Stronger ties and present a united front against china, russia and north korea. The Faulkner Focus and im john roberts in for harris. The setting for the summit camp david. President s Retreat In The Woods of maryland. Historic grounds have witnessed major strides in american diplomacy. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby with this. This is the culmination of months and months and months of work not just by the United States but by south korea and japan to improve their relationships. They are operating more together. They are communicating more together and looking for ways to deepen their own cooperation because they see much of the same things we see in terms of the threats and challenges. So there is a lot of common interests, common shared goals here that we will pursue. John he referred to the decades of disagreement between japan and south korea. One headline says President Biden looks to cement a fragile truce. Mike pompeo says the true gamble is the impact on china.
times on the stand. people inside the courtroom said rudy giuliani would just sit there looking on with little reaction. what do you make of that as somebody who knows a court room, that does not seem to be a good way to win a case to look on stoically as these two compelling witnesses cried. unless you are contemptuous of the system which rudy apparently is, he said he hopes to get an appeal so he can get a fair trial before a fair tribunal record and i don t know what that looks like, even if he got an appeal. certainly this was a fair proceeding. he is just tap dancing and the music is stopping. giuliani, and we discussed this he was supposed to testify he said he was going to testify and he had evidence to back up his lies and he did not takes the stand in his own defense that would have been unwise but he was still doubling down about the falsehoods of these women. the judge rebuked him saying it could lead to another defamation case he keeps lying about these women
election. we also that the grand jury waaa empaneled by a soros funded d.a. called alvin bragg, who looks and acts like ta tawanna brawley era, alvidenc sharpton. so we would assumee on the bass of that evidence that it s pretty likely trump does get charged with something at some point. but charged with what? in a fre that s the question. that should matter in a free country, laws or universal laws apply to all citizens equally precisely because all citizens i are considered equal forou generations. this was very obviouss to ami to american liberals. in fact, iact was the basis ofel their worldview that was back when liberals opposedas jim crow.om and we re notet tryinhing cg to reinstate it as something called equitequiy. we are not liberals, but we retain the traditional american view, which is that laws must be applied equally or else they are not laws at all. justice must be blind or elsejut it is tyranny. so we spent the day with helpp f staff toyer on our staff t
the reason is simple, russia is for big. ukraine is too simple. russia itself is the largest country on planet earth with a relatively huge economy for the region and 145 million people who live there. ukraine has a population of about 40 million. it s the poorest country in europe. it s got an average annual income that s much lower than albania s. so just by looking at the most basic wikipedia numbers, if ukraine remained a sovereign country, ukraine it would have to reach a negotiated settlement with russia. pitch battles were not going to do it. that s not a moral judgment. you can root for the ukrainian military all you want. it s still a fact. the second thing that was immediately evident about this war was how unusually destructive it was, and was going to be. it wasn t just ukraine that was getting pummeled, though it certainly was, it was the entire western economy, including our economy. russian energy fuels europe. a recession in germany was certain to lead to a re
the lead slightly. even if they win all 28 toss-up races it is not enough to keep republicans out of the majority in the house. dana: is this a blip or something bigger? democrats are hoping for the latter but republicans aren t buying that. we have had a summer of strength and we re going to buck history by making history. in the last few weeks past historic legislation to lower prescription drug costs, capping seniors out-of-pocket costs, combating climate change. republicans aren t going to win this election because we re laser focused on what the american people actually care about. they want security and safety. democrats are not delivering that. bill: a new nbc poll does not bode well for the party in power. 3/4 of americans say the country is going in the wrong direction. more than half say america s best days are behind it. depressing. election night 11 weeks away from now. dana: reaction from senior correspondent josh. peter doocy is on vacation in delaware.