U. S. Members of Congress Versus President Trump and the government of israel. After that country barred the first two muslim women elected to the u. S. House of representatives to make an official visit following pressure from President Trump to block them. The Israeli Government did allow democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib to visit on humanitarian grounds to see her elderly grandmother but tlaib rejected that officer because she said israel told her she could not promote the boycott of israel while there. She said in a statement, quote, when i won the election to become a congresswoman, many palestinians especially my grandmother felt a sense of hope they would have a voice. I cannot allow the Israeli Government to take them away from them or use my grandmother potentially for the last time as a bargaining chip. The interior minister said of the decision, quote, her hatred of israel is stronger than her love of her grandmother. Cnns orren lieberman is live in jerusalem and you sp
Former Vice President joe biden ascendant. He has expanded his double digit lead over senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, a significant number of democratic voters say the priority is beating President Trump and biden is the guy who can do it. So bidens campaign is hitting that electability message hard in iowa. Targeting voters there with a new ad. Watch this. We know in our bones this election is different. The stakes are higher, the threat more serious. We have to beat donald trump. And all the polls agree, joe biden is the strongest democrat to do the job. No one is more qualified. So this ad sets up a contrast touting biden as strong, steady and stable, and slamming President Trump as an erratic and vicious bully. All of this unfolds with just more than one week left to qualify for the next primary debate. How will this new poll impact the democratic contenders. Cnn political director David Chalian joins us live from washington. He is breaking down all of these numbers f
Recent days said they were increasingly worried about the president s behavior suggesting it semis from rising pressure on mr. Trump as the economy seems more worrisome and next years election approaches. And there are new troubling signs for the u. S. Economy this morning. The Labor Department reports there were half a million jobs fewer than previously reported. There was another yield curve inversion fueling recession fears and the budget deficit is on path to surpass 1 trillion. There is a lot going on this morning. Lets begin our coverage with joe johns who is live at the white house. Joe . Well, john, youre right. Congress is still on its long august recess, but as you can see, the president is keeping very busy at that media availability out here at the white house just yesterday. He talk eed about a lot of thin. Some of the things he said were contradictory and confuses. But when he got to that fund raiser in kentucky, two sources told us he didnt talk about guns at all. Presid
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Is the underlying issue, politics and wanting to be reelected. Which is all predicated on this economy . Sure, look, this is a president who is worried about success. And always has worried about being seen as a success. He talks about losers with d derision as you know, and were going to win so much youre going to get tired of winning. And his calling card is someone who is able to manage the economy. When you see these trends. Its worrisome, and what donald trump is trying to do, i think, is throw everything up against the wall to convince the American Public and perhaps himself that this really isnt anything, and the economy is going to be just fine. And that anyway, if it werent fine, it isnt his fault. It would be Barack Obamas fault or whoever else he can potentially name. Of course, i think people inside the white house who know him very well see this, because he seems to be spinning like a top these days, dont you think . You mentioned barack obama, he mentioned him how many ti