To introduce our speaker Richard Preston during his undergraduate work and got his ph. D. In english from Princeton University where he studied 19 century nonfiction writing and the author of nine books on a variety of topics including Infectious Disease and a childrens story and the author of many nonfiction pieces including a piece just last week entitled the old wars preston published the hot zone with the accidental outbreak and a colony of research monkeys and virginia in the 80s. The hot zone sold millions of copies and terrified millions of readers. For example, novelist stephen king said the first chapter is one of the most horrifying things i have ever read and then it gets worse. [laughter] i am also sure the hot zone inspired many readers to consider and pursue careers in epidemiology and Public Health with a fascination from what we know today. The most recent massive outbreak occurred for the first time in west africa put speeleven back on the bestseller list 20 years afte
Right or wrong. Thats a direct question. I expect a direct answer. If you would like me to explain why. I actually would like an answer. Yes or no. Well, im not going to give you a yes or no. I feel its far more complicated than that. The nominee for defense secretary was reportedly asked to claire fews his hiss position on nuclear disarmament. It proved more an opportunity for senators inhoff and graham to show that he is in favor of immediate elimination of all nuclear weapons. Chuck hagel wasnt having any of it. My position, some of the Individuals National Security Leaders as senator nunn talked about, including himself, has never been unilateral disarmament. Ever. Never. We have over the years which i have supported the United States has led in reducing the efforts to reducing nuclear warheads. There was no more significant voice for that than ronald reagan. Fwloo whether the hearings end up revealing any hint as to chuck hagels actual plans for American Defense remains tbd. Joini
Today chuck hagel, nominee for secretary of defense, began his confirmation hearings by running a mine field set by members of his own Party Beginning with senator james inhoff, republicans set their traps, some of which didnt even have the right bait. In 2001 you were one of four senators who refused to sign the letter supporting israel. Are those accurate . I want to ask the letter that you just noted in your fifth point. What was the date in the letter . The date . You said i refused to sign a letter. It was october of 2001. A letter to . Okay. Skip that one. Are the other ones true . It is fairly important. Thinly vailed as an exploration of his Foreign Policy positions, the game was more gotcha than global strategy. But ill sdeshs your judgment as to whether you were right or wrong about the search. Ill explain why i made those comments. I want to know if they were right or wrong. Thats a direct question. I expect a direct answer. If you would like me to explain why. I actually wo
Also senator john mccain says President Trump needs to learn from history about attacking a free press. Thats how dictators get started. My interview with senator mccain. Plus spy games, how serious is the rift between President Trump and the Intelligence Community . The last thing they need is to have a president who questions their patriotism to this country and to him. Ill talk to the former his of the cia, leon panetta. And stress test. How politics is getting all of us stressed out. But some a lot more than others. Joining me for insight and analysis are david brooks, columnist for the New York Times. Amy walter, national ed tore of the Cook Political Report. Hugh hewitt, host on the salem radio network. And Donna Edwards of maryland. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longestrunning show in television history, celebrating its 70th year. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Its only been four weeks but already were runni
Were going to talk about all of it in this hour as well as in a special report with the leads jay tapper. We want to focus on the call itself. The key points from july 25th which is the rough transcript is not verbatim. The president saying, i will say that we do a lot for ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time. Then after a brief digression the president continues, quote, the United States has been very, very good to ukraine. I wouldnt say that its reciprocal necessarily because things are happening thats not very good. But United States has been very good to ukraine. Then zelensky replies, you are right. Not 100 , 1,000 . When this is taking place President Trump had already delayed 391 million in aid to ukraine. 250 million of that was in military assistance, aid that was approved by Congress Already was being held up by the president. Thats whats dangling or hanging over president zelenskys head, i would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defe