This is gps, the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and Around The World. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york. Today on the program, the knesset votes to take away a key power of israels Supreme Court, and as Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm, the nations Political Center and left erupt in anger. Ill talk to the New York Times Paul Friedman about the politics involved and with his colleague Emily Bazilon about the legal issues. Then the secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on the good news and the bad news from americas Southern Border. Finally, did President Putin lose or gain power after prigozhins failed mutiny . Ill ask russian journalist in exile mikhail zigov. But first heres my take. The mysterious disappearance of chinas Foreign Minister qin gang is a timely reminder that the future of u. S. China relations will be determined not just by american policy and whats happening domestically in the United States such as the president i
Political enemies facing new charges and the potential for more, donald trump flexes his power over his party. The republicans are very high class. Theyve got to be a little bit lower class. Whats next, and up close and personal. Republican candidates take their message to key, early states. If i am the republican nominee, joe biden doesnt stand a chance. We, the people, can handle the truth. But can they overtake the frontrunner without taking him on . Ill ask gop president ial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie joins me to respond. Plus, just a number . Renewed concerns about aging political leaders as candidates on both sides say its time for a fresh start. We need to start getting d. C. In order. Do americans believe age is just a number. Democrat chris murphy is coming up. Hello. Im Casey Hunt In Washington where the state of our union is thinking weve seen this film before. The political world begins a new week as we have so many times over the past seven years under th
I think this is a witch hunt. hunter biden hasec broen the law he should be held accountable for it. i don t think he s being treated any differently than anyone else who has been accused of the crimes he s been accused of and he s had a lot of trouble in his life and joe biden has been open about it and he s shown concern to help hunter biden recover, but there s never been any evidence that joe biden has compromised his office. in fact, the very opposite, the evidence around the allegations republicans have made about hunt are biden s involvement in ukraine suggests that joe biden was working to root out corruption in ukraine as he consistently did as vice president, i think those facts will continue to come out. all right. connecticut senator, chris murphy, thank you very much for your time, sir. we really appreciate it. thanks, kasie. all right. here s some advice from ron desantis from his own party. if you find yourself in a
With a high fence. even some american policies that would provoke chinese opposition such as looming new regulations around u.s. investment into china are now being signaled to the chinese in advance in that particular case by janet yellen. there are still areas where the u.s. could make a more serious effort if the biden administration wants to have pris productive military to military dialogue, it would seem an odd way to signal that desire, far better to waive the sanctions so the two sides can talk and avoid misunderstandings on issues like taiwan, but the ball is really in china s court. unfortunately, chinese policy has been marked by an assertiveness and vel kosity that hasec broen sharply with the past three decades. xi has expansive claims for china and the south china sea, increased military activity around taiwan, clashed with
that conduct is not treated by the u.s. government as criminal conduct. i ve been asked in other context, isn t it true that the espionage statute has no carve out for journalists, that s true, but in my life time, the department has been news gathering and legitimate news covering is not covered and it will not be investigated or prosecuted as a criminal act. that s how it s thought of. so an investigative reporter celebrating the libertes at the washington post or at the lincoln journal star or the new york times trying to talk to people in the ic and getting the maximum amount of information they can, it is not for an american journalist to discern whether or not the number of the ic is leaking information that might be classified. the journalist can legitimately seek information and it s not job to police it. the member of the ic hasec broen the law. the obligation rests on those people who are in the government