Good morning, its wednesday, september 20th. We are following a number of stories. President trump was America First se u. N. And steps up his warnings to north korea meanwhile, republican as far as see daylight on Health Care Reform. Some gop governors arent so sure about that. The Russian Investigation rolls on with new details on whos paying the president s legal bills but first, two Natural Disasters unfolding in real time. Rescue efforts happening right now in mexico after a powerful earthquake ripped through that country yesterday and Hurricane Maria about to slam directly into puerto rico. Well go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storms latest track. Bill. Power knocked out. Roof damage done, structural damages beginning as the strongest weekends are moving on shore in puerto rico. Overnight, can you see the storm, 124mileperhour winds in st. Croix. Now the storm is about to make
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you re saying lincoln referred to both sides for the notion of common humanity even in a country ripped apart by civil war. whereas donald trump use it had to create a false equivalency to give aid and comfort to people aiding white supremacy. there was an ad that was somewhat similar to this ad, the willie horton ad against dukakis that stoked tensions then, it s a stain to president bush, one of the most infamous ads. is president bush going to want to be remembered that wray? talking about him. the same with president trump. to use this ad as his closing argument, you want him to be president of all the people, not just stoking the fears of the base. i keep hoping and hoping that moment will occur and so far it h hasn t. leah, there is a political side, once you put aside the ethical condemnation you put aside with you heard from the two experts, there is a set of weakness here. the actual money they are spending on midterm ad, $6
the bombing plot, and the attack on the jewish synagogue. what if he stood up as an american president and said it has to stop, this toxic culture. we all bear responsibility. i want us to really be united. and instead, he moved in the other direction. he said at one point, i keep getting this in my head. he said, you know, we had momentum, and then this bombing stuff happened. and we have to regain the momentum. and now closing with an ad that is clearly divisive intended to stoke fear. the best moments in history are remembered by presidents who bring us together. lincoln s second inaugural, a moment of triumph, does he suggest triumph? no, he said both sides pray to the same god. neither s prayers could be answered. lbj going to the voting rights. this is not just a southern problem. it s a northern problem. it s not a white problem, it s a black problem. it s an american problem. you just hit two words that have been forever changed in the modern political lexicon. if i understan
devolution, and bob corker said it but it beautifully. she said that bob corker was grand standing. you know how he ended that speech w the second moist beautiful speech in american history, lincoln s second inaugural. he said what we have to do is appeal to the better angels of our nature. the thing about donald trump is he has never, not once, appealed to the better angels of our nature, as a people and as a republic. and when bob corker talks about the debasement of the republic, he s talking about the undermining of these principles, the principle of separation of powers. do we have that corker on debasement? i never thought i would call that up. we don t have that. we re going to get it. we had it earlier.
straight from lincoln s second inaugural. iran was the other country that president trump took to task in his general assembly speech. joining me now general columnist and contributor mike barnacle. chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of andrea mitchell reports, andrea mitchell. good to have you on board. good morning. what did you think of the speech overall? a gut reaction? a campaign rally, bombbastic overly ret toric am, aggressive and not multilateral. the wrong speech for the the location the venue, so to spook, i that, i totally agree with you, i think while many americans would agree with a lot of what he was saying, joe this speech i feel was for what our place is on the world stage, i don t think he articulated anything more than we ve seen before. he tried to define america fi t