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Other side of that choice. and my own sense is that it will only get worse before it gets better with the president. there is, i mean maybe jonathan, either of the jonathans may have a better sense of this, i dont think there is any evidence, and i would, im honestly asking this, is there any evidence over the last four years or so, four years and a month, since he announced, of his not acting only in accordance with his own political self interest? i guess there was one state of the union where...

Over 100 americans are shot and killed in this country every day. its not just the mass shootings and school shootings. its city gun hmtss and rural community suicides. all of it matters and it needs to be addressed immediately. our lawmakers have the power to stop this, and we need them to do so immediately. >> now, im sure you saw "the washington post" reporting that the president met or spoke with wayne lepierre, the head of the nra. the nra president told him his base does not want backgroun...

In 2016. infrastructure, military targets, civilian targets, so republicans have been a anything that might make it little bit on the offensive difficult for europe to defend there in targeting those districts. but you also have to protect the itself, and perhaps more importantly, make it difficult for the u.s. to defend and districts, these swing districts that you currently hold. reinforce europe, make it and will hurds border district, difficult for u.s. troops to get to those ports and air f...

Democratic field. what are you hearing? >> well, look, sure. theres concerns about the democratic field in the sense that i think some people think that some of the front-runners are going too far to the left. tacking too far to the left on some issues like medicare for all. taking away your private health insurance. but look, mika, i think steve kornacki hit this on the head when he said you can only do so much when it comes to your base strategy thats what donald trump is doing here. hes doubl...

Cummings is going after his family and so he wants to protect his family. but look at his attacks on the squad where he says, these people are criticizing america, yet he repeatedly criticizes the own congressional districts that jared kushner has 15 apartment complexes that are -- that have been slammed by their residents as not having proper conditions. >> so does he gain anything by going after cummings in this way, daniel? >> i think the only thing that he gains is that it fuels his supporte...

Base, but you even look at our brand-new nbc "wall street journal" poll that came out over the weekend and his job approval rating is almost as high as you could get it, where its 89% among republicans. just 7% among democrats. our latest poll had trump at 48% among independents. thats a higher mark where weve seen, its usually been in the mid 30s. while i do believe overall that our modern politics is about base strategy versus base strategy, there still is a sliver of the middle of the elector...

Talked about the caravan or other issues, you look at the numbers in these suburban districts like outside texas and whatnot, they dropped precipitously. the trump campaign better hope that the immigration message is more 2016 than 2018. but the overall point as well, thats why when you hear chatter from the campaign saying we might expand oregon, new mexico, other bluer states, you know that they are really doubling down on their base strategy. >> and also the -- sorry. with the numbers of wome...

Hell win alabama and win tennessee and win missouri, but you know i wonder if trump is not making the same mistake every politician makes, every general makes. they fight the last war. he aint going to have james comey dropping a letter ten days before hand on joe biden. he is not going to have the mistakes made by the next campaign that hillary clintons team made on the last campaign. im even guessing that joe biden or whatever democratic nominee gets the nomination, theyll probably do polling ...

Break this down with ashley parker white house reporter with the "washington post" and a senior political analyst. weve got heather kagle, and former congresswoman loretta sanchez who represented voters in california for 20 years. ashley, start with you, what are you hearing from your sources? what was the presidents goal here? why use that kind of language to attack these congresswomen that explosive phase "go back to where you came from"? >> i think its twofold. weve been paying a lot of atten...

Money. everyone is going to be well-resourced. i dont think in a race like this, where you have a base strategy, hes not going to reach out to anybody. i think money matters less than it has in the past. >> how about the ways in a the candidates were raising money. elizabeth warren was talking about who she takes money from and who she does not take money from. they are casting some shade on biden and pete buttigieg. how is that about getting it done? >> its not a conversation that comes up. fol...