He recently traveled to pyongyang for the new yorker magazine. His report offers a rare, inside look at north korea. He writes in 18 years of , reporting, i never felt as much uncertainty at the end of a project, a feeling that nobody , not a diplomat, the strategists, or the scholars who have devoted their lives to the subject matter able to describe with confidence how the other side thinks. I am pleased to have him on this program. Welcome. Evan thank you very much. Charlie tell me how this trip took place. Who was on the trip, its purpose and plan . Evan this trip began a few months ago, really with the idea that we have to get there, we have to go to north korea to understand what is going on on the ground. They dont have diplomatic relations, so you cant go to an embassy in washington. What you can use is what is known as the new york channel, it is an Informal Office that exists within the north Korean Mission to the United Nations who manage relations with the United States. An
President pence broke the tie. Deliberations today, not just our debates, but the exercise of our responsibilities authorizing government policies, a probe brady appropriating the policies to implement them, are often lively and interesting. They can be sincere in principle, but are more partisan, more tribal, more of i canme than it any time remember. Our deliberations can still be important and useful, but i think they would all agree that they havent been over burned it overburdened a greatness lately. Right now, they are not producing much for the American People. Both sides have let this happen. Find that wey will all conspired in our decline either by deliberate action or neglect. We have all played some role, certainly i have. Sometimes i have let my passion roll my reason here it is sometimes i have found it harder to find Common Ground because of something harsh i said to a colleague. Sometimes i wanted to win more for the sake of winning, than achieve a contested policy. Impl
President pence broke the tie. Deliberations today, not just our debates, but the exercise of our responsibilities authorizing government policies, a probe brady appropriating the policies to implement them, are often lively and interesting. They can be sincere in principle, but are more partisan, more tribal, more of i canme than it any time remember. Our deliberations can still be important and useful, but i think they would all agree that they havent been over burned it overburdened a greatness lately. Right now, they are not producing much for the American People. Both sides have let this happen. Find that wey will all conspired in our decline either by deliberate action or neglect. We have all played some role, certainly i have. Sometimes i have let my passion roll my reason here it is sometimes i have found it harder to find Common Ground because of something harsh i said to a colleague. Sometimes i wanted to win more for the sake of winning, than achieve a contested policy. Impl
Did Paul Manafort cut a deal to get out of testifying many public . Thats what he said. Thats what i said. Thats what our position is. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Ill chris hayes. At this very moment theres a bill on the hill that would effectively kill obamacare. This after the republicans passed by a very thin margin. This was the scene this afternoon as that motion came to a vote. Sergeant at arms will restore the chamber. Despite those protests and others, and approval numbers in the low teens, the motion passed by two men. Vice president mike its pegs who was forced to cast a tie breaking senate vote and senator john mccain, now battling brain cancer and only ten days out of surgery who trournld washington to a standing oh frags his colleagues and then on a deciding vote to move it to the floor and further trumps agenda. He gave a speech in which he described the legislative process that he himself called bankrupt. I voted for the motion to proceed to
Effectively kill obamacare. This after the republicans passed by a very thin margin. This was the scene this afternoon as that motion came to a vote. Sergeant at arms will restore the chamber. Despite those protests and others, and approval numbers in the low teens, the motion passed by two men. Vice president mike its pegs who was forced to cast a tie breaking senate vote and senator john mccain, now battling brain cancer and only ten days out of surgery who trournld washington to a standing oh frags his colleagues and then on a deciding vote to move it to the floor and further trumps agenda. He gave a speech in which he described the legislative process that he himself called bankrupt. I voted for the motion to proceed to allow the debate to continue. I will not vote for this bill as it is today. We tried to do this by coming up with a proposal behind closed doors. Then springing on it skeptical members, trying convince them that it is better than nothing. That it is better than noth