Sunday Talk Show Previews

Brennan will appear this Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press," while fellow former CIA Director Michael Hayden and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper will appear on CNN’s “State of the Union." Both Hayden and Clapper signed the letter condemning Trump's decision to punish Brennan this week.

Lisa Monaco, a former homeland security adviser to the Obama administration, will also appear on CNN this weekend, while Trump White House national security adviser John Bolton will appear on ABC's "This Week."

Also making a rare Sunday show appearance this week is a member of Pennsylvania's Catholic Church, Bishop Lawrence Persico, who will face questions over a grand jury report that found six Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses had allegedly protected hundreds of "predator priests" and covered up more than 1,000 victims of sexual abuse and molestation.

NBC's "Meet the Press": Former CIA Director John Brennan, Bishop Lawrence Persico.

"Fox News Sunday": White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen.

CBS's "Face the Nation": Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.), Democratic congressional candidate Jennifer Wexton (Va.).

CNN's "State of the Union": Former DNI James Clapper, former CIA Director Michael Hayden, former White House homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco, Gov. Steve Bullock (D-Mont.), Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.).

ABC's "This Week": White House national security adviser John Bolton.

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/402487-sunday-shows-preview-trump-stokes-intel-feud-over-clearances

Trump stays out of Arizona's ugly and costly GOP fight

President Trump's decision to remain on the sidelines has caused a protracted and costly Republican primary fight in Arizona, where the three candidates are heavily playing up their Trump bona fides despite no endorsement in sight.

All three candidates – establishment favorite Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), her main GOP rival Kelli Ward, and outside shot former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio – have personal connections to Trump, a reason political observers believe have led him to sit this primary out.

But the absence of a decisive endorsement has each candidate and their financial backers believing they can still win the Aug. 28 primary, leading to more than $7 million being spent in the race by outside groups alone.

Those kind of numbers and the intensity of the fight are worrying some Republicans as McSally, the candidate who is leading in the polls and the one believed to have the most general election appeal, is too mired in a primary fight to be focused on likely Democratic opponent, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).

The race for the seat being vacated by departing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is critical for Republican hopes to retain its narrow 1-seat majority in the Senate. It is currently seen as a "toss-up" by The Cook Political Report, in a state where Democrats haven’t won a Senate race since 1988, and that Trump won by less than 4 points in 2016.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/402426-trump-stays-out-of-arizona-gop-primary-leading-to-ugly-and-costly-fight

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Thousands of UK bridges are 'sub-standard', at risk of collapse and will cost almost £1billion to repair, experts warn after the tragedy in Genoa

The number of 'sub-standard' bridges in the UK has soared in recent years and would cost almost £1 billion to repair, according to alarming new findings.

A survey by the RAC Foundation revealed that almost 3,500 British bridges maintained by councils are not considered strong enough to bear 44-ton lorries – the heaviest vehicles permitted on our roads – placing them at risk of collapse if warning signs are ignored.

The figure – an increase of almost 45 per cent from the 2,375 recorded in 2015 – was correlated after the motoring research charity sent out Freedom of Information requests to all local authorities.

Experts at the RAC Foundation believe that reduced maintenance due to budget constraints is partly to blame for the substantial increase, while calculating that the one-off cost of bringing all 'substandard' bridges up to scratch would be around £934 million, or £271,000 per structure.

The current total of 3,441 bridges regarded as 'sub-standard' – using the widely used 44-ton measure – represents 4.6 per cent of the 74,000 bridges on the UK's local road network, or around one in 22 of the total.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6074663/Thousands-UK-bridges-sub-standard-risk-collapse.html

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Sounds like they want money

Melania Trump is now asking the White House kitchen staff to prepare healthier meals for the fast food-loving president… but he still gets his two scoops of ice cream

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6074251/Melania-Trump-asks-White-House-kitchen-staff-prepare-healthier-meals-president.html

>>2660284

they must be done with their homework

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>>2660465

all that VAT money goes somewhere

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reform for thee but not for me