Likely the influence of the new Chief Of Staff here, Retired General john kelly who has been clear, trying to send a signal there is a new sheriff in town. That hes not going to tolerate discord and some of these tweets that are off message. But will we see this over the course of time . That remains to be seen. Weve had sort of the pockets of the president being very restrained when it comes to his messaging. I think when it comes to the relationship on capitol hill and this next battle that you talk about, the challenges, not only do you have republicans, conservatives like jeff flake speaking out, obviously hes been critical of candidate trump all the way back to the campaign trail, but republicans just dont seem that afraid of him. Thats why you have Lisa Murkowski saying im going to vote against you in the health care fight. How does he get republicans on board to get tax reform done . The reality may be that theyre looking at tax cuts, because they dont have that big, broad
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The first indications the winds are shifting at the state level in a way that could turn into a major storm nationally. Like early weather forecasting when you see the low pressure developing off the coast of africa. Anyway, mini canaries. Were claiming were coining this phrase. Thats all for the tonight. Well be back tomorrow. The beat starts right now. Is this butter fly theory like weather . Or baby canary . Were going mini canaries. Wait a minute. A canary is already small. But hey, theyre state legislative seats. We feel like congressional seats are the canaries. I wanted to go with finches personally but that annoyed some people. Getting darwinian. Chuck todd with the analogy and watching the races as a leading indicator. Thank you. President trumps approach to Law Enforcement is under scrutiny after he snubbed the swearing in ceremony for his own fbi director today. And we can tell you, thats
as Deputy Attorney general, of course, she was previously the boss of the fbi director
Arpaio. In the next hour, a lot more people are here. More than 10,000 people have signed up on facebook to participate in the protest. The rally begins in about two hours. Right now, the police are doing a good job keeping both sides separate. The s. W. A. T. Is here with rifles. Gary, thank you very much. The mayor of phoenix opposed the president s visit. He is a democrat. In a recent oped, he accused the president of dousing racial tensions with gasoline and he fears he may be looking to light a match. I spoke to the mayor before we went on air. You called on the president not to come to phoenix. Im wondering what your concern was, is it just the possibility of the protest, certainly there are a lot of Trump Supporters there that want to see him tonight. I felt after the tragedy in charlottesville, which happened just a short time ago, the president failed moral leadership after
charlottesville. His failure to condemn the racism and the nazis there, to have a Campaign Rally here in
White house. Good morning, al. This morning First Response from the white house to north Koreas Nuclear test overnight. Of course it comes in the form of president ial tweets. The president writing, quote, north korea has conduct add Major Nuclear test. Their words and actions continue to be hostile and dangerous to the United States. North korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, this is trying to help but with little success. A couple of thoughts off the bat just reading these tweets. First, the first confirmation of any kind from the United States government that this was, in fact, a nuclear test of the north koreans. Thats important, they have misrepresented their accomplishments along the way. Second you hear the president say its hostile and dangerous to the United States specifically. Not just to allies and friends in the region. Having a specific threat in the
United States and viewing the action through that prism could decide how to
Campaign. All as part of an effort to undermine that investigation. Hes pardononing people, perhaps sending a message to witnesses who might testify against him that they, too, could be pardoned. So stay strong. If an effort to prop up the dying Coal Industry his administration is reportedly weighing an unprecedented intervention in the u. S. Energy grid which would basically order some folks to get their lick trits from coal plants. He tipped off wall street this morning about confidential employment numbers more than an hour before they were officially released. Possibly to give himself some cover from last nights decision to slap steep tariffs on our closest allies in europe, canada, and mexico, renewing fears that he is leading us into a trade war. When given a chance to denounce a racist comment he instead attacks the press. He suggested one of his criminalityics should be fired for using offensive language
rod will not go any further and something is going to happen. I dont know