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john bolton ban talking about the monroe doctrine, which dates backo 1823. boltonthe monroe doctrine alive and well. fernandez: the monroe doctrine basically says the western hemisphere belongs to the united states. it's been used to justify u.s. invasions in latin america for more than a century. trp: we seek a peaceful transition of wer, but all options are open. nothing could be better for the future of venezuela and nothing coulbe better for the futu another ctive nation, cub trump: the dictator madu is a cuban puppet. pence: the peoplof venezuela are essentlly cuba's hostage. pompeo: cuba is the true imperialispower in venezuela. boltonif this afteoon, 20 to 25,000 cubans lt venezuel i think maduro would fall by midnight. [fernando speaking spanish] [both speaking spanish] [berriz speaking spanish] [doorbell rings] reporter: doctors and nurses from cuba touch down in milan. they're there to provide support and expertise to the hospitals in italy. [juan jesus speaking spanish] [juan jesus speaking spanish] [both speaking spanish] [muro speaking spanish]
john bolton ban talking about the monroe doctrine, which dates backo 1823. boltonthe monroe doctrine alive and well. fernandez: the monroe doctrine basically says the western hemisphere belongs to the united states. it's been used to justify u.s. invasions in latin america for more than a century. trp: we seek a peaceful transition of wer, but all options are open. nothing could be better for the future of venezuela and nothing coulbe better for the futu another ctive nation, cub trump: the...
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saddam hussein was kemp and stocks of chemical weapons at the time to stand he was china despite john bolton decision bolton told him that we don't know where your children. know shortly after that do us certain to withdraw funding from the always see the your p c w a so the obvious e.w. were literally forced to make us time to stand down and now we have fernando our units there and eastern one who needs to stand up when unfortunately you're asked to meet with a really great. that's how to say it. is being tested to see if if i mean the fact that the tribes are involved as well it probably ties the hands of the from the haven't properly and as you see a committee on tar's the army it was clear that the european institutions right now are still backing us agenda on this issue in relation to duma and us to decide. another important element as well as what actually happens is how it's reported because on a facts what the public's understanding of events is that the media is really not been adding much information about their whistleblower claims about claims that this isn't a straightforward as
saddam hussein was kemp and stocks of chemical weapons at the time to stand he was china despite john bolton decision bolton told him that we don't know where your children. know shortly after that do us certain to withdraw funding from the always see the your p c w a so the obvious e.w. were literally forced to make us time to stand down and now we have fernando our units there and eastern one who needs to stand up when unfortunately you're asked to meet with a really great. that's how to say...
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start maybe change that maybe something will happen that are going to stand that will change that john bolton the former george w. bush and donald trump of military buys to read out a full unconditional retreat of u.s. forces from afghanistan is reckless thinks john joe biden is leaving and 11 regardless of other considerations the war is over the afghan government will likely fall in the terrorists will enjoy a resurgence threatening america you know i'm getting real tired of the whole line of like oh my gosh the terrorists are threatening america at every turn and that's why we need to be overseas wasting countless lives and money and wars the again will never and so my frustration with that comment in john bolton in general. a member of the truman national security project what the organization does is put together policy minds as well as those who have served at various levels of the military and the majority of the organization agrees that this troop pullout is the thing that needs to be done and i've been talking about it for a very long time i do think that there are stability question
start maybe change that maybe something will happen that are going to stand that will change that john bolton the former george w. bush and donald trump of military buys to read out a full unconditional retreat of u.s. forces from afghanistan is reckless thinks john joe biden is leaving and 11 regardless of other considerations the war is over the afghan government will likely fall in the terrorists will enjoy a resurgence threatening america you know i'm getting real tired of the whole line of...
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security to i people who are powerful decision makers in washington also a lot less to susan rice and john bolton historically to politicians who are you know. this russian rhetoric alongside the names moscow explained that these individuals have been chosen precisely because they all bear responsibility for promoting america's anti russian policy direction i have to say this is a really strong move because usually such bans are done on the low down in the quiet that are not announced publicly so clearly the kremlin here is so frustrated by what's going on that it wants to make a really bold korea statement of not 10 american diplomats have been expelled 6 a number of american organizations suspected of interfering in russia's internal affairs have been told that they need to stop their activity and it was also made clear that if the u.s. continues to behave this way the more can and will be done including reducing the diplomatic mission here to just $300.00 and taking action that would be harmful to u.s. business interests so very loud very extensive announcement leaving the door open for an imp
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director of the domestic policy council susan rice former national security advisor john bolton and thehead of the f.b.i. christopher ray it comes as part of the retaliate story measures against the u.s. in direct response to new sanctions imposed yesterday thursday on moscow over alleged harmful activities russia's measures also include the expulsion of 10 u.s. diplomats and the possible reduction of the american diplomatic mission in the capital. down the years just how intertwined were washington's political elites and hollywood studio bosses are documentary starring in moment shed some light on specter of the dream infantry stay close. those who can the speculators and those are now the ruling elites of the world are the speculators. they can create bubbles it could be used cars this week it could be. next week it could be island somewhere in the pacific the week after that those are bubbles of the secular collapse and ultimately when the everything bubble collapses then we have the realisation that the economy died in 2008 we just haven't buried it yet. psychiatric drugs are essent
director of the domestic policy council susan rice former national security advisor john bolton and thehead of the f.b.i. christopher ray it comes as part of the retaliate story measures against the u.s. in direct response to new sanctions imposed yesterday thursday on moscow over alleged harmful activities russia's measures also include the expulsion of 10 u.s. diplomats and the possible reduction of the american diplomatic mission in the capital. down the years just how intertwined were...
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it's all predicated on a lie, a lie that's been called a lie by bill barr and mitch mcconnell and john bolton's in the new john boehner book, a law that is flagrant voter suppression, or a law that simply targets the kinds of voters that republicans tragically gave up on. young voters, black and brown voters, people that live in urban centers. how is it zooming through in all these state legislatures? >> because there is five republicans who let it go through the committee and four democrats. and hundreds of people who last thursday were here from 8:00 in the morning and we did not finish that bill, hearing testimony until 6:15 in the morning. and they passionately told stories about how their mother was a first-time voter. and she went to the poll and they found something wrong with her signature. it didn't match, her address didn't match. if it was after hb-6, she could have been prosecuted. so these are just fear tactics to make sure that the vote is suppressed. we keep hearing about this voter fraud, and it was witnessed and i saw it and it really, did you call the authorities and report
it's all predicated on a lie, a lie that's been called a lie by bill barr and mitch mcconnell and john bolton's in the new john boehner book, a law that is flagrant voter suppression, or a law that simply targets the kinds of voters that republicans tragically gave up on. young voters, black and brown voters, people that live in urban centers. how is it zooming through in all these state legislatures? >> because there is five republicans who let it go through the committee and four...
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completely scared of all of his foreign clients, and it created a muddle in which people like pompeo and john boltonwith giuliani, because they never knew whether they were dealing with the president's attorney or an attorney or representative of other clients, and that's why giuliani's in trouble right now. >> andrew kirtzmam, thank you so much for lending your decades-long perspective on this. >> thank you. >> radioactive to say at this point. >>> meanwhile hospitals overwhelmed as an explosion slams india. we'll speak of some of the horrors first hand next. >>> plus the insurrection, they're getting a lot of help, sometimes from the suspects themselves. what happens when we welcome change? we can make emergency medicine possible at 40,000 feet. instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron. we can create new ways to connect. rethinking how we communicate to be more inclusive than ever. with app, cloud and anywhere workspace solutions, vmware helps companies navigate change. faster. vmware. welcome change. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more lo
completely scared of all of his foreign clients, and it created a muddle in which people like pompeo and john boltonwith giuliani, because they never knew whether they were dealing with the president's attorney or an attorney or representative of other clients, and that's why giuliani's in trouble right now. >> andrew kirtzmam, thank you so much for lending your decades-long perspective on this. >> thank you. >> radioactive to say at this point. >>> meanwhile...
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. >> the he in that case is john bolton. i want to thank nicole wallace's team who put that mashup together. >> michael, can you give us a sense of what do we know about the contours? we know this is about foreign lobbying without perfect police. we presumed this is basically along the same lines of the impeachment, right? the contents of the first impeachment? >> and tied in with the case of lev parnas which came up several years ago. this is something that's been going on for a long time. the impeachment of trump was in -- it was the end of 2019, the beginning of 2020. it's hard to keep track, like i said, with the first impeachment and the second one and the such and the character. it's good to have a refresher. >> yes. >> this is an investigation that's been going on for a long time. it's looking at the questioning of foreign lobbying. giuliani's lawyer coming out and saying that, that was on the search warrant. saying they were also looking for communications with john solomon, a reporter who had done a lot of the ukrai
. >> the he in that case is john bolton. i want to thank nicole wallace's team who put that mashup together. >> michael, can you give us a sense of what do we know about the contours? we know this is about foreign lobbying without perfect police. we presumed this is basically along the same lines of the impeachment, right? the contents of the first impeachment? >> and tied in with the case of lev parnas which came up several years ago. this is something that's been going on...
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case in point, i thought about this, when we did the first john bolton on your show-- >> stephen: yesiginal, she's putting the chocolates in the thing, so we don't need to wait for anything. we came back, bolton's mustache was bigger and you and i would just not react to it. >> stephen: right. >> and that was funny with the sound off. so if i remember correctly, there was quite a lot of laughter that night. ( laughter ) >> stephen: but you're doing the podcast now and the sound, the only thing you get-- it's not funny with the sound off. >> yeah. >> stephen: there's no sound, there's no funny, how does that affect the way you approach-- >> well, then you go back in time. then you go back in time. then it's long-term rhythms and long-term sort of riffing on the high school water polo coach while your friends are stoned in the volkswagen bug and you're in the back seat. so no one can see you but you're just going on and on. and in the podcast world, a lot of people's earplugs, you're just going right into their brain rhythmically. that being said, we're taking a break and going to put a
case in point, i thought about this, when we did the first john bolton on your show-- >> stephen: yesiginal, she's putting the chocolates in the thing, so we don't need to wait for anything. we came back, bolton's mustache was bigger and you and i would just not react to it. >> stephen: right. >> and that was funny with the sound off. so if i remember correctly, there was quite a lot of laughter that night. ( laughter ) >> stephen: but you're doing the podcast now and...
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domestic policy adviser but she was barack obama's national security advisor and also sanctioned is john bolton former u.s. ambassador to the united nations of course and most recently until a fall out he was donald trump's national security adviser so those names cropping up because of sanctions on russian officials they're basically a list of people who have similar jobs to the ones who were sanctioned by the u.s. in march now russia are also says. he can go further if this escalates he could order the u.s. to reduce the number of diplomats it has working in russia to the same number that russia has working on you on in the united states that's about 100 or a 150 or so diplomats it hasn't gone that far yet because while they have now taken what they don't recall is they call this tit for tat measures there seems to be a hope that they can draw a line under all of this the foreign ministry here saying they don't want to see any further retaliation necessary and survey lavrov says they look they look kindly if you like or positively on joe biden's offer of a summit with vladimir putin some some
domestic policy adviser but she was barack obama's national security advisor and also sanctioned is john bolton former u.s. ambassador to the united nations of course and most recently until a fall out he was donald trump's national security adviser so those names cropping up because of sanctions on russian officials they're basically a list of people who have similar jobs to the ones who were sanctioned by the u.s. in march now russia are also says. he can go further if this escalates he could...
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can certainly count on brazil thank you very much so the world can count on brazil according to john bolton are the president there of the country was talking about the fact that brazil's fossil fuel history has only really contributed to one percent of greenhouse gases and they are spearheading their development in new energy sources where the biomass wind or water they also made a very significant statement about protecting the rain forest which is unusual considering we know and have reported on the many acres that have been burnt down in recent years of interest to see what reaction there is globally to that speech or as the day progresses now we'll move on to protesters who are demanding the release of 9 people including priests and nuns kidnapped in haiti catholic schools and universities of closed as part of a 3 day shutdown the gang is reportedly seeking ransom to free the hostages that they abducted more than a week ago a number of kidnappings in haiti has doubled in the past 12 months. despite the fact that we are suffering a lot from the priest apps and the kidnapping call track
can certainly count on brazil thank you very much so the world can count on brazil according to john bolton are the president there of the country was talking about the fact that brazil's fossil fuel history has only really contributed to one percent of greenhouse gases and they are spearheading their development in new energy sources where the biomass wind or water they also made a very significant statement about protecting the rain forest which is unusual considering we know and have...
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. >>> new polling this week by former trump national security adviser john bolton shows exactly whatut to prove that enthusiasm is waning for the former guy. people are not that into him anymore. fear of him among the gop is totally unfounded. from that poll, independents repelled by one thing, donald trump's personality, hold a 37% positive view of trump and 55% negative view of him. president biden with a net positive approval of 48% and 46% have an unfavorable account. that means trump upside down 20 points. among independents. which means one thing. loyalty and sub serve yens to trump is not the permission structure, not the excuse structure frankly it used to be and makes biden's approval ratings more ominous for republicans. joining us is tim miller. jonathan is still here. tim, i got on this call and i had a million questions. but what i wanted to know was, what is lumped into personality? right. is it the big lie? inciting a insurrection? it is all about it. independents do not like trump anymore and may have taken a few years but i think the harder question for republicans t
. >>> new polling this week by former trump national security adviser john bolton shows exactly whatut to prove that enthusiasm is waning for the former guy. people are not that into him anymore. fear of him among the gop is totally unfounded. from that poll, independents repelled by one thing, donald trump's personality, hold a 37% positive view of trump and 55% negative view of him. president biden with a net positive approval of 48% and 46% have an unfavorable account. that means...
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john bolton commissioned a poll to make the case that trump was in weakened position.s approval. but if you look underneath the poll, something like 48% of people that would vote in a republican primary would back trump. next closest candidate was 9%. it is just a replay of 2016, only worse for republicans that don't like trump. starts out in a more vulnerable position. >> and i guess i don't think it is what it was when he took over the party. i never accepted that he took it hostage because republican voters ran into his arms willingly. i guess the difference is qanon, there were more votes, not talking about qanon as it exists on social media, just talking actual elected officials that had to put names and votes down, more votes for margery taylor green, qanon, than liz cheney. more went on the record for the q lady than liz cheney. that's not something you can sort of work with. that's post trump lunacy. >> there's a couple of things. do people like liz cheney and others in the party say we need to work within the party, drag it towards us, do they step out of the
john bolton commissioned a poll to make the case that trump was in weakened position.s approval. but if you look underneath the poll, something like 48% of people that would vote in a republican primary would back trump. next closest candidate was 9%. it is just a replay of 2016, only worse for republicans that don't like trump. starts out in a more vulnerable position. >> and i guess i don't think it is what it was when he took over the party. i never accepted that he took it hostage...
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boehner joins a long list of republicans including bill barr, john bolton, mitch mcconnell at times,s can take some comfort in that long list of republican luminaries who say this was all a lie. >> absolutely. i think in this case, former speaker john boehner's voice is tremendously important because it is one thing to write a book about, and i think, as he said, the stories -- to tell stories of what he saw in his time there. i think it's impactful and powerful to pull that now forward and give what is happening now some current shape. i hope it puts pressure on republicans writ large but particularly republicans like the current minority leader, representative mccarthy, who has continued to deny and continued even after the insurrection, later that night, voting not to allow electoral votes from certain states to be counted. i hope there's that pressure point as well. that discomfort has to be felt by more than just a few people in order for the winnowing of this big lie to begin to happen. >> i mean, that's a longer conversation, robert gibbs, but i think he's still picking out th
boehner joins a long list of republicans including bill barr, john bolton, mitch mcconnell at times,s can take some comfort in that long list of republican luminaries who say this was all a lie. >> absolutely. i think in this case, former speaker john boehner's voice is tremendously important because it is one thing to write a book about, and i think, as he said, the stories -- to tell stories of what he saw in his time there. i think it's impactful and powerful to pull that now forward...
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we don't know what he does when john bolton called him.e don't know who -- what questions do you have about bill barr's leadership at a time when -- to dirty up joe biden? >> look, i always thought he was corrupt. look, if this was a mob movie, this is the montage at the end where you see the cops breaking into an italian restaurant in a hotel in a bar, and they're starting to take people out and people are screaming and yelling. this is the net closing down. the question is going to be whether or not our current justice department is willing to go all the way up the chain to bill barr. he was intimately involved in this entire process. he couldn't not be. if he tries to claim he didn't -- i didn't steal the 101 dalmatians, well, then why do you have all these leashes around? you clearly know what rudy giuliani is the doing abroad, if you set up a intake process. my question is, when did you set up the process? how much information did you take in during the vetting process? and how much coverage did you provide for rudy giuliani when othe
we don't know what he does when john bolton called him.e don't know who -- what questions do you have about bill barr's leadership at a time when -- to dirty up joe biden? >> look, i always thought he was corrupt. look, if this was a mob movie, this is the montage at the end where you see the cops breaking into an italian restaurant in a hotel in a bar, and they're starting to take people out and people are screaming and yelling. this is the net closing down. the question is going to be...
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for president, and they're able to read the cross tabs of a couple polls that came out, one is john bolton'shat liz cheney and this other person can read a poll faster and better than other republicans who are marching along like zombies. he's losing his grip on the party, challenging an election result that was certified by republican after republican governors and secretaries of state. he doesn't look like a leader, he looks weak. i know the loyalty is there among kevin mccarthy and others, but there are people taking the off-ramp right now. >> another set of numbers, an msnbc news poll came out and 50% of republicans their main allegiance is to the party versus 44% to trump over party. i want to say that again, we say on air how trump controls the party and 76% would vote for him, of course, a blank piece of paper there. but liz cheney is ahead of the curve. to weave all the stories of today together, as we look at the success so far of joe biden, the acceptance in the polls of his programs if we look at the insurrection, the populist not buying the big lie that the republicans are still
for president, and they're able to read the cross tabs of a couple polls that came out, one is john bolton'shat liz cheney and this other person can read a poll faster and better than other republicans who are marching along like zombies. he's losing his grip on the party, challenging an election result that was certified by republican after republican governors and secretaries of state. he doesn't look like a leader, he looks weak. i know the loyalty is there among kevin mccarthy and others,...
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. >> well, and phil rucker, it's so upside down and backwards, and i was on this call with john boltonosing his grip on the gop, underwater with independents. if the election were held today, he would lose by even more but the subservience and the attacks on liz cheney seem to be intensifying. >> that piece in "the new york times" by robert draper, a fantastic read, it paints this picture of how even after donald trump left office, no longer the president, the republican party remains the party of trump and not just the party of trump but is built almost entirely around his personal following. there's virtually no difference between liz cheney's views on the issues, her ideology, than the other republicans in congress, and yet they're at war with her simply because she chose not to believe donald trump's lies. and it shows you that even with him out of office, he is the beating heart of the republican party. and he may be unpopular with independents, he probably would lose to biden again as you just said, as the polling would indicate, and yet almost all of those house republicans are
. >> well, and phil rucker, it's so upside down and backwards, and i was on this call with john boltonosing his grip on the gop, underwater with independents. if the election were held today, he would lose by even more but the subservience and the attacks on liz cheney seem to be intensifying. >> that piece in "the new york times" by robert draper, a fantastic read, it paints this picture of how even after donald trump left office, no longer the president, the republican...
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trumpism may be ebbing a little bit, but you look at these polls, john bolton did this super pac poll which was clearly done designed to show that trump's support was fading, but even in that poll they tested 2024 nominees and trump was 48% and the next closest person desantis was at 9%. very reminiscent at 2016, he's not over 50, but eventually they just coalesce around him. his power is still very tangible. it's obvious with lindsey graham doing these golf outings. i'm not sure he fades that quickly. it could be this persists through 2024 when he has to make a decision whether he runs for the presidency. >> well, this morning, we are learning new details about president biden's address to a joint session of congress tonight. a key theme will be a government that works. one white house official said the address will be something of a victory lap on his administration's handling of the pandemic. vaccination campaign and the immediate impact of the american rescue plan including the stimulus checks. it will also be a, quote, sober assessment of what we've been through. and a, quote, cl
trumpism may be ebbing a little bit, but you look at these polls, john bolton did this super pac poll which was clearly done designed to show that trump's support was fading, but even in that poll they tested 2024 nominees and trump was 48% and the next closest person desantis was at 9%. very reminiscent at 2016, he's not over 50, but eventually they just coalesce around him. his power is still very tangible. it's obvious with lindsey graham doing these golf outings. i'm not sure he fades that...
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general michael bolton testifying before the congressional committee about the intelligence and operational failures that led to the january 6th insurrection. what are we looking for? >> johnthe operational failures as well as the intelligence failures leading up to and on the day of the insurrection. let's talk about the operational challenges they faced. the i.g. has pointed out that they had operational problems for months concerning their civil disturbance unit. the unit that would have been responsible for a riot. they did not have a standard operating procedure in place that had been rescinded in summer of 2020. they were supposed to come up with a new one. they never did. we will also likely hear him talk about other operational challenges such as failing to keep critical equipment, and temperature controlled settings. now, on the day of the riot operationally more failures, leadership apparently told some of the officers on the ground responding to this riot not to use their less than lethal options, things like stun grenades, things that may have arguably helped them control this crowd as this crisis was beginning to unfold. on the intelligence side, he points out
general michael bolton testifying before the congressional committee about the intelligence and operational failures that led to the january 6th insurrection. what are we looking for? >> johnthe operational failures as well as the intelligence failures leading up to and on the day of the insurrection. let's talk about the operational challenges they faced. the i.g. has pointed out that they had operational problems for months concerning their civil disturbance unit. the unit that would...
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when john bolton was about to become the national security adviser, mr. kahl quite reasonably stated on social media, quote, we are going to die, end quote. to my knowledge, we are not dead. and mr. kahl is very much alive despite john bolton being appointed as a staffer in the united states government. he also claimed that the republican party had a, quote, death cult fealty to former president trump. these statements and many more make it difficult to conceive of a circumstance in which this nominee could successfully forge a productive relationship with members of the republican party in the senate or the house or anywhere else for that matter. mr. kahl's ranting and raving on social media in 2017 may have even gone from offensive to criminal on several occasions. it appears that several of mr. kahl's tweets did i have have you think or -- divulge or confirm classified and sensitive information. i joined 17 of my fellow senators in requesting a full f.b.i. investigation into this very serious and troubling matter. no vote should occur until that import
when john bolton was about to become the national security adviser, mr. kahl quite reasonably stated on social media, quote, we are going to die, end quote. to my knowledge, we are not dead. and mr. kahl is very much alive despite john bolton being appointed as a staffer in the united states government. he also claimed that the republican party had a, quote, death cult fealty to former president trump. these statements and many more make it difficult to conceive of a circumstance in which this...