It just is somebody that was so unique. I dont know what really shaped him. I dont know if it was his father, i dont know if it was the time. You didnt want to spend a lot of time talking about being in the hanoi hilton. He didnt want to talk too much about that. He just had a very quiet pride and a great humility and great sense of humor. A great determination. And great strength. You may have read all of the statements coming from former president s. But if thats any indication ive person that Wwas Boabove P statements from the clones, statements from barack obama as well as every george w. Bush all of these folks not necessarily in the history of his relationships with them were always good necessarily. Well, look the thing youve got to realize, this is something that is missing in todays politics. Being willing to stand up and take a principled position you know that was rational, something that made sense, it earns Great Respect. Even among people that dont agree with you. The abi
Political correctness. Its available now wherever you get your podcasts. I hope you will join me as we aim to maybe rewrite, find a path in this world of modern rules. I hand you off to my friend and colleague back in action, katy tur. Teddy says hi and misses you. Tell him i said hey. Thanks, stef. Good afternoon. Its 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. In washington where were live on capitol hill. Just a few minutes away President Trump faces a number of difficult headlines that all told paints a complicated picture for his 2020 prospects including a slew of new National Polls that show the president s approval below 40 . Economic anxiety appears to be the main factor for those low numbers, but the president doesnt want you to believe those numbers and frankly why should he . National polls did not predict the eventual outcome of 2016. So let us instead consider whats happening in two key
states. First North Carolina, where the republican Won Yesterdays special election in the ninth
every democratic leader saying donald trump is profiting off something different. the fact remains the one thing we have to look at is, nancy the presidency at this point? it s hard to make the case that pelosi has not moved one he is not. that press conference that he had famously with the stack of centimeter when it comes to papers we talked about the american swamp these are all the impeachment. things i m going to untangle and she says privately she does not believe the country is ready for divest. it. it s important to listen to her he just simply hasn t done those because she controls these. things and you don t have to we ll ask jamie in just a look very hard to figure that moment. jonathan to you, the white out. i think there s a much more house the president said, important conversation to have as well, though, is he violating gave a big congratulations the republican in north carolina but the constitutional oath he took anybody behind the scenes looking at that margin and
five republicans announced their retirement from congress in beenevidence that could foresha something colossal to come. new polling out of texas shows a number of 2020 democrats either beat the president outright or are within the margin of error. a democrat has not won a statewide race in texas in 25 years. which leads us to our big question today. what do the results of the last election of 2018 and 2019 tell us about 2020? alternate headline, what have i missed? joining me phil rucker, politico s senior writer and msnbc contributor jake sherman and associated press white house reporter jonathan lamere. phil and jonathan are msnbc political analysts. phil, so what have i missed? what s been going on? you left right around the time robert mueller was finishing the russian investigation, the investigation about a project i worked on for
will speak out when he feels it is appropriate and the president just refused to say a positive word about him. phil rucker, i m sure it is going to be an interesting couple of days as we go through the tributes for john mccain and the white house figures out the choreography. i assume mike pence will represent the white house at the service in washington. that would make sense. thank you for calling in. thank you. and joining us now is reporter mike manly who covered his 2008 presidential campaign for us. and of course has known him for so long and knows about the unique relationship with someone else you could have, which is joe biden. that is right, andrea. i can t help but smile listen to colleagues talk about memories covering john mccain. i m one of those jerks who he would like to mix it up with in the hall. but i was struck tonight reading some of the statements from democrats at the passing of john