now? you know his statement this morning from the campaign, same radical message. can they bet donald trump in a earlier? i think you know, donald trump is such, i view, a failure as a president. we had to address russia, but not with a tariff war. that was so crazy. so i think he s beatable by anybody. you mean china? i m sorry, china. that s okay. but i think it s the sleep deprivation we all have this morning. i get it. i think they would have a harder time beating him than someone like myself. can they beat him? yeah, they can beat him. okay. let s talk finally about joe biden. so again, two guys from pennsylvania, two moderates, even though i know that s not the label you give yourself. how do you convince enough voters to give you their money and their support so that you re on the debate stages in the fall when they look at these numbers and they see joe biden more than 30 points ahead of you, governor. what is the story you need to tell? well, i ve got t
electorate for the most part is far more ginned up about other issues than they are about trade. that will trade once we get to the general. it s not true for everybody in the democratic party. but no, it s not i think trump is stealing that trade issue from them what do blue collar workers care about? trade. they re marginally in favor of tariffs. so i think he s sort of taken that. i will say one other thing. there s no one wall street. when i say i spoke to wall street, i spoke with my sources. they have different opinions. you get a decent trade deal, you get low interest rates or stable interest rates, that is a really good positive for the markets. i don t care. one other thing, even though we have a tariff war, gdp is strong. still at 2 to 3%. it s not impacting the economy in the major way the doomsdayers say. neil: and we don t have the higher tariffs in effect yet because of the new stuff coming
are both in town today. or at least in, in the state today. it wasn t planned that way, but i hope trump s presence, ah, here is maybe a clarifying moment for us all. american farmers have been crush by his tariff war. we try and no one knows that better than the folks of iowa. you know, he thinks that being tough, he s being tough. well, it s easy to be tough when someone else is feeling the pain and taking a hit. senator coons of delaware joins us now. what about that. is vice president biden making a mistake by focusing so much on the president david axelrod was making the point, howard dean as well, about needing to be for something and talking about what
all right. that is it from london. thanks so much for tuning in. we ll see you next week. over to alex witt. i wish i had time to ask you what you re going to be doing this afternoon in london but i can t. i got no time. no time. have fun. go shopping. enjoy yourself. thank you, my friend, joy. good day to all of you. msnbc headquarters in new york. high noon here in the east and 9:00 on the west. new battle lines and what they re saying about a unique hearing slated for capitol hill and what it has to do with the president. poll position. some democrats face tough questions about their standing in the 2020 race after new numbers are released. the mod of america as washington bikers and the government struggles to function. who s to blame. real deal? new reporting and questions on the u.s./mexico agreement to avoid a tariff war. where is the truth. developing right now, new battle lines drawn ahead of
going on a fact that we need to revisit the issue. the new york times reporting that the president is looking at daily numbers of apprehensions of migrants showing up at the borders and refuges applying for asylum. we know there are going to be thousands and thousands of people seeking safety, seeking shelter, seeki refuge here in te united states. i think he will look for anything whether it s a tariff war or anything else to try to stop a situation that requires an entirely different approach. right. errol louis, great to see you and thanks very much. thank you. one welcome for the president of mexico in tijuana. yesterday, what was meant to be a rally against tariffs turned into a celebration of this trade deal with the u.s. his message on what the end of