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September 23, 2019
Had apple egg rolls, that was the thing. >> now to olymppolitics. >> to the politics what you should take away this weekend, stefanie, is the fact that joe biden is not the sole front runner any more. you saw the poll here, it is done by a long respected pollster here in the state of iowa, and it is a statistical dead heat. and you saw a five point drop for bernie sanders. and you should see there is very soft support of those that said theyre backing elizabeth warren, just 88% said theyre not a...
September 11, 2019
Same point drop during that period. were seeing that across the board that the president is dropping by mid single digits, and of course the president had a pretty steady approval rating. so a five-point drop is a big deal. is that translating to the ballot test? well, as a matter of fact it is. take a look at this. does donald trump deserve reelection? only 36% of americans say yes at this point. 60% say no. and i think this is rather important, too. take a look here. this was an earlier poll d...
August 27, 2019
Diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only months to live, i cant fathom what would have hamd happen fathomed if the insurance companies said youre on your own. the fact of the matter is, healthcare is personal to me. obamacare is personal to me. when i see the president try to tear it down and others propose to replace it and start over, thats personal to me too. >> whats interesting to note, chris have that four years ago when biden was t about joining the 2016 race his advisers asked an ou...
August 23, 2019
Add requirements for a transition period to a single-payer system. >> the question arises is if under medicare for all an employer saves money, as many employers will, what i want to see is the workers themselves get the benefit of those savings, not just the employer. >> the communications director for rival presidential candidate kamala harris who has struggled to articulate her own health care plan pounced on the change tweeting, oh, how interesting. i thought no one was allowed to make any c...
August 20, 2019
Take a look at this. were going to get that camera to go really deep in there. what do we see, all these candidates at the top pretty much besides sanders and biden, 4 points, 12 points for harris, 12 point drop for buttigieg, 7 point drop for booker. theres not much expectation the race should shift too much. >> people have been doing the math and say oh, if you add up bernie sanders and elizabeth warren you get joe biden. >> warrens support is very deep among very liberal voters. shes at 32% w...
August 20, 2019
Withhold information about abortion care they put us in the untenable situation and we refused to be bullied into providing substandard care. and good day, everyone. im andrea mitchell in washington. joe biden is solidifying his role as the front-runner. after a week off the trail hes going to be in iowa today. rolling out his first big ad buy across the first caucus state. the former vice president is up seven points to 29% in the new cnn national poll out today. in second place, bernie sande...
August 15, 2019
Breaking news. markets just opened for the day after the dow dropped 800 points. my friend ali velshi back with me from the new york stock exchange. ali, you seeing green? >> yes, bells just rang. just waiting for the first trade. looks like well see about a 150-point increase at the open. that is my guess. that is a very change from what we were looking at overnight which was futures indicating another really bad day after a really bad day yesterday. a 3% loss on the market. the fourth worst po...
August 15, 2019
Hes going to be okay as well. officers throughout the evening tried to negotiate, tried to speak with the suspect. they were met by gunfire. then during the last two hours they were met with silence as they kept shouting commands but then once again finally just after midnight the standoff came to an end. alison, victor? >> jason carroll, thank you. president trumps disruption of global norms now hitting his crown jewel, the economy. markets tumbled after a warning signal that has an errily pr...
August 15, 2019
Accident. they tried to speak with the suspect. they were met by gunfire. during the last few hours they were met with silence as they kept shouting commands but then once again finally just after midnight the standoff came to an end. alison, victor. >> jason, thank you. president trumps norms are hitting the crown jewel, the economy. the dow plunged yesterday 800 points. it was the worst day of the year for trading. asian markets closed mostly higher although you can see a 1% decline in the n...
August 15, 2019
Recession. as well as trumps trade policy with china. beijing this morning threatening new retaliation to u.s. tariffs. still, the president insists china is not to blame for the economic roller coaster here at home. instead he is blaming the federal reserve and the man he appointed to lead it, jerome powell. our team of reporters and analysts are all standing by. lets start with msnbc correspondent ali velshi at the new york stock exchange at this hour. kristen welker is with the president in n...