Then he had to fly home from the west coast to face the reality. Also. Spicing up the drama today, the Russian Foreign minister is in washington, with a trip to the white house on the itinerary. After the meeting Sergei Lavrov called allegations that russia tampered in the us election fake, accusing american lawmakers of damaging the political system. Plus. Is washingtons political scene more chaotic than ever, or does it just feel that way . We delve into the archives to our coverage from the past. Im katty kay in washington, clive myrie is in london. Christian is off today. In the firing of fbi Directorjames Comey, donald trump either showed strong and decisive leadership, or he demonstrated undemocratic nixonian tendencies. Take your pick. James comey had no idea his pink slip was on the way, and hed be shown the door. But mr trump says he has his reasons forfiring mr comey now, right in the middle of the russia investigation into his own Election Campaign. Hes used 139 characters o
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staten island when you can do it in manhattan and face a lot less. seattle radio talk show host jason rantz. great to have you in focus today. tackle this issue from all sides. you ve been through it on the west coast with policies changing and making it easier for people to get away with stuff. where are we headed? low-level crimes which he is saying would get a pass almost always lead to more serious crimes. the guy who shot and killed crystal. i m sure it wasn t his first crime. i read it in seattle. alvin bragg isn t talking about second chances but endless chances. he and so many others have the ideological position that argues against all incarceration at all times and favors these restorative justice programs that aren t new and aren t producing the results you would expect them to produce. his approach doesn t take into account the context of the person who is committing these
quarter. once the shutdown is over. and it s really important to go through this because some people had given the president credit for saying take on china. there s been unfair business practices for years. and they re right. the issue is, what he s done thus far hasn t done that. no. the trade deficit s gotten worse. former u.s. trade representative ron kirk. this is complicated stuff. people like to buy their stuff and get it at a good deal. we don t often think about how they re made or shipped or imported. but we laid out the issues. there are valid issues about intellectual property and how china deals with the e intellectual properties. there are issues with trade. the president s approach doesn t necessarily get to those. we re not even solving. we re creating a whole lot of other problems and not laser focused on the problems we actually have. stephanie did a wonderful job of laying out what the factsters
that s actually more powerful than we are in certain areas and they have the ability to tell us no, no, no. we re seeing that on the backing where trump suddenly tweeted, we need to protect chinese jobs. i don t think anyone voted for trump to protect chinese jobs. a lot of people confused about that. do we need american allies long term. multibased multilateral institutions, many presidents on both sides have felt have served us well are actually constraints on american power. they don t bolster it. steve: i think there s an argtd argument that just disagrees without approach doesn t mean you re leaving and it doesn t mean you re not only putting america first but the stability in the world. you can actually have both, something in the interest of america and good for the world. i think that s what he s doing, don t you think? i certainly think that s what he thinks he s doing. there s actually no if you