i caught that. president trump does have a lot of stamina. she does these appearances at rallies and talks for an hour and a half. that is really extraordinary. as they say down in louisiana almost super human. we all wanting to bless his heart. i really do wish him well. thank you, shannon pettypiece and susan page. up next, with 77 days until the iowa caucuses, there s a shakeup going on in the democratic candidates. something big is happening in the democratic neighborhood the last couple of weeks. have you noticed? if not, we ll let you know what s happening. lots of big can stuff going on. you re watching hardball. you re watching hardball. (bert) even a not-so-handy monster. (johnson) what is going on in here! i can t hear myself think! (grover) what does it look like, sir? i am here to help you with your water heater. (johnson) oh! [sighs defeatedly] (grover) do not worry sir. i also fix cars! [johnson groans] (bert) grover is a monster of many talents! (burke)
with love, california. welcome back to hardball. earlier today president trump called democratic governor john bel edwards of louisiana the democrat who won to congratulate him on his re-election this weekend. edwards got 51% of the vote, beating the president s endorsed candidate, eddie rispone. this is the latest in a string of electoral losses for the republicans, including kentucky and virginia already this last week. president trump has played an active role in all those races. he attended three rallies in louisiana alone. here he goes. the headlines the next day, trump took a loss. i lift them up a lot. so trump took a loss. so you ve got to give me a big win, please, okay? okay? anyway, that s jimmy cagney
or somebody. according to politico, the louisiana race left trump with a black eye and intensified concerns from some in the president s orbit that he spent too much political capital on off-year races. we re joined by shannon pettypiece, susan page, washington bureau chief. let me ask you, susan, first of all, have you figured out why trump stuck his neck out and went to louisiana? his candidate wasn t favored. it would have been an upset if his candidate won. a winnable race, it was a close race, still a two-point race and he would have gotten a lot of credit if after going there three times he pulled him over the finish line. i think president trump has a lot of faith in himself and his own appeal and so probably thought he could do it. how big a black eye is it? i know one thing that the campaign wanted and the president wanted i m told is to get some wins to show the republicans in congress that i
anybody a two-person all white team running in 2020, can they bring out the african-american vote? joe biden has a lot of support among african-american voters. say you had an all white ticket and you had barack obama out there campaigning hard for them, that could do something to turn out african-american voters. i ve got something to say about barack obama in the close tonight because he said something about moderating the stance of the party a little bit. he s pulled back a little, he was shaying. shannon, thank you so much. susan, thank you. up next, the president and the white house says president trump s visit to walter reed hospital this weekend was routine. but after floating conspiracy theories after hillary clinton s health in the last election, is trump s health subject to the same scrutiny? you re watching hardball. crut? you re watching hardball. hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria!
will he come out for the prosecution here or for the defense? sondland is likely to have a very stressful day on capitol hill. remember, he s not someone who has a history of working in government. he s a hotelier. he supported trump s inaugural. do you think he paid a million bucks for this? i couldn t i could not allege a quid pro quo but we know throughout the way a lot of these diplomatic jobs get filled across administrations, there s preference given to donors. given a million. a million is a lot of money. it certainly seems to indicate that his friendliness or the white house s view of him as a political ally probably informed him getting that appointment. another thing that s important, though, is that the ambassadorship to ukraine under the trump administration has only been filled by career officials. i can tell you trump himself has long wanted to install someone more like sondland, somebody who is a political ally in that spot. people in trump s or about it