The other guy is. We cant afford these manufactured crises every few months. This isnt about me. And frankly its not about republicans. Dont work up a sweat, guys. Save that for the exclusive congressional gyms that are still open while hundreds of thousands of federal workers go without a paycheck. This is shutdown showdown. Welcome to this special half hour of cnn shutdown showdown. Im jake tapper. Your government still exists but its running on a handcranked generator. Now night eight of the partial Government Shutdown. Within a week from now the u. S. Will hit its debt ceiling after which it will run out of money to pay all its bills. If you squint hard enough in the dark you might be able to see a little light at the end of the tunnel. Either that or its a train. In a lengthy News Conference today the president opened a door to a shortterm deal to temporarily fund the government and raise the debt ceiling, maybe just for a few weeks. Breaking this evening, a senior House Republica
Of his Job Performance although his approval rate has ticked up just a bit in the past few weeks. So, what do these polls tell us to look for on tuesday . Joe trippi, is former Campaign Manager for howard dean. Jonah goldberg, Senior Editor at national review. Both are fox news contributors. Jonah, what do you make of these numbers . Throw the bums out seems to be the prevailing attitude. I think thats right. Disapproval of obama comes across very clearly in this but the number that really stood out to me the tightening of generic ballot question which is pretty good indicator of how elections are looking like, on this, i dont know, could be race is tightening or could be this poll is on outlyer or could be a bellwether. What is dismaying at least from my perspective is that were seeing generic ballot really tighten. A few days ago, nbc wall street Journal Journal poll for 11point spread for republicans. This is basically onepoint race for democrats. Probably why a lot of republicans n
Trump could have 1,400 delegates by the start of the convention in july. That is ahead of the 1,237 he needs. John and christine. Thank you, jim. Hillary clinton also looking forward this morning after the big win in new york. A new poll in pennsylvania which shows her leading by 13 points. She staged a rally in philadelphia. Thats where we find joe johns. Reporter john and christine, two stops for Hillary Clinton here in philadelphia after her big win in new york. The first at an africanamerican church with the event on guns and violence. Featuring mothers of victims along with former attorney general eric holder. A long time supporter of Hillary Clinton. The second stop here at the filmore in philadelphia. Hillary clinton talked among other things about her connections to pennsylvania, including the fact her father is from scranton. She once again touched on that issue of guns and violence which polls so well for her in urban areas. I read the news before i got here today. You had 12
All of the nations major Media Outlets were breathlessly gathered awaiting the candidates comments. At 11 03 a. M. An hour after the event was supposed to begin, out walked trump, surrounded by a group of veterans who proveeded to take the microphone in terms praising mr. Trumps commitment to the military. Some 90 minutes after the start of nonstop live coverage by all of the cable nets we finally got to hear more about what is known now as the birther issue. Watch. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. I finished it. You know what i mean. President barack obama was born in the United States period. Now we all want to get back to making america strong and great again. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. As short as this was, theres a lot to unpack from it. Including reactions from republicans, democrats and the white house, along with trumps history on this issue and that of mrs. Clinton. And we have a powerful lineup
Some of it. Julie National Correspondent Jennifer Griffin joining us now. Hi, jennifer. We might get the first on camera reaction from general mattis, in a press briefing today, pentagon officials could give no timeline for when the troops would be in place, but they did announce they will be standing up a new planning cell. It will be manned 24 7 and the dhs gave some hints on what they might do along the border. The National Guards efforts will include aviation, engineering, surveillance, communication, vehicle maintenance, and logistical support. These National Guard members will act in support of Border Patrol agents who are performing Law Enforcement duties. Defense officials tell me it could take up to two months before all the guard units are in place. That is the way that bureaucracy works. They could not say what the rules of engagement would be or whether they envision the National Guard being armed. Those are exactly the questions were answering now. They have the right to s