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Former Vice President Mike Pence said during an interview over the weekend that if he decides to run for president, he will make an announcement soon.
Tuesday’s CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today followed up their Monday attempts to smear tens of millions of conservatives and Republicans as responsible for Friday’s brutal attack on Paul Pelosi by insisting the suspect was engaged in “far-right extremism” and tied to both the Tea Party movement and the 2010 GOP wave.
It as appropriate to break the law. we swore allegiance to the constitution. >> let's bring in roberta costa, national political reporter for the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst. robert, thanks for being with us this morning. i want to start with the "post" report. basically saying the president wants to complete hundreds of miles of border wall. and he doesn't mind what it takes in order to get that done, as long as he is able to fast track it. what do you make of that reporting and subsequently of the chief of staff for the vice president denying it? >> president trump, stymied...
To apply black paint or coat to go all new barrier fencing. is there really anyone left who can dial him back on this issue? >> the people who are running immigration policies are not necessarily at the agencies. it is president trump himself having his own fingerprints on a lot of this policy, along with steven miller, the top adviser on domestic policy at the white house. he used to be an aide to jeff sessions. hard liners on immigration are driving the policy. the president himself is trying to wrap his hands politically and policy-wise around the wall. that is shaping how everything unfold...
Hovering on the edge of recession. other parts of europe and asia are looking worse, too. but secondly, people are very concerned, indeed, in business about the impact of the trade war. and it's the uncertainty that's causing great concern. much of the consumer data is backward looking. businesses are providing the forward-looking data. that's what's starting to flash red and that's the reason that the stock markets have been on this wild, crazy roller coaster ride in recent days as ever august, a very nasty bellwether ahead for the markets. >> and robert costa, when you look at this political...