To win this fundamental democracy reform. Thank you very much. Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies and brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. Tonight on cspan3, British Foreign secretary Boris Johnson appears before the committee on Foreign Affairs. A discussion on food safety and biological terrorism. And a new survey out finds dissatisfaction with american political culture. But first, an update from the road to the white house. The Time Magazine cover story out today, total meltdown and a caricature of donald trump cowritten by philip elliott, washington correspondent for Time Magazine. Thank you for being with us. We appreciate it. Of course. Lets begin withior piece in which you mention that donald trump is consumed by petty grudges, angry over leaked recordings and now free of the Republican Party shackles. What has been going on . Well, it has been nothing short of an epic meltdown inside trump tower. Weve talked at length with several people trying to advise mr. Trump off his ledge to get him back into a more traditional mode. He is just not going there. He is going to leave everything on the field, to use a tortured sports analogy, and just use this in the last remaining days of his campaign to settle scores and to basically relitigate every wrong that he feels he has been suffering. This is a candidate who has, as we, quote one official, just taken the party and has forced it to the darkest places possible. Nurturing the worst instincts of some of the conservative members of his party and torturing and that is not an exaggeration torturing the establishment minded republicans who have devoted their entire lives to building up a conservative party in this country that can debate ideas and can talk about its history and this is about as far from a party of george h. W. Bush as you can imagine. So where does that put House Speaker paul ryan, the Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell and the socalled mainstream republicans as they try to maintain control of the house and the senate and figure out where the gop is going next . Paul ryan is an interesting character here that he always had an uncomfortable, an uneasy marriage with mr. Trump. Okay, this is the guy who is the nominee of the party. It behooves the republican brand to not have to not lose a third consecutive president ial race. It would be good for down ballot candidates if mr. Trumps supporters decided to show up and vote for republican candidates for senate and house. That is no longer the mindset inside speaker ryans orbit or leader mcconnells that they see mr. Trump as a toxic figure inside the party that is that could very much drag down candidates like kelly ayotte in new hampshire. One of the perhaps most endangered republican senators facing reelection. Democrats only need to capture four more seats and the vice presidency to capture the majority for the First Time Since its a very real thing. Republicans are defending 24 seats. Thats a very large vulnerability for them. Paul ryan over the weekend said that enough had been enough. He uninvited mr. Trump to appear in mr. Ryans own congressional district. Instead invited mike pence, the running mate, to fill the spot. Mike pence was, no, im good. He took the weekend off the trail to figure out where this race goes. Appearing with mr. Trump has now become it will become a liability for republican candidates because they will be forced to defend the indefensible that mr. Trump has said about women. And the accusations he is facing on a nearly daily basis of past wrong actions, not just words. Yet donald trump is turning his attention to the media, the New York Times saying that based on these wikileaks, the Clinton Campaign in collusion with the mainstream media. How effective do you think that strategy has been or will be for donald trump . Well, mr. Trumps most loyal supporters have never been a fan of what we would call the mainstream media. Attacking the media is always a good tactic for the most conservative parts of the base. But hes not running against the New York Times. Hes running against Hillary Clinton. And every hour he spends trying to fight with reporters and journalists and anyone in that orbit is a minute hes not litigating his case against mrs. Clinton. The Clinton Campaign says you can do whatever you if mr. Trump wants to spend the next three weeks talking about the media, it will only focus on what the media is reporting about him, which are very damning stories about mr. Trumps previous actions and words. As you point out in your story, this is going to force the Republican Party to rethink its own identity for the First Time Since the 1960s during the height of the civil rights movement. Based on that, why are some republicans, including the chairman of the party, Reince Priebus, still with donald trump, in light of everything thats been happening over the last week and a half . Where speaker ryan says this is a bridge too far, we cant go there, Reince Priebus is in a difficult position where this is a party that he has overseen. He is the longserving chairman, relatively, in a job that is not known for durability. But this is a party that hes overseen. This is a party that he has shepherded to where it is. And at no point did they step in and say donald trump is not reflective of what it means to be a republican. And i think that is a true statement. But Reince Priebus is now no one in his party stepped in and said no to mr. Trump. They allowed this to happen. They have to own it. At this point theres no remaking the Republican Party in the little time we have left. There is only a managed collapse of mr. Trump in the hopes that he does not take down with him everyone else who has an r after their name. But its worth remembering that a lot of Americans Still dont like Hillary Clinton and cant bring themselves to vote for her. They might find mr. Trumps behavior abhorrent, but they still hate Hillary Clinton. That this has been a decadeslong indoctrination of conservatives to hate and hate is the right word here hate Hillary Clinton and everything she stands for. And thats, while the polling shows mr. Trump is heading towards a loss, there is still a part of this country that can never bring themselves to vote for that woman in particular. And finally, philip elliott, the cover story, a 2. 0 version of what we talked about in august, the cover story of Time Magazine, explain your approach. Well, we, in august, it was a moment where trump was coming out of the convention and having a very bad stretch. He was attacking muslim americans, parents of veterans. Things looked to be going off the rails at that point. This moment is more damaging for mr. Trump. Hes quickly approaching the point of no return, and hes not going to take down just his own campaign. He may take down the entire Republican Party with him. The Time Magazine cover story on newsstands today and Available Online at time. Com. Philip elliott, washington correspondent. Thank you for being with us. Of course. Thank you. Watch cspans live coverage of the third debate between Hillary Clinton and donald trump on wednesday night. Our live debate preview from the university of nevada las vegas starts at 7 30 p. M. Eastern. The briefing for the debate studio audience is at 8 30 p. M. And the 90minute debate is at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Stay with us for viewer reaction, including your calls, tweets and facebook postings. And watch the debate live or on demand using your desktop, phone or tablet at cspan. Org. Listen to live coverage on your phone with the cspan app. Download it from the google play or app store. Cspans washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up friday morning, david brody, chief Political Correspondent for cbn news will discuss the split in the evangelical community over voting for donald trump. Then celeste katz will talk about the role millennial voters are playing in campaign 2016 and what issues are motivating them this election cycle. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on friday. Join the discussion. British foreign secretary Boris Johnson testified before the Foreign Affairs committee of the british house of commons today. It was his first in front of the committee since becoming the uks top diplomat in july. He took questions on the uks Foreign Policy strategy as the nation begins to extract itself from the European Union and continues its part in the fight against the Islamic State militant group in iraq and syria. This is about an hour and 45 minutes. Order, order. Welcome to this session of the Foreign Affairs committee. And our first session with the new secretary. Welcome to the committee and congratulations on your appointment. Thank you. Obviously this first formal session with the committee. And its a desire in that sense to be more open session than it might usually be, inquiring into particular subjects, obviously associated with everything that is going on. And, of course, we are rather limited in the time you have available for the committee, so that is going to limit the subject coverage to a degree. And we will also then want to come back. This is going to be a long game relationship. Hopefully for both our sakes for some time. But i thought it would be appropriate to invite you to give us an opening statement. Not for too long so we can get into the interrogative session. Lay out things for about ten minutes, and then ill ask my colleagues to begin questions. Thank you very much, mr. Blunt. A few years ago, i was traveling in the gulf region on a trade trip, and i was having lunch. And a sheikh who was my host turned to me and he said, what happened to you guys . You used to run this place, he said. Actually, he was quite right because the british flag had only come down in that particular country in living memory. And yet we had faded from the scene. Whether it was because of the loss of confidence or dennis healys despairing decision to chop uk influence east of suez, we somehow became less present in that country, politically, culturally, commercially and others had moved in. And as my host put it to me, with slight mystification, you left us to the french. And mr. Blunt, members of the Foreign Affairs committee, i am here to tell you this morning, insofar as that was ever true of the uk, that neglect is being reversed with astonishing speed, as im sure members of your committee know. Our trade with the gulf is booming. Its one of the faste esest gro areas of trade for the uk now. Our relations in that area are better than ever. And after a period in which the labor government all but ignored that region, i didnt think gordon brown ever made an additional visit to the country im speaking of. Our Prime Minister will this year become the first female guest of honor at the Gulf Cooperation Council summit, or so im told. The reason for this growing engagement by the uk is at least partly that its under william haig, my predecessor, Philip Hammond and under this administration with the strong support of the Prime Minister. We have a Foreign Commonwealth Office that is more energetic and outward looking and more engaged with the world than at any time in decades. And that outward looking spirit is present not just in the gulf but across the world. And i think its going to intensify as we extricate ourselves from the eu treaty and we forge a new identity as the Prime Minister has said as a Global Britain. And i mean global because it is vital to understand what brexit is and what it is not. Yes, it means restoring our democracy and control of our laws and our borders and a fair bit of cash. But brexit is emphatically not any kind of mandate for this country to turn in on itself to haul up the drawbridge or to detach itself from the international community. And i know as a former mayor of this city how vastly our capital and our whole economy has profited from londons role and the uks role as a lone star and a magnet for talent. And i believe there is no inconsistency whatever between the desire to take back control of our borders and the need to be open to skills from around the world. There is absolutely no inconsistency between ending the supremacy of eu law in this country as we will and being a major contributor to the security and Economic Prosperity of the whole european region. We are leaving the eu. We are not leaving europe. And over the last three months, ive been struck by how little i am asked about brexit and how swiftly the conversation moves on to some other aspect of the uks global role. And in an age of uncertainty with democracy in retreat in some parts of the world, large parts of the middle east in chaos, the demand is for more britain, not less. And we can see that demand now almost tragically and effectively in syria where the people of aleppo are hoping desperately that we and our allies may be able to do something to alleviate their suffering in the face of the barbaric assaults of the assad regime with the of russia and iran. And i must tell you at this stage it is vital that we do not raise false hopes. We know the difficulties and the implications of a nofly zone or no bombing zone, and no matter how easy those concepts may sometimes be made to sound, but if there is more that we can reasonably and practically do together with our allies, then, of course, we should consider those measures and, believe me, that work is now going on. But we should also take pride in what we are already doing. The second biggest donor of human taure humanitarian aid to the region, we fund the White Helmets who dragged people from the rubble after the air strikes and who have themselves suffered terrible casualties. Ive seen the work of British Police training local Syrian Police so that they are able to build public trust in the areas occupied by the mod rap opposition. Were helping to clear mines and shells and we should never forget that it is thanks at least partly to the raf crews flying repeated missions over iraq and syria. That we have helped reduce by 50 the territory of daesh in iraq and 20 their footprint in syria. So whether its through hard power in that way or through soft power, i think we sometimes forget in this country how much britain is contributing around the world. Helping to bring peace in colombia. Helping to get rid of the pirates off the coast of somalia. Leading the campaign to save the African Elephant now perilously endangered. From the same bands of gangsters, by the way, involved in the people trafficking thats is helping to fuel the migration crisis. You look around though world and you see that this country is a Massive Force for good. An increasingly uncertain world, a world thats been deprived of leadership. And the values that we try to project, whether through our embassies or through british cons ul or through the British Companies or 5 million or 6 million brits who live abroad which is bigger than any other diaspora than any other rich country in the world. I think those values are not just good in themselves. When i speak of british values, i mean democracy, free speech, independent judiciary, qualities, rule of law, anticorruption support for the Civil Society. Theyre good in themselves. Theyreu de their ideals. But theyre also economically advantageous for the areas in which the countries in which we try to protect them. You look around this city and this economy, i think its pretty obvious that it provides the proof that political and social liberty are essential for sustainable Economic Prosperity. And that is one of the missions of Global Britain. But i think an outward looking britain is, above all, good for us. Its good for britain because we are about, in the next few years, to be liberated to go across the world and do a new set of free trade deals. An extremely exciting prospect. And to get back to the beginning of my remarks, we will be going out again to places where perhaps people havent seen so much of us in the past in places where they thought we had forgotten about them. And we have a superb fco network to help make it happen. We have more reach than our friends in france. More Bigger Network of embassies at only 17 of the cost. And, finally, one of the biggest privileges of my job in the last few months to meet our people who represent the uk to the world. They seem to me in my advanced years, they seem amazingly young, idealistic, very often intellectually brilliant like the two people on either side of me, and i believe they are excit