minister boris johnson hold on? in hindsight i will talk about all of that and more with richard haass, anne applebaum and david miliband. also, stocks are volatile, inflation is stubborn, oil hits seven-year highs and china s growth starts to slow. what is going on with the economy? now we need to get inflation under control. i will talk to rana foroohar of the financial times. but first here is my take. what does vladimir putin want? it s a question washington finds hard to answer because, let s face it, we americans rarely put ourselves in other people s shoes. two important essays by dmitri trennen in foreign affairs provide some clues. both suggest that putin has stated power for over 20 years not by being a reckless gambler but rather by being careful, even rational. trenen points out that putin has watched four waves of nato expansionism since he took power. his military incursions have usually been reactions to events rather than grand initiatives of h
and white house cleanup efforts, which is not to say that president biden s missteps are meani meaningless, they do matter, but do they matter as much as pocketbook issues? this brand-new nbc poll shows what matters most, only 22% of americans saying the country is on the right track. many feeling the pinch of inflation, one of the pollsters described america as divided, doubting democracy and tuning out. that last part is really interesting, tuning out. quoted nbc, interesting in the upcoming november midterms is down, not up. people aren t paying attention to what might happen ten months from now. they re tired, demoralized, some are just tuning out the news. with that in mind what was the most surprising story this week? well, i would nominate the successful launch of the government s website for ordering free covid tests. it s surprising partly because it took so long, two years into the pandemic now they re finally doing it and it s coming after the latest surge in many
You could make a very good case, human watch human watch human rights watch. human rights watch. that s what i m searching for. they have said it s very high on the list of the worst human rights abusers, when you consider its size and influence it may rank first on that list. right. people are more aware of it now than they were. it s almost impossible to paper it over. and we don t know what athletes will say or do, that s the x factor for nbc. the ioc makes it a policy that they don t approve of political statements during an olympics. that genie is going to be out of the bottle to a certain extent. has to be. bob, thanks for being here and previewing this for us. good to see you. coming up, inside politico s newsroom with founding editor john harris. he has a warning for news rooms. vo: so when my windshield broke. i found the experts at safelite autoglass. they have exclusive technology and service i can trust. singers: safelite repair, safelite repla
I m brian stelter live in new york and this is reliable sources. with he cover the story behind the story and figure out what is reliable. this hour, did sean hannity betray donald trump? did trump dis hannity? new text messages rereal the truth about their fake friendship. plus bob cost has is here, we re talking about why the upcoming olympics will be like none he has ever covered. later i m going back to school for an education about news literacy. see what these eighth graders are learning about misinformation and why they can hopefully help us all in the future. blue john harris and more. but first, the press corps priorities versus the public s priorities. do reporters and viewers care about the same things? and when there s a mismatch, what should the media do differently? i would wager to say that the press cares a lot more than the public about gaffes and gripes
The line especially nbc universal given it s incredibly expensive contracts to broadcast the games, $12 billion through 2032. nbc has a lot on the line and there are already a lot of questions about how it s going to treat the host country. how it s going to talk about china. whether it s going to address human rights abuses and other matters. with me now legendary broadcaster bob costas, veteran of nbc, he has hosted 12 olympics. now you are with us here at hbo hosting back on the record on hbo. bob, i know you are asked about the nbc and you still have a lot of friends there. sure. what are you hearing about the unique challenges covering the beijing games? we should preface this by saying no one could have anticipated covid, no matter what the venue s but the ioc deserves all of the disdain and disgust that comes their way for going back to china yet again. they were in beijing in 2008,