Lets move on. His comments reignited the debate whether the president is a racist. Stunning remarks. Is the president of the United States of america a racist . Do you think President Trump is a racist. People misinterpreted hes a racist. What hes showing us is hes a racist. No question what he said was racist. Thats ridiculous. I think he makes racist comments. You dont help somebody with an alcohol problem by constantly calling him a drunk. I take a little bit of offense and suggestions that the president is racist. Were the comments racist, do you think . Um, well i think they were, yes. Welcome back to kasie dc. President trump spoke to reporters last hour in wet palm beach, florida where he denied making those profane comments about immigration and he answered that question for himself about whether or not hes a racist. Did you see what other senators in the room said about the comments that were made. [ inaudible ] no im not a racist. He says im the least racist person you have ever interviewed. Joining me now Senior Writer for politico and coauthor of the politico playbook, jake sherman. Former democratic congresswoman from maryland donna edwards. Nbc news Political Editor and former chief of staff to the cia and department of defense, Msnbc National Security analyst jeremy bash. Thank you all for being here. Congresswoman the president says hes not a racist. Go. Im not a crook. I think if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and its a duck. The president demonstrated not just with these comments but with a series of comments over a long period of time and behavior dating back long before he became president of the United States that hes a racist and i think the euphemisms is tiring. Its not necessary to use them any more. Jake sherman i couldnt help notice Kevin Mccarthy standing next to him. I remember when paul ryan endorsed the president back during the campaign and the New York Daily News used the same word for the president , weve been talking about here. What is the mood among republicans on capitol hill right now about this discussion . God this is a discussion they dont want to have, i would say. Listen the president keeps bringing it up. The republicans tell me all the time they need to spend the next 12 months selling tax reform, hammering into the public conscious they lowered many peoples tax rates. Were looking at a Political Landscape where republicans can lose 40 or 50 seats. To have discussions about racism and immigration and anything besides what the president has done for the economy, i dont think republicans want to have period. You are paying close attention to the math and to jakes point about whether or not this is really where republicans want this conversation to be. And were talking a little bit earlier how theres been some suggestion that the president initially when he made these comments thought he was making a play to that core base of supporters. He reevaluated it since then and said i never said that. Part of the issue for democrats is not just the math its the fact that democrats have a big advantage when it comes to intensity. When you ask voters how involved are you in the midterm election, how much attention are you paying to the midterm elections and particularly dislike of the president. So the percentage who strongly disapprove of the president right now is 48. Percentage of republicans who strongly approve of the president is half that. Thats the kind of motivation that brings voters out that keeps them motivated. Every time the president is in a news cycle with an outrage obvious comment it keeps those people who are already paying attention to the midterms it keeps them engaged, keeps them wanting to pay attention, searching the ad to know where their polling places are. Its a really good point. This also of course putting republicans in difficult positions as we showed you. Earlier today on meet the press with chuck todd senator rand paul of kentucky offered the following explanation for the president s comments. Unfair to draw conclusions from a remark that wasnt constructive is the least we can say and unfair all of a sudden to paint him as a racist. The only thing i regret although some people in the media have gone completely bonkers, but what i regret i do want to see an immigration compromise and you can have an immigration compromise if everybody out there is calling the president a racist. Jeremy bash what do you make of the position this is putting republicans in. President wins fights he picks with the media. I dont agree with rand paul its unconstructive to label the president s actions. If the president is acting in a way to affect his ability, then, yes, thats a problem. The problem is not his words. The problem is lack of actions. Lets talk about where does the rubber meet the road on daca deal . This came out of a private meeting about trying to hammer this compromise. Weve been going along with tuneding that both sides did actually want to reach a bipartisan deal. Do you think that is the the chances of that are out the window or is there still a way to get this done. Were now four days ahead of a government funding deadline when Congress Comes back on tuesday and they are nowhere. I think at some point in the very near future democrats are going to fine it not in their interest to cut a potentially controversial immigration deal with a guy who is talking behind the scene, the president is, about immigrants wane that a lot of them find detestable. I think thats a big dynamic. Theres no question, though, the president is getting one thing wrong here. I think it is democrats want a daca deal. They are the most fired up about a daca deal. Nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer have been promising since september. So i think the president has his incentive structure a little bit off. Do you think, congresswoman the democrats have given up too much in this debate, even the contours of the bipartisan deal that included Additional Border security, changes to family migration. Are democrats giving away too much as they try to get this deal or not . I dont think so. I think democrats had assumed republicans were negotiating in good faith and there was always going to be a compromise on daca, but democrats are also serious about daca. You heard already some Senate Republicans and democrats and House Democrats saying, you know what . No daca, no deal. So i think that they are since the president s comments they are actually Digging Deeper and make it much more complicated to get a deal. Whats your sense of the political calculus here for democrats . I mean to a certain extent Chuck Schumer is in a difficult position. Caught between first of all and we shouldnt minimize this. There are hundreds of thousands of kids that are really at the center are of all of this. But theres a lot of pressure on the left for democrats not to be seen at all with the president. Whereas Chuck Schumer has a handful of moderate democrats he has to protect in 2018. One thing about this particular issue, the dreamers, its an extremely sympathic position. Extending these conditions for daca has remained popular throughout president obamas tenure and trumps tenure. 70 of americans want to see these protections extended. I think for people on both sides what is very tricky about this is exactly what you said. These are hundreds of thousands of people. They have compelling stories. As democrats continue to publicize those stories that takes front and center beyond any of the, you know, of the other parts of Border Security, et cetera. The Human Element of this is very compelling for democrats and is what they rely on. This week is going to be a big one on capitol hill to say the least. On tuesday steve bannon the former white house chief strategist is scheduled to testify before the house Intelligence Committee. Lets bring in democratic congressman from illinois. He sits on the Intelligence Committee and is planning to be there during bannons testimony. Congressman thank you very much for your time tonight. I would like to know first, what is your top question for steve bannon . How does he fit into your investigation . Well, not confirming who is appearing before us but obviously mr. Bannon is a great interest given his role during the campaign and administration. The main interest is something that the investigation hasnt touched on. Money laundering. I thought it was just fascinating he pulled that out of the book that he said this investigation is going to end up being all about Money Laundering. I think he mentioned mr. Kushner in there and Deutsche Bank. Fascinating combination given that Deutsche Bank was fined 630 million for their involvement in a 10 billion russian Money Laundering scheme and, obviously, mr. Manafort has already been indicted for Money Laundering. So theres a lot to learn and i hope mr. Bannon will share some of that with us beyond what we learned in the book. Did that book, i mean one of the comments that, obviously, got under the president s skin it seems was talking about donald trump jr. Talking about donald trump jr. And that meeting with russians at trump tower being treasonous and unpatriotic. Would you say your interest in steve bannon based on that assessment is heightened maybe . I would like to know what he knows and if knows anything about what the president learned about that meeting before it happened or after it happened. I thought it was interesting he mentioned that it was zero i think he said Something Like zero chance that he didnt take those people he met with right up to meet his father. I dont know if thats true. But i find it very hard to believe that at least the president s son didnt share that that meeting was going to take place, what the purpose of that meeting was, and what happened after the fact. Very hard to imagine that given the significance of that meeting and what they were trying to accomplish, get dirt on Hillary Clinton, he didnt share that with his father. Congressman, jeremy bash has a question for you. If steve bannon does appear before the committee and i under youre not confirming who will be before the committee but if you have an opportunity to question him will you ask him about what the president did in term of the decision to fire jim comey, the obstruction question that bob mueller is also investigating . Given the role that mr. Bannon played in the campaign and, again, in the administration, its pretty easy to imagine that he had a ring side seat to what took place so thats just one of the many questions we would like to know. Why did he fire mr. Comey. What about general flynn . Obvious question about general flynn. We now know and hes pled guilty to lying about meeting with the Russian Ambassador about those sanctions president obama put on the russians for what they did during our election. So theres a multitude of questions, obviously, all of those are fair game. Congressman jake sherman, from politico has a question. This investigation has dragged on many months. I wonder if you can give us an update on when you think it will wrap up and whats the mood between democrats and republicans on the panel. Obviously, been contentious at points. Can you give us an update on that. Probably not going bowling any time soon. In fairness, mr. Conway has tried to do the best he can despite the fact the white house and chairman of the committee has made it extremely difficult. I think we interviewed about half as many witnesses as the senate investigation. We obviously have a lot more that we have to do. I challenge the word drag. I would like this to go a lot quicker but the fact is many of the subpoenas would have sent out, witnesses we would like to bring back. Thats not happening. Some witnesses like mr. Kushner were rushed in when we didnt have all of their documentation. So if we move back to the beginning of this investigation if the president of the United States had said were going to cooperate fully, he could have said what he said all along that this is a witchhunt but were going to cooperate fully, meaning his Campaign Officials and everybody who worked for him at the white house. This investigation would have gone a lot smoother and we would have been a lot farther along. Then the president could know whether or not we found anything that hurts his administration. Congressman mike quigley of illinois, thank you for your time tonight. I appreciate it. Jeremy bash, i want to ask you about the Mueller Investigation and the president s willingness it seems as though he changed gears on whether or not hes willing to talk to mueller. How do you think that plays out . Is it possible that the president will be able to get out of doing an interview with him . Can he just straight up refuse . He could try to refuse but ultimately mueller has the grand jury. If theres a subpoena from the grand jury for the president s testimony the president s lawyers could file a motion in Federal District court to walsh that subpoena. That would be litigated up to the supreme court. I dont think ultimately the president of the United States could avoid answering questions but he may be able to delay it. Certain lir interesting. Up next my interview mark meadows of north carolina. His take on daca and the president s comments behind closed doors. And later democrats look to ride the wave of republican departures in congress. Well map out the races in place. Kasie dc will be back right after this. Welcome back to kasie dc. Earlier this evening just a little bit before the president made those comments defending himself as not a racist i spoke to congressman mark meadows. He insisted he does not believe the president is a racist. First of all, i want to ask you about the president s reported comments, he referred to immigrants from african countries from haiti using an expletive. Whats your reaction . Was that comment racist . We wont be debating what he said or didnt say in the oval office, well be talking about daca and how to fix that. So, i dont see the president as a racist at all. Ive probably spent more time with him on oneonone than most members and i can tell you hes never, never had a racist comment in private and so i have it on Good Authority that some of the contextual comments that have been put forth by senator durbin may be not what they are reported to be. With all due respect senator graham has confirmed he made these comments as well and again do you believe that these dont were racist . Well, you know, whether were debating whether a country, you know, has certain type of plumbing or not or whether were debating whether Nancy Pelosis five guys comment is racist, i think you have to get to the bottom line. What americans want us to do is to deal with the problem that faces us, and really this is a problem that weve got to find a solution to. I dont know that dick durbin releasing this information was helpful in terms of that process. But i can tell you, the president is not racist. Ive had a number of conversations with him. I have zero tolerance for that and as we we know on capitol hill this coming week is all going to be about funding and about daca and how we get some resolution on those two items and thats what the American People want us to address. Is this language that you would use to describe these countries . You know, i use all kinds of different language. Normally not as colorful. Im on the Foreign Affairs committee, kasie as you well know. I enjoy a great relationship with a number of ambassadors all over the country. Overall what well see is that the United States is a good friend to developing countries as well as those allies abroad and at the end of the day youll find us come together on that particular issue. Do you agree with the substance of what the president said here that the United States should have fewer immigrants from countries in africa, from haiti, from el salvador than it should from countries like norway . I can tell you what the president has been very vocal. I actually have been dealing with him on immigration for several weeks, actually several months as weve done that and met with him in the oval Office Multiple times. One of the things that i find really interesting and its an interesting dichotomy as we look at this particular issue, hes continued to come back to me and asked me to do two things. Try to find a bill that dick durbin would be happy with in the senate but the other thing that hes been consistent on is bringing in merit based immigration. When you look at merit based immigration, it doesnt have any particular threshold for a country here or there, its all about making sure that we get the brightest and best coming here in addition to our normal Refugee Program that would reach out for humanitarian purposes. So hes been very consistent on the merit base side of things which would indicate that hes open to having immigrants come here from every where. But i will say that weve got to get a system that actually works, kasie. You know that for decades under republican and democrat administrations we failed to deal with this. I feel were like at the threshold of finally being able to address it. If we can get a bipartisan agreement before the president im sure hell sign it. Up mentioned this bipartisan agreement. The president tweeted earlier today daca is probably dead because democrats dont really want it they just want to talk and take desperately money needed away from our military. Do you agree with the assessment that this daca deal is probably dead and, again, what role do you think the president s inflammatory comments play in how this debate will go forward . I mean whether a private conversation in the oval office ended up being on headlines really is probably came from dick durbin not from the president and so any fallout certainly would rest equally on dick durbins shoulders if hes really trying to negotiate in good faith. Lets look at history. Youre a reporter, kasie and you know each and every day if you ask a democrat what they are saying, they just want to deal with the daca issue first and then deal with the rest of the immigration issues later. They have been consistent, almost sir they have said they will support Border Security. That has been something that Many Democrats voted for in the past. Well, the definition of Border Security, their idea and really what most americans and what this president campaigned on is very different as you well know. I mean when were looking at Border Security were really not only looking at just a physical wall but were looking at making sure that what we do is we can keep track of the people that come here. That we can have a Legal Immigration system that makes sure that those that really seek to do us harm do not come in. But beyond that, they have been very reluctant to do any of that. I think thats what the president is talking about. Hes saying negotiate in good faith. Im willing to go all in and have gone all in, perhaps sometimes pushing a little bit further than what im comfortable doing to say lets get a fix and make sure that we deal with these individuals who have had deferred action but lets also deal with the underlining problems so we dont have to come back in a few years to deal with it again. The principles that were negotiated by that Bipartisan Group of six senators including Lindsey Graham and dick durbin presented at the white house is that framework something that you potentially could support or do you think supporting those principles would amount to the president breaking his promises on immigration . Well, i wouldnt support it and it would be breaking the promises that the president made and if you really look at it, its not a serious proposal, kasie. I mean, you know, lets look at this. When you say we got a bipartisan agreement and listen senator Lindsey Graham is a dear friend of mine. I enjoy working with him on a number of issues. But when it comes to immigration this is all wrong. Its not making the case to move forward. Bob goodlatte has a bill thats been introduced. If he start there and look at that particular bill and find where we can fine Common Ground with our democratic colleagues. Congressman, before i let you go i want to ask you about the possibility of a Government Shutdown later on this week. You have been somebody who has been very critical and leading the charge on these Government Spending issues. Were looking at another resolution to keep the government open. Are you at the point where you could support that as these negotiations continue onward or not . You know, were going to be meeting, kasie, on tuesday night, not only as a conference but as a freedom caucus. I am concerned that we continue to kick the can down the road. Congressman mark meadows ill see you on capitol hill. Thank you so much for coming in tonight. I appreciate it. Great to be with you. When we continue, the retirement house. Well talk about what big changes in congress do and dont mean for the midterms. Wish your skin could bounce back like it used to . Neutrogena hydro boost water gel. With hyaluronic acid it plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. For supple, hydrated skin. Hydro boost. From neutrogena welcome back to kasie dc. President trump said back in june that he would be quote glad to speak with special counsel Robert Mueller. But this week he seemed a little more reluctant. Well see what happens. I mean certainly ill see what happens. But when they have no collusion and nobody has found any collusion at any level it seems unlikely that you would even have an interview. Those comments came after the president attacked the top democrat on the Senate Judiciary committee. Senator Diane Feinstein for releasing the transtestimony of testimony of clint simpson. She even got her own nickname sneaky diane. Heres what James Lankford told me how he views the significance of that dossier. I think its important to find out if its factual. Thats the issue from the very beginning. This dossier come up with these sordid details and wild accusations where everybody immediately asked where did this come from . For the longest no one knew. Now we know the sources were russian in the Clinton Campaign and dnc paid for it so then it becomes a question of who knew who paid for it cane verify it. Details are verifiable. Does it matter. Details are verifiable. It doesnt matter who paid for it. Details not verifiable it certainly matters who paid for it. Thats the challenge. If sources are russian sources we dont know who they are and why they were getting the information and what they knew about the product then we dont know. The challenge that we have is that the russians historically for the last several decades have played both sides of the elections, have prepared themselves to attack whoever they want to on whatever side. Do you think the president is blind to this . Do you think the president needs to talk more about this . The president is two fold on this. Thats my perception. He and i dont talk about these issues a lot. In the times ive been around him and heard him speak about it heard him say if the russians were involved we should confront. I didnt do anything. There was no collusion. If the russians were reaching in to do something thats one issue we need to address but we need to be clear i didnt do it. Hes willing to believe vladimir putin. I think the president still feels that there are individuals saying woe never have been president except the russians. The president is constantly pushing back on that. Theres no evidence the russians changed any votes and if the russians were trying to reach and interfere there needs be consequences. I won the election fair and square. People to undercut his election. Do you think that the president should sit down with Robert Mueller . Thats a tough call. Quite frankly it goes back to bill clintons testimony, meeting with special counsel. Again that was supposed to be closed, that leaked all out. That was on the other side from republicans. Wrong thing to do at that time as well. Leaks were the wrong thing. Leaks transparent wrong thing, thats correct. I would say to the president and hes obviously got good counsel much better than i. If he can answer the questions in writing to make sure its perfectly clear, no secret that the president is not always careful in how he says things and people come back and say im confused you said this. He comes back and said no this is what i meant the whole time. If he can make it very clear so theres no dispute about what hes trying to say. But i dont think he has anything to hide. Hes been very clear on that. Jeremy bash the senator says its a tough call. Its an easy call. The president if he has to tell his side of the story he should do so. Tell the truth and to be done with it. What is your take about the steel dossier, if there are details in that dossier thats not true then it does matter very much who paid for it. When i talk to democrats its almost the exclusion of all else. What they should talk about we know there were conversations between trump Campaign Officials and individuals working on behalf of the russian government. Papadopoulos has pled guilty and we know there was the trump tower meeting. Does it amount to full collusion and the president and his senior advisors wanted to reach out to russia quietly secretly during the transition and mike flynn lied about it. The fact that the steel dossier has certain details that are correct, certain details that are not correct bears on the president s culpability. Thank you so much. When we come back were going to have carrie dan deal into the congressional races and 0steve bannons candidates are likely to fair. The announcement from republican congressman darrell issa hell not be seeking reelection means there are 30 House Republicans either retiring or running for higher office. The announcement last week from issas fellow California Republican ed royce hell be retiring mean eight gop are kwaulg calling it quits. This is what you spend every day doing behindthescenes here. Can you put this in a little bit of historical context. How does it help us understand whether or not there will be a democratic wave. We look at previous waves. There are 30 open republican seats right now. More than in 2010, more than in 2006, more than in 1994. Already starting with Playing Field where republicans have to play defense. Looking into these seats obviously not every one of these 30 is going to be competitive, although having an open seat is never something you want to have as an incumbent party when your president is in the white house. But of those 30, right, so five of them are in districts that Hillary Clinton won. 23 districts nationwide that are represented by a republican that Hillary Clinton won, five of those are now open because of these retirements. Additional three were within eight points of Hillary Clinton winning. So, obviously, you got just eight of those 30 already are beginning as places where democrats will have an advantage. Then you look inside the demographics of these districts where there are open seats. Two places that democrats are going to do better than republicans are districts that are more diverse than the National Average and ones where the College Educated is above the National Average. 12 are diverse, 11 of them have a higher College Educated. Youre starting with a map with those seats that democrats feel are competitive. A lot of those places are expensive to advertise in. California is pricey. Republicans will have outside money advantage but still for democrats great way to make republicans spend their money all over the country. Donna edwards it seems if these districts are more diverse than usual then the debate between the president s Approval Rating and the things weve been talking about every day seems to point to a wave. I think it does and i think one of the things that carey said earlier the intensity among democrats is really high. I think you look at a state like california its Fertile Ground for democrats. You know, i think democrats feel really confident but its early in the year. We couldnt predict this is where we would be right now in 2018 at this time in 2017. Jake sherman you had a scoop in playbook about paul ryans challenger. I do think its interesting hat you reported about the speakers democratic challenger. Randy bryce raised 1. 2 million. Hes won and lost for office many times over the last couple of years in wisconsin. What people dont realize paul ryan has a competitive district in wisconsin. Hes just been a good fit for that district for a very long time and i believe still is a good fit for the district according to people on both sides of the aisle he doesnt have a real challenge. Bryce is raising a lot of money because of the mood. A couple of data points. You see across the country republicans who have never had any problems politically in a lot of trouble. Some one like John Culberson is in trouble. I want to point out this immigration deal to bring it full circle. If you had an issue what would depress the base immigration depresses the republican voter base so you have both a National Mood where republicans are in trouble, plus the base might not even say hey listen these people supported an immigration deal we dont lying. A lot of things in the stew that makes for what cary said right. Things are shaping up to be historically bad for republicans. Nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer when asked them about this they seem more than happy to talk about this. When we continue from rocking in the suburbs to rock the Symphony Orchestrate, ben folds join us on set to get millennials to care about Classical Music. Back after this. Welcome back. Our next guest has an impressive set of accolades. Hes toured around the world. Yes even opening for Bernie Sanders. Now hes the firstever artistic advisor for the National Symphony orchestra here in d. C. Hes a guest here on kasie dc. What brings you to d. C. You are now working with the National Symphony orchestra. Why is that so important to you . Ive been playing with the orchestra, youth orchestras when i was a kid, 8 years old i was doing this. It means a lot to me to keep it alive. And maybe last 15 years been playing loads of orchestra shows and so the National Symphony orchestra asked if i would be interested in putting together some series for them to try to take Classical Music and pop music and put them together in a new audience could hear Classical Music. Right. So one of the things its not this song you guys are performing now in the clip were showing but when you came into the show that was brave. I was having flashbacks i was at your concert friday night covering the hillary Clinton Campaign that was a song they used to play quite a bit. How do you think and you, i believe, performed or appeared at both political conventions. How do you view this intersection between politics and music. Why did you decide to go to both conventions. I was going to bat for the National Endowment of the arts. Theres a lot of support on both sides for that. I was interested in both perspectives and saying what i thought. Something i cared about a lot. I found a lot of support on both sides thats why i was there. What do you think the role you supported Bernie Sanders in the primary and i think we actually have some pictures of you opening up for Bernie Sanders. You and i were at the same event on super tuesday. I turn out Bernie Sanders for quite some time. But, obviously, our political environment is very different than anybody expected going into election night. What do you think is the role of music and art in putting it in the context of your own political view . To have a piano player, you know, player piano to multi track recording and were just you know, everyone who has an idea has to has to get on with that. To me, highways the main change. I think talent remains. Theres always amazing talent. Theres always amazing music. But technology is what changes the most. The reason im interested if in keeping the Symphony Orchestra alive is because theres nothing really like it. It is a its like the great artistic symbol of organization. Its people working together doing something thats greater than the individual. I feel like this we lose that, thats a symbol we cant afford to lose. So as the music has seen changes, i really want to keep the Symphony Orchestra in the middle of it. For what its worth, i completely agree with you. Thank you for your time tonight. I really appreciate it. When we return, what to watch for in the week ahead. Okay, ready. Were back with more breaking news and, parents, if youre watching with children, you might want to mute for the next 35 seconds. Quote, shole countries. Shole countries. Shole countries come sholes. They would say sinkhole or whatever the word its not sipg. Blankhole countries. Blank countries. You know, caca holes. From ex blah had active countries all these people from bleep countries. Bleep hole these are you go the point. You know what he says. Oh, dear. Before we go, we want to talk about what you are watching in the week ahead. But first, i want to go to an unbelievable finish in tonights vikings saints game in minnesota. Take a look. Steps into it. Pass is caught. Sideline touchdown unbelievable. Vikings win it that is a 61yard completion from case keenum on the final play of the game giving the vikings a victory over the saints, truly amazing. They are going to go on to play any Philadelphia Eagles at home in philadelphia. If the viking are to win, they would play their first home super bowl in minnesota. Now, what are you watching in the week ahead . Government shutdown fight. The government runs out of monday on friday. Congress will be in session for four days. They dont have a history of getting things done quickly and effectively. I feel like people are still saying, oh, theres fought going the to be a shutdown. Democrats dont want to shut down, the president doesnt want to shut down. But again, i feel like im going into this not quite having my head around how they solve it. Theyve done it once on their own. I dont know how they do it again and there is a lot of animus right now between the daca stuff and not getting a longterm deal. I think it will be a messy week. Were going into a Record Number of republicans going into a midterm year. If you decide you want to throw in the towel, these are the couple weeks to do it. We might have more coming. I know we talked about historical indicators, but it does feel to me and jake, youre up on the hill every day, as well as though democrats are i dont know that theyre counting their ducks already, but i feel like every time you ask nancy pelosi or Chuck Schumer, they basically think the democrats are going to walk through this. The average, if the president s Approval Rating is under 50 over the last decades, the party in power has lost 40 seats. I think thats a baseline that democrats are eyeing. Its early, but the signs are edging that way. Thanks, carrie. That does it for us. We will be back with you next week from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Eastern live from washington. For now, good night and we leave you with this from saturday night live. Steve, do you think theyll ever let you back into politics . Yes and on the cannons terms, too, as a kingmaker. I convinced this country to elect donald. And i can do it again. Already auditioning candidates. Got some prospects. Logan paul. Party strelli, the subway game, jared fogel. Hes back, hes electable. Its time for america to slide down the bannonster. Fallout after the president s alleged use of a word during immigration talks. Plus, sheer panic in hawaii after a false missile alert, now theres an investigation open into what went wrong and try to keep from happening again. And after days of searching, officials in california now shift from from rescue to recovery following last wooeek deadly mudslides. The death toll has reached 20 and at least four more people are still missing. Good morning, everyone. Its monday, january the 15th