and i am in no way comparing president trump to joseph stalin. joseph stalin was a killer. our president is not. but it just puzzles me as to why you would use a phrase that is so loaded and has such steeper meaning, the press being the enemy of the people. so, that is a big concern. what this president does, the most powerful man in the world, has lasting implications, and it has implications for journalists worldwide as well as our free press here in this country. >> and i was going to -- you answered it for me. i was going to say, really, stalin? but you obviously answered the inevitable questions people will have over that comparison. >> right. >> but of course, when -- >> if the american president -- >> go ahead. >> i was going to say, if the american president was like stalin, you know, people like me would be in gitmo or worse. so, no, there's no comparison there to the man, but it just puzzles me as to why any american president would use a phrase so associated with somebody like joseph stalin. it just doesn't comport and it's not good for any of us. >> so, let's dr

stalin and donald trump against jeff flake who compared donald trump to joseph stalin on the senate floor. we're also covering stories like the president's former white house chief strategist deciding to cooperate with the special prosecutor investigating the white house. that is a more important story than the president and the porn star. nbc news reports that a team close to steve bannon says he is cooperating with robert mueller and will be interviewed by robert mueller instead of testifying at a grand jury. sources indicating it's undecided when that interview will take place. and the source also told nbc news, roughly 6 hours were spent on questions related to the campaign and five hours on questions to the transition yesterday before the senate intelligence committee. the associated press has details about that. steve bannon's attorney relays questioned in real time to the white house during the a house intelligence committee interview of the former trump chief strategyist. his attorney was told by phone not to discuss the work on the transition or white house. it's unclear wh

stalin and donald trump against jeff flake who compared donald trump to joseph stalin on the senate floor. we're also covering stories like the president's former white house chief strategist deciding to cooperate with the special prosecutor investigating the white house. that is a more important story than the president and the porn star. nbc news reports that a team close to steve bannon says he is cooperating with robert mueller and will be interviewed by robert mueller instead of testifying at a grand jury. sources indicating it's undecided when that interview will take place. and the source also told nbc news, roughly 6 hours were spent on questions related to the campaign and five hours on questions to the transition yesterday before the senate intelligence committee. the associated press has details about that. steve bannon's attorney relays questioned in real time to the white house during the a house intelligence committee interview of the former trump chief trage strate strategyist. his attorney was told by phone not to discuss the work on the transition or white house. it

really was popularized by joseph stalin. what this president does, the most powerful man in the world, has lasting implications. and it has implications for journalists worldwide as well as our free press here in this country. >> here to discuss all this is douglas brinkley, cnn presidential historian and new york times journalist nicholas kristof. great to have both of you here for this discussion. a sitting u.s. senator will go on the senate floor and criticize the president of his own party historically speaking can you give us the significance of this? >> and on the day that the government might close. look, it just tells you there really is a type of neo civil war going on within the republican party. jeff flake is determined to tell fellow republicans that there's another road than trumpism. he's positioning himself to be a flash point person to donald trump. now, choosing stalin may have been a mistake for him out of the gate, but the point we understand that he's making is we have a president who is saying that the f

by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. >> i want to thank those who said kind words about me. they were not true but they were nice. ♪ >> great to see an american flag flying there in the wind, a cold morning in new york city as we wake up and get moving. you are watching "fox and friends" first on this thursday morning, we appreciate it. let's get to our top story. deal or no deal, the government shutdown and day away. lawmakers under mounting pressure to deliver deal on dreamers. garrett tenney is here with a last-ditch effort. >> both parties playing the blame game. democrats continue to refuse to vote for any spending bill that doesn't include a resolution for daca and accusing republicans of playing politics with dreamers. in reality, the democrats are playing politics over keeping our military funded. >> there is a fake deadline created by democrats holding them hostage. our troops are risking their lives for us, these guys are trying to come up with an issue that is not even a top 20 priority of the american peopl

♪ >> it the popularized by joseph stalin. enemy of the people, should be noted that khrushchev which followed stalin, forbad its use, saying it was too loaded, maligned a whole group or class of people, should not be done. we should not use the phrase that has been rejected as too loaded by soviet dictator. connell: all right that of the then senator jeff flake, seems to be walking back some language now comparing president trump is joseph stalin. listen to this updated version. >> i am in no way comparing president trump to joseph stalin. stalin was a killer. our president is not. but it just puzzles me as to why you use phrase that is so loaded. it has steeper meaning that present me of the people -- that the press being the enemy of the people. connell: take it up with our political panel ford o'connel and christie. what do you make of this jeff flake, to remind people is a republican senator. outgoing, but his line of attack, he is backing off. >> he is with this comparison, stalin, used that media to control the people,

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it was popularized by joseph stalin, used by an enemy of the people. khrushchev who followed stalin saying that was too loaded. i don't think we should be using the phrase that's been rejected as too loaded by a soviet dictator. >> jeremy, what does it say about where we are politically when a sitting republican senator compares a sitting republican president to joseph stalin? >> i think it shows the crisis within the republican party right now over this president, craig. and right now if jeff flake remains only one of a small minority of republicans who's willing to speak out against the president, i think you can really make an argument that trump has taken over the republican party. there are many republicans who are, of course, concerned about that and have been concerned for two years now that they believe he's not really a conservative, that he doesn't represent what republicans have historically stood for. the problem is, though, those people are in the minority. they don't -- and until you see the republican party breaking from trump in a big w

stalin. let me read one portion of remarks. it is a testament to the condition of our own democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe enemies so frout with malice was the phrase -- telling the soviet party that the phrase was introduced by stalin for annihilating such individuals that agreed with the supreme leader. moments ago he talked to christiane amanpour and denied his speech is to compare trump to the russian dictator. >> i'm in no way comparing president trump to joseph stalin. stalin was a killer. our pr our president is not. it puzzles me why you would use a phrase so loaded and steeper meaning the press being the enemy of the people and so that is a big concern -- >> political analyst and historian and douglas brinkley, cnn presidential historian. thank you both for being here. you heard the sound from senator flake trying to clarify but it sounds to me nevertheless he does plan to invoke joseph stalin's name in speaking about our pres

plus, a republican senator compares trump's attacks on the media to joseph stalin. renowned russian-american journalist marcia getten on trump, putin and totalitarians of the past. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> "amanpour on pbs" was made possible by the generous support of rosalynn p. walter. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. if the united states government shuts down friday night, it could all come down to the fate of the d.r.e.a.m.ers, the 8 help you,000 or so young, undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children. democrats say they'll oppose any bill that keeps the government up and running if it fails to give the d.r.e.a.m.ers legal protection. meanwhile, what's lost in all of this political drama is the human drama. almost a million young americans living under constant fear of deportation and they can't make the most basic life choices about work or schooling or even whether to start a family. he is himself a d.r.e.a.m.er and he was 5 years old when his mother broug

well the you know well the very subject of joseph stalin here in russia is a bit of a sensitive subject but what added fuel to this fire was the fact that this movie was supposed to be shown along and during the anniversary of the stalin of the battle for stalingrad the largest battle of the second world war so the officials at the russian ministry of culture decided that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to run the film at this particular at this particular moment so they at the last minute really they revoked the movie's license so we cannot be shown here in russia but some movie theaters like the one right behind me decided to ignore this because for example this one has sold out all tickets to all of its showings of this movie until february the third when it comes to the public opinion all about this movie well really it is split some are saying that while the subject is sensitive and.

there has been pushback, how can you possibly compare president trump with joseph stalin, that there are million of those in the soviet union killed by famine, torture, all of that. even our oeb cnn's christiane amanpour pushing back saying that how could you make a comparison ahead of the speech, addressing that criticism saying he understands that stalin was a killer and president trump is not. but that using those words so loaded with such meaning and malice, enemy of the state that that puts in danger a reporters around the world, american journalists a s around the world he feels it's necessary to bring this forward. >> suzanne mall voe, thank you so much. joining us now, four people, an array of titles but fantastic each and every one. david challion, steve bannon will not appear before the grand jury though striking a deal with a special counsel's office he will submit to question. a substantive difference, he will likely have a lawyer in the room. if he lies he's still in big, big trouble. what are the political implications here? >> there's nothing not serious about sitting

trump's criticism of the media to comments made by the soviet dictator joseph stalin, a man responsible for the murder of millions and i'm joined by presidential historian doug weed , and doug your thoughts on even using a comparison like this. >> connell this is outrageous. this is an insult to your intelligence but it's an insult to the millions of people who died at the hands of that man. it's outrageous and i saw another comment comparing him to hitler. both hitler and stalin dominated their governments, they dominat ed the motion picture industry, actress couldn't be in a film without approval of joseph stalin himself who read the scripts of the movies they made in the soviet union. there were no churches in the soviet union but when martin ne mueller in nazi germany preach ed a sergio marccione man they don't like they killed him with a lethal injection so if anybody thinks that donald trump controls the media which stalin and hitler did they're crazy if they think he controls hollywood like hitler did and stalin did they're crazy. >> i think its always been something of a rule of

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i wouldn't suggest that the president is comparable to joseph stalin. but. so things the president has said about the media being the enemy of the american people i think are irresponsible. the white house would be much better off in my view to make substantive critiques of media bias and unfair coverage when they can. and there are lot of opportunities. >> harris: they do, actually. if you watch those press briefings on a regular basis there are examples. >> very good for the white house to push back on substance to correct erroneous reporting. >> the bush administration didn't do that hardly at all. certainly didn't do it often enough. it's long past time for conservatives to stand up to the mainstream media, to the establishment media and challenge them. >> harris: let's put the shoe on the other foot meaning senator jeff flake's. why wouldn't he want to handle it based on substance? why did it get personal? katie? >> katie: if you listened to what jeff flake said he said i vote with the president this is more of a personal issue. he believes now you have

spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. so fraught with malice was the phrase enemy of the people that even khrushchev informatiforbad. >> sarah huckabee sanders had this to say. >> he is not criticizing the president because he is against oppression. he is criticizing the president because he has terrible poll numbers. and he is i think looking for some attention. it is unfortunate. we welcome access to the media every day. i'm standing right here taking questions. the president does so regularly. and to act as if we're anything but open to that back and forth exchange is utterly ridiculous. >> fellow arizona senator john mccain wrote a "washington post" op-ed today saying whether trump knows it or not, these efforts are being closely watched by foreign leaders who are already using his words as cover as they silence and shutter one of the key pillars of democracy. any minute president trump will arrive on capitol hill to honor former senator bob dole. we will be watching that end and what about miss fake nehis fake? is th

fantastic this is a british movie and it is following the last days and the death of joseph stalin but also the political infight that ensued late and the reason it is having some troubles here in russia doesn't really have anything to do with the figure of joseph stalin hands himself it is mostly about the timing really because the showing of this movie was supposed to coincide with the anniversary of the battle of stalingrad now this was one of the most decisive moments of the second world war and the bloodiest battle really and the movie and it is a dark comedy it is a satire and in this man a portrays some of the people that made this victory for russia the victory in this war possible for example marshall zuko who's now who's known here as the marshal of victory so the russian ministry of culture decided that maybe some people may find the timing of the release of the movie a bit insensitive have a listen many elderly people will perceive it as an offensive mockery of the soviet past the country that conquered fascism and most disgusting the victims of stalinism we don't have cens

and flake said about him, trump is joseph stalin. now they're going to try to guilt trump into doing a deal with those characters? >> no, he should president -- they don't believe the immigration system is broken. they're only going for a deal, daca is threatened to expire on its own terms. they feel open borders helped flip the southwest from purpose tomorrow red. the ethnic tribunes like the narrative. the democratic party likes it. their idea, it's great, the only people say it's broken are the people worried about putting their children in public schools with english as a second language. >> laura: the schools they don't send their kids to. >> they're subject to the consequences of their own ideologies. boutique apartheidists. >> laura: as long as they get their yards dodge for cheap prices, they're good. if you think slate is out of touch, just wait. up next we take a trip to cnn dr. gupta's alternative universe. before we take a break, a touching moment capitol hill, lawmakers paying tribute to one of our last of his great gene

fantastic this is a british movie and it is following the last days and the death of joseph stalin but also the political in a fight that ensued late and the reason it is having some troubles here in russia doesn't really have anything to do with the figure of joseph stalin and himself it is mostly about the timing really because the showing of this movie was supposed to coincide with the anniversary of the battle of stalingrad now this was one of the most decisive moments of the second world war and the bloodiest battle really and the movie and it is a dark comedy it is a satire and in this man a portrays some of the people that made this victory for russia the victory in this war possible for example marshall zuko who's now who's known here as the marshal of victory so the russian ministry of culture decided that maybe some people may find the timing of the release of the movie a bit insensitive have a listen many elderly people will perceive it as an offensive mockery of the soviet past the country that conquered fascism and most disgusting the victims of stalinism we don't have cen

retiring senator jeff flake taking to the senate floor to compare president trump to joseph stal stalin.

and flake said about him, trump is joseph stalin. now they're going to try to guilt trump into doing a deal with those characters? >> no, he should president -- they don't believe the immigration system is broken. they're only going for a deal, daca is threatened to expire on its own terms. they feel open borders helped flip the southwest from purpose tomorrow red. the ethnic tribunes like the narrative. the democratic party likes it. their idea, it's great, the only people say it's broken are the people worried about putting their children in public schools with english as a second language. >> they're subject to the consequences of their own ideologies. boutique apartheidists. >> laura: as long as they get their yards dodge for cheap prices, they're good. if you think slate is out of touch, just wait. up next we take a trip to cnn dr. gupta's alternative universe. before we take a break, a touching moment capitol hill, lawmakers paying tribute to one of our last of his great generation statemen and patriot bob deal, received the co

stalin. >> you compare in the speech president trump to joseph stalin by calling the free press, quote, the enemy of the people. >> well, i'm saying he borrowed that phrase. it was popularized by joseph stalin, used by mao, as well, enemy of the people. it should be noted that khruschchev who followed stalin forbade its use saying that was too loaded, that it maligned a whole group or class of people and it shouldn't be done. i don't think we should be using a phrase that's been rejected as too loaded by a soviet dictator. >> now, flake took to twitter to clarify yesterday writing, quote, there is no comparison between potus and stalin. stalin was a monoical killer. >> and a democratic challenger to house speaker paul ryan's seat in wisconsin is garnering attention for his fund-raising totals. randy bryce raised $1.2 million at the end of last year according to reporting from milwaukee journal sentinel. the union ironworker and military veteran sat down yesterday to talk about his fund-raising and whether the -- whether when he supports efforts to impeach the president. here is an exce

fantastic this is a british movie and it is following the last days and the death of joseph stalin but also the political in a fight that ensued late and the reason it is having some troubles here in russia doesn't really have anything to do with the figure of joseph stalin hans himself it is mostly about the timing really because the showing of this movie was supposed to coincide with the anniversary of the battle of stalingrad now this was one of the most decisive moments of the second world war and the bloodiest battle really and the movie and it is a dark comedy it is a satire and in this man a portrays some of the people that made this victory for russia the victory in this war possible for example marshall zuko who's now who's known here as the marshal of victory so the russian ministry of culture decided that maybe some people may find that the timing of the release of the movie a bit insensitive have a listen many elderly people will perceive it as an offensive mockery of the soviet past the country that conquered fascism and most disgusting the victims of stalinism we don't ha

when jeff flake goes so far in his exaggeration to compare him to someone like joseph stalin, not only does it do a huge disservice and disrespect to joseph stalin's victims and other victims of communism and fascism, but it also makes it so you can't actually get to the crux of the argument which is, yes, the president could be a little let's combat tia bucombative but the s could be more accurate about the questions that impact american lives. >> sandra: as we work our way into 2018, harris, will he stay on this message and continue his attacks on the media? >> harris: i think it plays well for him. he tweets around the media, all of us. i mean, he can set his tone for the begin of guilty day. i want to concentrate on just a second for senator flake. because the president doesn't have to really do anything about him. he has already said he is exiting. so he is dropping little cow patties on the floor of the senate and then is he just going to let them steam and walk on out. why do i put it that way? because if you really want to go man-on-man. he didn't stay he was going to back off

at one point, flake compared trump's words to those used by soviet dictator joseph stalin. take a listen. >> 2017 was a year which saw the truth, objective, evidence-based truth, more battered and abused more than at any time in our history, at the hands of the most powerful figure in our government. it was a time the white house enshrined alternative facts into the american lexicon, as justification for what used to be simply called, old-fashioned falsehoods. it was a year in which an unrelenting, daily assault on the constitutionally protected free speech was launched by the same white house. an assault that is as unprecedented as it is unwarranted. the enemy of the people was how the people of the united states called the free press in 2017. mr. president, it is a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin to describe his enemies. it bares noting that so fraught with malice was enemy of the people, that even the soviet communist party couldn't use it, saying stalin used it for the purpose of, quote, an

president has been compared to form a subject dictator joseph stalin over his attitude towards the media the comments from fellow republican jeff flake were delivered on the floor of the senate criticized trump's reference to fake news out of tentative facts for patrolling the media as the enemy of the people white house correspondent kimberly help get us more from washington president would engage in such as the floor of the u.s. senate the setting for a remarkable rebuke of a sitting president preparing to mark the anniversary of his first year in office. a member of donald trump's own republican party calling on fellow senators to fight back against the president's attacks on america's constitutionally protected free press we are rather in an era in which the authoritarian impulse is reasserting itself it was a searing condemnation of the trump presidency repeatedly flaked challenge the president's statements and claims and accusing him of a roading public trust in american institutions by threatening anyone who challenges him. trysts war with the media has been intensifying since tak

trump to dictator joseph stalin. >> 2017 a year that saw the truth, objective evidence based truth more abused than any time. at the hand of the most powerful figure in our government. a year that saw the white house enshrine alternative facts into the american lexicon. as justification for what use to be simply called, old-fashioned falsehoods. it was a year in which an unrelenting, daily assault on the constitutionally protected free speech launched by the white house. assault as unprecedented as unwarranted. the enemy of the people was how the president of the united states called the free press in 2017. mr. president, it is the testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin, to describe his enemies. it bears noting that so fraught with mall ills was the phrase enemy of the people that even nikita khrushchev forebade its use, telling the communist party the phrase introduced by stalin for the purpose of, annihilating such individuals unquote. who disagreed with the supreme leader. this alone should be the source of gre

trump to dictator joseph stalin. >> 2017 a year that saw the truth, objective evidence based truth more abused than any time. at the hand of the most powerful figure in our government. a year that saw the white house enshrine alternative facts into the american lexicon. as justification for what use to be simply called, old-fashioned falsehoods. it was a year in which an unrelenting, daily assault on the constitutionally protected f free speech launched by the white house. assault as unprecedented as unwarranted. the enemy of the people was how the president of the united states called the free press in 2017. mr. president, it is the testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin, to describe his enemies. it bears noting that so fraught with mall ills was the phrase enemy of the people that even nikita khrushchev forebade its use, telling the communist party the phrase introduced by stalin for the purpose of, annihilating such individuals unquote. who disagreed with the supreme leader. this alone should be the source of g

a cinema in moscow stopped showing a satirical film on joseph stalin after police raid officers questioned management at the theatre after defined a ban on the movie the death of stalin moscow's culture ministry says the british made comedy marks russia's soviet history. those are the headlines the news continues after witness a goat for a vote. in all of that the motto of the bennett. of president number. one i'm going to get visible it was screwed it begin oh please don't put enough plus the up and and dedication that will be legally allowed to get that abuse i'm going to look i'm going to put up because i've got it and because he's definitely up. and not going to say the get up and tell me how to reveal. as doubling. they've been put out. because demands of vision to put a visit to bed that i picked up because it's going to be you know i'm not good for somebody's going to come in and one of them is look at the young with a big lead but i'm not going to leave the not one is racial hung up and i'm going to not get jobs in the adoptee's do community number one get a put up is a. gimmick in

senator jeff flake compares the president to murderous dictator joseph stalin. who will be to blame if the government shuts down friday? i'm still shaking my head over the 38 minutes of terror caused by hawaii's false missile warning. well, that will drain some lava from your volcano. residents panicked, children thrown into storm drains and tourists abandoning beaches and vowing to only go to orlando. hawaii's governor blamed on a mistake due to standard procedure, but there was no standard procedure to call it back. maybe there was a missile headed towards hawaii. whatever the case, you can always judge a calamity not by the act itself but by the reaction. emotionally charged actors took to the digital stage and began blaming the president. jamie lee curtis said this on you, in trump. it is on your pair fans, hubris, narcissism, rage. ego. shame on your hate filled self. you did this. the once funny jim carrey made it all about jim carrey. he tweeted, i woke up this morning in hawaii with 10 minutes to live. it was a false alarm but a real psychic warning if w

stalin. flake plans to call trump's tactics, quote, an assault as unprecedented as it is unwarranted. >> the senator's speech reads in part it's a testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken about joseph stalin to describe his enemies. it bears noting that so fraught with malis is the phrase that even the predecessor forbade its use. the president's action should be a great source of shame for the senate and republicans. senator flake is not seeking reelection in 2018. >>> in hawaii the emergency management officer who sent a false alarm has been reassigned. not fired. not yet any way. the mishap that sent hawaiians scrambling for cover came during a routine drill at a shift change. they mistakenly picked the wrong message template, one for sending a warning to the public not just internally. >> they clicked okay to confirm. ballistic missile inbound to hawaii. this is not a drill. that hair-raising warning sent tvs, radios, every single cel

it has real damage to our standing in the world to take what was popularized by joseph stalin, the enemy of the people to refer to the press and then now today you have authoritarians across the world using the term fake news to justify cracking down on their opposition. heather: well, recent study found that 62% of media coverage is negative when it comes to president trump and his administration. and president trump taking aim at democrats, daca is probably dead because democrats don't really want it. they just want to talk and desperately needed money away from our military. this coming after another warning to the left from their own party second in command. >> yes, we have a litmus test, if you are a democrat who doesn't like a clean dream act, you will have some problems. [laughter] >> don't tell me to protect you, you are on your own with that. heather: well, are democrats their own worse enemies, here to to debate, thank you both for joining us this morning, really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> good morning, heather. heather: kathy, i will start with you, democrats do they not

stalin to describe his enemies. it bears noting that so fraught with mouse was a phrase enemy of the people that even mikita khrushchev forbade its use telling the soviet communist party that the phrase had been introduced by stalin for the purpose of quote annihilating such individuals unquote who digreedith the supreme ader. this alone should be the source of great shame for us in this body. especially for those of us in the presidents party, for they are shameful, repulsive statements and, of course, the president has a precisely backward. despotism is the enemy of the people. the free press is the desperate enemy which makes the free press the guarding of democracy. when a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn'tis suit him fake news, it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press.le i dare say that anyone who said the privilege an awesome responsibility to serve in this chamber knows that these reflexive slurs of fake -- those of us who travel overseas especially to war z

this is ultimately why joseph stalin gave kim il-sung permission to invade. that was an important factor that the south koreans have not forgotten. if you go to the war memorial in seoul, you will see this laid quickly that it was thertant lack quickly that it was the lack of american security guarantees that encouraged the north to invade. there is an underlying sense of distrust in the americans. when our presidents calls the south koreans free riders on our security, these things are very upsetting to south koreans. when he refers to the sea between korea and japan as the sea of japan instead of the east boil.t makes korean blood there is a chance that a preemptive strike against north korea without firm south korean support could lead to a backlash against the american president that could have unforeseen there is a chance thatconsequenr position in east asia. host: this is the history and lesson for the age. we don't have a rockstar -- in southck solid ally korea. mr. fields: we do at the moment, but that could change drastically with a rash american dec

this was part of the reason joseph stalin gave kim il-sung permission. factor, itt the only was an important factor. it's one that the south koreans have not forgotten. if you go to war memorial museum in seoul, you see it laid out clearly that it was the lack of american security that encouraged the north to invade. this underlined sense of distrust against the americans. when our president does things like call and threatened to terror the u.s. korea free trade agreement, these are very upsetting to them. when he referred to the sea between them as the sea of japan , it makes south korean blood boil. i think there is a possibility a preemptive, or presented it strike against -- pre-tentative strike against south korea could lead to a backlash against the american president. -- american presence in south korea that could have unforeseen consequences as far as our position in east asia. >> this is the historians lesson for the day, we don't understand we have a rockhard ally in south korea. moment, thathe could change drastically. it could change with a

this is part of the reason that joseph stalin gave kim il-sung permission to invade south korea. that was not the only factor, but that was an important factor and one the south koreans have not forgotten. if you go to the war memorial -- you will see it laid out that it was the lack of american security guarantees that will encourage the north to invade. when our president does things like paula south koreans free riders, threatens to tear up the korea free trade agreement, these things are very upsetting to south koreans when he refers to the sea between korea and japan as the sea of japan instead of the east sea, it makes south korean blood boil. that as a possibility preemptive or preventative strike against north korea without firm south koreans support could lead to a backlash against the american president -- against the american presence in south korea that could have unforeseen consequences. this is the historians lesson for the age, to understand we do not have a rock solid ally in south korea >>. we do at the moment -- that do at the moment but could change drastically

stalin to describe his enemies. >> i want to thank those who said kind words about me. they were not true but they were nice. ♪

you had joseph stalin of russia -- of the soviet union. frank lincoln roosevelt. and all of the trusted leaders. first at teheran then at yalta. yalta was -- is regarded today as highly controversial because there were many secret agreements that were made at yalta. when roosevelt died at 145, the new president had no idea of the secret meeting. truman realized that at yalta there-in all these secret agreements and he has to figure out whether they should be upheld. brian: let me show you some video so you can see stalin and f.d. in yalta. [video clip] president roosevelt, winston churchhill and stalin, outline the steps of victory over germany. roosevelt's personal prestige and his words of councils were invaluable. president roosevelt met with stalin and churchhill. the war was going very well. brian: how cordial were those will three men? a.j.: they were fairly cordial. they all got along very well, surprisingly well. roosevelt got along with people -- even people who was in his best interest to get along with, someone like joseph stalin who was responsible for

retiring senator jeff flake taking to the senate floor to compare president trump to joseph stal stalin. >>> and president trump today accusing russia of helping north korea evade sanctions. the president sharply criticizing russia saying its goaft is making up for china's decision to restrict oil and coal to the rogue regime. we'll discuss the trump administration's efforts to rein in russia and north korea >>> the fight to avoid a government shutdown. republican leadership is pushing a short-term spending bill to fund the government for one more month but there's opposition on. fox news chief congressional correspondent mike e man nal is on capitol hill with the latest. reporter: the clock is becoming a factor as the government is due to run out of money late night friday night. the offer on the table is a short term continuing resolution to keep the government up and running through february 16th. it would extend the children's health care program for six years, delay some obama care taxes. some concerns are that this would be the fourth the impact g resolution has on the military. d

you had joseph stalin of russia -- of the soviet union. frank lincoln roosevelt. and all of the trusted leaders. first at teheran then at yalta. yalta was -- is regarded today as highly controversial because thrrn many secret agreements that were made at yalta. when roosevelt died at 145, the new president had no idea of the secret meeting. rue -- truman realized that at yalta thrrn all these secret agreements and he has to figure out whether they should be upheld. >> let me she you some video so f.d..n see stalin and >> in yalta. >> president roosevelt, winston churchhill and stalin, outline the steps of victory over germany. roosevelt's personal press tidge, his words of council -- prestige and his words of counls were invaluable. president roosevelt met with stalin and churchhill. the war was going very well. >> how cordial were those three men? >> they were fairly cordial. they all got along very well, surprisingly well. roosevelt got along with people -- even people who was in his best interest to get along with, someone like joseph stalin who was responsible

there isn't any comparison between this president or any american with joseph stalin. he hasn't given the speech yet though. >> laura: let's talk about what you want toforeign governmm interfering in american elections. you're teaming up with chris van hollen, a democrat, and what is your goal, and what do you intend to do. >> there's clearly a russian part two two a. in my view, they didn't just favor a candidate. it was the discord. my bigger problem, we can only do what has happened in the past, looking back retroactivel retroactively. the biggest or to americans electoral system and quite frankly america at large is not russia, it's china. china has basically infiltrated its way into all of our technologies across the supply chain. they make anything the russians can do look like child's play, that include stealing secrets, that includes influence individuals in american government to a lot of different things. that includes potentially interfering in an election. the biggest thing moving forward is not the russians, exactly the chinese. they are much larger with a

this is part of the reason that joseph stalin gave kim il-sung permission to invade south korea. that was not the only factor, but that was an important factor and one the south koreans have not forgotten. if you go to the war memorial museum in seoul you will see it laid out that it was the lack of american security guarantees that encouraged the north to invade. when our president does things like call south koreans free riders, threatens to tear up the korea free trade agreement, these things are very upsetting to south koreans. when he refers to the sea between korea and japan as the sea of japan instead of the east sea, it makes south korean blood boil. i think there is a possibility that a preemptive or preventative strike against north korea without firm south korean support could lead to a backlash against the american presence in south korea that could have unforeseen consequences as far as our position in east asia. >> this is the historians lesson for the age, to understand we do not have a rock solid ally in south korea. >> we do at the moment but that could change dr

>>> the president of the united states being compared to joseph stalin? not from democrats but a republican u.s. senator. and he'll do it from the floor of the u.s. senate. >>> the president pushing back on critics who say he is a racist due to his comments he made about african nations and haitians. here is his charge about racism. >> i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that i can tell you. >> the president is also denying that he made the vulgar remarks and he's getting support from his homeland security secretary and from two republican lawmakers. >> are you saying the president did not use the word that has been so widely reported? >> i'm telling you he did not use that word, george, and i'm telling you it's a gross misrepresentation. how many times do you want me to say that? >> i didn't hear that word, either. i certainly didn't hear what senator durbin has said repeatedly. >> i don't recall him saying that exact phrase. i think he has been clear, and i would certainly say undoubtedly the president will continue

this is part of the reason that joseph stalin gave kim il-sung permission to invade south korea. that was not the only factor, but that was an important factor and one the south koreans have not forgotten. if you go to the war memorial museum in seoul you will see it laid out that it was the lack of american security guarantees that encouraged the north to invade. there is this underlying sense of distrust against the americans. when our president does things like call south koreans free riders, threatens to tear up the korea u.s. free trade agreement, these things are very upsetting to south koreans. when he refers to the sea between korea and japan as the sea of japan instead of the east sea, it makes south korean blood boil. i think there is a possibility that a preemptive or preventative strike against north korea without firm south korean support could lead to a backlash against the american presence in south korea that could have unforeseen consequences as far as our position in east asia. >> this is the historians lesson for the age, to understand we do not have a rock sol

it was popularized by joseph stalin. used by mao as well. enemy of the people. >> trish: that's some pretty strong language. we'll just make an flavor of the month for the mainstream media. >> charles: anytime, the media loves it. talking about fake news, comparing trump to stalin, comparing him to hitler, it's just such. >> trish: consulting to history. >> charles: is actually fake news. but i love the washington journal, one of the finest papers in the country, terrific. where are they having argument? >> harris: i wanted the same thing. >> charles: you probably suggest there might have been a condition like i'd as opposed to i and going back, this is an argument between 26-year-olds. i don't really know why they are insisting on keeping it up. >> harris: we had this reporter on overtime last week i specifically asked because they told us what was in this interview but when you listen to it on your own which we didn't have the benefit of doing on friday, you can make your own decision about it. so again, if the president says on the record

stalin to describe his enemies. it bears noting some thought this was the phrase enemy of the people that ethan mikita kirchhoff joined the soviet menace to party the phrase had been introduced by stalin for the purpose of annihilating such individuals and disagreed with the supreme leader. this alone should be the source of great change for us in this body especially for those of us in the president's party for the our shameful and repulsive and of course. the president has it precisely backwards. despotism is the enemy of the people. the free press is the desperate enemy that makes it the guardian of democracy when a figure in power reflects and calls any press that doesn't suit him fake news it is the person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press. i daresayo anyone that has had the privilege and responsibility to serve in this chamber knows that these are dubious at best. those of us who travel overseas especially to war zones and other areas all around the globe and encounter members of the media t

you had joseph stalin of russia -- of the soviet union. frank lincoln roosevelt. and all of the trusted leaders. first at teheran then at yalta. yalta was -- is regarded today as highly controversial because there were many secret agreements that were made at yalta. when roosevelt died at 145, the new president had no idea of the secret meeting. truman realized that at yalta there-in all these secret agreements and he has to figure out whether they should be upheld. brian: let me she you some video so you can see stalin and f.d. in yalta. >> ♪ president roosevelt, winston churchhill and stalin, outline the steps of victory over germany. roosevelt's personal prestige and his words of councils were invaluable. president roosevelt met with stalin and churchhill. the war was going very well. brian: how cordial were those three men? a.j.: they were fairly cordial. they all got along very well, surprisingly well. roosevelt got along with people -- even people who was in his best interest to get along with, someone like joseph stalin who was responsible for the death o