From abc news, this week with George Stephanopoulos begins now. Good morning. What some called a summer fling still going strong, donald trump drawing record crowds. Hes going to join us live in a moment. We begin with that brewing intrigue on the democratic side. Vice President Biden calling popular star Elizabeth Warren to washington for a secret meeting. Jonathan karl tracking the latest. Jon, this is the strongest sign that biden is taking a serious look at this race. Reporter it sure is. This is a meeting between the two democrats who could potentially cause the greatest threat to Hillary Clinton if either one of them decided to one. Warren has emphatically ruled out running. Biden has considered it. An initial boost among base democratic voters than support from warren. Warren, by the way, has been decidedly cool about Hillary Clintons campaign, just listen to this clip from a recent interview with wbz in washington. Was it a mistake for your party to anoint her. I dont think any
As this moment because hes been putting the heat on people in his own party and pursuing allegations against the state attorney general Kathleen Kane, among others. Is this just a political retribution . What do you make of it, ajay . Well, first of all, lets make a couple of things clear. You can be under investigation. You dont even need probable cause all you need is an allegation to be under investigation. Then, you can be a subject of an investigation. That doesnt mean that an incitement is coming forth. Its only when you become a target. And right now, all we know is that theyre looking into the feds are looking into whether or not there has been misappropriation of his finance public, you know, his Political Campaign funds for personal use. Its too early to speculate anything other than that. Anybody can get investigated doesnt mean that it amounts to anything. It is the irs and the fbi jointly, reportedly. And he is in his second term, having run just in 2013, and starting his
Around washington. Is it because its too hard to make a deal, because the acrimony between the parties has gotten so loud that theres really no sort of Career Growth pattern for a moderate even . What is the reasoning behind so many folks fleeing d. C. . You know, monica, i knew charlie when he was in the state senate in harrisburg, and i was in the rendell administration, and what a great guy. Fantastic legislator. You know, had principles, but was willing to compromise and Work Together to produce results. I think he showed a tremendous amount of courage in the early days of the Trump Administration and taking stands against the president of his own party. I think, you know, just the twoyear cycle, running every two years, its almost like youre always running. Its a grind. And just the dysfunction of congress. I havent talked to him about his decision, but i can only imagine its just got to be so frustrating to do that day in and day out, year after year. You finally say, you know, t
Disparity study that was done says that those individuals are available female, disadvantaged. Minority participation can, in fact, be achieved, so weve established a very Robust Program that will put in place mechanisms that will allow us to reach those numbers, so im pretty optimistic. We heard a number of your councilmembers express doubt on changes and whether or not and, you know, weve heard, weve seen, weve been told. We need to see it. You talk about the figures 99 male, 75 white. Even with rebuild, which is a Small Program in the scope of whats being done in the city, 10 years from now, will i go to a Building Trades site and itll look different than what i see now . Well, we hope so. I mean, and its not just rebuild. We hope to use this as a template for how we apply our participation goals and standards for every municipal project. We also look at a larger scope of projects. As an example, we actually passed out at committee the proposal to deal with the inquirer, to turn it
Good morning. When august arrives. President s escape and President Trump kept up that tradition this week to going to his club in new jersey from a welcoming break from a bruising debut in washington. His bick big ticket promises to repeal obamacare, his Approval Rating the lowest of any president ever. This week we learned Robert Mueller is zeroing in on the president s inner circle. Documents demanded from the white house and just this morning President Trump wakes up to this headline in the new york city times. President s aside, gop stars move toward 2020 bids. Mike pences schedule is so full of political events that republicans are acting more like a second term Vice President hoping to clear the field than a number two sworn in a little more than six months ago. Can you believe its been just six months . The economy, another strong jobs report on friday and trumps most loyal followers in West Virginia showed him lots of love the night before. Since our election, not mine, since