i wonder why the focus remains there when they ve got economic gains to talk about this morning. that s right, kate. they have really good economic news at their backs, but president trump has been really focusing and fixating on this immigration message. it s a message that s aimed directly at his base, and yesterday, he even used the white house and really the force of the entire federal government to back up this push to get tough on the border. he said that next week he would be signing an executive order making it more difficult for migrants to gain asylum when they get to the border. but he also suggested that one of the reasons for this push was the idea that in the last week or so, given the package bombs being sent to news organizations and to prominent democrats and also that massacre at a synagogue in pittsburgh, had slowed republicans momentum going into the midterms. we did have two maniacs stop a momentum that was incredible, because for seven days, nobody
coverage over the tree of life synagogue victims. the president referred to the press as the enemy of the people less than a week after package bombs were sent to cnn. christine and dave. jim, thank you. i mentioned axel rose in the last segment. if you asked the president the migrant caravan is bigger than the media reporting, this is how he put it to jonathan karl at abc. you have caravans coming up that look larger than reported. i m pretty good at estimating crowd size. they look a lot bigger. i m pretty good at estimating crowd size. he is going after paul ryan. should be focused on holding majority rather than opinions on birthright citizenship. something he knows nothing
nationally. we were talking mid observation, post kavanaugh, about the republicans closing the enthusiasm gap. states like arizona coming back into the mix for them where mcsally didn t just have a chance there, but was pulling ahead in states like that. and now maybe after the package bombs, trump s response to that, maybe after pittsburgh, trump s response to that, maybe in light of trump s decision to lean in on the caravan on these hot b t button cut tu button cultural issues, that could resort back to october where you might see something else. you susan mentioned missouri a couple of minutes ago. claire mccaskill and attorney general josh hawley are tied and that s no change from a month ago. claire mccaskill is sort of leaning into this trump policies
winning the popular vote by three points. so they were off by five on that front. so i think ours did hold up pretty well in 2016 there. but it is a question down the stretch here with the last week that was dominated by how donald trump handled the package bombs, how donald trump handled pittsburgh, donald trump leaned into this idea of birth right citizenship. a gallop poll had his approval rating over the last week dropping four points. that s a key variable in this. republicans think it gives them a fighting chance to hang on to the house. so gallop suggested maybe there is the possibility of movement there. but, again, i think it s striking, too, just to compare how donald trump is closing the
with the delicate identification process. we know that the crew had thousands of hours of flight time, they were experienced. it s a big question of why this boeing 737 which was constructed in 2018 went down and we will bring you the latest just as soon as we get it. ivan, we will be watching that very carefully. so many questions still remain there. cnn has learned that the man accused of mailing more than a dozen package bombs to critics of president trump, also cnn, had a list of more than 100 names that he was targeting. the suspected bomber s lawyer says his client intends to plead not guilty. rosa flores is live in miami with the latest. reporter: cesar sayoc was visibly emotional in court during his first appearance. his face was red, his eyes were full of tears, all this while he was sitting in the jury box in his tan jumpsuit with his hands and his feet shackled, his hair