bush. i want to look at the democratic numbers. we have the new partisanship and a lot of them say it s early. it s good for a base line. here we are. as we close out 2018. 32% in iowa among democrats. beto o rourke said it. in 30 place in iowa and under national polls. if you look at the numbers, you say great. obama was third. was brouk seto o rourke saying e next obama? for any poll, it is important to get the base line. you see how the movementgoesin the place like iowa where they like to wait until the last minute. we looked at generally in the fall of four years ago about where the gop field was. guess who was number one? mike huckabee. trailing by double-digits in
the president is overjoyed. an obama court ruling is more of a headache than a victory. a judge ruled the individual mandate is unconstitutional. the landmark health care law cannot stand. here s the president s take on twitter. we have a chance with the democrats to deliver great health care. a supreme court decision will lead to great health care results for americans. the president s tweet implies it could make its way to the supreme court. nothing changes immediately, but it was republican who is filed this lawsuit and the court win comes just after giant democratic 2018 gains where health care was a driving issue. at the polls, this was really very much on the ballot in november. health care was the number one issue for voters. those voters voted overwhe overwhelmingly for democrats. this is a nightmare for the republican party. some republicans will see that as spin from an obama guy,
because it was just untrue what sarah huckabee sanders said. she said it wasn t a policy change to separate as a policy and charge 100% of people who cross the border illegally with a crime resulting in family separation. it s just not true. that did not happen under the obama administration. there were people that have been in the past, around 30%, charged with crimes for entering the border illegally. it s basically up to the discretion of the department of justice and federal prosecutors. and the attorney general of the united states announced a policy saying they are going to prosecute 100% of those cases. right now the number is around 60%. which has been told to us by the white house s own department of homeland security. they are trying the get it to 100%. again, that s based to an policy announced by the attorney general that is appoint booed at this president of the united states. so to hear sarah huckabee sanders say the influx of kids coming into the facility, where there ar
crimea is part of the of russia because everyone there speaks russian? second let me answer your first question. i am not aware of any comment like that. i know it s been reported but i m to the going to comment on a private conversation i wasn t a part of that i don t have information on. second part. president said that kim jong-un told him north korea was working to destroy a major missile engine testing site. is that the sohig site as it s been referred to. we will have specific details later. we are working with the department of defense we will get you that information. trey, about go. two questions on the ig report. earlier this year, the president suggested that the dom inspector general horowitz was, quote an obama guy. how does the president view horowitz today and does he feel that this investigation was thorough? again, the president thinks that this report reaffirms the suspicions that he had about comey. and director wray is going to hold a press conference la
hill, the president actually lashed out, again on twitter, calling the inspector general an obama guy, even though he has served under multiple republican and democratic administrations also, saying he has no prosecutorial power and his reports have been late, referring to a report on former fbi director james comey. so no word from the president yet reacting to the justice department s move here, but, of course, the day is still young, john. will the inspector general be enough, that is a huge question. laura jarrett, thanks so much. joining me now, cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem and daniel goldman. i want to start with you here, the constitution does seem to give the president executive authority over the executive branch and the department of justice in there. there may not be a strict legal issue here. what is the normative issue here? what is the potential problem with the president ordering an investigation into an investigation of him? there are a couple of pr