Also, a pope and a politician trading tough talk. Why is the president of turkey taking on the vicar of christ . And what does it say about turkey today . Then david brooks games out the 2016 president ial field. Nd avenue and jeffrey sacks tells us why 2015 is our last chance to act on Climate Change. But first, heres my take. The Obama Administrations Foreign Policy energies are now fully engaged in the middle east. Negotiating the iran deal, sending special forces into iraq, supporting saudi air strikes in yemen, working with the syrian rebels. Whatever happened to the pivot to asia . Remember the basic argument behind the pivot was that the United States was over invested in the middle east, a crisisprone region of dwindling importance to the American National interests. Asia, on the other hand, is the future. Of the worlds four largest economies, three are in asia if purchased by purchasing power parity. As singapores former leader often told me, america will remain the worlds dom
Foe . Also a pope and a politician trading tough talk. Why is the president of turkey taking on the vicar of christ . What does it say about turkey today . Then david brooks games out the 2016 president ial field. And Jeffrey Sachs tells us why 2015 is our last chance to act on Climate Change. But first heres my take. The Obama Administrations Foreign Policy energies are now fully engaged in the middle east. Negotiating the iran deal sending special forces into iraq supporting saudi air strikes in yemen, working with the syrian rebels. Whatever happened to the pivot to asia . Remember the basic argument behind the pivot was that the United States was overinvested in the middle east a crisisprone region of dwindling importance to the American National interest. Asia, on the other hand is the worlds future of the worlds four largest economies three are in asia if measured by purchasing power parity. As lee kwan yu often told me america will remain the dominant power in the 21st century o
Confrontation and you see it there protesters facing down a tank and soldiers firing weapons in the air and weve seen confrontations and classes around the night and already weve seen bloodshed. [ gunshots ] that occurred at the base of the bridge between a european and asian turkey, loud explosions heard in istanbul and the capital ankara. A turkish warplane reportedly shooting down a helicopter, some of the coup plotters were using. Tanks and troops from the second Largest Military base in nato excuse me, the second Largest Military out in nato, turkeys elected president s whereabouts unknown at this hour, though he promised to return to ankara. As you can see, there are casualties and we do not know how many people are wounded or killed and we want to be exceedingly careful about everything we report tonight. We want to bring you everything we know and there could be a whole lot happening that nobody has a complete handle on. No one has the entire picture yet only pieces of it. Well
Well, the white house is defending president Donald Trumps threat to close the u. S. Mexico border. The president fired off this tweet sunday. The democrats are allowing a ridiculous asylum system and major loopholes to remain as a mainstay of our immigration system. Mexico is likewise doing nothing. A very bad comp nation for our country. He also closed with what could be a vague threat. Homeland security is being so very nice but not for long. The administration also says its cutting off aid to three Central American countries. It claims theyre setting up migrant caravans. For more, here is cnns Boris Sanchez in washington. Reporter Administration Officials believe that the immigration system in the United States is at a breaking point, and so they are considering or taking drastic steps in order to try to step the flow of undocumented immigrants entering the country. The president has long hinted as one of those steps, closing the southern border with mexico. The president see that
Turkey heads to the polls in May, with a newly formed opposition bloc hoping to dislodge President Tayyip Recep Erdogan. Despite some party infighting, many remain hopeful they can bring an end to Erdogan's 20 years in power. But first, clarity from within a complicated coalition is needed.