and by the way, and he will blame the democrats for the death of two children with no evidence, yet he will not condemn the saudi arabians for the death of jamal khashoggi, a washington post reporter, after the entire world saw the evidence and knows that the saudi prince was part and parcel of the problem and helped cause this guy s death. it speaks to me volumes about where this president is coming from. he has no problem accusing the democrats of the most horrendous things possible, but he can t stop or bother to make notice of the people who are actually causing the real trouble in this world. and that s you know, that kind of rhetoric, you don t need. we ll have to leave it there. brian karem, margaret talev, thank you both for being here. happy new year to you. still ahead, senator elizabeth warren making her first major step toward a 2020 run. but can she rise to the top of a crowded democratic field? we will discuss. plus, a lion escapes from
she became a favorite of the left by taking on wall street more than a decade ago. then came a winning campaign in 2012 for the u.s. senate. now elizabeth warren is setting her sights higher, much higher. no matter where you live in america and no matter where your family came from in the world, you deserve a path to opportunities. because no matter what our differences, most of us want the same thing. to be able to work hard, play by the same set of rules, and take care of the people we love. that s the america i m fighting for. and that s why today i m launching an exploratory committee for president. but if the massachusetts democrat wants to call the white house home in 2020, the numbers suggest, well, she s got some work to do. a recent cnn poll shows that warren is in sixth among democrats and democratic-leaning independents. joining me now to talk about this, the one and only cnn
cabinet. so i don t think we really know if shanahan s resume is going to be a plus or a minus in this regard. one thing that we do know is that several people in the last few days have been urging the president to reconsider his decision. senator graham, since we did thoe this over lunch yesterday, the prime minister of israel has made a similar plea, because withdrawing troops, even if it was logistically possible within the 30-day time period that was on the table originally was irresponsible and would open the u.s. up to a lot of threats. and very quickly, we did see stanley mcchrystal speak out against president trump. were you surprised to be to see him be so forceful in a public manner about his negative thoughts about president trump? i m always surprised when a nonpartisan public servant makes criticisms like this, but he obviously felt that it was necessary. and he has extensive experience fighting terrorists in theaters like iraq, so he certainly knows what he s talkin
in october. i hope she s running for president, because i think she would be very easy. i hope that she is running. i do not think that she ll be difficult at all. she ll destroy the country. she ll make our country into venezuela. with that being said, i don t want to say bad things about her, because i hope that she would be one of the people that would get through the process. it s going to be a long process for the democrats. if that isn t classic donald trump, you know, she s got images of donald trump, mitch mcconnell, she s got other conservative voices in there. you know, her top aids and allies in the media beyond, talking about how this could impact her, is the fact that she s not afraid to go after donald trump, could that help her? it could certainly help her, it could raise her press profile. but the fact is, you go back to the native american ancestry when she did that dna test, i think most neutral observers would say that the president actually came out on top in
whether it s concrete or whether it s slats. it s the idea that you could actually wall off immigrants, that it might not work, it would be very expensive and sends the wrong signal. that would be their position. but i m trying to understand who the president is arguing with. i think he rejects the idea that he had abandoned an idea of his. he doesn t like the idea that the base would see him as retreating. but in fact, my understanding, not just from that john kelly interview, is that absolutely, the concept of what he wanted on the campaign trail changed when he actually talked to the officials who would be administering protection at any sort of a barrier. all right, brian, speaking of that article that was written by molly o toole from the l.a. times, i actually talked to her earlier today and he talked about trump and how in many ways, john kelly is navigating the president s words in terms of rhetoric versus relate. take a listen to what molly had to say earlier today. earl