as parts of california burn, donald trump managed to make time to attack the heroes and the victims of the devastating wild fires that have killed 23 people so far and burned 105,000 acres. yesterday in a tweet, trump blamed poor forest management for the blazes and threatened to withhold federal funds from the state. the head of california s firefighter s union called the president s tweets shameful, as well as ill informed, ill timed and demeaning to those suffering, as well as the men and women on the front lines. more a.m. joy after the break. ng on that first network that would eventually become verizon s. that call opened the door to the billions of mobile calls that we ve all made since. i m proud i was part of that first call, and i m proud that i m here now
questions about democracy. a day like today is very useful, i think, for all of us to really think about, you know, where we are now and where we want to be. yeah. sara, the tragedy of world war i was indeed compounded by the subsequent rise of fascism, obviously, notably in germany. the initial alliance between the soviets and the united states that resulted in a cold war after world war ii. there is so much to the history of that first period that is significant. and the united states was so central to that narrative that these are the moments when the president renews the american story on the world stage. it is jarring to see that not only has donald trump in general not wanted to carry that american narrative forward but also this embrace of regimes. the thumbs up he got from vladimir putin and the bizarre
jimmy williams is back for me. i want to play one more sound bite of president obama before i get to donald trump s list. this was from his 2016 post-election award to ellen degeneres who, of course, really transformed the world in a lot of ways when she announced that she was, in fact, lgbt on national television, and michael jordan and other people. here s president obama. part of the reason that these events are so special to me is because everybody on this stage has touched me in a very powerful personal way, and what also makes them special is this is america and it s useful when you think about this incredible collection of people to realize that this is what makes us the greatest nation on earth. not because of our differences but because in our difference we
weather. press secretary sara sanders said the rain grounded the presidential helicopter and that a motorcade would be logically impossible. the cancellation prompted a rash of criticism. the grandson of winston which you shall tweeted, they died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate donald trump couldn t pay his respects to honor the fallen. as a pay of comparison, here is how justin trudeau handled the rain last year during the 75th anniversary of the raid in ottawa. as we sit here in the rain, thinking how uncomfortable we must be these minutes as our suits get wet and our hair gets wet and our shoes get wet, i think it s all the more fitting that we remember on that day the
worship of raw power. that is something he understands. that is something he sought to emulate. you saw this especially with putin, but with kim jong-un and with anybody who is able to abuse power in an open and flagrant way with no regard for an actual representative body. that s an alarming thing because in this visit to france you see him once again moving away from a western democratic alliance and towards an access of autocrats. that is his goal and objective. i think you will see more of that today. he will be very excited about that meeting. the white house is doing this make good now. they re making sure they get those images out there that he is now doing this cemetery visit. but donald trump has not visited the troops, u.s. troops in the theaters where we are still at war. he did make a surprise visit to the korean demilitarized zone in 2017.