You ok joe whats behind this trip of Human Services secretary alexanders are going to taiwan the delegation visit to taiwan is significant because its part of a trend right now that we see from the Trump Administration of provoking china in many regards and we are watching the slow to move towards a cold war now with china which is very dangerous for our National Security and deeply problematic but its also very political in certainly heading into the 2020 election where President Trump is trying to define himself as dance i can a candidate and joe biden is the pro china candidate and how do you see that playing out. I think that the American People are very wise about understanding that china while the source of the krona virus their china is not the cause. Of the catastrophe we have here at home in terms of managing the coronavirus and President Trump is trying to tell you that together but its not working and so hes getting more desperate in his rhetoric quite frankly about china continually using ethnic slurs about the virus and now facing pressure internally to break a trade agreement that he had made with china probe a preliminary one so he seems to be very much grasping at straws to try to find a way to stick a negative argument on joe biden about china and nothing is work and i think thats because the American People understand that thats its a bit far fetched to blame china for everything and joe biden as a result. Didnt play out do you think it will play in the election i think that what we saw in 2016 was President Trump effectively talking about trade which is a real concern for American Voters and unfair trade practices coming from china theft of intellectual property real meaning potato issues that did win him a lot of votes in 2016 people arent talking about that right now and so where President Trump is trying to take us on china is unclear its not as if hes laying out a vision for what to do about china he and his administration are just ratcheting up negative rhetoric and i dont hear the american body politic we dont hear it clamoring for a new cold war with china but we see it on capitol hill monks hocks not however amongst the left and so its its to me its a peculiar strategy quite frankly in terms of galvanizing voters its very different now from 2016 its way via in the coronavirus is an issue ripe. Yeah i agree with that and i think the administration it does does have some space to argue that china was not transparent with the coronavirus at the beginning and and it essentially created a slow start for us in terms of our response but that was months ago and weve had it here now for nearly half a year and at this stage in the game its the American Government that has to be responsible for what happens here in the United States related to the spread of the virus and thats why President Trumps handling of the virus in terms of his poll numbers are very low like a 3rd approval so blaming china time and again as he has has not stuck in the us a winning political issue. Elsewhere on wednesday former Deputy Attorney general sally yates told lawmakers that lie the barack obama on the joe biden attempted to influence the f. B. I. s investigation of incoming National Security adviser michael flem during a january 2017 Oval Office Meeting with National Security officials is this the end of that battle or where does it go from here is Michael Flynn still a story. Well were watching it in the process in ill get to the substance but in the process we have a Senate Committee in the midst of a panda and an economic meltdown holding oversight hearings about an issue that has been litigated for years and settled and so we see ron johnson leading this charge along with Lindsey Graham in the senate trying to tag a scandal to joe biden theyre using their perch in the congress as an electoral advantage maker and sally its today popped the balloon of the theory that there was some nefarious plot by barack obama and joe biden to undermine donald trump and she essentially said no there was not that the investigation into Michael Flynn was conducted by Law Enforcement and the intelligence apparatus and it was not directed by biden and and obama and thats the theory they want to make but she shot that down and she was a direct witness to those those discussions a new u. N. Report joe says that north korea is still working on a snoopy a program several countries think that jim yong has made gains in producing Ballistic Missiles with Nuclear Devices attached what do you make of that. Yeah it were in a deeply dangerous phase right now with north korea weve taken our eye off the ball of diplomacy with north korea its not to say that were to blame for the failure completely by any stretch north korea is is being very. Obstinate they did not want to meet with our diplomats time and again but our policy is not figured out how to get around that blockage which has been the traditional north korea position kim is doing what he intends to do prior to election season which is why i think his muscles and reminding the world and reminding the United States in this case that our capabilities and quite likely Nuclear Missiles in thats a real threat to japan and and our allies in asia will trump what shaking hands with the leader and saying with all the positive things he said he might go to north korea what happened although i was a supporter of President Trump meeting with kim and i felt like that was the kind for that could open up a dialogue but we didnt see the follow through and it was always the caviar people like myself and others who were saying its good to meet but you have to have a program and you have to have a dialogue and in many ways the team that President Trump appointed to lead in this negotiation led by mike pump a low and then as secretary of state my pump a 0 and the previous National Security advisor john bolton they had a program that was diametrically opposed to diplomacy and a program that has failed and the President Trump tried to change but President Trump hes the ultimate decider here hes the commander in chief and he just didnt have to run the diplomacy on making can judge ins on bring the system working with our allies in the region and getting china on board all of the complicated piece instead it takes he didnt have the follow through and so kim is acting as kim has acted before is really no behavior change for kim except maybe a home testing but he can now claim that he has succeeded in bringing legitimate misty to his worst fear of people who support diplomacy which is to give something at the table and get nothing in return and that seems to be where we are right now. A so when you say that our relationship with north korea has deteriorated and weve lost in that battle it dont think its deteriorated by having the president of the United States meet in person with the leader of north korea one would expect to get more benefits but we didnt and so weve lost that diplomatic card that sort of carrot of a meeting in a legitimization of north korea where we would get something in return and so we have less chips to play quite frankly and we have to really step back and reassess how to put the pressure on how to continue to engage and how to come up with a different Diplomatic Program and set of asks than we currently have because what were doing right now is not leading to any conclusion which ultimately benefits north koreas ability to take unilateral actions as it appears that they enjoy doing. Whats that tech talk for storing the i think. Well ive got 3 daughters who love ticktock so i have to be very careful about what i say because i know its their new world and now that theyre in quarantine here at home tick tock amongst the youth they tend to say that donald trump is opposed to it because they were effective at sabotaging his toast a rally and so theres a lot of suspicion of months to talk users and then when one comes valley in recent hearings that have Mark Zuckerberg at it he made an allusion to competition coming from china and trying to get the white house to weigh in to block that competition which is the kind of behavior that dr berg likes to to engage and i think that you have dynamic Competition Online and have social media platform bring out activism has to talk does and engage people to talk is very popular but it does have to be safe and we have to have security protocol and if an American Company microsoft in this case is talking about it can demonstrate that they can provide security protocol it should be allowed to buy it without interference from the Political Leadership at the white house which is the order of trying to guide this if not kill it and that would be a shame for america as the men and free speech. Lets turn to politics. Are you surprised at how far joe biden is ahead in the polls. Its its its a moment where the American People seem to be looking for a change and that is certainly supporting him but youre saying the growth in we in the lead for joe biden and the direct one to one person a person contest if there was ideal conditions from a year ago that were for donald trump maybe we have different scenario but one doesnt determine what the reality is of the moment and the reality of the moment is that americans are suffering and they look at joe biden as an alternative who has a track record that they can count on and i think thats why we see in swing states in particular biden up by one or 2 points across the board in addition to states that recently turned blue he has a much more significant lead and they feel comfortable with him they know who he is now and know what he has done and the person in the white house is not giving them confidence that he can turn it around cohen who like to see him pick as his running mate. Well i think that he has great choices ill put it that way and clearly the campaign and the Vice President are taking their time inventing there are so many good Leaders GroupNational Security leaders like susan rice politically you know what is best warren ecomil harris and karen bass and valdez. Really from a democratic perspective which is where i sit any of them are going to be the kind of a value add to a ticket thats going to excite people and i dont mean that to sound generic but weve got such a strong crop of people there that its going to be a great team joel ruben as always thanks for your time today thanks larry well be right back with more politicking. See maxwell saga is one of the most stations stories of our time however Media Coverage appears to be limited to learning details and political overtones. This question that needs to be answered is how this could happen where us Law Enforcement and justice. How can you explain love ive been to 82 countries ive given 12 but i came here and on those 3 days i just filled with hope. And he kept pretty isnt it sick show that. I made my decision to come here because i felt i knew i could build a new life here. You know if you could put his name. Joseph i think god decided that this money is no good to be free. My one dream is that all my children d find the same kind of happiness i do. I love my home i love cold weather i like the culture like the history i like everything about it. Its on those nights and i know that. I am joined russian fama. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back to politicking continue the conversation now with chris wilson he was director of research and Digital Strategy for ted cruzs 2016 campaign hes c. E. O. Of p. A. A. Intelligence hes in Oklahoma City course thanks for joining us is the president in trouble. You know i think any incumbent president is having to deal with governing in the middle of a pandemic is going to have challenges and thats current clearly what were seeing right now we went from having the best economy in American History to the worst economy American History in a matter of months if not days and yet it creates challenges so i think no matter who the incumbent is and the guy having to govern under this scenario is creates problems and creates trouble so yes its be be foolish of me to say anything other than that. We got more primaries this week and in kansas kris kobach lost his bid that helps trump me. I dont know that helps trump but it helps republicans keep the senate i think kris kobach he was the republican nominee for governor 2 years ago and lost and its very rare for republican to lose an election in kansas you know home of bob dole and so if he had been the nominee i think it would have it would have probably put that seat into jeopardy and so they missed mcconnell in the republican majority in the senate as a lot safer today i dont really think it would have had any impact on the Trump Campaign though d and so it was from a standpoint what it does help though is its clear that the president was Roger Marshall and it. Probably had gotten close to endorsement didnt it never did make one it was the 1st phone call that marshall made last night when he was declared the winner was to the president. What do you make of the senate can the republicans keep it. If the election were held today i think it be bad for republicans but the good thing is elections are held in august theyre held in november and so theres plenty of time for campaigns to be run and i think there are a lot of races ill give you some statistics larry when a incumbent is running for reelection and the president wins his state and there are the same party that incumbent wins 90 percent of the time its president loses his or her state an incumbent only wins 65 percent of the time thats a pretty big difference so you look at it its likely that the president loses maine in colorado its not a done deal but its likely and so that makes you know a couple of uphill races there for cory gardner and Susan Collins but i will say if there are 2 people you would want having to fight an uphill battle would be. It would be Susan Collins in maine and cory gardner in colorado they are both very well liked they are strong indefatigable campaigners and i think theyll both end up winning on election day so you take that and then you look at its likely that the president s trying to get wins in North Carolina where youve got it could suffer a surfer thom tillis but i think that helps him win like of 71 percent number and then its likely the president wins in arizona where Mark Macphail is going to tough with tough race but again remember that 90 percent number and its likely the president wins in iowa where youve got in montana hes certainly going to win where theres also tough races so i think over. All the senate they may lose come out a seat or so behind on those races i just went through but youve got to factor in alabama were talking tougher bills republican nominee running is incumbent Democrat Doug Jones whos doug jones is not going to get reelected thats just the bottom line i dont care how much democrats want to spend that theyre going to spend they have a chance or they dont and so tom tucker bill is going excellent seat there and that gives republicans won seats and its an extra seat to play with in terms of the scenario. No as its going to be close it will definitely be club. President spent a lot of time up the road in the capitol casting votes in the 2021. But a recent interview the president gave with Jonathan Swann of actually owes news discussing the corner of corner virus did you think the president equated himself well. You know i think theres a lot that you can unpack from that interview and i think jonathan proved himself over and over again to the you know the budding larry king hes just a phenomenal youre going to get the most out of people but i think its unfortunate i think what the interview has become. Because the left loves to take up serps and use them to attack trauma but the reality is is what you had and then of us dollars from trying to share what hes doing for the country in an unprecedented pandemic you know we dont have any interviews of we dont have any video of interviews during the spanish flu so who knows maybe it was the same kind of thing but and then they try to turn that into a gotcha so look at weve all had fun with the freeze frames of swans reactions and theyre funny and Everybody Loves a freeze frame of the people posting about them i think are saying really more about themselves and one serious reaction to a very deadly serious situation and the reality is when it gets down to what the president was trying to addresses this is this is a large diverse liberty loving country and again i know jonathan he i consider him a friend but australian the United States are not the same place and when the president can mobilize resources encourage people to do the right thing the federal government is not going to do same things here that they may do in australia when they may do in other countries around the world are not going to force people to not congregate not go to church and are going to force people to stay home and refused and neglect doing things that we want to do as a freedom loving country and that maybe governments of the free money countries have done so did he handle himself well i think he handled himself the way that weve gotten used to handling and i think weve also had the kind of reactions weve got used to having over the last 4 years. The thing called the 19 is going to be the number one issue in november. You dont like i think it will unless theres a vaccine and vaccine vaccination is approved before then it would not be the ultimate october surprise you know we like to sit around every 4 year talk about what might be the october surprise going into a president ial election a think through back in 2000 and the 2000 election remember the george w. Bushs deal i came out the weekend before the election we kind of had a series of these that have hit it what have what would what would happen and what would be the reaction from the Mainstream Media from democrats from even the Biden Campaign if the trumpet ministration was able to relax regulations and push through a back to nation in october well one hand can save a lot of lives on the other hand it probably takes Biden Campaigns the Biden Campaigns number one issue off the table and i think you know look i worked in a lot of campaigns and you kind of you struggle with things and that would be a difficult position being in if that does not occur then yes absolutely i think and its not just coakley 19 its the impact its had on the economy the impact its had on freedom i think all those things together are are facets of it but if its all in the same situation is today no question its the number one issue. You dont want to rush to a vaccine though if you have bring it out too soon and it doesnt work yeah well exactly who do you try it out on who becomes the guinea pigs whos going to step forward to do that its its a really difficult situation to be in. Now warning of thoughts on on joe biden and its hard to dislike joe biden when you agree. You know i mean hes going around a long time he is the only been around a long time hes been in office longer than ive been alive although many of your viewers probably wont believe that but you know the thing is about biden is he is theres no joe Biden Campaign functionally at this point its sort of you know i played basketball my whole life and we used to try and run a fast break off ants and we used to really hate those those teams that ran a 4 corners off insta trying to run out the clock and thats why i love that the shot clock came out when i was in high school and i was really pretty sure that theres a shot clock on jokes joe biden and right now he is doing everything he can to run out the clock and hes let the Mainstream Media run his campaign for him and theres not any larry i would challenge you or your next guest or any of you or say that name me one policy that joe biden has so minute and has advanced in terms of an idea that could change the challenges we have right now theres no biden ideas theres no one around by they want to talk about the policy Democrat Party party so all they want to do is hide in wait and hope and yet joe biden is a likable person but every time he goes on t. V. And every time he has an interview he put himself in a more difficult situation a more difficult position and frankly i think his probably his best strategy would be what they seem to be doing for most of july which is just keep him in his basement which of his proposed Vice President ial nominees concern to the most as a republican. Well i dont know who else proposers been so many trial balloons floated and at this point that i just none of them i think are strategic in their nature you got a list before im from massachusetts hes definitely massachusetts youve got counsel harris whos from. From california hes definitely go in california youve got some some members of congress that frankly i cant even name because theres been so many that have come up and i dont really know of any of them i remember the one in her name escapes me right now from florida who had praised fidel castro and thats not exactly what you want in a candidate for the highest office a 2nd highest office in the land so she immediately denounced that but i think from a overall standpoint gets down to it the Vice President ial pick is not really all that important it doesnt make a big difference all he has to do is not screw it up and look there is i think what bidens choices larry is if he truly wants to be a transformational figure does he pay appoint somebody who is the future of the party whos a common heris unclip shes young she is fresh i think she really did herself well in the presence of campaign or does it take someone who represents his generation the party and Elizabeth Warren who is about his same age and doesnt represent the future so much i think thats going to be the issue an aspect of strategic areas whether or not it is a choice for the future or choice that represents his generation and based on that decision i think will tell us a lot about what he is what hes trying to accomplish and what he and what message hes going to try and send for the fall what do you think of making the census and early. You know i am i. Live in oakland city oklahoma and have watched our governor send out multiple messages to make sure everybody fills out the census as quickly as possible because everybody wants to be well represented having said that ah so i understand that there is there are not a lot of Government Resources right now to. Try to. Direct to the census so i always hesitate to 2nd guess decisions that are made by people who have more information or more facts on a certain situation i do and so i dont know that i make much out of it other than that my hoping that its being made for for honorable reasons. What is what is the w. P. A. Your organization what do you do well we are a Data AnalyticsPredictive Modeling company and so larry im going to creep your viewers out too much but if they see an ad that. On your program that they think targets them directly well odds are it does and we take data millions and millions of data points to put in perspective in 2018 we built over 3000000000 with a b. Voter scores that we scored to the american voting public predicting one of the few things whether they would vote who to vote for and what messages might motivate them to vote or persuaded of now i would argue in a province frys you to hear this that it is the way campaigns are meant to be run. Thats not spend too much time not having you back thanks so much right thanks for is good to see you again we thank you for joining us as well remember you can join the conversation on my Facebook Page tweet me have kings things you know forget to use the politicking hash tag thats all for this edition of politicking. Summer solution where every summer we look at solutions all the problems they cover on every other month of the year now today recovering to globalization the dollar is asian and china for cation process which has gained speed under trump but what has set in motion really on december 11th 22001 when china became member of the World Trade Organization time now to turn to crist france and author of beating the dragon. A short time ago an american airplane run by the hiroshima. State not claiming any. Little condescending. How until and you do you. Can its. Like most americans growing up after the war the bombs were a great thing they ended the war they say hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides and thats what my grandfather always said was his reason for the decision. 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Live from the World Headquarters of r t america in our Nations Capital this is the news with rick sanchez it is evening time in america hi everybody im rick sanchez and we want to welcome all of you watching from around the world including all of you who are watching on your mobile devices with the portable t. V. App were going to get today with the possibility of a war no not a trade war not a cold war but rather a real war between the United States and china now you know under most circumstances we would not dare to make this suggestion because it would almost seem like a hyperbolic cry