were cast at this point. you could see the extent of interest in this race and this could be a historical race, that s because the democratic candidate stacy adams if she wins in this race she would be the first african-american woman who ever be a governor in the united states of america. the republican candidate brian kemp is very interesting because he is not only running in the election, he helps run the election, he is the secretary of state of georgia. and that s led to some controversy. he has been accused of trying to suppress the vote, judges have already ruled against him. brian kemp and his office already leveling some accusations of their own saying democrats are responsible for hacking the computer voting system. that has been denied by democrats that says there is absolutely no evidence that s been presented of that whatsoever. back to you. gary, thank you very much. joining us now we have our cnn political analyst and commentators, we have david gregory, we have the
when he talks about them, he creates this word picture for people that these troops are going to be hurling back invaders at the border, side by side with the border patrol. that s just not the case. in fact, many of them will never even get close to the border. they re supply people, medical support. they re going to be building tents and temporary housing facilities. they re going to be freeing up the border patrol to do their job a little more. they re not allowed to get into law enforcement issues. that s a really interesting point, the word seizing them, for example, and what they re legally allowed to do, these troops. the washington post had a great fact check, gave it three pinocchios giving some of the words the president is using around the troops. let s continue our discussion with our guest, alice stewart, a cnn political commentator, and mary catherine ham is also a political commentator as well as a conservative blogger here. mary catherine ham, if i could begin wit
insensitive. i find them insensitive and more indicative of what our politics has become. the best way for this to be put to rest and it should have happened immediately would have been for the white house to issue a public apology to the entire mccain family. reporter: no senator raised the issue with the president as ten as he appended the week gop lunch today and ignoring questioning about john mccain. why don t you apologize to john mccain so this just proved once again republicans are often willing to say things from afar about the president or about the white house, but when he was faced to face for more than an hour, at that lunch today, they did not come up at all. one republican in the room said he filibustered the meeting and he talked and they didn t have time to ask. i m not sure if that is the reason or not, jake. jeff zeleny at the white house. my panel is back. mary catherine ham, how can the white house stop leaks.
constituencies they represent. that s how our system is created. as long as there is transparency and sunlight and everybody is aware about it, it is fine. you can t have republicans say they care about debt and they blow it up the way they blow it up. they got a lot of unemployed folks who are big entitlement. this bill itself, if gets them back to work, could work for republicans and democrats. we ll see. scott boldon, mary catherine ham, thank you, brian lanza, thank you. we re still waiting for president trump to unveil that massive infrastructure plan at any moment now. also, a brutal flu season is showing no signs of letting up. my next guest argues that president trump could help stem this public health crisis by simply telling us anything about his own flu shot.
the government funds running out just four days from now, lawmakers also have to reach a deal on immigration. senators john mccain and chris coons plan to formally introduce a new bipartisan bill which would grant permanent legal status to so-called dreamers and bolster security along the border with mexico. but this new proposal does not include the $30 billion the president wants for his border wall. the plan may be dead on arrival, and an official at the white house telling cnn that it takes a lot of effort to write up a bill worse than the graham/deustcgraham graham/durbin immigration bill but somehow this is worse. i want to bring in my panel to talk about all of this. robby mook, hillary clinton s former campaign manager, mary catherine ham, senior writer at the federalist, and brian lanza, former communications director for president trump s transition team. okay. i mean, those are not glowing words, brian, about this bipartisan compromise, but it there is the four pillars,