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Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin the hour with mounting political and policy challenges for President Biden. There is the threat of a looming Government Shutdown in a week, the widening strike by the United Auto Workers union and a growing Immigration Crisis at the u. S. Slmexico burr der. The Nations Capital is buzzing over a new abc News Washington post poll showing biden ten points behind former President Donald Trump in a headtohead matchup among register...

Right now. the weather is so much better. it was absolutely so dry before. i think i told you it felt like someone took a sponge and rubbed it on your throat. everybody was parched. the moisture is coming back into the air. the winds are dying down. thats a good sign. theyre looking to call the red flag warning off in just a couple hours. now back to you, alex. >> that is some good news. we hope that there is more of it in the coming hours and days. paul, thanks very much. will the presidents ...

And obviously enhances, the news cycle. but at the end of the day, i dont see the appetite in the presidents cabinet for this. among any of the folks that would be in line to make that decision. i dont see any appetite among them. i stand with lauren on this one. i think no appetite at all for it. >> ann coulter, lauren, she wanted the president to veto the funding bill of certain immigration provisions. shes tweeted the goal of a national emergency is for trump to scam the stupidest people in h...

Base stick with him through thick and thin. do porn star payoffs now repaid and all of the lies on top of lies and the white house press briefing imploding and another fog of lies, does any of that have any effect -- any residue? >> not on the trump base. i havent seen any effect there. but he didnt get elected president with just his base. he got elected by winning independents. they are not with him. so there is a difference. and where this does play out in the midterms, trumps base alone will...

Recommend. >> that itself is weird. >> hes saying even bannons own house organ, the "o" magazine f steve bannon is going after him. >> hes pretty ensconced at breitbart. >> i dont think breitbart is going to turn on bannon. whats interesting to me after trumps statement essentially curb stomping ban, will breitbart turn on the president? especially with the issues coming down the pike, daca, the need to build the wall. if hes forced to cut some kind of a deal with democrats, does trump really ha...

Conservative republican who goes to church every sunday and think roy moore should get a pass on this? >> i think what weve seen is so many of that same group that supported trump, they overlooked the "hollywood access" tape, a number of comments, he made, his base sticks with him. >> three wives, not that thats anything wrong with that they would say thats about two, too many. >> the base sticks with him. does that transfer to moore? does the base stick with moore? we dont know that yet. >> i t...

Board. todd: president trump striking a deal on daca. will his base stick with him? former governor of arkansas. former g.o.p. presidential candidate and fox news contributor mike huckabee up real early with us this morning. abby: how do we convince to you get up so early. thats what i want to know. >> its called an alarm clock. its amazing what those things will do going off in your ear. not pleasant, however. abby: we love it though. we appreciate it. todd: yesterday i was in altoona, pennsylv...

Presidents mind. the bad news is what is on his mind. i think that the republican establishment by and large has said, this is wrong. if you were in the middle of where the republican base is, he still has a popularity of 79%. for trump, you know, he has a lot of cards to play and a lot of capital with republicans. >> will that base stick with him with this neo-nazi element? >> i think so. and i think donald trump definitely thinks so. his whole theory of politics is not about attempt. it is div...

So he has lost a lot of altitude there. the question is how long will his base stick with him, the things he promised and ran on day after day after day do not get done, including tax reform, i forgot to put on that. >> thats the point. it doesnt get easier from here on out, sealing the budget, tax reform, those things are coming very fast. each one is equally as complicated as tax reform. >> and the common denominator that have not gotten done is those are mostly things that need to go through ...

And thats donald trump. hes helped when he is no longer the bad behaving outlier but the norm in a political atmosphere run amok. not only will his base stick with him, 96% say theyre ready to vote for him again, but such behavior will also alienate independents who might be swayed by the perception of a political pylon. the best way to fight him is on substance, not his own style. in the primary process, if it taught us anything, its that you cant beat him by climbing into his sandbox. you can ...