aberration in american history. 8 years, 8 years he could fundamentally change who we are as a nation. brian: so, that s his message. that donald trump is not worthy of the office and, remember, the good old days with president obama and joe biden. they will didn t have any scandals. ainsley: he keeps saying that. he keeps saying we were scandal-free. brian: those were the good old days this week he also announced his friendship bracelet. [laughter] steve: david axelrod came out and said is this a joke? brian: david axelrod by the way. some things joe biden has already done and he is barely campaigning that have been big mistakes. that s got to get business people worried. steve: here is he talking about how when you look over the 8 years of obama-biden, not a problem. what i m most proud of, for eight years, there wasn t one single hint of a
then these other democrats were like, or, my gosh. beto is getting all this tension, raised all that money. we have to do the same thing. kirsten gillibrand was lifting weights. elizabeth warren grabbing a beer. generally speaking, this has been done before but this one section of time was chasing bet beto. jesse: up next, joe biden conveniently forgets some of the time in the white house when he was obama s vp. watch. you know what i was most proud of? for eight years, there wasn t one single hint of a scandal. jesse: will the media fact-check it? i doubt it. tom: i doubt it. fast and furious, irs, benghazi, spying on trump. did they include spying on trum trump? that s at the top of my list. there s others.
no, president trump on friday acknowledged the potential impact on americans from his ongoing tariff battle with china. asian markets rose this morning despite growing concern over declines on wall street. dow jones industrial average closed down by 572 points on friday amid the trade dispute between the u.s. and china. axios reports that president trump sparked the battle over tariff with little planning. there wasn t one single deliberative meeting in which senior officials sat down to debate the pros and the cons of this historic threat. trump didn t even ask for advice from his new top economic adviser larry kudlow. chief of staff john kelly knew trump wanted more tariffs but was blindsided by the speed of the announcement and legislative affairs director marc short, the white house s liaison to capitol hill was totally in the dark. i think larry kudlow has been doing the best that he can do.
retaliation coming a day after these disturbing scenes. suspected chemical attack. for president trump, a clear dilemma today. does he not punish syria for the chemical weapons attack by firing missiles as he did almost exactly a year ago? rule out taking actions, launching air strikes against the saudis, mr. secretary? i don t rule out anything right now. he has to respond to this. let me tell you what s happening in the pentagon today. all night, the director for operations has been building options for the president. the j-5, the director for plans and policies, is working on the connectivity internationally. breaking news overnight from north korea. for the first time, that country is reportedly telling the u.s. it is willing to discuss denuclearization. axios reports president trump sparked the battle over tariffs with little planning. quote, there wasn t one single deliberative meeting in which
guard. arrests hitting a 46 year low. instead the white house is talking about monthly trends. watch this. more appropriate comparison, what we briefed the president on was the trends we re seeing and what we re seeing is a 200% increase this month in march, this past month in apprehensions. it s over 200% increase. the over 200% increase coupled with the pending seasonal uptick coupled with the caravan that is an annual event all trended in the wrong direction so the problem here and the point to remember is while there was an improvement it s a comparative improvement. the dow jones industrial average closed down by 572 points on friday amid the trade dispute between the united states and china. this is axios reports that president trump sparked the battle over tariffs with little planning, quote, there wasn t one single dlib rative meeting