this is cnn tonight. i m don lemon. it is official. the president of the united states. donald j. trump. there we go. president trump kicking off the 2020 reelection campaign tonight in a rally in florida. in a classic made for tv production. designed to appeal to his base. and take back the spotlight. he didn t disappoint. firing up supporters. giving them the red meat they like to chew on. sfwl it s a movement made up of hard working patriots who love they country. love their flag. and believe a nation must care for its own citizens first. this was our chance to reclaim our government. from a permanent political class that enriched itself at your expense.
what, november of 2016, that was when he was president-elect. so the bottom line is i m wondering when the president is going to sever ties. the president is very cognizant of the optics of all the people that have been in his inner circle that have been fired, and i m wondering what that is for the president to say bye, rudy. can i just say, ana, i m not 100% sure that he really doesn t like what rudy is doing. i think in some ways rudy throws up chaff into the air for us to chew on, and at the end of the day, i m not sure the president doesn t like having somebody out there, even if it s not accurate, but that it still kind of puts a lot of distractions into even if it s not in his best interest. guys, got to leave it there. it was a great distraction at the beginning, yeah. april ryan, michael shear, good to have you with us. thanks. sure. president trump suggesting he is going to build the wall himself, calling talks to avoid another shutdown a waste of
impeachable? yes. are we necessarily going to be bringing impeachment proceedings? no. i think it s important to highlight that. when you say we should be cautious about things are filtered through new stories and selective leaks, we gossiping a special friday that we could read ourselves. the affair was clear about what happened. ordered michael cohen to commit a crime. a campaign finance violation a violation. , it s not collusion yet, but there was also evidence that michael cohen had talked to the russians more than he said. that deal with the russians would have been worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a $50 million penthouse for vladimir putin. en manafort, as well, with more contact with the russians. harris: no doubt, some of the information the convention friday, this is a lot for the white house to chew on. specifically commerce and matt gaetz of florida, should he be parting some of the people like paul manafort? i want to hear from senator rubio, let s talk about
are, i ll see you there. thank you very much. [ inaudible question ] for having a great family and for having made a tremendous difference in this country. i ve made a tremendous difference in this country. this country is so much stronger now than it was when i took office that you wouldn t believe it. and, i mean, you see it, but so much stronger that people can t even believe it. when i see foreign leaders, they say we cannot believe the difference in strength between the united states now and the united states two years ago. made a lot of progress. thank you very much. [ inaudible question ] thank you, everybody. and good morning, and happy thanksgiving from palm beach, florida, where president trump is just wrapping up an impromptu, extended q & a with the team of reporters whose tracking him today, touching on a range of different topics, giving us a lot to chew on, quite frankly, on this
harris? harris: you ve given us a lot to chew on, mike emanuel. joined now by chris stirewalt. all right, let s start with that hunger we have at lunchtime, what s it like when the president sells vegetables but the republicans are trying to sell fruit? i say that because the president says it s not enough to just talk about a moving economy, you got to mix and some of the issues that bring out the . republicans are very interested in holding on the house, they want to hold onto the house. harris: can they do it? they can, absolutely. they ve got 1:5 five chance, 1:5 ain t nothing. when you look at how he s campaigned, he s focused on these red states, talked about the caravan, open borders, he s talked about that stuff. scare your base, get them to the polls, i think the white house