own. trial of paul manafort started today. and it could weigh heavy on the future and the direction of that probe and america s confidence in whether or not the so-called collusion really exists. more on all that in a moment. but first, straight away to phil keating live at trump rally in tampa. is he there and what is tonight all about? good evening. tonight is all about those two things you mention. number one, traditional make america great again rally and also the president is going to reiterate his very strong endorsement on republican congressman of florida ron desantis, who is in a primary battle with the agricultural secretary to become florida s next governor. by the sounds of things, it has been rock n roll pumped loudly here all day, i think steven tyler and aerosmith are going to be the last people on the p.a. before the president is introduced because he got here about 15 minutes ago to the state fairgrounds. this has been multiple hours
better than predicted. the house and senate are working hard in the end result will be not only important but special prayer the timeline of that compromise bill, here s house majority leader kevin mccarthy with maria bartiromo. they have two different bill bills. structurally they are similar. they will work out the differences. hopefully they will get that done this week and we come back next week and build on it. the president began his for the weekend in pensacola, holding an enthusiastic make america great again rally where he urged alabama voters to elect roy moore over jones in the special election. despite protest and boycott, trump to word the brand-new civil rights museum in jackson mississippi. the next time the president is expected down here in palm beach county to enjoy time at the white house, the week of christmas and new year s enjoying the holidays with the entire first family. could be a beautiful
doug jones is facing off next week in a special election. i mean, how can president trump say this is anything but a moore event? look, they are pushing back vigorously against that characterization, stef. here at the white house one white house official telling me just moments ago this is a make america great again rally. it s not for roy moore, it s for the president to talk about his policies, his agenda. but, bottom line here in doing that, he s effectively enforcing his endorsement of roy moore. because the president s whole argument for endorsing roy moore in the first place is to say we need a republican in that seat to keep that seat in republican hands so that his agenda, everything from tax reform to everything else, can be advanced. so i think it is very hard to argue that whatever the president actually says tonight won t wind up helping roy moore. as you point out, it is just a stone s throw away from alabama. and clearly the folks there, some of them will likely attend,
gather on the white house. again, the president reemphasized again today, and is almost tern to do so begun tonight. as you see the president talking about here, there are officials that say this is a make america great again rally, that said again that may be a distinction. the president will be asked about and i think he will be asked about the opening tomorrow. i think it is a very busy weekend for trump. we ll talk about this later on in the show. joining us now to continue the conversation is the washington political reporter.
messed up in his comments on tuesday when it sounded like a moral equivocation or, at the least, ambiguity. we need extreme clarity. ryan is opposed to any measure censuring the president which some democrats are pushing. he it says would be counterproductive to let the issue descend into a partisan food fight. president trump heads today to arizona. despite pleas from the democratic mayor of phoenix to stay away. he ll be headlining a campaign-style make america great again rally with vice president mike pence expected to join. no word, though, whether he plans to pardon controversial former sheriff joe arpaio. arpaio tells cnn he has not been invited to the rally. the president said he was seriously considering a pardon, but the white house has not reached out to the justice department office that traditionally handles petitions for clemency. the president also plans to stop in yankee stadium aarizona, the central point of operations for the u.s. border patrol.