but there are risks in the short term and long term. he doesn t seem to have an end game. reminds me of the border wall shutdown at the end of last year. in the long term, anything that jeopardizes the economy, jeopardizes his re-election, period. tariffs and immigration are going to animate his base, and he needs them, but the economy is what voters in swing places like iowa, pennsylvania, are going to vote on, so he can t forget that. what if ultimately he s doing this to hook the economy up or the market. i m talking about a short-term political win for him. you know the president is laser focused on this standoff with fed chair jay powell. the president wants rates to be cut. he wants the market to boom. his base is energized by this america first, i m going tough on other countries. and if he is successful, in putting these tariffs forth, which could be crippling, on the other side, jay powell could say this is going to cause a global slowdown and i m going to cut rates. cut rat
temporarily extend protections for daca recipients in exchange for $5.7 billion to build his border wall shut down. called a nonstarter by democrats. in case you ve missed any of john berman s excitement or joy on air or on the twitter, the new england patriots are going to the super bowl for the ninth time. that s not, though, the only big story this morning. a call also blown. a lot of fans in new orleans very upset this morning. we ll have more on that in just a few minutes which means the pats will be facing the rams. all because of a bad call. honestly. joining us, the new york times op-ed columnist, white house reporter from bloomberg news and jackie kucinich and a cnn political analyst. i want to start with the breaking news. jackie, kamala harris is in. no exploratory committee. she is running for president.
sitting there going after american allies who fought with us. it s a danger too. i still exists but i also think the president is not thought out all the consequent this of this action. brand-new reaction to president trump canceling speaker pelosi s trip. first, alexandria ocasio-cortez tries to confront the mature mitch mcconnell over the shutdown. you are going to want to see this. that s next on the five .
awesome. juan: used all my notes. dana: we can read your mind. this story broke during the 2:00 hour and i had john roberts and peter doocy on here we find out that not only is he canceling the trip but the trip is supposed to leave in 30 minutes. they are on the air force bus with the capitol police ready to go. greg: she already took her ambien. dana: never do that until you are the runway. greg: you fall asleep and he gets delayed. dana: you could get in trouble. i knew something was going to happen today. it was the timing. i also feel like because the president was silent yesterday in response to her suggestion that he reschedule the state of the union because of security but now it s because of the shutdown and her leverage, that they waited until the 30 minutes before the bus was about to leave in order to do it. it is kind of like a reality tv show. tit for tat. i understand the thing about the security concerns, who s going
same cardboard cutouts from before? nancy just offered trump an amazing opportunity. it gets him out of a really dull speech and it gets the five out of going to d.c., plays with overpriced booze and politicians and substandard food which is really the whole point of this monologue. all right, originally we were going to talk about the state of the union but we ve got to talk about this letter which is fantastic. dear madam speaker, due to the shutdown, i am sorry to inform you that your trip to brussels, egypt, and afghanistan has been postponed. we will reschedule the seven-day excursion when the shutdown is over. obviously if you d like to make your journey by flying commercial, that would certainly be your prerogative. dana, okay, some might say this is childish. [laughs] i think juan thinks it s childish. i think it is childishly