w mitch mcconnell would be forced to take it up by mid march. he s losing support for the vote by the day. kasie hunt is on capitol hill. we re bringing back for the discussion john mclaughlin. he and 57 other former national security officials signed a statement saying there is, quote, no factual basis for the president s emergency. also back with me onset amy stodard and yeugene scott. it s expected to pass through the house. walk us through what you re going to be watching for. christen, we re watching to see just how many republicans break with the president on this. you have to remember before the president declared this national emergency, there was overwhelming support or rather, opposition to him doing so. republicans were out in the hallways saying that they opposed this.
quote, increasingly doubtful that kim intends to dismantle the nuclear program at the center of kim s diplomatic gamble. we are live in hanoi, also with us evelyn farkus. thank you to both of you for being here. carol, i want to start with you and your reporting. i m going to read some of it. you write with just two days before the leaders are set to meet, the white house is setting low expectations for the second summit this week in vietnam while senior u.s. officials and north korea experts are expressing mounting concerns that president trump will give away more than he gets in return. set the stakes, and what are the concerns, carol, the president will give up? christen, there s a numb er f concerns. the concern is the president is
feuds and stuff? no, i don t think it bothers the working man because it is just, it s media. reporter: do you get the sense that the president is making sure that these containers that come in from asia go back with american products in them? yeah, i don t know if he has that much pull, really. reporter: he can only do so much. he can only do so much. reporter: can only do so much that fisherman said. it is clear, chris ten, for now, the swing voters in that area of that swing state are sticking with the president, but if last night was any indication, it is not those voters but the opponents of president trump to worry about. and the turnout like we saw last night in 2018 and beyond. you always have the most fascinating conversations with voters. jacob soboroff, really appreciate it. i want to bring in sarah westwood, correspondent for the washington examiner. and josh from the associated press, thank you for being here. lots to chew on.
they are not going to increase the settings. they re just not going to negotiate over it. is. an echo in here? we have heard that before. yes, we have. we have indeed. chris ten, thank you. calls for anthony weiner to drop out of the new york mayoral break. spitzer was asked on the lawsuitest messages he engaged with weiner online. i think the voters are there are some who say it has contributed. i m agnostic on that. but i think the editorial pages have spoken. but i think the voters at the end of the day will make the