neil: west virginia democratic senator joe manchin joining us on the the presidens demands to include $5 billion for a border wall. already chuck schumer has indicated that there if there is any shutdown, it s on the presidents back. do you agree, senator? there is no reason to shut down. we have to stay here and work through our differences. that s it. i believe very strongly in border security. i think most mcgrath, republicans believe in border security. they have a different way of coming at it. in 2013, we put a piece of legislation, immigration reform, $42 billion of border security. republicans colleagues working with democrats putting that which was a terrific piece of legislation. the president asking for the te
republicans, black republicans, and influential members of the community to advance her own standing to the detriment of this white house. laura: this is what she said today with katie turk, responding to the the presidens basically think that it s good that john kelly fired her like a dog. let s watch. the president called to a dog this morning. what is your reaction? i think that it shows you, if he would say that publicly, what else would he say about me privately? he is absolutely no respect for women, for african-americans, as evidenced by him instructing the chief of staff to lock me for two hours in the situation room to harass me, to threaten me, and say that things could get very ugly for me and that they would be damaged by reputation. he is unfit to be in this office and to serve as the president. laura: your reaction, lynne? as i was saying earlier, the president has called a lot of people dogs. he s called mark a cubit and a dog brady is called robert patterson a
she is no longer there and others decided enough is enough and speaking of jeff flake and bob corker, and clearly, the lesson learned here is that if you want to speak your mind against trump make that you are in a district that it doesn t think very highly of trump and that sting more and more dhese days because a least with regard to his base and republicans, trump is doing very well and you have to be very careful how you re going to voice your opposition to the president when he is more than happy to come out and endorse your challr even in the primary. even with hours to go which is what he did yesterday. simone, exactly to alice s point, if you look at this new polling on the presidens 500th day in office, 87% 87% of republicans supporting the president. that is the second highest of their presidency since at this world war ii, only second after
to write it to. right. and i think that goes to the graciousness of the letter. he was not only writing to somebody who defeated the person he was actually in favor of, but more than that, donald trump started his political campaigning essentially made his name as a birther. so i do think it speaks to that. i think what s extraordinary about this letter, and i ve seen other letters that have been in the public, i mean usually you do not have to remind a president or person who s become president of essential democratic norms like civil liberties and democratic respect for the presidens, et cetera. that s an unusual thing to do, i think, and i think it spoke to some concerns the majority of americans had in the election. senator, one of the quotes in here that really struck me that speaks to the differences within the republican party big time right now is the following. this is on american leadership. american leadership in the world is really indispensable. it is up to us through
as i have repeatedly said, i m personally committed to helping israelis and palestinians achieve a peace agreement. and i had a meeting this morninthismorning with presidens and can tell you that the palestinians are ready to reach for peace. i know you ve heard it before. i am telling you that s what i do, they are ready to reach for peace. and my meeting with my very good friend, benjamin, i can tell you, also, that he is reaching for peace. he wants peace. he loves people. he especially loves the israeli people. benjamin netanyahu wants peace. making peace, however, will not be easy. we all know that. both sides will face tough decisions.