Ukraine scheme. Later we will breakdown the latest news from the president ial race including the latest on the Georgia Election Board ruling on counting ballots. But first i want to get right into it with the Executive Producer of from russia with lev, my colleague, Rachel Maddow, who gets to add a new and important moniker to your resume. You are the Executive Producer of this amazing documentary we just watched. Congratulations, first of all, my friend. Thank you, it feels so great to have it out in the world. Have to ask you, did you like it . Not only did i like it, i was set up not to like it. I dont mean that for any other reason than lev is a complicated character and it is an honest documentary about the complexity of lev. His Wife Talks about the complexity of lev. You had the first interview with him all those years ago. So i was not sure what i wanted to know that i did not already know and you stitched the whole thing together in a way that makes me wish i knew all of this
Carolina. Carol lee is a reporter for the wall street journal. A new poll out of iowa shows ted cruz dropping, donald trump inching up. Cruz still in the lead but just by three points. Cruz lost six points. Since december trump gained one. Give us a sense of how it is effecting both campaigns. Reporter i think what you can take away from this new poll is this idea that over the last month ted cruz as he has risen to more prominence as a front runner in iowa come under more scrutiny. You have seen him be an increased target on attacks from marco rubio on immigration and national security, donald trump on the issue of the birther, his canadian birth place as you talked about. I would say another part of the poll shows 15 of Iowa Republicans say it does bother them that cruz was born in canada to an american mother. While 83 of that segment polled said it doesnt bother them, 15 is nothing to sniff at. It is not clear what his family was doing up there. His father was not an american citiz
Including that money last night. The president this morning urging the Senate Majority leader to go nuclear. Here on the hill, the waiting game. Everyone not at the white house just has to wait and see whats going to happen inside that meeting. And so do we. Were going to keep you posted as soon as that wraps up. We also expect to hear from the president at a separate event this hour. He is reportedly in a tail spin facing the shutdown. An erratic stock market, backlash from his own party about his decision to pull troops out of syria and secretary of defense jim mattis resigning in a stinging rebuke of the president s policies. We are following all the breaking news at this hour. Geoff bennett is at the white house, Garrett Haake here on capitol hill, also with us amy stod dard and ken vogel, political reporter at new york times. Geoff, what do we know about this last minute meeting with republicans . I think its safe to assume President Trump and this group of republicans are having
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