If theyre out there saying martha that point. But i would argue that they need to drown out all the noise, fix the problem, get the right number out as soon as they possibly can, but do not rush it. Because you dont want what happened to the republicans last time. Bret clearly thats not their m. O. Right now, because they are not rushing it. We are at midnight eastern time. They are not. I just have to note with some amusement the joe trippi arrow our friend joe trippi, an analyst for a long time. Goes back a long way and i will. And he was the Campaign Manager for howard dean, who notoriously blew up in iowa. Bret the dean scream. He says why, why, why could they not have had this reporting problem in 2004. And then he says asking for a friend. When i think i would point out, molly, maybe you can weigh in on this. One camp was really enjoying this whole thing tonight is the Trump Campaign. They just put a statement out saying brad parscale, who was with us a little while ago, the demo
Dan springer has the latest on the sanders campaign. But we begin with ellison barber who is live in waterloo, iowa with the biden campaign. Reporter the Community Event is just starting to gingtd way. We expect former Vice President joe biden to arrive here any minute now. This is his Third Campaign stop of the day. His wife jill bind knead four steps of her own. Former secretary of state john kerry showed up someone of bidens events today. He argued that bidens role in the midterms shows he can beat President Trump in the general election. I dont say anything negative about the other candidates. They are all capable and arctic plapt but there is only one candidate in this field who has shown he built to pass major legislation and build the coalitions you need. And campaign in states none of the others were invited to because they would have lost votes, not won them. Reporter five candidates are polling at above or at 10 . If your questioned is locked in you cant realign to vote for a
A new gallup poll shows him with a personal best Approval Rating of 49 bolstered by a Strong Economy and conservative voters closing behind him. Hes looking like he may be in an increasingly strong election. A contrast that with the debacle in iowa this week, what was supposed to be a show of the strength of the democratic field devolved into confusion, mistrust and not a few conspiracy theories. Democrats have failed to remove the president. They now need to contend with the fact there is a strong chance they may not be able to remove him from the ballot box. Joining me now, garret hague, when there was a chance at the president s acquittal would have taken place by now, last night was supposed to be a victory lap. The president made no reference to it in his speech, but the fact is the combination of iowa and todays acquittal are working in the president s favor. Reporter it does seem that way, hugely helpful for the president s fortunes. Were nine months out, but the president and w
Constitutions emollients clause. They did not legal standing to sue. This comes as it appears the president is starting to get payback for impeachment and other investigations into his conduct. There are reports that hes trying to push Lieutenant Colonel vindman, a National Security council aide that testified in the impeachment out of the white house. A source familiar with the situation tells nbc news that vindman who is a ukraine expert with the National Security council is not informed of change in the work status and the Washington Post and the New York Times report he could be told as soon as today that hes being reassigned to a job at the defense department. Earlier today, the president said publicly that vindmans future is up to the National Security council leadership. Im not happy with him. You think im supposed to be happy with him . Im not. Theyll make that decision. Theyll make a decision. Now, todays reports come one day after the president lashed at opponents including v
And while President Trump is congratulating the attorney general, he is attacking Amy Berman Jackson. Shes the judge presiding over roger stones case. Its judge jackson who also handled the case of Paul Manafort. Lets go straight to the white house and Kaitlan Collins, shes in the midst of all of this. We also know that the president pulled the treasury nomination of a former u. S. Attorney who oversaw the roger stone prosecution. You tell me, whats going on . Reporter theres a lot going on. That nomination that was pulled is just one small part of all of this. Its a crucial point. That is someone who oversaw the u. S. Attorneys office. That is the office that handled the prosecution of roger stone. Theyre also the ones in charge of several other ongoing major cases including that one related to the deputy or the former deputy fbi director, andrew mccabe. This is jess see liu. She was nominated for this top treasury job. She left the u. S. Attorneys office in washington, was replaced b