Campaign Hyperbole News Today

you are watching bbc world news. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me, martin bentham of the evening standard and jonathan walker of the sunday express. we will say hello to both in just a moment. first, though, lets take a look at those actual front pages, starting with the financial times. it leads with news that chinas government is scrapping travel quarantine rules after abandoning their zero—covid policy. the daily mirror s...

Intensifying from all evidence, with all the pressures of the covid pandemic in the background and general levels of rising demand and levels of staffing resource, so on, in the nhs. so theres a genuine grievance there, im quite sure, but this particular statistic beings to back it it may be a bit more campaign hyperbole than actual reality, i would say. fine campaign hyperbole than actual reality, i would say.— reality, i would say. one quick final mark— reality, i would say. one quick fin...

Little bit campaign hyperbole. the russian goal to undermine the democracy. not democrats. not republicans. democracy. its shameful. it should be spoken out forcefully against. we can do much better. >> you and i in the kaitlan collins piece after speaker ryan said that the whole thing we did yesterday, we talked about yesterday about stripping security clearances from bush and obama security officials, that that -- paul ryan said thats trolling. you agree? >> well, i think sometimes with presid...

That that is what you really believe. >> i really believe that. the president is prone to hyperbole. >> factually he has said things that are not true. the millions of illegal immigrants who voted and is the reason why hillary clinton won the vote. >> i put that in hyperbole. >> what is the difference. >> some is i believe during the campaign. i can play tape from 535 members of congress and i would promise, you would say is that a lie or campaign hyperbole. >> i still havent heard the differenc...

Of congress and i would promise, you would say is that a lie or campaign hyperbole. >> i still havent heard the difference between hyperbole and a lie. rick, do you know the difference between hyperbole and a lie? >> a hyperbole is an exaggeration that could be truthful or untruthful. a lie is misstatement of fact. donald trump makes them thousands of times a year. look, there are things thaw know donald trump lied about. he lied when he said i think president obama was born in kenya. that was a...

Across our country over whats happened with terrorism. and people crossing our border. and our broken visa system that half the people came in legally and overstayed that we need to fix. thats what i mean about the metaphor is a small wall for big problem, border security and individual security. >> the president also has said before the inauguration and since the inauguration that mexicoological pay for the wall. do you believe that? >> no, i dont think mexico will pay for the wall. i think he ...

Hes are things hes said. he has not said i will be a normal politician. he has not said disregard everything ive said, its just campaign hyperbole. so why are we sort of insisting that we should keep an open mind and treat him like a normal politician when so far hes given us no reason to suggest that hes a normal politician and every reason to think that he ran for autocrat. >> what do you make of the inclination by all sorts of different people, including journalists, liberals, conservatives w...

Hes talked about deporting u.s. citizens, hes talked about compelling the military to commit war crimes. hes are things hes said. he has not said i will be a normal politician. he has not said disregard everything ive said, its just campaign hyperbole. so why are we sort of insisting that we should keep an open mind and treat him like a normal politician when so far hes given us no reason to suggest that hes a normal politician and every reason to think that he ran for autocrat. >> what do you m...