Cnn political analyst david gergen, april ryan, and political commentator david swerdlick. And the gangs all here. Hope you had a Great Holiday. David, were at the end of the 2017 and despite the russia investigation inside the white house, despite the indictments, despite many of the controversies like charlottesville, is President Trump marching into 2018 living up to his name . So i dont think trump is but i think hes managed to get through this year thats been difficult for him and still have political resilience. Hes at 36 overall approval rating. If you look at that poll and some about his tax plan and other specific policies, they were named popular among republicans. And his white house and political shop and republicans in general are working from the base out, inward out. Thats what theyre going to pivot off of in 2018. Even though trump has proved himself to be unpopular with democrats and a lot of swing voters, he has given Establishment Republicans what they want in the fo
Sparking protests tonight. Officers first tasing a suspect. Why they opened fire as he turned around. The cruise ship collision. The ship smashing into a pier. And we do have breaking developments tonight involving actor kevin spacey. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. And we begin tonight with President Trump and those tweets aimed at russia and its support of syria, suggesting a u. S. Strike on syria is imminent. The president warning in the tweet those missiles, quote, will be coming, nice and new and smart. Youll remember during the campaign, President Trump so often said that he would never telegraph what was coming. The white house was pressed on that late today. And abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl leading us off. Reporter just hours after a russian threat to shoot down missiles fired on its ally, syria, President Trump today declared those missiles are coming anyway. Get ready russia, the president tweeted, bec
Are telling him, the u. S. Officials have just informed that theyre likely to attack on air and grounds in the next 24 hours. Quote, they appear to be coordinated with the russians. Russian backed forces are mobilizing to invade. David ignatius pointing out the other terrifying possibility of isis detainees quote, breaking out of camps and prisons. He writes this is a major disaster coming at us because of trumps decisions. Quote, hours left to stop it. This is being reported by the Washington Post who does tend to have very good sources on these matters. Well continue to follow this as it continues to break over the course of the night. That does it. Now its time for the last word. Good evening. When you hear a story of hours left to stop it, that pretty much means it cannot be stopped. Well, at this point the United States making this pre p precipitous decision by the president , immediately after getting off the phone with the turkish president , without consulting with tuesday mili
Kne detainees could be broken out of the prison. This is posted by the Washington Post David Ignatiu sur s, we will continue to follow that. Good evening, lawrence. When you hear a story that says Something Like hours left to stop it. At this point, the United States making this decision after immediately getting off of the phone with the turkish president , without consulting with the military, state department, anyone in National Security, that was apparently enough to green light this. The question that ignatius is wondering if similarly quick action by the United States right now might be enough to stop this. I dont know if the president is aware of the seriousness, but the force basically moving in to slaughter the kurds, that is the sort of thing that would be a fivealarm fire in any National Security apparatus in any presidency and now we have to see what it is in this one. Well have to see and watch what happens. Thank you, rachael. Well, on a day when polling shows support for