but many including former kgb officers and politburo insiders were happy to discuss. maria proschenko remained silent for years before spilling the dark secrets of the soviet space was keen to reveal everything she knew and arrived at our meetings bringing photographs, documents , notebooks and metals . this is the first image taken of reactor number four after the explosion from a helicopter hovering over the scene on april 27, 1986. the explosions inspired toxic radiation roiling high into the atmosphere and the remains of the reactor and become a radioactivefilipino of nuclear fuel . a fire that no one in the world knew how to protect. but the director initially assured me in moscow that the situation was under control even as fallout drifted over pripyat and was carried north by high-altitude winds . and even as they began to realize the accident had been less, the soviet government was this determined to keep the catastrophe secret from the outside world . government commissioned the right to take control of the project refused to sanction an evacuation for fear

there was a climate of secrecy it was conspiratorial even some of the politburo were not told immediately and wouldn't learn about it until early 1980. plus the soviet people would learn from press reports that there's a limited contingent of troops that had been sent at the request of the afghan government to help them reestablish order and that this contingent would not stay long and that it was either a friendly country and they were there to help them as they've been doing for years etc etc i said that the soviets had wanted to get out of afghanistan almost from the moment that they went in right so they were there from 1900 in 1989 but they had never intended to be there for 10 years and they were looking for a way out very early on so already in 1983. when they decided this they made a mistake that they didn't talk about the duration of the occupation of iraq how long without troops stay there a month a year 2 years 3 years or so were in my opinion that was very important as the events that followed proved but even the intervention and the deployment of troops was warmly welcomed by

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first thing he does is he takes his politburo over to a museum to stand in front of an exhibit called the century ition and saying this is the past we're not going forward from here so it's a very strong chinese ashleigh and i think it is one country the middle east some many different currents and there are people you know a lot of it has been trying to overturn a map that was laid down during and after the 1st or 60 power and what followed from that. but so you have the people who just isis just want to cope back to a different different world back to the same then you have the all export a country some of them trying to adapt to a different kind of different terms of what's ahead and you have the overarching issue of the competition back to your power competition between iran and saudi arabia and turkey for predominance in the region. you know one of the things that struck me is the scale of the chinese a gauge when in the world the belton road initiative your comparison of it to you know 7 times greater than the marshall plan where america bailed out europe and of course the natio

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created a list of officials, including someone -- including the vice premier, which is part of china's politburocommittee. we can speculate about some senior officials. we have not been sanctioned yet. we can look at what this is going to mean going forward for the u.s. and china as the trump ones up. francine: one of the things we have been trying to figure out is how much can president trump box in or escalate the feud with china to box in joe biden? what are the chinese expecting of a biden administration? what: all eyes are on biden is going to do with china. most people do not expect him to back down, but people are looking to see if there will be a realignment and what has become a very fraught relationship in recent months. everything that we are seeing today, any moves by trump in the last month play into the big lesson surrounding u.s.-china ties at the moment. one is how much harder moves like this by trump are going to make things for joe biden after january 20. and what else trump could be planning in his final weeks to hit china, to hit xi jinping before he steps aside. francine: ka

but many including former kb tv officers, scientists and politburo were happy to discuss the experience . maria pacheco having remained in fear of the consequences of spelling the dark secrets of the soviet state was keen to arrive at our meeting springing photographs, documents , notebooks and metals . >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website booktv.org and search foradam higginbotham or the title of his book midnight in share noble using the search box at the top of the page . the tv on c-span2 has taught nonfiction books and authors every weekend. today at 1 pm eastern coverage of the texas book festival continues with authors telescope and kimberly hamlin on the aclu and 19th amendment and then sportswriters jessica luther and dimitri davidson on the political economic and social issues facing sports today. at 6:20 5 pm eastern mit professor and tech investor sin on article with his book the height machine, how social media disrupts our economy and our health and how we must adapt and at 9 pm eastern on "after words" virginia university professor and writer krista parr

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. >> rave reviews from the ghastly politburo. >> it is very se seductive.re seeing is the real thing. >> reporter: except says penny junor, who says "the crown" isn't the real&-pthing a. >> that is what is so deceptive about it. because we recognize those people and we know the events happened, he is filling in the dots for us. it is as though we're looking behind the palace doors and seeing the conversations that took place. and of course those conversations deputy take place. and the characters are not those horrible people that we have -- that we see -- i'm so sorry. >> that's okay. >> reporter: it is a time for being catty she says because she doesn't buy the producer's line that the audience knows they are not watching a history show. this is drama, it is billed as drama, and everybody knows it is drama, and it is not trying to be history. >> but i think that people will -- people abroad, people in america, young people in britain, who don't know the history, will very probably regard this as the truth, as an historical record. >> reporter: and the tru

would target politburo member, but he's not named in the list. china says the u.s.meanwhile, japan's economy rebounded from its coronavirus slump faster than estimated last quarter. latest gdp figures show an annualized jump in the three months since september. more than 21.4% initially reported. that's the fastest growth since 1968. wages however fell in october for a seventh month while household spending rose for the first time since the sales tax hike. staying on japan, they announced a new stimulus relief package as coronavirus cases rise and the support for the cabinet falls. isme minister yoshihide suga proposing overall measures worth more than $700 billion with under 300 $90 billion in fiscal initiatives. this excludes loans, new investments and direct expenditure to boost the economy and will be partly financed by a third extra budget. in other news, the supreme court in india has halted work on a new parliament building. it's a setback for prime minister modi whose legacy won't lose the development. judges noted they are unhappy of the government not wait

would target a politburo member shu but he has not been named in the list.nnounced a stimulus relief package, as coronavirus cases rise in support for the cabinet, prime minister yoshihide suga is proposing measures worth $700 billion. with just under 390 billion in fiscal initiatives. the package includes loans, boost investment to help the economy and will be partly financed by third extra budget. japan's economy rebounded from its virus slump faster than estimated. gdp figures show an annualized jump of 23 percent through september, more than the 21.4% initially reported. and the fastest growth since 1958. wages, however, fell in october for seventh month. household spending rose for the first time since the sale tax hike. and brexit talks are in their final days, with u.k. prime minister boris johnson heading to brussels for talks with the eu commission president urszula bonder land -- ursula von der leyen. they spoke but a great conditions are not there yet for a trade deal. both sides say differences remain with the eu insisting wednesday is the cutoff

and we heard from the politburo that targeting anticompetitive behavior in the tech space next year willrity for them. we also saw an editorial in the people's daily newspaper, one of the top estate backed newspapers here, critiquing a delivery space., a giant in its now you have this retroactive action against alibaba and a unit of tencent. in terms of the fines, butgnificant, some $6500, both of these were regulators taking aim at deals done a number of years ago, retroactive. it is the signaling that is important. they are sharpening around these issues and are serious about tackling what they say a monopolistic practices amongst some of china's major tech companies and as a result, you did see share prices fall significantly yesterday. another area regulators pointed -- thisrday was a view would have created one of the biggest game streaming companies in the world. it is being reviewed by regulators. haidi: we have a series of economic numbers coming out of china. what will we learn about the health of the economy? tom: expectations are the momentum in terms of recovery has continued

the chinese government itself had the leading member of the signs politburo of china, doing an interview with the woman in charge, and the chinese said that the virus did not come from the market because no chinese believe it. but we still pushing that story in america. host: james, a republican come his opinion on that. this is a viewer who texted us from california saying, "economic disparity, the decline of the middle-class, dream unattainable, higher education, working families working through jobs, 500 billionaires controlling millions of others. in the most negative ways, the middle class supplies oxygen to the same 500 billionaires. i hope people reimagine the american dream. happy new year. diane from houston, texas, democratic caller. caller: good morning and happy new year to everyone listening. i hope 2021 will be better than 20/20. i think the most political thing for 2020 was just the racial division, especially after george floyd was killed. you know, i just pray that 2021 -- we have all come together as a nation, as a set of people, and getting past our differences. one of

the chinese government itself had the leading member of the signs politburo of china, doing an interviewith the woman in charge, and the chinese said that the virus did not come from the market because no chinese believe it. but we still pushing that story in america. host: james, a republican come his opinion on that. this is a viewer who texted us from california saying, "economic disparity, the decline of the middle-class, dream unattainable, higher education, working families working through jobs, 500 billionaires controlling millions of others. in the most negative ways, the middle class supplies oxygen to the same 500 billionaires. i hope people reimagine the american dream. happy new year. diane from houston, texas, democratic caller. caller: good morning and happy new year to everyone listening. i hope 2021 will be better than 20/20. i think the most political thing for 2020 was just the racial division, especially after george floyd was killed. you know, i just pray that 2021 -- we have all come together as a nation, as a set of people, and getting past our differences. one of t