Of law to a new level. And true blue. Could a progressive wave in the primaries sweep away democrats chances of taking the house come november. This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening, welcome to mtp daily. Where we are following the drip drip drip of the trump russia saga 18 months after election day. Right now we are seeing a steady stream of developments on two fronts. We are learning more about meetings between Trump Campaign members and foreign actors. And we are witnessing the Current Trump administration and legal team go further and further to discredit and stymy that investigation. Yesterday President Trump tweeted that he will demand that the Just Department quote look into whether or not the fbi d. O. J. Infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for political purposes. This is a reaction to a New York Times report that an informant talked to Trump Campaign officials George Papadopoulos and carter page in 2016 after the fbi received evidence that they had
Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with president Trumps Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh whose confirmation was once seen as a sure bet, now its in question. All ten democratic members of the Senate Judiciary committee are pushing for a delay on the committee vote. But far more significantly, four republican senators including one on the committee agree, insisting that they need to hear directly from kavanaughs accuser, Christine Blasey ford, before proceeding. The president praised kavanaugh still and argued that the accusations should have been brought forward sooner by the democrats who have known about it since july. Judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people that ive ever known. Hes an outstanding intellect, outstanding judge respected by everybody. Never had even a little blemish on his record. At the same time, we want to go through a process, we want to make sure everything is perfect, everything is just right. I wish the democrats could have done this a lot sooner. Y
himself to be not entirely stable, i mean, that s kind of terrifying. i think we may know tomorrow. the president of south korea is coming to the white house to meet with president trump. unfortunately, at this point, there s no press conference. usually when he has a major meeting with a world leader, they do a press conference. hopefully at the end of tomorrow, we ll get a better sense. let s touch on midterms. kara eastman, progressive for omaha, democrats feeling a little nervous. democratic party, at least, the establishment democrats. that s right. and this is a sdi ndynamic we r seeing play out across the country. there s a lot of enthusiasm, but it s breaking down to the progressive wing versus the centrist wing. in this case, kara eastman surprised everyone, showing that s where a lot of the energy of the party remains. we don t know whether it s enough to power ahead to a midterm win. is there a chance of dividing the democratic party the way the tea party divided the
we could be looking at. should president obama have sign the iran deal, talking about foreign policy? i do support the iran nuclear deal. i think we need to be very careful when it comes to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the world. but right now i m especially concerned about the haphazard policies coming out of the current administration and the way that this is positioning us in the world. cara eastman thank you for joining us and thank you for answering honestly in our lightning round. we appreciate night absolutely. it is an honor to be here. thanks. good luck out there. ahead, the north korea summit hasn t even happened yet. but do you know who has happened? the commemorative coin. of course. once there was an organism so small no one thought much of it at all. people said it just made a mess until exxonmobil scientists put it to the test. they thought someday it could become fuel and power our cars wouldn t that be cool?
gove gubernatorial primary in georgia between two candidates who represented different paths for the party to gain ground. there is the democratic primary runoff in texas where fletcher the candidate backed by the national democratic groups is facing progressive laura moser who was the subject of a slew of headlines when the dccc tried to diminish her standing. who knows who will happen tomorrow. the story is reminiscent of what happened last week when an establishment been backed democratic congressman lost to a first timer in nebraska. republicans say they are looking forward to running against eastman in november calling her too liberal for the omaha swing district. what can we expect in the primaries. joining me now cara eastman who