The John Batchelor Show John Batchelor

PREVIEW: SIERRA SPACE: Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re: the successful test to failure of a module for commercial space company Sierra Space (Dream Chaser) and the path ahead including a sale possibility. Enterprise! More tonight

1954

PREVIEW: RENT CONTROL: BIDEN: Conversation with colleague Richard Epstein of Hoover re: the rent control reform recommended by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas as well as the general opinion of the Conservatives in the Court on property rights. More tonight.

1904 Old Supreme Court chamber

PREVIEW: PRC: #SOUTH CHINA SEA: Conversation with colleague Craig Singleton of FDD re: the PLA Navy and Coast Guard bullying and hostility in the South China Sea in order to dominate Manila. More later

1898 Manila Bay

PREVIEW: #PRC: #NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC re PRC CCP demand the US and allies cease deploying nuclear weapons in the Indo-Pacific -- and is to be done? More tonight

1944 Saipan, 1944

PREVIEW: #POTUS: #KEYSTONE: #CASEY: Conversation with colleague Salena Zito re: the bond between Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and President Joe Biden over the decades -- as they in part grew up on the same North Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA -- and how the decision for VPOTUS Harris affects the Pennsylvania vote. More tonight.

1904 Pittsburgh

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Ukraine where there are rumours of peace in Beijing...

1958 Kim in Beijing

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915 #UKRAINE> Rumours of Peace in Beijing. Anatol Lieve, Quincy Institute, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/peace-talks-on-war-in-ukraine-are-impossible-without-russia-and-china-czech-president/ar-BB1qCKgQ

915-930 #NATO: Rumours of Peace in the EU/NATO, Anatol Lieve, Quincy Institute, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/peace-talks-on-war-in-ukraine-are-impossible-without-russia-and-china-czech-president/ar-BB1qCKgQ

930-945 #VPOTUS: #SCALAREPORT: Where Vance comes from. Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @Stratacache..https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/j-d-vance-is-rankling-fellow-veterans-already/ar-BB1qDKuz

945-1000 #PERU: Making a deal with Beijing. Mary Anastasia O'Grady

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-makes-a-port-play-in-peru-latin-america-trump-vice-president-trade-policy-e0034782

SECOND HOUR

10-1015 #CONGRESS: Strong ties with Israel. Representative Tom Suozzi, trained as an attorney and CPA, is the Congressman representing the Third Congressional District in New York. He is currently a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, House Budget Committee and is Co-Chair of the Democrats for Border Security Task Force. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

1015-1030 #HOUTHIS: Dangerous. Joe Truzman is a senior research analyst at FDD's Long War Journal, focused primarily on Palestinian militant groups and Hezbollah. Joe has assisted non-governmental organizations and policymakers in identifying Palestinian groups and their members. He has served on panels discussing Palestinian militant group activity in Gaza and has provided evidence to investigators at the United Nations on their activities. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-air-strikes-hit-yemen-for-first-time/ar-BB1qkP3w?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a/#:~:text=The%20Israel%20Defense%20Forces,Israel%20over%20the%20past%20months.

1030-1045 #ANTISEMITISM: IJC libels. Natasha Hausdorff is an attorney in London and legal director at UK Lawyers for Israel. She clerked for the President of the Supreme Court of Israel in Jerusalem. Natasha was a Fellow at Columbia Law School. She lectures globally on aspects of public international law and national security policy. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

1045-1100 #CONGRESS: The 57 standing ovations for the PM. Alex Traiman is the CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate).Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115 #NewWorldReport: Venezuela votes. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-happening-with-venezuelas-election-2024-03-27/

1115-1130 #NewWorldReport:AMLO writes Trump a letter on immigration and USMCA, Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllishttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-president-send-letter-donald-trump-about-migration-economic-links-2024-07-19/

1130-1145 #NewWorldReport: Four troubled democracies. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllishttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/democracy-remains-risk-guatemala-says-un-human-rights-chief-2024-07-19/

1145-1200 #NewWorldReport: Argentina the rock star for justice. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentinas-milei-promises-justice-1994-bombing-jewish-community-2024-07-18/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215 #MARKETS: Populism works when you eliminate the crony subsidies, hand-outs bailouts and props. Veronique DeRugy https://www.crea