Race. All in all, not such a great week for this white house. I want to bring in cnn political commentator Scott Jennings and Alice Stewart and political strategic rick weilson. Good evening to all of you. Rick, senator bob corker is leaning no, we dont know if republicans can get senator marco rubio on board, maybe hes trying to negotiate there. Both senators mccain and cochran, theyre currently out for medical issues. Do republicans have the votes they need to get this bill through . It is a very narrow thing. And mike pence better not wander too far from the senate, because the clock is running. And the number of folks that are wavering on this thing is growing by the seemingly by the minute. And i think one thing that weve seen about the tax bill is the sense of its fragility with members who, you know, are harking back to the fact that the Republican Party used to be about fiscal discipline and not blowing up our deficits by a trillion dollars or so and not stacking the tax plans
Rothman, chair of africanamerican studies at Princeton University eddy glove jr. And shannon petty piece. Joe, so we start its only monday and we begin that way. Right. Well, yeah. And of course you didnt show the rest of the tape where we kept explaining to donald trump that putin assassinated political opponents and assassinated journalists just didnt seem to care. Didnt matter how far we pushed him. That was revealing. That was in december of 2015. I remember i think it was somebody over at the National Review said that may have been the most telling interview of the entire 2016 campaign. I think they were right. It was because it suggested there was something untoward in that relationship with putin. And that, of course, moves us forward not only to whats happening in russia, not only with franks remarkable reporting about corruption from Paul Manafort and how oligarchs and russians connected with manafort and manafort with the campaign, but also whats happening later on capitol hi
Yes, sir. I loved how ted cruz said yesterday that just the picture of the brooklyn bbq was an admission against interest. Right. It was per se, negligence. He went right to the pickles too. He wasnt even worried about the meat which was so pathetic that were talking about. It was about the pickles. Shoved to the side of the plate. First of all, texas bbq or memphis or alabama bbq, you dont have that much space. Those pickles are usually served under the ribs because youve got too much meat on the plate. By the way, the mark hamill, i dont know if you saw that last getting his star on the walk of fame. I really i do you liked the last jedi. Theres some whiners out there that have complained about it. Mark hamills performance, he hated what they were doing with his character. It was a performance of his lifetime. It really was extraordinary. He was extraordinary in that movie and it just shows you you never really know how things are going to end up working out. Also, luke sky walker al
His decision on whether the u. S. Will stay in the iran Nuclear Agreement. And a tease by President Trumps legal team. Reportedly picking the oneYear Anniversary of special counsel Robert Muellers appointment. To announce whether the president will grant investigators an interview. Today voters in a number of states head to the polls in primary elections and its the West Virginia gpa race that has republicans in washington very nervous. Can the very controversial Don Blankenship win the primary . And First Lady Melania Trump launches a new childrens wellbeing initiative called be best. But did she borrow from Michelle Obama again . With us to start things off, we have msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle. Pulitzer prizewinning historian and the soul of america, the author of the soul of the america the battle for our better angels jon meachum and elise jordan. Good to have you all on board. Joe, a lot going on. Kind of all over the map this morning. Yeah, all over the map this morning of co
Know. Maybe this is merely a distraction from the kavanaugh problems. Were not getting distracted. The stage is set for a monday morning showdown. Both kavanaugh and his accuser, california professor christine b blasey ford, scheduled to testify with nothing other than the lifetime appointment of the highest court in the land at stake. I may vote he should go on and fill the seat, i may not. If judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. And another 2 billion bucks worth of tariffs announced against china. Just days before the two countries are scheduled for trade talks. So we got three huge stories this morning. You do not want to miss a minute. Because were going to analyze all of them. We got to start with the public hearing that has quickly turned the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee kavanaugh, seen as a done deal, into absolute uncertainty. I have a great team to break all of it down. Heres what we know so far. Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavana