i think that an election of donald trump, as tragic as that would be, it would mean worsening for the united states than the global climate challenge. david wallace-wells, always a what of information, optimism on an important topic. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, in for lawrence. good evening, ali. you know, alex, sometimes we talk about serious things, once in a while, what do you talk to your colleagues about when you re not on camera? you and i had a remarkable conversation before the show, topic being, hair, which i don t think most people would think that you and i would be talking about. yeah, i mean, listen, just because you are not and enthusiastic of the hair salon, necessarily, does not mean that you don t have valid opinions. we managed to fill a few minutes a conversation. and if filled a few more minutes a conversation in front of an american audience. we ll see you soon. have a. go by. i don t kno
a business columnist for the financial times and cnn s global economic analyst. and the founder and president of you re asia group and columnist for time magazine. let me start with you. you wrote a very significant article in foreign affairs in which you said that basically both sides of the aisle, republicans ha republicans and democrats had gotten china wrong. it s caused a lot of controversy, but what is the implication for u.s. policy towards china? in a sense are you saying what donald trump represents is the new normal of much tougher policy towards china? thank you, fareed. first, i would say i think the argument of the piece was more that the conditions have changed. i actually think a collection of bipartisan group did follow the right strategy for decades. but the course that china has chosen is quite different from
republicans ha lose in the midterms. the only way that trump s grip on the republican party is going to be loosened if republicans that like being attached to him are going to come at a cause. they re not going to speak out against him. as far as cory stewart, look, this is emblematic of wherehe republican party is. he s not going to win the race in virginia. but he sng to sa ingtay in the republican party. it s not even a party you can t identify ideologically, trump has no thought to ideas. it s a cult of personality. no matter what trump does, they unite behind it. because he has a disorder personality, the republican party is taking on that characteristic. when you say what they say publicly and privately are so
california s 53 houses. that could be a win. but also, the republicans h a top victory. john cox running for governor against gavin newsome. so were the way california organizes they re primarieprims there could have been two democrats on the ticket for the governor. so a win for the gop. so dana rohrbacher defended off a slew of challengers. president trump tweeting congratulations to him this morning. that was in support of dana. other ys, senator sanders popular but not a king . he was behind but he finished third. gubernatorial candidate in idea, kathy glassen, she lost to a
tom cotton republican from arkansas said he cannot vote for the bill as it is, rand paul, and susan collins says no to this bill already. that s three, can t lose more than two, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said this is something we campaigned on year after year and something voters are expecting. this has been a huge issue, in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, does ib in have any doubt that the republican party was committed to republicans ha republican today repealing and replacing, it will either achieve a goal or not. it s more of a statement of the