here in the united states, we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country. that was a direct shot by the president at bernie sanders. i m joined now by former california democratic senator barbara boxer and daniel dale, the washington bureau chief for the toronto star. thank you both. senator boxer, you re the woman i was looking 92 was the year you went to the senate. i m thinking 100 people in white tonight. it was almost like the democratic party. your thoughts? oh, my thoughts. i was that was one of the highlights of the night. that and when trump finished. but i m just kidding. i thought they were highlights. that was one of the them. and when the women realized in the in the audience there
adopt socialism in our country. that was a direct shot by the president at bernie sanders. i m joined now by former california democratic senator barbara boxer and daniel dale, the washington bureau chief for the toronto star. thank you both. senator boxer, you re the woman i was looking 92 was the year you went to the senate. i m thinking 100 people in white tonight. it was almost like the democratic party. your thoughts? oh, my thoughts. i was that was one of the highlights of the night. that and when trump finished. but i m just kidding. i thought they were highlights. that was one of the them. and when the women realized in the in the audience there that trump just said women took over so many jobs, they turned it into something to celebrate the diversity in the democratic caucus. when i got to the house in the year that i met you, 1983 yeah.
making that human-to-human connection that we are in such desperate need of at this moment of division in the country, bringing people together. i feel it. and so, yeah, it feels good. with me now todd gillman, the washington bureau chief for the washington news. ted cruz wants to hold on to that senate seat. probably didn t think it would be as close as it has been. beto o rourke getting a lot of texans out and enthused. talk to me about early numbers in texas. what are you seeing? they re big but nobody know what is it means. there is clearly a surge among younger voters, voters under 30, that is almost certainly breaking for beto o rourke. can you s you can see it in the crowds. the democrat crowd are very big, more ethnically diverse than
display as the president campaigns hard ahead of the midterms. stretching the truth in a number of instances. in speeches and in tweets, take, for instance, this tweet, sent earlier today about the caravan of migrants. saying that there are criminals and unknown middle easterners mixed in, with but offering no evidence to back that up. joining me now is daniel dale, the washington bureau chief for the toronto star. you fact check the president s speeches and tweets in realtime on a daily basis. some of the claims from over the weekend that are getting a lot of attention. i ll tick off four, the democrats are funding this caravan, that there ll be a middle class tax cut by november of course, congress not even in session that california residents are rioting over sanctuary cities, and that the opioid bill had no democratic support. of course, it had broad bipartisan support. which of those statements have you found actually seem to be gaining traction? well, i think many of his
back in d.c. and how will the media cover a president if they can t get to him? i have the perfect panel to ask. joining me now, michael rescu is the former new york times washington bureau chief. plenty of experience with this thing. april ryan, the washington bureau chief for the american urban radio networks and political analyst for cnn. michael, let me start we asking you this. in previous presidential trips, the u.s. press was all over the president. and the president was all over the press. and their top aides because they wanted to get this out. were you struck by how different this tone was? yeah. we actually hunted around to see if we could find a previous trip by any president of either party and we really couldn t. this is quite unusual. you ve devogot to ask if it s serving his interests. it doesn t seem to be serving the public interest in terms of understanding the president s points of view and positions.