I knew for sure that it was over with and that my day has come. From Rockefeller Center in new york, this is politicsnation with al sharpton. Good morning. Im al sharpton. We start with the 2016 fight erupting into heated accusations centering on race. The week started with donald trump appearing to reach out to minority groups including latinos saying he was, quote, softening on immigration and seeming to back off his deportation force. But then a reversal. On hannity you used the word softening. I dont think its a softening. But 11 Million People are no longer going to be deported. I would say its a hardening. Trump is also reportedly making a push to appeal to black voters. Planning trips to africanamerican neighborhoods and meeting with latino and africanamerican trump supporters. And he painted a doom and gloom picture of life under democratic leaders. Right now you walk down the street, you get shot. Youre living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. What the he
Our two hour show. This judge is judge William Orrick. But first, an argument among friends. It is a trade war brewing with our neighbors to the north, and what the latest moves between u. S. And canada potentially mean for you and for the u. S. Economy. President trump is imposing a major tax on canadian lumber and threatening that tariffs on Dairy Products could be next page when it comes to protecting u. S. Companies dealing with global competition, this president is signaling he is not playing around, adding this happen to reporters, we dont want to be taken advantage of by other countries, and that is stopping. That is stop and fast. Thinking that President Trump is being unfair and punitive. Here to tell us what the tariff tussle is all about from sheboygan, wisconsin. Calling it a bad week for u. S. Canada relations as he outlined a new tariff on lumber imported from canada to the u. S. The duty ranges, costing canada 1 billion as estimated by the department of commerce. Not a q
Than give President Trump money page tonight commits praise the president and his administration have backed down, at least this time. That is not, however, the way he sees it. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off. It was the centerpiece of President Trumps election campaign. His supporters knew it so well that he could, at campaign rallies, engage in a call and response over who would get pay for his vaunted border wall. Today it became clear, for the moment, no one is going to pay for it. We love our farmers. At a roundtable with american farmers. I dont know what people are talking. I watch these shows and the pundits in the morning dont know what they are talking about. The wall gets built. Despite the president s admonition that the pundits dont know what theyre talking about, the white house off its demand that money for the wall be included in the spending bill. Instead, the president is asking for money to repair and replace some existing border fences and
Time. With us here in washington we have politic senator sam stein. Great to see you. Editor of the Washington Post, and New York Times reporter. Good morning. Sam, just on the bump in, you and i have a different view of that. Your view is . For people expecting mitt romney to be this anti trump persona in washington, d. C. , you know, it was always a bit what happened last night sort of proved that which is a man who two years ago said he would not have taken trumps endorsement if he had known about all the things that he said about the kkk, took President Trumps endorsement. I know he needed to do it to get to a place, but it was a defining principle of this modern mitt romney which was he was going to be a force against and a force against donald trump. And first step out of gate was to take trumps endorsement. Two things. First of all, a couple of days ago before anybody was saying in the Republican Party, now donald trump was saying it it was courageous for mitt romney to say we c
Answers. We begin today in washington, where there has been little sign, are you hearing me, little sign that lawmakers are willing to break the decades long pattern of doing nothing when it comes to gun control. Even the least controversial ideas might not be able to get through congress including at least one that has the support of the public, the president and the nra. If that were true, well, then, you would think it would get through, which makes me think its not. I have a great team. Starting with nbcs kacie hunt, on the hill. Lets start with a bill that seems to have the best chance of going somewhere, the one thats supposed to fix nics. Can this bill pass . It has overwhelming support, bipartisan cosponsors, mitch mcconnell, chris murphy, all on this bill. And it was something that had been kind of sitting on the sidelines, frankly, while they added support to it. It came up in the wake of the sunderland springs shooting. Then we saw the tragic shooting in parkland. That becam