At grave risk, and in story after story this book chronicles how powerful players have hijacked the language of science to the detriment of we, the people, the essential bedrock of our democracy. Attacks on science and democracy are not new, though todays Political Climate brings them into sharp relief. Were witnessing the denial of facts and evidence, the dismantling of science and scientific the expertise in our federal agencies and the rollback of evidencebased public protections. The bottom line is that when science is sidelined in government decisions, people get hurt. And this assault poses an additional threat to our democracy. Indeed, the very fundamental institutions of our democracy our elected officials, appointed officials, our laws, our regulatory system, even the courts are under threat. Government is increasingly responding to the interests of the few over the interests of the many. Trust and confidence in our governmental and Public Institutions are eroding. Voter suppr
Im chuck todd joining me this morning are former White House Press secretary to president obama, robert gibbs. The cook political reports walker. Former chief speech writer for george w. Bush and columnist, michael gerson. Welcome to sunday its meet the press. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Its been a battle that has raged since isis shocked the world with its cult of violence and death. What should president obama call this enemy . Hes refused to use the terms islamist or radical islam. Insisting that were not at war with islam. But with some perversion of a great religion. Conservatives argue that in doing so mr. Obama is failing to recognize the true face of the enemy. So we wondered in this debate about semantics and security is there precedent for the president s position . We went back to the videotape and heres what we found. The terrorists do not speak for over a billion muslims who reject their hateful ideology. All is not the true face of islam. We are not at war wit
Fictional characters. Im chuck todd joining me this morning are former White House Press secretary to president obama, robert gibbs. The cook political reports walker. Former chief speech writer for george w. Bush and columnist, michael gerson. Welcome to sunday its meet the press. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Its been a battle that has raged since isis shocked the world with its cult of violence and death. What should president obama call this enemy . Hes refused to use the terms islamist or radical islam. Insisting that were not at war with islam. But with some perversion of a great religion. Conservatives argue that in doing so mr. Obama is failing to recognize the true face of the enemy. So we wondered in this debate about semantics and security is there precedent for the president s position . We went back to the videotape and heres what we found. The terrorists do not speak for over a billion muslims who reject their hateful ideology. All is not the true face of islam.
House press secretary to president obama, robert gibbs. The cook political reports walker. Former chief speech writer for george w. Bush and columnist, michael gerson. Welcome to sunday its meet the press. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Its been a battle that has raged since isis shocked the world with its cult of violence and death. What should president obama call this enemy . Hes refused to use the terms islamist or radical islam. Insisting that were not at war with islam. But with some perversion of a great religion. Conservatives argue that in doing so mr. Obama is failing to recognize the true face of the enemy. So we wondered in this debate about semantics and security is there precedent for the president s position . We went back to the videotape and heres what we found. The terrorists do not speak for over a billion muslims who reject their hateful ideology. All is not the true face of islam. We are not at war with islam. We are at war with people who have perverted i
House press secretary to president obama, robert gibbs. The cook political reports walker. Former chief speech writer for george w. Bush and columnist, michael gerson. Welcome to sunday its meet the press. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Its been a battle that has raged since isis shocked the world with its cult of violence and death. What should president obama call this enemy . Hes refused to use the terms islamist or radical islam. Insisting that were not at war with islam. But with some perversion of a great religion. Conservatives argue that in doing so mr. Obama is failing to recognize the true face of the enemy. So we wondered in this debate about semantics and security is there precedent for the president s position . We went back to the videotape and heres what we found. The terrorists do not speak for over a billion muslims who reject their hateful ideology. All is not the true face of islam. We are not at war with islam. We are at war with people who have perverted i