long, long way to go before any votes are cast. it s very unlikely that what we see from this snapshot today in time turns out to be how it is a year from now, but it does give us some idea of how iowa voters are thinking. look at how things have changed in just the last couple of months. ryan nobles, thank you. senior political analyst mark preston and president for the center of american progress and former republican congressman from pennsylvania and cnn political commentator charlie dent. mark, let s dig in deeper. while biden is at the top of the poll, he has dropped 5 points from december while bernie sanders we see is up 6 points. do you think this means biden needs to hurry up and make a decision about running or still too early to matter? you know, i think we re going to hear the former vice president to hear his decision. a lot of pressure for him to
in fairness, mr. president, this never should have happened and of course trump s base feels betrayed conservative commentator ann coulter, who prior to the shutdown was enjoying the power to order the president of the united states around, tweeted, quote, good news for george herbert walker bush. as of today, he is no longer the biggest wimp to ever serve as president of the united states one headline for right-wing media outlet breitbart news read, government open and border no wall. still no s-o-t-u today, trump took to twitter to claim defeat is not a defeat with a vague thread about what could happen when the temporar funding runs out in 21 days. quote, this was in no way a concession if no deal is done, it s off to the races, exclamation point joining us now is tim o brien. neera tanden, president for the center of american progress and
quote, good news for if george herbert walker bush. as of today he is no longer the biggest wimp to ever serve as president of the united states one headline for right-wing media outlet breitbart news read, government open and border i don t know no wall, still no s-o-t-u. defeat is not defeat with a vague thread about what could happen when the temporary funding runs out in 21 days. quote, this was in no way a concession if no deal is done, it s off to the races, exclamation point joining us now is tim o brien. neera tanden, president for the center of american progress and eugene robinson, associate editor and pulitzer prize winning writer for the washington post. he s also an msnbc political analyst. eugene, i m going to start with you on this just to kind of give us your big picture of what you saw today. you saw a president probably at his weakest moment. yeah. if you split screened donald
betrayed conservative commentator ann coulter, who prior to the shutdown was enjoying the power to order the president of the united states around, tweeted, quote, good news for if george herbert walker bush. as of today he is no longer the biggest wimp to ever serve as president of the united states one headline for right-wing media outlet breitbart news read, government open and border i don t know no wall, still no s-o-t-u. defeat is not defeat with a vague thread about what could happen when the temporary funding runs out in 21 days. quote, this was in no way a concession if no deal is done, it s off to the races, exclamation point joining us now is tim o brien neera tanden, president for the center of american progress and eugene robinson, associate editor and pulitzer prize winning writer for the washington post. he s also an msnbc political analyst. eugene, i m going to start with you on this just to kind of give
the ensuing chaos led to border patrol agents firing teargas and also pepper sprayed hundreds of migrants, including women and children. border patrol said the move was necessary after some in the crowd tossed rocks and bottles at the agents. we saw those pictures. anyway, the situation caused border protection to shutdown all vehicle and foot traffic at the san ysidro border crossing, one of the busiest ports of entry along the southern border. i ve been there a few times, more than six hours. in a tweet this morning trump said, motorcycles co-should move the flag waiving migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals back to their countries. he added, we will close the border permanently if need be. congress, fund the wall. that s always the end of all speeches. i m joined now by president for center of american progress, and adolfo, surrogate to the great john mccain. how do we deal with this? you start. look at the pictures. the american people are grabbed by pictures.