important for you and you have to go with the facts as they develop to this point. you are not going to get any moore proof. and that may happen, although it s probably just a flanking move for political purposes. look, you ve seen some senators like pat toomey say all things being equal, he should probably step aside. conservatives who supported him but backed away. but moore was a deeply flawed candidate for many folks even before this range of allegations and to those folks who say it took a long time to come forward the same thing is true in harvey weinstein s case. someone who was powerful and public and people who remain quiet for personal fear and embarrassment and will they be believed? what is most troubling for me is this playbook. you can t fight the facts you have the free press. not a long-term winner for democracy. he is looking at the leader of the free world doing that on a daily basis.
is the president making light of serious national security issues? what is the effect of this approach? i ll let you have it first, elise. well, alex, the president frequently says we ll see in response to questions that he leaves unanswered. so the calm side of me, the side that wants to be reassuring to everyone who finds this baffling and a little bit scary is just that he was casually dismissing this the way that he has so many things in the past. it is just unfortunate that it comes at a time of such instability and so many concerns over north korea and icbms and the nuclear program that the president could perhaps, i would like it and i think a lot of people in the country would just be more comforted if he calmed it down a little bit. so, peter, given the context and where this happened, military leaders all flanking him on both sides in a large way, is there some strategy behind this cliff hanger response? do you think there could be something related to foreign
divides, stepping back and trying to find the better process forward is what s going to be good for mitch mcconnell and other republicans going forward. i want you to take a look at this. flanking president trump in the health care meeting. does that give you any indication, doug, where the president wants this bill to go? not really. you actually had dean heller right there, un one of the centers. whether it was on the bush tax cuts expiring, that s why we have a republican white house now. and so donald trump needs to work with these members and if he doesn t have the credibility, mike pence certainly does. it s important to really dig in and move this forward if it s going to have a chance at all. i m not sure if you saw the white house press briefing today. and the deputy press secretary was asked about the president s feelings about the senate bill.
on donald trump. the party apparatus reports at the rnc, there are people saying we re not going to work for the presidential candidate. only for the house and senate and governorships and for this all to happen just on the eve of a crucial debate. if you read about this, you would throw it against the wall because it would seem too improbable. thank you very much. i know you re going to watch with us. we re going to need your advice and counsel when it s over. look at the scene on the right hand side of your screen. this is the trump family taking their seats. those women are the women that were flanking donald trump at the event. then dick durbin and then jack danforth. dean of public servants in missouri. certainly for the republican party. it was jack who became an early
he will come back and say look, this isn t racist. i am saying we will temporarily shut it down until what did he say? until we get a handle on what s going on. what s wrong with that? kareem abdul jabar, get out of town! mohamed ali, pack your bags. i don t think he is dangerous. somebody wrote on my wall i think all muslim americans need to go back. i was like go back where? mohammad ali is from louisville so he wants them all to go to louisville. let s talk about the politics. his numbers are going up, are they not? he has a golf course in dubai, so i want to know if it is being shutdown because there are muslims working there as well. number two, he is officially down according to a poll in iowa. ted cruz is up ahead of donald trump. this is the political reaction to him falling in iowa. that s it. he is flanking to the right,