Try to remember a more consequential start to the united nations general assembly. You would probably have to go back to 2001 when the week opened on september 12th. Just a day after 9 11. Today, there are wars in Ukraine And Sudan and gaza. Another one threatened in lebanon and one looming in the south china sea. American troops are once again deployed on the fringes just in case and now the leaders or the major representatives of all of those countries are gathered right here in new york city. What are they saying privately to each other . And how much does it differ from what theyre saying publicly . The Qatari Amir was pretty blunt saying in israel doesnt want to negotiate for peace. The new iranian president was slightly more measured than usual, saying the country does not seek a wider war in The Middle East but no peace is possible while civilians in gaza are in his words, ruthlessly killed. And President Biden speaking to the assembly for the last time as a leader of the free w
He grew up in west texas. Texa required Wall Street firms to be largely bailed out and george w. Bush didnt like that idea but he did not have a better plan and the plan did work It Was something george W Bush might have fueled more populism because people did not think It Was a good idea to help out the bankers in new york. Had we not done so, the Economy Wouldve had a much bigger problem. Most people did not focus on that. David rubenstein, you are ind your element with this book, the highest calling. Let me plug again i love your podcasts for the ages. Thank you so much for your time. A lot happened with Donald Trump and his Media Stock on friday, The Ups And Downs and why they have trump angry. That is ahead in the next hour. Circle good day to you from World Headquarters in new york. Welcome Tos Alex Witt reports. We begin with the race for the white House. 52 days ceto Election Day. Kamala harris is attending events in washington, d. C. Today while former president Donald Trump i
Its a really, really tragic situation so well hope for the best in terms of additional recovery but were bracing for some bad news just given the destruction were seeing. But i do think the Quick Response was very important and i do think it saved lives. I want to thank the folks for their bravery in doing that. Harris local affiliates are reporting 51 people are unaccounted for. Fox news is working to independently confirm that. Steve harrigan is near that building gathering information and well have a live report from him coming up. I want to move to this. Vice president Kamala Harris finally caving to pressure agreeing to visit the border tomorrow as the crisis there is raging. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. She waited 93 days after President Biden put her in charge. Harris back in march laughed off a reporters question on whether she planned to visit the border. An interesting journey with her. Earlier this month she was giggling when asked about it and at on
Its a really, really tragic situation so well hope for the best in terms of additional recovery but were bracing for some bad news just given the destruction were seeing. But i do think the Quick Response was very important and i do think it saved lives. I want to thank the folks for their bravery in doing that. Harris local affiliates are reporting 51 people are unaccounted for. Fox news is working to independently confirm that. Steve harrigan is near that building gathering information and well have a live report from him coming up. I want to move to this. Vice president Kamala Harris finally caving to pressure agreeing to visit the border tomorrow as the crisis there is raging. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. She waited 93 days after President Biden put her in charge. Harris back in march laughed off a reporters question on whether she planned to visit the border. An interesting journey with her. Earlier this month she was giggling when asked about it and at on
Socalled filibuster rule, which now becomes all the important after todays vote. Excellent. Im not sure ive ever seen Steve Kornacki and his khakis as work on a ranked Choice Voting election so im very much looking forward watching him break this down. I started to write a script about the ranked choice thing, and i did a couple of shots at it and i just went, im leaving that to kornacki. Its just going to be, and heres Steve Kornacki, and go ahead and explain ranked choice. I just its tough. When it comes from the Point Of View of the voter i always thought it should be called One Two Three voting. From the point of voter you dont have to do anything that hard. The hard part to explain is how it gets tabulated. The counting the vote part of it is hard to explain. What you do as a voter isnt that hard. But i bet kornacki can explain that part better. Exactly. Its the counting the vote spot in the script where i just gave up, and you can watch that on tv later this hour. See the point,