tapper: for a country that bills itself as the world s oldest democracy, we sure do love a strongman, and from teddy roosevelt all the way up to our reality tv president, nowhere produces more of them than the empire state. and i get it. in an age where congress approval rating hovers somewhere around sewer rats, we wanna vote for the politician who can finally just get things done. that was eliot spitzer to a t. but when new yorkers sent the sheriff of wall street to the governor s mansion, we all learned the hard way that white knights can have dark secrets. spitzer was caught breaking his own sex work laws, a level of hypocrisy we could never forget. eliot spitzer blazed a trail through new york that had him in spitting distance of the white house, right up until the moment he set himself on fire. this will sound like a setup for a bad joke, but bear with me. [cheering] the change you seek, the new york you dream of begins tonight. [cheering] so there s this honest po
i m here with richard follow . it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. so let the debate trash talk begin a. joe biden and donald trump are sharpening their attacks as they get ready to meet face-to-face for the presidential debate three days from now and simulcast on fox news pick the candidates are using wildly different prep strategies. sleepy joe is still hold up at summer camp david. the big guy surrounding himself with an army of advisors. a staggering 16 people are helping our elderly man with a poor memory get into top shape. one report claims that joe biden is doing mock debates and practising. on a stand for 90 minutes. the liberal media is also giving joe some pointers like how to smile and benefit from that new button. he s got resting old face. he needs to smile. when he smiles it goes away a little bit. i would say practice smiling. donald trump is a callous candidate but no audience takes a donald trump out of his comfort zone in this way. he
you can still drive between the lines. so rod s tale is a cautionary one a camera-grabbing, over-the-top example of how bribery, extortion, and graft easily sneak into our political system behind ambition and enormous egos. and if politicians or the public feel the same way he does, then another rod blagojevich is just around the corner. i didn t break a law, cross the line, or take a penny, okay? but i never said i wasn t a [bleep] idiot. [laughter] thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much! -awesome. thank you so much. -yeah, thanks. appreciate it. really enjoyed it. you re all right. i wish you the best. we ll see how it ends up and who cares. that s true. find out what are you gonna do, throw me back in prison? -no, but i mean, like, -you can t hurt me, man. tapper: for a country that bills itself as the world s oldest democracy, we sure do love a strongman, and from teddy roosevelt all the way up to our reality tv president, now
welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. vaccine nationalism is rearing its head around the world. today the president of the european commission said she will do whatever it takes to get more shots for eu nations including stopping factories inside europe from exporting doses that were meant for other countries. ursula von der leyen s comments come as many eu countries are teetering on the edge of a third wave of infections. our brussels correspondent nick beake has more. in prague, in paris, and once again in bergamo, northern italy, covid patients gasp for air. the nightmare prospect of a third wave in europe is now real. the continent is also facing a vaccination crisis. it is not getting the doses it ordered and today, a warning that the eu would do everything needed to get its fair share. all options are on the table. we are in the crisis of the century and i am not ruling out anything for now, because we have to make sure that europeans
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