Tom steyer on the catastrophic new climate prediction. And in the wake of reported outright fraud, how the Trump White House is preparing for investigations, when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Less than one year ago we got to see exactly what minority rule looks like. A president who lost a popular vote by 3 million votes presiding over the ceremonial swearing in of a Supreme Court justice who most americans did not wanton bench. New polling finds just 41 of americans wanted Brett Kavanaugh confirmed while 51 said he did not belong on the Supreme Court. 52 say they believe the women accusie ining kavanaugh of sexu misconduct. 50 say he lied under oath about his drinking as a young man. If the senate actually reflected the nation, all that might have mattered, but here is how the constitutional math breaks down. The 50 senators who voted yes on kavanaugh represent states covering just 44 of the u. S. Population. And what we just witnessed in the ru
Outright fraud, how the Trump White House is preparing for investigations, when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Less than one year ago we got to see exactly what minority rule looks like. A president who lost a popular vote by 3 million votes presiding over the ceremonial swearing in of a Supreme Court justice who most americans did not wanton bench. New polling finds just 41 of americans wanted Brett Kavanaugh confirmed while 51 said he did not belong on the Supreme Court. 52 say they believe the women accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. 50 say he lied under oath about his drinking as a young man. If the senate actually reflected the nation, all that might have mattered, but here is how the constitutional math breaks down. The 50 senators who voted yes on kavanaugh represent states covering just 44 of the u. S. Population. And what we just witnessed in the runup to the 2018 election was the gop ruthlessly marshalling the power of minority rule
So why does it matter to you . Because of this. The wall fight. The president demanding more than 8 billion for it, on top of the 8 billion he hopes to get from his National Emergency. This is a reelection pitch. President trump basically saying, hey, the reason you should reelect me is these are great, frankly, rosy predictions for the economy. With fears of another shutdown, what does this mean for the countrys bottom line . We have a lot to get to. Lets get to Geoff Bennett at the white house and garrett h k haake on capitol hill. Lets talk about the pr pitch on this. In past presidencies, you often see the commander in chief going out, trying to sell his budget plan, even though Everybody Knows it is not going to go anywhere politically. Reporter right. Look, for donald trump, retail politics has never been his thing, right . The view from the white house is that the president is selling his vision for america in tweet after tweet, in speech after speech, and even in this new budge
It wasnt handled in the ordinary way. I think people have to find out what the government was doing during that period. Spoiling for a fight . The military buildup in the middle east, the president dismissing reports from the National Security adviser as he waits for a phone call from tehran. Head to iowa with a sitdown with governor ensley and his state on Climate Change. This is a demanding situation where we have people being flooded and burned out of their homes. Yet we have a guy in the white house saying it is a hoax. It is asaturday, may 18, equipment and governor inslee is part of a democratic field that keeps getting more and more crowded. The question this morning is who is not running . At this point announcing youre running for president is like youre running a 5k. Good for you. Who cares . Dont post pictures. Up next, speaker of the vice chair of the new York State Party and democrat don calloway, ashley pratt, think contributor and member of the republican women for congr
Only solved a problem he caused. Still, did his escalation strategy work. Plus fashion diplomacy. The first lady on the world stage, rubbing shoulders with the British Royal family. The president and mrs. Trump mrs. Trump did not speak publicly but used her wardrobe to send a message. Im dana bash in for jack tapper in washington where the state of our union is looking the the heartland. Almost the entire 2020 democratic field, 19 of 23 snats descended on the first of the nation caucus state ahead of a Major Campaign cattle call. The annual hall of fame dinner happening tonight in cedar rapids. One candidate not there is frontrunner joe biden attending his granddaughters graduation. Meanwhile, lawmakers from iowa are breathing a sigh of relief after the president dropped his threat to impose tariffs on mexico in exchange for what he says will be stepped up enforcement on the flow of illegal immigration at the border. As Democratic Candidates try to get traction from iowa voters we have