Hello and welcome to Background Briefing available 2470 in mostest dot com I mean masters and today we examine the number of stories in issues in the news will begin with a just released poll in Michigan a state that trump one narrowly that found 53 percent of respondents either very or somewhat worried that Donald Trump has access to the nuclear codes with 43 percent believing the president is not mentally stable while 12 percent are undecided on the question of his mental fitness Dr Alan Francis a professor emeritus and former chair of psychiatry and behavioral science a jerk University joins us to discuss his new book Twilight of American sanity a psychiatrist analyzes the age of Trump and the question of whether Trump is mentally ill or is just a horrible hateful person he will also offer a broader diagnosis of the sanity of America itself a society in which Trump was not only considered a plausible candidate but was elected president of the United States in spite of his manifest
Or is the United States willing to risk Los Angeles or Chicago another big city in retaliation for attack on a u.s. Military base in the region because he feels North Korea they feel threatened are going to be using nuclear weapon but we re going to park it in its military base in Japan figuring we won t retaliate if they re over there and they ll have their long range nukes to threaten us mainland so they can avoid a retaliatory strike and know that he s done so many provocative actions but he has just enough restraint. To avoid a natural response one tough talk with no response what s happening now I d like to find out what the plan was with strategy so we ll do that next we got the news crews I will tell you who they appointed the education department that is appointed to be the top policemen and Kristen s them get ripped off the next hour to 802-2052 do to. At 10 continues right after the news. North Korean missile to. Politics. It was delayed aligator going to. Discuss cave a.v.c
This is the scene you want to come 5 lives for joy about maybe she s local radio stations across the u.k. Hello local radio listeners I m Roger Sharpe a little news on 5 live with the u.s. Secretary of state at MIT s America may never win the war in Afghanistan and in sport England s women set a Rugby World Cup final with New Zealand on the 5 live Web site Micah silenced a bunch take it to Las Vegas for the 1st 5 Live boxing reports of the big fight. Is b.b.c. . 6 am with the b.b.c. News on 5 Live Here s Lisa McCormack The u.s. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has admitted that America may not be able to win the war in Afghanistan it follows the announcement by President Trump the troops won t be withdrawn from the country but defended a possible talks with the Taliban to try and bring about peace Weikel Semple is a former e.u. Special representative to Afghanistan it s something which has been recommended by his national security apparatus the door has been left open he made a point
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If there s a night talk. Good evening this is Eric Kirk Thurston I talk I am alone in the studio in studio b. Tonight I have Katie with me in engine airing but I have no guests tonight I m going to do a little bit of editorializing those of you who ve heard the promos or or read them I m talking tonight about whether or not class politics in the United States are dead. Or dying or. In the o.r. It was we it once upon a time Progressive s represented the working class the working class it was was was actually considered according to the progressive ideologies the Vanguard the. The the force of the social force that would lead to revolution or great changes it was seen is is a you know a source of innovation because when once a working class actually had some time some free time things started to get invented artisan s developed you know a couple 100 years ago science expanded in and it was it was working the working class was considered progressive not regress of and I think that. The l