listening solely to the president to discuss foreign policy. if you remember when president trump s first u.n. address in 2017 he laid out this new doctrine to say, we are going to reject top down globalism. we re going to focus on individual nations finding common ground and working together in a bottom up way. that animated the whole trump presidency. it was the core of that speech. i listened to the speech today trying to hear that but i just didn t find it. the second missed tune was obviously on afghanistan. the entire assembly, everyone watching at home here in america and people all over the planet wanted to hear a detailed thoughtful lengthy explanation of the decisions that were made. you have a captive audience. you can easily speak to an hour if you want to. i don t think we heard more than a few sentences on the issue. john: the president spent most of the time going back and forth between global warming and covid. mean time on the plate there are
he took on our nato allies that were being dead beats. that weren t paying their bills or meeting their fair share. we all remember the foreign policy screaming about this. so he leaned in. he explained it. he put forward the numbers. he put forward the rationale. this was biden s chance, whether you disagree with him or not, this was his chance with a captive audience to say, do you know what, france? here s why i did this. do you know what, nato allies? here s why i did that. instead of taking that opportunity, it was sort of a parade of platitudes from an objective stand.. whatever side of the political spectrum you re on, i think you are left disappointed that he didn t get into those issues. sandra: nikki haley said the speech did not feature an america that shows leadership and strength. what he just saw was a u.s. president repeating feel good talking points. i want to take a break right there, stephen, if you could stay with us.
feels that could be a total failure, in his words, unless the major industrial nation step up and do more. sandra, back to you. sandra: stephen miller still with us. stephen, biden called this a code red emergency, climate change. he pledged to double climate aid to developing countries. what was your observation from that speech as we all saw the urgency he placed on climate change amid so much happening not just here, but on the global stage? i think there s two observations. first, where was the attempt at persuasion? there s a lot of people, myself included, who don t agree on the science that s been presented about america s role and catastrophic weather events. so again, he had an opportunity, if he wanted to, to provide specific data points, show specific evidence, make a very specific case to fundamentally change our way of life. instead he just praoet repeated
else. sandra: stephen miller, thank you for joining us following the president s u.n. speech. thank you. john: an autopsy today could answer some of the big questions in the gabby petito case. we are waiting to see the results. we ll talk to nancy grace for her take on this case. sandra: also, republicans pushing back against vaccine passports. former head of the cdc said there needs to be proof of who has had the shot and who has not. he says his plan would work. he ll explain. dr. tom frieden is here. john: plus san francisco s mayor caught maskless in a crowded club. she said it s all the fault of the fun police. oh! are you using liberty mutual s coverage customizer tool? so you only pay for what you need. sorry? limu, you re an animal!
it seemed as though president biden was giving a speech in a moment of world peace and prosperity. it was hard to connect the tone and description of miss comments with the reality around the world. when you are listening to his speech as a consumer and it doesn t comport with your sense of reality, you disengage. americans right now especially are unsettled with all of the chaos they are seeing around the world. you really need to lean in to the american people and say, i understand why you re afraid. i understand why you re scared. i understand what you are seeing on your television screens. platitudes aren t sufficient. maybe in 1999, but in a moment of crisis, platitudes, multilateral speak aren t adequate to the moment when clarity is needed above all