steve schmidt joins us. [leaf blower] you should be mad at leaf blowers.] you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. and you should be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade which isn't complicated. their tools make trading quicker and simpler. so you can take on the markets with confidence. don't get mad. get e*trade and start trading today. >>> this should have been done by all of the presidents that preceded me and they all know it. some of them have told me that we should have done it. so we're not playing games. we have to do it. >> none of them told you that. none of them. there's no shortage of trump lies and misleading claims about immigration, but that one, that one on friday reached a new level of stupidity because of how easy it was to prove him wrong. none. no. not a single former living president, and i'm going to bet not a dead one, either, told trump they wanted to build a wall. it was a comment so ridiculous even vice president pence couldn't defend it. >> which former

and gene robinson, your reaction to the president's speech. >> well, it was, i think, steve schmidt said it was low energy. it certainly was that. he's not very good at the teleprompter thing. you know, i -- i heard two things -- two nuances that were new. one, it'se now a physical barrier. it's not aa wall. it's not the big beautiful wall he promised, of course, paid by mexico. it's ase physical barrier. i don't know, a hedge or something. that he wants. and -- and this -- there was a new lie which is that it's the democrats who insist that the physical t barrier, not wall, be made of steelll rather than it was -- it was almost as if he were just sort of writing an excuse for failing to get the wall. an t excuse to his base for failing to deliver on this ridiculous promise that never could belo fulfilled in the firs place. it was an absurd idea. and he seemed to have no idea of how to get it. of how to get where he promised to get. and to actually build this thing. andth so he just, he wanted to blame it all on theju democrats. the democrats made me do it. >>ma maria teresa, your reacti

and gene robinson, your reaction to the president's speech. >> well, it was, i think, steve schmidt said it was low energy. it certainly was that. he's not very good at the teleprompter thing. you know, i -- i heard two things -- two nuances that were new. one, it'se now a physical barrier. it's not aa wall. it's not the big beautiful wall he promised, of course, paid by mexico. it's ase physical barrier. i don't know, a hedge or something. that he wants. and -- and this -- there was a new lie which is that it's the democrats who insist that the physical t barrier, not wall, be made of steelll rather than it was -- it was almost as if he were just sort of writing an excuse for failing to get the wall. an t excuse to his base for failing to deliver on this ridiculous promise that never could belo fulfilled in the firs place. it was an absurd idea. and he seemed to have no idea of how to get it. of how to get where he promised to get. and to actually build this thing. andth so he just, he wanted to blame it all on theju democrats. the democrats made me do it. >>ma maria teresa, your reacti

steve schmidt, nicole wallace and brian williams. plus what we know about what's actually happening at the border and today's bomb shell accidental revelation suggesting trump collusion with the russians. "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. in just one hour the president will address the nation, giving you rare grant of primetime air time from all the networks and then there will be a response from the democratic national committee leaders, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. this as the president looks for any possible way out of the impasse he's painted his way am to. you'll remember he made promise of a big buteautiful and a prome that was ridiculous on its face that mexico would pay for the wall. it was immediately apparent mexico was not going to pay for it. two years of unified republican governance and the republicpartt prioritize giving him money to do it or building the wall. and here we are on the 18th day of a shutdown. he's cornered between a promise, rush limbaugh, anne coulter and supporters on the other.

i'm amazed to see that steve schmidt has been advising howard schultz.he last two years kind of apologizing for his role in getting sarah palin on the ticket with john mccain i think he would think long and hard about being part of another effort that could well turn out not like he wants it to. >> yeah. and curt, let's talk about hillary clinton for a moment because she was on cbs this morning and she said that a lot of bernie supporters continue to harass and go after my supporters all the time, a quote there from hillary clinton and there is a sense that some of kamala supporters are already getting some of the blow-back there from the so-called bernie bros curt >> yeah. this is exactly what democrats don't need, you know n this primary process to unfold to it have deteriorate into a civil mob yelling at one another and going after each other's supporters the goal of democratic party has to be very clear, very simple. it is to defeat donald trump if they destroy one another to the point where the person limps after the primary into the general where t

it's interesting steve schmidt who worked with mccain, i think, greg struble, also a republican pollster, bill burton, these are his top people. they were with him yesterday here in new york. what you're seeing him say, 40% of americans now identify as independent. they don't like republicans or democrats. they really are independent. the problem with that analysis is most independents lean one way or the other. at the moment we are seeing is huge numbers saying that i will never vote for trump. 56% of americans. >> greg: you could have said that at the start, juan. >> juan: if that's the case, he is counting on independents who are not there for the taking. >> jedediah: i think he is just a businessman. he, much like trump, has an idea of what these policies do when they are actually impacting business. when you look at a 70% marginal tax rate, when you look at medicare for all, all he is saying is it's un-american to have a massive government overtake of industry. he knows that it reduces the quality of care of those items. the top tax rate, when you hike that up on people on the top,

steve schmidt, nicole wallace and brian williams.out what's actually happening at the border and today's bomb shell accidental revelation suggesting trump collusion with the russians.

. >> i think he has some senior people like steve schmidt and bill burton around him.ants to run. i think the big question everyone is asking is the guy that called him an a-hole, did he buy the book yesterday? as a capitalist, schultz probably says you know what, i just made 25 bucks off the guy. david: he just wrote a piece in "usa today" and he makes a salient point, particularly now, where we are in this political system. he says 66% of likely voters say neither party is really representing my needs or interests. that's why this guy is running. he's got a legitimate point, doesn't he? >> well, go ahead. >> go ahead, susan. i was going to say in the interview on "60 minutes" what he said, i'm not sure i agree with his statistics, was 40% of americans either identify as independent or moderate or part of an independent group. 40%, i don't think actually that wins you the presidency at that point. you still need to get closer to 50%, don't you? david: if there are three people running. >> i look forward to all of you when he decides to run as a democrat saying i will

but the bravery, the courage, and the fact that these students, and our colleague, steve schmidt describedthat gives me chills, still. they had machine guns pointed at them. they had weapons pointed at them. >> i think we have a generation of kids in this country who frankly feel hunted. >> they survived the unthinkable. and on the other side, they came out and wanted to change. they wanted to change the country they live in. >> in a powerful show of solidarity, tens of thousands of students all walking out of their classes across the country to protest gun violence. >> because of the systematic failure of our government on every level, people are dying every day. >> in those early appearances, i remember the early rally in florida. it was pure anger. because they were reacting to what they had witnessed at this age. >> the people in the government who were voted into power are lying to us. they say that us kids don't know what we're talking about. that we're too young to understand how the government works. it's time to start doing something. >> these students with just such genuine emoti

you have steve schmidt, former high level obama -- >> who will be on in a few minutes. >> he is trying to make the point that perhaps both parties moved to the extreme, and i can be a third option. >> i think one reason he also thinks there's no room for him in the democratic party is because we have polling that says democrats are less likely to support a washington outsider with no experience. that works on the right, that doesn't work on the left. >> i was going to say, left of center voter myself, i don't understand why the democratic party wants to take this position. they look weak, they look afraid, they look like they're against choice. why not let the battle of ideas win and beat schultz and any other independent candidate koch comes in. why are they saying you can't run. >> your organization, you've read a lot of this, what is the real opening here that again, i go back to -- i get the political reform message, but he didn't leave with that. set schultz aside. what is the room that is there you think in the middle? >> i think it is a radical middle. i think there's a message,

new thanks to steve schmidt. >> where are the pesos? >> force me to get through this. go. go ahead. >> where are the pesos? >> i'm trying to get through one sentence without crying. the trouble makers, every last one of them. that does it for the hour. "mtp daily" mercyfully starts right now. >> chuck, where are the pesos? >> stop. >> heilman is the trouble maker. it's john. >> political impotence is a real thing. the giggle monster is here. the three men are like tee he. we never recovered. that was at like 4:40. >> they will make it into a promo. goodbye. >> if it's tuesday, it's an emergency. or is it? >>> good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington. the president has manufactured a heck of a political crisis for himself. tonight we are going to find out what he plans to do about the shut down or if he even has a new plan. we are hours away from the president addressing the nation from the oval office for the first time in his presidency as he threatens to declare a national emergency in an attempt to bypass congress and unilaterally build his infamous wall. it's un

build a mechanism to raise money howard schultz already has some people quietly on his staff, steve schmidtwers as consulting to him. and so he doesn't have to jump in quite as fast >> let me get your thoughts on one other thing about the government shutdown, and in particular the border negotiations i know you have some inside reporting on why the president essentially caved in the border wall shutdown negotiations the first time around. is it likely we'll see an agreement in the next 18 days? >> one, what was the trigger for the president to finally cave? jonathan swann reported from inside the senate punch on thursday, vice president pence was there, he could see the boots were moving away from him in a big way he said this must have been what the union lines were like right before first bull run. so the thinking inside the white house was better to pull the plug on our terms in our words than have an embarrassing vote with a bunch of republican senators moving away from us second question, why was mitch mcconnell so quiet it turns out it's because i told you so he told trump from the be

this was steve schmidt on that very idea on this very network earlier today. >> we see here the con mane come to see the wizard, and the wizard has promised them the great wall of trump paid for by the mexicans, but at the moment, for the unveiling of the wall, it appears to be an invisible one. and where are the pesos? where are the mexican pesos that the american people were promised would pay for this wall? there are no pesos. >> so, you heard the man, james carville, michael steele, remain with us. he can coin a phrase, james. are the democrats doing -- as you look at the democrats, how they're behaving, how they're handling this issue, this president, what they have ahead of them, are they doing everything right or do you see fault? >> yeah, i -- i love sarg. i usually agree with him, but he's been exposed a con man a long time before this. i think the democrats -- look, speaker pelosi, leader schumer, they don't -- it doesn't -- they can't agree to anything. the democrats are not going to vote for this. trump stands up there in december and says that if there's a government shutdo

are the only winners will be steve schmidt and the other -- >> tucker: bill bird end. >> ensure thathey are great guys, more success to them. >> tucker: they are rich guys. that's for sure. thank you very much. great to see you. presidential candidate kamala harris wants to a vastly expanded welfare state, but she also opposes border security. can you have open borders and free stuff? how long will that last? well, that is after the break. ♪ 't. that's why there's ocuvite. screen light... sunlight... longer hours... eyes today are stressed. but ocuvite has vital nutrients... ...to help protect them. ocuvite. eye nutrition for today. coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but when you have high blood pressure and need cold medicine that works fast, the choice is simple. coricidin hbp is the #1 brand that gives powerful cold symptom relief without raising your blood pressure. coricidin hbp. -morning. -morning. -what do we got? -keep an eye on that branch. might get windy. have a good shift. fire pit. last use -- 0600. i'd stay close. morning. ♪ get ready to switch. protec

steve schmidt, mitt romney, it's fair to say they think he's unfair to lead. the networks and democrats, everybody is acting as if he is fit, taking part in this colossal waste of time, which would be this presidency, instead of looking at it instead of saying, this person is not fit to lead, and acting on that fact. i'm not sure why it's happening. people smarter than me say that we're here, and yet we still have situations like last night. the president took his message to a forum he had never used before last night, yet the "new york times" reports, privately, trump dismissed his own new strategy as pointless. in an off the record lunch with television anchors hours before the address, he made clear in blunt terms he was not inclined to give the speech or go to texas but was talked into it by his advisors, according to two people briefed on the discussion who asked not to be identified showing details. "it's not going to change a damn thing. the border trip was just a photo opportunity. but he added, bill shine, sarah huckabee sanders and kellyanne conway,

fired and leave office more than me >> i will tell you, he's already building a ground game hired steve schmidt believe they can get on the ballot in all 50 states in every county they clearly have hired lawyers and all sorts of people to try to begin doing that. that's always been -- ballot access, by the way, has been half the challenge who has tried to do this historically. >> but only half, bloomberg doing this two years ago, his concern was even if you did get on the ballot in all 50 states, there's the electoral college. if it comes down to a tie, then you have the vice president who declares the -- >> the math is very, very challenging. >> it's difficult, but you are holding out hope that maybe there's -- >> i'm not holding out hope for anything >> you're holding out hope -- you don't even know what i'm going to say you're holding out hope that some republicans could see what howard schultz is saying and say i'm disenchanted with trump and i may move towards a howard schultz. >> i saw some of those people last night >> if you'll let me finish, i'm trying to tell you for someone that is f

steve, his understudy at the new ,imes, at the washington post sue schmidt, a truth seeker. news, i would single out, as being filled with producers who are aggressively seeking the truth. person, lisara myers, also -- always after the truth. i don't mean by the enumeration of these heroes as i see it in the world of truth seeking to say they are the only ones. i use those examples to show that the so-called mainstream distinguished truth seeking people. when the clinton white house was trying to get sue schmidt or the washington post fired, the post and one of their many fine hours said no. we are not going to follow it -- fire sue schmidt. go away. no white house likes to be criticized and the like, but then there's the other side, this is my final comment, that is news as entertainment. i love larry king. his programon several times. he is a good guy. he is still around. just watch a doctor's game and you will see him right there. at the longest world series game in the history of the planet. there was larry king and he stayed until the very end. when he interviewed susan