and then, you know, he said, well, why was that? i said, well, because the president put pressure on the olympic committee and we had to withdraw. and no response from president carter? jimmy put his hand on my shoulder, okay, okay. president carter put his hand on your shoulder there. julian, let me come back to you quickly. there is this unpredictability in connection north korea. there could be a missile launch, there could be a nuclear test. the commitment of the president to allow u.s. olympic team to go, he mentioned it yesterday. julian? oh, i thought you were going to play it. yes, i still don t think this is going to happen. we have to remember in 1980, the soviets had just invaded afghanistan and what carter was responded to. it was an act of aggression. right now we have the north koreans making all kinds of
julian, there is another aspect at play here and that is the government shutdown which is at risk on january 19th. senator dick durbin, number two democrat in the senate, we should say, is leading the negotiations on daca, we understand. he says there could be a government shutdown over this issue. is it going to go that far? we have seen the government shut down when republicans controlled congress and we could see that happen again. i think this is a test of the resolve of democrats. they have a lot of leverage right now and they have to make a decision are they willing to go that far in terms of a government shutdown? are they willing to go so far as to give president trump basically the entire immigration package that he has been asking for in exchange for a program that he dismantled. or do they want to use their leverage and hold out and insist, as republicans did when obama was president, that the
analyst and historian and professor at princeton university and kelly ann torrance. we will get to daca in a moment. i want to take a moment to jump off what jeremy was talking about. british prime minister theresa may was asked a question yesterday about trump s mental status. there were quite serious questions being raised in the states about his mental state. do you think they are serious? as i say, when i deal with president trump, what i see is somebody who is committed to ensuring that he is taking decisions in the best interests of the united states. she went on to say that is what she does. she takes decisions here in the uk on what we believe is in the best interests of the uk. so forming some commonality there, julian. she is seeming to back up the president. do we have a good grasp of what
for talks with south korea this week. their top goal? to get into next month s winter olympics which is held in south korea. that kromptprompted a tweet froh carolina s senator. quote. that suggestion of another u.s. olympic boycott likely triggered a certain reaction from fencing olympian greg who is on the phone bus and we also have historian julian zeleny. i want to start with you, julian. how is this you wiultimatum fro senator graham? it s not like north korea is hosting the olympics which
threats and it s not clear president trump would be behind this and it s not as if that is the host country. so i still think the odds of this happening are very low and the context is extraordinarily different from what was going on in 1980 at that key moment. we will see if senator graham, who mab playing a lhas more golf with the president tr tries to influence any editions of president trump. president carter says he regrets that boycott in 1980. julian zeleny and greg maz, thank you both. thank you. the nfl playoffs starting with a bang, andy shoals. really did. the titans make an epic comeback against the chiefs yesterday. you have to see the wild touchdown that sparked that really. we will have that for you next. . when i met my team at ctca, they put together a comprehensive plan,