My guests this morning, republican senator rob portman of ohio on the gop divide. And senator Claire Mccaskill of missouri on running as a democrat in trump country. Plus, our brand new nbc news wall street journal poll. The latest numbers for the president and a sign of where the vote for Congress Might be headed in 2018. Also Robert Mueller is expected to serve up the first indictment in the russia investigation. Well have the latest on what to look for there. And the Opioid Epidemic. This morning, ill talk to a fire chief on the front lines of this crisis. I see this as a countrywide problem that has the potential to bankrupt the country. Huntington, west virginias fire chief on the day in the life, fighting the epidemic. Joining me for insight and analysis are chris matthews, host of hardball on msnbc. Amy walter, National Editor of the cook political report. Al cardenas, former chairman of the american conservative union. And Eliana Johnson of politico. Welcome to sunday. Its meet
We begin with new reporting this morning in the mood in the white house during senator mccains funeral. The president going on a tweet storm before and after he left the white house to golf, in one tweet appearing to hit back at Meghan Mccain who took several swipes at him during her emotional eulogy. The president focusing most of his grievances against the Mueller Investigation and giving congress an ultimatum over nafta amid negotiations with canada. Lets turn to nbc White House Correspondent jeff bennett who has more on that. Can you describe what happened yesterday in d. C. . Its really kind of a split screen moment. Reporter it really was, frances, good morning. Its hard to know for sure what drove the president s tweet storm but we predicted he would react the way he did in part because its done it before. Think back to april, the Funeral Service for the late first lady barbara bush. President trump wasnt invited to attend that service either and at the time he was in florida an