i think our political systems are being stretched. we are pretty much in the uk to what you call a constitutional crisis. we zriedon t have a constitutio tun folds in a different way. but we re seeing a very big shake-up of an existing political structure because of a lot of deep factors. climate is one of them but it s not the technological revolution, people are feeling the foreign policy shift, the shift between the u.s. and china. there are big, big factors going on in the world that are shaking up today s political system. and it s not going to change from today to tomorrow. thinking that a new president or a new prime minister would mean that this was all over i think would be a mistake. all right. zanni, always great to have you on the show. we ll be reading the new issue of the economist. jon meacham, thank you as well. and we have a big lineup straight ahead open morning joe. joining us this morning, all three of president trump s 2020
if the u.s. does nothing, there s a risk of escalation. both sides, particularly the u.s., is in a tricky situation. and it s tough when you hear the trump administration suddenly talking about the importance of the united nations and alliance building. it s quite difficult to see how the u.s. gets out of this box. zanni, spoken for some time on this program about how iran far from being wide i d aeyed ad radical have played their cards for a long time, a regime that s not only survived but thrived in the world s most tur mumultuous region. why would they take these saudi
44 past the hour. live look at the white house this morning. world leaders gather at the united nations this morning and a big focus of the general assembly this week will be on addressing climate change. at the same time, president trump will be holding his own rival event in a conference room in the same u.n. complex. his, quote, historic counter programming announced just one week ago includes speaking to evangelical leaders and activists at the global call to protect religious freedom event. joining us now, editor and chief of the economist, the magazine s latest edition highlights the climate issue as new york city kicks off climate week today. zanni, much to talk about, but why don t we start with the rising tensions between saudi arabia and iran because this morning breaking news iran finally allowed the british
person. reporter: they were bar tnding that night at the route 91 festival. zanni tried to help the injured. even during the day i feel like i m still having nightmares, flash backs of what happened and things that i felt you could ve done and didn t have enough time to. maybe saved more lives. i carried all that weight with me. reporter: there s no clear motive as to why this guy did it. which is one of the biggest thing. if we had a reason of why it happened, it would put some of us at a little bitof peace. reporter: millions have already been raised by the charities of the state but given mostly to the families of the dead and the physically injured, the need goes on. there are thousands of people who are at that concert who are in need of financial assistance to help with things like medical bills and mental health treatment. brian claypoole was there at