Blair institute for global change working with over a0 countries, the former prime minister is still searching for answers to the great challenges of our time. Labour s back in power after 14 years. Very, very few people know what it feels like to actually be the prime minister of a new government, to be a country s leader. What does. . . What did it feel like as you walked through that door and into power in 1997? well, for me, the feelings were less those of elation. I mean, everyone around me was. . . . . Was, you know, celebrating, but i was very conscious of the fact, first of all, i d never been a minister, let alone a prime minister, and secondly, there is an awesome sense of responsibility. So you realise you re going to be taking decisions, you know you re on the start of a journey, you know the journey is going to be really difficult, you know there s going to be a whole lot of events and circumstances you can t predict. And you re acutely conscious of the fact that there is
Sir tony, thank you for speaking to me. It s very good to see you. Let s start with some feelings before we get to plenty of facts. Labour s back in power after 14 years. Very, very few people know what it feels like to actually be the prime minister of a new government, to be a country s leader. What does. . . What did it feel like as you walked through that door and into power in 1997? well, for me, the feelings were less those of elation. I mean, everyone around me was. . . . . Was, you know, celebrating, but i was very conscious immense burden of responsibility that comes with power, or should do. One of the fundamental challenges that notjust britain but lots of western democracies face today is populism. And i would say, tell me if you think differently, i would say populism is broadly that mode of politics in which charismatic leaders claim to represent the will of the people against a ruling elite. In your view, should populism be, as george orwell said of saints, always consid
support and hold iran accountable that iran pay the price and frankly i think the time has come for them to strike oil or military infrastructure in iran. sandra: former vice president mike pence saying the u.s. needs to cross that line, hit back inside iran and do it now. he said that right here last hour, and here we go to hour two, i m sandra smith in new york. a live look at the pentagon as we await that briefing. john: john roberts in washington, the president is in jupiter, florida to raise cash for the campaign. he says he has decided how the u.s. will respond. sandra: parents of 24-year-old kennedy sanders, 1 of 3 soldiers two died in the drone strike want the world to know she was a hero. she chose to serve the country and give us our freedom, be part of us getting our freedom, and stuff happen and it s hard for the parents to endure. that s why i honor her so much and believe she s a hero. however the president or united states decides to respond, it won
christian dog ran, nbc news. teamwork making the dream work. and on that note, i wish you a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. it s really good to have you here. before he became the editor of the most important english language magazine and the world, david remnick was a moscow correspondent for the washington post. he in fact won the pulitzer prize for his landmark 1993 book about the last time russia fell apart at the end of the soviet union. david remnick is gonna be here joining us live in just a few minutes, as we all try to make sense of this latest news that burst out this weekend. everybody in the world trying to figure out whether russia may be falling apart again, whether vladimir putin may be teetering, after 23 years consolidated, increasingly dictatorial power in russia. again, david remnick will be joining us live on that story in just a moment. we a
sisters, like nuns, of perpetual indulgence. it has outraged and upset christians across the country. some of the top players on the dodgers have been deeply uncomfortable with this honoring of this group. it led to the group being invited and then they were uninvited, and then reinvited as the dodgers shifted around to try to get on the right side of this with backlash on all sides. so here s why there s so much backlash. they call themselves a leading edge order of queer and trans nuns. they ve been around since the 1970s. they ve raised money for gay refugees and aids suffererers over the years. part of their act is routinely mocking jesus christ, the virgin mary and women that choose to devote their lives to serving as sisters and nuns. here s just one example of what they do. every year this is called the hunkey jesus contest. a warning. this might not be everyone s cup of tea. here s a bit. oh, hey. i m oh, sweet jesus! martha: okay. so i m sure it s not a big sur