Fictional characters. Im chuck todd joining me this morning are former White House Press secretary to president obama, robert gibbs. The cook political reports walker. Former chief speech writer for george w. Bush and columnist, michael gerson. Welcome to sunday its meet the press. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Its been a battle that has raged since isis shocked the world with its cult of violence and death. What should president obama call this enemy . Hes refused to use the terms islamist or radical islam. Insisting that were not at war with islam. But with some perversion of a great religion. Conservatives argue that in doing so mr. Obama is failing to recognize the true face of the enemy. So we wondered in this debate about semantics and security is there precedent for the president s position . We went back to the videotape and heres what we found. The terrorists do not speak for over a billion muslims who reject their hateful ideology. All is not the true face of islam.
And good evening. Breaking news here in washington, where you can bet there is a lot of latenight pizza being consumed right about now, especially at fbi offices right down the road in quantico, virginia. They are scrambling right now to analyze emails found on a device found by top clinton adviser, huma abedin, and her estranged husband, anthony weiner. Theyre also trying to describe if comey acted appropriately. And as you also might imagine, pundits and professionals alike are trying to assess the impact of all this on voters. Well look at all of that in the hour ahead, starting with a pretty stunning piece of news, about how much we can expect to hear from the fbi or how little. Cnns pamela brown joins us now with that late item. What are your sources saying, pam . Despite the backlash following his controversial letter on friday, james comey stands by his decision and believes he did the right thing, according to a person familiar with his thinking. He has told fbi and doj officia
And good evening. Breaking news here in washington, where you can bet there is a lot of latenight pizza being consumed right about now, especially at fbi offices right down the road in quantico, virginia. They are scrambling right now to analyze emails found on a device found by top clinton adviser, huma abedin, and her estranged husband, anthony weiner. Now back at headquarters, theyre also trying to describe if comey acted appropriately. And as you also might imagine, pundits and professionals alike are trying to assess the impact of all this on voters. Well look at all of that in the hour ahead, starting with a pretty stunning piece of news, about how much we can expect to hear from the fbi or how little. Cnns pamela brown joins us now with that late item. What are your sources saying, pam . Despite the backlash following his controversial letter on friday, james comey stands by his decision and believes he did the right thing, according to a person familiar with his thinking. He ha
News america, katty kay. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst Steve Rattner. And in washington, columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius. Nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt. Lets stop here and say what an unbelievable week. Oh, my gosh. Theres so much coming at us. One of the more memorable tweet said i follow news for a living. Thats my job, yet, im overwhelmed by the onslaught of information comt ing at me. If im feeling that way what about americans that dont follow it every day . David ignatius wrote in the Washington Post this morning that the first week of the Trump Presidency showed he is more determined to overturn academic trade and National Security order than even his critics feared. Yesterday, he showed us that. Just that. Katty kay, obviously, some real concerns from not only britain, but europe and across the world because donald trump is actually doing what donald trump said he was going to do. Yeah. There is