exclusive with the international community and our allies, whether it s nato, the world health organization, the paris climate agreement and so forth, and a very different attitude with regard to russia and to putin specifically, trump cozied up to putin. trump at first refused to agree with our intelligence community regarding russia and their interference in the election, which was proven. it was almost like he sided with russia over the united states. we see a very different relationship obviously with joe biden. even putin himself yesterday did say although trump was colorful, and joe biden has been a career politician, he does think there are puerto ricos and cons with pros and cons with that, he also doesn t think there are knee jerk decisions. howie: it s interesting the way you partially disagreed with me. let me put up the cover of time magazine. we see biden in the aviator glasses looking kind of cool. let s contrast with one of many
it s one thing to have one in the past saying something. trevor noah had some things he wrote on twitter and it was kind of in the past. and he s gotten on, you know, daily show and has done great. maybe this guy would be great too. but these were recent comments. the context is different. so what do you think should happen? snl isn t saying anything. which they generally don t. you continue take away lorne michaels privacy. he ll do what he thinks is right. you don t want to make these knee jerk decisions so if he s tale talented, you want to give him a chance. yang handled this brilliantly in my view. he said it s hurtful, it s offensive, but also we shouldn t make these knee jerk reactions and i forgive him. well, to me the only thing worse than a slur based comic is a forgiven comic. that is not great for a comic to say you re forgiven for not
the thing that was similar about them both is that there was a process. there was a way for the agencies, the departments to come to the situation room. you all sit around the table, and you present your view on the issue. and you may not win the argument. you may not win the day. but at least the information is bubbling up. what happened with this administration before bolton was fired or resigned, the process fell apart, and you weren t having information bubble up. we all know think of any industry we re in. if the top leaders only talk amongst themselves and not receiving feedback from experts, you make bad policy. you have knee-jerk decisions. unfortunately, whether we have bolton there or not, that s what we are seeing and will continue to see. i want to get a sense of your capacity, your ability to get answers to questions on these matters and others. there was reporting on the cia asset in russia who was brought back. yeah. i m sure you want answers on that as well. we
the twitter is part of the problem here. perjury is everywhere. not just his relationship with the truth. yeah. we ll be watching it very closely. thanks to all of you. i want to thank my panel, joel payne, ali vitali and it s a great conversation. coming up the latest on the shutdown showdown and more on the resignations stemming from president trump s knee jerk decisions. that s all when we come back. ee decisions. that s all when we come back (chime)
afghanistan, the resignation of defense secretary jim mattis, latest knee-jerk decisions by president trump had lawmakers on capitol hill frustrated and fuming. gop senator lisa murkowski of alaska told the president the shutdown was a bad direction to take. just hours before the shutdown, murkowski said americans are expecting that a republican president, along with his republican house and senate, will have an end game. south carolina senator lindsey graham is also now calling for congressional hearings over syria. graham called the move to withdraw u.s. forces a stain on the honor of the united states. and senator bob corker of tennessee said conservative media is influencing the president, telling reporters, do we succumb to the tyranny of radio talk show hosts? according to a recent washington post report, the president s decisions and conduct have led to a fracturing of trump s coalition. hawks condemned his sudden decision to withdraw u.s. troops