State of depression. They moved through the stages of grief with regards to the death of the recall referendum from mourning to anger to bargaining and now i think were in a situation of pretty much depression where there does pt feel like there doesnt feel like there is a sense of possibility or hope about political change. Hockenberry we conclude with William Cohans conversation with journalist vicky ward. Her new piece is called the blow it all up billionaires. Whats really different about the mercers is not only did they lobby very hard the to have their preferred candidate and their and people they knew very well to then work with him, they actually want to blow up the system, the whole political system. They wanted to blow up the republican establishment. Hockenberry mark landler, chris chris, michael mccarthy, and vicky ward when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services
Hockenberry welcome to the program. Im John Hockenberry filling in for charlie rose. We begin with german chancellor Angela Merkels visit to the white house. We talked with mark landler of the new york times. Angela merkel is someone whos used to dealing with mercurial sort of testosterone style men, if you l. Vladimir putin in russia, berlusconi in italy, xi jinping in china, erdogan in turkey and now shes dealing with donald trump in the united merkel has to figure out how to work with the new american president. I think thats what she saw. Hockenberry we continue with the Political Landscape of venezuela. Ethan bronner talked with chris chris and michael mccarthy. I would describe them as a state of depression. They moved through the stages of grief with regards to the death of the recall referendum from mourning to anger to bargaining and now i think were in a situation of pretty much depression where there does pt feel like there doesnt feel like there is a sense of possibility or
State of depression. They moved through the stages of grief with regards to the death of the recall referendum from mourning to anger to bargaining and now i think were in a situation of pretty much depression where there does pt feel like there doesnt feel like there is a sense of possibility or hope about political change. Hockenberry we conclude with William Cohans conversation with journalist vicky ward. Her new piece is called the blow it all up billionaires. Whats really different about the mercers is not only did they lobby very hard the to have their preferred candidate and their and people they knew very well to then work with him, they actually want to blow up the system, the whole political system. They wanted to blow up the republican establishment. Hockenberry mark landler, chris chris, michael mccarthy, and vicky ward when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services
I dont think most understand what the republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is saying. Michael charlie, this is complicated. Let me start with the punchline, the bottom line. This in no way validates the president s claim that he was or or his associates at trump tower were the target of surveillance by the Obama Administration. It does not even come close to validating. Not even close. What did the chairman say to the media and apparently to the president . He said he had a dozen intelligence reports that somebody gave to him. He did not get them officially from one of the agencies. Somebody gave them to him and said i think there is a problem here, take a look at these. A dozen intelligence reports that he said involved incidental collection of u. S. Persons, incidental collection about Trump Transition Team members. That is what he said he saw. He also said he was troubled that some of the names he saw were unmasked. We will talk about what all of that means. Lets
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie Michael Morell is here. He is one of our nations leading National Security professionals. He most recently served as the cias Deputy Director and twice as acting director. I am pleased to have him back at this table. Welcome, sir. Michael it is great to have you back. Charlie it is good to be back. Let me start with this. House intelligence chair alleges spy agency abuse. Wall street journal, g. O. P. Lawmaker sparks new battle over trumps by claim. New york times, g. O. P. Leader puts new spin on wiretaps. Take me through this. Unpack this. I dont think most understand what the republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is saying. Michael sure. Charlie, this is complicated. But let me start with the bottom line. This in no way validates the president s claim that he was or his associates at trump tower were the target of surveillance by the Obama Administration. It doesnt even come close to validating. Not e