diplomats. in a meeting the president said he hoped to have with the russian president vladimir putin to discuss arms control is now in doubt. as white house deputy press secretary told us the ball is in their court. i spoke to a white house officials this morning who told us we should expect no further additional actions taken against the kremlin today, chris. i want to bring in my panel, bobby gosh, former world editor for time magazine. hagash romali. brett stevens is an op-ed columnist for the new york times. and mike hosts the gist, slate s podcast. is this a turning point in the relationship? whether it s a turning point is a little hard to know. 60 is a large number. the fact that the u.s. acted in consent with allies across the world is very significant. the russians have a little wiggle room that donald trump provided with that phone call to
principle of america first is not only consistent with the goal of international competition but a rationale basis for every country to engage in cooperation because all countries that are sovereign put the needs of their own citizens first. a couple points worth noting. this is a president who routinely in the past derided the united nations, criticized it, basically saying it was not a friend of freedom. but now he s dependent on this very body to help implement those punishing sanctions against the united against north korea. specifically on north korea what will be noticeable, the north korean delegation will be front and center. seating assignments are done by lottery. the way things worked out, they ll literally be feet away from president trump. feet away. i need my panel to weigh in. michael pesca. you a you know why he s late, because of the u.n. traffic. he s the host of the daily podcast the gist. president trump, you tweeted that trump s debut is his most
under suspicion of terrorism at large in france to be brought in by police. that s a populist measure and unlikely the government would follow through with doing something like that, and the prime minister himself, has actually called out marine le pen and accused her of exploiting terror in the name of politics. so it s a very, very messy election. it s all coming to a head on sunday. for the most really the closest presidential election in modern french history. stephanie? extraordinary. i want to bring my panel to weigh in. we have a good one, mike peska the host of slate s daily podcast the gist and caitlin daily burns is a reporter for clear politics and the author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world. good morning, gordon, i want to start with you, marine le pen has often been called the donald trump of france, given her anti-immigrant policies. could this attack actually give
the candidates ante up right now. tell us what you re going to do right now. not at the end goal where you can avoid us again but integrate it into the very fabric of your discussions about the issues now. sure. i think the tactic is smart for them. however, i often think that mass movements are a reflection of what s going on and what s brewing as opposed to the point of the spear. we have an anniversary of ferguson and a discussion needed to be had and that s why you have the mass movement. i covered the perry speech. i don t want to give perry too much credit. i covered it extensively on the gist. sanders currently only has 20% name recognition in the black community. we were talking about bernie sanders chances. black support in the community, recognition is the biggest problem. his agenda all along he got more specific but was criticized of covering it up under the cover of darkness.
reached. effective immediately, i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the a nba. the year s winners and losers in sports were not just measure bid championship rings or basement finishes but by off field behavior and how it was handled. let s talk about the highlights and low lights with usa today s christine brennan and mike host of the podcast the gist. you both have a teenager on your list of winners. mike, i ll start with you. what s great about monet davis. i think think even if you didn t follow sports, she was one of the few me a males put on the cover of sports illustrated and the kind of story you didn t have v to know what a fastball was i think everyone knows what a fastball is. you didn t have to know what a