12 years. Raise your hand. [applause] Lynn Ron Berg for 13 years. We believe [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. Didnt want to name absolutely everyone but to have been giving since before we opened so is a special thing. I think occlusion of tonights q a, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is blumenthal and jamie to discuss his new book, all the powers of first. The third volume on his series. Hes the acclaimed author of a selfmade man in wrestling with his angel. The first two in his biography. The political life of lincoln. Hes been a National Reporter for the Washington Post and washington editor and writer for the new york. Bestselling clinton from authorize of the establishment and permanent campaign. Born and raised in illinois, he is in washington d. C. Congressman jamie probably represents the eighth Congressional District in the u. S. House of representatives. [applause] the district includes mo
i almost got my coffee. are you ready to go? fantastic. you re watching morning joe weekend. 20 hours have made during the week aren t enough. it s kind of suffocating for you? he has suffocating. let s take a look, our top stories from the week. the grand jury assembled by the manhattan district attorney s office, met yesterday, for the second time this week. after being told not to convene on wednesday. but for reasons unknown, sources tell nbc news that the group discussed matters separate from the hush money case involving trump. and former porn star stormy daniels. it s not unusual for a grand jury to hear multiple cases at the same time, the group is unlikely to meet again until monday at the earliest. we will keep you posted. meanwhile, the manhattan district attorney s office is slamming top house republicans for launching an investigation into the da s investigation of trump. in a letter obtained by nbc news yesterday, a general counsel for the da s office
Post and is cbs news contributor we asked him to fill in or nancy cordes who we hope enjoying welldeserved break with her family. Chief White House Correspondent major garrett. Justice and Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues and david martin is also here. With a portion of interview margaret with Vice President pence on surprise trip to afghanistan. He talked to him about accomplishments of the first year of the Trump Administration and what is ahead for 2018. This president has rolled back record numbers, unleashed american energy, appointed conservative jurists to our courts including neil gorsuch. Thanks to President Trumps leadership to see congress of the United States come together pass largest tax cut in American History. You see toe hold to get more done . As much as weve accomplished, rebuilding our military, unleashing the american economy. Passing the largest tax cut in American History and other initiatives that this president has advanced, were just getting started
Politically has been bad for the republicans and good for the democrats. You can look at it in terms of the president s Approval Rating which is historically low for first term president. You can look at it in the nature of the current preference for how the house should break, democrats have a significant advantage on that at this point. And we know that from the recent elections through the enthusiasm is much greater or appears to be greater among democrats than republicans to turn out that is often the key indicator in midterm elections. Dickerson karen . Its true. Midterm elections especially in president s first term are almost never good news for president. Only twice since 1934 has president s party picked up seats in the first midterm of his first term in office. But it really does seem like the republicans are in fact heading into some really tough weather here. And its true, generic ballot, rather see democrat or republican in office, democrats are ahead in that by double dig
The former secretary of state maintaining a minuscule lead, but black clouds are hanging over the Clinton Campaign and pain rain washing away after seven minutes of a speech in pembroke pines. Fox business is hot on both the trails. Countdown to the closing bell. Clinton supporters, trump fundraisers and the all important balance of power in the senate. And the house race and the breaking news coming right now out of mosul, iraq. Welcome to our special live coverage of the election. Lets start the countdown. So the countdown this saturday is not to the closing bell because the markets are closed, but to the president ial election. The chess pieces are on the move at this hour, both candidates hitting the campaign trail, sprinting toward the tuesday finish line. At this hour we need to tell you that donald trump is on the way to reno, nevada. Hillary clinton is headed to philadelphia and the two president ial hopefuls are in a dead heat. Uncertainty is bubbling up over wall street and o