speaks to them on the phone. this is not information the president is privy to but based on him watching tv among other things similar. it s a messaging campaign. not about the facts. rudy giuliani, daniel, was on state of the union with dana bash trying to figure out the strategy. listen to one of the things he said. we re defending to a large extent, remember, dana, we re defending here, it is for public opinion, because eventually the decision is going to be impeach/not impeach. members of congress, democrat and republican, will be informed a lot by constituents. our jury is the as it should be the american people. that s very enlightening and clear from rudy giuliani. this is not about whether or not a law was broken or something nefarious happened. this is about the court of public opinions, and it only matters according to this strategy he just laid out, what only matters are voters. if you convince the voters of
thing. you ve got consumer confidence at 12, 13-year highs. there s unrealistic expectations. i think what supporters are going to want to see are jobs. how is he going to create jobs? that s going to be the thing that he really has to take on. and he s going to have a hard time explaining why he has billionaires and extremists in his cabinet. people who are from gx. what s the biggest risk? that we lose the messaging campaign. because i actually think the cabinet is good. you actually have people who worked in industries who are not academia. obamacare was a theory, to me was a failed theory. now you have people, they should pick a farmer, agriculture, secretary lacking diversity, is that an issue? he s met with some latino potential candidates for agriculture a little bit. but i don t think that s going to be the driving force. i think karine is right.
believe is baghdadi f. this is authentic it would be one of the first known appearances of the militant leader who once was held by the u.s. joining us now is retired u.s. army lieutenant general mark hurtlink. he kmanted iron 2007-2009. good morning to you, general. what do you think it says to you at least about isis, its control of iraq, that baghdadi has been in hiding for so long, but may now be putting himself out there in the public spotlight? well, good morning. i think this is a very important step on his part because it shows that he understands the messaging campaign. he s trying to get the word out that they are consolidating in northern iraq. i think the impromptu approach of barging into a mosque at that is in fact what happened shows that he s willing to show the people of mosul and other places that he s in control. they are trying to be in control. i think it s messaging, it s