and so there are those who do not want the president back in the white house, and going to the the pictures at trump tower happening right now, and this is not a planned gathering, and we are getting reports that this is happening in the numbers of 200 to 300, and ckurtis, are the d m democrats going to be able to the make a stop here of the scotus decisions ark and significant number of democrats in the senate up for election in trump states. it is difficult for the democrats in the front end, because there is ill feelings back to 2016 with the marek garland selection by president obama, and republicans blocking the vote, but i agree with anita that it is definitely going be an issue in the november midterm election elections. thank you all. all friends here of the network certainly. coming up, presidential prank. comedian john melendez says that
united states would be a long shot target here for somebody hoping to make a frank phone call and how did you decide to do that and decide that it is do-able? well, you know, just given the fact of how disorganized the trump administration has been from to get go, and i mean, what other, you know, you know, administration would fall, you know, would not be susceptible to be duped so easily. so me and my producer on the podcast said, you know what, let s give it a shot and see how far i can go but the sad part is that i did the worst english accent known to man. i was like, hello, this is sean moore, and senator melendez s a sis tantd and we want to get the president on the phone a how do they not know it is a goof, and then they call me back from the white house, and say, we have one question, and the only screening question they had and they asked me why are you on the 818 area code. this is a los angeles area
to make me prove i was a senator. i had a harder time getting into msnbc today than i did to get through to the president. john, has theran been any recourse? have you heard from the white house or secret service or any government agency since this handed since you posted that audio? yes, in fact last night when i showed up to my house two of the neighborhood kids were waiting outside my door. and they said that the secret service was at my door and they were knocking around 7:00 last night. and they showed them their badges. now, you know i have spoken to michael avenatti and who may have to represent me in this. uh-huh. i mean, if donald wants i mean if donald wants to have me arrested over this. it is a gray area because i do have a first amendment right. i m also a comedian.
to president trump, and comedian john melendez also known as stuttering john has released audio from his podcast saying that it confirms his conversation with the president, but the white house has also not denied it is the president. this is a little bit of the k l call. this is senator menendez and is the president available. hi, bon. how are you? congratulations on everything. we are proud of you. congratulations, great job. you went through a tough, tough situation and i don t think that it is a fair situation, but congratulations. and again, a part of the conversation, and my colleague spoke to john melendez about the alleged conversation with president trump and this is what he had to stay. walk us through how this came about and the new york times saying that the president of the