Transcripts For MSNBCW The 11th Hour With Brian Williams 20190606

After spending time with vietnam and hitler, the president heads home while still waging war with mexico. Back home nancy pelosi still answers questions about impeachment proceedings. Jerry nadler hints they could still come. And the man called the attorney general not telling the truth. Asking the democrats if they believe they can win in 2020. All of this as the 11th hour gets underway on a wednesday night. Good evening once again from our msnbc headquarters in new york. Day 167 of this trump administration, and tomorrow the president will commemorate all of us on the 75th anniversary of the dday in normandy. We have watched nearly three days of this overseas trip. He quoted roosevelt and generally greeted veterans and kpa exalted soldiers bravery while dismissing his avoidance of service in vietnam, calling it a country nobody heard of. He toasted Britains Queen at a Bucking Ham Palace banquet. Among the many topics the two of them covered was trumps many deferments during the vietnam war. You werent able to serve in vietnam because of a bone spur condition in your feet. Do you wish you could have served . Did you want to joifto serve yo country . I never liked that war, to be honest. It was so far away, and it wasnt like we were fighting against nazi germany, we were fighting hitler. Would you have wanted to serve . I wouldnt have minded. But look, 70 billion i gave last year, and this year 716 billion. I think i made up for it rapidly because were building up our military. The interview covered trumps thoughts of a possible war with iran, his view of hitler and Winston Churchill, and what the president told the queen about her nations next Prime Minister. I was saying to the queen last night, the choice of your next Prime Minister is a very important choice. You really have to get it right. Would you see similarities in yourself to Winston Churchill . What i see of him is hes able to handle pressure very well. People forget that at that time hitler was virtually unstoppable. He was going through countries like cheese. With war drums beating about iran, do you think you would take military action . Theres always a chance. Do i want to . No, but theres always a chance. After the interview we have a little gift for you. Were in the church frill ward. This is a hat exactly like churchill used to wear. Its a little big. Thats fantastic. While meeting this afternoon with irelands Prime Minister, trump turned his attention back to the growing political crisis back home, his threat to impose tariffs on mexico unless mexico stems the flow of migrants coming to the u. S. Southern border illegally. Mexico will have to step up, and if they dont, tariffs will go on. Theyre coming in by the millions. Mexico will have to stop it, otherwise we just wont be able to do business. Its a very simple thing. And i think they will stop it. I think they want to do something. I think they want to make a deal, and they sent their top people to try and do that. Well see what happens today. We should know something. Also tonight after senior officials from the white house and the Mexican Government both met for about an hour and a half, ending with no agreement, the president wrote, talks with mexico will resume tomorrow with the understanding that if no agreement is reached, tariffs at the 5 level will begin on monday with monthly increases as per schedule. The higher the tariffs go, the higher the number of companies that will move back to the usa. Republican senators opposed to the tariffs warned the white house they are prepared to block trumps move. Tonight n brks krrbc news asked mcconnell to please delay the tariffs until lawmakers can please meet with trump. Meanwhile, in the house, the talk of impeachment isnt dying down. There are now 60 members of congress in favor of opening an inquiry. Today Speaker Pelosi warned that there is no guarantee that impeachment would automatically mean the end of this presidency. Do you know most people think that impeachment means youre out of office . They think that you can impeach, youre gone. And that is completely not true. Its an indictment. So when youre impeaching somebody, you want to make sure you have the strongest possible indictment. Because its not the means to the end that people think. All you do, vote to impeach, bye bye birdie. The last bit of news here is news on the House Democrats efforts to get special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify in person. House Judiciary Committee chairman jerry nadler was sounding optimistic today. Lets just say that im confident hell come in soon. Will you need to subpoena him to make that happen . We may. We will if we have to. How much longer will you wait to subpoena . No comment. Not too much. Peter baker, White House Correspondent for the new york times, todd koeppen, writer for the chronicle, bureau chief for the Washington Post. Here in our new york studios, dane r jeremy bash, former chief of staff in pentagon, former chief counsel for the house committee. Id like to begin with you. What message has our president sent the world the past few days . An erratic one. An uncertain one. On the 75th anniversary of dday, the president should symbolize a union between the United States and our transatlantic allies. He should symbolize the Democratic Forces which are alive and well in the form of president putin in russia and the world. Instead he sends tweets criticizing the royal family, making comments about things that have nothing to do with his trip or the solemnity of this day, and i think it really detracts. It detracts from the observance of the 75th anniversary of dday and the heroism of people who stormed those beaches to keep the free world free, and it also detracts ultimately from american security, because it sows doubt on everybody in the continent whether or not the american president can be relied upon, trusted upon during very chaotic times. Peter baker, during your reporting, do you think there has ever been an effort in house to get this president to be a more composed figure, especially going in to a day like tomorrow . People are already holding their breath as to which donald trump were going to get. Yeah,i inlook, they long ago recognized President Trump is President Trump and to try to change him is a fools errand. They can tell him all they like that he ought to comport himself, but it alley depenreal on how he feels. To quote the article you put up from our paper tonight, the ability to be on Good Behavior when hes standing next to the queen for the most part, when hes clicking glasses with Prince Charles, when hes reciting fdrs famous words, and then he has free time back in the hotel or something and hes up until 1 45 in the morning or something, and theres suddenly a tweet storm about bette midler and other folks. Its a very jarring contrast between the president ial and the nonpresident ial, and thats been the characteristic trait of his presidency for two and a half years. Phil rucker, we saw again in the piers morgan interview, he welcomes new topics as new conversational opportunities. He welcomes these new topics as a way to keep it interesting and keep the news media focused on him. Most president s when they travel overseas have a very carefully scripted and choreographed message that they plan to deliver on behalf of the United States, and they organize their trip based around presenting that image. With trump its, you know, whatever comes at him hes going to respond to, whether its the monologue about the vietnam war which went into all sorts of areas, or his comments on Climate Change. It was really striking, for example, that he said he was so surprised that Prince Charles would be focused on Climate Change for future generations and not just focused on himself. Well, of course, most people who lead countries focus on the citizens of their countries and the future generations. But, you know, look, President Trump is just taking whats coming at him, and it started before he even left the United States with the comment about Meghan Markle being nasty. Paul, take us to the Mexican Border by way of what looked like the roosevelt room. Are these meetings perhaps for air cover to kind of premessage a change in the coming days, especially if we are to believe there is genuine republican, though again largely, silent resistance . This one is a really hard one to game out, brian. And its because this is one of those areas where trump is just so unpredictable. I spoke with, in particular, californias house republicans. There are now just seven of them but i chased down as many as i could, and all of them said they dont want the tariffs to go on, but they said trump has the right to sort of threaten it, to bring mexico to the table. Keep in mind important context here. Mexico has been steadily stepping up their migrants for years. They ever actually been deporting more migrants in the u. S. For some years. Tens of thousands a year. Theyre offering tens of thousands more now. Asylums in mexico with more places to stay. What they dont have to do is completely demilitarize their own country and there are routes dple completely run by the cartels that is a problem for mexico. On the one hand, you could see this as an effort to bring them to the table and theyll all walk away with some sort of handshake agreement that doesnt really feel like a change but they can claim some victory. You could really see this as an instance where trump is dead set, and one of the republicans i talked to is that is the sense he was getting, that trump really seems to want to put these tariffs into effect. Phil, back over to you. In lou of donder and dancer, im going to play some in addition l nadler this afternoon. Are you on the same page with the speaker, nancy pelosi, when it comes to impeachment . As i said, we are launching an inquiry now, and whether well launch an impeachment inquiry, it hmay come to that. Phil, this is important in light of reporting thats emerging from inside the Democratic Caucus. This isnt going to be easy for the speaker who has her membership, and as a subset of that, a powerful one, these committee chairs. Thats exactly right, brian. She is dealing with a very sort of difficult and everchanging political situation within her own party, and its troubling for President Trump because there appears to be growing momentum among democrats to proceed with beginning impeachment proceedings, but there is not a majority within the Democratic Caucus to pursue impeachment. And you have in pelosi someone who is determined to do this in a merthodical and slow way to avoid her party of being accused of a political witch hunt, of being too partisan in pursuing the president s impeachment. Shes determined to wait for some evidence to come in. She wants to slow walk this, but shes also trying to show her members that she is at least somewhat in agreement with them. Politico said she actually said in a closed meeting with some democrats of the house that she would like to see the president in prison. That was her way of sort of signalling to her own members that shes in agreement that she wants to see something happen here, that she wants to see justice for President Trump, even if shes not yet ready to pull the trigger on impeachment proceedings. And tal, back to you. She has set the bar high. Shes used words like overwhelming and public support to go forward on impeachment, and one presumes shes done this and said this for a reason. Isnt it overwhelming, those beautiful terms of art that doesnt have a specific definition. Look, nancy pelosi as speaker of the house is concerned about one thing and one thing only, and that is democrats keeping the house majority. And that is always going to be on her mind. She is not afraid of taking the hard position as a way of bringing the heat off other members of the her party. So i dont see her as caving to pressure as long as she feels like her most vulnerable members dont want to go anywhere near a conversation about impeachment. She will keep them away from it. That is what she sees her job as being. There may come a time where she feels like, or the caucus feels like they are ready to go there, but 60 members and keep in mind it is also significant that she is not doing anything to restrain the members that are talking about impeachment. Even chairs like maxine waters, who is in a very powerful position, they have free rein to say what they want. Nancy pelosi is giving them that leash. But until she wants her vulnerable members talking about it, she will keep the heat about moving things slowly. Jeremy, as two lovers of history, if you gave us a laptop in about an hour, because you and i have watched some of the very best do it, we could probably write a pretty fair speech to give tomorrow at normandy about the invasion and the sacrifice. With that in mind, what should the american president say tomorrow . I think he should say, brian, fundamentally that dday is a symbol. Its a symbol of the United States and europe working together to keep europe whole and free, to avoid the vulcanization, the atomization of europe, the reimposition of all the hypernationalism, the neonationalism that seems to be sweeping these national movements. He should say america is going to support those who push back against tyranny like vladimir putin. I dont think the american president will say that, because in a troubling manner, our president not only sought but he received and then welcomed the support from one of those au autocrats, putin, in his own election. Peter baker, talk about the bar, where it is set for tomorrow. Its pretty high. Everybody not everybody, but everybody of a certain age, anyway, remembers Ronald Reagan giving the speech during his presidency at that same place. The boys point to hawk. Barack obama, i was with him five years ago and he addressed that location. The meaning of the moment so extraordinary, as jeremy just talked about. Poignant with history, with solidarity, with blood and sacrifice that it would be a challenge to the best of orators, and the president s speech is not poetry, its pugilism, so hes going to have to work to the best of his ability to match the moment. It will be a hard thing to do. But he has some speech writers that im sure are working on a speech. It will hopefully hit some high notes, and for one moment, at least, recall the moments we were together with our european allies at this very critical moment. Peter, i realized tonight the first one of these anniversaries i covered was the 50th. Here we are on the 775th. We have live pictures tonight of that beachfront which almost becomes a place of religious significance tomorrow, and of course all those ablebodied veterans who are able to be there are there and in place. Were going to have a word about it at the end of the broadcast tonight as well. So our thanks go to peter baker, to tau koeppen, to phil rucker, to jeremy bash. I really appreciate you starting off our conversation here toechblt. A highranking Government Official says he fielcan no lon trust our attorney general. And who has the chance of meeting donald trump . The 11th hour is just Getting Started on this wednesday night. Started on this wednesday night. Lease the 2019 rx 350 for 399 month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Bills back needed a afvacation from his vacation. An amusement park. So he stepped on the dr. Scholls kiosk. It recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. So you can move more. Dr. Scholls. Born to move. If you have moderate to Little Things can be a big deal. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. 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Next week the house of representatives is expected to vote to hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress over access to the mueller full report and his investigative material. Barr has come under fire of his handling of the reports release and his apparent reluctance to fulfill requests from lawmakers as well as his decision to essentially clear the president of obstruction. Former acting solicitor general neil katia is an author of a piece in the Washington Post called, barrs zealous defense of trump makes it impossible to trust his legal judgment. He wrote, his conduct in trying to clear trump is of a piece with his baseless attacks on spying by the fbi and his defiance of congresss subpoenas. Barr has shown himself to be an unreliable and unsteady voice careening from one position to the next, always in favor of protecting his boss. Were pleased to welcome neil catyall back on the broadcast, and it was a conflict you noted in two statements that barr has given separated by time that were going to play now for our audience. Well discuss it on the other side. He could have reached a conclusi conclusion, the opinion says you cannot indict a president while hes in office, but he could have reached a decision as to whether it was criminal activity, but he had his reasons for not doing it, which he explained. Im not going to argue about those reasons, but when he didnt make a decision, the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein and i, felt it was necessary for us as the heads of the department to reach that decision. I think jim comey, as ive said, is an extremely gifted man who has served country with distinction in many roles, but i thought that to the extent he actually announced a decision was wrong, and the other thing is, if youre not going to indict someone, then you dont stand up there and unload negative information about the person. Thats not the way the department of justice does business. So, counselor, what do you see right there . Yeah, so first, brian, i dont take any joy in writing that piece. I love the Justice Department. Ive really respected every attorney general regardless of party in the past, but i do feel like President Trumps anticonstitutional rot is infecting now the attorney general, the highest legal officer in the land. And in particular, that clip you just showed, i think, demonstrates the problem. You know, barr said last week to cbs that comey correction that mueller could have reached a judgment, that he thought it was fine that the office of Legal Counsel opinion that prohibits indicting a sitting president doesnt mean that mueller couldnt have made a decision about obstruction of justice. When i watched that, and brian, actually, you play a role in the sequence of events, actually, because when i watched that i thought, i think ive discussed this with brian, and i realized that you and i were watching the confirmation hearing of one william barr together on your network a few months ago, and barr said exactly the reverse, that actually comey we went o and criticized comey when he didnt indict Hillary Clinton for then attacking Hillary Clinton. He said, that isnt what the Justice Department does. Thats not the way it does business. You either indict or be quiet. Now hes saying something very different. I think it furthers this underlying perception that we have an attorney general who is willing to do anything, say anything to protect his boss, and that is not the job of the nations chief Law Enforcement official. Neil, washington is full of good people, many of them in the law who have been stunned at how pliant of a man bill barr has proven to be. These are people who lined up in his past and gave him the benefit of the doubt to give him this job. Who and what are the guardrails that exist in and around doj . Well, i mean, there are a number of career Civil Servants who i think are aghast. Literally i hear from them every day, and so i think they are really worried about what can happen. But unfortunately, the Justice Department does put the attorney general in control of a lot of operations. And so when the attorney general does something to protect the president and does so in ways that are really wanton and dangerous, i think the nation is stuck with it at least with respect to the Justice Department. There may be a role for congress. I think well start to see that next week. But internally the Justice Department is set up so that the career officials can only give advice to the attorney general, but ultimately its the attorney generals call. In your personal opinion, as our last question, all this energy being expended, all this hubbub over getting mueller to personally testify in front of the house, do you think it might be a case of be careful what you wish for . No, i think its right that mueller testify. I understand his not wanting to, but mueller, all he has to do is present whats in the report. Because unfortunately, barr, in his fourpage summary, really clouded the debate, cleared the president with really no support for that, and there is a really important piece by ryan goodman, an nyu law professor that i put on my twitter page, which goes through methodically everything barr said and everything mueller said and shows just how different they are. I think mueller has to go before the house now and explain. This is the most serious inquiry imaginable for our house of representatives. It is literally their job. Right now the only thing thats clearing the president really, two things. One is trumps word, and the second is barrs word. Increasingly, those are looking like actually the same set of words. So i think we do need mueller to come forth. I think all americans need to read the report, and i do suspect that hearings are going to be launched, and ultimately, you can call it an impeachment inquiry, you could call it Something Else, but justice will ultimately be done, and the house of representatives is the place that it starts. Doj veteran neal katyal, we appreciate it. And tonight donald trump said he hasnt seen a democrat yet that he thinks could beat him. The polls are saying Something Else but its awful early. Well talk about that when we come back. That when we come back. Its red lobsters new seafood lovers lunch. With options like new power bowls starting at nine ninety nine. Summer berry. Or spicy dragon. Topped with shrimp, salmon, and more or try endless soup, salad and cheddar bay biscuits for eight ninety nine. Its lunch at red lobster. So hurry in what kind of suv is that . Its a brand new buick enclave. It really makes it easy to unload all those little maniacs. Sure does. 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Former Vice President is at 32 followed by Bernie Sanders at 18, Kamala Harris at 8, Elizabeth Warren at 7, and so on. On this network tonight at a town hall host bid chris hayes, senator warren was asked about taking on trump in a general election. What do you say to people that say, i like you on the substance but im worried about your electability as nominee for the Democratic Party . I remember when people said barack obama couldnt be elected. I remember when people said donald trump couldnt be elected. Thats all true. And here we are. Elections are about getting in there and fighting for it and making clear to the American People what you stand for. I got in this race because an america that keeps working better and better and better for a thinner and thinner slice at the top just isnt going to work. Here with us to talk politics tonight, john ralston, veteran journalist at the veteran independent, and our own correspondent, Steve Kornacki. Gentlemen, welcome to you both. Steve, im kind of fascinated. Cnn in their poll asked a straightup question, and you know this is coming. Do you think trump will win in 2020 . Yes, 54. No, 41. Steve, that yes way exceeds what we are taught is his base. Explain those numbers other than its early. Well, its early but i look at that and i just see there is a hangover from 2016, i think there, if thats the right term, probably for a lot of democrats. Probably for a lot of democrats who looked at polls throughout the entire 2016 campaign and they saw that there was no nominee who had ever been as unpopular as trump was. There was no nominee who ever had numbers as low as trump when it came to do you think this person is competent . Do you think this person is qualified to be president . Trump was off the charts low when it came to all those questions in 2016, and yet even democrats who didnt like him watched him win, anyway, and so i think they look now at a certain number of democrats republicans probably just want trump to win but they may look and say, his job approval may be low, he may have had hi tou a tough midterm, but hes still up in the polls. Biden up 12, sanders also up 12. Buttigieg, the other headliner here, warren and harris. Lets go to texas and this gets you closer to the margin of error, with biden up four and you see all the results in ruby red texas for the democrats. John, what do you make of it, or do you make nothing of it because its too damn early . Well, yeah, i think, brian, the most important number ive heard so far from you tonight is 18. That is 18 months away from the election. I dont think you can discern a lot from this, and so at the risk of the great Steve Kornacki disagreeing with me which i never want to happen on national television, i will say that none of these numbers mean that much outside of obviously biden has name recognition in all these states. He does in nevada, too. Hes ahead in a couple of polls. Ive seen here, though, not as much as in some others. Those texas numbers are the most interesting ones to me, though, brian. If those are real, that is a warning beacon for team trump, because if texas is really like that right now, that could be a real problem for the president. Steve kornacki, your name is invok invoked. You get an automatic rebuttal. Heres why i think these numbers do matter. A majority of voters say they think trump is getting reelected, and that is a substantial number of people who dont like trump and dont want to see him get reelected. That tells me how important that issue of electability will be to primary voters. How you define it is an inexact thing. But to the extent it matters particularly to democratic voters heading into 2020, if this becomes a trend when you take a poll in a state like texas and there is joe biden leading, and there is every democratic candidate trailing, when you look at that sort of culture on the democratic side right now thats valuing electability, if thats something we keep seeing biden underperforming in the democratic field, i think these polls start mattering very much in the democratic race. Both these gentlemen have agreed to stay with us. Coming up, more on whats motivating voters a full 18 months ahead of this president ial election. President ial election. Driverless cars. All ground personnel. Or trips to mars. 4. 95. Delivery drones or the latest phones. 4. 95. No matter what you trade, at fidelity its just 4. 95 per online u. S. Equity trade. Award winning interface. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. 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And as we mentioned here last night, former Senate Majority leader harry reid of searchlight nevada now supports an inquiry, telling susan page the great usa today veteran writer, quote, its not the right thing to do nothing, reid said in an interview monday. Its not the right thing to jump into impeachment without doing an inquiry. The most important goal, he said, would be to give the American People a view of whats going on. Back with us john ralston and Steve Kornacki. John, youre out there, were not. What would nevadans like to see out of this congress, perhaps if not impeachment, and is there anything easier candidly for harry reid to say from the cheap seats than maybe we should proceed with impeachment . You know, i think its interesting, brian. Let me answer the first question about what folks out here are thinking. There are a lot of people out here on the left in the Democratic Party who really want to see impeachment. You can see them very active on social media as you can almost anywhere talking about lets not take it slow, youre being too careful, nancy pelosi. On harry reid, i think people need to know, harry reid is a huge admirer of nancy pelosi. He said very nice things about her in his book. I bet he talks to pelosi more than he talks to his old friend chuck schumer, thats how close they are. So i think he was on the nancy pelosi track for a while, but then he said this, and whether he said this to her privately before he said it publicly, im not sure, brian, but he was sending a message. Of course hes in the cheap seats now, but harry reid most of all, and you know i followed him, brian, for 35 years, is a politically ruthless strategist. He understands the way the winds are going to blow. He thinks that maybe its time for a little nudge to start moving this along. And so i think hes sending a signal to nancy pelosi and to other democrats that maybe we need to start doing something because doing nothing is really going to erode maybe parts of our base. Steve kornacki, thats a great point about the kg veteran democrat out there in nevada. How will you know when the pelosi standard of overwhelming is reached . Are you going to be looking at gallup to see when its more above water than below . Yeah, i mean, its interesting right now because the Democratic Base is there. There is not eunanimity but thee is very strong support for democratic voters. Harry reid was there in 98, pelosi was there in 98 and thats her reference point. The politics, the president base wanted President Trump. There was a vote so they went for it, and it cost Newt Gingrichs job. I think thats a presence for nancy pelosi, and i get a sense she needs to see the overall poll numbers change that say, hey, its not just the democrats that are there, its the broader country. 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There it is, three weeks from tonight, the first democratic debates on this network. Its a twonight event. It kicks off wednesday, june 26. Again, there may be periodic reminders on this network that this event is coming. Tonight were continuing our series the road to miami as Steve Kornacki breaks down everything we need to know along the critical states all night w of New Hampshire. Tonight we are crossing into the bay state, the commonwealth of massachusetts. Still with us a man who like my own father is a veteran, a native of massachusetts, Steve Kornacki. Steve . Thats right. Im back in my home state. Very excited ear. Theres so much i can tell you about. Massachusetts, about the bay state. But lets stick to the politics. One thing on this road to miami heading south to florida, there is probably not a bluer state that we will go through than massachusetts. In fact, it was a book that came out a few years ago that called massachusetts the bluest state. Heres one way to put that into perspective. What youre looking at here is the Congressional District map for massachusetts. You dont see any red here. Nine Congressional Districts right now. Every one of them represented by democrat. And guess what . Its been this way for a generation in massachusetts. The last time republicans won a single House District in massachusetts youve got to go all it way back to 1994. Democrats are undefeated inhouse elections since then. No other state this big has a streak like that for democrats. Massachusetts produces a lot of democratic politicians. It also produces a lot of president ial candidates. There are three candidates for president right now who are from the state of massachusetts. Three of them. Trivia question can you name them . The first one we all know, Elizabeth Warren. Town hall on msnbc tonight. Who else . Seth moulton, congress whn, one whos run congressional in massachusetts. He may not qualify for that debate. Hes going to need some big news in polling or donations or moulton wont make it. And theres a candidate from massachusetts. Its not a democrat. Its a republican. Its one of the rare republican tuesday actually win an election in massachusetts. Its bill weld, the former governor of massachusetts running against donald trump in the republican primary. He was governor of massachusetts a while ago. Youve got to go back to the 1990s. Elected in 90, reelected in 94. Number one we tried to become ambassador to mexico. Thats jesse helms who blocked his appointment back in 97. By the way, look whos looking on there, thats joe biden. That didnt work. Then he moved to new york. He ran for governor of new york in 2006, lost at the state republican convention, so that one didnt work out for him. Then in 2016 he was the Vice President ial candidate of Libertarian Party running with gary johnson. You see them together there. Hes moved back to massachusetts and now rejoined the Republican Party and now running for president as we say against trump in the primaries. What is weld up against in this challenge . Here is Donald Trumps Approval Rating with republican voters. 89 and its constantly at that level his entire presidency. President s who have received challenges in their own Party Primaries where were they with their own parties voters when those challengers emerged . Bush senior, 73 . Carter at 40 . Gerald ford was at 60 . You dont see numbers like that, like trumps number from president s who faced trouble. Nixon was at 82 . That was not a challenge from pete that got muchtrication. 89 that is one heck of a hurdle for weld to overcome. And heres a recent poll out of New Hampshire. Trump 72 , weld, 12 . Republicans in New Hampshire a lot of them have heard of weld from his massachusetts days. Thats the kind of hurdle he faces there. Just a president who has a uniquely strong support with his own party. Outside the Republican Party, obviously, a different story. But trump has a challengener and hes from massachusetts so we thought we would share that with you tonight. A proud massachusetts native. Steve kornacki, thank you very much. Look forward to tomorrow night. Coming up for us on this wednesday, what it was like and what was happening at this exact time 75 years ago when all we asked of our young men was to go and save the world. And save thed on a john deere x300 series mower. Because Seasons Change but true character doesnt. Wow, youve outdone yourself this time. Hey, whatre neighbors for . Its beautiful. Run with us. Search john deere x300 for more. Hi, do you have a travel card . We do the discover it® miles card. Earn unlimited 1. 5 miles on every purchase, plus well match your miles at the end of your first year. Youll match my miles . Yeah mile for mile and no blackout dates or annual fee. 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Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. That is a hard act to follow. Fantastic town hall with chris hayes and senator Elizabeth Warren in a conservative corner of indiana. That was just fascinating. Were going to be running through some of the highlights from that. Were also going to be talking to chris live a little bit later on just in a few minutes from now to talk with him about how he thinks that went and some of the news that senator warren just made tonight. Very exciting. But meanwhile, we are having another one of those days in this presidency where it feels like president Richard Nixon wrote the first draft of whats about to happen here for us. He tried all the stuff before