17 candidates. And thats just on one side of the aisle. 464 days left until any votes are counted. Two major american political dynasties, and one and only donald trump. What does the rest of the world make of all of this . I have a Great International panel to talk about just that. And the nuclear deal with iran has upset many atop that list israel for certain, but next in line is surely saudi arabia. Well take you inside the secretive kingdom with a former u. S. Ambassador. Nobel peace prize winner on keeping kids in school. Why that means something very different in india than it does in the west. Finally, something is rotten in lebanon. The pearl of the mediterranean is becomingputred. Whats all the stink about . Since 9 11 america has responded aggressively to the danger of terrorism. Launching military operations and spending over 800 billion on homeland security. Americans have accepted an unprecedented expansion of government powers and invasions of their privacy to prevent att
Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell. Donald trump is in iowa after a political attack on ted cruz setting the tone for the next 12 days in the hawkeye state. Ted cruz has a problem. Hes got a problem. He was born in canada. He was hes a canadian citizen until just recently. The fact is he was born in canada and was a canadian citizen. Thats big stuff. How can you be running with a cloud over your head . He borrowed money from Goldman Sachs and he borrowed money from citibank. What he wanted to do is say i will protect you from Goldman Sachs and citibank. Because im robinhood and im this wonderful senator. And im going to protect you from these banks. And then hes borrowing from the banks. Now hes going to go after Goldman Sachs. It doesnt work that way. Goldman sachs owns him, remember that, folks, they own him. Nbcs katy tur is live in iowa. Now, katy, she was supposed to be with him today and wasnt. Whats going on there . Reporter were not clear about whats going on. The campaign hasnt resp
Reporter for the Washington Post robert costa. We are just hours away from President Trumps first address to a joint session of congress. Mika, thats the big setup. A lot of people talking about this. The trump show, i think, was one of the shows last night talked about it, chris hayes. It is going to be quite a show. What are you expecting . We can glean what white house aides told us in terms of tone they are trying to put a twist on his carnage of american. Tells news themes will focus on renewal of american spirit and optimistic vision for all americans, whatever that means. The president reportedly told local News Reporters last night that his message would be the country has enormous problems but tremendous potential adding that theme. He is expected to focus on what hes accomplished so far in his first weeks in office. Here is what he told fox news last night. All i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. We have a really terrific Health Care Plan coming out. O
President trumps decision to side with democrat on the debt ceiling rippling across washington. We had a great meeting yesterday with nancy pelosi and senator schumer. It was very bipartisan meeting. What is he trying to do is clear the deck so we can get focused on big things like tax reform. The president is a successful businessman who is not a politician. He is getting good deal for the American People. Different parties. We have different thoughts. Different feelings, different ideas. But, i think you are going to see a much stronger coming together. Brian first lets come together and talk about this. We have a fox news alert because of that Hurricane Irma new deadly path of destruction. Now a worst Case Scenario for the state of florida. Ainsley miami and florida keys now bracing for a direct hit from the strongest hurricane in recorded history that is already responsible for at least 10 deaths. Steve monster storm triggering life threatening storm surge warning. Some areas could
Violence than before. Horrible politicians in california. If we ever pull our ice out in two months they would be begging for us to come back. We stand with the conservative movement. And come to think of it, we always stand for our flag and our National Anthem as well. [chanting u. S. A. Just like fire. Ainsley congratulations it is friday. You made it. Steve congratulations. Ainsley brian has the day off today. Who is filling in just back from jerusalem. I want to hear about your trip. Pete i was there for four days. It was amazing. Unlike brian i dont say get up and get dressed. I say stay in bed. Steve great to have you. A lot going on. The president is going to be making a big speech this morning. We are all very fascinated to find out what he is going to say. Ainsley glad you brought that up. His speech follows a number of powerful others Vice President pence and over g. O. P. Leaders highlighting School Safety and immigration. Steve Griff Jenkins is live once again on this frida