They were our allies they were Freedom Fighters and we did you know supply them with the r. P. G. Ease in the other targeted missiles that they used to shoot the russians so part of the dirty game of the great game the way the war you know the quiet war thats been going on i hope these charges are not true they seem illogical in the context of today with peace talks going on we want to get out of afghanistan are our longest war i did a lebanon assignments there im sick of it weve lost so many people i want to get out we want to get out the russians want us out why would the russians do something that would piss us off i dont know it seems illogical but it also seems like a yet another attack on donald trump larry. Putin told me years ago that he does want to tell america what to do but the biggest mistake youre making is being in afghanistan. Well i agree with with the letter to putin on that afghanistan you know once we got rid of al qaeda we should have just said good bye to afghanistan trying to build a modern nation there we have the same frustration the russians the the british did you know alexander the great did you know its not a conqueror of all country and i i want to leave the afghans to their to their fate very. President trump says this is probably another fabricator russian hoax by fake news what. Are all the right were both in the news you know you were goddesses fake i think that any story about trump that puts trump in a negative light gets traction with the Mainstream Media there is a real hatred of the 45th president by the Mainstream Media by the Washington Post by the New York Times by the big networks i think they take any bit of evidence any shred of proof of some negative story and they put it on the front page russia the collusion was a hoax with 3 years america was distracted by this this fake story you know so i would not be at all surprised if this current story was also fake you know either i want to see the proof myself i want to know you know was the president briefed ok i know you a long time i know President Trump a long long time do you regard him as a good president. The president has had a very difficult time larry i consider him a friend of mine i think that hes done some great things prior to the pandemic americas economy was at historic highs you know it was humming along in such an effective and efficient way that it was elevating many of the historically disadvantaged groups africanamerican unemployment was that the lowest level ever more women were working than ever before our general Unemployment Rate was the lowest ever lettings wont really work he was a great he was doing he was doing so well before the pandemic him larry. But when the pen demi hit you she said that trump was doing an epic job so much flooding of mitigating the coronavirus catastrophe. How could you possibly have said that hindsight is 2020 larry i wonder how any of us would have handled it i know that on c. N. N. In the 1st week of march they were saying that this was going to be just another flu there was another annoyance and then 2 weeks later it was this this epic epidemic that. Anderson cooper and its check it out or in america march for march 5th called little or the 5th it was compared to the flu everyone was everyone that everyone once china lied to the w h o once they are. Lied about the human to human transfer of the disease we were all back on our heels we were all taking it easy we were all distracted by that phony impeachment that was happening to the to the president we were all distracted by politics we were all you know with our eye off the ball did the president was he a of the wizard who steered us through this with minimum damage no obviously not there were missteps made i wish i wish we had taken in more seriously but he was not alone larry thats my point and there was there were no you know voices loud voices there were no loud noises come on why dont you once a liberal this has nothing to do with liberal or conservative i was never a democrat ive never been ive always been a registered republican or an independent. In terms of being a progressive person or a relatively moderate person i consider myself roadkill why rocchio roger ailes once said the only thing in the middle of the road in american politics is road kill im in the middle of the road and in terms of Immigration Reform in terms of abortion or choice in terms of gun control i still have progressive viewpoints but i believe in the American Enterprise system and i want to give the 45th president of the United States the benefit of the doubt he has been harried he has been harassed he has been attacked he has been you know even before he took office they were trying to impeach him its been very very frustrating to watch as cheerleaders in the Mainstream Media have taken every story every scrap like the russia collusion baloney everybody looking back on it knows now the president of the United States was not a spy for russia he was in a traitor to the United States he was in a secret agent Whose Alliance was to moscow not washington and yet that was a front page story in the New York Times been true to extremely unfairly and i think that history will d judge him more. Modest more moderately you know in hindsight then he is currently being judged you think hes a one term president do i think the president is going to win reelection its a its a very very difficult uphill climb for the president hes behind joe biden in every poll by double digits that i think that the president will be judged by what happens with this pandemic if we can get a handle on it i think he has a reasonable chance of reelection if not i think hell be defeated larry. As a champion of civil rights you a champion of civil rights how do you regard this president s record or 6 regarding Race Relations in that area hows he done thats a great question as a republican i think that the best way the best civil right is a good paying job with great benefits and job security i think thats what trump delivered in that way trump was a civil rights activist by elevating the most humble among us he was he was doing a civil right that was real civil rights not the the empty rhetoric that weve heard for decades he was helping improve the lives of minority people thats a say a civil rights activist in my view now is he a lifelong member of the a is he a member of black lives matter has he embraced you know the politicians who are generally speaking urban democrats you know i i think the answer to that is obvious but you knew that when you asked me the question dont you dont dont you embrace black lives matter dont black wives madam the president s never said it never said it you know larry last weekend in chicago 18 people were killed black People Killed by other black people including 4 teenagers and a 20 month old child if black lives matter really cared then those black lives would matter black cobblers lives would matter black infants lives would matter black teenagers lives with matter to you but the black and i dont hold it tight let me just a little you know its language that you care about i think the black lives Matter Organization only. Cares about black lives taken by blue by cops this is all about Police Brutality the relationship between the police and the Minority Community its not about black lives matter its about black and blue relations those are separate issues i think a far more important issue in terms of black lives aside from the economy is this urban violence that has been a plague on the United States i mean how is it so many people died in a single weekend and theres not a mention of it from any democrat where was joe biden when 800 people were killed in chicago last weekend you know im sure he cares but he doesnt speak to it because it doesnt suit his political agenda the political agenda is everybody on the democratic side flock to black lives matter and create an illusion that if youre not a black lives matter youre not a civil rights and thats false larry so i you could hardly call donald trump for runner in the battle for civil rights on the part of blacks you could never say that geraldo i could not believe you would have to say that donald trump is a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in this country. Larry i go back to what i said when black unemployment was below 5 percent and closer to white unemployment than it has ever been thats of me is civil rights the civil right the who passed the criminal Justice Reform did barack obama pass criminal Justice Reform know it was donald trump in a in a bipartisan effort he just did that what about the Economic Opportunity zones that trump has created i think the f. To give credit where credit is due is some of his language unfortunate does he sometimes have a casual cavalier attitude does he not recognize that when you you know when you endorse confederate statues you are offended people i think that all those things are true and i think that he deserves just criticism for that that that thick head and thin skin that he has having said that i go back to what my point is my point is this gross hypocrisy on the left when it comes to civil rights and it takes sometimes someone like donald trump to pierce the veil of that hypocrisy to reveal the harsh truth underneath larry. Well have more with our all over there right after these words. The world is driven by a dream shaped by those great. Dares thinks. We dare to ask. Time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability its very important its accelerated transitions to sustainable transport sustainability. A more equitable and sustainable world. 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Take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have Nuclear Weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so thats why were going to drill down on the story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly its time to do news again. Welcome back to politicking were talking with my old friend Geraldo Rivera fox news correspondent at large host of i am geraldo 15 years streaming on fox nation. You talk about the bias on the left what about your own network and bias on the right. Well theres no doubt larry that our private can i just interrupt ourselves and point out that in 1985 this is a little bit of Television Trivia i was fired by a. B. C. News and the only job i was offered the only job i got you gave me as your substitute at c. N. N. 1985 look at up i was proud to sit in your chair when you were on vacation it was the only job i could get. Is there bias at fox news and the primetime hosts and the primetime hosts of fox it was definitely a very conservative show and Hannity Tucker carlson laura ingram are among the most vocal conservative commentators in media anywhere on earth theres no doubt about it they are definitely you know if you want to say theyre not prejudiced theyre conservatives and most of the media is liberal so definitely theyre the most conservative group of hosts anywhere that you would find anywhere in big Time Television there are some splinter networks that maybe have people who are more firebrand more right wing but i doubt that those 3 people are very effective a very strong conservative voices but during the day fox news if you watch it its just another news channel we have reporters go out they do stories they they take them right down the middle they report the facts theres not an opinion in the given generally speaking the morning show fox and friends like the evening show also is political but the vast news gathering that goes on all day long during the day i think that is just is just as down the middle as any of the networks more so i would submit larry is there anything donald trump the bothers you. Donald trump is thin skinned hes tempestuous i hate the way that he goes on twitter so promiscuously hes so in many ways so passionate about it and so sensitive super sensitive that he responds in a way that he spends the next couple of days he does that in 30 seconds and he spends the next couple of days having to explain it or the people around him are put in the tremendous disadvantage because of it as i said hes very intemperate and thats his thin skin is the worst aspect you know hes a very prideful person you know and hes had a terrible time i mean how would you feel if the 1st 3 years of your job you know the whole vast apparatus of the democratic machine was trying to get you fired get you impeached even invoking if they could the 25th amendment to have them replaced as non compass meant this i mean how would you feel how would you react i mean the guys got to be flattering. A judge has granted his Brother Robert trump the a temporary restraining order against a new book. By his niece very calling him too much and never enough how my family created the worlds most dangerous man knowing you as a civil libertarian you cant support the banning of a book i dont i think that its an exercise in futility for full disclosure d of everything including his tax returns i think that all of these hidden things will ultimately be public anyway why fight them the fight during more attention to them like the fight against john boltons idiots book just drew more attention to it i think it was laid an egg anyway but i i wish the president would just you know not bother with his niece or anyone else let him write it its just another trump book larry. What was your robe against john bolton did you read the book what was your robe against m i i read the excerpts that were available my rub against john bolton is that he never saw a war that he didnt like a beginning in late 2003 hes had a toxic influence on American Foreign policy dragging us you know into perpetuating the iraq war for example his situation the visibility iran is very troubling has been very troubling i think that hes been a Bad Influence on the president i opposed the president in the attack on the iranian militia leader i think that. The bolton esque Foreign Policy of the United States in the middle east is. Very toxic i think that iran is getting short shrift i think we should stay in the Nuclear Agreement that was negotiated with iran i think that we have more in common with iran than we do with saudi arabia i think our Foreign Policy is warped and in the middle east and i think the bolton help graphic larry but what about what he writes in the book about the president doesnt that. Give you pause d. I know the president as well as i i dont i dont know what the relationship was between john bolton and the prez i know that he hired him is that you know the National Security adviser you know bolton has always been very controversially couldnt get confirmed to be ambassador to the United Nations even a. V. Was too hot to handle and many many of the fox commentators try to avoid jumble though so i dont like him ive never liked him i wish the president never hired him i think hes had a very negative impact on American Foreign policy im glad his book bombed his book bombed wit it where did you see the bomb well i havent seen it at the top of the bestseller list and theres a lot of trump haters that would buy it i havent i havent checked out the bestsellers lately all things aside what that what kind of guy bolton is arent you disturbed when he tells you that a president thinks finland is still a part of russia come on im not going to defend trumps educate i must go to wharton finland and russia have been closely associated historically they fought a couple of wars you know finland is a great place it is a it is adjacent to russia i may be maybe its easy to confuse i i know the difference but then again sweden is right there in sweden its different. All right you now slide into saturday the 4th of july which is your birthday how about 77 yes on the 4th of july up pretty good. If youre didnt go do you plan on doing not going to Mount Rushmore i wish the president would it here to social distancing will do as little as we possibly can you know i started telling my family in my fiftys that you know not lets not celebrate this anymore you know theres a epidemic of illegal fireworks in every big city in the country you know its my birthday comes with a company of unpleasant noise so i dont ill be with this many of my family as i can have around me like one of the one thing thats hard to believe about mr trump who i like very much is a friend known for as long as you do that refusal aware umask how on earth how can you refuse to wear a mask. Like the twitter storms that he unleashes very imprudently from time to time i think his stubbornness when it comes to wearing a mask is very very unfortunate you know i dont think that masks are the be all and end all d but they do believe in the science and in the scientists that they say wear them mask i dont know why the president i understand that he lives in a in the you know a safe environment more or less i understand that hes tested on a daily basis but i think the example that he setting in not wearing a mask is very unfortunate so unnecessary i dont i dont see the you know whats a choking that is macho. The stronger than the disease i dont like it i wish youd wear a mask i have counseled him thusly and you know i wear a mask and i wish everybody did let you wear a mask to benefit people around you not for his self schol the president by not wearing a mask hurts the people hes around not him shall i think that its a very bad example i understand the science as you suggest he keeps in the you know when you spin all the rest of it i just wish that he would wear one as an example you know i dont think hes going to be that close to them many people but i still wish that he would wear one as an example i mean mike pence is wearing one now most of the cabinet as i see the my wearing why not. And finally on the election you expect a big turnout you expect some baby expect to happen though of them but. I think turnout will determine this election if you get the kind of turnout that happened in 2010 for example in the midterms the Tea Party Year i think the trump will will carry the day. What van jones the c. N. N. Commentator called the white lash i think the president will try a particular if he gets some black men to go his way and you know some proportion of the latino vote to go his way i also think that if this elections like 2018 you know a midterm where the democrats really were energized and women suburban women came out to defeat the republicans itll go joe bidens way i think turnout is crucial i hope the American People are engaged whatever side youre on i hope that there is a historic turnout and i think that the voting should be made as easy as possible the president is wrong about mail in ballots i think absentee ballot player are fine as long as theres some tracing of you know some professionalism behind it but i think that this will be a race to watch a race for the ages larry. Theyre all as always great seeing you and happy birthday thank you very much ive been a delight thanks very much me thank you audience for joining us as well remember you can join the conversation on my Facebook Page or tweet me at kings things and dont forget to use the politic hash tag and thats all for this edition of politicking. Shape how the central bankers Warren Buffett are effectively playing financial russian roulette right so they have the gun and in there is one bullet of risk they spin the chamber they point at americas head and they pull the trigger hoping that they wont blow off the americas head and that they get to keep all the free money this day and they do that every single day and then eventually like in 2008 they blow off americas head and it will happen again and theyll say well you know we were acting in the greater good. I know to no crowd. No shots. Actually no. No just. Point your thirst perhaps. 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Providers as well of those as well as those of you who are watching us on your mobile device using the portable t. V. Up at this very moment were learning new insights about covert it includes the remarkable discovery. It may be mutating how long it likely will be with us and the newest and most startling data on how exactly it makes us severely sick or can even kill us so were going to drill down on all of this in just a little bit