let's discuss all of this with fareed zakaria, host of "fareed zakaria gps."od to have you on the program. you watched the moment earlier today where once again, the u.s. president turned down, in effect, the opportunity on continued russian interference in u.s. elections and i just wonder, does a u.s. president, in effect, taking putin's side here, does it weaken the u.s. standing with its allies here and even perhaps with russia? >> i think it's bad all around because the russians have been doing it not just in the united states but in europe, they've been doing in ukraine very heavily and in every one of those cases, it is contrary to u.s. interest. here, you have a situation where the president of the united states is not acting in the national interest of the united states, because of this personal hang-up he has that it would seem to legitimize the idea that he was helped in his election, which he was, so it's unfortunate, but it is completely predictable. i don't think anyone expected that donald trump would suddenly turn around. it's also more than tha

. >> i want to bring in the host of cnn's "fareed zakaria gps," fareed zakaria.know it's bad unless you listen to it? is that the way that vetting intelligence from foreign adversaries works? >> well, it could be the weather report. who knows what it is. that seems to be donald trump's defense now. all i meant is that i would read it to literally tell whether or not it was, you know, the newspaper or the weather or actually intelligence. no, i mean, i think this is as close as you will get to donald trump saying he was wrong, which is to say he will never say he was wrong, but what he's saying now is essentially the opposite of what he said to george stephanopoulos. >> it is the opposite and it does force one to question which one to believe because before he was explicit on whether or not he would report it to the fbi. he made a point of lying about whether he has reported anything to the fbi before. he says in my life i have never reported anything to the fbi. now he's saying, of course i would. >> i think what's puzzling about it is i wondered whether the reac

the house speaker sits down with cnn's fareed zakaria this hour as she warns president trump doesn't know right from wrong and is insulting democracy. is pelosi any closer to supporting an impeachment inquiry tonight? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we're following multiple breaking stories including sarah sanders' just announced plans to leave her job as white house press secretary at the end of the month. the trump administration is now directly blaming iran for an attack on two tankers in the gulf of oman near the iranian coast. and the president is defending his bombshell admission that he'd likely accept foreign dirt on a 2020 opponent and not necessarily inform the fbi. top democrats are warning mr. trump its a threat to national security while only a few republicans have even come close to publicly criticizing him. o first, let's go to our white house correspondent kaitlan collins. sarah sanders' public profile has been diminished with white house briefings virtually now nonex

fareed zakaria is here, the host of cnn's "fareed zakaria gps." always a pleasure. good to have you on. the president announcing today what he calls hard-hitting sanctions against iran's supreme leader and his associate. it comes after he halted that military strike. did he do the right thing? >> look, he halted the military strike because he said he didn't want 150 people to die. he seems to have been surprised to learn that military strikes actually involve killing people, that people die. the sanctions that are in place in iran probably -- i haven't done the calculations, but i think it's fair to say almost certainly will kill several hundred, maybe thousands of people over the next few months in terms of depriving people of medical supplies, food, nutrition. and when you do a military strike, the people you are killing will tend to be iranian soldiers, military officers who are, you know, volunteering to take part in iran's military struggle. the people you kill when you impose sanctions are the most vulnerable people in society. these are the poorest people, th

the speaker telling fareed zakaria she's holding firm in her decision not to hold an impeachment inquiry. fareed is with us. you sat down with nancy pelosi, the house speaker. let's get into what she said about impeachment and then we'll talk. >> i don't think there's anything more divisive we can do than to impeach the president of the united states. you have to handle it with great care. it has to be about the truth and the facts to take you to whatever decision has to be there. it should by no means be done politically. you shouldn't impeach politically. you shouldn't not impeach politically, but we must always remember we have a responsibility for oneness because that is the strength of our country. >> despite the pressure within her caucus, she's not budging on this impeachment issue. >> i think one of nancy pelosi's great strengths is she thinks two or three steps in advance. it's easy to get fought up in the fervor. i think what she's thinking through is look, the impeachment hearings unlike water gate will not reveal new things. robert mueller spent 18 months carefully looking th

fareed zakaria, one of the best, guess who he interviewed? >> let me guess, nancy pelosi?oing to share it. you won't believe what she said. that's all i'll say. >> i was wondering why i was embargoed. >> you'll get to hear about impeachment, how she feels, is she evolving, who knows? fareed zakaria asks all the questions. >> an exclusive look with fareed and captain ugly. >>> hyperpartisan times, no question about it. there's a lot of selective outrage when it comes to the antics of this president. for all those crying but hillary, but hillary. there's certain things we can break down and know as a matter of fact. let's get them straight next. what bad back? advil is... relief that's fast. strength that lasts. you'll ask... what pain? with advil liqui-gels. here are even more reasons to join t-mobile. 1. do you like netflix? sure you do. that's why it's on us. 2. unlimited data. use as much as you want, when you want. 3. no surprises on your bill. taxes and fees included. still think you have a better deal? bring in your discount, and we'll match it. that's right. t-mobile

>> fareed zakaria always good to get your take. thank you. >> pleasure. >> even though president trump has had plen of world issues to attend to in week at the g-20 we know he's had at least one eye on the democratic detects. the first night he tweeted this one worded review. >> boring oh. on the second night he clearly found himself feeling sorry for joe biden. >> i thought she was given too much credit. he didn't do well. certainly. and maybe the facts weren't necessarily on his side. i think she was given too much credit for what she did. wasn't that outstanding. and i think probably he was hit harder than he should have been hit by -- i thought he was hit harder. >> let's do our own little debate deconstruction with cnn predictle writer and analyst ryan lizza and washington correspondent for new york magazine olivia knitsy. who do you think turned in the best performance overall, ryan, you first. >> i think i'd give it to elizabeth warren. even though the first night is sort of a little bit more forgettable after the fireworks

. >> and fareed zakaria is with us. this is off the cuff to quote the president and it sure seemed that way because you had senior officials scrambling. does this kind of method, while unprecedented, unusual, does it work? >> well, i don't think one should instinctually be opposed to everything donald trump does. so it could work. presidents have been impulsive and instinctive and sometimes those traits are useful. the part that i worry about other than the fact that there is a kind of high wire act to this, because it is somewhat unscripted is that president trump has been consistently more eager to do this deal than the other side. so he has given away what we're often regarded as rewards in return for pretty much nothing. so the united states president meeting with the leader of north korea was regarded as a plum prize that no administration had granted. the president gave that away. the united states president visiting north korea was regarded as a great prize and that was given away for nothing. the reason this is

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i'm fareed zakaria. the retaliatory attack that was called off. two nations brought to the brink of war. how did they get there and what would a war between the two look like? and water shortages in capetown. does the answer i'll take you through this wild idea. but first here is my take. the massive protest we've been watching in hong kong highlights something we often tend to forget, the fragility of the chinese political system. china's rise has been something of a miracle. it is quite simply the most successful case of economic development in human history. the country's gdp has grown around 10% a year for 40 years, moving more than 850 million people out of poverty. in doing so, china has also proved to be the greatest exception to a near iron law of politics. decades of political science and research have shown that there is a fairly strong connection between economic growth and democracy. as countries modernize their economies, typically they're also forced to change their societies and eventually their political systems to make them more o

i'm fareed zakaria. ♪ today on the show, the president meets the queen. ♪ >>> trump is about to embarka state visit to britain, a nation beset by brexit bedlam. then he'll travel to europe, a divided and politically conflicted continent. we'll preview the trip and the hornets nest he'll be walking into. >>> also, 30 years since this haunting photo. 30 years since chinese troops entered ten m eed tiananmen squ opened fire. 30 years later, how much has changed, how much has stayed the same. nick cristophe and jyang phong join me. >>> and finally from the global public square to the extraterrestrial one. are ufos a real phenomenon? the u.s. government may finally be seeing the light. >>> first, here's my take. last week's election results for the european parliament were mixed which meant that every side could claim a victory of sorts. right-wing populists did gain ground but so doid some left parties. the only clear conclusion is that the traditional parties that dominated politics since 1945 continued to see their appeal wither and their power wane. but elections are often lagging indic

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i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live. >>> today on the show, trump and mexico. who won, who lost? and will this deal solve the migrant crisis? also the trump administration's middle east plan. . will it be dead on arrival? the man with the plan, jared kushner, has cast out on whether palestinians are capable of governing themselves. i'll talk to palestinian official hanan ashrawi and dan senor. >>> while in britain and france this week the president talked a lot about iran. >> iran, iran. >> always a chance of more of what he said. what is iran's reaction to his rhetoric? we'll find out. >>> finally on this weekend i'll make the case for four day work week year round. >>> but first, here's my take. donald trump declared victory in his war with mexico, of course. though he appears to a have won little more than renewed assurances that his government would get tougher on migrants from central america. he did achieve one thing with his bullying behavior by threatening tariffs that are likely in direct contravention of trade rules. he has undermined one of the most impressive american

earlier i spoke with cnn's fa e fareed zakaria and got his reaction to that moment. >> the sad thing president trump did was entirely predictable. he just can't get over the idea that any kind of serious conversation about this and any serious push back seems to legitimize the view that the russians helped him get elected. which they did. that part of the mueller report is clear. you know, what is not clear is whether there was collusion on the trump campaign's part. >> related to this issue of russian election interference, i want to remind our viewers, donald trump said there were a couple of former presidents that he talks with. president trump called jimmy carter to discuss u.s. and china trade talks. listen to what president carter said friday. >> there's no doubt the russians did interfere in the election. i think the interference, although not kwaun tie tied he was put in office because of the russian interference on his behalf. >> you feel president trump is an illegitimate president? >> based on what i said, i can't retract. >> fareed, a former u.s. president questioning the

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i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the show, north korea and iran. trump's radically different approaches to his two biggest nuclear problems. a friendly meet and greet in the dmz with kim. as words of war fly back and forth with tehran. i will talk to the iranian ambassador to the u.n. and with a great family. >>> but first, here's my take. given president trump's mean spirit and often bigoted attitudes on immigration, it pains me to say this, he is right. democrats might hope that the out of control situation at the southern border undermines trump's image among his base as a tough guy who can tackle immigration. but they should be careful. it could actually work to the president's advantage. since 2014, the flow of asylum seekers town the united states has skyrocketed. last year, immigration courts received 162,000 asylum claims. a 240% increase from 2014. the result is a staggering backlog with more than 300,000 asylum cases pending and the average immigration case has been pending for more than 700 days. it's also clear that the rules surroundin

i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live. >> today on the show, madam speaker. i will talk to the speaker of the united states house of representatives. nancy pelosi. the most powerful elected democrat talks trump, immigration, and foreign affairs. also, hong kongers fight back against mainland china. but can they win this battle against the beijing behemoth? we'll talk to one of the key leaders of the protests. and the man, the myth, the enigma. just who is kim jong-un? who is this brutal dictator that donald trump says writes him beautiful letters? the definitive biography. >> but first, here's my take. this week, we watched an unusual spectacle. the foreign minister of germany, one of the united states' closest allies went to tehran and announced that a european payment system designed as an alternative to the dollar would soon be ready. the dollar's dominance in global transactions which is a huge benefit for america and americans will be hard to displace. but this is a warning sign, the canary in the coal mine. america's closest allies are working hard to f

i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live. >>> today on the show, trump and mexico. who won, who lost?solve the migrant crisis? also the trump administration's middle east plan. . will it be dead on arrival? the man with the plan, jared kushner, has cast out on whether palestinians are capable of

i'm fareed zakaria. today on the show, trump and mexico. who won? who lost? and will this deal solve the migrant crisis? >> also, the trump administration's middle east peace plan. will it be dead on arrival? the man with the plan, jared kushner, has cast doubt on whether palestinians are capable to have governing themselves. i'll talk to palestinian official hanana sclouy and dan seymore. while in britain and france this week, the president talked a lot about iran. >> iran. iran. iran. iran. >> there's always a chance of war, he said, but he would prefer to talk to tehran. what has iran's reaction been to all his rhetoric? we'll find out. >>> finally, on this summer weekend, i'll make the data-driven case for a four-day workweek year round. >>> but first, here's my take. donald trump declared victory in his war with mexico, of course. though he appears to have won little more than renewed assurances that its government would get tougher on migrants from central america. but he did achieve one thing with his bullying behavior, by threatening tariffs that are

i'm fareed zakaria. ♪ today on the show, the president meets the queen. ♪ >>> trump is about to embarkn, a nation beset by brexit bedlam. then he'll travel to europe, a divided and politically conflicted continent. we'll preview the trip and the hornets nest he'll be walking into. >>> also,

. >> fareed zakaria, just the point on jared kushner.at in. >> well, he clearly still has enormous -- he wants to do, the president allows him to do. it's so unusual in the sense that president's use ats who they want to use. franklin roosevelt, this guy, harry hopkins. henry kissinger was natural. he would do things without telling the state department, without telling the secretary of state. it makes policy making much messier, much more complicated. if you can pull it off, and if you can get success, sometimes that helps. so far, they haven't been many successes. the mexicans are such an imbalance of power. if you look at the trump -- sort of the unorthodoxed efforts the trump administration has had, whether directly or through the president, sort of maximum pressure and then hope for a deal, hasn't worked in north korea, hasn't worked so far in china, hasn't worked much with the europeans, hasn't really worked with the canadians, the only case in which you can sort of make the case it worked is with the mexicans, i don't think that's

. >> i spoke to cnn's fareed zakaria about tonight's special report.rity? >> well, he is a very learned and intelligent man. he does it very cleverly and with sophistication. he talks about iq scores and genetic clusters. for most people, they are dr drawing on an old tradition. you have 250 years of slavery in this country. in order to perpetuate those kind of different treatments for different people, we built up an ideology that says that whites were superior, more intelligent, more advanced, more civilized. in a strange sense, buried under dunde underneath, he's tapping into a darker part of it. >> what's driving it? >> there's some very deep-rooted fears that have to do really with replacement, with the trend lines that the census bureau has been reporting for 20 years. the increasing number of minorities who are becoming a larger and larger part of america. one has to admit the election of a non-white president somehow focused all this. barack obama became the sort of symbol for many people of what was going to happen to their world, a world in w

. >> i spoke to fareed zakaria last week and he thinks there's more of this coming and they're bac basicallyeezed and trying to get themselves out of it. >> that's true, there is a historical precedent for this. you go back to '86 and '87, similar situation, and we ended up, if i recall, escorting ships and reflagging kuwaiti ships and this sort of thing to get them through the strait of hormuz. i don't think iran wants a conventional war with the united states, but they feel as though they're being pushed around and they're trying to push back. >> dr. clapper, the acting defense secretary answered this. the recent iranian attacks validate the reliable, credible intelligence we have received on hostile behavior by iranian forces and their proxy groups that threaten united states personnel and interests across the region. what is the message here, doctor? >> we're messaging all around here, and i think we're trying to message back a thousand troops. pretty modest. i wouldn't be surprised if at least some of them are intended for what's called force protection. you know, shades of benghazi sor

i'm fareed zakaria. today on the show, trump and mexico. who won? who lost?l this deal solve the migrant crisis? >> also, the trump administration's middle east peace plan. will it be dead on arrival?

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i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live. >> today on the show, madam speaker.d states house of representatives. nancy pelosi. the most powerful elected democrat talks trump, immigration, and foreign affairs.

i want to get you to rct to something fareed zakaria wrote in "the washington post" earlier thiseek. ifhings continue to spiral downward in america's southern border seems out of control, trump's tough retoric and hardline stance will become increasingly attractive. the rise of populism in the western world is almost everywhere, tied to fears of out of control immigration. his point being this, that thed crats have to also have a plan to figure outhi tincrease in my grags, itimmigration. it's happening all over the world. some of it's impacted by climate change. others, authoritarian rule. what does that plan look like in a castro administration? asked.glad you as you probably know, chuck, i was actually the first candidate in early april to put out a comprehensive immigration plan, and my first answer would be if you're out there and you're saying, whatn the world is going on? 144,000 people came to the southern border last month. i agree with you. we need to address this. but there's a smarter, more effective, and more humane way toess this. i'll give you an example of that. we've

i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live. >> today on the show, madam speaker.ates house of representatives. nancy pelosi. the most powerful elected democrat talks trump, immigration, and foreign affairs. also, hong kongers fight back against mainland china. but can they win this battle against the beijing

she has made this point in ways and that interview with our colleague fareed zakaria, she's saying, thisncing test between the constitutional authority to impeachment and the responsibility of congress to sort of hold the fraying republic together. so i take your point, jeffrey, but there is a point when her caucus will put that pressure on. >> and if i add to that, jeffrey, because you're a math whiz you understand that the hundred or so people who have not said i want to start impeachment, it is not because they're necessarily opposed to impeachment, it is because they're just not there yet. some of them are dimet -- dio metrically opposed but it is not cut as dry. >> and clearly, chris cillizza, the speaker doesn't want to be the former speaker. she wants to be in the majority in the house of representatives and she and her supporters are deeply concerned that if the impeachment process begins and fails, doesn't go anywhere, this could backfire politically and the democrats would lose control of the house. >> no question. and i would say politically speaking, that is not the only way

the house speaker sits down with cnn's fareed zakaria this hour as she warns president trump doesn'tinsulting democracy. is pelosi any closer to supporting an impeachment inquiry tonight? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we're following multiple breaking stories including sarah sanders' just announced plans to leave her job as white house press secretary at the end of the month. the trump administration is now directly blaming iran for an attack on two tankers in the gulf of o

i'm fareed zakaria. the retaliatory attack that was called off.two nations brought to the brink of war. how did they get there and what would a war between the two look like? and water

i'm fareed zakaria. we start with the downing of the u.s.'s attack that was called off. two nations called to the brink of war. how did they get there and what would a war between the two look like? >>> and water shortages are plaguing cities from chanai to cape town. does the answer involving towing massive