five countries some hoped it would moderate his fiery rhetoric. h.r. mcmaster said that s not going to happen. i don t think the president modulates his language. have you noticed? he s been very clear about it. aware of the discussions about his flamer to what s inflammatory? it s the north korean regime and what they re doing to threaten, to threaten the world. i wondered what advice former presidential advancemen might have for trump s trip. joining me now, spencer geisinger worked for bush 41, and director of press advance and bush 43 at director of presidential advance, josh king was director of production for presidential events in bill clinton s white house. he helped plan seven trips to asia and is the author of the book off script: an advanced man s guide to white house campaign spectacle and political suicide. spencer, as you look at the
pitch the world series gameid in houston, texas. he was at? shannon bream. bush 43. as distinct from 41. here we go. tucker: 43 taking the field in houston, where he is greeteds father, former president hw bush, who gave him the ball. such an amazing sight, took up residence on the same diamond and then president bush winding up and throwing a strike, of course. have you tested these lights? [laughter] has there been a qualifying i have good reflexes. tucker: this game is fundamentally theological. it tells you whose side god is on. a big name nfl sponsor is blasting the national football league over the handling of the protests. a company ceo says that his sales are way down due to the league not punishing players who kneel. which company is at? bret baier. papa john s. tucker: papa john s people,
educate themselves to prepare a good defense. the complexity of this case reflects the complexity of the overall investigation. i wouldn t expect it to be over soon. i was surprised we had these indictments already. only five months after robert mueller was appointed. these cases take a lot of time and reading through that indictment, i think you can understand why it involves complex financial transactions and it s important to move quickly, it s even more important to do it right. and thoroughly for sure. barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney, thanks for coming on and sharing your views. tonight s panel, msnbc political analyst and global editorial director at the huffington post. and politico s chief international affairs columnist and the president of latino partnership and himself a former team under bush 43. welcome all. harold feinman, you ve covered paul manafort for a long time. yep. do you think he breaks?
connections and importance of people like manafort, gates, and papadopoulos. washington post opinion author michael gerson, famously the former speechwriter for bush 43, wrote today, to what circle of hell are republican officials about to consign themselves? it would be useful for members of congress to declare that they will never enter the fourth circle, the demolition of the integrity and independence of the fbi, if only to deter trump from forcing a constitutional crisis. to speak to that very point i am joined tonight by our friend steve schmidt, a veteran of the bush white house and the mccain campaign, also an nbc political analyst. steve, what changed today in your mind? well, the investigation has borne fruit. we have a conviction with a guilty plea. we have two indictments. and the two indictments and the
after campaigning on the promise of, as you heard, hiring the best people, the trump administration is now publicly, as you saw, down playing the connections and importance of people like manafort, gates and papadopoulos. washington post opinion author famously the former speechwriter for bush 43 wrote today to what circle of hell are republican officials about to con sign themselves? it would be useful for members of congress to declare that they will never enter the fourth circle, the demolition of the integrity and independence of the fbi. if only to deter trump from forcing a constitutional crisis. to speak to that very point, i am joined tonight by our friend steve smith a veteran of the bush white house. steve, what changed today in your mind? well, the investigation has