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>> 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 extremely false statements gain some traction in conservative
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.
with our panel, athena jones. there in west palm beach, florida. i want to bring in that panel. jewel, author of the fierce urgency of now, michael daley and lynn, the washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times." yu julian, the swedish embassy has responded to president trump's clarification, tweeting we look forward to informing the u.s. administration about swedish immigration and immigration policies. do you think president trump understands the possible ramifications that can come from his statements particularly when he's talking about other countries? >> well, i don't know if he understands it or not. but he and his people surround ing him need to. presidential rhetoric matters and a few words can make a big difference and here, we see with one speech w a little part of that speech, he's now caused this diplomatic back and forth. and we've seen historically how the words of presidents can have
many who opposed the soviet union because of its atheism now view russia as christianity's front line against the new civilizational enemy, islam. joining us, the washington bureau chief for "mother jones." what do you make of that, because vladimir putin has certain problems with islamic terrorism even within his realm, and because he's fighting that he is the friend of others who are fighting that. >> i think it's ingenious but way unnecessarily complicated. i think you can explain how most republicans are reacting to putin now is that when this hook gets into you, you are dragged to places you would never have gone. now the party is trapped. it's got this president-elect
republican party doesn't see it that way. before trump, republican leaders generally described the united states as fighting an ideological struggle fwenls the enemies of freedom. now trump and his advisers describe fighting a struggle against the enemies of the west seen through the very different lens. muslims look more nefarious, and vladimir putin looks more benign. many who opposed the soviet union because of its atheism now view russia as christianity's front line against the new civilizational enemy, islam. joining us, the washington bureau chief for "mother jones." what do you make of that, because vladimir putin has certain problems with islamic
thank you. i would like to bring in a professor at the school of international service and university. she's author of the book, "going to teheran." an independent journalist working on u.s. foreign policy and ron, the washington bureau chief at the jewish telegraphicic agency, thank you for being here. >> pleasure. >> are we at war? i heard martin say escalating military tensions. at what point do we call this war? >> i think you called it a war. you can call it a war as soon as israel started carrying out air strikes. more than 1,000 air strikes, the vernacular is many war or war, but it's a war just like the operation in 2012 was a war in the operation in 2009 is a war. whether it escalates into a ground operation, which would be much more open ended, is another question. i think that, you know, the way to view that, whether this goes into a ground operation is to
>> thank you so much. secretary hilda solis, thanks for being with us. joining me now to take a closer look at the economy and october jobs numbers, and our fiscal future, david, the washington bureau chief for "the new york times" thanks for joining us. >> of course. >> what is your impression from these numbers and the sort of positive jobs report but one that still shows some work needs to be done in terms of overall economic growth? >> i think that's a really nice summary of it. this is a good report. when you look at both the revisions normal revisions that the labor department made to its earlier estimates which are based on incomplete information, with the new data they gave us for last month, with a couple of the other surveys that are in this report what you see is this was significantly stronger than i expected and the consensus forecast of it was. when you dig into the details you see other nice little positive details like the decline in par time work, where the jobs that are out there are