Country as we know it. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. To our viewers in the United States and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. Up first, a busy hour, highstakes confrontation. President trump gave the go order thursday for strikes targeting Iranian Missile batteries and installation and within minutes to spare, he aborted the mission. The president decided in the end it was not proportional. Everybody was saying im a warmonger and now they say im a dove. And i think im neither, if you want to know the truth. Im a man with common sense. Thats what we need in this country is common sense. I didnt like the idea of them knowingly shooting down an unmanned drone and then we kill 150 people. I didnt like that. Now, we know the president s Top National Security advisers favored the targeted strikes and those competing views are on public display today. His remarks to reporters yesterday, the
people like nancy apelosi calling him. i m not sure because the comments he made leaving the white house were after he spoke to her and on the drive over to camp david the president tweeted there would be this two-week delay. the question is, do morgan get to president or is he going the way of kevin mcelhaney. is he willing to give democrats anything? to get more of what he wants, he has to give them some of what they want. up until now, the answer is no. up next, the 2020 democrats get ready for their first debates. politician say the darned esz things. this week the stress-eating situation. when you re a vegan, that means lots of veggies on the go. any kind of fast food. i love a good hamburger. you can t beat a burger. a baked potato. kind bars are my comfort food. so much comfort food. i have no comfort food.