Tonight is the 2020 democratic race for president is drawing very tight. With the deadline looming to qualify for the next debate, a new poll out today shows the race between the frontrunners in a virtual tie. A new economist yougov tracking poll shows joe biden at 21 with Elizabeth Warren at 20 . Senator Bernie Sanders is third at 16 , then comes Kamala Harris at 8 , mayor Pete Buttigieg at 5. For his part, at the rally in pennsylvania yesterday, President Trump referenced the recent tightening in the democratic race, using his usual derogatory vocabulary. I did it very early with pocahantas. I probably should have waited. She is staging a comeback on sleepy joe. I dont know whos going to win, but well have to hit pocahantas very hard again if she does win. But she is staging a little bit of a comeback. What a group. Pocahantas and sleepy joe. It was a different republican under fire for comments he made today. Iowa republican congressman steve king drew criticism for remarks he made
Thats jimmy fallon taking a gratuitous shot at his hometown mayor. With willie and me we have katty kay. And contributor Mike Barnicle. Nationals affair analyst for msnbc and nbc, John Heilemann. Political analyst and former chairman of the Republican National committee, michael steele. Also with us, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. And willie of course, the top story this morning, still a lot of people talking about Jeffrey Epstein and as we said on the show yesterday, this is the outrage actually is a bipartisan outrage. It is red state outrage and it is blue state outrage with a question being how in the world was this guy left alone in his cell . As the attorney general said yesterday its shocking the number of procedures that werent followed for a guy that had to be considered, right, the most valuable prisoner in america. It becomes more jaw dropping the more details we hear about how it hap
The one thats most annoying i think in our present culture is people saying right at the end of the sciencentence, you know i mean . I dont mean to get off on a small rant at the top of the show is thats annoying. I guess what im saying is i have no annoying verbal ticks. Jonathan la mere, of course our annoying verbal tick right now is the red sox suck, lost again to the yankees last night. Not the red sox themselves, but well just say some of of the decisions they made over the past year when they decided that, well, winning the world series wasnt really all that important to them. Certainly with what they did to the trading deadlines. Happier news last night, we actually had a guy that came out and pitched the opening pitch which actually was actually a better pitch than anything that porcello threw all year. He it was great to see david ortiz again last night in the is his first public appearance since he was shot back in his home, the dominican republic, a few months ago. He had a
To what do we owe this rising pressure on mr. Trump as the economy seems more worrisome . I have an appetite for background checks. Were working with democrats. Were working with republicans. Hes beholden to the nra. He doesnt have the courage to stand up to them. The president is the one who fixed the criminal background check system. He wants solutions that work. Welcome to our viewers all around the world and the United States. This is new day. This morning President Trump walking a fine line or maybe trotting on that fine line between bravado and bizarreo. Some officials said they were increasingly worried about the president s behavior suggesting it stems from rising pressure on mr. Trump as the economy seems more worrisome and next years election approaches. All this comes as theres new troubles signs for the u. S. Economy. Half a million fewer job gains than reported in the largest downward revision in a decade. The yield curve inverted again. And the budget deficit is on path t
Investigation. And in the face of all that, incredibly President Trump promoting an outrageous and completely unfounded Conspiracy Theory, attempting to link epsteins death to bill and hillary clinton. The big picture tonight, is President Trump degrading the office of the presidency . Lots to discuss. Lonnie chan and tim naftali, who is the author of impeachment in american history. Good to see all of you. Thank you all for coming on. Lonnie, im going to start with you. First im going to ask you about anthony scaramucci. Moments ago he told Anderson Cooper the gop needs to move on from trump from the 2020 election. Watch this. When you go to bed tonight and youre thinking about your country, dont focus on your wallet or your pocketbook. Focus on whats right for america and say, is this guy normal . Is this the right way to handle things in america . And i think when you do that, youll get to the place where im at. Do you think scaramucci is going to persuade any republicans or swing v