Structure structures in our political system, as envisioned by the founders, that sometimes theyre going to disadvantage democrats, but the truth of the matter is, is that if we have a strong message, if were speaking to what the American People care about, typically you know, the popular vote and the Electoral College vote will align, and i guess part of my overall message here as i leave for the holidays is that if we looked for one explanation or one silver bullet, or one easy fix for our politics, then were probably
initiative and School Nutrition program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if theyre issuing a story we dont like. I mean thats an issue that i think weve got to wrestle with. And we will. People asked me how do you feel after the election . I say well, look, this is a clarifying moment. Its a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the President Elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what
To cancel his summit in helsinki with Vladimir Putin on monday in the face of this, new charges brought by the Department Of Justice. Whats your take on this . I agree, he never should have taken the meeting to begin with. I mean we have no idea what he would hope to gain from this. What we know quite clearly, these were not lowlevel operatives, ali, who were indicted. These are highlevel people who worked very closely with the Senior Leadership in russia. We know putin knew this. Donald trump is only enabling Vladimir Putin by coming to this meeting, by participating in this meeting. If he does do it, and, you know, it wouldnt surprise me if he did, what he ought to do is hand him over these indictments, demand the immediate prompt extradition of all the defendants involved, and thats what he should be doing. He is playing into the hands of putin right now. The world is turned upside down,
as your prior person said. Yeah. Putin wants to destabilize nato, he wants to sow discord among
Employees got fired. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, im carol costello. North korea says its carried out its most powerful nuclear test yet. The explosion registering the force of a 5. 3 earthquake. Kim jonguns government now claiming it can make Nuclear Warheads small enough to fit on to missiles. World leaders are strongly condemning the apparent test. With President Obama saying just moments ago there will be serious consequences. He also said, and im just getting his statement right now, that north Koreas Nuclear test is a grave threat. He says to be clear the United States does foot and will never accept north korea as a nuclear state. We have Suzanne Malveaux on this story. Shell join us in a little bit. Lets head to tokyo now for north koreas side. Will ripley has that. Hi, will. Hi, carol. That brandnew statement from President Obama comes after he was very busy during the overnight hours speaking on the phone separately with the japanese Prime Minister shinz
Knee. A Denver Broncos Linebacker Bombs the latest to protest during the National Anthem. Im against Social Injustice. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning, im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. North korea says it has carried out the most powerful nuclear test yet. The explosion registering the force of a 5. 3 earthquake, kim jonguns government saying it can make Nuclear War Heads to fit on to missiles. President obama and other World Leaders strongly condemning it. We have the team covering the angles. We begin in tokyo, though, with cnns will ripley. Hi, will. Reporter hi, carol. Just within the last hour, japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe says this test has taken the test from north korea to a new level and that sentiment was reiterated by the president park. They are fanatically reckless. Were learning about the size of the explosion which triggered the earthquake, stronger than the 5. 1 triggered. It is believed this explosion was, and this is com
Russia between from st. petersburg to siberia. undermining the support for putin is particularly important right now. hillary clinton came out swinging today. without naming former president trump or secretary of state pompeo. slamming them for praising putin, which is being taken up by russian propaganda on russian television, praising putin s strength in their efforts to undermine joe biden. what is your response to that? i think we eall need understand that united states and nato are unified in trying to do everything necessary to try to make clear that russia cannot simply move in to a sovereign democracy. that s our goal.