Making their final arguments before the Iowa Caucuses, the republican president ial candidates took to the stage in des moines last night but attention was on the one person who was not there, welcome to your world this morning, im stephanie sy. And im delve and we are three days away from the first contest in the election itself and trying hard to focus on issues but as al jazeera tells us their attention kept turning back to the frontrunner. Reporter im an maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly and ben you are a terrible surgeon. Now that weve gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. The big elephant wasnt in the room but it didnt stop them from taking shots at the missing frontrunner. I miss donald trump and he was a frontrunner and had a loving relationship and in between the tweets i kind of miss him and wish he were here. With that out of the way it pivoted to who would make the best president and newer sierran ben carson tried to make the case before th
U. S. For drones. The nationwide guidelines which apply to commercial flights include a weight limit of 55 pounds. And a ban on nighttime flying. Theres also new licensing requirements. And we should note that donald trump and Hillary Clinton have no scheduled Public Events today. Does it for us on this monday. Morning joe starts right now. That establishment media assault on me. They have said it that the establish. Media assault on me has been the greatest that theyve ever seen in the political history of our country. I feel that. I feel it. I know it. Even today some major papers fail to mention how strong our poll numbers have become over the last twoweek period. The media is totally dishonest. Deny people the positive change that theyre looking for and they deserve. They take phrases and statements and chop them up and take them out of context and then discuss them for days and days and days. Always trying to demean and belittle just whatever they can do to demean and belittle. Ou
In texas, where millions of people in the southeastern part of the state are bracing for two more days of storms. Some estimates put the expected total rainfall at an unprecedented 50 inches of rain or more, thats what hine residents are used to seeing in an entire year. Those communities struggling in harveys wake, there is a Flash Flood Watch in effect for 11 million people. At least five people are dead. 2,000 have been rescued. Rescue and recovery teams from across the country are heading to houston now to help residents navigate that rainfall and get to dry, safe spaces. A lot of people are fr frustrated, they dont understand why when we send trucks and we cant get to you, unfortunately, trucks can only go so far into the water. Please dont give up on us and none of us are going to give up. Please dont give up on us, President Donald Trump has approved disaster declarations for both texas and louisiana. He will travel with the first lady to a location inland from the storm. We als
Senator Susan Collins of maine weighs in on that next. And house showdown, republicans pass a sweeping tax bill. Now the fight is heating up in the senate. We do attack this bull crap that you guys throw out here, it really gets old. Democrats are trying to kill the bill, can they convince enough democrats to join them . Plus, will some lower income families actually see a tax increase. Mick mulvaney will explain his view. Hello, im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is reckoning. This morning a scathing new calling on alabama voters to support Democratic Senate candidate doug jones instead of roy moore, they write the seriousness of these incidents, including the one involving a 14yearold child could not be overstated. Do not let this election become muddled as being a referendum as whether we will accept this kind of behavior from our leaders. To both political matters when a woman accused democratic senator al franken of groping her and kissing her without her c
Its the first of two midwest stops today, his mission to convince voters that his tariffs will punish china and other countries not American Farmers and not american manufacturers currently feeling the burn. The last time in 2016, his private jet landing in front of reco reporters. He would become the first republican to win that county since eisenhower, today, though, a more reserved approach, shall we say. A round table trying to show that he hears voters concerns. Voters in the midwest are in fact quite concerned. New polls from nbc and maris, those polls showing that by wise margins voters in three other midwest states would not reelect the president. That includes two states, michigan and wisconsin that he won. The wore about republicans, as goes the top of the the i belie believe goes the top of the ticket goes the rest. Shannon penny, White House Reporter for bloomberg news. And lynne sweet, Washington Bureau chief for the chicago sun times. Tell us about some of the protests th