people who are not hard trump voters. joining our discussion now is editor at large at vox and the host of the podcast the ezra cline show. the attachment of donald trump to this argument is one that is infuriating apparently the establishment republicans in washington. and it s endangering them. donald trump his campaign was a couple of years ago. he expressed surprise today at the very existence of mid-term elections. mid-terms, who knew? but the thing that s rg is he ran a campaign in 2016 that it core of the republican base, the issue that animated them most was immigration. they were trying to moderate on immigration and all of a sudden they said, no, we re going to build a wall.
mid-term elections. mid-terms, who knew? but the thing that s rg is he r ran a campaign in 2016 that it core of the republican base, the issue that animated them most was immigration. they were trying to moderate on immigration and all of a sudden they said, no, we re going to build a wall. we re going to make sure this country becomes more like it was not the thing you fear it s becoming. donald trump, he knows one thing. so it s not all that surprising to me in a moment of danger for him, for his party, he s returning to that one thing, that one thing he knows works and that s immigration. let s listen to what beto o rourke today said about this. and here is someone who s running for senate in the state where donald trump wants to build most of that wall that he s been dreaming about. let s listen to congressman o rourke. this community especially,
a petition asking the court to freeze all paddock s assets. his lawyer says he s going to sue paddock and mgm and the concert organizers. kennedy? kennedy: thanks so much, dan. sunday s horrific shooting shook the nation to it core and cast a darkened shadow on the normally lively vegas strip. joining me now, mr. las vegas himself, wayne newton. welcome to the show, wayne. thank you, kennedy. kennedy: i know this has been an incredibly tough week for you. las vegas is a place you love so so much. where were you when you found out about the shooting? i was coming back from a show in texas. i had flown into los angeles
said it was terrorism. the reason he does this i think you are right. reaction. any time he sees terrorism. he thinks he can play to his own political advantage. he tweets there is terrorism and tweets immediately after how we feed the terrorism ban and yet, of course, when there are other acts of violence and terrorism not perpetrated potentially by muslims, a total different reaction, days to respond t. core philosophy is i need to jump on top of this terrorism. it s interesting, too, at the start of thet show, we had jonathan swann at axios, look, kelly the chief of staff has done a good job of tightening and controlling the information that comes into trump every morning. he s not looking at breitbart ed lines every morning if he does x, he will be a sellout. he is looking at different information, a major national story, an international story is playing out, he takes out his phone, donald trump is communicating with everybody. the president is just like you and me. in the mor
polling, then on election day, he wound up with 90% of the republican vote. ultimately, republicans decided it s worth to vote for someone we have questions about because we to want save the supreme court seat. the question now is why did he get 90 on election day and now back in the low 80s? if you look inside the poll, the one issue that s hurting him is clear, it s health care. he s doing well with republicans on almost every issue except for health care, and he s down in the 60s on hrk. this poll was taken in the wake of the failed vote on repeal and replace obamacare. i think this is why the republicans had to go back and get this right, if they don t, i think you re going to see republican base voters very upset with the president and the congress. you think that was a breaking point? because remember as we sat here on that night, it was you and margaret hoover, i think margaret said this is where she believes the president s support would start to fracture among those loyal to