in the campaign style rally last week he said, quote, if we have to close down or government we re building that wall. and the crowd went wild. just listen. build that wall! build that wall! youb got you got it. the president wanted that $1.6 billion to be tacked on to continuing resolution that congress must pass by the end of september in order to get the government from shutting down. but not so fast. tonight the washington post is rorkt that the president is backing down from that threat. apparently 48 hours after that speech in phoenix, the white house quietly notified to congress that the $1.6 billion would not need to be in that resolution after all. never mind. apparently trump has a backup plan, quote, the president wants the funding to be included in
p presidency? it was written about today in ax owe. paul ryan and mitch mcconnell on the taxes, rex tillerson on his response to charlottesville, the military on his trance gender band. where does that leave him going into the fall. joining me now is my panel. take us inside flyrepublican wo youb re paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, you thought you hit the lottery last year. this is what president trump is like as a president, can you come up with a strategy at this point? no. you can t come up with a strategy for tomorrow, next year, god forbid, 2020. it s a paralyzing situation for the republicans. the agenda was right within
t retaking the chances of taking the senate. todd young has overcome evan bayh s former six-point lead in indiana s senate race. they re now tied 45-all. in florida, marco rubio is widening his lead over patrick murphy. a couple things. people feel like they ve given the guy a whooping, like they gave marco rubio in the presidential primary. all right, he s had his whooping, i can let him back in the house. but if you show any lack of interest in being a senator youb leave for a while and come back, whether you re bob kerry or mondale, they don t put you back in. they don t let you back in. it s really interesting, because they think your interest was about higher ambition and not about us. we want someone totally focused on us. who wants the job! it s so interesting, they want people to lust after office, but they really want you to show complete appetite for the office you re seeking.
of effect whipd of effect, rather, this is going to have on the overall tone and tenor of this race. he seems to get a pass. he seems to be teflon, but is it changing the discourse of this election? there s no question. trump has set the tone and tenor of the republican presidential primary for many months, going back to when he read senator lindsey graham s cell phone number aloud during a campaign event. that is what you have seen throughout. you have seen people try to be like trump repeatedly. you ve seen people try to out-trump trump. you even saw lindsey graham trying to outtrump trump where he took a bat to his cell phone. they all complain about it, but the reality is, he is dominating. however, he s dominating at 30%. that means there s 70% who don t feel that way about him and it is too soon to say how this is going to play out. jackie, youb asked an interesting question. you said, what does this all have to do with being president? the fact of the matter is i ve cove
good day. i m luke russert in for andrea mitchell. we begin with breaking news out of paris where the french prosecutor has just announced authorities are opening an official terror investigation into the thwarted train attack over the weekend. french authorities say 26-year-old ayoub el khazzani watched a jihadi video on his phone just moments before his attack on a high speed train which the prosecutor called premeditated and targeted. four train passengers have been honored as heros for confronting and disarming the gunman. nbc s claudio, what did we learn today from the prosecutor aside from pretty much telling us straightforward this individual had jihadist ties and perhaps was influence bid the social media videos he was watching?