January 13, 2019: Trump's Emergency Powers & Pompeo in Arabia

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 13 January 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On GPS: What could President Trump do if he declares a national emergency? Fareed digs into the powers Trump could grab, with Elizabeth Goitein and John Yoo. Then, what to make of Sec. of State Mike Pompeo's visit to the Middle East this week? Robin Wright, Tarek Masoud, and Martin Indyk try to pick out the signal from the noise of the Trump administration's mixed messages on this crucial region. GUESTS: Elizabeth Goitein, John Yoo, Robin Wright, Tarek Masoud, Martin Indyk, Oby Ezekwesili January 13, 2019

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:05.0	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:08.5	I'm Farid Zakaria.
0:10.0	Today on the show, Pompeo in Arabia.
0:16.0	The Secretary of State makes his Cairo speech.
0:19.0	The age of self-inflicted American shame is over.
0:22.0	And it is very different from Barack Obama's.
0:25.0	I've come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning.
0:28.5	Between the United States and Muslims around the world.
0:33.0	We'll examine the Trump administration's mid-east policy with a terrific panel.
0:39.0	But first, the President threatens to declare a national emergency
0:43.0	if the Democrats don't fund his war.
0:45.0	We'll look at the history of such declarations and the awesome powers they give the commander in chief.
0:53.0	And bring back our girls.
0:55.0	Remember the intense anger over the kidnapping of almost 300 majorian school girls?
1:00.0	Reveal 100!
1:02.0	Remember the feverish demands to get them back?
1:05.0	Well, some 100 of those girls are still missing.
1:10.0	We have not forgotten.
1:14.0	But first, here's my take.
1:16.0	Watching the struggle over funding for border wall, I'm struck by the way in which in one sense,
1:21.0	Donald Trump has already achieved success.
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