He denies it. Plus, the politics of power and misconduct. Both parties are now grappling with how to deal with a growing range of Sexual Misconduct allegations. And what it means to be in the midst of perhaps the most rapid cultural shift in american history. Women are very special. I think its a very special time because a lot of things are coming out. This is mtp daily. And it starts right now. Geechg im katie tur in new york in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. It is a brutal question but one that requires asking in this political environment under this president. Which does this white house view as worse, an accused pedophile, or a democrat . This afternoon, we seemingly got our answer directly from the president. While leaving for maralagoo, he threw his support behind roy moore, the Alabama Senate candidate accused of Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment by multiple women, some of who were as young as 14 years old at the time. Mr. Trumps message to voters was clear, the de
Giving it back this morning calling it a madman. Kim jongun is threatening a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific as the president promises kim jongun could get tested. We are bringing you the latest developments on this story and another back home. Facebook fallout with new reaction from the president today and from capitol hill as the social media giant says it will give congress all the political ads linked to russia. What Mark Zuckerberg says about whether this could happen again. And then theres a story we talk about a lot on this show you should be talking about, too. What is happening in myanmar with the u. N. Calling a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. And the new action by the u. S. By theose in the refugee crisis. Kelly odonnell, lowkey schedule for the president today until he those alabama, but he woke up wasting zero time responding to kim jongun. Reporter an open schedule may be the work shop of twitter for President Trump with some of that cartoonstyle rhetoric that you re
He started laughing. Hes fought even listening to us. All right. They werent laughing at the world melting down. But we could be crying. Julia told louis a knockknock joke. He always laughs at the knockknock jokes. Were on tv. Can you imagine like the president of the United States prized to start an International Incident over fake news, he tweets out over like ten, 20 million, fake news, hes got general mcmaster there. The entire National Security apparatus there. Again this is a guy ill equipped to be president of the United States. We said all along, this is a guy now making the world a much more dangerous place to live. Thank you. We can talk about the nfl, the nba. You know, people are going to look back on whats happened over the past week or so and look at his north korea tweets. This iran tweet. When we find ourselves in the hottest of hot wars and everything melting down, historians will look at the people around donald trump. Oh, no doubt. And say. And possibly congress. And
Country. Well talk to senators from both sides of the aisle. Plus, what al frankens departure means for the democratic strategy ahead. I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of Sexual Assault sits in the oval office. Finally turning the tables on the special counsel. How republicans are targeting bob mueller. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in washington and welcome to mtp daily. We may be headed for a shutdown, or at least it sure seems like it, because the president and democrats seem to believe that the other side will blink first. Congressional leaders have just finished a meeting with the president at the white house, with just 24 hours to go before the government would be forced to shut down nouch, after meetings like this, both sides usually want to make noise what they agreed to or didnt. So in a few minutes we expect to hear something and of course will take you there live. Folks, this is a group that coul
All right. We begin with the aftermath from a turbulent day of highs and lows for the president. Start with breaking news from overnight on capitol hill. Republican senators narrowly passed a major tax overhaul. The tax cuts and jobs as amended is passed. Well, this is a great day for the country. 31 years since weve done comprehensive tax reform. Have an opportunity to make america more competitive. No democratic voted for the bill and every republican voted yes, except for one, democrats complaining that republicans did not give them enough time to read the rewritten version of sweeping legislation. This is your government at work. Heres the bill as its written. Heres the modifications that are in it. I can read one word. Its called add this language. Can you tell me what that word is. If you can, you have better eyes than me. This is unbelievable. Our democrats arguing the bill is a gift to the rich and will add a trillion dollars to the deficit over ten years. Republicans say it wi