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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ahead, opposite number, in the months ahead, as opposite number, in the months ahead, as they look to build back better, ahead, as they look to build back better, they are very domestic focused better, they are very domestic focused but the conversations are continuing focused but the conversations are continuing around how we do things from the continuing around how we do things from the boeing and airbus which has siapped from the boeing and airbus which has slapped tariffs on uk businesses, that has slapped tariffs on uk businesses, that has been lifted. i think there will he that has been lifted. i think there will he a that has been lifted. i think there will be a trade deal, the work we continue will be a trade deal, the work we continue to will be a trade deal, the work we continue to do, talking sector by sector, continue to do, talking sector by sector, and continue to do, talking sector by sector, and thinking about how that works. sector, and thin
security. and i think everyone on the house democratic caucus really gets what s going on. let s talk about trade while we have you. there are lots of labor unions in your part of wisconsin. nancy pelosi says that democrats are moving forward on the trilateral movement to replace nafta. what do you make of the deal? is it better? is it a better deal than nafta was? there are some things that are better. there are some things that are worse. we call it nafta 2.0. it s not that different. some things that democrats need to be taken care of, that labor and environmental protections, what they already agreed to the language, put it in the agreement. there s a big, wet sloppy kiss to big pharma in there. we ve got to get that out. you could do those couple things and probably have 390 votes in congress. but it took the white house 45 days to respond to us. i don t know how serious they are about this. what s really hurting is in the
was the hottest day. the everglades were on fire. 42,000 acres of a swamp were on fire. our nation is fully capable of defeating climate change. we are fully capable of building a clean air energy economy but not if we join trump and senator rubio says we should just give up. we are not going to give up and adapt to climb change. we are going to defeat it and so we got to be based on science rather than rig nignorance. i hope we ll have a debate. i hope to be in the debate stage for debate three and four. i hope people could help me. i am just 1800 short. if you go to jayinslee.com and help me. you are 2,000 donations away, is that is what you are saying? yes, i hope to get there. let s talk about trade.
particular question. do the trump towers help, hurt or have no impact on the u.s. economy? 47% say it hurts the u.s. economy. just 25% of americans nationwide say it helps the economy. so the tariffs, voters are moving against them. it s not just tariffs. let s talk about trade more generally. approve or disapprove of trump s job on trade, just 39% approve of trump on trade. 53% of voters disapprove of trump on trade. check this out. look at this. has trump been or will be successful in revising trade deals to be better for the u.s.? back in december of 2016, 62%. he was a trust negotiator. it would be good for americans. jump ahead to december of 2018. then it drops only to 40% and the plurality 47% of voters nationwide say he won t be able