about why this south of spain as an autumn spate for the future of democracy, on nbc s dime. you know, it s nice work if you can get it. what are the lessons, i guess, from more bonds rise, in terms of how institutions i ve been molded or shaped, or subverted by? well, he s been able to use pressure, in a very effective way. he s got this crony capitalism, what was so maddening about what tucker carlson s whitewashing orban has found himself as a defender of white christianity, so he s anti-migrant, he s antisemitic, with his obsession of george soros. he s the defender of christiana tv. all the way back to medieval kristen times. all these things will statues, and saints, but tucker carlson did not say that orban has persecuted hundreds of churches that are not in line not
for turkish incursion. on fox news sunday, defense secretary mark esper defended president trump s decision what we re facing is u.s. forces trapped between a syrian russian army moving north to take on the turkish army that is moving south. it puts us in a terrible position and the protection and safety of our servicemembers comes first to me the president has received a lot of criticism for abandoning the kurdish fighters who have been the u.s. staunchest allies in the region if n the fight against isis, but this this morning he defended the move in a series of tweets including this one the kurds in turkey have been fighting for many years. turkey considers the pkk the worst terrorist of all. others may want to come in and fight for one side or the other. let them. we are monitoring the situation closely, endless wars. on nbc s meet the press, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee said there is nothing more disgusting than what the president is allowing to happen to
garrett? well, jon, this is not the first time president trump has stoked speculation that jeff sessions could be on his way out, but this time around there are some differences. you remember last year, senator lindsay graham warned there would be hell to pay if the president fired sessions. that was fairly emblematic of how most g.o.p. senators felt. this week though senator graham along with senator grassley said they could be open to confirming a new attorney general after the midterm elections. on nbc s meet the press, though, senator jeff flake said firing sessions would still raise a lot of concerns for most folks on capitol hill. maybe a few isolated voices saying that the president ought to fire him now. i can tell you, as a body, we re saying please don t. the concern obviously is that would be the first domino to fall, then what happens with rod rosenstein? what happens with bob mueller? and i think firing jeff sessions would concern us all that that s
actually drive up prices and cohe u.s. jobs. but the white house pushing back. trade director pointing to our booming economy to ease concerns of a pottial trade war. we have a disproportionate amount of new jobs being created in manufacturing. we have investment off the charts. this economy is so strong that nobody should be worried about any of the spin that anybody is saying. rick: garrett tenney has more on this from washington. the international backlash continues today after the u.s. announced new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from some of our closest allies, eu, mexico and canada are now threatening to enact reciprocal tariffs in retaliation. on nbc s meet the press canadian prime minister trudeau argued the tariffs will hurt jobs in both countries and says he s insulted the president will take this action under the guise of international mall security. the idea that the canadian
sick, calling some of it stupid. this comes in response to news outlets questioning how accurate he s been in writing about incidents in his past. on nbc s meet the press, carson said no other politician has been subjected to this type of scrutiny. vetting is a normal part of the process. did you not expect this? i have always said that expect to be vetted. but being vetted and what is going on with me, you said this 30 years ago. you said this 20 years ago. this didn t exist. you know, i just i have not seen that with anyone else. president obama had a bit of a tough time, right, when he was running? does he not remember that? now donald trump is weighing in on this issue, speaking to jake tapper. trump says time will tell how carson s campaign will get through all the scrutiny and pliemed that he had a part time