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still has 20 active candidates. theirs may interrupt your live time play list. >> hello, spotify, i'm mayor pete buttigieg. but it's not too late. hello spotify, i'm mayor pete buttigieg, we're living in a moment even more than what the presidency suggests. >> back to 2020 and a lot to tackle at this hour. but we begin with the mixed headlines from the president. trump's snub, a week, a rollback and much confusion. in politico, trump's whiplash week. economic times is a sign of vaul nernlt for trump. and from "the guardian," quote, i am the chosen one. confusion, whip lish, vulnerability and coherence, not the tip of rhetoric you want to

toss around if your mood depends on media coverage. with me to shed their reporting on an week. indicate collins. and. you reported this crime yesterday with the president where he contradicted several things that he had said, just the day before. and again, if the republicans are on capitol hill and you're wondering is the president going to make us take tough votes on gun, you need clarity and consistency, you're not getting it. if you're trying to figure out does the president has a plan, as it teeters possibly towards recession, what is his plan, you're all over the map. >> you're seeing the reporting about what's going on at the white house and in president trump's mind and what he's hearing come true. where you saw multiple lobbying him with gun control where he was going to go with that. you saw the president flip-flop back and forth in a matter of hours talking about background checks. the economy, it was reported they did not have a backup plan

if there was a recession or what they were going to do to stave off the economic downturn. you see the president saying, yes, one day, i support the tax cut and the next day, you're seeing the president going back and forth on things while he's trying to express confidence that he's, "a," got republicans on gun role even those they're worried to support anything. and "b," he's saying the economy is fine but we know behind the scenes they're actually fretting about it. >> again, this is great political chatter in washington, what is the plan, why do they keep switching. if you're a farmer and trying to figure out should i borrow big and plant big next year. and what if the fed won't cut interest rates again. is the administration going to do to jugs the economy to keep out a recession. if you're looking for an answer this week, you are confused. >> payroll tax is something that we think about. and a lot of people would like to see that, and that very much

affects the workers of our country. so, we're talking about indexing and we're always looking at the capital gains tax, payroll tax. >> the president says he's always. now, he says he's not. >> yeah, that was actually an interesting pivot for me this week, from going from always to never. so, it's really hard to figure out what the president's up to. this is all just kind of based on his last conversation. here's an interesting thing, john. so, i was reporting on guns yesterday. and i've talked to multiple republican senators and staff. and they're kind of just igno ignoring this right now, because they say we're not able to figure this out until we get back. they say there's actual serious discussions going on with the white house staff. they're trying to figure something out. so, i think we've gotten used to this a little bit. and people are saying, well, we have to ignore it and kind of go on our own and see what happens at the moment. >> so, at the moment where you have to make a real decision. but if you're cory gardner,

you're a republican, up in colorado, you got the suburbs to worry about. you might be thinking maybe we should do something about background checks. he's got a rural part of that state, he has to be careful. and others saying, there's some laws in place. you're looking to the president. what should we do? is he going to ask us or push us to do something? again, let's check in the last few days and if you're looking for an answer, you're confused. >> i'm looking to do background checks, i think background checks are important. >> people don't realize, we have very strong background checks right now. >> i have to tell you, it is a mental problem, i've said it a hundred times, it's not the gun that pulls the trigger, it's the person that pulls the trigger. >> i have an appetite for background checks. we're going to be doing background checks. >> number one, that's the same guy in the span of 72 hours. imagine if you're susan collins,

you have to hide. unless you're willing to stake your question and not change no matter what if you're not sure yourself and say let's see what the president wants, what are you going to do? and you see that with white house aides sort of undercut by president trump. who else always had this ideological core where he's pushing one thing consistently. he's awfully flexible. and we're seeing that in realtime this week in sort of a microscope you that don't normally see. you usually see one issue with him maneuvering now. it's multiple issues making it confusing for any politician trying to get in line with the president. it's hard for his opponents to figure out how to counter him. joe biden has talked about some of the tax policies that president trump is talking about. it's hard for him to fully go after it because they don't know exactly where he stands on so many different things. >> remember in 2016, he bragged about how he likes to be pred t

predictable. there are some issues where consistency and clarity would actually be helpful. >> i think under background checks, in particular, it's especially tricky because, with "the wall street journal" poll this week, tell shows over 90% of people support background checks in some way or form. for a lot of these vulnerable republicans and for president trump to sort of politically counter what seems to be a majority of people supporting an issue, i think it's going to be very interesting to see how he keeps trying to do that, while also appeasing his base in the nra. >> and you're here, do you this first hand. those of you who cover the white house. those of you with the president say he's concerned. some say rattled. by the signals by the economy. is the economy going to dip into recession. i'm a broken record on this,

george h.w. bush who had a relatively mild recession before he ran for election. he kept telling people that it was over, they didn't believe him. there's history to tell you whatever your name is, you don't want this to happen. just in recent weeks, gauging downward. another yield curve and version. that's usually a warning sign of potential recession. and talking about the president's tools to deal with this. a lot of them could be government spending to stimulate the economy but the budget deficit is about to hit a trillion dollars. a lot of conservatives would be up in arms if spending is the way to juice the economy. >> especially if you're going to spend it on greenland. i'm not sure what the impact. you know, i think this is what's really got them. and i think they're reading the same poll numbers we're reading. his numbers are not good right now. he's rising -- his disapproval is really going up. they know that and i think they're rattled. he's trying to figure that out. >> to that point, a brand-new

monmouth poll out, should the president be re-elected or time for somebody else? 39% says re-elect. 57%, someone new. that's a bad number. the mood of the country, you start the election season with the mood of the country being we're looking. not that we like the incumbent, but we're looking. here's another one, 3.7% in the country. the economy is doing well since day one of the administration. he inherited a strong economy. are we going in the right direction or the right track? only 28 think the country is going in the right direction. more than 6 in 10. with a lot of republicans say the country is on the wrong track. >> the swing districts in that poll, too. 300 swing districts. in those districts, trump generally did well in 2016. but he only has sort of 37% support in those right now. so, you talked about cory gardner, those kind of people trying to win over those swing districts at a time when trump

is sort of dragging them down. and with bad times in the economy on the horizon. >> and it all goes back to the economy. because of those people who do approve of the job that the president is doing, one of their main reasons is the economy. that's what he banks on time and time again. despite what will he tweets. what world leader he insults. what policy he flip-flops and reverses on, the president has repeatedly gone back to the economy. when we talk to people in his rallies, we say does it bother you when he sends a tweet about a congress or lawmaker saying this, what is your response to that, they point to the economy. they say we're doing well. so the white house knows, if they lose that, it's going to be really difficult for them to make the argument for why he should be re-elected. >> we saw in 2018, the erratic behavior of the president, the combustible tweets and the like. the president says it will be different when he's in the balance l ballot in 2020. just in. a source telling cnn as many as

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the governor of washington jay inslee quickly moving on to his next chapter. he bowed out of the democrat race last night. just moments ago said he intended to seek a third term. inslee bowing out, but the democratic field is crowded. 22 candidates, some don't campaign that actively, but official, still a candidate. 22 candidates in the democratic race, now when will the win noeing come, we'ring seeing in significantly. next month in houston. possible one or two more could. the deadline is next week. right now, the ten qualify for the next debate. it's hard to keep oxygen in the race if you're not on it's debate stage. the next round is october. we'll see if we have more candidates by then. the same five have been the top

five going back to june. that would be former vice president joe biden, senators elizabeth warren, bernie sanders and kamala harris. and south bend mayor pete bea y buttigieg. the top five as the other candidates break through. that has been the problem, eric swalwell wanted to run on gun issues. he dropped out. jay inslee conceding, i tried. i wanted to make climate change issue but couldn't break through. >> we had 130,000 people heap me in the campaign but it's clear i'm not going to be carrying the ball. i'm not going to become president. so i'm bowing out of the race. i've never been so confident of the american in each critical mass to move the ball. i believe we are going to have a candidate to fight this battle. >> is there a lesson here? is it just a candidate? interesting guy, governors usually thrive in presidential

politics. not in this cycle, it appears. there's only one governor left. that the lesson or something else, just a crowded field, he got in late, couldn't find his place? >> i think it's probably that. in a crowded field, you need to stand out. i instruct that governors are not faring well in this. accomplished governors from important states. and inslee has a single issue of climate change that he was pushing that just did not catch on in a broad way. i think also, you should think about with some of those candidates the sense of pride that they sort of lost. and they have another job to sort of go to, where hickenlooper is now running for senate in colorado. and inslee will run for governor. they had something else to go to. so, they had a reason to drop out. >> it makes a point. my first campaign was covering governor michael dukakis in massachusetts.

to governor inleighslee' point, much of the political conversation has movered to washington. even predonald trump. he ned in new york magazine the way the campaign was set up, the debate rules i mean, set up to eliminate the prospects of those who did not. would bill clinton and jim? carter have thrived under these rules? he asks the question. two valid points, with jimmy carter and bill clinton also had much smaller fields back then. i think the size of the field has made it very hard. >> i think the financial damage you that mention said a real thing we're seeing. we're seeing nine house representatives and senators transfer more than $40 million to their presidential campaign committees. this is something that governors can't do because they don't have federal campaign committees. this is something we saw kristin gillibrand doing. i think that is a valid point.

and i think that's something that governor hickenlooper who dropped out brought up as well. >> and i don't know how long he can survive. one of the interesting candidates, outsider candidates andrew yang showing shade. this is in a tweet. eric swalwell and hickenlooper all have other races. it does make you wonder who else could drop out in the days to come. i'm going to out to say yang is unlikely to be the democratic candidate for president. stll not a message in that? >> well, social media, and the ability to attract attention. some of these governors they're fairly -- i don't want to say -- staid, that's not the right word. but they're pretty establishment. they don't want to be too provocati provocative, that costs them a little bit. >> and the intimidation that you

have another job to go to, is an interesting one that could appeal to voters. they see the field is so crowded it's hard for people not working regular jobs to distinguish which candidate is who and which one son which platform, they might have that attitude as well. you saw it with people like beto o'rourke where people were saying he should drop out and run for jon cornyn's senate seat. ural potentially going to see that from voters saying you can be in that other job, run for senator and others. so we don't end up with this field where they don't have someone. >> i still think this was good for jay inslee. it got him out there on the national stage. he's a fairly young guy. he's got a future. there's also this what's the downside of running in these crowded fields. you can stay in there and get international attention. >> i think he made a call if there is a down side, sometimes,

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$16 trillion version to combat climate change earlier today. it targets the fossil fuel industry. calls for 100% renewable energy by 2030. there are steep cuts in investments and the solar grid. and the creation of 20 million new union jobs. the focus on unions is providing a new shift for another sanders policy, medicare for all. many unions have made concessions on wages and work rules in recent years to protect those health benefits. so sanders is promising a tradeoff if he enacts his medicare for all plan if elected president. sanders says he would require companies with union health care plans to keep coverage for anything not handled by medicare for all. and he says, he would require those companies to pass on any savings in their health care costs to the union workers. >> we are talking green new deal. you're looking at perhaps the

strongest pro-union member of the united states. we're going to work with unions. what they will be able to do is take health care off the table because their members will have comprehensive health care as a union right as any other american. then they can sit down and negotiate the decent wages and decent benefits. >> now, this has caused the additional hem for union workers here. sanders campaign says he is not and how dare you suggest he's changing his plan medicare for all. they say he's just doing something on the side to deal with the union issues here. this has caused a bit of a stir today in the field. they're attacking the newspaper saying they got the story wrong. we could put up the tweets actually. the staff director at "washington post," columnist here it goes, the policy director throughout. sanders' adviser taking issue with jeff base zezobezos, sayin all about jeff bezos, he's

dealing with it on the side. and some on the side saying, wait a minute, when that plan, sanders saying you're not being pure here. you got to do it my way or you're not doing it the right way. >> clearly, it's a concession from sanders from the heat he was getting from labor unions. you saw him allude to support for labor unions in that press exchange yesterday. this is causing a problem. i think a lot of union members like their negotiated health care plans. and that's been the crux of the problem for a lot of people in getting on board with medicare for all. sanders is attempting to win them back, with this -- with this concession. he may not be wholly changing his medicare for all plan. but he is trying to sort of tweak the way that he talks about it in order to get that support. >> to that point, joe biden speaking to the same union conference saying medicare for all would take away your

union-provided health care benefits. i won't. >> -- negotiate it really hard for your benefits with your union, with the employer. and my plan, you get to keep it. you don't have to give it up. you'll be able to keep your negotiated plan. you work like hell. you gave up wages for it. and it's better than many -- many of them are better than the plans that are out there now. >> this is going to be a flash point in the next debate anyway. but i think even more so now that sanders' rivals, and again, they say they're not changing his plan or making this concession or side proposal, i think we'll see fireworks here. >> joe biden is right. a lot of these union plans are gold-plated. they're really good health insurance. you don't pay for anything. there's no co-pays. it's just that recognition that we all knew at the beginning, that first debate where everybody says we're going to eliminate private health insurance when people got on fwlord. americans want people to have health care coverage. they also want to have a role in

choosing their health care coverage. through their private employer. it's just a fact and that's their recognition on that. >> you saw vice president biden leading the polls saying build on obama care. michael bennet trying to move into what you call tcentrist spt in the race. jumping on this yesterday as well, the convoluted maneuver by senator sanders, bernie's rewrite is the latest medicare for all candidate moving away from the plan in the face of the fact that it's both bad policy and bad politics. now that senator sand serious reversing, senator warren and the other candidates should reconsider. senator harris was the original sponsor of the sanders plan, she has an alternative. senator sanders is saying i'm not changing my plan. i have a side thing. senator bennett wants a piece.

>> also watch senator warren on this. she has said she's with bernie on medicare for all. but she, despite being known for all of her plans has not yet identified one yet. so, i think she's in an interesting spot to try to find some territory that sort of keeps her lane in the left. but for wins over the other people to figure out how to deal with it. >> and that's why i don't think the jill biden argument whoever can beat trump should be the nominee. because people do care about health care plans that greatly affect their lives. they are looking at this. and they want to know, if they do have someone who beats trump, what is it going to look like when that person is in office. what is their health care plan going to look like. so, they paying close attention to these rollouts. >> i also think it's interesting this is the third plan that senator sanders has released just this week. this safer polling where we've

seen senator warren rising. of course, she's the one known to come out with many plans and we're seeing senator sanders follow this week. >> his campaign getting more loudly this week, they're saying because they believe of media bias. sande sanders, it was a one-on-one race last time, almost beat her. but you have an incumbent and a different race. john hickenlooper, no longer a presidential candidate. he's running for the senate. applebee's handcrafted burgers now starting at $7.99. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood her saturdays are a never- ending montage of comfort.

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topping our political radar today, president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani

insists there was nothing unethical about his recent meeting with a ukrainian official. giuliani said the meeting was about then joe biden's possible role in the dismissal of a ukrainian prosecutor. that prosecutor was investigating a natural gas company hired by his son hunter. no evidence has shown that biden did anything inappropriate. a day after addressing the afl-cio convention, beto o'rourke out with a new plan to protect workers' rights. o'rourke 21st century labor contract he calls it aims to increase the union by ensuring any worker who wants to join a union has that opportunity. and the collective bargaining rights and over time and sick pay. and it would guarantee a living wage. and later week, he was a democratic candidate. this week, john hickenlooper is a senate candidate back home in colorado. i know changing washington is hard. but i want to give it a shot.

♪ i'm not done fighting for the people of colorado. i'm john hickenlooper, candidate for the united states senate. >> democrats are happy. to get a former governor in the senate race, in a state that you hope turns blue, runs blue in the presidential election. no tickets floating anymore. but hickenlooper even acknowledges this in the ad. repeatedly said who the heck would want to be in the united states senate. now, he want to be in the united states senate. >> and then he said he wasn't cut out to be a senator not too long today. now, he does want to try to run for the senate. i think he can be successful. as you said, democrats are excited because they're trying to get the senate back. they are trying to get three seats to do so. and he's got a chance because of moderate policies. you hear in the ad talking about protecting pre-existing

conditions. something that voters were increasingly worried about in the election. worried about republicans stripping them of that. going back to what i said about beto o'rourke, people hoping they will drop out and run for senate. >> you saw his goofy sentiment in that ad which colorado residents know about. his ads in the past have shown him in the shower in his clothes. or jumping out of an airplane. i think he's known for that which does not really translate to his presidential campaign. in part, because it's quite a field. i think in colorado, he maybe has a better shot and given trump's unpopularity in the state, i think that could help him, depending who the nominee is. >> former bar owner, appropriate to be playing pool. i suspect that trick shot was set up. i think he is popular in colorado. not the first guy to say he's not going to do something and

then run. i was talking about top republicans last night, they're worried about cory gardner and john hickenlooper. the next shot for chuck schumer is to get the montana governor into the race. they think that changing the map for them. >> colorado has been trending blue, anyway. but the suburban revolt of president trump gets them -- >> and cory gardner, a good candidate. >> that's what the democrats are hoping for that the state goes blue for president and senate. we shall see. up next, the big debate over how to end america's longest war. hing, i apply topical pain relievers first. salonpas lidocaine patch blocks pain receptors for effective, non-addictive relief. salonpas lidocaine. patch, roll-on or cream. hisamitsu.

the nation's longest war. two more american soldiers were killed in afghanistan on wednesday. 2019 is the deadliest year for american troops in afghanistan in the past five years. the pentagon inspector general says isis is getting stronger, not weaker and that includes in afghanistan. and united states resume iing es with the taliban. some in congress like republican lindsey graham want assurances before the united states pulls out. but president trump again this week saying he wants to end u.s. involvement. and end it quickly.

>> we've been there for 18 years. it's ridiculous. look, it's 18 years. we're like -- we're not really fighting. we're almost more of a police force over there. it's been so many years, but we're like a police force. and we're not supposed to be a police force. >> 2020 democrats also not making the case to stay. listen here, the leading democratic candidate joe biden. >> i strongly oppose maintaining combat troops in afghanist afghanistan. not going to be the world policemen. the notion that we have full combat forces there makes no sense to me at this point. >> our military diplomatic analyst reared miller john kirby joins the conversation. there's no appetite to stay for a long time. >> sure. but there's no application to get out, especially negotiating

with the taliban. but not being nice with the afghan government. >> that's right. and not providing to be that useful in going after terrorist forces. look, the taliban is not a monolithic organization, john. they all speak for one another. and they're not exactly trustworthy in terms of negotiating partners. it's important that we see the negotiation that they're working on. it's laudable that they're doing it. but we need to remember, and this gets to what biden and trump just said. that even the preliminary reports that we're hearing is there's going to be a residual amount of troops in afghanistan to do counterterrorism. that's important. we were there for it to become a safe haven. we need to stay there for a while to make it happen. even if they ink a deal it's not the end of the war in afghanistan. >> and lindsey graham wants to

certify that u.s. national security interests are okay here. you've seen complaints from liz cheney and the like saying we would like a peace deal, but, mr. president, i'm not sure you're on the right path with what you're doing now. and then the president himself complicates things when you're trying to have clarity. in an incredibly dicey situation when he says things like this. >> as i've said, and i'll say it any number of times and this is not using nuclear. we could win that war in a week if we want to fight it. but i'm not looking to kill 10 million people. i'm not looking to kill 10 million avenfghans because that what would happen. >> i don't know what to say to that. he's talked about bombing before. >> a lot of cringing at the pentagon when the pled makes remarks like that which we've seen him say multiple times. we should also note when the president was on his vacation in

bedminster, he did meet with officials up there. but a buildup with people who left that meeting, aevdz when they had left, they didn't feel they came to a grand conclusion where they were going to make an open announcement. but the president makes comments like that not only in front of the cameras but he as makes them in meetings like this where they're talking about what the exit strategy is going to be. >> what is the level at the pentagon, when you say we're going to have a meeting to end the war, the people in the front line, the generals and admirals to get people out of harm's way they want to get out as quickly as anybody, but they don't want to go back. >> sure. and you don't want a sustained history. the whole idea of having people in syria, just liafghanistan iso help indigenous forces get better. it's not to say we're going to

pull out because the avenfghan security forces, they want to governor afghanistan again. >> and even though the inspector general's report from the pentagon did say in fact that is what it is. and that came about because of the way the president withdrew those troops from syria which of course, we know the last secretary resigned in protest over it. >> it's a dicey moment. next for us, you heard that rumor about nikki haley? neither have we. for your heart...

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junior retweeted this one. voted i'm voting for trump. if he loses i'm grabbing my musket. and a december 21st tweet, obama is a muslim. happy new year. so this would be a controversial challenge. >> and for never-trumpers, kind of pointing the image into a guy sounds a lot like trump, sort of what trump came out of, i think it's an interesting marriage at the moment. >> do you think maybe he's doing this for attention, maybe going too far out there for that? >> it's possible, possible. nikki haley, back in june there was a "wall street journal" piece written saying president trump looking a little weak in the suburbs he should dump mike pence and pick up nikkc nikki h. i haven't heard it, anyone else, interesting. enough with the false rumors. vice president mike pence has

been a dear friend of mine for years. he has my complete support. did she need to tell us that? >> i'm sure that made mike pence feel good. i think nikki haley has political aspirations beyond this next presidential cycle and saw the need to maybe get her name back out there. >> i'd also like to spread rumors that i intend to win the heisman this year but this is not my year. >> i better tell my bookie. i put that bet on yesterday, i'm not sure i can get it back. okay. governor haley, ambassador, haley, we're here for you. mitch mcconnell hurt his shoulder. had surgery. wrote one op-ed the other day, essentially laying down the marker for hong kong. and yesterday, the filibuster plays a crucial rule in our controversial order. a lot of democrats saying you got to get rid of the filibuster. mitch mcconnell saying not while i'm about. >> which is saying be careful

what you wish for. and pushing that around. i do think the timing was interesting. maybe it's a little sense that mcconnell thinks he might lose the senate. i don't know, interesting timing. >> i want to close with this one. we focus a lot, the president's numbers are in rough shape. how about congress, new monmouth poll, approve of the job congress is doing? 17%. disapproval? 71%. how does that break. we have a divided governor -- a republican house and democratic senate. divided everybody? >> it doesn't seem to be a popular time to be a member of congress. i think this is interesting given the retirement with the republican party, if this continues, if that gets more of a retirement announcement. >> i hope governor hickenlooper doesn't see that. >> 17% approve. 17% approve. okay. thanks for joining us today on "inside politics." hope to see you back here

tomorrow. if you send us any twitter questions, you can hear the answers on some of our podcasts. brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. ♪ >> i'm brianna keilar live from washington headquarters. under way right now, as the president grows more erratic, white house officials are reportedly growing more concerned about his behavior. meanwhile, the deficit growing faster than expected. the bond market just inverted again and manufacturing is weak which means the president may not be able to dismiss the economic red flags for much longer. plus, more arrests for mass shooting threats including a hotel cook plotting to gun down this co-workers and guests. and the amazon is burning toward a report rate