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Doubling down on the base strategy that had been a hallmark of his entire presidency. those ominous poll numbers for donald trump are also likely due to the steady stream of career public servants, diplomats, and military officials who have appeared as witnesses in the impeachment investigation to provide damning testimony on the events leading up to todays vote. today two big developments we are watching. one taking place in courting when a ruling could determine whether congress will have acce...

Election and this week it was the republican dan bishop who is now a congressman. to triple down on the base strategy, the campaign is rolling out a social network app reportedly some time this fall complete with prizes to mobilize the, quote, army of trump. with me now republican strategist ella stewart and brazil smikle. i was so intrigued by this trip to new mexico. >> right. >> -- this week. its a blue state. he didnt win it. republicans are concerned he wont keep some of the states he did w...

The white house is excited about. theres no way they can be quited about thquite excited about this. you look at this poll, and trump has done absolutely nothing to change the opinion of people in a positive direction from the day he came into office. the trajectory is not good. and, you know, he has obviously doubled down on this base strategy, but independents matter, and you look at this poll, and you can see that hes not moving them into his camp. >> yeah. i mean, david, im wondering if on t...

Said, these are not numbers that the white house is excited about. theres no way they can be excited about this. you look at this poll, and trump has done absolutely nothing to change the opinion of people in a positive direction from the day he came into office. the trajectory is not good. and, you know, he has obviously doubled down on this base strategy, but independents matter, and you look at this poll, and you can see that hes not moving them into his camp. >> yeah. i mean, david, im wonde...

Indicate what might be happening in 2020. explain. >> i think what this election could potentially show us for 2020 is if the presidents campaign strategy of doubling down on a base strategy only seeking to bring in the true believers within the republican party, if that strategy does not play well in suburban north carolina, then i think that there are some real questions that republicans are going to have to ask if theyre going to seek to try and regain the house majority come 2020. along with...

The nra point. >> precisely. but what could be different now is that the nra that he has been, you know, sort of frankly bowing to since parkland is a little bit weaker, a lot weaker on its leadership level. the grassroots is a different thing. but weaker and chaotic on a leadership level which given the president sees as a potential sign of weakness. that is the only different dynamic. >> interesting. >> but we also know from reporting that the white house -- aides in the white house commission...

Long-promised border wall. the move, which was authorized by defense secretary mark esper will impact 127 different construction projects. officials say half of that money will come from planned international projects and the other half f. needed, would come from the domestic side. senate minority sleerd chuck schumer said some of money would come from construction and maintenance money from the u.s. academy at west point. so could donald trump win without the call? the answer must be no to stea...

He is running a base strategy for his re-election campaign. he views the nra as a key part of that strategy, for funding and outreach. what should be surprising to all of us is this talk about background checks and everything. its the guns. we need to stop these weapons from being out on the street. this is a long rifle. we dont know much about the type of rifle it is. the semiautomatic weapon that kills people in war does not need to be in the hands of anybody. and one more thing to get around ...

Presidency. but his base is as small as its ever been. hes the most consistently unpopular president of recent history. i think he may find that if he tries to do this base strategy all the time, its not going to work for him. he is underwater on immigration. his immigration policies are not popular with the country. he ran on it in 2018. he got shellacked. and if he keeps going in that same vein in 2020, theres a good chance well see the same result. >> yeah, and another area where president tr...

He is very focused as hes always been on speaking to his base on the right wing of the republican party, not speaking to independent voters or even more moderate republicans like the women who laura was talking ability. i thought the one really revealing piece of the poll, jim, was that it showed there was considerably more intensity in favor of background checks on the democratic side and in favor of gun control on the democratic side than opposition, and 70% of democrats strongly favor new gun...