as well. we ll keep a close eye on the ground. i want to bring in jonathan allen now. the president s trip to florida coming just over three weeks away from the midterm elections. the president has held about a dozen campaign style rallies mostly in the republican stronghold states. it may not be working for shall we say the republicans who are running in 2018. jonathan allen, our political repo reporter. his latest story trump s traveling, staying away from swing voters in the midterms. i want to read a portion. the president s itinerary so far has taken him largely to heavily republican parts of gop leaning states and districts to help republicans who are loyal to his cause. his choice of locations indicates a reluctance to go beyond his base. why?
native american lore in her family. up until now looking at certificates and indian rolls, you ve seen nothing. this is the first time there is some evidence that look, hey, somebody in the family probably was native american. indeed was, way, way book. you see where the stories came from, perhaps. we ll have to leave it there. annie, thank you. president trump on the ground getting set to take a look at some of the areas hardest hit by hurricane michael. president trump flanked by florida s governor and the first lady as well. a trial just getting started that could up end the college admissions process with one question. should schools consider race when they pick students? i m alex trebek here to tell you
happened to our saudi arabian citizen. the president put the last part in quotations about him being a saudi arabian citizen. why emphasize that? it s clear what he s doing. he did it last week when he was talking about this. he mentioned twice that khashoggi is not a u.s. citizen. he asked somebody next to him whether he was. this is a justification for not taking a hard line. the president has made this abundantly clear that he does not want to do that. he has already down played the idea that there could be sanctions here. he has down played the idea that the arms deal would be cancelled. he clearly does not want to do this. now, that doesn t necessarily mean he won t have to. we have seen instances when people around him in the administration in the case of congress passing sanctions on russia that he was forced to sign over some of his objecti s objections. they can force his hand to some degree. he has made it clear that he does not like this.
2020. affirmative action on trial. historic case pitting the trump administration against harvard university. at its core, whether colleges can use race as a factor in college admissions. we ll look at a far-reaching impact it could have on campuses nationwide. we ll get to that in a moment. we start with a deal-maker president appearing to pick the side of a top ally in the investigations surrounding the disappearance and suspected murder of jamal khashoggi. despite multiple reports based on sources inside the u.s. intelligence, president trump gave way to saudi arabia contentions that it had nothing to do with the disappearance and likely death of the journalist. the king denied it. it sounded like maybe these could have been rogue killers. who knows? his denial to me could not have been stronger that he had no knowledge, and it sounded like he and also the crowned prince
she was giving us that report. while that happened president trump touched down there. president trump touching down at an air force base. there s marine 1 on the tarmac there. he is, of course, being accompanied by first lady melania trump. we re told he ll go from florida to georgia to tour some of these areas devastated by hurricane michael. we should remind you that the death toll right now, the official death toll is 19. that is a number that officials expect will climb. there are several dozen people who are still missing at this point as well. there are also still hundreds of thousands of people without power in florida and georgia as well. again, president trump has touched down there in florida. we re told he is going to be greeted on the tarmac. rick scott is expected to be greeting president trump there