According to bloomberg, President Trumps allies are worried about the resignation of his personal bodyguard and aide, keith schiller. Because they say schiller is trumps emotional anchor. Oh, when was he resigning . 30 years ago . [ laughter ] seriously, this has been the emotionally anchored trump . [ light laughter ] whats the unhinged trump going to do . Build a lair . [ laughter ] former president obama today criticized President Trumps decision to end the daca program. Of course, the only reason trump wants to end it is because he thinks daca is obamas middle name. [ laughter ] we must end the failed policies of barack daca hussein obama. [ laughter and applause ] incidentally, daca is also what Hillary Clinton shouts at the bar when she wants another daiquiri. [ laughter ] can i get a daca . [ laughter ] what . Yeah, i know i should have got [ light laughter ] new york mayor bill de blasio recently praised his running of the city saying, youd assume theyd be having parades in the streets. Unfortunately, new yorkers cant get to the streets because theyre stuck underground on the subway all day. [ cheers and applause ] nintendo recently announced that its character mario is no longer a plumber. Apparently, he was fired after coming to work on mushrooms. [ light laughter ] yeah seth yeah mercedesbenz will debut plans next month for a selfdriving electric smart car. The car is so smart, when you turn it on, it drives straight out of america. [ laughter and applause ] recalculating, canada. Recalculating. Starbucks is adding a sushi burrito to the menu at some of its locations. So yes, their bathrooms can get any worse. [ laughter ] lets see, ill have a large black coffee and a sushi burrito. [ light laughter ] and im going to need the keys. [ laughter ] and finally, according to reports, hollywood movies are on track for the lowest Summer Box Office returns in more than a decade, with some analysts citing sequel fatigue. Incidentally, sequel fatigue is the working title of fast and furious 9. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we got a fantastic show for you tonight [ cheers and applause ] he is one of our favorites here. Hes cnns chief washington correspondent, our friend, jake tapper is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] you know her from game of thrones. And now you can see her in sundances tvs, top of the lake china girl, Gwendoline Christie joins us. [ cheers and applause ] fantastic actress from a great new show. And we will have music from gary clark jr. So youre here at a great time. [ cheers and applause ] its going to be a fun show. As the summer of near constant chaos ends, President Trump faces a series of challenges more difficult than any hes dealt with up to this point. So how has he responded . By threatening to deport hundreds of thousands of law abiding americans. For more on this, its time for a closer look. Seth on top of Everything Else hell face in the next several months, the budget, the debt limit, north Koreas Nuclear program, trump has had to deal with the aftermath of hurricane harvey. And this labor day weekend, trump chipped in with some labor of his own, helping load supplies on to a truck. Though he did it in a way that illustrated how little he knows about loading. Hey, can you handle this, its a lot of yes, sir. Have a good time. [ laughter and applause ] seth here you go, now just drive off with this in your lap. [ laughter ] we should just be happy trump wasnt in charge of filling the trucks with gas. [ light laughter ] to be fair to trump, we dont need elbow grease from our president s at times of tragedy, we need their inspirational words. But even there, trump wasnt quite up to the task. We have had a tremendous group of folks. Our acting director, elaine, thank you very much for the job youve done. And a man whos really become very famous on television the last couple days, mr. Long. My hands are too big. Were here to take care. Its going well, and i want to thank you for coming out. Were going to get you back and operating immediately. Thank you, everybody. What a crowd, what a turnout. [ laughter ] seth what is wrong with you, youre the president not a standup comic. [ light laughter ] what a crowd, what a turnout. Thank you, thank you so much for coming out tonight. Oh, what, you had to because your house is under water . Thats my time. [ laughter ] i dont want to say that trump is out of touch with reality, so ill let him say it. Its been a wonderful thing. Its as tough as this was, its been a wonderful thing. I think even for the country to watch out for the world to watch. Its been beautiful. Have a good time, everybody, im going to be doing a little help over here. Seth have a good time, everybody. You know, it reminds me of news caster herbert morrison, and his commentary during the hindenburg disaster. Just look at those beautiful flames arching skyward from that airship. [ laughter ] oh, the humanity, the humanity is having the time of their lives. Have a good time, everybody. Seth and yet, despite his bumbling through staged photo ops, trump seemed to think highly of his performance after harvey. So highly that on friday, he had a group of faith leaders at the white house to declare a national day of prayer and made them take turns praising him. Mr. President , we want to thank you for your leadership. We thank you, the Vice President and your entire team. Dont be shy. What are you since when are you shy . Im im not shy, mr. President. Anybody else . Anybody else . Thank you, mr. President. Right from the beginning, go ahead. Yes, indeed. Pastor yes. Prayer . Lets pray together, may we . Father, i thank you that we have a president , President Donald Trump who believes in the power of prayer. This country has been bitterly divided for decades upon decades and now you have given us a gift. President donald trump. [ audience ohs ] seth far be it from me to criticize god. But hes a terrible gift giver. [ laughter ] did trump come with a gift receipt . [ light laughter ] although im sure, by the way, im sure god would say, a gift . I sent him as a harbinger of doom. Whats wrong with you people . But of course, as quick as he is to praise himself, trump is even quicker to needlessly attack others as he did on saturday, when he was praising Emergency Responders for their heroic work. And out of nowhere, took this false and gratuitous swipe at the media. I hear the coast guard saved 11,000 people. Yes, almost. Think of it, almost 11,000 people by going into winds that the media would not go into. They would not go into those winds. Unless its a really good story, in which case, they will. Seth of course, the media was on those choppers with the coast guard during many of those rescues. Which is why you saw those rescues on the news. [ laughter ] and you certainly didnt see trump going into any dangerous winds. Believe me, you would have noticed. [ laughter and applause ] and of course, the media did work in exceedingly dangerous conditions, flagging down emergency crews in the rain and literally pulling people out of flood waters. Meanwhile, the closest trump has ever come to water is still this. Its rubio. [ laughter ] seth of course, the coast guard and the media werent the only ones braving dangerous conditions to save lives. There were also countless Emergency Responders. Like houston area paramedic jesus contreras. Contreras is protected from deportation under the Obama Era Program known as daca. He spent six Straight Days rescuing people from floodwaters in houston. So how did the president thank him . Well today, trump announced that he was rescinding daca supposedly with a six month delay to allow congress to pass legislation to replace it. Trumps decision throws the lives of nearly 800,000 americans who were brought here as children and who work here and go to school here, into chaos. Now polls have shown consistently that a large majority of americans support letting Daca Recipients known as dreamers stay in the country, which may explain why trump hid behind his attorney general today letting Jeff Sessions make the announcement. All trump could muster was a statement supporting the decision and a tweet urging congress to come up with a solution. Trump tweeted, congress, get ready to do your job. Daca. Trump ends every tweet like hes jumping out from behind a door to scare you. [ laughter ] congress, get ready to do your job, daca. [ laughter and applause ] you should see her face when i said daca. To be clear, Daca Recipients were brought here as children, have known no other country, pay taxes, have no criminal record and are as american as anyone else living here. And this will shock you. With this decision today, trump once again proved himself to be a liar after repeatedly assuring dreamers that he would take care of them and treat them with heart. Is there anything you can say to assure them right now . That theyll be allowed to stay. They shouldnt be very worried. They are here illegally, they shouldnt be very worried, i do have a big heart. Were going to take care of everybody. Should dreamers be worried . We love the dreamers. We love everybody. Were going to show great heart. Daca is a very, very difficult subject for me, i will tell you. To me, its one of the most difficult subjects i have because you have these incredible kids the daca situation is a very, very its a very difficult thing for me. Because, you know, i love these kids. I love kids. I have kids. Seth thats right i have kids and i would only deport one of them. [ laughter and applause ] father, no in fact, trump himself apparently didnt even want to make a decision, and desperately hoped someone else would solve the problem. According to the new york times, for months an anxious and uncertain President Trump was caught between opposing camps in the west wing. Trump, exasperated, asked his aides for a way out of a dilemma he created by promising to roll back the program as a president ial canidate. Something tells me this isnt the only time trump has asked his aides for a way out. I just assume hes been carving a tunnel through the wall of the oval office under a poster of rita hayworth. [ light laughter ] so a president who backed himself into a corner by catering to the racial resentments of his base is now needlessly throwing the lives of hundreds of thousands of hardworking americans into chaos. Which means its now up to congress to do something. Now many republicans urge trump not to end the program, including people like House Speaker paul ryan and Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. But trumps relationship with those republicans is strained. The wall street journal reported yesterday, mcconnells relationship with trump began to fray last month as the gop effort to appeal obamacare was falling apart. Mcconnell often prepared note cards with points he wanted to make during phone calls with the president. Trump was more casual, starting conversations with several minutes of chatter about the days headlines or what he had seen on tv. As it became clear, mcconnell couldnt summon enough republican votes to repeal the Affordable Care act, the Senate Majority leader stopped responding to the president s chit chat. Mitch, the president said when mcconnell fell silent in one call. Are you there. [ light laughter ] incidentally, thats the title of my favorite judy bloom novel. [ light laughter ] so republicans, now treat phone calls with the president the way the rest of us treat phone calls with our grandparents. Hi, grandma, just keep talking, im going to put you on speaker. Wow, that does sound like a lot of pills. [ laughter ] so you have the president needlessly tormenting hundreds of thousands of hard working americans with the cruel and capricious policy that is supported neither by a majority of voters, nor, leader of his own party. So why are republicans continuing to stand by him . Gop congressman Duncan Hunter summed up the core ideology of the modern gop best when he said of trump on friday, to a group of republicans, quote, hes an [ bleep ], but hes our [ bleep ]. [ laughter and applause ] now, im not a licensed proctologist, but congressman, there is something seriously wrong with your [ bleep ]. This has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth well be right back with our friend jake tapper, everybody. 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[ cheers and applause ] also sitting in with us this week, shes one of our favorite drummers, and just back from touring europe, Allison Miller is here, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] give it up for allison. Welcome back. Thank you. Seth our first guest tonight is cnns chief washington correspondent. He hosts the lead weekday afternoons on cnn as well as the networks sunday show, state of the union. Please welcome back to the show our friend jake tapper, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] seth how are you . Im good. Seth yeah. I had a vacation, so im like rested for the First Time Since november . Seth yeah, there hasnt been a lot of rest since november, and now youll be back on. Now this is interesting, when youre on vacation, i assume this happens because of what you do for a living, and because how inside washington you are. People must come up to you all the time to get some wisdom for you. What is the most frequently asked question you are getting these days . The basic theme of it is, are we going to survive . Seth okay. Thats the basic. Seth is that a nice thing to hear on vacation . [ light laughter ] im just you know, im trying to like build a sand castle with my son. [ light laughter ] seth yeah. Yeah, were going to be fine, lady. Thats basically what people want to know, are we going to be okay . Are we going to survive this as a nation . Seth is there also a sense that people want to know from you, as someone who has followed other administrations. Because dont you feel like people are paying more attention to the news maybe than ever before. Do they want to know from you that this is crazy . Like do they want you to confirm their sense that this is outside the realm of whats conventional . Yes, absolutely. They want to know that theyre not you know the whole term about being gaslit, when somebody comes in. Seth yeah. They convince you that youre crazy when theyre the ones being crazy. They want to make sure that like, its not normal for a president to make fun of disabled people, right . Thats not normal. [ light laughter ] seth yeah, right. Correct. Seth there you go. [ laughter ] and then they walk off down the beach and they go honey, ive got good news, were going to live and were normal. [ light laughter ] i never said anything about were going to live. [ light laughter ] seth so, what about today, is this very much in line with what we should expect from the president . He said he loves the dreamers, they have nothing to worry about, he takes this action with daca today. Is this very much normal . Its normal in the sense that this is part of the policy edge of President Trump, where he maybe doesnt fully understand all the promises that he makes. I really think thats whats going on. Im not quite sure that he fully comprehends that the 800,000 people that have temporary protections from president obamas questionable in terms of its constitutionality, provision, whether he knows that they a, will once the programs over, they will be subject to deportation, but also, b, and this isnt something thats getting lots of attention, to become a daca applicant, you have to actually apply. And you hand over all your personal information, your phone number, your address, and now the government has that. And when the department of Homeland Security put out their guidance today, they said they wouldnt proactively turn it over to immigration officials, but they would under certain circumstances give it if asked. So not only are these people vulnerable, now the government knows where they live. Seth so theyre actually more vulnerable for having gone through the daca program then they were ahead of time as far as being able to be detected . As of right now, potentially. Yeah, absolutely. Its odd. Seth youve been very critical of the president. Youve been critical of other president s though as well. As you were talking about daca, you pointed out that there was some questionable constitutionality as to what barack obama did. You have become a huge i think, a lot of people on the left have looked to you to be this voice of reason, but there was a time when the