and this is strategic communication. it was an interview with the newly appointed minister of culture and strategic communications of ukraine mykola tochytskyi. watch the full version of this conversation on the platforms of the ukrainian voice of america. rave, poetry and arthouse on film. in in los angeles, young ukrainians organize parties to raise money to help the armed forces. they say, in this way, they not only collect money to help ukraine. but also introduce visitors to modern ukrainian culture. khrystyna shevchenko met with the organizers of such parties. for most americans, rave parties are hardly associated with ukraine. however, sasha and sonya, who met in los angeles , remember their active life in kyiv with nostalgia. i went to america when i was 17 years old. i didn't have any training yet, no work, i was. a party girl, she went for a walk around kyiv with friends, to parties, and how can you say, this was my life, loud parties in sonya’s life returned when the girl moved to los angeles, but here the for

troops so that every ukrainian is sure that he is reliably protected, i believe that the strategic communications, which are components of the comprehensive support of any military operation, they must also be developed. and they include strategic communication , including work with the media, therefore, in military affairs, all aspects must be given their due. sir sergey, why do you think you were fired? well, there are grounds on which decisions were made, and the decisions were not made by me. why were you fired and, or why were you given the opportunity to serve in the army at the disposal of the minister of defense of ukraine? this is all a decision of the military leadership. i am a soldier of my army, i, when aggression continues in... against ukraine, my place in the armed forces of ukraine. could it be somehow related to zaluzhny's resignation? well, there were rumors that there would be a team change. in general, in military affairs, there is no such understanding as a team. zaluzhny's team or the team of another military leader, there is a provision on military service. military person

of troops so that every ukrainian is sure that he is reliably protected, i believe that strategic... communicationsonents of the comprehensive support of any military operation, they are so themselves must be developed, and strategic communications include work with the media, therefore, in military affairs, all aspects must be given their due. mr. sergiu, why do you think you were fired? well, there are reasons why... a decision was made, and the decision was not made by me, why was i dismissed and or why was i given the opportunity to remain in the army at the disposal of the minister of defense of ukraine, this is all the decision of the military leadership, i am a soldier of my army, i am when the enemy’s aggression against ukraine continues, my place in the of the armed forces of ukraine, and this could be somehow... related to the resignation of the lieutenant, well, there were rumors that there would be a change of command, in general in military matters, well, there is no such understanding as the command, the command of the lieutenant or the command of another military leader , is provisio

with serhii zhukov, a deputy of the kharkiv regional council, an employee of the center of strategic communications and information security, we will also talk about the fact that kharkiv is preparing for the most difficult winter that awaits them ahead, what is this preparation, we will also ask about that, and in general, what is happening in kharkiv region, we are waiting for mr. serhiy on our airwaves, i don't know, let me know, or not. is still in touch with mr. serhii. dear friends, in the meantime, i will remind you, this is a reminder that we do every day and several times, in order for as many people as possible, because sometimes someone can say: listen, well, we're already fed up, well, that's enough, we've already heard this announcement, but well, i understand that there are people who, for example, us are turned on now, and there are people who will turn on the espresso tv channel in a few hours. therefore, for different people who have the opportunity to watch at different times. our ter reminder about the assembly needed already yesterday, needed for our defenders, needed for them t

in collaboration with the international community we are engaged in strategic communication and coordinatingindependent sanctions of these activities have -- as the top priority. and once that's done as to what kind of actions to be taken, i will have to repeat the principle that i've already told you about. thank you. >> thank you all. >> this election that c-span delivers something different. not just the presidential race but the state races that will decide the balance of power in congress. no political pundit, no spin, no commercial. just the candidates, the results, and you. follow c-span this election night beginning at 7 p.m. eastern live tuesday on tv, online or on the free c-span no video app. >> attention middle and high school students across america. it's time to make your voice heard. c-span studentcam documentary contest 2025 is here. this is your chance to create a document that can inspire change, raise awareness and make an impact. your documentary should enter this year's question, your message to the president, what issue is most important to you or your community? whethe

we are engaged in strategic communication and coordinating economic sanctions. all of these activities has the deterrence of that situation in mind. and as to what other actions could be taken i have to repeat the principle i've already said. thank you. >> thank you, all. >>

mark lauter, who has worked as an assistant to the president and the vice president and was strategic communications director for the trump 2020 campaign. welcomed all of you, thanks for joining me together. >> yeah, appreciate it. olivia, let's start with you. and at this point, with what we saw last night, and the contrast, why it is important to you to be advocating for harris? >> look, someone who lived the trumpet ministration all four years, firsthand. i started my tenure at dhs and then served under mike pence, and what i saw from donald trump day in and day out was chaos, instability for the country, and fundamentally, i just felt that he is truly unfit for office. so i felt it is my duty as someone who served in national security to really take a stand for our country and make a difference here, to do everything i can to make sure he does not return. >> do you take the recent valves, which we can get into, but talking about citizens as enemies, abusing power, do you take it as campaign rhetoric lexi or should people take it as a literal warning? >> absolutely not. i think you should take it

now be giving military support to russia video provided to cnn by the ukrainian center for strategic communication and information security appears to show north korean soldiers receiving russian uniforms and equipment at a training ground in far east russia. >> south korea's spy agency says pyongyang has sent 1,500 north korean troops to russia in what seen as the first step in a plan to help bolster russian troops following significant losses in ukraine cnn's mike valerio has more from seoul nis saying it observed not just one, but seven russian ships transporting 1,500 north korean special forces troops to russian military bases. >> these troops from north korea personally inspected by north korea's leader, kim jong un the national intelligence service says, and the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, warning others, warning fellow world leaders a few days ago that he's anticipating not just these 1,500 troops, but up to ten 10,000 north korean troops to help russia in its invasion. the north korean special forces troops, according to south korea's national intelligence service, are being

and this we come with a bill of course, and we have also within, i'll a strategic communication make clear to the public that we have to do more for security and defense and diffusion in general and rigorous opinion. the creation of the 1st of a commission, the 4 defense in brussels, is a clear signal that d u is stepping up when it comes to security. the war in ukraine, he says, is change the mindset in europe. meanwhile, russia is hosting this year's summit of the bricks, countries which stands for brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa. together with 5 other members, the block makes up well over one 3rd of the world's population. and economic output . the block considers itself a counterpart to the western world order led by the us. russell holds the rotating german trip up the block this year for president vladimir putin. the summit is a chance to show that he's in fact not isolated on the world stage. despite sanctions over russia's war in ukraine, major bricks, countries like china and india have become big buyers of russian oil and political backers of the kremlin. uni

he previously served as strategic communication advisor to the iraqi prime minister from 2020 to 2022a has already been involved for long by the militias there, the iraqi militias there, hezbollah and other military factions. they have been targeting israeli sites for long now, and from the other side, israel have been retaliating against them as well, and we remember the last time when israel targeted iran, the iranian embassy, we had an attack by iran against israel. right. so how volatile is it all feeling, is it feeling like there is a spread in the sense, things have been going on, but the countries we have been primarily thinking about and focusing on the likes of lebanon, iran, gaza, does it feel like things are becoming wider and escalating more widely? it seems to me that the regional conflict has already been expanded over the region and in different countries. now we have military groups in lebanon, syria, in yemen targeting israel constantly. we have the development of direct attack by iran on israel, and after a year of war in gaza we are still seeing reports of hamas ope

ministries, i have an open question, why the ministry of culture and now the ministry of strategic communicationsalso not pro... working effectively in this direction, i have huge questions, why the issue is blocked , the actual bill on admin fines, i have a huge question, moreover, i'm sure, and i've already talked to people, about, for example, this bill, which today is not yet registered but will be registered that there is also huge opposition and lack of understanding even of the specialized committee of the verkhovna rada of ukraine, why it is necessary, well... the last thing, we see that people's deputies who are famous for their pro-russian narratives, in particular maksym buzhanskyi, have already written a number of posts about this today , such a thing, unfortunately, we have a minute to the end, christina, if you want to say a few words about this, and we will, i want to say a few words: don't be divine, we support healthy class initiatives that are long overdue. and very please support people who speak ukrainian, no matter how it sounds, but they still need support in our country, in

diplomacy, because this is a very... difficult question, we have now the ministry of culture and strategic communicationss headed by a staff diplomat who must understand how to speak with foreigners, because we need to not only express our emotions and channel them, but we also need to work effectively, so as to convey some messages so that they work, and i would be interested to hear the opinion of the minister regarding this performance of anna, to what extent... it could be effective in the sense of cultural diplomacy, well, roman balayan also received an award this week oleksandr dovzhenka, became a laureate, the award is given out for his contribution to cinema, but we have many such awards, i am in film awards, literary awards, urban awards, precisely for his contribution to literature, cinema, theaters and so on, here mr. roman received such the award, well... here, you know, there is one ironic moment, because one of mr. roman's most famous films, flight in the spring and nava, is a ukrainian film, but it is forbidden to be shown in our country, why, because there were two films at once actors, t

cultural diplomacy, because this is a very difficult issue, our ministry of culture and strategic communicationsy a staff diplomat, which must understand how to talk with foreigners, because we need not only to express our emotions and channel them, but we also need to work effectively in order to deliver some messages so that they work, and here i am it is interesting... it would be interesting to hear the opinion of mr. minister regarding this performance of anna, as far as it could be effective in the sense of cultural diplomacy. well, roman balayan also received the oleksandr dovzhenko award this week and became a laureate, the award is given for his contribution to cinema, but we have many such awards, film awards, literary awards, city awards, precisely for the contribution to... literature, cinema, there, theaters and so on, mr. roman received such an award, well, here, you know, there is one ironic moment, because one from mr. roman's most famous films, flights in the spring and nauvoo, this is a ukrainian film, but it is forbidden to be shown in our country, why, because two actors appe

she retired as head of langley's strategic communications. in 2007. together, their contributions to space exploration and our understanding of the universe are innumerable. they proved an unassailable fact. our diversity is a strength. e pluribus out of many. one. these incredible women laid the foundation for some nasa's greatest achievements. today we honor them and recommit to illuminating the journey of all americans whose stories would otherwise be hidden all congressional gold medal honorees confronted the dual challenges of racism and sexism at the beginning of their journey in jim crow america. there was no evidence to believe that those black women would have a realistic path to succeed at highest level of our space. but faith is the substance of things hope for and the evidence of things not seen? and these four extraordinary women had faith. faith the power of american exceptionalism, faith their brilliance, faith in their creativity, faith in their faith in their excellence, faith in our future and faith in god. and look at what the lord

diplomacy, because it is very difficult question, we now have the ministry of culture and strategic communicationshe staff. a diplomat who must understand how to speak with foreigners, because we need not only to express our emotions and channel them, but we also need to work effectively, so as to convey some messages, so that they work, and i would be interested to hear the opinion of the minister regarding this performance of anna, how effective it could be in the sense of cultural diplomacy, well... roman balayan also received the oleksandr prize in our country this week dovzhenka became a laureate, the award is given for his contribution to cinema, but we have many such awards, i am in film awards, literary awards, city awards, precisely for his contribution to literature, cinema, there theater and so on, mr. roman received such an award, well, here, you know, there is one ironic moment, because one with her... this is a ukrainian film, but it is forbidden to be shown in our country, why, because there were two actors at once. we have such a law, there is a black list from the ministry of cult

she retired as head of langley's strategic communications. in 2007. together, their contributions to space exploration and our understanding of the universe are innumerable. they proved an unassailable fact. our diversity is a strength. e pluribus out of many. one. these incredible women laid the foundation for some nasa's greatest achievements. today we honor them and recommit to illuminating the journey of all americans whose stories would otherwise be hidden all congressional gold medal honorees confronted the dual challenges of racism and sexism at the beginning of their journey in jim crow america. there was no evidence to believe that those black women would have a realistic path to succeed at highest level of our space. but faith is the substance of things hope for and the evidence of things not seen? and these four extraordinary women had faith. faith the power of american exceptionalism, faith their brilliance, faith in their creativity, faith in their faith in their excellence, faith in our future and faith in god. and look at what the lord

it has given up on the ability of strategic communications even through. also it is and it is a adamant that it will play its own game by its own rules and declare victory. even c, c r. e, you said that as well as not interested in communicating and yet, but it also doesn't want a total victory of hezbollah on what do you mean by those 2 things which seem to contradict each other. you know, i think is ro, again, is on, has his own agenda and is of likes to present this agenda is though. ready it is some of the initiatives in the groundbreaking interface with the insurance is the israel is, sees itself as responding or filling up the cracks that appeared in the is early metaphorical wall of separation that has always been off around as well as others not engage. think about the rain in to have difficult relationships with a lot of their neighbors slash enemies slash partners. there any is always engage. so based on the ground, they're always talking this on doesn't talk is or does it engage? so it's all doesn't want to vanquish, that's by law. it doesn't wa

as cultural diplomacy, because it is a very difficult issue, we now have a ministry. and strategic communicationsed by a staff diplomat who must understand how to talk with foreigners, because we need not only to express our emotions and channel them, but we also need to work effectively in order to convey some messages, so that they work, and i would be interested to hear the opinion of the minister about this performance of anna, as effective as it could be. in the sense of cultural diplomacy, well, roman balayano also received the oleksandr dovzhenko award this week, he became a laureate, the award is given for his contribution to cinema, but we have many such awards, film awards, literary awards, city awards, precisely for his contribution to literature, cinema, theater and so on, here mr. roman received such an award, well, you know, there is one ironic... moment, because one of the most famous films of mr. roman, flight in visna and nauvoo, is a ukrainian film, but he banned from being shown in our country, why, because two actors, tabakov and nikita mikhalkov, appeared there at once, we ha

he previously served as strategic communication advisor to the iraqi prime minister from 2020 to 2022we start with this issue of syria? we are hearing for example seven children killed in an attack by israel, israeli sources telling the new york times they were targeting a hezbollah member out near the iranian embassy. does this mean now that we see syria being involved and indeed the conflict has widened? thank you for havin: conflict has widened? thank you for having me — conflict has widened? thank you for having me and _ conflict has widened? thank you for having me and it _ conflict has widened? thank you for having me and it is _ conflict has widened? thank you for having me and it is a - for having me and it is a pleasure to speak to you. syria has already been involved for long by the militias there, the iraqi militias there, hezbollah and other military factions. they have been targeting israeli sites for long now, and from the other side israel have been retaliating against them as well, and we remember the last time when israel targeted iran, the iranian embassy, we had an

we are engaged in strategic communication and coordinating economic sanctions. all of these activities has the deterrence of that situation in mind. and as to what other actions could be taken i have to repeat the principle i've already said. thank you. >> thank you, all. >> a live picture from lee's family form in henderson, nevada where donald trump is holding a campaign rally. we will have live coverage of that when it begins here on c-span. ♪ >> ♪ pour me something tall and strong make it a hurricane before i go insane ♪ discussing ballot initiatives. according to the ballot initiative strategy center there are 147 ballot measures on the ballot next tuesday in 41 states. joining us is the founder and editor-in-chief of -- news. let's begin with abortion ballot measures. how many states have them and what do most of them do. guest: there are 10 states with abortion-related measures on the ballots. in all 10 states there is a measure to protect abortion rights. to codify it in state law. there is one state that also has a ballot measure restricting abortion ri

let's cross over to beirut and speak to andrea tenenti, chief of strategic communications at the unitedce in lebanon. thank you forjoining us. we were looking at some satellite imagery in the last hour, and it looks like it's really forces are coming ever closer to the positions of europe peacekeepers. how much of a concern is this? we peacekeepers. how much of a concern is this?— concern is this? we are highly concerned _ concern is this? we are highly concerned about _ concern is this? we are highly concerned about this - concerned about this development, especially in the last few days with the movement of idf troops close to our positions, close to the blue line, to this nonexistent border between the two countries. the line that we have been monitoring for several years, and now the idf enter inside lebanese territories and we are concerned for our troops on the ground. they have informed us several days ago, they asked us to move from some of our positions along the line but we are remaining and staying. there was an agreement with the other trips from different countries, there a

let a spring in settle down podcast cohost and former white house secretary strategic communicationsector. thank you for coming on. i'm going to play some sound. this is democratic congresswoman tina smith talking about tim walz and the debate prep. watch. >> tim should not get caught up in all of that. he needs to be focused on what matters to americans and their lives. i think when people see him doing that he does not need to be perfect he needs to be real. that is what i think people are looking for. >> trace: does he need to be real? a lot of people do not really want to see the real tim walz thinking if he lays out all of his far left policies it will not be pretty. >> you know we are not getting real kamala or tim walz. they have made that perfectly clear by flip-flopping on nearly every policy known to man. the american people are not falling for it. let's talk about the news today and the union workers going on strike. that is one of the most lawyer basis to the democrat party. that is the heart of the democrat party. they are turning away from kamala harris and tim walz. i

let's bring in a former white house deputy strategic communications director along with a former whitese spokesman, the trump 2024 surrogate, thank you both for coming on. i want to play some sound because kamala harris has clearly said that ron desantis is selfish. joe biden said this today... >> the governor of florida has been cooperative, he says he got all that he needs and talks began yesterday. i said you're doing a great job, you're getting it done well. we thank you for it. >> harrison, you talk to the number 1 person, you don't talk to the vice president ever, that's not the way this thing works and she knows that. >> i worked for the congressman when hurricane ian hit florida. bresson biden was on the ground, kamala harris was nowhere to be found. the reality is the president of the united states is responsible for these things, kamala harris is nowhere to be found. and when hurricane helene hit, she was in california raising $48 million in two swanky fund-raisers, she is also now doing the call her daddy podcast and is on the view when more americans are facing hurricanes.

with us today is vice president of strategic communications at boaz public affairs group pete -- andwn steven hyatt -- shareholder al moder. thank you both for being here on a saturday. really appreciate your time. >> great to be here. >> my pleasure. jacqui: all right. want to start with this news that impacts harris. so, al, i'll go to you. the international association of firefighters decided that they were not going to endorse a candidate. that comes as a surprise from the union that was one of the first out of the gate the to endorse joe biden in 2020 to. an embarrassment for the harris campaign after a she mocked j.d. vance, or her campaign mocked j.d. vance when he was booed at their conference last month, and it's all on the heels of the teamsters also deciding not to endorse a a candidate. if you ec trap late this out, i mean -- extrapolate this out, the decision from the executive board was a margin of 1.2 where they decided not to endorse, but if you extrapolate that out to the broader electorate, that shows trouble for harris. can she come come this when you see working c

. >> planning, planning for president biden meghan hays and strategic communications expert for former republican strategist and pollster lee carter. guys, thanks for coming in. meghan, you called this a pre-trump era debate walz looked nervous especially off the top everyone saw that the way jen psaki described it, her take was she the way she put it as missing the magic and the organic spontaneity of tim walz. what did you see last night? >> yeah. >> i think he was absolutely nervous. i mean, i would also be very nervous on that stage as well. and then he got into his groove and i think he did very well. i think that the highlights for him or obviously the issues on reproductive rights, i think he was very strong mare, i think he pushed back really appropriately on immigration and some other top areas. i do think that that hits shining moment where the dials really high according to a lot of the polls, were the last question about if he can stay that donald trump lost the election. and i think that the independent voters and these swing states, that's what people are noticing. do the

ben rose is the final advisor for strategic communications and speech writing under president bo barackou think about where we're at right now? >> i mean, we're basically living through the worse case scenario, chris. because everywhere this escalates it gets worse. a strike on iranian oil fields hugely disruptive to obviously energy prices. incentivizing them to throw all caution to have the wind in their responses. they could hit other gulf oil fields they've threaten to do that in retaliation. they could go after military in iraq. hezbollah could become fully mobilized in terror. it's hard to see where this is going. when you have to come out the day you said something else it's never good. >> yeah, i mean, i was pushed back a little bit because i think we do have an end mind on this. from the beginning they said, look they're going to go hard at gaza and we're going to tolerate a certain level of civilian casualties. extraordinarily high. we haven't quite seen at this level in recent times. and at some point, we're going to try to get some deal that gets the rest of the hostages hom

mark lauder, who worked as an assistant to the president and the vice president and was strategic communicationsump 2020 campaign. welcome to all of you. thank you for joining me together. >> thanks. >> appreciate it. olivia, let's start with you, and at this point, with what we saw last night, and the contrast, why it is important to you to be advocating for harris? >> look, as someone who lived the trump administration all four years firsthand, i started my tenure at dhs and served under mike pence and what i saw from donald trump day in and day out was chaos, instability for the country and fundamentally i just felt he's truly unfit for office. so i felt it is my duty as someone who served in national security to really take a stand for our country and make a difference here to do everything i can to make sure he doesn't return. >> do you take the recent vows, which we can get into, but talking about citizens as enemies abusing power, do you take it as campaign rhetoric or a literal warning? >> i think you should take it for what it is. donald trump tells us what he's going to do. he says it

i'm also in the graduate program here for mass communications and strategic communications. i have a few different internship experiences, like a lot of people in this room. i worked with my local congressman. i did two different internships at two different advertising agencies, and i was also a semester at the political association. i have dabbled in digital in a couple of different fields. >> i am emily cars. i am a gw alum. i graduated from the school of public health and health services. i came here and decided politics was not a direct way enough to help people, and i was going to become a doctor. then i got sucked into my first campaign in 2010 and i have in some fashion been working on campaigns ever since, except for a brief stand on the hill. so, i'm excited to be here and i am creative director and a full-service digital shop called image. and i have got so many thoughts to share with you. >> we cannot wait to hear them. >> everyone in this room has some sense of digital ads are, what they do, and this is not the first election cycle they have been around. when yo

with ayisha mills, democratic strategist and marc lotter, former trump 2020 director of strategic communications i usually look, this is an important moment. you had liz cheney with this introduction formally with her endorsement of harris appearing together at a county that was the birthplace of the republican party, setting up the vice president to give a 20-minute address for the nation to hear how impactful is what we just heard. from cheney with that full-throated endorsement, reaching out to republicans to moderates listen, erin, when she categorized donald trump as being someone who has depraved cruelty. >> that's the language that xi used to praise cruelty. i got chills i think it's very impactful to hear her who let's be clear, she is not a progressive republican by any stretch of the imagination. this is someone who probably fundamentally disagrees with the biden agenda and certainly with many of the things that harris is proposing that she would do when she becomes president but at the core of it is really this question that we have right now before us about what america we want to be

. >> with us now, democratic strategist, julie roginsky and marc lotter former strategic communications director for the trump 2020 campaign. >> she was sort of you because you spent ten years going on fox a lot and i don't want to ask it from a media perspective that's reliable sources per view there. thank god, we have brian for that. but from a political standpoint, the idea of harris going on fox, what do you think she got out of it? >> i'm not so sure that she got anything out of it. i understand the purpose which was to show that she can go into the lion's den and talk to people who may be curious but not obviously hearing information from fox that she wants them to hear. if you're watching fox at this point, i don't know that you're curious about anything other than you want to go out and get out and vote for donald? trump and look, brian was right to appoint and this is a political thing that harris needed to understand the tail wag the dog at fox news. and i was a fox from 2004 all the way through trump's election. and i can tell you i saw what happened over there, which is tha

here now, cnn political commentator karen finney and strategic communications expert and former republican strategist and pollster lee carter. as someone in this sandwich generation, i want to be careful how i say this, because all my parents and in-laws are watching this. it is something that we are concerned about is care for seniors and aging parents. it is worth noting kamala harris leads donald trump in the new york times siena college poll among seniors, 49 to 47%. but, karen, how do you think this issue and this proposal that comes out today will impact this? >> i think it's going to appeal to a lot of people like you, like myself. i mean, i remember when my father was ill trying to figure out how to get him the care that he needed was a real challenge. while trying to work a job. my job. and so i think for a lot of people, they'll be able to relate to it. i also think, you know, there are younger people who may not quite be in the sandwich generation, but they have grandparents that they're seeing their parents having to deal with so i think, you know, again, it's speaking to what

thanks joining me now, former director of strategic communications for donald trump's 2020 campaign. >> marc lotter and former republican congressman from michigan, fred upton. great to see you guys. thanks for being here. mark from a communication standpoint, as john put it earlier, donald trump's message about protecting women it does not seem to give women much choice in much of a choice in that matter what do you think of that? well, it depends on the context and i'm looking at what he's talking about immigration when he's talking about public safety crime, whether you voted for him going to take that action to make our families, our communities people, women, all safer because of it, even if you didn't vote for him, that's that's the way i read that. >> you would have said it differently though well, i mean, obviously president trump has his own style and i it's easy to take these things and but i think as we, as we keep looking forward, we've got to understand that he's talking in the broader context. if the broader context, fred, it's the listen to that. what do we save for so

right now, cnn political commentator and democratic strategist maria cardona and former strategic communications director for donald trump's 2020 campaign. marc lotter. i love john berman joke, especially when he starts laughing his own job before he finishes at, it's the best. let's play pro con wasn't together. mark obama's 27 days sprint for the harris campaign. give me a pro and con of that the democratic base. obviously they still hold him in very high regard. i don't think it will move the needle with undecideds because they tried this in 2016 when he was still the sitting president. it wasn't successful in the one key difference two-thirds, nearly two-thirds of the american people still think our country is headed on the wrong track so going out there and saying that kamala's the new way forward, she is the way of right now, difficult to sell >> let's go flip side on this as john and mark are also talking about, is going to be a really powerful moment when donald trump returns to butler, pennsylvania, the site of the first attempted assassination that he faced elon musk saying invited are

thank you, kate, joining us now, former trump 2020 director of strategic communications, marc lotter, also joining us. natasha alford she's the senior vice president of the grio and author of american. thank you both for joining us i have to play this again because it is so stark. it is so stunning to hear this from not only a member of trump's team back in 2020 but john kelly was his chief of staff. so we spent a lot of time with donald trump every day. let's hear his remarks about his former boss shortly father president certainly, no, sorry, taryn dictators. >> he has said that so he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist for sure, because your border, once it you know, hitler did some good things to mark. >> how do you convince someone that donald trump is not dangerous when you hear this from his former chief of staff well, i just one man's opinion and there have been many people who've pushed back on those accounts. >> i served on the 16 campaign in the white house on the 20 campaign, have never heard donald trumps say anything along those lines. and then i look

let's bring in the director of strategic communications for the trump 2020 campaign, marc lotter. marquez still serving as a trump surrogate thanks for being here i mean, trump, you know, i'm just curious when he says that puerto rico when you have this comedian saying that puerto rico is garbage by this comedian the other night i'm getting a notification in my ear. we're going to go to kamala harris. she's commenting on what president biden said last night for listened to it hundred thousand people talk about what's at stake in this election the point out that the american people have a real choice and a very important decision to make in six days. >> and it is about to well not only lead the country, but occupy the white house where critical decisions are made that how we think about who we are as a nation whether we are going to be a nation of people who attempt to unify and break this era of divisive or are we i'm going to be a nation of people who had the president doing in the oval office and i think that turnout last night and the kind of case the fact that we are receiving

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james lyons is the strategic communications director. i know james, he's very good. one. who is keir starmer's private secretary, promoted now to deputy chief of staff . i've known her since she staff. i've known her since she did the same role for, for gordon brown and ed miliband. she's very experienced and should be very good. >> all right . should be very good. >> all right. nigel nelson, thank you very much. as ever. my friend, and thank you to my panel friend, and thank you to my panel. we are going to bring them back in after this very short break. my friends are with me. darren grimes on gb news. we've got lots more coming up with analysis of course, on that breaking story on the prime minister's chief of staff quitting, ben habib . there's quitting, ben habib. there's champing at the bit to comment on what we've just heard. you're with gb news, where news a very warm welcome back to the weekend with me, darren grimes . weekend with me, darren grimes. now that breaking news, sue gray has stepped down from the prime minister's top team and has been appointed a

be able to do those things i think we're all hunger for it and we can do that in a strategic way and in the community outreach so i know i'm going on a lot but we have high stakes and i think a great opportunity so that public understands the stakes that everyone should have in the commission. and well understood and what takes to keep us strong our department strong and the things that matter. the final question i want to ask when we talk about the work of the commission. are you going to be talking about some of the other some kind of sub contracts yes. i that that will a reasonable good topic it has started from the meetings we had with the staff and one of the experiences we did at the kickoff meeting with that come out of a conversation with ralph and i which was starting to map within the city government purview who are all the other agencies for the commissions departments that engage in alternates and culture and giving money and putting up our art classes whatever those things are trying to map where those kind of the over laps are and what is the bracket of the city of san francisco investm