And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Donald trumps been our president for two months now, and in that time, hes managed to keep some campaign promises, like killing the tpp and nominating a solid conservative to the Supreme Court. Last week he released a budget blueprint outlining increased military spending and cuts across other agencies, including the epa and the state department. I am pleased to welcome back to this program, writer and political commentator Andrew Sullivan to talk about all that and then some. Andrew, good to see you, my friend. Great to see you. Thanks for coming by. Thank you for having me. Let me start with the news of the day. First of all, james comey testified in washington today. I dont know that he said anything we werent expecting to hear, that they have no evidence of this wiretapping allegation, but what do you make of the fact that President Trump leveled this accusation against president obama to begin with, number
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Donald trumps been our president for two months now, and in that time, hes managed to keep some campaign promises, like killing the tpp and nominating a solid conservative to the Supreme Court. Last week he released a budget blueprint outlining increased military spending and cuts across other agencies, including the epa and the state department. I am pleased to welcome back to this program, writer and political commentator Andrew Sullivan to talk about all that and then some. Andrew, good to see you, my friend. Great to see you. Thanks for coming by. Thank you for having me. Let me start with the news of the day. First of all, james comey testified in washington today. I dont know that he said anything we werent expecting to hear, that they have no evidence of this wiretapping allegation, but what do you make of the fact that President Trump leveled this accusation against president obama to begin with, number
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. North korea marked its most important holiday today with a show of military might and a blunt warning, but there were no new north Korean Missile or nuclear tests, as some analysts had thought might happen. The totalitarian regime celebrated the day of the sun the birth of its late founding ruler, kim ilsung, 105 years ago today. His grandson and current ruler, kim jongun, looked on as troops and firepower paraded before him in the main square of the capital, pyongyang. Of paramount interest were what appeared to be new intercontinental Ballistic
And didnt worry me for the sake of the country. In 2008, i thought obama really lacked the reckless experience and knowledge to be president but i didnt worry about the country. People now, serious people who say that the possibility of donald trump in the whitehouse really really worries them about the country. Ive never heard that before, charlie. Rose and then bob costa of the washington post. Hes not really making an argument in a political way. This is an isolated candidate, a defiant candidate who operates hour by hour, really without the advice of his advisors. He has advisors like Paul Manafort but this is someone navigating the political terrain on his own. Its an unusual situation for his party which is tagging along but this one candidate, one person dominating and deciding moment by moment. Rose bill bratton, al hunt and bob rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Ca
Partnership, and only through discipline and trust can we create something greater than ourselves. Mufg, we build relationships that build the world. And now, bbc world news america. We will start with some breaking news. For the past few minutes, the Italian Coast Guard has sent a merchant ship with 450 migrant onboard is heading for the italian coast. The coast guard said that the vessel has no crew on board. It is heading to the southeast of italy. This is the second such incident in the past week. The italian navy picked up 180,000 migrants during 2014. We will bring you more details as we get them later. Egypts highest court has ordered a retrial in the case of the three imprisoned journalist from the Al Jazeera English network. They were arrested in december 2015 december 2013. They must remain in prison pending this new hearing. Jailed for journalism. These images were taken during their first trial. Human Rights Groups say it should be released immediately not try them out agai