Chris cuomo is on at the top of the hour, but there is breaking news on capitol hill. He spoke to republicans about the policy of separating Migrant Children at the border. The president says only congress can fix this. The facts say otherwise. That said, with nearly 2300 kids now separated from their parents, what did the president accomplish tonight . Phil mattingly joins us tonight from the capitol. What more are you learning about what happened in the president s meeting . Reporter yeah, anderson, their office is inundated with phone calls, calling for a change in the separation policy. Their numbers are exceedingly uneasy with the direction that trump is heading. He touched on immigration, but he also gave a freewheeling address to republican members involving everything about his visit to north korea, telling republican members to relax on their criticism because he would have it all figured out. And when it came to immigration itself, a somewhat ambiguous endorsement of two part
Of the hour, but there is breaking news on capitol hill. He spoke to republicans about the policy of separating Migrant Children at the border. The president says only congress can fix this. The facts say otherwise. That said, with nearly 2300 kids now separated from their parents, what did the president accomplish tonight . Phil mattingly joins us tonight from the capitol. What more are you learning about what happened in the president s meeting . Reporter yeah, anderson, their office is inundated with phone calls, calling for a change in the separation policy. Their numbers are exceedingly uneasy with the direction that trump is heading. He touched on immigration, but he also gave a freewheeling address to republican members involving everything about his visit to north korea, telling republican members to relax on their criticism because he would have it all figured out. And when it came to immigration itself, a somewhat ambiguous endorsement of two parties trying to figure things o
Former chief of staff as c. I. A. And department of defense now an Nbc News National Security analyst jeremy bash. And washington anchor for bbc world news America Katty Kay who cheers for england who will win the world cup four years from now and host of Andrea Mitchell reports, Andrea Mitchell. Congratulations to france for their victory in the world cup. We are coming up on some big news events the next 15, 20 minutes. Vladimir putin is arriving right now from russia where he was the host of the world cup. And hes arriving in helsinki. Hes going to be meeting with donald trump. We will see him and the president of the United States over the next 15 to 20 minutes. But before we go there, lets try to put into context what exactly has happened this weekend and what the backdrop is for this meeting that has caused him a great deal of concern across washington, d. C. And the world. David ignatius, i want to start with you, how do you put into context weekend where the president of the Un
Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead, and President Trump trying to defy history and stand in the way of any pending blue wave with just 18 days until americans across the country vote in the midterm elections. President trump is booked solid for the final push, holding four rallies in just the next five days, where we will likely see more from his newly debut rallying cry, claiming republicans create jobs, democrats create mobs. And attempt to remind republicans of the bitter partisan confirmation process for Supreme Court justice, brett kavanaugh. An issue that, according to polls, at the time ginned republican voter enthusiasm. Another one of the key issues the president is raising, the theres of undocumented immigrants. Those who say theyre fleeing violence and seeking asylum in the u. S. , the president using the caravan to fire up everyone wearing those red hats. A nature itivist call back. Cnns pamela brown is at the white house. And pamela, repub