i was your guest at bastille day and it was one of the greatest parades i ve ever seen. to a large extent because of what i witnessed we may do something like that on july 4th in washington down pennsylvania avenue. i don t know. we re going to have to try and top it. we had a lot of planes going over and a lot of military might. it was a beautiful thing to see. welcome back to hardball. that was president trump last year telling french president macron he wanted to try and top the french bastille day military parade. according to washington post, at a january 18th meeting between trump and top generals his desire for a parade was suddenly heard as a presidential directive the marching orders were, i want a parade like the
have risen to the point they control the party. that s what it is. now it s even harder to stand up for them. i wish hatch and the others mccain is doing and a few others. i wish more would do it. thank you maya and evan. coming up, the senate reaches a big bipartisan deal to fund the government again and avoid a shutdown. will house democrats go along with it if there s nothing in it for the dreamers? marching orders. the president tells the military to start planning a grand military parade in the streets of washington like the ones kim jong-un presides over over in north korea. unbelievable. the democrats get another sign they might win back the house in november. history is on their side, but only by a little bit. we ll talk about that, how close this could be in november. let me finish tonight with trump watch. it s about the parade. he loves a parade. this is hardball where the action is. rokerage fees. fees?
parades, st. patrick s parade gay pride parades. we like parades for our heroes like lucky lindy and ike. communist countries can always like their may day parades. look at north korea, look at kim jong u.n. looking at all the missiles all ready to launch, lines after lines of strutting soldiers all ready to attack. now president trump s wants the u.s. military strutting their stuff on the streets of washington. he wants those units marching past him looking up at him. saluting him, showing the world what kind of power he s got. i don t know about you, but i find something baroque about this thing. americans know what power we ve got militarily. nobody thinks we don t have enough might in this world. nobody doubts our strength. is it the president that has doubts? remember nixon seeing something in europe he liked. he saw the pretty uniforms on the guards protecting the royal palaces over there.
let s give this guy gig- really? and these kids, and these guys, him, ah. oh hello. that lady, these houses! yes, yes and yes. and don t forget about them. uh huh, sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. president trump wants a military parade in washington and there is blow back. i go to professor christina greer from nyu and teresa mcdonald. let me start with you christina, there s a lot of there s an immediate blow back that will position donald trump defending a military parade and his
democrats just a facing corruption charges. tonight one of the most influential democrats in washington, senator robert menendez in new jersey has been indicted, facing criminal corruption charges. reporter: it has implications on what the u.s. senate could be. the trial begins in the first federal bribery case involving a sitting senator in more than three decades. federal prosecutors touted a strong case with a range of evidence showing menendez took $751,000 from a doctor who wasn t in menendez s state. prosecutors argue this is quit pro quo, the legal strategy was what everyone thought of the underlying activity, it was friends vacationing not a donor giving benefits. this jury would not could not and did not return a verdict