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Well, good evening once again from our nbc headquarters in new york. Day 721 of the Trump Administration. Day 20 of this government shutdown. And what happened today certainly got the president s full attention. He was in mcallen, texas, dressed in that black crisis jacket, getting briefed on what his administration insists is a crisis at our southern border and about how a wall or a steel slat barrier could easily put an end to that crisis. And that was the moment during that roundtable present...

Turning sullen. theyve been clobbered on all sides. nothing helps. >> "network" is about a television network run amok. >> i would like at this moment to announce ill be retire from this program in two weeks time because of poor ratings. since this show is the only thing i had going for me in my life, i have decided to kill myself. >> they have this long time anchorman, howard beil, and he has a melt down on live television. >> get him off. whats the matter with you fellas? get the [ bleep ]. >>...

Thinking of this president. one cannot look at a character who is a creature of this medium, a television studio, whose whole reality is tv and make personnel decisions based on the fidelity to his positions of the people he sees on television and not think of the very trumpian moment today. he goes down to the border. which in a moment of real candor the other day said he didnt want to do. he knows most americans are against the notion of a wall. he has in tow a key player, sean hannity, who th...

And were back with the roundtable, david, michelle and paul. a new quinnipiac poll out today reveals that americans are not happy with the direction this country is heading. the poll found a wide majority, thats a total of 71% of voters across the country, are dissatisfied with how things are going in america today. and when you look at the responses among republicans that number spikes all the way up to 90% among democratic voters. the number sits at 48%. with so many identifying themselves as ...

im at 30. so i wrote him a note, congratulations im only beating you in your home state by 26 points. to me, that statement was more important than actually literally killing everybody in the poll. we were much, much higher than more than double everybody. you saw what came out, an amazing poll. >> its unbelievable. im the only one that wins and i get negative publicity. the press. >> joined by "washington post" robert costa and eugene robinson and republican strategist liz. let me st...

And were back with the roundtable, david, michelle and paul. a new quinnipiac poll out today reveals that americans are not happy with the direction this country is heading. the poll found a wide majority, thats a total of 71% of voters across the country, are dissatisfied with how things are going in america today. and when you look at the responses among republicans that number spikes all the way up to 90% among democratic voters. the number sits at 48%. with so many identifying themselves as ...

had support of half of the democrats in iowa in a 26-point lead then. if the race is uncertain right now, though, on the republican side, polls show the contest has been up ended by donald trump, the latest poll out of iowa shows trump tied with d ben carson. carly fiorina, ted cruz, jeb bush trail them. there were similar results on the republican side that found trump in first, carson right behind him in a close second. trump now leads in almost every recent national poll as well as ...

First sex scandal. a new look at the man who invented modern capitalism and the scandal that eventually took him down. also ahead, running on empty. record gas prices squeezing americans. would you believe were paying less than we used to? our megan panel helps to splaen the math behind that. and dancing on the debt ceiling. well talk real solutions to washingtons credit card bill before its too late. our specialist today, david stockman, the howard beil of the federal budget. stick around. ...

>> were just not going to do the typical washington thing, roll over, increase the debt limit without addressing the underlying problem. privately ive encouraged the president. mr. president, lock arms with me. lets jump out of the boat together. we have to deal with this. >> and this weekend, a sign the white house may be worried its on the wrong side of this fight. the presidents political man sent out to four separate sunday morning shows with the latest white house mantra. >> the p...