know that about the threat that russia posed to the election. we know that the president has downplayed that and called the investigation into all of this a witch hunt. so it s just another piece of information suggesting that there were ties of some kind. and i just want to be clear, pema, this would have taken place if it goes all the way up to, say, election day, the beginning of november. after the president in august was spoken to by the fbi about potential russian election interference, correct? absolutely. look, we re talking a lot these days about this buzzfeed article. we re not totally sure if it was true. the special counsel has come out and basically said they think it s inaccurate, but there are some things in that article that i think were missing and that if true are really important. one of them is that this project trump believed would be worth in excess of $300 million. so when you re looking at something like that, you re looking over the course of the
succeeded in shifting public pressure onto the democrats yesterday? i think it s too early to say if he succeeded. he certainly tried, and i think he will be able to say and republicans will be able to say, look, now the ball is in your court. but the democrats came out pretty swiftly to say this is not acceptable. it is, however, pretty interesting if mitch mcconnell does bring this up on the floor and gets a vote if they are successful in getting that passed through the senate and there are question marks about whether he would be successful in doing that but if he is, then it really does go into nancy pelosi s hands because then the bill would be sent to the house. all right, pema, jeff, awfully good to talk with both of you guys. thank you so much. there s more to discuss on the border wall that may make you wonder why the government is still shut down. l shut down. l shut down. and saying, really? so capital one is building something completely new. capital one cafes. invi
and they lost. so there s evidence it backfired. so at some point there s going to be pressure from his party to move away from this, talk about the economy, other things, because this is only about the base and that s not even 50% of the american people. and 2020 is looming now. so kimberly, pema and charlie, thank you all so much. coming up next. the expletive heard around the country. why democrats think it could backfire on him. bullies don t win. i said, baby, they don t. we re going to go in there and impeach the [bleep]. i thought it was a dishonor to her and her family, i thought it was highly disrespectful to the united states. yes. disrespectful to the united states. yes. trelegy. the power of 1-2-3 trelegy 1-2-3 trelegy with trelegy and the power of 1-2-3, i m breathing better.
years, but it s certainly bringing out that question to these new journalists potentially. thank you very much ali and pema. thanks. insulting the intelligence of lebron james, receiving backlash even with his own white house. that s next. this time, it s his turn. you have 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. philadelphia cheesecake cups. rich, creamy cheesecake with real strawberries. find them with the refrigerated desserts.
travelers. let s dig into this analogy, if we could here. you covered the travel ban and its implementation. what are the similarities as you see them, eugene? one of the similarities we saw in the example you just gave is the people on the front lines are dealing with the lion s share of the attacks from activists, from protesters and they re just following orders. orders that are often being reported, as not actually coming from the white house or actually being consistent with what the department of homeland security thinks is even happening. so there s so many chiefs, so many people in the kitchen. so many cooks trying to make very clear directions and decisions about this issue. but everything is chaotic and people don t understand what they should be doing. and the the end of the day, only a few people are being held accountable on the front lines when it comes to push-back. pema, i want to get a sense from you, about what you think the president s think something on this iss