reporters. now she s out, forced to resign yesterday. the white house already disconnected. sources now tell us when this happened she was on a scheduled summer vacation. joining us now to talk more about this and other topics, the washington bureau sheaf for the daily beast and daniel strauss, politics reporter for politico. daniel, as you may know our viewers may not oftentimes reporters traveling with the president, white house staff will give off-the-record conversations like this one over dinner. so it appears what happened here is that in that off-the-record context she talked about the president s family, and he considers that a reddine. yeah, and look it s not unusual for administrations or top level politicians to say that family and young children are off-limits. that s what obama said throughout the oa campaign, and i think that s sort of what we re seeing here, this information didn t really have anything to do with the players
that up or went poorly you can be sure kim yung-chul wouldn t currentby be on his way to new york city. what the u.s. is looking for at the summit between trump and kim if it does happen is some big gesture from the north korean. they re not looking for this to just be a handshake. they want to see the north koreans actually do something, and that could be something like making an absolute commitment or signing on the line to get rid of some of their nuclear weapons immediately, kate. fascinating. michelle, thanks so. out front with me now former bureau sheaf for the associated press. the white house saying the summit really is possible. could they be ready for the meeting by then? two weeks is not a long of time. normally a historic summit like this would take months if not years of preparation at lower levels.
is raising the question of whether hillary clinton is giving democrats a fair shot in 2016. critics say she s freezing the democratic presidential field as she waits to decide whether to run. but supporters say it s just the opposite. quote, the former first lady is shielding other prospective democratic contenders from months of attacks and scrutiny they would probably face without her in the picture. joining me snow, washington bureau sheaf for the sun times, lynn sweet, and politics editor shira center. good morning, ladies. good morning. let s start with the president s focus on women and you don t have to look far to figure out why he s doing it. so the latest nbc/wall street journal poll shows republicans have a one-point lead on a congressional generic ballot, but trailing among women, lynn, by 11 points. that s the same margin they lost women voters in the 2012 presidential race. what does president obama think he can do to help democrats with women in 2016? 2014, sorry.
now hopefully will become i would accept that in a heartbeat as well. a path to citizenship, a path to legalization. whatever it is, he s for it. however, today he releases a book on immigration that he s co-authored where he writes, a grant of citizenship is an undeserving reward for conduct that we cannot afford to encourage. he even told nbc s matt lauer yesterday morning much the same thing. so now he s against it. right? well, no. fast forward a few hours to his interview with my colleague chuck todd, and here is his response. i think a path to legal status where people can come out from the shadows is satisfactory in that regard. i ll say this for mitt romney, once he flipped, he tended not to flip back. joining us now is david corn, washington bureau sheaf for mother jones magazine and lili gil valletta, co-founder of xl alliance and a hispanic market expert. good afternoon to both of you. david, how bad was this rollout
tired of her. when you go after my man stop it, this is hard. you want to try, it get in the ring. was i a little strong? never apologize for america. people will call my awful things every day. there are going to be bumps in the road. what s with the wily coyote nuclear bomb? 90 minute attack ad. president is obviously a very eloquent and gifted speaker. i would have, bam. i have neve been in a presidential debate like this. let s get right to our panel now. we re joined by democratic strategist julian epstein, michelle cottle, washington correspondent for newsweek and the daily beast, and michael krouly who is time s washington bureau sheaf. allow me to read to you if i may part of a statement from beth myers. she says the president is a universally acclaimed public speaker. it s clear he will use his ample rhetorical gifts and debating experience to one end, attacking