Which wayia look at it. Yeah, absolutely. We know that the president has been unnerved by that surge in migrants crossing illegally into the United States from the u. S. mexico border. Its why he pressured his officials to close parts of the u. S. mexico border. Why he sought to revive the family separation policy. Now were also learning one of the ideas the president and his hardline immigration advisers, notably Stephen Miller had, was to essentially take some of those migrants who were arrested at the southern border and release them in these socalled sanctuary cities where many of the president s political opponents are elected and work from. Those democratic cities in particular, San Francisco is one of them, as you mentioned. This is the president essentially taking one of these issues that he has so often talked about and lamented the release of some of these migrants from detention facilities and sought to turn it against his political opponents. The House Speaker Nancy Pelosis
With lawrence odonnell. Good evening. Its thursday. Its only thursday. I should say. In what has become leak week. So there could, there could be more leaks about the Mueller Investigation that were reporting on at this very hour tomorrow night. This time last night when you and i were talking what was going on with the New York Times story, were finally hearing from people in muellers investigation for the first time in 22 months. After that, Washington Post had their own version of the story, nbc news had their own version of the story, cnn. That means reporters at all of those news organizations nouz have sources connected to muellers team willing to talk. And those stories are all now interacting with chairman Jerry Nadlers approach toet going the Mueller Report. We see this letter where hes quoting these news articles and putting it to the attorney general that this actually increases his rationale for demanding the full report. A whole new ball is rolling. Thank you, rachel. On a
That. I mean successfully or not, they would at least try. You remember like george w. Bush trying to sell his privatized Social Security plan, right . He did this traveling road show on that. Which ended up making that idea less popular every time he did a new event. But at least he tried. You might remember president obama and Vice President biden going off on a road trip and making appearances with preschoolers to try to promote the prekindergarten initiative from one of the obama state of the Union Addresses at the start of his second term. And who knows if these kinds of hammer home the message tours actually do anything after a state of the Union Address in terms of persuading congress to pass legislation to effectuate that president ial idea and pass appropriations to fund it. But at least those stunts, those trips, they did at least have the effect of keeping the press focused on the president s message from the speech. For a few more days after the biggest speech of the year w
Representatives when the president spoke last year, a republican majority. This is the house of representatives tonight, a democratic majority. Which means behind the president will not be paul ryan. It will be the new democratic speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. That is the biggest optic change you will see tonight and it changes the dynamic of the speech, it changes the dynamic of the moment. The president will speak tonight for a position you cannot describe as strength. He has weakened as a president. 42 his Approval Rating among registered voters. Its been pretty static, right at the 40 line, right around 4 in 10 americans. But the president does have a good story to tell when it comes to the economy. Thats what he wants to play up. Thats his inauguration. Heres the dow, up. Back when he took office, unemployment down. Jobs in the last few months, the president can make a case of the economy. Because of tax cuts and deregulation, he can make a strong case. The economy right now
After a twoweek delay because of a Government Shutdown, the annual speech now just 12 hours away. The theme reportedly choosing greatness. Hell be speaking infrastructure, trade and Prescription Drugs, before diving back into what has become the defining issue of his presidency, the border wall. To every republican, if you dont stand behind this president , were not going to stand behind you. This is the defining moment of this presidency. Its not just about a wall. We begin today with federal investigators going all the way back to the beginning. Demanding documents connected to the president s more than 100 million inauguration. But whered all that money come from . More importantly, where did it go . I have a great team to break all of it down. Specifically the legal implications. But first, let me explain exactly what we learned last night. Late monday, the u. S. Attorneys office for new york Southern District issued a subpoena for documents relating to President Trumps 2017 inaugu