news today about prince. no, not that prince. that s what you call a shameless plug. anyway, we re seeing the first photos of prince george, will and kate s new bundle of joy. the official portraits were taken in the garden of kate s family home in bucklebury. there s also a new addition no the first family. sunny moved into the white house over the weekend. she s a companion to bo, who of course we ve gotten to know over the past several years. in honor of sunny, the obamas will make a donation to the washington humane society. that s your news cycle. now i would like to show you something. it s pretty cool, right? now, of course, the controversy. these close-up images of a national landmark and vital transportation thoroughway were
will obama do about syria and egypt and how can we convince putin to do something different? he doesn t have a magic wand. america has influence in the world right now. there are probably some things we can do. one thing indirect diplomacy to work with the countries to prop egypt up including the united arab emirates and convince them to lean on the military regime in egypt. america can also lead kind of global economic leverage. for instance the way the international monetary fund thinks about whether it s going to to give egypt loans to try to get its economy back on its feet. that is kind of the way you get out of a total disaster here is if they are able to stabilize the economy. one last quick point. i m so glad you mentioned bobby s piece for time. not a shameless plug. the larger argument he makes egypt doesn t matter as much as it used to and it s a
republicans out this month to say, you know, this is the white house s fault. it s interest, i thought charlie cook wrote about this maybe a month ago. he said he feels like, in general, the middle of the country, the middle of the electorate is put the mute button on all people in washington, including the president. well, you know, it is summer and not surprising. these fights seem endless. the budget fight that seem repetitive. comes to another head this fall and one we have been through repeatedly the last few years and understandable people look at it. the public doesn t watch reruns on comedies or dramas on television why watch politics? shameless plug. dan ball is number eight on the best seller list. his book is out and it s great. definitely read it. i love it. national spumoni day is wednesday and i m italian, i m a foodie! italian ice cream.
government. shameless plug? happy first week of school for my nieces? georgia. i bet you think i ll plig our show in play? instead i m keeping it in the company. dan balls, amazing, amazing, amazing book. such a fan of it. collision 22. great company. dom? i m the won that is truly shameless and plug my piece from the other day about low turnout and about the consequences of it. more instead of sad face on american politics and more of a, you know, trying to inspire people that they should get out to the polls, especially in primaries. go vote! democracy. danielle jones, i think, hearse 21st birthday today. happy birthday! never fear. chuck todd will be back on monday and he ll have a special look back at the 1984 republican
go to the lake. shameless plug other than your golf game. my blog. march on washington. 1 hundred,000 people here on august 24th. right? as long as we are talking about vacations. i m make ago shameless plug for colorado. in fact, i d like to move the capital over there. just got back. come on! actually, i ve always wanted to do this. everybody can vote electronically now. let s move the capitol every two years. here is why. here is why! make the lobbyists, you don t let them get roots. you would get away from the lobbyists and that is a good idea. that is it for this edition of the daily rundown. i ll see you at the white house for the president s 3:00 p.m. press conference. coming up, chris jansing. bye-bye! ago.