this is only one prong of that. so while the president is excited and jubilant to be saying there s no collusion here, this does not rule that out. one thing it does spell out is how incredibly complex this effort was. how they tried to recruit over 100 americans and they kept a list of the people they were trying to work on. this was so complex it s amazing we were able to get all this detail now, but it also makes us wonder how we can possibly prevent something like this going into the 2018 midterms. that s true. and that s the depressing takeaway at the end of the day. let s listen to something that jeremy bash s former boss had to say today and, jeremy, we ll talk to you on the other side. if the president continues to deny or to refuse to condemn the russians, in effect then, the president is inviting the russians to do exactly the same thing they did in 2016.
tower meeting in june of 2016. this is only one prong of that. so while the president is excited and jub lent to be saying there s no collusion here, this does not rule that out. one thing it does spell out is how incredibly complex this effort was. how they tried to recruit over 100 americans and they kept a list of the people they were trying to work on. this was so complex it s amazing we were able to get all this detail now, but it also makes us wonder how we can possibly prevent something like this going into the 2018 midterms. that s true. and that s the depressing takeaway at the end of the day. let s listen to something that jeremy bash s former boss had to say today and jeremy we ll talk to you on the other side. if the president continues to deny or refuses to condemn the russians, in effect the president is inviting the russians to do exactly the same thing they did in 2016. jeremy this brings us to the
it s gotten to a point where it s not even being reported. and in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn t want to report it. they have their reasons and you understand that. let us be clear here. the president saying that there are terror attacks that have not been reported. the white house, to back this up, releasing terror attacks that they say have been underreported. that is a distinction that you got to draw when you look at this list of 78, what the white house calls undercovered terror attacks. by the way, that list includes, for example, the pulse night club shooting in orlando, the brussels terrorist attacks. these were the most covered newscasts, number 8 and 11, among the top covered stories of 2016. jeremy peters, we looked at this list. nbc news covered close to 60 of the 78 terror attacks on that
he needed. in the days to come, his campaign will try to reassess what he needs to be able to do in the next debates and what he needs to do on the campaign trail to show voters he has the enthusiasm and he has the passion and he is the right person to be the standard for the party come november 2016. jeremy, he has a ton of money and super pac money to buy ads if the super pac needs. he raised $13 million in the third quarter. is he a different campaigner than debater? there are two jeb bushs here? is he not lighting the fire? jeb bush is great in smaller settings. in the town hall setting where he is able to connect with voters one-on-one or that small setting, he does really well. the problem is that he doesn t really have that fire in the belly personality that is able to come across well on tv and in
with a no surrender political campaign like this that continues to work? i think ted cruz is a good example. you know that s what i meant when i said that i think, you know trump is unique as a spectacle. he is unique as a cartoonish type character but his appeal is not unique. i think, you know we saw this a little bit with people like her man herman cain and much more a flash in the pan than ted cruz and we ll see whether or not the bubble burst. some of the polling you referred to i think most say it s too early to tell if his popularity is enduring. but i think, you know give it another week and we ll have another better sense. all right. another week. we ll give it a long time up until the fall of 2016. jeremy peters with new york times, great to see you. thank you. thank you, thomas. we have been asking you to weigh in on our bing pulse