He intends to launch a presidential campaign than. trump endorsed several candidates in key races are lost. so far, ever gubernatorial and u.s. senate candidates will be back in five key battleground states. and they. failed scores of republicans are now blaming the former president for the disappointing returns. with some openly calling on the party to move on from trump. speaking on pbs, the arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson said on friday that trump s endorsement is not as it turns out to be. the underlying point is that trump s endorsement comes with a cost. and the cost is that it minimizes your ability to track independents and to win in november. longtime trump backer congressman peter king of new york put more bluntly, tweeting, quote, you are fired. that is a message to republicans must deliver to donald, trump asap. i should ve been a red wave election for republicans this, year instead saw the gop take back the house and stumble into another 50/50 stalemate in
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andrea mitchell reports starts now with kristen welker. let me publicly congratulate you, you will be one of four women on an all-woman panel who will be moderators of the next debate, my friend, i am so proud of you. chris, thanks so much, i am so honored to share the stage with our three other colleagues. great hour, chris jansing, great to see you. right now on andrea mitchell reports, occuut of options. donald trump s republican allies on capitol hill try to fight the impeachment inquiry by complaining about the process but staying away from the substance. they ve come up with a process where you do things behind closed doors. you give me 15 pages of testimony that s never been subject to cross-examine and you want me to comment on it? forget that. coming up, new york republican congressman peter king joins us live. and into the breach. as the russian military forces plant their flag in the
U.s. but so far the president and his administration have not defined exactly what too far looks like, eric. eric: all right, garrett, in a few moments we will hear more from all of this who will be here live with the united nations security council view. arthel. arthel: thank you, for more on this now, republican congressman peter king of new york and member of the house homeland security committee, congressman, thank you so much for joining us. thank you, arthel. arthel: i want to start here as we we were reporting, president trump ordering withdrawal of a thousand u.s. troops from northern syria, leaving the kurds, syrian democratic forces behind to be slaughtered in their words, what s your reaction to this move? now, i strongly disagree with the president s decision, i think it s essential that we have a presence there and that fact that we were a presence to me is what did allow for some sense of normalcy there.
Both sides of the political aisle here. turn the heat down just a little bit. the president came over to my side of the rope line and i asked the president if he agreed with senator cruz that both sides need to tone it down. president trump: i do agree. i think we have toned it down. we ve been getting hit left and right from everybody. many of the people i don t know, a couple of people from texas, political people from texas that aren t doing very well. i guess somebody said the mayor. i had one very nice conversation with the mayor of dayton. could not have been nicer. and then she goes and says i tried to call her. i spoke to her and i didn t receive any call. they re trying to make political points. on capitol hill the house has already passed legislation that would close a lot of the loopholes and enhance background checks for gun purchases. there are now bipartisan calls. chuck schumer and congressman peter king of new york getting together to say to mitch