us now. great to see you as always. this is a serious escalation. how do you see it? this is an escalation that china had been worning about in the weeks prior to this trip that pelosi was taking p the question is was it worth it, was anything substantive made during these meetings that she had on the ground there, symbolically this was a huge move, showing once again the united states stands in support of taiwan. and their autonomy there. that having been said, given the tensions, not only in the region right now, in china s escalation, and xi s escalation, as he s approaching his party congress meeting later this year, set to become the third term, unprecedented leader of that country and leader for life, was it worth it. with all of the focus now on ukraine, would this actually benefit taiwan and its security, and that s the question really going forward there, holding embargoes now on trade between china and taiwan, and, you know, the taiwanese obviously embraced this v
weapon designed to kill everyone on earth. so, you know, how is that for a tease? episode 2 is out today and wherever you get your podcast, i hope you listen. that will do it for us tonight and now time for the last word. i do have episode two meant to look forward to because, like you, i spent today engrossed in anthony fauci s book and i will do an event with him thursday night, which i am sure, by the time you are halfway through your first comment tonight it was sold out for thursday night. rachel, the book is so rich, as you know and that was a tip of the iceberg discussion. i could do an hour with him just about what he went through at the beginning of the mystery of the hiv-aids investigation and those chapters where they don t know what they are dealing with and it brings us all back to that time and all the work he did long before he ended up, once again, saving so many lives during the covid-19 pandemic. even what he tells you about the zika virus, that is some
tonight. i have this new podcast, it is called rachel maddow presents ultra, season two of ultra. episode two of that is out today. it starts with a really cheery little episode, i guess. a really cheery little thumbnail sketch of a doomsday weapon designed to kill everyone on earth. so, you know, how is that for ats? episode two of ultra is out today wherever you get your podcasts. thank you. all right, that is going to do for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. episode two to look forward to because of, like you, i spent today engrossed in anthony fauci s book. i spent the weekend. i have to do an event with him at the 92nd street y on thursday night, which i am sure by the time you are halfway through your first comments, was sold out for thursday night. and rachel, the book is so rich, as you know that was the tip of the iceberg discussion. you can do, i could do an hour with him just about what he went through at the beginnin
My guest is Us Democratic party insiderjake sullivan. A key adviser to senior democrats, including Hillary Clinton when she was Secretary Of State as well as on The Campaign Trail Last year. President trump has attracted a lot of criticism at home and abroad over his rhetoric and style of leadership. But is he not proving more effective in important Foreign Policy issues like the fight against extremists than the previoUs Democratic administration . Jake sullivan, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. As a key adviser to Hillary Clinton, can you be objective about the Trump Presidency . Probably not entirely objective. I would have to put my bias on the table, that i spent two years trying to stop him from getting into the oval office. But i think a lot of things that we predicted during the campaign about his lack of fitness for office have borne out over the past six months. Ive tried to take a step back and be as fair minded as possible in assessing what hes done. But the zeitg
My guest is Us Democratic party insiderjake sullivan. A key adviser to senior democrats, including Hillary Clinton when she was Secretary Of State as well as on The Campaign Trail Last year. President trump has attracted a lot of criticism at home and abroad over his rhetoric and style of leadership. But is he not proving more effective in important Foreign Policy issues like the fight against extremists than the previoUs Democratic administration . Jake sullivan, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. As a key adviser to Hillary Clinton, can you be objective about the Trump Presidency . Probably not entirely objective. I would have to put my bias on the table, that i spent two years trying to stop him from getting into the oval office. But i think a lot of things that we predicted during the campaign about his lack of fitness for office have borne out over the past six months. Ive tried to take a step back and be as fair minded as possible in assessing what hes done. But the zeitg