get into later. espn, versus itself, which is crazy story. kaepernick versus foreman, something a lot of people are talking about. all coming up. matchup number one which is trump versus the establishment. this wide open feud between president trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. it has been a big story this week but now, new developments, just minutes ago, the white house released a statement confirming, these two men will meet, hold a previously-scheduled meeting after the august recess. as part of the white house statement, president donald j. trump and senator mitch mcconnell remain united on many shared priorities, including middle class tax relief, strengthening military, constructing a border wall and other important issues. as the president was more inclusive in his public remarks today. watch. we have no division too deep for us to heal and there is no enemy too strong for us to overcome. because in america we never lose faith. we never forget who we a
people don t come to madison so their kids can fail in school. people don t come to madison so their kids can rot in a prison cell. dreamers come to madison and when they feel excluded from the dream they become nightmares! ifill: plus, the story of lance corporal kyle carpenter. who fell on a grenade to save his fellow marines. an act of courage and selflessness that earned him the medal of honor. i feel like i m on an even playing field and an even platform with everybody else, awards or not, with everybody else that raised their right hand and said, you know i ll going into harms way. ifill: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. that s bae systems. that s inspired work. charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build imm
it has been custom for decades. right now, there is no indication those norms and customs are changing. the president did call cnn and other outlets today. he seemed to enjoy the verbal combat. maybe we will see him do press conferences more often. there are concerns about chilling effects from the daily drumbeat, calling the news media fake, the cnn, the new york times, he continues, on a daily basis, to try to destabilise and delegitimise the american media. a lot of viewers, even some that voted for trump, that is troubling. answering questions, mostly words, not actions. i see journalists clearly, standing up straight, covering the biggest story in the world and not being intimidated. how many people out there, in the public, believe him when he says you and the new york times are fake news? that a very interesting question also. if you look at the polls, we know the trust in media is low. but trust in trump is also low. the ratings and traffic to news websites, including
meeting between the president and republicans at the white house. senator or rin hatch said the ongoing fight on how to end the government shutdown continues to be a difficult experience. senator mitch mcconnell called the talks useful, also at that big meeting, senator ted cruz who barely an hour before sitting down with the president gave his speech at the values voters summit, a gathering of conservative activists, cruz dug in and vowed to continue to fight to defund the president s health care law. so after leaving here i m going to be going to the white house. i ll make a request if i m never seen again, please send a search and rescue team. in my view the house of representatives needs to keep doing what it s been doing which is standing strong. cruz s speech was interrupted six times by hecklers, some calling on him support immigration reform. a new nbc news wall street journal poll shows republicans have been badly damaged by the shutdown and 53 to 31%, with the s
very quickly the authors will be doing book signings in the book signing room. we have took signings scheduled in the room. all right? and finally the john oliver reading series is in the auditorium next or in the edison jackson auditorium next door and finally there are tickets left for the fund-raiser tonight. tickets left for the fund-raiser if you want to attend go to the front desk and they will let you know. thank you so much. next on booktv paul kengor. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. thank you ashley and andrew coffin eight gross city college graduate. think andrew was in my first class that i taught at state college. literally i think he was. thank you to pat coyle as well. ron robinson who is not here but the longtime executive director and thank you for all that you do for young people for campuses across the country and for conserving and preserving the reagan ranch ranch in the reagan legacy. ronald reagan and reagan conservatism was about conservative an