The New York Times reports that some wins and near losses have raised questions about whose vision of the Democratic Party will emerge victorious in 2020. And it raises questions about whether democrats can deliver a consistent message to voters and unite behind one nominee from a slate of candidates who could range from socialists to pragmatic sen pragmatic centrists. A few familiar names loom large. A Morning Consult poll taken in the days following the midterm found joe biden is the early leader. Bernie sanders came in second. But to underscore the desire for new faces, beto oroarke fresh off his loss in the Texas Senate Race came in third. Senators Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts, kamala harris, cory booker of new jersey was just behind. None of the others earned as much as 3 . None of the big named candidates have officially announced their entexs for 2020. But on the stump in the waning days of the campaign, many seemed to be previewing their own 2020 pitches. Democrats choose
Entering a ninth day with no sign of negotiations. Where are the key players right now . Plus, a new congress with new power. What will democrats do first when they take control of the house. And the way we were. A look back at the people and all those events that made 2018 a year to remember. Well, we begin withis morni with a partial Government Shutdown. Now in its ninth day, it continues grinding on with little happening on both sides of the congressional aisle. New members of Congress Take the oath of office giving nancy pelosi the chance to introduce legislation to end the shutdown. Meanwhile, on the republican side, President Trump making no public appearances in the last 48 hours. Instead, taking to twitter to not only fend off criticism of the show down but also the death of a migrant child in u. S. Custody. The white house is now sending its counselor Kellyanne Conway on the sunday morning talk shows to relay this message. Here she is on fox. Has the president directly contact
Like thats one of her grandsons. Lets listen. Thats the will rogers corridor as she walks into the house floor. The clerk is going to gavel in. Lets listen in. For the meeting of the 116th congress of the United States, the house will come to order. And so it begins. We are going to have the prayer and the pledge and several other administrative issues that were going to see going on before the minority leader and then of course the soon to be speaker who we see there, nancy pelosi will be officially nominated and sworn in and they are going to swear the rest of congress in. As we look at these live images of nancy pelosi with her grandchildren. Its really fascinating to be reminded that it was nine years ago that she first broke that highest hardest marble ceiling. 2007 surrounded by her grandchildren. Some of them are older now. Its a long time in the age of a grandchild. A couple of story lines. What is happening on the house floor means an entirely different second half of the firs
Reporting to spring training this week, yes, including my orioles. Meanwhile back here in washington, a dispute over policy became a dispute over constitutional power as President Trump declared a National Emergency at the southern border. And now a number of states are preparing to file lawsuits, while the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee announced an immediate investigation. Advocacy groups like Public Citizen are already out with lawsuits. So thats whats coming. But how did we get here . Shortly after congress unveiled a deal to give 1. 3 billion for just 55 miles of border fencing, the president announced he would find the rest of the money himself. That decision followed reports he was willing to blow up the congressional border deal on thursday just before the votes took place. The Washington Post writes, quote, by midafternoon, however, trump was back on board, agreeing to sign the legislation with the caveat he would also declare a National Emergency in an attempt to u
If its tuesday, whats the investigation end game . Good evening. As nicole just let the cat out of the bag, welcome to mtp daily we have a Major Development as Michael Bloomberg announces he is not running. With bloomberg out, the question centers on whether joe biden is getting in. We are thinking if bloomberg thought he was not rung, bloomberg wouldnt be out. Think about that for a minute. We will get to that. There is now more hard evidence that the president might have committed a crime while in office. The president s lawyer may have dangled a pardon for Michael Cohen. They are investigating possible Insurance Fraud being investigated in the Trump Organization. The white house is battling more investigations and bob mueller could drop his report any day now. We begin with a major dilemma facing not the president , but the democrats. They clearly telegraphed they could find a thousand smoking guns and it doesnt matter. They are not going to start impeachment proceedings if it looks