speaking of delivery, kudos to the deadpan nature of those hearings. and that s your morning dish of scrambled politics. time to welcome in political reporter erin mckite, thanks for being here. good morning, erin. thank you. so donald trump s proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. is actually galvanizing his supporters, his lead is widening in south carol sna? we re seeing this in polls both in states, early states and nationally, he s rising in one poll that i say he came down from about 43% to 33% this week. but look, he s still above 30% in most of these polls. i m not really sure why people are continuing to talk about him running as an independent, because he is dominating in these republican polls with republican voters. so at this point, he s going to be on top of the polls for about five months, as of sometime next week. anybody else crushing that much,
could get the nomination today. you think donald trump could get the nomination? i didn t think so a couple of months ago. but, his numbers are staying fairly steady. i think if he wants to be president, or wants to be the nominee, he needs to tone down his rhetoric, and he needs to get in to the issues and explain what he is going to do for the economy. and you can watch andrea s entire interview with bob dole today at noon on msnbc. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. i m joined now by political analyst and best-selling author ellis henican. good morning to you, ellis. good morning. so nice to see bob dole, isn t it? and let s talk a little bit about what he s talking about here. it s going to feel a little bit like groundhog day. he seems like from another world. he does. a long time ago. you ll have to tune in to hear the rest of andrea s interview with him.
friends at morning joe, house speaker paul ryan drops the mike, literally. how are the efforts to unify the oh, crap. what you got there? hang on. the whole thing fell down on us here. can you hear me? we can totally hear you. we can hear everything, actually, paul. we can hear everything. this is this is going to make some clips. yes, the mike is still on. he played it off like a champ. that s your morning dish of scrambled politics. let s bring in msnbc political reporter jane tim now to talk about the rest of today s news. let s start with congress and guns. why the lack of urgency to pass any form of gun control legislation here one day after the shooting in california? you know, there is a lot of urgency but we reached a political stalemate. democrats on the left want to pass comprehensive gun control reform, want to have things changed. republicans are so opposed to any kind of legislation that
actions about african-americans, immigrants, latinos, asians, women, muslims and the disabled. and what does ivanka trump think about her dad? the tonight show may have the inside scoop. in a recent interview donald trump s daughter ivanka said there are times when she disagrees with her father. but then there are more times when she likes the idea of inheriting a billion dollars. so, it s and that s your morning dish of scrambled politics. time to welcome in jonathan allen, journalist and co-author of hrc. good morning to you, jonathan. good morning, shiba. all right. let s start with chris christie. and this newspaper debacle here. one newspaper, the star ledger calling the other people in new hampshire, the new hampshire union leader to question them about their endorsement of chris christie for president. you heard the editorial page editor of the new hampshire paper talking about the star
president obama finishes up in about a year, which, according to the tonight show, makes him just like kobe bryant. kobe actually said he s going to retire at the end of the season. he made the announcement in a poem published on the player s tribune. he s not the only person who s retiring in 2016. president obama will be finishing up his second term. and he actually published a poem of his own. take a look. america, the time is near. there now remains but one more year. i ll tell you this, cause you re my friend. i can t wait for this hell to end. that was sweet. and that s your morning dish on scrambled politics. i m joined now by political analyst and best-selling author ellis henican. good morning, ellis. good morning. a lot of laughs there on the campaign trail. i m sorry i didn t bring a poem. i didn t know that was the homework today. i liked his impression of president obama. spot-on, jimmy fallon. absolutely. shall we begin with hillary clinton s e-ma