welcoming him with open arms to help them plot strategy. that s something you don t see a lot of. that is interesting. you know, you look at president obama, so as far as, you know, not directly engaging republicans to try to find a solution, in fact he s out golfing today. how much of a mistake is this? look, you can argue about the optics of the president going out and, you know, golfing, but the point is right now, what is the president supposed to do? if he were to pick up the phone and call john boehner, would he say, you know what? , john? can i help you resolved that fight within your own party? i don t think so. at this point i think all the president can do is sort of sit back and watch this play out. he already took to the podium on friday and said i m not negotiating on the business of government and, you know, i think from the white house point of view, you know, this is a fight that republicans have to settle, and they re going to sit
empty. not much going on, although here in washington at mount vernon for a replaying at george washington s home. of course the president s golfing today. no word if it s with tiger again. you re watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. two. three. my credit card rewards are easy to remember with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ both ] 2% back on groceries. [ all ] 3% on gas. no hoops to jump through. i earn more cash back on the things i buy the most. [ woman ] it s as easy as. one! -two. -[ all ] three! [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. i d like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don t.
he is there now and is golfing. some paragrahotographs using lo lenses were able to capture the president on the links. we talk about him golfing on weekends quite often and rarely see images of him doing so. this is part of the president as tourist and as golfer. he also tweeted he would be golfing today. something he often does not do. refer to it as his main form of exercise. this is a little gap between the nato meeting and the events in london meeting the between, of course, his time with theresa may, a lot of controversy how he spoke about her and instead of flying back to the united states, they spent the weekend here, prepping to some degree, he says, for the monday meeting with vladimir putin, but then will travel on to helsinki. so the president is in many ways having a very typical weekend but doing it in the place of his mother s birth. scotland. he is indeed. kelly o. from glasgow, scotland. thank you for that.
what do we know to be on his schedule in the next week? they haven t given us a lot of detail about what the president will be up to while he s here, but next week is key to that. i doubt today and tomorrow will be the working parts of this vacation. he was spotted golfing today. he seemed to be getting family time in today as well as tomorrow and we will see more of his presidential duties kicking in next week. the white house is quiet about what exactly that will look like. one of the things his advisers have noted is it s good for the president to get out of washington, d.c. and go to his own resorts and gives him an opportunity to talk to friends and a wider swath of people and we know this is a president who likes to bounce ideas off of everywhere from his own advisers to the staff at mar a lago to people who were attendees there. we will see how it shapes his twitter feed and the state of the union. thanks so much from florida. the president s near daily