Including the staff the the congressional black caucus, and staff throughout various committees. Weve used this work period as an opportunity to invite staffers from both sides of the aisle to come to the white house and discuss shared priorities and find Common Ground on the way forward. And were not just reaching out to capitol hill. We have actively engaged with key leaders and policy makers around the country. Its critical to gather information from states and from people throughout the country rather than just leaders in washington. So to discuss specific action he can take. They leaders, many of whom represent some of the countrys largest manufacturers, Cabinet Members and key aides of the president s staff. The Working Group will engage in a deepdive conversation on the attendees specific areas of expertise. Topics of discussion include deregulation, tax and trade, and infrastructu
infrastructure. After the gripes conclude their discussion, the president s it is staff will compi
are you concerned there s vetting problems with the white house s choices. i think we ve seen at times it s been maybe too quick. and folks have had to pull back or the white house has pulled nomination. that s troublesome, but i don t think that s the first time it s happened. we need to find great leaders in all these areas. i think the president s trying to find that and has great leaders now. you know, i would like to see the vetting be more in-depth, of course, so these things don t come up at the last minute. but, you know, the right thing was done here. he pulled his nomination and we re moving forward. shelley moore capito, thank you for being on to explain everything. great to talk to you. that was a great discussion. nice to be able to talk about bipartisanship for a change. so rare. absolutely. with should put the breaking news banner up. bipartisan exists. the reaction is pouring in for the president s 2020 kickoff. how did he fair in the daunting
this is one of those things that can be fumbled, can be messed up it has been messed up in the past to vetting problems and problems with who these judges are. but on this donald trump has outsourced his work to a group of people, the federal society, who are prepared to present names that actually will get approved by republicans. well, the process every president should always have an every green process of what happens if you have to pick a supreme court justice. so they have had lists for a long time. and yes, the federalist society and the heritage foundation and others help to provide and vet lists. and i m sure that there are several organizations that do that. but the president was prepared to do this even before he took office. and it is an ever green responsibility, as i said. and he will come up with a name. look, i was opportunity to be able to work with lots of people who some of who got nominated and didn t get the job like
texas governor ran for president a couple times. he s got, you know, experience as a chief executive, the v.a. is still a daunting place. he s also i think he kept a low enough profile that president trump has liked that. look, i think you have to acknowledge, you know, where the president has a point. democrats were there was some zeal with which they enjoyed jamming him up on a nominee who was not ready to go to expose, you know, judgment and vetting problems because it s not the first time. it s one thing you can go after the media and say this is one of those media narratives about something else going on in the administration, but there is a pattern of bad judgment on the part of the president who promised only the best and the brightest. it should be the common ground. you have all these men and women down there talking the talk about wanting to help the veterans and do something different this time, and then
issues out. there s a lot going on today. let s bring in our chief national security correspondent jim scuitto, laura coates, david greg dorsey, talia polpan. jim, let mea start with you. the new travel ban that s about to be announced, there are several important questions about rhetoric, statements the president as a candidate had made that potentially could complicate implementing round 2 of this travel ban. clearly the white house strategy is to make it just about vetting from country that is have vetting problems, not making it about muslims these are donald trump s words when he announced this during the campaign december 2015. first was statement on preventing muslim immigration, pretty broad there. donald trump is calling for a