In decline around the world what is behind this growing wave of ill liberal democracy. And digging deep into kreml kremlin. Thats what luke harding did until he was thrown out. His inside story on what is really going on behind those walls. And steve bomber is worth billions. He is spending a few million to determine how the government spends its trillions, what happens when you put American Government under a micro skroep skoep and examine it like a business. First, sheer my take. Every American Administration takes a while to settle into a base k approach to the world. President trumps team has had a rockier start than most the administrations basic Foreign Policy is coming into view and it is not a reassuring site. Contradictory voices and little coordination with allies. The approach is being tested on the most difficult Foreign Policy problem of all, north korea. There is a patterned approach so far. It begins with the repeated use of rhetoric that is not backed up my much. A mili
Of ill liberal democracy. Reporter luke harding did until he was thrown out. His inside story about whats really going on behind those walls. And former microsoft ceo is worth billions, hes spending a few mel omillion to discover wh what happens when you put American Government under a microscope and examine it like a business. But first, heres my take, every Administration Takes a while to settle in. President trumps has had a rockier start than most, with appointments in every key agency still unfilled. But the president s basic Foreign Policy is coming into view, and its not a pretty sight. The approach is being tested on the most difficult Foreign Policy problem of all, north korea. There is a pattern to Donald Trumps approach so far, it begins with bravado, the use of rhetoric thats not backed up by much. The president insists that if china doesnt deal with north korea, america will. Oh, really . How . South korea would vehemently oppose such a view. Remember, seoul is only 13 mil
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The wall street journal reports that President Trump interrupted a conversation between south korea is an officials and said, okay, okay, tell them ill do it. The south korean officials looked at each other as if in disbelief. Tell him yes, the president said. New today the south Korean Foreign minister will visit the United States next week to meet with secretary of state rex tillerson. Among the topics for discussion, the meeting with kim jongun. In seoul with the latest, nbc news kelly cobiella. How are citizens reacting to this news . Reporter it is happening so quickly. A lot still digesting it. They did elect president moon jaein on the basis he wanted to forge closer ties with north korea. His Approval Rating has gone up to over 70 , according to one gallup poll since the olympics. But there were rallies today. Hundreds on the streets who support the opposition party. They are doubtful that anything will come of this upcoming meeting. They dont support closer ties with north kor
Baghdad, but the state department is urging u. S. Citizens to leave iraq immediately. Sandra meanwhile, secretary of state mike pompeo giving me reaction on fox news earlier this morning, saying soleimani force the president s hand. President trump made the decision, a serious decision, which was necessary. There was an imminent attack. It dont like the orchestrator was Qassem Soleimani. What was sitting before us was in his travels thereof region an effort to make a significant strike against americans. There would have been many muslims killed, as well. Iraqis, people in other countries come as well. It was a strike aimed at both disrupting that plot, deterring further aggression. We hope setting the conditions for distillation. Sandra congressman Michael Waltz a standby direction. With a closer look at who soleimani was. True youngsters reporting live from amman, jordan. Trey good morning, major escalation overnight as the United States assassinated the Top Commander in the iranian