giving him credit for stopping something his own administration put out there as a possibility in the first place? honestly, i have no idea. i have no idea what the rational for this decision can be. economically there is no evidence that trophy hunting elephants is going to conserve elephant populations. it s foolish. elephants across africa especially in zimbabwe remain under threat from the ivory trade, for being slaughtered for the flesh of the elfanlt. you even have hundreds of elephants being killed by si poison. a brutal way to die. rather than i have no idea why the administration even though this was a good time to do this in the first place. brian, how much do you think this decision has to do with his own sons will well documented
different from those made earlier in the week by her boss and speaking to a gaggle of reporters trump gave his approval of vladimir putin s role in syrian peace talks. we can save many, many, many lives by making a deal with russia having to do with syria and ultimately getting syria solved, while the president may want to keep things warm with russia, it seems though ambassador nikki haley is not on the same page at her boss. joining me now, political analyst rick stengel back with us and brian clots author of the book. let me begin with you and russia again using its veto on syria here yet again. why is moscow blocking efforts to investigate the syrian governments alleged chemical weapons attack on its own people? because the russian government, because vladimir putin supports the regime in
administration not executed the sanctions that were passed overwhelmingly with bipartisan support in congress with a deadline that has now passed. why have they not done that. i ll leave that answer up for viewers to decide themselves but i think there is fair amount of evidence that this investigation is calling the trump administration worry and worry with a compromise with russia. they need to enforce the sanctions. if they do not do so, there is no deterrent effect for russia to do what it did last time in again in 2018. we need to send a very clear message as a country that this will not be tolerated and there will be consequences to anyone who cyberattacks americans and american democracy. you re right. there is still so much unknown about our election process and how secure and safe is it. brian class for us, london school of economics, thank you, brian. thank you. moving on to spain, both government and catalan leaders
graham has taken opportunities to criticize the president when appropriate, but has also akempted to find ways to work with him. one area where they re continuing to hope to find some common ground is on health care. this after the president announced he was ending subsidies to insurance companies to help keep premiums down for low income americans. that could be one of the many important challenges that the president faces over the next several outside groups run by steve bannon and others that once worked in the white house, it is clear that job is not going to be easy. ryan nobles, cnn, at the white house. let s talk more now about steve bannon s speech. brian class teaches comparative politics at the london school of economics, joins us from our london bureau. thank you for talking with us. good morning. steve bannon is alive and well and ready to take on the republican establishment, those that have not fallen in line
athletes speaking out against racial injustice, that s what the flag actually stands for. their right to do that. so whether the polls say this is a good idea or not, i think it is against the ideals that america stands for. whether they re doing it the right way, that s a debate that people could have, maybe they should kneel at a different time, fair enough, these are fair criticisms. i think for the president to lash out is again an improper use of his office. brian class, thank you, brian, for joining us. thank you for having me. spain is a country divided, thousands trying to vote right now in catalonia s independent referendum. riot police are physically blocking some from casting their ballots. we ll go back live for the latest from barcelona next here. shawn evans: it s 6 am. 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. and at our factory in boston, 1,200 workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage,