harvard university and asked the authors to talk about how this started but to first introduce the author and businessman and biologist andha the house of the united kingdom that is as close to a renaissance man as you get in this day and age. thank you for joining us and to my colleague some of those have seen our broadcast before from the trump administration in the state department and looking at the question of origins so thank you all for joining us and for the work you have done. >> so to begin i ask briefly starting with the origins of the book viral, why did the two of you undertake this investigation how did you become co-authors quick. >> i was writing for "the wall street journal" and they came across the work to find it be very insightful and increasingly penetrating about the topic so i had to cheat because i felt that was necessary the thought it washo important to have someone to be an expert on this topic and to understand theth issues and and then number of different strands of evidence that were developing to bewe examined at length we didn't know how the story would end

alina chan is a postdoctoral researchers at the mit and harvard university. i'm going to ask the authors to tell us how this started. let me first introduce mattou ridley who is an author, businessman, biologist and eight-member of the united kingdom i think that's as close to a renaissance immense as yous get in this day and age. i want to thank him for joining us. and my colleague david asha a fellow here at hudson who some of the people seen our broadcast before and read the newspaper know was involved in the trump administration at the end. the contractor looking up the question of origins and has testified before congress pretty going to ask him at the end thank you all for the work you have done on this important issue. i'm going to cut right to the substance of this. to begin i would ask briefly what sort the origins of this book, viral. and how did you become co-authors? >> let me kick that off. i was writing for the wall street journal on this topic aam couple of times. i came across the work of alina chan and found it to be very insightful and her c

and harvard university. i'm going to ask the authors a little bit to come tell us a little about how this started but let me first introduce matt ridley who is a author businessman a biologist and a member of the house of lords of the united kingdom. so but that's that's i think that's as close to a renaissance man as you get in this day and age, so i want to thank him for joining us and my colleague david asher who's a senior fellow here at hudson who some of the people who've seen our broadcast before and read the newspaper know was involved in the trump administration at the end in the state department. it's a contractor looking at the question of origins and has testified before congress. i'm going to ask him at the end to make some comments about the author's presentation. so thank you all for joining us. thank you all for the work you've done on this important issue. i'm going to cut right to the substance of this i guess to begin i'd ask briefly. start with the origins of this book viral, um on why di

harvard, mit, and $4 million in scholarships, a brilliant young man. young man, you won the week! thank you, juanita tolliver and tom nichols, all in with chris hayes starts right now. all in with chris >> tonight on all in. explosive new reporting on new texas, released by the january 6th committee. why would senator mike lee demanding that the kraken lawyer get access to donald trump? >> president trump won by a landslide, we are going to prove it. >> tonight with these newly-released texts say about the early days of trump's coup. then, the furious response from

harvard, mit, and $4 million in scholarships, a brilliant young man. young man, you won the week! thank you, juanita tolliver and tom nichols, all in with chris hayes starts right now. all in with chris >> tonight on all in. explosive new reporting on new texas, released by the january 6th committee. why would senator mike lee demanding that the kraken lawyer get access to donald trump? >> president trump won by a landslide, we are going to prove it. >> tonight with these newly-released texts say about the early days of trump's coup. then, the furious response from russia as the pentagon confirmed their flagship vessel was sunk by ukrainian missiles. radio outrageous florida joins the states trying to ban abortion. and a no-show for his own primary debates. why is herschel walker challenging elie mystal to one? >> let's sit down. we break bread. >> you are inviting this author to come and actually meet the real herschel walker? >> elie mystal joins me to respond when all in starts now. good evening from miami, katie i'm phang in for chris hayes. in nov

amy: plus, we look at harvard university's pledge to spend $100 million to create a fund to redress the school's deep ties to slavery. we will speak to mit professor craig steven wilder, author of "ebony & ivy: race, slavery, and the troubled history of america's universities." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres has arrived in ukraine for talks with president volodymyr zelenskyy. the trip follows guterres' visit to the kremlin, where on tuesday russian president vladimir putin promised in principle that russia will allow civilians to evacuate from conflict zones. ukrainian officials dispute that, saying convoys attempting to flee through humanitarian corridors continue to come under fire. in mariupol, the commander of the city's remaining ukrainian forces pleaded in a new video for an international rescue operation to evacuate troops and civilians from the massive steel plant where they remain holed up against a withering assault by russia's military. >> there are h