The possibility of russian interference in the us electoral process. That is where you begin. You begin at a highly, serious level where you are protecting your National Electoral integrity. Then you have all of these revelations while tromp is in the white house. The quote that you just gave, that is in the quote that you just gave, that isina the quote that you just gave, that is in a white house document. The white house has said it is authentic. There was no question about what he said. What is interesting here is the sourcing of all of this stuff. It is coming from officials in and out of government. Most of them still serving officials and that, i think, is super important because it tells you there are people who are really worried about the conduct of the presidency and the way, notjust what he does, but why he does it and how he does it. He seems totally unable to separate anything that happens from himself. Its all about him. In the bids middle of these revelations, we have t
Really looking forward to our chat. First of all, tomorrows front pages. Starting with the telegraph, i believe. Theresa may writes in the the Sunday Telegraph that shell tell brussels that money paid in the past by the uk must be taken into account in the final divorce bill. The sunday times reports a tory wobble in the opinion polls, as cuts for elderly people slash theresa mays lead. It puts the tories on 44 , with labour on 35 . The observer reports that theresa mays school meals plan to hit 900,000 poor children, and there are concerns it could punish tory party target voters. The Dementia Tax Backlash is the mail on sundays headline, as the paper reports a survation poll suggesting the tories lead has slipped by 5 after its pledge to make elederly people pay for care but theyre still 12 ahead of labour. Shh mummy kate takes charge on pippas big day, the picture headline on the Sunday Express, is about duchess of cambridges sisters wedding. It isa it is a lovely picture. We will c
Air force one friday night, en route to saudi arabia, but his team was still trying to firefight the latest twist in the sacking of the fbi director, and the russia connection if there is one. I just fired the head of the fbi. He was crazy, a real nutjob, the New York Times claims he told the Russian Foreign minister, i faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. Well, if he did say it, that last part looks very premature. John mccain, the veteran republican senator, is among many to observe that this all feels horribly familiar. Stryker mcguire, they are all thinking of watergate. You were in the states, working as a journalist back then, all those years ago. Do you have a sense of deja vu . I was a mere child. Precocious journalistic talent journalists started at a young age back then. So, is it like watergate . No and yes. One thing is that watergate began with two break ins. May and june 1972. It built rather slowly, and the break ins themselves were rather inconsequen
Air force one friday night, en route to saudi arabia, but his team was still trying to firefight the latest twist in the sacking of the fbi director, and the russia connection if there is one. I just fired the head of the fbi. He was crazy, a real nutjob, the New York Times claims he told the Russian Foreign minister, i faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. Well, if he did say it, that last part looks very premature. John mccain, the veteran republican senator, is among many to observe that this all feels horribly familiar. Stryker mcguire, they are all thinking of watergate. You were in the states, working as a journalist back then, all those years ago. Do you have a sense of deja vu . I was a mere child. Precocious journalistic talent journalists started at a young age back then. So, is it like watergate . No and yes. One thing is that watergate began with two break ins. May and june 1972. It built rather slowly, and the break ins themselves were rather inconsequen
To dateline london. This week Donald Trumps travels abroad and trouble at home. Can one escape the other . And now britains Political Parties have published their manifestos, their contract with the people if we vote for one of them, just what are we signing up to . With me, David Aaronovitch of the times. Annalisa piras, the italian writer and film maker. Nabila ramdani, the algerian journalist. And stryker mcguire, london editorfor bloomberg markets. A warm welcome to all of you. Good to have you with us. Lets begin with donald trump, because he may have been Onboard Air Force one friday night, en route to saudi arabia, but his team was still trying to fire fight the latest twist in the sacking of the fbi director, and the russia connection if there is one. I just fired the head of the fbi. He was crazy, a real nutjob, the New York Times claims he told the Russian Foreign minister, i faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. Well, if he did say it, that last part looks