Delivered with menace, no one does it quite like Rodrigo Duterte, elected President Of The Philippines a year ago. Since he came to power, around 7000 people have been killed. Human Rights Groups are aghast that the majority of filipinos seem to like his iron fist. My guest is one of the president s most fierce critics, senator antonio trillanes. Is duterte taking the phillipines and the region in a new direction . Antonio trillanes, in manila, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you very much for inviting me. We speak at a difficult time for your country. In mindanao in the south of the philippines, you have a National Emergency with a town that for weeks has faced a siege because it has been, in essence, taken over byjihadist gunmen. The president says this is a National Emergency and it is time for the country to unify. Do you agree . I agree that what is happening in marawi is a National Crisis and something that we should deal with decisively. But i feel that the armed forc
The highrise Apartment Building up in flames. The death toll rising tonight. The mother who dropped her baby nearly ten stories to safety. Announcer this is a Special Edition of World News Tonight with david muir, reporting tonight from washington. And good evening on this wednesday night. Were back at the capitol in washington tonight, because of that awful scene that played out this morning. As lawmakers were practicing for an annual tradition, the congressional Baseball Game, when a gunman opened fire. It was not long before the gunman allegedly asked, are they democrats or republicans . He was told they were republicans. Five people were hit, including congressman Steve Scalise, a member of the house leadership. Tonight, hes in Critical Condition. After trying to crawl across the field to safety. Authorities now say James Hodgkinson was the attacker, the husband and Home Inspector from illinois. Who had Strong Political views. Tonight, that gunman is now dead, taken down by two Cap
Obstructed justice because he cite sized what is a witch hunt. Telling the truth. The white house and their attorneys say this is what the president thinks. First amendment. Hes not you. Hes not me. Hes the president. He has control over these probes. The President Tweeting out to his Attorney General that he should end this travesty, the mueller witch hunt. Then you hear the clucking nasty voices from the left. Howie trump brings more attention to the manafort case by saying hes being treated worse than al capone. Well talk to corey lewandowski. A war of words erupts between the president and a. G. Sulzberger. As the crowd screams at cnns jim acosta. With cbs chairman Les Moonves Fighting for his job. One of his own stars speaks out. I like working for him. But accountability is meaningless unless its for everybody. Whether its the leader of a network or the leader of the free world. Howie im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. [ ] President Trump has been denouncing the Mueller Inves
The Trump administration and allegations of Sexual Misconduct by Les Moonves are discussed. Guests include Mollie Hemingway Federalist , former Ohio state. He said the Attorney General should stop the witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. Joining us. Mollie hemingway. Gillian turner and capri cafaro. A Washington Examiner contributor and former democratic senator in ohio. Hes suggesting his Attorney General blow off the fact that he recused himself for ethical reasons. Is the media storm around this justified . Mollie its good to talk about this. But we need media people who understand how donald trump speaks. After two years of seeing him speak in public and seeing his tweets you would expect them to understand him better. Hes expressing frustration with a probe that sidelined his administration for a year and a
half. Everyone else not just being politicians, but people in the media are not Holding Mueller accountable. They think their job is to ch
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