President at the United States. The only person who could possibly have told jack smith and The Grand Jury about those phone calls is mike pence. The january Six Committee invited mike pence to testify, but he refused. The january Six Committee did not bother to issue a statement to mike pence since they knew he would ignore it, just as some other elected republicans ignored subpoenas from the committee. Mike pence could not ignore jack smiths subpoena. Mike pence went to court in what he knew was a legally hopeless attempt to block jacks mitt subpoena. Mike pence went to court to try to show trumps quarters, whose votes he wants in the president ial campaign to think that he was forced by Judicial Process to testify to jack smiths grand jury. Mike pence did not just testify to jack smiths grand jury. He became the star witness, and he will be the start witness when the case that the United States of america versus Donald J Trump is presented to a trial jersey in washington, d. C. They
Include a fourth bracket for high income workers. Details are being finalized. From the New York Times, on senator john mccain in his twilight, and unfettered voice against trumpism. The president heads to asia for a 12 nation trip including stops theapan, vietnam and philippines. It is the president s foreign policies that we begin this morning. A New York Times editorial under Trump America surrenders. We want to get your calls on America First. S 202 7488001, republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. And you can join us on twitter or facebook. Thank you for being with us. Thes this editorial from New York Times this morning we want to begin our conversation on globalism versus America First. Under mr. Trump, america surrenders. It reads, in part, as follows. Every president has chosen retreat. T versus he was the president last month at the United Nations. For the diverse nations of the world, this is our hope. We want harmony and friendship. Not conflict and strife. We are guided by out
But first, lets turn to the big question today, the covid question. Is it fundamentally shifting the basis for everyones political choices at the moment . Jeffrey kofman, i am going to start with you on that, if i may. Do you think that the way people are thinking about who to vote for now is simply not about which personality they like, whose grand vision they like, but who they think is going to get the immediatejob done . I dont think you can separate these questions. I think clearly for five years we have talked about on this programme when trump would hit that Tipping Point when the American People would stop believing or accepting what he says, when that teflon presidency would be seen for what it is and i think. Inaudible its taken a pandemic, its taken covid to expose that. Weve seen the numbers grow, the deaths grow. Trump insisting even this week the us is turning a corner when there is simply no evidence of that, in fact every indication is that things are getting worse, so
No one bbc news, now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello, and welcome to the programme that brings together some of the uks leading commentators and foreign correspondents whose stories are published back home dateline london. This week, is coronavirus extinguishing not only lives and jobs but also our appetite for polarised populist politics . Within days, if the polls are right, we could see the end of the extraordinary trump era. Here in the uk, borisjohnsons conservative party is five points behind in one poll and Jeremy Corbyn, labours former leader has been suspended from the party. Amidst a crisis, do we crave the conventional politics and duller virtues of competence and compassion rather than the swagger and promise of the populist . After the 2008 financial crisis, Angela Merkel in germany survived whilst other incumbent governments fell. Is that a template for how politics will settle after covid 19 . Joining me this week ned temko from Christian Science monitor, and Jeffrey
Hello, and welcome to the programme that brings together some of the uks leading commentators and foreign correspondents whose stories are published back home dateline london. This week, is coronavirus extinguishing not only lives and jobs but also our appetite for polarised populist politics . Within days, if the polls are right, we could see the end of the extraordinary trump era. Here in the uk, borisjohnsons conservative party is five points behind in one poll, and Jeremy Corbyn, labours former leader, has been suspended from the party. Amidst a crisis, do we crave the conventional politics and duller virtues of competence and compassion rather than the swagger and promise of the populist . After the 2008 financial crisis, Angela Merkel in germany survived whilst other incumbent governments fell. Is that a template for how politics will settle after covid 19 . Joining me this week ned temko from Christian Science monitor and jeffrey kofman, the north American Writer and broadcaster