sindryndrom syndrome. and this urge to take on trump at every step is goingo h them with independent voters. look at what s happened in california. you have lawsuits against this administration on everything from environmental policy to immigration policy. and you have the state declaring itself virtually a sanctuary state that does not have to cooperate with federal investigation federal immigration officials. you know, that s charged up the left to a certain extent because there is anwful lot of energy on the left to oppose president trump, but i do think that there are a lot of voters who look at it as just a little bit overheated. lanhee, i am reminded the president of the united states
is apparently up and watching television coverage tonight. he just wrote on twitter, mitch mcconnell announced he will cancel the senate s august recess. great, maybe the democra will finally get something done other than their acceptance of high crime and high taxes. we need border security. lanhee, just this morning he said the border wall was under way, which it is not. you pick em. a lot of staffers were upset today they re not going to get an august recess. part of the challenge here is the more that congress is in, the more that the democra that president trump is able to paint the democrats as obstructionists, the more he feels this helps him going into the mid-tem election psyrm elec. it s an election year and you
november because they realize that it s not going to be enough solely just to say no to president trump. and, indeed, a good number of very good people in both of these political parties, the democrats are still in the breakdown lane, as it was not jent live put following the election they lost. after that all the coverage you have watched these many months, day 502 of the trum of presidency. our thanks to on the west coast jeremy peters who is normally here on the east coast and on the east coast is a veteran of the west coast, lanhee chen. gentlemen, thank you both for staying up with us to cover at least this first wave of returns in. eight states voting tonight, california almost chief monk them, the latest returns of the night and we urge you to stay with msnbc all through the night for the latest election results.
individual donors on both sides. lahnee has done a good job here, chris, of getting the term both sides in here three times. i have to give him credit. if anybody was playing at home, cross that off your bingo card. lahnee got in both sides three times. one side thinks this is crazy. one side sayses they th not how it s supposed to work. one side says we should change these rules. that s right. i m glad to be on that side. we should also note to lahnee s point in terms of how the system works, the current system was created by a lawsuit by mitch mcconnell. and he said it s one of the proudest things he has ever done in his life. and it is the position, the ideological position of the republican party. lahnee, correct me if i m wrong, it s the ideology of the republican party that citizens united is right and this is how it should work. if you want to call them first amendment absolutists that
that s clearly right. it s also clear we should note it that there are other factors that impact elections, including mobilization. some of that money that is well spent actually goes to supporting people s ability to actually engage directly in elections and, therefore, have their voices heard on foreign policy as well as local issues. and that money if the more money you have for mobilization and actual registration and access to the polls will actually translate into a greater democracy and that s one of the things we have to focus on. the point you made say good one. on the republican side the money used to try to stop that. a lot of it will be spent on the air and facebook as well. maya wiley, lahnee chen, thank you. the president and kim jong-un. what is a good deal for the u.s. and the world and the korean peninsula this look like? tonight s thing one, thing two starts next. helps us make it all work. woman 2: it gives us the best night s sleep ever.