if the new york times -- york "the new york times" -- if "the new york times" hired somebody, i think that the goal would be that you have to be able to write, not only because of obvious reasons, but the ability to write also shares the ability to think with some clarity. you have to be intensively curious about the world. the remains are less important than what your work shows about the skills. >> he spoke of one journalist that was a marine. one thing that we have found that we look for is diversity of experience. there are not enough people with military experience. there are not enough people who are evangelical christians in the newspaper business. we are not going out and recruiting evangelical churches or a marine recruiting center for journalists, but for somebody who comes in, their background gives them a different perspective on the world and that is a plus. >> he said that journalism is in an experimental phase. believes that we might have held 15 or 20 years ago may not be applicable today. but how do we, at the end of the day, how can we be comfortable that the solid a

then the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist and hero or just a slimy heartthrob that seduced a source reap the rewards and then. turn up or not r.t. new york. now brand new russian passenger plane has been given permission to fly into the new course of wild of commercial aviation the sukhoi superjet one hundred is the first airliner designed in the country since the fall good times cannot have more. the sukhoi superjet one hundred is the first civil aircraft produced in russia since the soviet times which means that it has to be built from scratch and is geared up with some of the most modern and advanced equipment it's a short range aircraft people off travelling not further than two or two and a half thousand miles and transporting up to one hundred people away now has been officially certified it got its ticket into the skies this intergover

a spokesman for "the new york times." as a matter of fact, paid by the newspaper that is arguably, no, probably in terms of world audience and looking to the future with web overtaking print as it will someday come i work for the paper that is probably the times' greatest english language world competitor, so yeah, maybe i should denounce the times and read "the guardian." so, not a spokesman for the paper. i have my criticisms of it. we will get into some of those. and i think bill makes some fair and criticisms in the book, which i read, and you know, the times has certainly made its share of errors in recent years. i think the, you know, the duke lacrosse coverage was bad. i don't think there's any question about that. i actually -- this is an interesting point, too -- i don't know many people outside of "the new york times," which defends it institutionally, but i don't know many liberals who continue to defend that particular coverage. i think the times, as bill mentioned a story that the times did about john mccain

times then the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist and hero or just a slimy heartthrob that seduced a source reap the rewards and then. turning up or not artsy in new york. well next week will see a london court decide whether julian assange should be extradited to sweden to answer questions on sexual assault charges he speaks to swedish based journalist al book about the fate of a song coming away in about fifteen minutes time. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. a brand new russian passenger plane has been given permission to fly into the lucrative world of commercial aviation the sukhoi superjet one hundred is the first airline it decided in the country since the soviet times you got a pretty good office. the sukhoi superjet one hundred is the first civ

times then the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist and hero or just a slimy heartthrob that sadr. used to source reap the rewards and then. during a fortnight party in new york. and you're watching our team live from moscow now russia's first post on the passenger plane a super jet one hundred has been given the go ahead to take to the skies there's a lot expected of the aircraft what designer is confident it will be popular around the world and is our teasing or ah that explains its first flight will provide an opportunity to prove itself to the international market. at last cleared for takeoff the much trumpeted an offer delayed superjet one hundred is due to be certified to make commercial flights over russia and the former soviet republics. you know this it if it is the most important document to be given to any plane it's a ticket into th

in the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist and hero or just a slimy heartthrob that seduced a source reap the rewards and then. marina for not r.t. new york. not some international news in brief this one of australia's strongest school record has displaced more than ten thousand people after bringing two hundred eighty kilometer per hour winds to the already flooded queensland state evacuees have been camping out in emergency centers as they wait the conditions to become safe enough to return to what may be left of their homes it's like they now see two houses to pieces that raked across a string is northeast but is now said to be losing power people remain. missing there were no reports of deaths or injuries after huge about curation operation beforehand. a somali man has been convicted of attempted murder and terrorism for trying to kill a d

york times." >> wikileaks is quite different from "the new york times." the job that assange and wikileaks thinks he is performing is functionally identical to what national security reporters do every day. they try to get them to toe classified things. and so that is part of this very complicated and strange game we have an america where government tries to play the game of keeping its secrets and punishing its people. but the press has the right to go after this information. it is a game that plays out every day in washington, d.c. i did not see help a reporter is different from bill's journalists. >> can we talk more about the overall impact of the cables and the story. we have heard -- we have had this debate in the past weeks and months. how significant is it in terms of the impact of these stories and also in terms of the impact is having on journalists to visit i know i heard you say that it has and turned to journalism on its head. it seems to of given it a nasty shake. >> yes. journalism has been transformed in the past few years. there has been

times then the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist and hero or just a slimy heartthrob that seduced a source reap the rewards and then. marina for niamh r.t. new york. and r.t. spoke to swedish journalist hal burke who thinks there could be apple little in jannah behind a sound just case where the u.s. driving at his says there is a long history of american influence in sweden and the full interview is coming up next hour. it's always had a big influence the least since the great wave of immigration of sweets states in the nineteenth century and then created a kind of a reservoir of goodwill interest in all things a really major turning point with entry into the european union and european union as you probably know is in terms of foreign policy and military intelligence a subordinate to the wing of the united states really and nato is complet

you work in new york which is the headquarters of the "new york times." how many people work for "the times"? >> well, for the news room, not counting everything from the delivery trucks to the advertising department, actual journalists it's a little more than 1,100. >> 1,100. >> that includes reporters, editors, photographers, video gamers, clerks, about 1,100. >> but of the 1,100, how many are reporters who go out to cover stories? >> roughly 400. >> roughly 400 of the 1,100? and on a normal day when do you get in? >> i get in about 8:30. >> and what is your first meeting? who attends and what do you have it? >> we just changed our first meeting which for many years began at 10:30 and was mostly focused on sort of getting ready for the next day's printed paper. with are we now start at 0k and we devote our time pretty much equally to things that are thinking about for the printed newspaper and things we're thinking about for the home pages of the website. and so that's a meeting where we really look at, what are the stories, the actual running news stor

york times then the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist and hero or just a slimy heartthrob that seduced a source reap the rewards and then. marina for nigh on r.t. new york. or next week will see a long time court to fight with it you via phone should be extradited to the questions on sexual assault charges speaks to swedish space janet book about the fate of the thoughts that's next. hungry for the full stop we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers . now our brand new russian passenger plane has been given permission to fly into the lucrative world of commercial aviation the sukhoi superjet one hundred of the first airliner designed to the country since the soviet times are good enough and more. the sukhoi superjet one hundred is the first civil aircraft produced in russia since the soviet times we

new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist and hero or just a slimy heartthrob that seduced a source reap the rewards and then. marina for niamh r.t. new york. so what do you make about this about face on the new york times and who her more learned a songe or the new york times legacy joining me to discuss is kevin zeese executive director and co-founder of voters for peace kevin thanks for joining us today now what it's really what do you make of this tell all on the signs coming from the new york times how would you characterize it as as as it sleazy as a backstabbing as a vicious or i don't know is it just me know the way the game works don't it into a passionate affair with the new york times that's for sure they'll kiss and tell it seems like i mean the new york times has a close relationship with the u.s. security state for a long time in the build

new york times". he will go first for 20 minutes. mike will respond for 20 minutes. we'll have 15 minutes of rebuttal and sir rebuttal. then we'll open the floor to you. just one suggestion, more than a suggestion, a strong request, when you ask a question, make it a question. no speeches, identify yourself, who you are, are you with an organization in particular that you want to identified with and then ask a pointed question. let's begin. >> i'd first like to say thank you to fred for organizing this, and to frank for lending us this lovely space. it's nice to be back in the borough of my birth and parents birth, and it's nice to see my brother who lived here as well, retired police sergeant and the graduate of st. francis. nice to see michael who i knew what in the '90s. and so let's get going. i think the best way to start, i'd like to take y'all back on a little trip in time. we're heading back to the year 1972. it was somewhere analogous period to today. the u.s. was involved in decisive and dis

new york times." i do know about you but i'm grateful to three things every day. one, that i get up in the morning. too, that i live in a free country. and three, that copies of two newspapers are dropped off in front of my house every day, seven days a week. more reliable, i found that the united states post office. for me the newspaper is a morning miracle. imagined stories from all over the world all over the country, science, sports, medicine, economics, finance, truly a morning miracle essential to the functioning of an open and free society. one of my morning newspapers is the "new york times." arguably the most respected newspaper in the united states, and certainly one of the best in the world. we are delighted to welcome executive editor bill keller and washington bureau chief dean baquet to the national press club, and to "the kalb report." built keller has been executive after since 2003. he has been with paper since 1984. been a reporter since 1970. he's been bureau chief of the soviet uni

why has the new york times deteriorated? >> guest: that is a very intelligent question and i can't answer all of it but i will tell you this. as politics has become more and more ideological the new york times has given up any effort to be bipartisan. it is a left-wing propaganda machine. is it is a terrible situation because you want to pick up -- i read the times every day. i want to pick up something i can say that is fought for and taint the culture smog. it is rare that i can do that now. eyewall street journal, you can pick up a review in the arts or something in business and that is free of politics. some people can be free of politics. i hazard a thought to you. i say in my riding that there is the political libido, of a nymphomaniac, practically a sex offender. they politicize everything they touch. the conservative political libido is a victorian lady or victorian gentleman and more subdued. as a result they lose a races they should win. but thank god there is an area where we conservatives can welcome a liberal in

you work in new york which is the headquarters of the new york times. how many people work for the times? >> well, for the news room, not counting everything from the delivery trucks to the advertising department, actual journalists is a little more than 1100. >> 1100 -- >> reporters, editors, photographers, biographers, web producers, the clerks, 1100 -- >> it would be 1100 -- khamenei or reporter sue bachelet weld because of stories? >> roughly 400. >> roughly 400 of the e 1100. and on a normal day when you get in? >> about 8:30. >> and what is your first meeting who attends and why do you have it? >> we changed the first meeting which for many years began at 10:30 and was mostly focused on some of getting ready for the next printed paper. we now start at 10:00 and we devote our time pretty much equally to things we are thinking about for the printed newspaper and for the home page of the website, and so that is a meeting where we really look out what are the stories the actual running news stories first and foremost how we are going to approach them,

"the new york times" will be a wikileaks. all these institutions will build these types of capacities. it will be an arms race with the government, because the government will lock itself down. so that will be the dynamic. i think the government will lose that arms race. >> bill, you were quoted earlier in the week as you thinking about the transparency, which is a mini-wikileaks. what are the implications of that? again, it seems to me that there was a relief and having someone as technically adept as julian assange who takes delivery of these things. how can you be sure of editors and editors in chief, that you can honestly say that -- [unintelligible] >> that is one of the principal complications of a question of whether you want to open up the drop box of your own o r an easy pass lane for whistle blowers. we have had people in our interactive news unit looking at this for awhile. technically, it is not that hard. there are some legal questions, but the biggest question is if something comes in over the transom and it is

york times then the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist and hero or just a slimy heartthrob that seduced a source reap the rewards and then. turn up for nigh on r.t. new york. across the canal to our top story further clashes and heavy gunfire marking another day of all people in egypt support a slayer is live in the capital city four point zero what's happening on the streets of the capital right now. well alice as i'm speaking to you the vice president omar suleiman is holding a press conference that has been both cost live on egyptian state television we've just heard him say that these clashes are the result of conspiracy groups at play he also has said that earlier he met with various youngsters with some of the organizers of these demonstrations that they have asked him for one or two days until they hold another meeting and he agreed to

then the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist a hero or just a slimy heartthrob that. just source to reap the rewards and then. hurrying up or not r.t. new york. while r.t. spoke to swiss journalist al burka who thinks there could be a political agenda behind us on just case with the us driving it and he says there is a long history of american influence in sweden the full injury is coming up next hour . it's always had a big influence at least since the great wave of immigration of sweets states in the nineteenth century and that created a kind of a reservoir of goodwill interest in all things then underneath this all the time certain interests in sweden have been developing stronger and stronger ties with the united states and that is especially true of the military conservative elements of society helping out a number of also been conservative

i mean the new york times you have to evolve and to become a real newspaper again or it's going to be losing its voice you know whatever happens to a science there definitely are there's a movie or sense it was very you know kevin thanks so much for being here and you very much now so to come on tonight show unrest in the middle east and north africa send all prices higher what i mean for the u.s. which consumes a quarter of the world's oil production and printing and at the top military officer in the u.s. army order storage or soldiers to manipulate a visiting american politicians also if the army would get more funding and troops for the war in afghanistan that's a claim being made in rolling stone or discuss it with lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer and. bringing you the latest science. from the realm. of the future of our very. wealthy british colony it's time to. go. to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy there's a report on our team. as unrest in the middle east and north africa continues panic isn't suing over rising oil prices oil talk one

york times and that is the new york times where everything of the new york times is weighing very seriously what the impact of what they report is going to be and how they're going to report it and when they go to reported whether could get somebody killed i think we can be leaks and julian assange only pays lip service to that idea they really are not that concerned certainly they have no particular concern about u.s. policy or u.s. citizen why don't we think so i think there's our careful there but at the same time they don't blatantly lie to us which i think the new york times did in this case jamie thank you so much for joining us you get the last word. are no most of the world has their eyes glued to pictures of violence and revolution across the mideast some western governments are thinking ahead to what some are calling an updated marshall plan parties lore and reports. in the battle for hearts and minds in the middle east a new front in dot influential voices from the heart of europe to washington urging western politicians to take advantage of rest by pumping in false sums of money

" is double to "the new york times." that is what i meant. michael myers, i take your point i'm only talking about your second . i'm ignoring your first . look, maybe black reporters have a point of view about a black neighborhood. maybe that is true. white reporters due due too. white reporters always did. now this gets to one of the core questions about the whole history of diversity and multiculturalism in this country that is very key to the whole debate. was the old pre-diversity point of view in america and american institutions -- was a some default purely objective point of view that was civic with the c. mac and completely the rest, rest, deracinated of any kind of bias at all, or was it just the point of view of the men who happen to run that thing back then, and it had its own biases? its own subjectivities. this is a very important question that is very hotly debated. i will stop there. >> when i was doing my graduate work, i extensively used "the new york times." my dissertation was on city state relations a

comes as its founder julian assange finds himself in yet another scandal this time with a new york times the paper made a fortune off the back of the u.s. diplomatic cables leaked to it by a staunch there's also use it more important found out its gratitude only goes so far. it was a love story in the making i don't blame the new york times for running the story i know mattick are strongly in with classified u.s. documents and american newspaper with the power to print that in june of last year i got a fairly mysterious phone call from the editor in chief of the guardian newspaper in london asking if we were interested in partaking in a vast trove of secret u.s. documents the new york times and julian a songe developed a relationship all other u.s. mainstream media outlets envied wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks the new york times first introduced readers to the popular whistleblower website in june publishing classified u.s. war logs posted on wiki leaks in the midst of a declining readership and a shrinking budget a songe was a blessing for the times. the paper ha

york times is that i think there are really loyal new york times readers and they will pay but that really doesn't translate to lots of other papers and even with the times you can say to yourself well you know the news some of the news that's kind of a commodity but i actually really like to read the morning dad or whatever and i will pay for that so it's it's it's difficult because i think the times has a really kind of different profile than most other newspapers out there so what works for them or doesn't work for them does it necessarily apply across the board but everybody's still going to look at them anyway and use them as an example if they are the times you know well that's the thing too is you know in today's news college here with everyone shrinking bureaus with fewer investigative reporters out there even on the blogosphere so much of what we've seen what we see written is always based first off of an article coming from the new york times or the washington post or one of these major publications but do you think that some bloggers might be more reluctant to actually link to t

in a very short period of time, the new york observer and new york times were calling for hillary to stay in office and run for president, as a matter of fact. so the fortunes change repeatedly. as for eric holder, he's moved on and become attorney general. who knows what waits him next. but it could be investigated and perhaps it should be. >> host: an e-mail, i have enjoyed ben stein's diary in the american spectator for decades, could you tell us how ben stein came to be a writer for your magazine? is. >> guest: yes. he was a speech writer for richard nixon, and i admired him immensely. i admired him for representing the values and the views of the middle class. and by that i meant that as high regard. and he wrote thoughtful but also down home pieces, pieces that were in touch with the american people. and i invited him into our pages. eventually, he joined in our pages, and he's been with me through thick and thin. he and seth lip sky, people like that are the highest complement i can give them is they're the guys i'd want with me in the foxhole. >> host: this is booktv's "in de

in a very short period of time, the new york observer and new york times were calling for hillary to stay in office and run for president, as a matter of fact. so the fortunes change repeatedly. as for eric holder, he's moved on and become attorney general. who knows what waits him next. but it could be investigated and perhaps it should be. >> host: an e-mail, i have enjoyed ben stein's diary in the american spectator for decades, could you tell us how ben stein came to be a writer for your magazine? is. >> guest: yes. he was a speech writer for richard nixon, and i admired him immensely. i admired him for representing the values and the views of the middle class. and by that i meant that as high regard. and he wrote thoughtful but also down home pieces, pieces that were in touch with the american people. and i invited him into our pages. eventually, he joined in our pages, and he's been with me through thick and thin. he and seth lip sky, people like that are the highest complement i can give them is they're the guys i'd want with me in the foxhole. >> host: this is booktv's "in de

times then the new york times loses more and more business and eventually it disappears in this case the new york times has gone from writing about the story to making itself a part of the story and now it's up to readers and viewers to decide if the newspaper in this narrative is a protagonist and hero or just a slimy heartthrob that seduced a source to reap the rewards and then. turn up or not r.t. new york. and up next the founder of whistle blowing say wiki leaks julian assange just still watch in sweden on sexual assault allegations and could be extradited there from britain but i have been reports that the u.s. also wants to charge him on charges of espionage r.t. spoke with a swedish based journalist al burke who says the prosecution may be being driven by politics stay with us. you're. thanks for sitting down with us today here in stockholm in the work that i've had a chance to read of yours you seem to think the us has a growing influence on sweden in bigger and bigger ways tell us more about that well of course it's always had a big influence at least since the great wave o

york times so if we're going to say the new york times is already and is worth you know several million dollars then how can you post audience has to be worth just as much but do you think that we should also take this you know with a grain of salt saying this shows us a little bit of caution when it comes to the blogosphere the perhaps at the end of the day everyone's going to sell out down the road or merge with another you know media organization or with some kind of a corporation well i have to just hate all the progressives out there but where do you make your messiah you know arianna is a former republican she's always said she's a business woman it is about money you know so if progressives are looking to a business person to their progressive cause they should really really consider looking elsewhere and news is business once again that's a constant line we always have to end up repeating alison thanks so much for joining us here. our guys it's time for show and tell on tonight's program last time we wanted to know what you thought of hosni mubarak's conflicting statements about

the new york times, there have been studies. new york times book review which is now still the dominant reviewing firm in the united states. all the other ones closed down. and very recently there was a study done at the new york times and the review is perm predominantly mal.

the "new york times" was -- there have been studies -- the "new york times" book review which is now still the dominant reviewing forum in the united states. as all the other ones get closed down, you know. and very recently there was a study done of the "new york times" and the reviewers were predominantly male. they have gotten quite touchy about that in my opinion. because the last several issues on the cover they had two reviews by women. i don't know what it will be this week. but they started making that up as hard as they could. in other places, you know, there will be equal and even more women. i don't know if it will be standardized. also, i couldn't really answer about portions of male and female writers. although it's my view that they're roughly equal and what i do know and i know barbara would confirm this for me is that women are the majority of the consumers of fiction in this country, whether it's by men or women. women buy the vast majority of novels, poems by any writer, male or female. and when the great carla cohen was with us she said at politics and prose they c

tavis: up next, "new york times" technology columnist david pogue. stay with us. tavis: david pogue is the personal technology columnist for "the new york times" and host of a four-part "nova" series here on pbs called "making stuff," it's airing now on wednesday nights at 9:00 p.m. he joins us from new york. good to have you on the program. >> thanks so much. tavis: the difference between your column and the stuff you get a chance to do for nova is? >> there's nothing in common. it remains a mystery as to why i was chosen for the science series. the stuff i do for "times" is reviewing gaments. "nova" asked me to be host for a four-part mini series about material science which i had never heard of, i'll admit it, but i think they wanted someone curious, entertaining and the representative of the viewer to help scientists translate the geeky stuff they were talking about into terms emp can understand. tavis: what did you find curious about this geeky stuff? >> oh, my gosh. what material science is, is the study of stuff. what everything is made of. but cutting edge

"the new york times" will be a wikileaks. all these institutions will build these types of capacities. it will be an arms race with the government, because the government will lock itself down. so that will be the dynamic. i think the government will lose that arms race. >> bill, you were quoted earlier in the week as you thinking about the transparency, which is a mini-wikileaks. what are the implications of that? again, it seems to me that there was a relief and having someone as technically adept as julian assange who takes delivery of these things. how can you be sure of editors and editors in chief, that you can honestly say that -- [unintelligible] >> that is one of the principal complications of a question of whether you want to open up the drop box of your own o r an easy pass lane for whistle blowers. we have had people in our interactive news unit looking at this for awhile. technically, it is not that hard. there are some legal questions, but the biggest question is if something comes in over the transom and it is

i believe the news organizations like npr and "the new york times" and the l.a. times will make decisions that do include the thinking of people formerly known as the audience but, clearly, will bring their own editorial judgment to it. others will make decisions completely by popularity. but news, you know, i hate to say this within my broadcast brethren, but an awful lot of that has been going on in television for a long time. it's not as be if we invented this on the web. i believe we will distinguish among news organizations exactly this way. >> uh-huh. >> and we'll go to trusted sources of news because we do believe the judgment exerted there in combination with thoughtful listening from readers and listeners will be valuable -- >> but let me ask you this, and i'd love to hear you talk about this a bit, leslie, because you're not 40 yet -- [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> one of my concerns is how you build consensus anymore in this society. and if, if people are only going to the things they want to hear like national public radio, god bless you, but there's mo

times," david kirkpatrick of the "new york times" and max rodenbeck of the "economist" magazine. and we continue with tom friedman of the "new york times" here in cairo with me to examine a moment in history. a dramatic story in egypt when we continue. maybe you want school kids to have more exposure to the arts. maybe you want to provide meals for the needy. or maybe you want to help when the unexpected happens. whatever you want to do, members project from american express can help you take the first step. vote, volunteer, or donate for the causes you believe in at membersproject.com. take charge of making a difference. captioning sponsored by this is charlie rose. >> rose: we're in cairo, egypt, this evening. we are close to tahrir square where egyptians have gathered since january 25 in protest against 30 years of rule by president hosni mubarak. in the square have been many young people, many professional people, many people young and old with a yearning to be able to express themselves and, yes, also members of the muslim brotherhood long-time opponents of the mubarak gover

"the new york times" -- there have been studies in "the new york times" book review, which is still the dominant reviewing form in the united states until all the other ones can't close down. very recently there is a study done of "the new york times" and the viewers for predominantly male. i am quite touching about that in my opinion because the last several issues on the cover that had to reviews like women. they started making up for that as hard as they could. in other places they will be equal or even more women. i don't think it's really standardized. also, i couldn't really answer about the portions of male and female writers. it is my view they are roughly equal. and what i do know and i know barbara would confirm this army is that women are the majority of the consumers of fiction in this country, whether it's by men or women. women by the vast majority of novels, poems, by any writer, male or female. and when the great carla cohen was with us, she set about politics & prose, people come the front door and it's like the wedding. the bride and groom say. the mentors history in s

anthony shadid, "new york times", in cairo. thank you for staying up late, first of all. >> sure, my pleasure. >> rose: tell me what's happening today and what's going to happen tomorrow, more importantly. >> well, it's a quick succession of events tonight here in cairo. the military made a striking statement this evening that it would not fire on protestors. it also said that it considered the demands of these demonstrations to be legitimate. soon after that, the newly appointed vice president went on state television saying that he was going to open dialogue with opposition. there seems to be a dramatic weakening of president mubarak's home on power and though maybe it's too early to say, it does seem like the coming days may be decisive in determining what has been the ultimate demands with the fall of president hosni mubarak's government. >> rose: but tomorrow, a million people? >> you know, that's their call. there's an imperative i think on the protestors' part to keep the pressure up in the street. their card right now i

"the new york times" and the guardian. the website was launched under 2006 to provide secret information about governments and corporations. i'm pleased to welcome bell -- bill keller. who is this guy. >> i know the parameters, i know the sketch. i talked to him on the phone a few times, i never met him face to face. he is australian by birth. he's a former computer hacker, doesn't like to be described as a former computer hacker but is. and he founded this group which i kind of describe as a group of anti-secrecy vigilantes. they profess a kind of ideology of transparency as an absolute value and have a kind of left anarchist, you know, view of the large institutions, including governments and particularly american government. >> charlie: why particularly american government? is it power? >> you often find that over seas that america is, you know, europeans love our culture, they resent the way we tend to throw our weight around in the world. that's understandably, there's always the twinge of satisfaction when america is

"the new york times" have an article talking about an aggressive approach. the august they towbin ibm trying to set. -- that is the tone i am trying to set. >> thank you. we are back with our reporters during your -- with our reporters. let me begin with you for what we have for redistricting. >> democrat were a little bothered by the cycle, while republicans have to say, they are coming back to see which one must find creatures -- to seats we had last time. republicans have gone as far as they can. . they have to put a democratic voters in other districts. the means you are going to have competitive district superior -- that means you are going to have competitive fisher superior -- competitive districts. a democrat should be overwhelmingly favored. if republicans want to stay incumbent, they will be able to, but it will cost of a lot of districts. >> what does it mean if republicans cannot gain more seats in florida? >> they cost a redistricting plan. the government is trying to get it down a little bit. it would prohibit those who draw the line from consi

york office in bangkok -- "the new york times" office -- and henry called me that pran was alive and he was out. and the michael pran's house, i mean the family's house. >> [inaudible] >> i know that. i know that. and i called and the oldest child screamed at his sister and two brothers that his father was out. dad is out, that is free. it was battling for a few minutes. would you stand up please. [applause] she's a really special person and this is what you learn when you live in strange places and new places and you meet people like this. she came to america the american embassy evacuate they allowed us to get other people out. i went to the embassy and got permission for pran's family to leave and they left on that day and came to live in san francisco because of the large asian population that san francisco is known for and because there were shops and stores and all kinds of things that would be familiar to them, and then she didn't know anything about english, speaking english, and neither did the children, and there were four children, and she learned english, she got a job, t