On a collision course. That is not what we expect from an american president. What have we heard from President Trump . We have not heard an explanation to assure the American People that this decision and its consequences were thought through. No levelheaded words meant to dial down the tensions and take us off the path of conflict. No press conference or consultation with our congress. No. What we have heard so far are tweets, threats and tantrums. All we heard from this administration are shifty explanations, evasive answers, repeated assertions about an imminent threat without the necessary evidence to support that conclusion. And since this is a president with a history of lying about virtually everything, who has destroyed his own credibility and that of the United States on the global stage, we, the American People, nor our allies and indeed, no one around the world seems to be taking his word for it. If there was an imminent threat that required this extraordinary action, we ar
Next, former Vice President and 2020 the democratic president ial candidate joe biden on Foreign Policy and the airstrike that killed iranian general qasem soleimani. He also spoke about the importance of rejoining the iran nuclear deal. Please welcome Vice President joe biden. Mr. Biden good afternoon, folks. Thank you for being here. Six months ago here in new york city, i made the case that donald trump was dangerously incompetent and incapable of world leadership, and in the past few days in the wake of the killing of the iranian general soleimani, donald trump has proven that comment beyond dispute. The haphazard decisionmaking process that led up to it, the failure to consult with our allies or congress, and the reckless disregard for the consequences that would surely follow was in my view dangerously incompetent. Folks, in the wake of such an enormous escalation that has exploded geopolitics in the region that put the United States on a collision course. That is not what we exp
Killing of the iranian general soleimani, donald trump has proven that beyond. And the failure to consult with our allies or congress and the reckless disregard for the consequences that would surely follow was in my view dangerously incompetent. Folks, in the wake of such an enormous escalation that has exploded to politics in the region has put the United States on a collision course that what we expect from an american president. What have we heard from President Trump . We have not heard an explanation to assure the American People that this decision and its consequences were thought through. No levelheaded words meant to dial down the tensions and take us off the path of conflict. No press conference or consultation with our congress. No. What we have heard so far are tweets, threats and tantrums. All we heard from this administration are shifty explanations, evasive explanations, and imminent threat without the necessary evidence to support that conclusion. And since this is a pr
Elizabeth warren held a town hall. Afterwards, Senate Leaders discuss the articles of impeachment against President Trump and the pending senate trial. Daniel weiss, your new book in that time opens with a poem that was composed in 1970. Id like you to frame our conversation by reading it. Id be happy to. Its letters from plaku. If you are able save for them a place inside of you. And save up with backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you love them though you may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you while youre dying and keep them in their own. And in that time when men decide to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind. Michael odonnell, january 1st, 1970. Who was Michael Odonnell . He was a young man who found himself in vietnam in 1970. He was a songwritered a a poet and a helicopter pilot and a hero and ultimately a casualty of the vietnam war. Ho
Places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you love them though you may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you while youre dying and keep them in their own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind. Michael odonnell, january 1st, 1970. Susan who was Michael Odonnell . David he was a young man who found himself in vietnam in 1970. He was a songwriter and a poet and a helicopter pilot and a hero and ultimately a casualty of the vietnam war. Susan how did you encounter his poetry . David i first read a book by harold evans. There was a section of the vietnam war in that section theres a small photograph of Michael Odonnell. And it said that young man wrote this poem, the poem i just said. And below that, shortly after writing this short poem, his helicopter was shot down and he remains missing in action. That book was published about 20 years ago. And at t