the top of the polls. this is not one of those weeklong flirtations like a few candidates had in 08 or even in 2012. this isn t newt gingrich s mini surge after that one good debate, right? this isn t the brief 999 madness of herman cain presidential runner. donald trump is at the top and appears to be staying at the top. and just as indelibly it looks like now guys like chris christie and rick perry and bobby jindal but particularly guys who are supposed to be real contenders, they re also really not moving anymore and it s one thing to survive a brief plunge in the polls, to rocket down to the small single digits, because you re a low spot. it s another thing to become a permanent part of this distant third tier of candidates that regularly polls at 2% or less. these irrelevant rounding candidates that are undeniably ignorable. if you want to be seen and treated as a viable presidential
occasion of this trip, this isn t the most important thing about the president being there, but they unveiled this name change, the name unchanging of denali/mt. mckinley. is that actually going to be the big change, the big news announced on this trip, or are we expecting other changes, other policies to be announced by the president? reporter: you always get right to the heart of it, don t you? look, this announcement before the president got here did send an important message. it sent an important message to the natives here, and i ve spoken to some of the indigenous people. i spoke to a tribal leader today. this matters to them deeply. we can say it s not important but to them this is something they have been fighting for for decades. to them it really speaks to american imperialism. i don t want to be dismissive of that, but those same people have also been concerned for economic reasons that the president was going to come here and announce
fluke anymore. donald trump really is at a resilient and now pretty long-standing secure position at the top of the polls. this is not one of those weeklong flirtations like a few candidates had in 08 or even in 2012. this isn t newt gingrich s mini surge after that one good debate, right? this isn t the brief 999 madness of herman cain presidential front-runner. donald trump is at the top and appears to be staying at the top. and just as indelibly it looks like now guys like chris christie and rick perry and bobby jindal but particularly guys who are supposed to be real contenders, guys like christie and rand paul, they re also really not moving anymore. and it s one thing to survive a brief plunge in the polls to rocket down to the small single digs because you re having a low spot here and there. it s another thing to become a permanent part of this distant third tier of candidates that regularly polls at 2% or less. these irrelevant rounding error candidates that are undeniably ig
of this seems like a fluke anymore. donald trump really is at a resilient and now pretty long-standing secure position at the top of the polls. this is not one of those weeklong flirtations like a few candidates had in 08 or even in 2012. this isn t newt gingrich s mini surge after that one good debate, right? this isn t the brief 999 madness of herman cain presidential runner. donald trump is at the top and appears to be stay iing at the top. and just as indelibly it looks like now guys like chris christie and rick perry and bobby jindal but particularly guys who are supposed to be real contenders, they re also really not moving anymore and it s one thing to survive a brief plunge in the polls, to rocket down to the small single digits, because you re a low spot. it s another thing to become a permanent part of this distant third tier of candidates that regularly polls at 2% or less.
anchorage, alaska, nbc news senior white house correspondent chris jansing following the president on his trip to alaska. you re in a beautiful spot up there, chris. it s great to see you there. thanks for being with us tonight. reporter: my pleasure. the white house on the occasion of this trip, this isn t the most important thing about the president being there, but they unveiled this name change, the name unchanging of denali/mt. mckinley. is that actually going to be the big change, the big news announced on this trip or are we expecting other dhangs, other policies to be announced by the president? reporter: you always get right to the heart of it, don t you? look, this announcement before the president got here did send an important message. it sent an important message to the natives here, and i ve spoken to some of the indigenous people. i spoke to a tribal leader today. this matters to them deeply. we can say it s not important but to them this is something they have bee