summer. they will fly over japan. this is dangerous. north korea is continuing their nuclear and missile program. and president trump s rhetoric i don t think is helping. that s a bracing prediction she made especially given her knowledge of the region. were there any take aways? was there any deliverables out of this gathering or just what it is we re talking about here? well, brian, this was a very easy trip for the president to make. it was almost completely ceremonial to meet the new emperor which only happens once in a generation. the president had no big policy lifts. yet, he managed to absolutely whiff it. he stood up there on the stage. he said i don t know whether or not these missile tests were a u.n. security council violation. i agree with sue, these were violations. it shows the region and the world the president is hopelessly confused on north korea. he seems totally desperate to win kim jong-un s affection to
and with a victory as big and as sweeping as obama and the democrats had had ten years ago tonight, obama won in 2008 by 8.5 million votes. he more than doubled mccain in the electoral college. democrats had already had a majority in congress before that election. they added another 21 seats that night. they went up to a super majority in the senate. when the pendulum had swung that far to the democrats in 2008, followed by two incredibly hard years thereafter, and one of the biggest policy lifts ever with health reform, in 2010, that first midterm for obama, the pendulum swung back very, very hard. the democrats didn t just lose the house that year that. they lost 63 seats in the house. they lost six senate seats. it was just brutal. but that shellacking didn t just emerge from the ether on election night itself on 2010. there were signs all through those first two obama years that it was coming.
conservative media messaging in particular on health reform. and then it was time to vote again. and in history, of course, the first congressional election after a new president is elected, the pendulum almost always swings back the other way, against the party of the president. and with a victory as big and as sweeping as obama and the democrats had had ten years ago tonight, obama won in 2008 by 8.5 million votes. he more than doubled mccain in the electoral college. democrats had already had a majority in congress before that election. they added another 21 seats that night. they went up to a super majority in the senate. when the pendulum had swung that far to the democrats in 2008, followed by two incredibly hard years thereafter, and one of the biggest policy lifts ever with health reform, in 2010 of the
certain cases. i guess if you re looking at this past week, there are reasons to be heartened. there s been admonishing from congressional leaders and the ceos of corporate america serving on his councils. that s an interesting and important development. but i fear, and i think a lot of people fear that we are at this place where we will move on to the next crisis or legislative battle. when congress comes back in september, there s a host of things they have to deal with that are all massive, massive policy lifts. we have a government to fund. we have a debt ceiling crisis on the horizon. you have the possibility of tax reform and maybe an infrastructure bill. my guess is that as soon as we move onto another dramatic story, perhaps something international will happen, that will kind of put this in the
government being able to get cooperation to enforce the law because after all, it s in these communities that people will be kept the most safe if those who commit crimes are sent out of the united states or put in jail, which is exactly what this no sanctuary city bill does and it addresses the lawsuits by giving clearer definitions of under what circumstances detainers can be issued and what the definitions are that are the subject of those lawsuits. and also it gives private citizens for the first time a cause of action against those cities if they are harmed or killed by an illegal alien who is loose on the streets of that city because the city failed to cooperate with ice. shannon: okay. those are some very hefty policy lifts. do you have bipartisan support. are democrats on board with this? i m sure we will. i don t know until we have the vote on friday. we took this bill out of a