governor rendell have to go to you. if conor lamb in his early 30's, former military man, you know, kind of a moderate democrat, he pulls out a victory, what does it say to you? >> well, first of all, it is indicative of what's going on across the nation. this is our 19th special election. and every one of them the democrats have picked up a substantial percentage of the vote from where they were in '16. that's a good sign for the democrats. but understand, the 18th is good trump country. the president has a 51% favorable rating according to the monmouth poll in the district. it's solid trump country. lamb turned out to be a terrific candidate. he did a good job of not letting the republicans nationalize the race. he is a moderate. he is pro-life. is he moderate on guns. he is very intelligent candidate. he did a good job with the steelworks and the coal miners. got their endorsement. if he wins, and it's still close, i have it at 700 votes with 36 precincts left to be cast. if he wins it, will be a credit to him. >> la

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ed rendell, last word to you on the tariff question. is it your sense the president brought this issue up specifically around the politics of it as it plays in pennsylvania 18? and do you think this is a positive for the president, is this a policy that is going to earn republican votes? >> well, he brought it up to help mr. saccone. he's not doing it because connor lamb came out and endorsed the tariffs as well. connor lamb is endorsed by the local steel workers. that is not a strategy likely to help very much. the steel workers are solidsly behind connor lamb. as far as the president coming into districts, kasie, i'd like to invite him into congressman costello's district to campaign. >> congressman costello's district that is looking to change dramatically for the worst for mr. costello. thank you both so much for your time tonight. >>> we have much more to come. inside a battle that left dozens of russian mercenerys dead. we are going to dig into this under story. plus in our 8:00 hour i'll talk with olympian adam rippon. first form

and ed rendell.fter the relates come let's bring in austin, texas, the mayor of london, sadik khan. giving an address at the southwest by southwest conference. he delivers his keynote speech later today. if i understand correctly, mr. mayor, you, like me, are a liverpool fan and if that is, in fact, the case, i expect at least half of your remarks to cover the absolutely horrific officiating and the man u match this past weekend. >> morning, joe. it's an outrage. serious questions have to be asked about that referee. i always use the words long suffering before describing myself as a liverpool fan because you and i grew up on the glory days where our team did so well but it's always embarrassing as the mayor of london. we have five premier league teams. explaining that i support liverpool. you will know, joe, you can change your spouse, you can change your job, you can change where you live. you don't change who you support. >> no, you certainly don't. chances are good, mr. mayor, we may meet up in l

tom: governor rendell, thank you so much.th district elections through the day. kevin cirilli is there. markets" later today. look for that in the 8:00 hour. from london and new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." president trump has issued an executive order stopping broad, dcom fromiring -- broa acquiring qualcomm. he cited national security concerns for the order. when you look at the reasoning behind this, can you say without a doubt that the trump administration is much more america first that it now extends to the technology sector? francine.right, isn't from china or even really from singapore. this company in transition coming back to the u.s. in november they joined mr. trump in the white house. at the time trump seemed pro-broadcom, so this is a very unexpected move. the technology sector has always the u.s. hasg that always been strong on blocking deals. these companies have not even agree to do a deal yet. all we were looking at was broadcom trying to get -- on its board. franc

offenses under the constitution president but there have been eyes he's behind the move to oust said rendel but a few months ago the tear to challenge sidenote and another government official or blitz month conchita carpio morale is to resign morales leads an independent agency that investigates corrupt government officials many here say that efforts to remove them may be part of a plan to intimidate the judiciary so the third to can wield more control as early as two thousand. already many. government would buy. congress and the. constitution mean there ought to be resistance. we are after all a democracy and. best we can despite the challenges. we are doing what we can to be able to step up and act as a check and balance on the overarching overreaching executive department it is not the first time going to a government official has been subjected to such proceedings and their dictator the staunchest critic senator lie little lima is accused of protecting the illegal drug street she's now in their police detention. and joins us live now from manila so what are what is the latest with this

ed rendell is with us, former governor of pennsylvania.o have democrats on the show. can't get many of them on but one question. what is wrong with trump's growth plan? >> there are certain elements that are good but certain elements are bad. what it does to the deficit and the debt, the national debt is tragic and will have long-term consequences. they will eat away and the road. stuart: what did you say when the democrat administration of pres. obama was running the debt from $10 trillion-$20 trillion in 28 years. >> the same thing. we had something called a campaign to fix the debt and we decry anyone who causes the debt to grow. we were strong supporters, i was a supporter of simpson bowles which was a bipartisan plan to do something about the debt that never got and acted. stuart: i did see the democrats plan which everyone released last week that would raise the tax on upper income earners, raise the tax on businesses, bring back the alternative minimum tax and one other thing which escapes me at the moment, another tax, they would u

now this, more than 20 years ago, then mayor ed rendell began chipping away at philadelphia's infamous onerous city wage tax, lots of folks believe the tax was driving businesses and residents out of philadelphia. well, rendell's successor john street kept up the reductions as did his successor michael nutter, here's nutter addressing the city council with the 2015 working address >> we've lowered wage business taxes bringing the wage tax rate below 4% fors first time since the 1970 as much as >> i heard a variation of that line over and over and over past 20 years. philly mayors bragging about cutting taxes. here's the thing. reductions enacted by those mayors and city council were almost without exception comically pathetically tiny. from fiscal 2014 to 2015, for example, the resident wage tax rate dropped from 3.924% all the way to 3.920%. on an income of $50,000 per year, the tax savings would have been, $2. the next year, the tax saving on that 50 grand would have been $4.90. the year after that, another 4.90 and in fiscal 2018, the tax savings on the latest wage tax cut was $4.85

carson rendell, a senior at benicia high, organized a group of his peers to go to the town hall - andno, this wasn't an assignment from a teacher.they were there as thompson bragged about his 'f' rating with the n-r-a.some people asked about a national gun registry.the congressman's bill explicitly prohibits the federal government from creating one, and thompson says the idea of a registry would never gain traction.but his bill would also provide grant money to states to help them submit information to the backgrounf check system."i don't think assault weapons have any place in a civilian society (applause)."so what about those teens who showed up.would they support the bill if áthey were voting in congress?"i would. because i think at this point any step in the right direction is a good step."thompson says he was impressed by the showing of high school students."it makes me feel good. it makes me feel good about today and about tomorrow. this is our future. these kids get it." (reporter)thompson, who is a gun owner himself, also explained he thinks high- capacity magazines should be

governor rendell, this is donald trump jr.ut what this race comes down to and he said to getting out the vote. we can't be lazy, we have to get people out there. will it be about getting out the vote and if you do have a large voter turnout, who does that favor? >> prior to the president's arrival on saturday night it showed the democrats were turning out 10%, 12% higher than republicans. if that reaches 15%, that mar n margin, democrats will win. the monmouth poll shows 51% of the people in the district have a favorable opinion of president trump. so if they lose in this district with those numbers, that portends an absolute landslide in november. almost a tidal wave election. if they can't hold a district that he won by 20 and what can they carry? >> in that event that we just saw there he was asked about vaughn hillyard is it fair the criticism the republican party, the national republican party, has had of rick saccone that some members have been down on him including some criticism the president himself was not a big fan

. >> joining us now is ed rendell, former mayor of philadelphia.ood to see you, sir. >> good to see you, chris. >> all right, so read the tea leaves for us. how do you see this going? do you think conor lamb can pull off the upset in the 18th district? >> yeah, i think if the enthusiasm level stays where it is with democrats 10, 15% more likely to vote than republicans, i think conor lamb will win. even if he loses by two or three points, it's a shocking result as your commentator said. this is a district that donald trump won by 20 points and even more importantly it's a district where according to the monmouth poll 51% of the voters still have a favorable opinion of donald trump. if they can't win in that election, if donald trump can't bring out voters who are favorably inclined to him to vote for the republican congressional candidates in this district, what's going to happen to them in suburban philadelphia or suburban cleveland or suburban detroit? they're going to get killed. >> suburban voters have been a concern. we heard some gop local pa

. >> chris was speaking with former governor ed rendell earlier this morning. is a lesson for democrats in that they're seeing a much more moderate candidate put himself forward who in many ways aligns more with some republican voters there. is that a concern for you, that we're starting to see a shift see perhaps what's great for the voters, how much of that is a concern and is a focus? >> i'm worried the democrats will get smart. when they got the majority in the house and the senate back in 2006, it was on the back of finding democratic candidates that you couldn't call radical. this nation is not a radical nation. we're a very centrist nation. when the democrats portray themselves as being more moderate, they do much better. i think this democratic candidate, mr. lamb has been smart to disassociate himself from nancy pelosi, from some of the progressive, more radical voices in his party? if he were to win today, he's going to vote with nancy pelosi on all the major issues most likely. that will be his decision to make. if he doesn't make with her, he'll be