impeachable. doug, you point out this process is being viewed through a much more partisan lens than the watergate investigation during the 1970s. what s changed since then? well, a lot s changed. when richard nixon was president he did things like create the environmental protection agency and clean air and water. and many republicans got angry at nixon. there became a movement for needing to regulate, the beginning of really libertarian catching hold, the beginning of the conservative movement with ronald reagan. and post-watergate republicans started forming their own organizations and narratives, the business round table, the heritage foundation, the american enterprise institute, you know, fox news, the federalist society. i can go on and on. they have so many lobbyists in washington, so much money putting into politics. the trump team was able to take an ad out on game 7 of the world
conversation with erdogan late last night. the islamic state is not defeated in syria or anywhere else for that matter. as the ap puts it quote despite losing its caliphate, tens of thousands of isis fighters remain. tens of thousands of isis fighters remain on the battlefield. the group continues to carry out insurgent attacks and could else move back into the territory it once had once american forces withdraw. the nonpartisan public policy research group the american enterprise institute notes isis still remains in the middle east and has developed stronger foot holds in africa. let s bring in now the author of that report senior analyst at the critical threads project at the american enterprise institute emily astell.
saying r quote, once again millionaires win while working families, kids, seniors are out in the cold. i wish this wasn t a surprise, but it s more of the same from this administration. president trump s budget should be a nonstarter for congress. congress, of course, loves having the power of the purse, so many lawmakers will take a look at the president s suggestions but may want to do the work themselves. dana? dana: all right, mike. thank you. president trump saying the budget is something both parties could stand behind. but this is a commonsense and bipartisan plan that every member of congress should support. i look forward to working with them and we re gonna get the american people roads that are fixed and bridges that are fixed. if for any reason they don t want to support it, hey, that s gonna be up to them. dana: we are joined by ryan streeter of the american enterprise institute director of domestic policy studies. obviously, a lot of focus on domestic policies in th
ambassador john bolten a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. also a fox news contributor. so much to get to here. what do you think about this idea of talks about talks? that would be different. i wonder if you think the south koreans may have boxed us in on this one? no. i think this is much ado about nothing. it s kind of a throw away line for the vice president. he wants to show that there s no real difference between us and south korea, although there is, unfortunately. but it s important to try and preserve the image of unity. and i think we will get back to it. but it would be fruitless to talk to north korea. it just sounds kind of harsh to say that. but they have talked to us for 25 years and there s zero evidence that talking in year 26 will make any difference. dana: what do you think about the placement of kim jong-un s sister directly behind mike pence at the olympics? that was a decision the south koreans must have made, right? right.
the leap that he s taking off of a report by the american enterprise institute. all right. lori robertson, edward isaac, thank you so much. thank you. still to come, gaming the election. how a video game system more associated with football and first person shooter games is being used in the race for the white house. plus for you this is where the action s going on. it s hugely important. they re calling it the bellwether county in the bellwether state of virginia. how this set of suburban communities around richmond could swing the entire state. but first, why is the romney camp moving out of north carolina? what do they know that we don t? we ll ask the campaign next. you re watching msnbc, the place for politics. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours.