And as we start off a new week, good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. Day 88 of the Trump Administration. And a still new president is learning the confines of the job. The value of alliances, the sheer power of the american military. The fact that its made up of people who volunteered for duty, and the limits of American Power d prestige around the modern world. President trump who in lieu of a formal easter message made a few sporadic comments on twitter yesterday is also learning that words matter. The last time americans fought on the Korean Peninsula over 54,000 fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons gave their lives in the war effort. Thousands more came home wounded. That was a different time, of course. The current tension has to do with nuclear weapons. A young unstable leader in a volatile neighborhood. A political novice in the white house, and a high risk of miscalculation. Today the harshest, darkest rhetoric did not come from the american presiden
release them. but right now i m under a routine audit. you know, the only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters. you don t think the american public cares? no, i don t think so. i won. i mean, i became president. . no i don t think they care at all. fast forward to today s briefing and the west wing briefing room. spicer at the podium there was this moment. you were asked about this obviously a thousand times. thank you. you always talk about under audit, under audit. is it safe to say once and for all the president is never going to release his tax returns? we ll have to get back to you on that. you want really? really. so he may? no. i said i d have to get back to you on that. he is still under audit. the statement still stands. nicolle wallace, on top of being the motivation to send tens of thousands of people into their city streets on this past easter weekend, here is why this is important. it s important because so many
government effectively. and 42% of respondents think he cares about the needs of people like you. and then there has been a drop in the number of respondents across the board who believe that the president keeps his promises. again, this is going down among people of all age groups and political leanings. 45% say he does keep his promises. but a 17-point drop in that number in just two months time. nicolle wallace remains live with us from detroit tonight. and joining our conversation from washington eli stokols, white house reporter for the wall street journal. nicole, what is the chance to take this more broadly? we come to the end of calendar year 2017 without a single piece of signature legislation. that is originates in the white house, goes up to the hill, passed by both house, comes back for signature. and to name three areas,
this has got to stop right now. nicole wallace? it was the most perfect political speech i ve seen in my career. the second most effective and powerful political speech was that woman s consequentivention. michelle obama is making the obama presidency s legacy with these words. she is speaking truth in a climate where everyone is sort of afraid to say what they re actually seeing. and she is almost narrating the crisis of our political times. and it was moving. it was powerful. she is right about everything as a woman. and i think it s the first moment that might sort of smash through all of the white noise that mark mckinnon was talking about last night and snap people out of their malaise about everything they re watching and into action. john? i ll do the political analysis here. on this network, we ve seen a banner that says donald trump against the world in recent days. he has not that many friends. he has not that many political
there are only things that the incumbent president can say in this campaign season. here is a sample from his appearance in ohio. they don t get credit for at the very last minute, when finally the guy that they nominated and they endorsed and they supported is caught on tape saying things that no decent person would even think, much less say, much less brag about, much less laugh about, or joke about, much less act on. you can t wait until that finally happens and then say, oh, that s too much, that s enough. nicole wallace, he s pinning it on the republican party. he s right. you ve interviewed governor