A mix of newsmaker interviews, political analysis, cultural segments and media analysis. Could trumps own policies undermine the economic uptick. White house economic adviser larry kudlow will be here in moments. Healer in chief . Well talk to a potential dark horse 2020 candidate with a history of bringing people together. You elected me to do the right thing, not the easy thing. Former new orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu next. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is seemingly on two different tracks. There are now 100 days until the midterm elections and President Trump is dealing with two different realities, positive Economic News and also scandal and controversy including a messy public war with his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen. The feud between the president and his former fixer is heating up. Late saturday night, one of the president s current attorneys, rudy giuliani, argued in an
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Under way will be constant and a daily theme. At the start of todays event, the president declared we have met the moment, and we have prevailed. When called out on that later on, the president said he was talking about testing. And today he staked his word on testing. These are the quotes. Americans should be able to get a test right now. If somebody wants to get tested right now, theyll be able to get tested. While he stopped to add that not everybody should get a test in his estimation, he went back there again. Quote, if people want to get tested, they get tested. And that, we know, is just not true. About the economy, the president continues to bet on the Third Quarter of this year. Hes billing it as the transition to greatness, and he said today, quote, greatness is going to be in the fourth quarter, but its really going to be next year. Back in the real world tonight, we have lost 81,468 americans to this virus with well north of 1. 3 million cases that we know of. The president
U. S. Nears 100,000. With that id like to bring in monica alba, white house news political reporter. Monica, i want to start with you. Im told as the president s motorcade was levering the golf course, he encountered some protesters. What are they saying and what are you hearing from the white house in response . Reporter a handful of people who were gathered at the president s Virginia Golf Club in sterling and we thats something we have seen from the president as he has gone on all of the trips in recent weeks to highlight coronavirus pandemic, but this is clearly a different response from protesters who are holding up the front page of the New York Times. Those names just 1 of the total death toll that we have seen so far from this health crisis. They were apparently, according to the pool reporters who were traveling with the president , chanting stop killing us. Its not clear there were many beyond a handful of protesters there. This is something thats widely reported and when the
Ma others gathering in sometimes packed areas. Meantime the plojs drsh Donald Trumps calls for a more swift reopening. Summer is reopening and that means Different Things to different people. In some parts of the country, there are certainly safe ways to try to reopen gradually following the guidelines. Other areas need a lot more time. Either way, an attempt to reopen does carry risk. Weve learned that much. Take reports out of missouri that nearly 150 different customers at risk from the virus after two hairstylists were diagnosed as positive. In montgomery, alabama, the Health Crisis has become so acute, there may not be enough icu beds for patients. Im used to taking care of patients. Im used to seeing death in the icu. But the volume of healdeath and being able to help my patients, im on the brink of tears and wanting to know when this is going to end because this is tough. I dont think people realize taking care of people that are dying that you cant help. Lets get into all of it
This classified meeting at the white house. Thats exactly right. Rarity. And thats raised some questions and real skepticism from senators. You heard senator murphy telling me just a few minutes ago that it feel as bit to him like a dog and pony show. He makes the practical point that there are secure facilities up here on the hill where white house officials can come to brief senators and members of the house of representatives facetoface on issues of a classified nature. Fitting 100 people into a makeshift facility is not practical, doesnt seem necessary to them. Of course, theyre going. Theyre keeping an open mind. Theyre not sure what news they are going to hear in this meeting. And its the latest options including the possibility of military options. Thats the expectation. They may hear something new in there but ill tell you on their way over, they are wondering why they are making this trek down the hill. Maybe the reasons of the why, it sounds like these senators are assuming,