has been an incredibly successful i was very well received by this great country. for more, i m joined by zerlina maxwell, director of progressive programming for sirius xm, and john. i have to go with zerlina because you were laughing. this reminds me of his crowd size estimates after the election, saying mine was bigger than his. he s doing a great job in his own mind, but america on tuesday told us that they do not like the direction of the country. that matches the exit polling data, and right direction, wrong track. but also, i think what it showed is women who came out the day after trump was sworn in, a million of us, took to the streets and said we reject this. and what this means. particularly after the access hollywood tape. now we have 100 women in the house. i have to go back to you for the question. this battle of who won, who lost, it s clear the president lost in the house, 35 to 40
protecting him or was it pure ego, or was it both? so our big question today is if this is an example of the president on day one of a split congress, how will he handle a democratic house over the next two years? joining me, nbc news national correspondent peter alexander, politico s senior writer, jake sherman, boston herald white house bureau chief, kimberly atkins, the director of progressive programming for sirius xm, zerlina maxwell and republican strategist rick wilson, the author of the book everything donald trump touches dies. peter, i want to start with you. listen, him getting into it with cnn, him getting into it with reporters, telling them to sit down, he s been doing this now for three years. it was markedly more out of control today than it has ever been admittedly, but i was struck, peter, by what he did at
taking responsibility and seeking a way to fix the flaw, he instead decided to blame democrats because he does that. he doesn t take accountability. doesn t take responsibility. what he does is find someone else to blame. here to break down the final frantic news on the last full day of campaigning, from the washington post, national political reporter robert costa. heidi przybilla. with us on set, zerlina maxwell, now director of progressive programming for sirius xm. eli stokols, white house reporter for the l.a. times and eugene robinson, washington post columnist and associate editor. robert costa, let me start with you. the politics of projection of donald trump s real enthusiasm for taking these incredibly these were third rail issues for every republican who came before donald trump. he s grabbed both of them with both of his hands and others are following suit. how is it playing in the final
a vote for david is a vote for me. a vote for mike is a vote to make america great again. it s very simple. and a vote for cindy is a vote for me and make america great again. get out in 2018 because you re voting for me in 2018. you re voting for me. me, me, me. in an interview with the associated press yesterday, that interview, the president had a different message. all of a sudden asked if he bears responsibility if republicans lose the u.s. house of representatives this fall, trump said, no, i think i m helping people. he went on to add, i don t believe anybody s ever had this kind of an impact. in a tweet today trump lashed out at the ap for their headline calling the outlet fake news. for more, a great pollster and strategist, director of progressive programming for
because of trump. yet they see the solution to that problem as largely more trump. it might work, especially when it comes to the gop efforts to hold the senate which goes through more than a few trump loving states. i m joined by tonight s panel. beth is a senior politics editor at nbc news. noah is an msnbc contributor and associate editor at commentary mag gene. zerlinda, the director of progressive programming at sirius xm. welcome, everyone. i saw make a face when i talked about younger voters. i understand why you made that face, but i do have some context for my week on the road last week. let s start with this trump strategy that trump is embracing. it s trump saturation, press conferences, touring, rallies. he s everywhere. is it going to help republicans as they want it to the same way that it helped in 2016? well, everything s always