from blockberg news, sean sullivan and analyst robert trainham, also a former bush-cheney senior adviser and from bustle.com. and you see that the democrat at this point going after african-american voters in the church today but also you could see the schematics in terms of the outside stars and i was asking vaughn as you were all listening to here, is that right, right now, given what roy moore is saying about doug jones? well i think vaughn s report spells it out great for everyone. because at the end of the day this is coming down to alabama voters. this race has been volatile to say the least. i think it is captured the attention of the entire country. and it is really taken on a significant cultural meaning well beyond the state of alabama. but what is going to be interesting to see, is should roy moore be elected in just a couple of days in the senate. how is he going to be greeted in
reportedly threatened by the trump administration after she high temperature voted against debate. the two of them not swayed by the president. i am so glad you brought that up. to all bullies in the world, bullying two women and a war hero, it don t work. my incredible panel, haven t seen you in a while, mike peska. i hope your mom is watching. she normally does. yep. good morning. and elise jordan. i love when she s here. she knows exactly how to get in the mind of freedom caucus members. and robert trainham from the bipartisan policy center. robert, this was a moment in history for john mccain. when i saw mike pence walk up last night, i m like this is over. the only way he shows up is they know it s a yes. what do you think went on in the mind of john mccain? was this planned all along? probably. there s a couple things here. first of all, john mccain, this is a good moment for the country overall. i think we should do a check there.
wide to be here, jason jason and former bush cheney senior adviser robert trainham. jason i m not letting you go first. robert, the president already tweeting this morning saying there are people involved in the investigation who are bad. help me understand, what could the president s motive be here? does he think he s going to spook them, scare them? i hate to say this but that s predictable of the president, part of his nomenclature. he overexaggerates and says those things. i would have hoped this would have been a presidential moment where he would have restrained himself and said don t say anything at all. not say anything at all. to your earlier point he was presidential yesterday, that was a scripted moment, one would think in this moment he would have been even more restrained but we know that s not the president. let s not try to pretend this here. what is your reaction to all of this? the president seeming to double down on this, and there s so much reporting, i ve spoken
they understand here that we re talking about the jihadists, the islamic terrorists. and it s very obvious to most of them. the reception is quite warm. maybe they can teach us a bit how to interpret language. i d like to bring in robert trainham and howard dean. good to see you. governor, i want to start with you first. what do you make of carson s change in tone, and do you think when he was speaking originally that he was speaking to the syrian people when he talked about the mad dogs? wasn t he speaking to the u.s., to his potential constituents? i think his tone today was pretty good. and he is clearly trying to walk back intemperate comments which seem to be flying fast and furious on the other side. okay. your thoughts on that? do you think he did a good job
walking things back, robert? i think he did. it s hard to put the toothpaste back in the tube. he used a comment of rabid dogs in the context of the syrian refugees. it s good he s going over there to get a unique perspective. clearly his staff has walked him through the intricacies of middle eastern politics and politics of foreign policy and how your words really have a lot of merit. he appeared to be very thoughtful. somewhat substantive. the issue is what is your plan about the syrian refugee crisis, and what are you specifically going to do about it because that is the issue. that s the real question. we re still waiting for that answer not only from donald trump and others but specifically from dr. carson. all right. you brought up donald trump. chuck todd also asked him this morning about his recollection of muslims celebrating in new jersey after 9/11. here s what s trump had to say. i saw it on television. so did many other people. and many in jersey city? you saw je