Author of political animals how our stoneage brain gets in the way of smart politics. Henkman, do shark attacks affect elections . Guest 100 years ago in 1916, the worst fear of shark attacks struck southern new jersey. That everyones had seen was based on the story of what happened then. Weeks, four people were killed in shark attacks. What does that have to do with politics . Woodrow wilson was up for reelection. But in thejersey, small beach towns devastated by the shark attacks, people heard shark and everyone went home. He was a devastating Economic Development for that area. , the peoplee vote in those towns voted against Woodrow Wilson in overwhelming numbers. In the same proportion that those people voted against Herbert Hoover at the height of the great depression. Why . Woodrow wilson could not have done anything to help those people solve their shark problem. That was beyond the powers of the president. People are irrational when they vote. Particularly, political scientists
Way that i answered the previous question. In our history of our bilateral relations with the u. S. , there were moments when we worked closely side by side and we had very good results, both bilaterally and internationally. Today we also have successful cases of such cooperation and collaboration. Ranging from countering terrorism, addressing the Iranian Nuclear issue, the Syrian Chemical Weapons combating terrorism in general, and there are many other examples. But our counterparts, like i said, its not really about the specific leaders in the United States, but its about the false premise of their ex clues ivity, of their special status that they presume and some special rights that they think they have. This is a basic mistake. We should look at the bottom line and they should not proceed from the premise of the imperial ambition and from a position of power. They must show respect in treating all of their international partners, including russia, without that a political relations
White house to speak with the president a day after the president demanded via twitter that the Justice Department investigate whether the fbi or doj infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign. Chief National Correspondent ed henry has the latest for us tonight. Great to see you. Breaking tonight, we just learned that House Republicans are about to turn up the heat even more tomorrow. Mark meadows, lisa ling, jim jordan and other prominent lawmakers were introduced a House Resolution out 12 pages of what they call massive misconduct at the highest levels of both the fbi and the Justice Department during the end of the obama administration. A resolution does not have the power of law, but they are hoping to use it to build the momentum for a Second Special counsel to be named to investigate how the entire russia collusion probe started. As you mention, the president had that meeting at the white house. Sally yates also claimed today that the president is waging an all out assault on d