Joe is doing so bad he may come in third to drunk antisemitic times square elmo. Good morning. What . I cant believe that rat on a stick only gets 23 . Rounded down to the nearest 23 . Can we zoom in on willies im worried. This will be horrible. Its the 5th. We have to make it to the 30th. Ew you will look like that guy on the hang over. Zach galifianakis . Id take that. Patchy. Very cute. Like preadolescent. Thank you. Was we have the authors of double down. Theyre big. I thought they would be too big for us. Today is the day. Mark halperin and National Editor and msnbc Political Editor john heilman. New glasses. Just paying attention. Oh, my john meechums book thomas jefferson, the art of power is out in paperback. And in washington, White House Correspondent thank god for the associated press, julie pace. Good to have you. So you guys arent number one with a bullet yet, but you are close. Right . I havent checked the amazon rating. You said it was killing jesus. Krauthammer, man, he
Remember the attacks 12 years ago. A day of heroes and a day of victims. Most of all we must never forget and remember this, the terror war is still around and its intensifying all over the world. These stories and more coming up on the kudlow report, beginning right now. Good evening im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. First up tonight congressional members still scratching their heads after president obamas speech last night. The president asked lawmakers to hold offer on authorizing air strikes against syria. Take a listen. Too early to tell whether this offer will succeed. Any agreement must verify the assad regime keeps its commitments. But this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force particularly because russia is one of assads strongest allies. I have, therefore, asked the leaders of congress to postpone a vote to authorize the use of force while we pursue this diplomatic path. Well, look, its still hard for me to on
The scandal continuing to grow in americas veteran hospitals. It makes it easier to fire senior officials at the v. A. For misconduct. This crime comes as president obama finally broke his silent today after meeting with embattled v. A. Secretary Eric Shinseki. The president went before the American Public to express his outrage and frustration over the alleged misconduct revealed by cnn that may have resulted in the deaths of at least 40 veterans in arizona. Yet the president also made it clear that as of now he is standing by shinseki. But as the crisis continues to snowball, democrats now are breaking with the president. I just spoke to democratic congressman john barrow from georgia about why he is now calling for shinsekis resignation. Its a whole lot easier for someone new to investigate the lack of oversight of someone else than it is for the person responsible to investigate essentially their own conduct or their own oversight responsibilities. And you also get to the point whe
There are also some who are just saying no. Both living former republican president s george bush 41 and george bush 43 revealing they have no plans to back trump this fall. Well have george w. Bushs former chief of star andy card on this show later this hour. Youll want to stay tuned for that. Also on the agejengendagenda, t stakes. He wants somebody with washington experience and somebody who can help him in deal with the issues with Foreign Policy and defense policy. Trump says that john kasich is rapidly rising on his list of potential running mates. What kasich is saying about that and who else is and isnt in the mix to join the trump ticket. Thats also ahead. And Hillary Clinton with a new ad taking dead aim at her likely general election foe. Id like to punch him in the face. Everything i say and do folks, i do. Well have exclusive new details on hillarys plan to defeat the donald from Kristen Welker. We begin with our top story. Republicans grappling with the reality of trump.
Abroad, a political opponent at home or ally at home, you look at these numbers and this is a president who has been undercut by bad decisions, low poll numbers. Its a real crisis in the white house politically. So on this important day, welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, april 5th. We have seen your political analyst for nbc news and msnbc Mark Halperin. Senior writer on National Security for the wall street journal shane harris along with joe, willie and me. Weve got three hours, were going to do all these stories right and lay them out in a big world. The leader of the free world is hovering under 40 Approval Ratings just months into his administration. Gallup daily tracking poll has the president at 38 . Ibd with 36 . The latest quinnipiac poll has trump at 35 . The quinnipiac pollsters note by comparison george w. Bushs lowest, 28 in their poll, came nearly eight years into office, two unpopular wars, a housing crisis that drove a deep recession. President trump is under water