Extortion. Extortion usually has gun related to him lots of cash it is certainly true that trump held up something that the president of ukraine really wanted 2 things a visit to the white house which is big stuff in the International Affairs and number 2 the 400000000 dollars in military aid which he absolutely needed to protect the country against russia he held that up until the ukrainians. Really investigated the biden family and theyre the firm that biden joined as a board member in a very in my opinion kind of stupid manner to join it at all but anyway they wanted that and he wanted an investigation in 2016 of ukrainians involvement in our elections the purpose of the 2nd one was kind of strange to me it is to let putin off the hook and to say that the problem of foreign intervention was not russia it was ukraine which doesnt really affect the 2016 elections at all its again trump trying to forward and be a pansy to putin former ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley is said in seve
A pleasure to have his expertise on all of this he joins us from washington thank you for doing this can its good to see a larry youre doing great and you look great too you voight on diplomacy in defensive positions throughout your career anything close to as happening today well i think whats close to whats happening today is the integrity of those who serve in the Foreign Service and who serve our country in uniform even if the uniforms is true a striped suit because these are people who have dedicated their lives to service who sign up to help the United States who dont avoid the draft or avoid service in any way and theyre there to serve and its just sparkling to see them come forward tell the truth not try to get involved in the politics of it all but tell it like it is so i think thats the same i saw that in my most 20 years 1820 years in government and its inspiring to see larry do you think they are being in some way no online. Yes there definitely being maligned the trumpet m
Go nats. The game does not start until 8 00 p. M. We promise to have you out in time to get home and watch the game. I want you to know that charlie cook made the ultimate sacrifice tonight. He has tickets to the game. He gave them to his son so he could join us. [applause] small price to pay. We thank you for that. Also wanted to mention that we have a couple of exciting programs coming up. Senator Sherrod Brown joins us november 19 and susan rice, former National Security adviser, on january 14. As john mentioned, there is no better place for political junkies go to to know what is going on than the Cook Political Report. Charlie cook, the editor, the founder, publisher, and theyve been very good to the hill center, by the way. Charlie was here a few years ago. Jennifer duffy and david, who covers the senate and the house, theyve been here with us. Coming into 2020, we are in the middle of it. We thought this is a good time to have charlie cook back and he generously agreed to come w
World tonight to the hill center. Good evening. Thank you, john. It is great to see you all and it is great to welcome our friends from cspan around the world tonight to the hill center. We know we have some stiff competition tonight because it is a playoff game for the nats. Go nats. The game does not start until 8 00 p. M. We promise to have you out in time to get home and watch the game. I want you to know that charlie cook made the ultimate sacrifice tonight. He has tickets to the game. He gave them to his son so he could join us. [applause] small price to pay. We thank you for that. Also wanted to mention that we have a couple of exciting programs coming up. Senator Sherrod Brown joins us november 19 and susan rice, former National Security adviser, on january 14. As john mentioned, there is no better place for political junkies go to know what is going on than the Cook Political Report. Charlie cook, the editor, the founder, publisher, and theyve been very good to the hill center
Thank you. Were proud of our partnership with the First Amendment institute at columbia. Both of us started in the Knight Foundation and now have other supporters, as well. I want to pick up with the notion of the marketplace of ideas. I think that is what a lot of people think the internet was going to be, some people of believe it really is. Kara do you believe socialmedia is performing effectively as the market place of ideas . Kara no, i dont, all i read about is how it doesnt. It is a cesspool. Sanford i sort of knew what your answer would he. Kara it is not completely a cesspool, it is just the way it has evolved has created dust she brought up the idea of the Public Square present everybody thinks that twitter is a Public Square, or facebook is a Public Square, or reddit, or any of these sites. The fact of the matter is that both of them are Public Squares owned and to the benefit of millionaires. So it is not a Public Squares. We have deemed them the rights of a Public Square b