Leading politics about the races to watch in the 2020 elections. But first, what a long, strange trip 2019 has been. This summer the president spoke on the phone with the leader of ukraine and asked him for a small favor. And just under five months later, he became the third president in the history of this country to be impeached by the house of representatives. Believe it or not, this year we also saw the release of the mueller report, remember that . A document once seen as the greatest threat to the trump presidency. And while the president battled those investigations, both of which he dismissed as hoaxes and witch hunts, Democratic White House hopefuls battled it out on the campaign trail for the right to take him on this fall. Candidates came and candidates went as the mood of the electorate came into a clear view. What came of it all . A nation starkly divided, the most consequential in decades. Senior White House Reporter for nbc news digital, shannon pettypiece. For Hillary C
Effect. Businesses were broken into and looted. Multiple fires burned with no sign of first responders. This morning, the front page of the star tribune calls it a state of agony. At one point, the governor called in the National Guard to respond to what he described as arson, rioting and looting. But there was very little sign the authorities had any handle on the chaos. It wasnt until dawn we saw the National Guard and state police show up and try to regain control of the situation. I want to go right to my colleague Shaquille Brewster who has been on the ground in minneapolis since the protest started. And i want to remind our audience, shaquille and his team are protected with security there. Shaq, lets start with that. How are you . Doing okay, stephanie. Just want to point out the scene that you see right now is much different than what we saw when our team first arrived here. When we came here, we were doing a morning joe live report and tried to do it from here but you saw buil
called the hottest tech item of the year. hi there, everyone. i m tamron hall. we re following the down and dirty in south carolina. after failing to slow down mitt romney in any way is, newt gingrich is once again promising to land some devastating blows to romney s campaign. today he kicked off a so-called defining speech in south carolina. this primary is the crossroads for this country. we have to nominate someone capable of standing up and telling the truth against barack obama because you re not going to beat a billion dollar machine of dishonesty with somebody who s inarticulate or confused or doesn t quite know what they stand for. the latest newt threat comes as he finished near the bottom in new hampshire, the only candidate who offered up anything close to a surprise last night was ron paul who was still far behind mitt but did get 25%. back in south carolina, romney may have a tough time. 3555% voters would be dissatisfied if romney was nominated. 42% would
the year. hi there, everyone. i m tamron hall. we re following the down and dirty in south carolina. after failing to slow down mitt romney in any way is, newt gingrich is once again promising to land some devastating blows to romney s campaign. today he kicked off a so-called defining speech in south carolina. this primary is the crossroads for this country. we have to nominate someone capable of standing up and telling the truth against barack obama because you re not going to beat a billion dollar machine of dishonesty with somebody who s inarticulate or confused or doesn t quite know what they stand for. the latest newt threat comes as he finished near the bottom in new hampshire, the only candidate who offered up anything close to a surprise last night was ron paul who was still far behind mitt but did get 25%. back in south carolina, romney may have a tough time. 3555% voters would be dissatisfied if romney was nominated. 42% would be satisfied. michael smerconish
some security because we had gold touch an all-time high earlier today. it s now negative. usually it s a flight to safety when things get rocky in the stock market. that tells you people just want to get cash and sit on it and see what s going to happen. we have the government jobs report tomorrow. and if we get a negative report there, i think we re pricing that in today, the expectation is pretty low at this point. to your point, there s a quote from the bank of new york. it says, in the past month we ve seen a growing level on our balance sheets from clients seeking safe havens. people are looking for shelter, those who have the money, i should add, to invest and put their money in their portfolios and in the stock market. and bank of new york, along with what they ve said, they re starting to charge people who want to put large chunks of money in their bank. think about that. not only do you not get any interest, you have to pay them if you want to park your money th