Stephen, good to be back with you. Its great to talk to you. Now, you know Donald Trump well, you talk to him pretty regularly. Do you believe that he has been rattled by the transformation in the president ial Election Race that weve seen since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the democratic nominee . Well, i would say, stephen, yes and no. Its probably a bit disconcerting. I actually spoke to him last night by telephone. I got a sense that hes quite. Quite surprised and pleasantly surprised, i would say, by the pick of walz. You know, it doesnt seem like a smart political choice for the democrats a far left governor of minnesota who nobody really knows nationally, but has a very liberal record. The republicans are already calling him a radical. Theyve been calling Kamala Harris a San Francisco radical. So it doesnt seem to be a smart political choice. And i think the president. President trump, sees this as a great opportunity for his campaign. Well, its interesting that youve ali
Chris ruddy in florida, welcome to hardtalk. Stephen, good to be back with you. Its great to talk to you. Now, you know Donald Trump well, you talk to him pretty regularly. Do you believe that he has been rattled by the transformation in the president ial Election Race that weve seen since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the democratic nominee . Well, i would say, stephen, yes and no. Its probably a bit disconcerting. I actually spoke to him last night by telephone. I got a sense that hes quitequite surprised and pleasantly surprised, i would say, by the pick of walz. You know, it doesnt seem like a smart political choice for the democrats a far left governor of minnesota who nobody really knows nationally, but has a very liberal record. The republicans are already calling him a radical. Theyve been calling Kamala Harris a San Francisco radical. So it doesnt seem to be a smart political choice. And i think the president President Trump, sees this as a great opportunity for his camp
Tell you what a delight to welcome you tonight on this very special occasion. I want to express appreciation to our friends at the george w. Bush president Ial Library and cspan taping the lecture and were happy to have the director of the bush library. I wanted to direct your attention also to the major event that we have on december 7th, when Peter Baker of the New York times is going to be the guest of cph who will discuss his book obama, the call of history and also glad to tell you that Dday Trip of june 2018 is fully subscribed, but we are taking the names for 2018, and we have established a Scholarship Fund for this program so no student should not take this journey, because of financial aid. So if you would like to take a contribution to the fund, wed be thrilled. It is a personal pleasure to introduce this speaker, and it is hard to believe it has been since 2012 since he joined us, and the faculty of the george h. W. Bush school of government at texas a m, and it is almost as
Were live outside athens, greece, where flames are swallowing forests and villages whole and many are forced to flee for their lives. A disturbing milestone in Americas War with the coronavirus shows that the Delta Variant is winning the race right now. The u. S. Averaging more than A Hundred Thousand cases each day for the first time since back in february before vaccines were widely available. The worst of it is in florida where hospitalization records are being shattered both in adults and children. Florida also seeing its highest number of Weekly Covid cases ever. Still is states republican Governor Ron Desanta is rejecting Mask Mandates for schools. I have young kids. My wife and i are not going to do the mask with the kids. We never have. I want to see my kids smiling. I want them having fun. And in what might be the ultimate example of the glass being half full or half empty, the nations covid Vaccination Rate now stands at just over 50 , far short of the level experts say is ne
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