Plul reporters and Campaign Strategists discuss the upcoming president ial race. Panelists will mainly focus on republican politics. Hosted by the washington center. Live coverage here on cspan 3. Im anthony. My group yesterday went to go see freddie. They are a conservative think tank and they taught us the values and the what theyre trying to implement in congress as for term limits for both the houses for the house of representatives and the senate. You had a discussion about term limits. Thats interesting. Because that would be an amendment to the constitution. Sure. Okay. All right. Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday, of course, your first week here. Is anybody tired yet . Little bit. Little bit tired, yeah. Me too. And, of course, we come into this and, you know, if youve been following in the news obviously the president of the United States may be speaking at any moment. I dont think hes spoken yet about some of the events last night by iran with regard to iraq and were goi
plus, living at the extreme. major flooding on the east coast, explosive wildfires out west, and fears of blackouts due to record heat and stress on the power grids. and companies call on employees to return to the office after labor day, but that s not what many workers want. might their push to work from home motivate your own conversation with your boss? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin this hour on democracy watch in our politics lead. monitoring the latest evidence of the pernicious and growing threat against the american experiment itself. former president trump continuing to endorse and help election liars win. republican primaries for offices that are relevant to your vote s integrity. trump s pick for the republican primary in massachusetts today is someone who falsely said that the 2020 election was, quote, rigged. and who will, trump says, quote, rule with an iron fist. trump is also talking about pardoning those who violently attacked the cap
They say what the party nominates more establishment types, like bob dole or john mccain, mitt romney, those candidates lose. And it sounds compelling. But theres an alternate history. One that begins not with reagan, but with the drubbing that a very conservative, Barry Goldwater took in 1964. This school of thought says that today, even reagan himself couldnt get nominated in a party dominated by Tea Party Freedom caucus types. Mccain, romney, they didnt lose because they were insufficiently conservative. But because of the contortions that were demanded of them by evangelical christians and other social conservatives in primary and caucus season. Maybe if romney had run as the reasonable republican who governed the bluest state in the nation, instead of as i severe conservative, he could have beaten obama. Instead, his many flip flops made him damaged goods in the general. So whats the answer . Probably that no experiment will finally settle the debate, because neither side would ac
Those indictments, sir. A house and a senate divided. The Senate Intel Committee concludes russia did interfere in the 2016 election to help donald trump, breaking with house republicans. Ive got no reason to doubt the intelligence communitys finding and i think the Senate Intel Committees report makes sense to me. Art of the deal. Critical trade talks with china about to get under way after two of the president s lead negotiators reportedly blow up at one another. And an American Dream out of reach . Well, is it . Unemployment is low, profits are very high. But a new study finds more than 40 of u. S. Households cannot pay for the basics of a middle class life, even if they have a job. We begin this morning with a bob mueller milestone. Appointed exactly one year ago today. The russia investigation has hung over the Trump Administration ever since. Now, the president s attorneys say mueller needs to wrap this thing up. So heres the question. Is it time for special counsel to show his c
American people. But now President Trump says its another country, lets say russia or china or his words, norway, offers him information on an opponent in 2020, he thinks he would take it. If foreigners or russia or china offers you information on your opponent, should they accept it or call the fbi . I think maybe you do both. I think you might want to listen. I dont think theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country norway, we have information on your country, i think we want to hear it. Isnt that interference . Its not interference. I think i would take it. If something is wrong, we go to the fbi. If somebody comes up with Oppo Research, oh, lets call the fbi. The fbi doesnt have enough agents to take care of it. You go and talk honestly to congressman, they all do it, they always have. Its called Oppo Research. Thats not quite right. We will get into what Oppo Research actually is in a movement but its also very important to remember that it is illegal for