraphrasing -- he said at the last minute when they, meaning you and your team, understood that yellow had to file, that union leadership called the company, this was over the weekend, numerous times trying to get the company to make a deal. but at that point,

. >> joining me now is miles o'brien. you. >> tell us about the indian mission. >> the primary goal has been accomplished. the research organization wanted to prove it could land a lander softly at the south pole of the moon. no nation has ever done this. india becomes the fourth nation to land on the moon anywhere, but the first at the south pole of the moon. it has already accomplished its minimal mission goal. now we are waiting for the tiny rover, which weighs about as much as a check on bag, to roll up the ramp of the lander and spend a bit of time surveying the surface of the south pole, conducting experiments to understand its elemental composition, and the biggie is icewater. the more we know what the situation there is for water at the south pole, the more scientists get interested in this place. amna: as you mentioned, the russians tried earlier and failed. they wanted to beat the indians. what went wrong? miles: this is a bit of tortoise and hare story. the russians launched much later on a beeline mission to t

robert o'brien will join us, but first trey yingst, is the taliban marking today's anniversary?ood afternoon. taliban fighters paraded through the streets of kabul marking two years since the group took control of afghanistan, the country and its people are only more isolated since. >> it was august of 2021, when the taliban marched into kabul, taking over the city and the country. in two days, two decades of progress for the afghan people disappeared. today ruled by a strict interpretation of islamic law. young women are no longer able to access secondary and higher education, music is banned and the free press has disappeared. security, the group committing most of the attacks now rules the country. the west faces a delicate task of engaging with but not supporting the taliban on humanitarian issues in a country where 3.2 million people are currently million nourished. held talks with the taliban in qatar. led by representative for afghanistan thomas west pushed the leadership to reverse policies for deteriorating human rights in afghanistan, and called for some released from

sean o'brien -- cheryl: sean o'brien tried to come back to them 12 hours before the shutdown to try to that was dependent upon yellow pulled its freight because the last thing you want to do -- you don't want freight inside the yellow system. if you know it's going to shut down, you don't want the freight inside their network because you may never get it back. if the terminals shut down and they're unsecured, that freight's going to end up on ebay. i think that's what every shipper whether talk l walmart, home depot, amazon was concerned about. they pulled their freight and that's what put yellow out of business. cheryl: frances newton stacy made a comment about the debt, the refinancing wasn't going to happen. >> that's the thing that gave the teamsters their leverage. do you see any other trucking companies that are this over-levered that are at risk for having teamster attacks? >> no, i mean, this is a situation where yellow is a really -- financially, it was not viable. it had been bailed out o

i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to matter of fact, companies are cutting back on efforts to improve diversity and inclusion within their ranks. the biggest recent push came just a few years ago. in 2020, millions of people in cities and towns across the country protested for racial equality and the end of systemic racism. they were the largest demonstrations this nation has seen and followed the murder of george floyd at the time. many companies said they were heeding the call. they began to invest in dei diversity, equity and inclusion. they launched educational programs for staff. they brought in c-suite level leadership to focus on dei objectives. they focused on diversifying their hires. by 2021, a majority of employees reported having access to a diversity program. but just one year later, that was no longer the case. data from linkedin, glassdoor and others show companies are now making cuts. rhonda moret is a dei consult agent and the founder of elevated diversity areeee. rhonda moret nice to talk to

i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to matter of fact, google microsoft chatgpt. there are some of the most recognizable names in tech and leaders in advancing ai or artificial intelligence technology or tech that is used to safeguard our banks, our satellite defense systems, our elections. so why would these companies voluntarily agree to let thousands of hackers test the vulnerabilities of their ai models with the white house encouraging them to do so? it's all part of the annual def con hacking convention being held in las vegas. raymond chaudry is the former director of twitter's meta ethics team and she's one of the coordinators of the event. raymond chaudry nice to see you. thank you for joining me so you've invited people to come and try to hack into the ai. what would compel a big company, an ai to want to take part in this? the kinds of problems we're tackling with this challenge are actually problems that these companies are all struggling with. how do we understand a massive amount of potential political misinformation or misinformation about particular

books which i helped him with and first biography of patrick o'brien which is a fascinating tale ofho -- pretended most of his life. during that research he was in the new york pyatt club library and discovered old leather bound volume withe sufferings in afra enough to spark another and of an american captain ship wrecked off the coast of africa and dean spent next number of years working on what became the best seller skeletons so we're here to talk about his latest adventure in story telling guardians of the valley gown and friendship that saved yosemite. thanks for being here. >> thanks logan thanks for the entrough.ye to set the stage say words for john and what is your book about? >> john is considered the follower of our national parks and he was a scotsman born in 1838 migranted to the u.s. in wisconsin in 1849. and earchl that's what we're going to talke' about is discovr yosemite valley and create the sierra club and really lay the foundation for our modern environmental movement, inspire thent likes of president theodoe roosevelt. of also of emerson the poet ralph mer son

i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to matter of fact america are living longer than past generations, and that can mean facing hard choices about how to manage their ongoing health care needs with a high cost of assisted living, many seniors are aging at home. they relying on home care workers fofor much needed help with day to day life. but t there's s a severe s stafg shortagege. inindustry expxperts say t thaty 1 million new caregivers are needed to meet the current demand. low wages, few, if any, benefits and no paid time off make recruiting and retaining workers difficult. home care jobs pay a median rate of $14 an hour and north carolina ranks near the bottom when it comes to support for home care workers. our correspondent dan lieberman traveled to the state to hear from clients and caregivers firsthand. she's my lifesaver. i'm serious. 80 year old sally hawk has a special bond with joan kester, who's been her home health care aide for the last seven years. i've had two major operations on my back and th

please welcome ambassador o'brien. all right. i would never have agreed to speak this order following john wayne, jimmy stewart and bob hope. had you told me that jim, i would have gone earlier in the program. but thank you. and tricia and melanie. thank you. i feel like we're your guests. and i see you're your father and your grandfather. it must be bittersweet. i grew up at the time when. we saw him on tv every night. you know, the three networks. and you're in that distinctive voice. and it's one of the great things about the nixon foundation. the nixon library is the families. julian, tricia and chris and melanie and the other members of the nixon family. and i'm just grateful for you having us tonight. it's very special to have you here. and i think for everyone here, we're grateful for you. so thank you very much. so, senator, thank you for your words. governor, madam first lady. thank you, mr. ambassador. all the general officers we've got here, distinguished guests. it's such a huge honor for little marie and me to be her

i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to matter of fact. the history of the united states is complicated and full of contradictions with the greatest contradiction being the institute of slavery. while the founders professed a belief in liberty, enslaved africans worked their field and raised their monuments, building the nation's wealth without pay and on land that they couldn't lay claim to, there have been calls for compensate nation to those who were enslaved and now their descendants. most recently a california task force submitted a reparations report to the state's lawmakers, which proposes cash payments and other support like home buyers assistance and free tuition for black families and missouri congresswoman cori bush introduced a bill for compensation from the federal government. but how do you put a price tag on more than 150 years of continued and systemic injustice? our special correspondent joey chen traveled to georgia to talk to researchers trying to do that math here where southern rivers meet the sea is the scene of ameri

. >> christi o'brien says she was knee deep in the water south of tampa when she leaned back to wet herr and the barb punctured her back, narrowly missing her lungs with the stingray still attached. o'brien says she thought she was going to die. >> it was terrifying, like feeling them cut it loose and then it like flipped away. and at this point, i started becoming hysterical just just knowing that it was not alive on me anymore. but the barb was still in me. >> doctors removed the barb, but she's still being treated for poison from the venom. >> what a terrifying encounter. well for weeks now, we've been reporting on the growing problem of retail theft. some stores in big cities are being targeted repeatedly. but now a major arrest in los angeles. >> yeah, they're going to walk out. oh, my god. >> this morning, ten people are under arrest after a two day sting operation at this nike store in los angeles. >> police say they've recovered more than $3,000 of merchandise, but say that's a drop in the bucket compared to how much has been taken from that store in recent months. >> nike over

with james o'brien. and i thought it was the tone was wrong. and i and i think that needs to be very think that she needs to be very careful she brian careful in what she says. brian is a disgrace to christine because he was trying push because he was trying to push her into saying that. >> think it was very >> i don't think it was very difficult. but people like dawn butler, celebrate butler, they ought to celebrate that. rishi, i've that. people like rishi, i've listed them all. >> got such a diverse cabinet. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> look, i resent the fact that it's the tories. i'm absolutely my party's got a problem. >> diversity look, know, >> on diversity. look, you know, whatever you say whatever you whatever you say about tory party's now about it, the tory party's now had female prime had three female prime ministers. only ministers. admittedly one only lasted but and we lasted a month. but and we haven't even managed to have a female leader the opposition, female leader of the oppositio

with james o'brien. and i thought it was the tone was wrong. and i and i think that needs to be very think that she needs to be very careful she brian careful in what she says. brian is a disgrace to christine because he was trying push because he was trying to push her into saying that. >> think it was very >> i don't think it was very difficult. but people like dawn butler, celebrate butler, they ought to celebrate that. rishi, i've that. people like rishi, i've listed them all. >> got such a diverse cabinet. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> look, i resent the fact that it's the tories. i'm absolutely my party's got a problem. >> diversity look, know, >> on diversity. look, you know, whatever you say whatever you whatever you say about tory party's now about it, the tory party's now had female prime had three female prime ministers. only ministers. admittedly one only lasted but and we lasted a month. but and we haven't even managed to have a female leader the opposition, female leader of the oppositio

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at the point i'd also met my partner cory o'brien was experiencing such highs that i never thought i would experience away from football. i was injured at the time and playing away from my best friend. there was a mix of joy and liberation but also guilt, these loans, these depressive moments. i remember hurting myself and moments in my kitchen and using alcohol to numb my pain. linkages have become a pivotal place for me and my journey and emotions. that was also the point where i was no longer willing to struggle alone. i was no longer to hide my joy and happiness from other people. i was still not willing to commute my life to fit the stereotype of being a black man in america, football player or a man. i was going to support me and allow those to do the same. >> where and how were you raised? rk: i was raised in dallas. i was born in buffalo, new york. let there for six years. until my stepfather passed away my mother relocated us to dallas, texas. for me i consider dallas home because that is where i found football. that's where i found friendship, kinship and where i have a lot

we back in f the 1990s fell in love with historical maritime novels of patrick o'brien.uring the napoleonic wars. he spent the next decade or more becoming the o'brien expert companion books of which i helped him with. i eventually published the first biography. it's a fascinating tale of a man who pretended most of his life. during that research using the new york yacht club at libra he discovered an old leather bound volume sufferings in africa is enough to spark another adventure. those 1817 account of american captain's ship was wrecked off the coast of africa. deena spent the next number of years working on what became the bestsellers skeletons. dvwe are here to talk what is le adventure and storytelling guardians of the valley. jon muir and the friendship that saved yosemite pre-thanks for being here. >> thank you, thanks for the intro. to set the stage for discussion if you words about jon muir and what your book is about progress jon is considered the father of our national parks. it was a scotsman born 1838. migrated from the u.s. to wisconsin in 1849. eventuall

now speak of this evening is keith o'brien author of fly girls subtitled. how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history. keith was born in cincinnati and graduated from northwestern university. here's a former staff writer for both the boston globe and the new orleans times picayune. as a newspaper reporter who won multiple awards including the casey medal for meritorious journalism. he's also written for the new york times the new york times magazine the washington post politico slate and esquire among others. he has spoken on national public radio for more than a decade including on programs such as npr's all things considered morning edition and weekend edition. he has written two books the most recent of which is the four mentioned fly girls with a third scheduled for publications. this april. titled paradise falls the true story of an environmental catastrophe fly girls has received widespread a claim including two assessments that i will mentioned from authors who have spoken previously in great lives. and you remember may remember t

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miles o'brien got an exclusive look inside the facility. >> 12 years after the historic meltdowns, whathima daiichi nuclear power plant remains a complex, highly hazardous toxic waste site. upwards of workers are here 5000 every day innovating and orchestrating the most complicated, expensive nuclear cleanup in history. it is interesting to see it after seven years. it's changed quite a bit. >> a lot has happened. >> yet, to say the least. my guide for my seventh visit to fukushima is nuclear engineer lake barrett. he led the cleanup for the nuclear regulatory commission after the three mile island meltdown in pennsylvania in 1979. he is now a paid consultant to the tokyo electric power company , tepco, which owns fukushima and manages the decommissioning. >> so this is very similar, in my opinion, to sort of like putting a man on the moon. >> are there moonshot resources being applied to this? >> this is a multibillion dollar a year effort being spent at fukushima right now. it's going to take some time to complete this work. >> you're going to live to see it? >> probably not. >> we be

elizabeth o'brien. jack, up this week, the 10 year passing. >> a 15 year high.cks fell for the week. 4.3%, not that high in historical terms. the average is close to 6%. a lot higher than where we were and that has investors nervous. the s&p is competition for stocks. it is not cheap. second-quarter earnings came down 3%. the third quarter will be flat. we will see. next year up 12%. that is not going to happen. a placeholder number that they stick their. closer to the end of the year they will give you the real number. >> who are some of the big winners? >> the big losers, cvs boss 10% on the week. blue shield of california said it was dropping the pharmacy benefits management service in order to save money. apparently blue shield is getting rid of it. tesla had a bad week. a bad month. you can squint and find other concerns, worried about the economy. citizens financial group, a bunch of banks. those banks are facing tougher oversight. there are concerns complaining they were so low. they run up too quickly. >> you know how you save money, shorter receipts. we

one is james o'brien . james o'brien. >> well, there you go. , is this week's winner obviously, is the emergency operators . the emergency operators. >> they are their wilkie of the week . i think that's a good week. i think that's a good choice, actually. what do you think, guys? >> well, it's a good choice, actually. it's spectacularly silly. i'd be quite offended if someone emergency someone at the emergency services what my pronouns were. >> you would assume it was quite obvious from the pitch my voice. >> so that's great. another lively debate there, thank lively debate there, guys. thank you helping with wilkie of you for helping with wilkie of the look, go away. the week. look, do not go away. joining us next is broadcasting legend diddy david hamilton . and legend diddy david hamilton. and or. or or. or or. or or. or or . or. or or. or or. or or. or or. last— or. or or. or or. or or. or or. last orders at the bar. >> and tonight, i'm joined by an icon of broadcasting. did he , icon of broadcasting. did he, david hamilton. david, thanks

with me now is tim o'brien, the senior executive editor of bloomberg opinion. and also the host of the podcast crash course, an msnbc political analyst. also joining us is noah brooke find, our president and ceo of citizens for responsibility and ethics. thank you to your both for being here on this morning. tim, i want to start with you. trump has been arguing that this protective order, and the case in general is basically infringing upon his first amendment rights, and that the government is trying to stifle his free speech. my question to you is is that an argument, or a talking point that is going to resonate with his actual base? in terms of his campaign to become president again. >> i think of course it's going to resonate with his base. but that's not the most salient issue here. it's whether or not it's ultimately going to resonate in court. there's been this, i mean there's two issues here. there's a long with a donald trump is untouchable by the law. and that he spent decades stumping his nose at the law, and rules and regulations, which is true. but

robert o'brien, thank you. >> always great to be with you.tes before the hour. reigning master champ wants more relief in golf. that is today's hemmer celebrity news. as the tour works out a new framework after announcing the big deal with the saudis. the spanish golf pro was asked to weigh in on the matter and he made this request about what he would like to see on the course. >> my priorities are a lot lower than what a lot of people would think. i know this will sound very stupid. but as simple as having a port potty on every hole. i can't choose when i have to go to the bathroom. >> dana: who wouldn't want that? >> every hole. >> dana: you never know. it's a long walk. >> bill: there is the spaniard. >> dana: hemmer read sports and celebrity news all in one. we're two weeks away from the first primary debate on fox news. only one candidate is vowing to support the republican who gets the nomination. martha maccallum will join us to discuss. teran homeowners know it's getting harder and harder to make ends meet. credit card rates are avera

one is james o'brien . james o'brien. >> well, there you go. , is this week's winner obviously, is the emergency operators . the emergency operators. >> they are their wilkie of the week . i think that's a good week. i think that's a good choice, actually. what do you think, guys? >> well, it's a good choice, actually. it's spectacularly silly. i'd be quite offended if someone emergency someone at the emergency services what my pronouns were. >> you would assume it was quite obvious from the pitch my voice. >> so that's great. another lively debate there, thank lively debate there, guys. thank you helping with wilkie of you for helping with wilkie of the look, go away. the week. look, do not go away. joining us next is broadcasting legend diddy david hamilton . and legend diddy david hamilton. and or. or or. or or. or or. or or . or. or or. or or. or or. or or. last— or. or or. or or. or or. or or. last orders at the bar. >> and tonight, i'm joined by an icon of broadcasting. did he , icon of broadcasting. did he, david hamilton. david, thanks

abc's jay o'brien has been following those developments. he joins us with more. >> reporter: this morning the investigation into hunter biden intensifying after attorney general merrick garland named david weiss the u.s. attorney in delaware as special counsel giving him independent oversight over his years' long investigation into the president's son. >> upon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint him as special counsel. >> reporter: hunter biden's attorney saying that weiss' new designation doesn't change our understanding of his authority, and they expect a fair resolution not infected by politics. >> mr. weiss has the authority he needs to conduct a thorough investigation and to continue to take the steps he deems appropriate independently. >> reporter: garland's decision coming after a plea deal between hunter biden and prosecutors that would have covered tax fraud and gun charges publicly collapsed last month. in court f

jay o'brien has more. >> days after his arraignment on charges of overturning the 2020 election, former president donald trump is on the campaign trail in alabama and south carolina. >> i am data for you. i really believe that he is mentally ill. >> he is already being watched by prosecutors who alerted the judge overseeing the case to a trump social media post made friday reading that if you go after me, i am coming after you. trump team has called the post-political speech, but the special counsel's office wants the judge to limit what evidence the president can discuss out of concern that he might enter a date witnesses. he is now giving his legal team until monday to respond. considered central to the special counsel's case, the former vice president and now opponent mike pence reiterated sunday on cnn that trump was wrong to ask him to throughout electoral votes. >>'s lawyers said that you want to reject votes outright. they were asking me to overturn the election. i had no right to overturn the election. >> john lohr reacted on abc's this week. >> he said what he did was wrong, an

it easily satisfies the framework set out in o'brien. the company can chseo sell websites that only feature biblical quotes describing a maiage as between a man and a woman just like a christmas tour -- store can choose to sell only christmas related items. the company just cannot refuse to serve gayoues and beseech -- as it seeks to do here, just as a christmas store cannot announce no jews allowed. here the company seeks an order allowing it to turn away all gay couples even if, as we discussed, the wedding website they request is identical to one the company would sell to a heterosexual couple granti such a license triminate would empower all businesses what they offer to be expressive services. to consultants to refuse itphers -- service to customers because of disability, sexual orientation, religion, or race. the peech clause exemption is sweeping because it would apply not only to religious beliefs like those of th company and its owner but also to all sorts of racist, sexist. and bigotediews. this rule would allow companies to sa