possible. washington post reporter ann gearan says trump has made it clear trump sees little reason to remain there. he recently referred to the role of the u.s. military in afghanistan as policemen building gas stations. in addition to all that, trump will now face the prospect of the house intelligence committee taking a more active role in the impeachment effort. this as his former campaign manager corey lewandowski testifies before the house judiciary committee next month. and here s a bell weathwether t will get the attention of the president s political party, perhaps even the majority leader of the senate. republican senator susan collins of maine may be more vulnerable than first thought in defending her seat in 2020. the cook political report has shifted her seat from lean republican to officially a toss-up now. and on that note, with us for
will roll out this summer. we re going to produce phenomenal health care. we already have the concept of the plan. and it will be much better we will be announcing that in two months. maybe less. joining me now chief white correspondent peter baker with the new reporting. also back with us, ashley strong, ann gearan. abby. did anything change the calculus based on the reporting in the piece you have out? no. i think you heard from his tone he wasn t very excited about the idea about return to health care as a main issue. but the republicans and the hill look at this as a loser issue. democrats have a big advantage on the polls in it. the last one i saw by the ap has a 17-point differential between who americans trust more, immigration, taxes, the economy.
continues. some students saying that they are the ones getting the bad rap. i know how our school raises these kids. no one from our school would be disrespectful. he wasn t trying to do that at all. the threats have been horrible. i ve never heard such cruel things wished upon another human being. it s just awful. bill: bring in america s a-team now. brad blakeman former deputy assistant to george w. bush. jessica tarlov and ann gearan from the washington post . by the way, guys, this group of black hebrew israelites really escaped, i believe, what has been the focus point for what kicked off this entire story. these are grown adults. they have extreme views on just about everything. and they had the confrontation that lasted perhaps an hour before the native american and the kids had their face-off.
party are getting some key positions and how does it drive their agenda and get some control over nancy pelosi or vice versa. i don t think it is control over nancy pelosi. they re happy to have the young productive voices join the caucus. if you look back at people in the oversight committee. guys who make headlines. it is smart for them to put them there. there is a question how much legislation actually comes out of the oversight committee. certainly an investigating body. she is satisfying progressives who want a voice and has a spot there. i don t see anything dangerous there. to ann s point. she may be guilty of hyperbole and she is representing her generation and saying we can walk and chew gum here. i don t thing she believes we don t need to talk about
reporter: north korea is one of the questions we hope to put to president trump. you mentioned he s hosting nigeria s president here. a joint press conference in about a half hour from now. expect questions on this and also on that care stlavan that arrived from central america from the u.s./mexico border. thank you. bring in ann gearan, msnbc political analyst eli stokols and ambassador nicholas burns, former undersecretary of state for political affairs under president bush. ambassador, you just heard what john bolt hadn t to say. playing a little expectations game, trying to tamp them down, maybe a little reality check. let me ask your reality check. how realistic are the administration s hopes there could be denuclearization of the korean peninsula? i think john bolton the right to set expectations low. this was a dramatic weekend beginning friday with the meeting at pipinonmon.