Comparing the Trump Administration to the third reich is so two weeks ago. This week in a new twist, usa today published an editorial claiming there are alarming similarities between senior white house advisor steve bannon and isis leader, both see the battle between clash of civilizations. Deputy Editorial Page Editor at usa today, thanks for coming on. Thanks for having me . Tucker i dont think youre overstating this, the lead of this piece that claimant that steve bannon and Abu Bakr Albaghdadi of isis share a similar worldview, thats a verbatim quote. I want to play a quick game with you, its called who did it. I want to put the record of steve bannon and we 13, were going to see who did what. Number one, beheaded journalist journalists, albaghdadi, chemical weapons on the kurds, employs child soldiers, another for albaghdadi, mass executions of christians, declared a caliphate, youre getting the pointer. I dont think bannon has murdered a single yes edie. I get that you dont like
As we begin a new week, good evening from our nbc headquarters. Day 620 of the Trump Administration and there are new and potentially damaging revelations about Supreme Court nominee federal judge Brett Kavanaugh, many of them still rolling out tonight as the president defended in front of a rally in tennessee. They have been trying to destroy him since the first second he was announced. He is a good man, great student, great intellect. Never had a problem. All of a sudden, lets go back to high school. There he is, new reporting from the New York Times and bloomberg. It says kavanaugh was involved in a bar fight in new haven, connecticut back in 1985 while a junior at yale. The times adds that kavanaugh has been questioned about it. Kavanaughs former classmate at yale spoke to bloomberg about that fight. Yesterday he released a statement describing kavanaugh as, quote, belligerent and aggressive after drinking. Here is what kavanaugh said to the committee about his drinking last week.
George w. Bush, who hailed john mccain as unwavering, undimmed and unequalled. John was above all, a man with a code. He lived by a set of public virtues that brought strength and purpose to his life and to his country. We never doubted we were on the same team. For all of our differences, we shared a fidelity to the ideals for which generations of americans have marched and fought and sacrificed. And given their lives. Arthel peter doocy is live outside the Washington National cathedral. Peter . Reporter one of the main themes at todays two and a half hour long Memorial Service was that everybody who worked with john mccain or ran against him in some kind of campaign was always prepared for him to share his opinion that was shaped by a world view that had been shaped itself by his time as a lawmaker and as a prisoner of war and as a father. He was honest, no matter whom it offended. President s were not spared. Reporter the talk wasnt all just about mccains accolades. There were subtl
Evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 620 of the Trump Administration and there are new and potentially damaging revelations about Supreme Court nominee federal judge Brett Kavanaugh, many of them still rolling out tonight even as the president defended his nominee in front of a rally in tennessee. They have been trying to destroy him since the first second he was announced. Hes a good man. Great student. Great intellect. Never had a problem. All of a sudden, lets go back to high school. Maybe they should go before high school. There is new reporting out tonight from the New York Times and bloomberg. It says kavanaugh was involved in a bar fight in new haven, connecticut back in 1985 while a junior at yale. The tmz adds that kavanaugh had been questioned about it. Kavanaughs former classmate at yale chad luddington spoke to bloomberg about that fight. Yesterday he released a statement describing kavanaugh as, quote, belligerent and aggressive after dri
Rolling out toonight as the president defended in front of a rally in tennessee. They have been trying to destroy him since the first second he was announced. He is a good man, great student, great intellect. Never had a problem. All of a sudden, lets go back to high school. There he is, new reporting from the New York Times and bloomberg. It says kavanaugh was involved in a bar fight in new haven, connecticut back in 1985 while a junior at yale. The times adds that kavanaugh has been questioned about it. Kavanaughs former classmate at yale spoke to bloomberg about that fight. Yesterday he released a statement describing kavanaugh as, quote, belligerent and aggressive after drinking. Here is what kavanaugh said to the committee about his drinking last week. I drank beer with my friends, almost everyone did. Sometimes i had too many beers, but i did not drink beer to the point of blacking out. Earlier this evening his former classmate offered a different assessment. I can say that in de