and the legacy of colin powell. should we admire him as a soldier and statesman? weapons of mass destruction or deride him for that u.n. speech? then we will check in on the troubling condition of afghanistan under the taliban two months after the fall of kabul. and with kati marton, we will discuss angela merkel s 16 years in office and what her pending departure means for europe s future. but first here s my take. are we returning to the 1970s as several commentators have recently claimed? there are surprising similarities, the humiliating withdrawal from afghanistan echoes the u.s. defeat in vietnam. prices are rising along with demands for higher wages, even as economic growth is stalling. a new economic superpower is challenging america s supremacy. back then it was japan, now it s china. on closer examination, however, 0 most of these analogies turn out to be superficial. but there s one where the powers are striking and that one should worry the biden admin
and we ll examine the ever-increasing military might that might back up those intentions. and the legacy of colin powell. should we admire him as a soldier and statesman? weapons of mass destruction or deride him for that u.n. speech? then we will check in on the troubling condition of afghanistan under the taliban two months after the fall of kabul. and with author kati marton, we will discuss angela merkel s 16 years in office and what her pending departure means for europe s future. but first here s my take. are we returning to the 1970s as several commentators have recently claimed? there are surprising similarities, the humiliating withdrawal from afghanistan echoes the u.s. defeat in vietnam. prices are rising along with demands for higher wages, even as economic growth is stalling. a new economic superpower is challenging american supremacy. back then it was japan, now it s china. on closer examination, however, most of these analogies turn out to be supe
welcome to prime time weekend, and i am alex wagner. let s get right to the week s top stories. the banks and financial institutions that lent donald trump hundreds of millions of dollars to help build and expand the trump brand? they cannot be happy right now. will any of them really want to loan donald trump any more money? could they start demanding he pay back the money he owes them presently? well, there is actually a historical precedent for all of this. back in the early 1990s, trump s business empire was on the brink of insolvency. he had stretched himself thin, with casinos in atlantic city and a fancy yacht, and for whatever reason, his own airline company. trump had borrowed a ton of money from the banks to pay for all of this. and these businesses were not doing well, so the banks got together and decided it was time to rein in donald trump s finances. trump had long cast himself as a winner. now he was looking like a loser. as quickly as the banks l
welcome to prime time week, and i am alex wagner. let s get right to the week s top stories. the banks and financial institutions that lent donald trump hundreds of millions of dollars to help build and expand the trump brand, they cannot be happy right now. will any of them really want to lone donald trump any more money? could they start demanding he pay back the money he owes them presently? well, there is actually a historical president for all of this. back in the early 1990s, trump s business empire was on the brink of insolvency. he had stretched himself thin, with casinos in atlantic city, and a fancy yacht, and for whatever reason, his own airline company or. trump had borrowed a ton of money from the banks to pay for all of this. and these businesses were not doing well, so the banks got together and decided it was time to rein in donald trump s finances. trump had long cashed himself as a winner. now, he was looking like a loser. as quickly as the banks loved h
bizarre, right, in the middle of downtown chicago. they also at that museum have the actual apollo 8 spacecraft. not a replica, the real apollo o module, the thing. they also have this terrifying mirror maze that i can t even look at pictures of without th getting my stomach twisted up. my worst nightmare. the museum of science and industry in chicago, and they have many cool things you can see and touch and get inside and ride around in. but undoubtedly, the craziest thing is this, a real life german u-boat. they sunk thousands of allied ships including lots and lots of american ships. by 1943 the allies had hunter killer task forces assigned to go find u-boats anywhere in the world and sink them because they were so dangerous. because they were doing so much damage, not just to allied military vessels but even to st merchant ships everywhere.se 1943, they had hunter killer task forces looking for u-boats everywhere. by 1944 one particular u.s. navy hunter killer task force