tuscany, the province of mosakacra, current population, just 15. it was about 300 in the 1950s. no electric, no indoor plumbing when renado was born. he had four siblings, was a shepherd, he was nevertheless able to emigrate to the united states where he became an orthopedist, one of countless american rags to riches stories. when i travel abroad, i often come home mindful of two things, first how insular we americans can be, inwardly focused and disconnected from global affairs, despite as tom friedman would say, the world being flat. and second i m always grateful to have been born here. this time, i had a third thought, for the first time in my life, i worry about our ability to stay in tact. leadership, incivility, polarization, immigration, violence, all very much on my mind. and recent data suggests i m not alone in my concerns. many of us have more fear than optimism about the united states. of course i m concerned about the economy, with the price of everything fro
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Director comey . No, sir. That is not accurate. Charlie the administrations credibility has been called into question. Joining me now from washington is bob cost of from the washington post. I am pleased to have you back on the program. Bob, what damage you think this is doing to donald trump, if any . Bob it is doing damage to him on several fronts. Within the white house it has tumult. Ome old the staff was unprepared, he made a personal decision with the attorney general and white house cose the party on capitol hillth feel they were given a curveball this week by this decision. They were not ready to talk to the president s decision or defendant in an articulate way. It gives disruption to his entire agenda as he tries to pursue health care and taxes. Now, all anyone is talking about in washington rsia and former director comey. Charlie why do they think he did it . My reporting and thosofy colleagues, it was the culmination of frustration, seething at times, anger about comey. The
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That is not accurate. Charlie the administrations credibility has been called into question. Joining me now from washington is bob costa from the washington post. I am pleased him back on the program. Bob, what damage you think this is doing to donald trump, if any . Bob it is doing damage to him on several fronts. Within the white house, it has used some tumult. The staff, in some respects, felt unprepared for this, the president made a personal decision with the attorney geral and white house counsel. But more broadly, thpay on capitol hill im just walked over from capitol hill they fe ty were given a curveball this week by this decision. They were not ready to talk to the president s decision or defend him in an articulate way. It gives disruption to his entire agenda as he tries to pursue health care and taxes. Now, all anyone is talking about in washington is russia and former director comey. Charlie why do they think he did it . Bob he did it because, based on my reporting and th