Piers Morgan and Alastair Campbell have a ding dong over Trump
The Good Morning Britain presenter surprised fans of the show with his views on the NHS, social care, foreign aid, the EU referendum and President-elect Donald Trump.
The former News of the World and Daily Mirror editor was on the panel alongside Conservative transport secretary Chris Grayling, Labour shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland Alistair Carmichael and novelist Lionel Shriver.
When the topic came around to his US friend, he told the audience: Donald Trump is not a monster. Hes not an angel, but hes not a monster. Hes a very smart business guy who has consistently proven people wrong. We underestimate him at our peril.
The 51-year-old also praised Prime Minister Theresa Mays negotiating tactic to get Britain a good deal with the European Union and managed to compare it to a holidaymaker bargaining a deal for a Moroccan carpet.
But viewers were most shocked with Piers"s comments on the NHS.
He said: We are living a lot longer, it"s a problem if you cant cope with it, the system cant cope with the extra volume of people coming in.
We have front page pictures of grandmothers on trolleys for 24, 36 hours, we have four-year-old kids lying on the floor in our hospitals and a prime minister saying, "Crisis what crisis. Its not good enough.
Go and live in America for a while like I have and then you realise how great the NHS really is.
One person wrote on Twitter: Not often I agree with Piers Morgan but he was spot on there about the NHS. Grayling was squirming. #bbcqt.
Others wrote on the social media site: #Bbcqt Kill me now! I agreed with Piers with a lot of what he said... still a t**t though!"
Big Boi on 2017 NFC Championship: Packers vs Falcons (FULL)
By Barry Wilner/Associated Press
Green Bay (plus 5.5) at Atlanta
As we marvel at the talents of Rodgers, not to mention his prognosticating, and enjoy how much excitement he brings to the field, theres one thing we cant ignore. The Packers are too undermanned in the secondary.
Dak Prescott tore up Green Bays struggling and tiring D in the second half last Sunday. Cowboys receivers were so open that Jerry Jones probably could have completed some passes.
Thats a recipe for failure against Ryan and all the weapons he has. Julio Jones could be a bit hobbled, which would even things up a bit. And if Rodgers gets back a somewhat effective Jordy Nelson from his rib injury
Sorry, Cheeseheads, cant persuade ourselves to believe. Pro Picks thinks this comes down to one unit being too banged-up and deficient.
While each airline has slightly different rules for its Basic Economy fare, the decision of American to join Delta and United in offering these budget fares is, overall, good news for the consumer, said Henry Harteveldt, travel industry analyst and president of the Atmosphere Research Group.
"Not only does this provide more price competition, but thanks to the larger airlines" more extensive schedules, it may be easier for passengers to find low fare flights," he said. It also shows the airlines" willingness "to fight to keep every possible passenger they can, along with every penny of revenue."
To get the best value out of booking a basic economy fare, Seaney says to pack light and take advantage of the option to check a bag for free if you have elite status or a credit card that will defray the fee.
Check in as early as possible and complain quickly if kids under 12 traveling with you are not seated with you, said Seaney. "And be prepared to sit in a middle seat and take 20 minutes to deplane from the back."
Also, don"t look for these prices on every route. Seaney expects American"s Basic Economy fares to be offered mostly on competitive nonstop routes with a Spirit/Frontier overlap.
While lower fares on some routes may be appreciated by budget-conscious fliers, "Flying under this new fare strata model is evocative of what life must have been like on the titanic," said George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog.com. "Passengers arranged in first, second, and third class cabins, with third class the equivalent of these new "basic economy" seats. It gives me an uneasy, sinking feeling realizing that we"re not all in the same boat when we fly."
After releasing her fifth solo studio album idina. last fall, Tony Award-winning superstar Idina Menzel announced that she will head out on a 50+ city global spring and summer tour, hitting San Antonio this summer. Menzel takes center stage in the H-E-B Performance Hall at The Tobin Center on Friday, July 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, Jan. 27 at 10 a.m.
Tickets can be purchased online www.tobincenter.org, via phone (210) 223-8624 and in-person at the Tobin Centers Box Office (100 Auditorium Circle, 78205). Box Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m. 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. 2 p.m. Tickets are $69.50, $89.50, $114.50 and $175. VIP ticket packages are available for purchase.
Called the Streisand of her generation by The Denver Post, Menzel has captivated audiences at sold-out concerts around the world with her irresistible charm, wit and unparalleled vocal prowess. Throughout the tour,Menzel will lead audiences through a special journey of songs from idina. as well as other classic pop, musical theater favorites and her own personal catalogue.
Menzel will play the role of CC in the contemporary remake of the classic film Beaches, which premieres Saturday, Jan. 21 on Lifetime at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Her voice is also featured on the Beaches EP, which includes classic songs from the 1988 original film, along with new tracks recorded specifically for the remake. The EP was released on Jan. 13 by Warner Bros. Records and is available for purchase now at https://wbr.ec/wbmw.
The Tony Award-winning icon has had a diverse career that traverses stage, film, television and music. Her voice can be heard as Elsa in Disneys global box office smash Frozen,in which she sings the films Oscar-winning song Let It Go, and in the follow-up short, Frozen Fever.
After Menzels performance of the multi-platinum song at the 86th annual Academy Awards, she made history as the first person with both a Billboard Top 10 hit and a Tony Award for acting.
Menzel earned her first Tony nomination as Maureen in the Pulitzer Prize winnerRent, and won the award for her performance as Elphaba in Wicked. Other notable roles include Rachel Berrys mother, Shelby Corcoran, on the hit television show Glee as well as starring opposite Susan Sarandon and Amy Adams in Disneys Enchanted.
She starred in her own PBS special,Barefoot at the Symphony, with an accompanying live album of the same name, and her highly successful 2015 international concert tour included a sold-out performance at Radio City Music Hall. Menzel also performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLIX in February 2015, which was the most-watched television program in U.S. history.
In addition to cast albums, menzels prolific recordingcareer includes the solo albumsidina., I Stand,HereandStill I Cant Be Still. Her first-ever Christmas album Holiday Wishes, released October 2014 on Warner Bros. Records, debuted at No. 1 on Billboards Holiday Albums chart and received rave reviews. Menzels most recent Broadway role as Elizabeth in the original production If/Then earned her critical acclaim and her third Tony nomination. For more information, please visitwww.idinamenzel.com.
Sean Spicer: John Lewis" Remarks On Donald Trump Are Disappointing | Morning Joe | MSNBC
If only White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had stuck with his strong material. In the beginning of his appearance at the White House briefing room on Saturday afternoon, Spicer took aim at Time magazine White House correspondent Zeke Miller. On duty on Inauguration Day as a pool reporter, Miller concluded that the new occupant of the White House had removed a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. He fed that information into the pool report, and others tweeted out the information.
Which turned out to be wrong.
This was irresponsible and reckless, said Spicer at his appearance. Fair point. Donald Trump, after all, came to power in part by exploiting racial divisions in the United States. He was appropriately denounced as a bigot and a racist. To report that hed booted a bust of King from the Oval Office would surely help to cement his history.
Yet Spicer wasnt content to stop there, while he was ahead. Among Trump folks, bashing the media is such a compulsion as to rule out quitting while youre ahead.
from firm ground, spicer fled to brown ground the wintry fields of the Mall, where, he maintained, a record crowd had amassed on the previous day for the presidents inaugural address. This was the first time in our nations history that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass on the Mall. That had the effect of highlighting any areas where people were not standing, while in years past the grass eliminated this visual, said Spicer, in accounting for why people had reached the conclusion that previous inaugurals had attracted crowds greater than the one at Trumps. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period both in person and around the globe, said Spicer.
With that, the U.S. media switched into a familiar mode from the 2016 campaign, that of churning out fact-checks of very easily disprovable statements of falsity. The Associated Press ruled that Spicer had added to the misstatements of his own boss regarding crowd size. Noting that Spicer had offered no evidence for his largest-ever inauguration contention, the AP wrote, photos taken during Barack Obamas 2009 inauguration showed substantially more people on the Mall. Also wrong was the contention about floor coverings, not to mention a separate claim about magnetometers.
In a particularly clumsy barb, Spicer said this: Even the New York Times printed a photograph showing a misrepresentation of the crowd in the original Tweet in their paper, which showed the full extent of the support, depth in crowd, and intensity that existed, he said. What did that mean? When the Erik Wemple Blog asked the newspaper about the matter, it replied that it wasnt sure what Spicer was addressing. And since he never took any questions at the briefing, it was hard to tell.
A spokeswoman for the paper noted that Times reporter Binyamin Appelbaum had issued this much-trafficked tweet:
According to the Times, there is nothing inaccurate in that tweet whatsoever.
Perhaps this is the better photo to which Spicer referred:
In any case, Appelbaum didnt need terribly sophisticated people-counting technology to debunk the idea that Fridays event was the highest-attended inauguration ever.
The job of White House press secretary is a difficult one. The challenge is to stand at the podium and represent the thoughts and vision of the president of the United States, to stand in for an officeholder busy with meetings and travel and more meetings. On the first full day of the Trump administration, Spicer did this to perfection, representing in one six-minute session the penchant for falsehood and mendacity that Trump displayed throughout the presidential campaign.
Would that betrayal of the truth were the only offense that Spicer committed from the podium. It wasnt. After he slammed media organizations for their responsible reporting of the turnout for the Trump inauguration, he said, These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. For those worried that the Trump years might just corrode democracy and open the way to authoritarianism, heres an early signpost: Crime against the State No. 1: No citizen shall attempt to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration of the Supreme Leader.
It stands to reason that Spicer & Co. would have to fabricate a case against inaugural shrinkage. The bill of particulars against Miller, after all, wasnt sufficiently sweeping to justify an entire session dedicated to hammering the media. More was needed in order to ramp up this warning from Spicer: Theres been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold Donald Trump accountable. And Im here to tell you that it goes two ways. Were going to hold the press accountable, as well, he said.
Thus went Spicers fulfillment of the Trump administrations brand promise. Sure, Trump as presidential candidate spoke about a wall, an end to Obamacare, a return of jobs to the United States. He was most consistent, however, on the media bashing it, banning it, scaring it, tweeting about it. Even if Miller had avoided his bust mistake, and even if the media had raved about inaugural attendance, its a fair bet that Spicer would have found cause to deliver the same message. The idea, it appears at this early stage, is not so much to answer the medias questions as it is to discredit them before theyre even asked.
Updated to include another tweet from Times Miller.
FULL White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer ABSOLUTELY RIPS APART Media Lies About Donald Trump!!!
If only White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had stuck with his strong material. In the beginning of his appearance at the White House briefing room on Saturday afternoon, Spicer took aim at Time magazine White House correspondent Zeke Miller. On duty on Inauguration Day as a pool reporter, Miller concluded that the new occupant of the White House had removed a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. He fed that information into the pool report, and others tweeted out the information.
Which turned out to be wrong.
This was irresponsible and reckless, said Spicer at his appearance. Fair point. Donald Trump, after all, came to power in part by exploiting racial divisions in the United States. He was appropriately denounced as a bigot and a racist. To report that hed booted a bust of King from the Oval Office would surely help to cement his history.
Yet Spicer wasnt content to stop there, while he was ahead. Among Trump folks, bashing the media is such a compulsion as to rule out quitting while youre ahead.
From firm ground, Spicer fled to brown ground the wintry fields of the Mall, where, he maintained, a record crowd had amassed on the previous day for the presidents inaugural address. This was the first time in our nations history that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass on the Mall. That had the effect of highlighting any areas where people were not standing, while in years past the grass eliminated this visual, said Spicer, in accounting for why people had reached the conclusion that previous inaugurals had attracted crowds greater than the one at Trumps. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period both in person and around the globe, said Spicer.
With that, the U.S. media switched into a familiar mode from the 2016 campaign, that of churning out fact-checks of very easily disprovable statements of falsity. The Associated Press ruled that Spicer had added to the misstatements of his own boss regarding crowd size. Noting that Spicer had offered no evidence for his largest-ever inauguration contention, the AP wrote, photos taken during Barack Obamas 2009 inauguration showed substantially more people on the Mall. Also wrong was the contention about floor coverings, not to mention a separate claim about magnetometers.
In a particularly clumsy barb, Spicer said this: Even the New York Times printed a photograph showing a misrepresentation of the crowd in the original Tweet in their paper, which showed the full extent of the support, depth in crowd, and intensity that existed, he said. What did that mean? When the Erik Wemple Blog asked the newspaper about the matter, it replied that it wasnt sure what Spicer was addressing. And since he never took any questions at the briefing, it was hard to tell.
A spokeswoman for the paper noted that Times reporter Binyamin Appelbaum had issued this much-trafficked tweet:
According to the Times, there is nothing inaccurate in that tweet whatsoever.
Perhaps this is the better photo to which Spicer referred:
In any case, Appelbaum didnt need terribly sophisticated people-counting technology to debunk the idea that Fridays event was the highest-attended inauguration ever.
The job of White House press secretary is a difficult one. The challenge is to stand at the podium and represent the thoughts and vision of the president of the United States, to stand in for an officeholder busy with meetings and travel and more meetings. On the first full day of the Trump administration, Spicer did this to perfection, representing in one six-minute session the penchant for falsehood and mendacity that Trump displayed throughout the presidential campaign.
Would that betrayal of the truth were the only offense that spicer committed from the podium. it wasnt. after he slammed media organizations for their responsible reporting of the turnout for the Trump inauguration, he said, These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. For those worried that the Trump years might just corrode democracy and open the way to authoritarianism, heres an early signpost: Crime against the State No. 1: No citizen shall attempt to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration of the Supreme Leader.
It stands to reason that Spicer & Co. would have to fabricate a case against inaugural shrinkage. The bill of particulars against Miller, after all, wasnt sufficiently sweeping to justify an entire session dedicated to hammering the media. More was needed in order to ramp up this warning from Spicer: Theres been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold Donald Trump accountable. And Im here to tell you that it goes two ways. Were going to hold the press accountable, as well, he said.
Thus went Spicers fulfillment of the Trump administrations brand promise. Sure, Trump as presidential candidate spoke about a wall, an end to Obamacare, a return of jobs to the United States. He was most consistent, however, on the media bashing it, banning it, scaring it, tweeting about it. Even if Miller had avoided his bust mistake, and even if the media had raved about inaugural attendance, its a fair bet that Spicer would have found cause to deliver the same message. The idea, it appears at this early stage, is not so much to answer the medias questions as it is to discredit them before theyre even asked.
Sean Spicer Brutally Educates CNN"s Alisyn Camerota On How To Gather Facts
If only White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer had stuck with his strong material. In the beginning of his appearance at the White House briefing room on Saturday afternoon, Spicer took aim at Time magazine White House correspondent Zeke Miller. On duty on Inauguration Day as a pool reporter, Miller concluded that the new occupant of the White House had removed a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. He fed that information into the pool report, and others tweeted out the information.
Which turned out to be wrong.
This was irresponsible and reckless, said Spicer at his appearance. Fair point. Donald Trump, after all, came to power in part by exploiting racial divisions in the United States. He was appropriately denounced as a bigot and a racist. To report that hed booted a bust of King from the Oval Office would surely help to cement his history.
Yet Spicer wasnt content to stop there, while he was ahead. Among Trump folks, bashing the media is such a compulsion as to rule out quitting while youre ahead.
From firm ground, Spicer fled to brown ground the wintry fields of the Mall, where, he maintained, a record crowd had amassed on the previous day for the presidents inaugural address. This was the first time in our nations history that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass on the Mall. That had the effect of highlighting any areas where people were not standing, while in years past the grass eliminated this visual, said Spicer, in accounting for why people had reached the conclusion that previous inaugurals had attracted crowds greater than the one at Trumps. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period both in person and around the globe, said Spicer.
With that, the U.S. media switched into a familiar mode from the 2016 campaign, that of churning out fact-checks of very easily disprovable statements of falsity. The Associated Press ruled that Spicer had added to the misstatements of his own boss regarding crowd size. Noting that Spicer had offered no evidence for his largest-ever inauguration contention, the AP wrote, photos taken during Barack Obamas 2009 inauguration showed substantially more people on the Mall. Also wrong was the contention about floor coverings, not to mention a separate claim about magnetometers.
In a particularly clumsy barb, Spicer said this: Even the New York Times printed a photograph showing a misrepresentation of the crowd in the original Tweet in their paper, which showed the full extent of the support, depth in crowd, and intensity that existed, he said. What did that mean? When the Erik Wemple Blog asked the newspaper about the matter, it replied that it wasnt sure what Spicer was addressing. And since he never took any questions at the briefing, it was hard to tell.
A spokeswoman for the paper noted that Times reporter Binyamin Appelbaum had issued this much-trafficked tweet:
According to the Times, there is nothing inaccurate in that tweet whatsoever.
Perhaps this is the better photo to which Spicer referred:
In any case, Appelbaum didnt need terribly sophisticated people-counting technology to debunk the idea that Fridays event was the highest-attended inauguration ever.
The job of White House press secretary is a difficult one. The challenge is to stand at the podium and represent the thoughts and vision of the president of the United States, to stand in for an officeholder busy with meetings and travel and more meetings. On the first full day of the Trump administration, Spicer did this to perfection, representing in one six-minute session the penchant for falsehood and mendacity that Trump displayed throughout the presidential campaign.
Would that betrayal of the truth were the only offense that Spicer committed from the podium. It wasnt. After he slammed media organizations for their responsible reporting of the turnout for the Trump inauguration, he said, These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. For those worried that the Trump years might just corrode democracy and open the way to authoritarianism, heres an early signpost: Crime against the State No. 1: No citizen shall attempt to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration of the Supreme Leader.
would have to fabricate a case against inaugural shrinkage. The bill of particulars against Miller, after all, wasnt sufficiently sweeping to justify an entire session dedicated to hammering the media. More was needed in order to ramp up this warning from Spicer: Theres been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold Donald Trump accountable. And Im here to tell you that it goes two ways. Were going to hold the press accountable, as well, he said.
Thus went Spicers fulfillment of the Trump administrations brand promise. Sure, Trump as presidential candidate spoke about a wall, an end to Obamacare, a return of jobs to the United States. He was most consistent, however, on the media bashing it, banning it, scaring it, tweeting about it. Even if Miller had avoided his bust mistake, and even if the media had raved about inaugural attendance, its a fair bet that Spicer would have found cause to deliver the same message. The idea, it appears at this early stage, is not so much to answer the medias questions as it is to discredit them before theyre even asked.
