around phones know that every little thing gets alerted. maybe we need to figure out what the really big stories are and i might add the important policies that are happening in the background, changes in regulations and it s true at the epa that are making a huge difference for millions of americans and we re not talking about those because we re attracted by the latest, you know, squirrel running across the screen or the latest shiny object. we ve been talking about this, brian, and you ve had your eyes on it since the beginning of the presidency, but it s not gotten better. we re easily distracted as journalists and american citizens. it s a problem. we need to wake up before we re cooked. david frum, thanks for being here, indira, please stick around. steve, stick around. buzz feed investigator, ben smith. he s blasting phone and e-mail records. later in the hour, remembering anthony bourdain. jason rosian opens his heart for
here at our office employees have put up little post-it notes with hearts on pictures of anthony. think about him, the world was his oyster. he reported from the dinner table or walking on the beach. he was the friend we walked and journeyed with to parts unknown, including to iran. a famous episode of parts unknown where anthony interviewed jason rezaian. a few weeks later he was arrested and imprisoned in iran. he was freed a year and a half later and he joins me from washington. jason, i know you haven t talked about anthony s death publicly. i m grateful you re able to talk to me about this. i don t think people know the connection you had to him. some people think the interview he did with you is what landed you in prison. is that true? no, it s the furthest thing from the truth, brian, and i appreciate you having me on, giving me an opportunity to talk about this.
now. it s incredible. people want to re-read. they should. all of his other books as well. jason, thank you very much for being here. thank you, brian. before anthony died cnn was already planning on airing a new episode of parts unknown tonight. it s sunday night. they have planned on going forward. tonight s episode 9:00 p.m. eastern features berlin. anderson is taking a special introduction. it will be followed by our special tribute broadcast. when we come back some very important lessons on how the media can help prevent suicide.
he spent 544 days in an iranian prison. pleasure to have you on. that s what pompeo said, but now we also have response from iran. rouhani has responded to secretary pompeo, who are you to make decisions about iran. the u.s. is it imprisoned by delusions and failed policies. what do you make of that? i was there this morning when the secretary made the speech, and i was sitting there counting the points, i thought to myself, each one of these sounds like a nonstarter to tehran. i think there s a wide divide between tehran and washington, eni think it just got wider today. where does it go from here? that s hard to say, secretary pompeo alluded to the fact that they would be open to talking to iran. i don t see on the heels of the u.s. leaving the jcpoa, the
other than more sanctions on the iranian economy, which will perhaps have an impact on the regime. is there any is a dmar yo that this whole the trump power play pulling the u.s. out of the iran deal in the long term inspire iran to go back to the table with the u.s. i think anything s possible. i think the likelihood of in a h happening any time in the foreseeable future is highly unlikely. okay. jason, thank you so much. good to talk to you on all things iran here. next, these two cyclists out enjoying their day, in washington state, stalked by a cougar, leaving one of them dead. a chilling tale, including having his head in the mouth of this cougar. what we re learning about why this attack may have happened. we re getting our first look inside the royal wedding party,