Nothing Legislatively News Today

trump also getting thumbs down from the majority of voters or 61% saying he should not run again either. lets bring in mark pennys chairman of the harris poll served as an advisor to both bill and hillary clinton. mark good to see you. so first i want to talk about this wrong track number, 70%. have you ever seen at that bad number one? ns is all about economics, the economy, inflation or something larger going on? and split about economics. liberal rarely seen 70% say theyre on track....

Into a bullhorn but she has accomplished nothing legislatively. bernie sanders is currently single bellowing from a podium no legislative accomplishments now they are absent joe bidens not like them standing out in the street yelling into a bullhorn. it is crocodile tears. anita: can the anchor point is especially interesting for my point of view. lets take abortion. the roe v wade came down the supreme court opinion. theyre not going to be able to pass any kind of constitutional amendment or ev...

Spoke with new jersey senator, bob menendez, he was one of four senators to meet with the president last night to discuss issues on immigration reform. its so different. theres the issue of the border and humanitarian crisis there, and then theres also immigration reform for the 11 million, 12 million people who are been here, who are part of this economy, vetted in so many ways. is there nothing legislatively that can be moving to deal with this specific issue? im talking about dreamers and tps...

I did think it was notable and you mentioned this in the open governor scott is taking a position contrary to the nra. easy to imagine sitting around the table saying, governor scotts never going to take action on this. he is running for the united states senate. now he is taking action on this because he is running for the united states senate. so im not suggesting, chuck, im optimistic that the congress gets something done and we are starting to see the politics on this shift in a way this lea...

After election is its actually u.s. law to consider jerusalem the capital of israel. since 1995, it has been the law. what happens is every six months the sitting president of the united states signs a waiver that stops the process is of moving the embassy from tel-aviv to jerusalem. according to cnns report, the president tomorrow is going to sign that same waiver once again for another six months. im sure what happened, they sat in the oval office. they told the president the six months is com...

I agree it is vintage donald trump to do this, something he promised his base. weve seen how unpopular he is. hes afraid of losing his base. he needs to prove that he has some accomplishments under his belt after a year theyve done nothing legislatively thus far. >> theyve done a ton of stuff, judges, regulatory, come on. >> he has a 35% approval rating. this announcement to brians point was more political grand standing. he did sign the waiver, the big question is going to be in six months from...

They cant win their races in 2018 if they have done nothing legislatively. the onus is on the republicans. >> ed: robin, when sarah sends that, do you think that chuck schumer and nancy pelosi want to watch the republicans not get any of this done? if they cant get tax cuts, if they cant get the repeal and replace of obamacare, which is stalled right now to say the least, if they cant get the other initiatives through, the dreamer issue, then chuck schumer and nancy pelosi putting out press rele...

Place in d.c., meetings, back and forth with members of capitol hill. this is not going to be -- >> okay. just having a technical problem there with kristen. lets continue this conversation with cnbcs -- gentlemen, let me start with you, jared, one of the first things that president trump said was touting the print on gdp this morning that showed 3%. that is a number at the very low end of what president trump has been talking about for a long time. whats he right about and whats he wrong about ...

Notable, new political presence this year, i think its hard to argue that. >> in the weirdest, eeriest way, starting with he looks like joe mccarthy. have you noticed? >> he looks like little richie. >> and he led the republicans down the road of disaster with no plan. there was no plan. hes done nothing legislatively. hes done nothing. >> there was a plan. the plan was to raise ted cruzs national profile, and it worked. >> it worked perfectly. >> it might be biting him in the butt. >> depends w...

I think he will be less important in 2014. >> im embarrassed after seeing the dream defenders because they really did something. >> but i actually think ted cruz, from just the most sort of notable, new political presence this year, i think its hard to argue that. >> in the weirdest, eeriest way, starting with he looks like joe mccarthy. have you noticed? >> he looks like little richie. >> and he led the republicans down the road of disaster with no plan. there was no plan. hes done nothing legi...