Now washington, d. C. , is not known as exactly a ship business town. Over the last week weve seen a new twist on the now standard trump team Defense Strategy of distract, distract, distract. This week after we learned that donald trump jr. Met with a kremlin connected lawyer and a former russian Counter Intelligence officer along with Paul Manifort and Jared Kushner, we saw the president s defenders try the razzledazzle. Weve seen the use of quirky visual aids, menldal gymnastic thats dont stick the landing, everything but a literal song and dance, well at least so far. And yesterday on this very show even more sight gags from the guy the rnc sent tout defend trum whpt producers of this show asked for a surrogate. You see, the question is, this guy might have been a friend of the family. But the russian government would never have used this guy or entrusted him with sensitive intelligence operation. Thats simply didnt happen. See, a funny pirate hat means no russiagate. Magic. So why
that revelation prompting this headline from vanity fair. is kushner punishing qatar over a soured real estate deal? joining me, christopher mets letter and ayman mohyeldin. ayman, i am going to start with you. this blockade of qatar is confounding for many reasons, the close ties the united states has to qatar, 11,000 troops there, the seeming western orientation in terms of partnering with american institutions. do you get the sense in the reporting that there s anything to that vanity fair headline, that jared kushner may be pushing for this taking the saudi arabian side for business rather than geopolitical reasons? that s a very difficult question to answer because it boils down to intentions, personal intentions and knowing what s in the mind of jared kushner and whether or not he has any personal grievances against qatar. hard for me to answer that question. i can tell you from my own reporting, having spoken to
christopher mets were from the georgetown studies discusses diversity in america. washington journal live at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. miti top two prizewinners on the c-span and studentcam competition on monday and tuesday morning during c-span s washington journal. the british election is may 6. the three main party leaders held their debate in bristol, england. c-span was allowed to go behind the scenes. we talked to the moderator before the leaders arrived. [inaudible] good evening from bristol. welcome to the sky news debate. it round two of the first televised debate in the uk. please welcome david cameron, gordon brown and a crag and nick cregg. we are sitting here in the room where we will be debating. it is very exciting to not just have these debates changed the course of the general election campaign, but we know that there are lots of people abroad that are turning in abroad. of these first debates were agreed under party rules the agreemen
halloween. speaking of scary. laura: the o reilly factor is on, tonight. [taps] [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org laura: the president s photo op. at dover air force base is causing some controversy, even as he continues to delay a decision on sending more troops to afghanistan, we ll have a report. it seems to me that when cornered, you become increasingly adorable. [ laughter ] is that fair to say? i don t know. is it? laura: as sarah palin gets ready to reenter the national political scene, new allegations that feminist tina fey are jealous of the governor s rapid rise to fame is there anything to that? the challenge that i have to the that it s a strength or weakness is that i wear my heart on my sleeve. laura: is first lady michelle obama advising her husband on important policy issues. caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. [captioning made possible