Political analyst for cbs 5 in San Francisco and your moderator for tonights program. You can find is on the internet at commonwealthclub. Org, program and Schedule Information and powered cast of past programs. Now is my pleasure to introduce our distinguished speaker and columnist and writer, Jonathan Alter. Editor, writer and contributing to the bloomberg few, author of the new book we are talking about the center holds the center holds obama and his enemies. Jonathan alter is an economist, you see him on nbc news and ms nbc, a former Senior Editor and columnist for what newsreader where he worked for 30 years writing 50 cover stories, also written for the New York Times, washington post, washington monthly, the atlantic, the new republic, among other publications and also author of other books including but promise president obama, the defining moment, fdrs 100 days and several New York Times bestsellers and between the lines a collection of his newsweek columns. Cheese in my judgm
The democrats have a pathetic attempt over trump state of the union address. And to ruin super bowl we stand for the rest of us. The leaked manuscript with their roles saying its a terrible turncoat. I think very little of the man that i once known because he has turned his back on the president. He turns out to be a petty snarling guy. Heres the conclusion i can come to pray he is a back stopper. Republicans in washington are shocked to discover he has betrayed his former boss donald trump, they should not be shocked. That is who john bolton is. Come on the show john bolton your country wants to hear from you and i would like to hear from you. If you have a story you would like to tell the people, come on the show. I dont like the idea of people making john bolton out to be a liar, he is not a liar so many commentators have flipped on the former National Security advisor. As iowa tomorrow the caucuses, the media is worried that Bernie Sanders could work under win the nomination. Right
You or you look like sore loser. The democrats have a pathetic attempt over trump state of the union address. And to ruin super bowl we stand for the rest of us. The leaked manuscript with their roles saying its a terrible turncoat. I think very little of the man that i once known because he has turned his back on the president. He turns out to be a petty snarling guy. Heres the conclusion i can come to pray he is a back stopper. Republicans in washington are shocked to discover he has betrayed his former boss donald trump, they should not be shocked. That is who john bolton is. Come on the show john bolton your country wants to hear from you and i would like to hear from you. If you have a story you would like to tell the people, come on the show. I dont like the idea of people making john bolton out to be a liar, he is not a liar so many commentators have flipped on the former National Security advisor. As iowa tomorrow the caucuses, the media is worried that Bernie Sanders could wor
Country. We need very strong leadership. We need very, very strong leadership, and im just not quite there yet. Im not quite there yet. If that language sounds a little familiar, it is. Im just not ready to do that at this point. Im not there right now. Reporter its nearly the same words ryan used when he first declined to endorse trump. Trump also saying hes not supporting senator john mccain in his primary bid in arizona. Quote, he has not done a good job for the vets, and ive always felt that he should have done a much better job for the vets, so ive always had a difficult time with john for that reason, because our vets are not being treated properly. And trump did not stop there. He also took aim at senator kelly ayotte, calling her a weak and disloyal leader in new hampshire. While out on the trail today, trump steering clear of a different controversy involving the family of a slain u. S. Muslim soldier who was awarded a bronze star and purple heart. A man came up to me, and he
Candidate last night. Especially for avoiding questions or answers about the cost of her medicare for all plan. For several of the lower tier democrats, last nights debate, well, it may have been their last. Theres less than a month left to qualify for the november debate in atlanta. And the field will almost certainly be whittled down before then. Five of the Democratic Candidates will join us live this morning from ohio with their big takeaways from last night. Also, significant new reporting in the impeachment investigation this morning. So many revelations from those within the administration that learned the white house is growing frustrated. Yesterday a state Department Official testified he was told to lay low after complaining about Rudy Giulianis efforts to undermine policy in ukraine. Thats when Mick Mulvaney reportedly intervened to change control of who was overseeing the ukraine relationship and mulvaney was reportedly a key player in withholding funds from ukraine. Also n