but for me, when we were debating in the oxford union, even offstage, there would be conversations, theree endless conversations, there would be word play, there would be quotes going around. there would be a discussion of meaning while in the u.s. it is less of a conversational culture and more of let's do something. i will never forget my first time in california, that's part of the attraction of the u.s. and i'm headed to california. i got up in the morning and my closest friend, the great ben fuller. >> we have a lot of viewers in california, they'll be waiting for you. careful what you say. they already explained as inarticulate, they are waiting with a rope or a pitch fork or some other welcoming. >> angry looking people who smile and say hello. >> have a nice day as they string you up. >> exactly. >> let's get to this. he got up in the morning and the first thing he said it's a great day, what shall we do? and i wondered which one of my indian friends or english friends or german friends, the first thing i got them in the morning, what shall we do today? so i think there is a littl

at oxford she became the first asian woman to be elected the head of the oxford union. i went to cambridge and, of course, if you go to cambridge, you sort of look down at those people, at the other place, but -- and rightly so, i might add. [laughter] i mean, i can't help it if they went to the wrong university. but the fact of the matter is to be elected president of either the cambridge union -- arianna huffington was one at cambridge, and then benazir became president of it at oxford -- is a signal achievement. it really does matter. in england traditionally if you became president of either of those societies, you got an automatic invitation from one of the major political parties to stand for parliament. and she was a very irreverent and interesting person. in her first debate, she wrote, she, i mean, perfectly happy, as you know, to intervene in pakistani politics where, of course, she was prime minister. but she was equally gleeful in commenting on american politics. one of the first debates that she was in at oxford was one in which she was debating richard nix

wanted to make a difference at oxford she became the first asian woman to be elected head of the oxford union. i went to cambridge so you looked down at those people but and rightly so. [laughter] but i cannot help but if they went to the melamine university but to be elected president huffington was one and then benazir became president at oxford is a simple achievement and it really does matter in a glenn traditionally you that the automatic invitation and one of the major political parties and that she was the reverend in interesting person perfectly happy to intervene in the pakistani politics but equally comment -- comfortable with american politics whenever first abates is one she was debating richard nixon making the statement america george washington startup the president here refused to tell a lie abed now they had a president who could not tell the truth. the point* is this is somebody who had opinions and was not afraid to express them but equally she was not always totally serious. to propose debate topics this house would rather roxanne role. she was not surprisingly a very char

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customs union between russia kazakhstan belittle which perhaps someday ukraine is moving along those lines it's interesting twenty years later we might get to that many thanks to my guest today in oxford london and in thanks to our viewers for watching us here as you see you next time and remember across time. i. welcome to the lawn of show where you get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can live in washington d.c. and i'm going to speak to the founder of the alternative banking group people keep saying the occupy movement isn't offering any real solutions while this group of bankers and traders and lawyers they want to help but how are they being received then glenn greenwald joins us to discuss the notion that america supports democracy in the arab world we heard a million times during the arab spring but if the jig it finally up are you ready to admit but really we.

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