understand that argument. if you argued that and you re concerned about what obama did, wouldn t the same just from an intellectual standpoint, wouldn t you be concerned about what the president is suggesting? yeah, as a matter of fact i do think they re different issues. i think the daca one is clear that congress had was very clear in the legislation. i think the 14th amendment is not as clear as the legislation was. either way, i think when executive orders are supposed to supplement what there s general agreement between the congress and the president in interpreting the law consistent with what the congress or in this case the constitution believes. if there is controversy, you shouldn t use executive orders. that s why i opposed daca and i would not support the president s attempt to change this using an executive order. but again, i m being consistent. i think we see a lot of people who are being inconsistent when it comes to the use of executive power in this particular c
is it going to be a wave? is it just going to be a small victory? you know, i think at this point donald trump would say that a small victory in the house is would be okay because he kept it from becoming a tsunami. i think he would take credit for that. what he wants to do is take credit for adding to his seats in the senate and the way he is doing it is with his tried and true culture war issues, including today announcing it s not going to be 5,200 troops at the border, it s going to be fit 15,000 troops at the border. what appears to be an attempt to take down robert mueller has failed. we ll sort out what we know about this strange story, next.
he s already stated it as fact that he can can get rid of it. has he signed it yet? no. he has not signed it yet. he has floated the idea, which is well supported in middle america. reporter: randi kaye, cnn, ft. myers, florida. let s continue the discussion. two views joining us. rick santorum and kirsten powers. kirsten, you hear the supporters of the president and very clearly see why the president is quadrupling down on immigration issues six days before the midterms. right. well, so these are issues that correspond with what donald trump believes and his base believes. you know, you certainly can say he is doing some of these things to gin up support in the midterms which in itself isn t a problem, it s something presidents do. the thing that i d say is different is when you utilize
keep the senate, maybe even add 1, two, as many as three seats in part because the president s standing is up. that s why he ll focus on the senate in the final days. john king, thanks. with me now, cnn political director david chalian and gloria borger. gloria, you hear john lay out where the president is and is not going. the question is does he have enough time and the right issues in the right states. look, he s going to the places that he won and that he feels comfortable. and he s going back to the culture wars, which are really good for him. issues like birthright citizenship, which you ve been talking about earlier in the show. and so what i think they have done, anderson, is basically given up on the house because, you know, moderate suburban districts, republican suburban districts don t like all this talk of birthright citizenship and so he you know, he s given up on it. and what he s doing is he s focusing on the senate, on the places that john pointed out. you were
what he wants to do is take credit for adding to his seats in the senate and the way he is doing it is with his tried and true culture war issues, including today announcing it s not going to be 5,200 troops at the border, it s going to be 15,000 troops at the border. what appears to be an attempt to take down robert mueller has failed. we ll sort out what we know about this strange story, next. alexa, play weekend mix. the new lincoln mkc. connecting the world inside, with the world outside. so you can move through both a little easier. introducing the well-connected 2019 lincoln mkc.