and we put her in charge of the rnc, republican national committee. ronna mcdaniel.

and we put her in charge of the rnc, republican national committee. ronna mcdaniel.

we are hearing that the white house and the trump reelection campaign and republican national committee have been getting ready for this day. the day where we actually find out some of what is in that report. they are thinking it is going to exonerate the president, but they have come up with language for a lot of contingency plans. it is not just going to be black or white. we might see something that says other people close to the president did something wrong even though they are not being indicted. they have all sorts of talking points ready to go when we find out what is in the mullah report. host: we know the president yesterday at mar-a-lago. he golfed with kid rock. he seemed to be pretty comfortable. guest: one of my colleagues is in florida with him and heard the same thing. in,as not supposed to stop there was a republican fundraiser. we were not sure if he was going to go. he did go and talk to little bit. lindsey graham was giving a speech. the president seemed to be in good spirits. he introduced lindsey graham. mar-a-lago,own at it is a place where he is surrounded by peo

lou: i was delighted to see the chair of republican national committee today saying that anyone who thinks about challenging president trump for 2020. you know will face a horrible future. that is the -- that is exact posture for the republican national committee and the party to take. i'm delighted my hats off to ronna mcdaniel, shows more guts, loyalty and intelligence than any so-called leader on capitol hill. >> she has done a great job, he will crush anyone that wants to run against him. lou: it is a unnecessary burden for him. >> his party -- much better to have a free run. 20 something odd democrats on the other side, he will take them all too. lou: can the kus kushner legal m with the statement, abby loyal, the attorney for kushner, in 2018, white house -- can we put that up, full screen. i'm told we can. but it takes longer than i would like. 2018, white house security clearance officials affirm this mr. kushner clea clearance was handled in regular process, no pressure from anyone, and says that was conveyed to media at the time, new stories if act rats do not change that was aff

elizabeth: coming up, the republican national committee really going after bernie sanders hard over what now this: sanders, we told you how he was pushing hard to nationalize and have the government control many major industries back in the '70s? we have even more on that story. you won't believe what's happening there. that's coming up. >>> plus, alexandria ocasio-cortez's approval ratings are plunging. >> she faces opposition to her green new deal, and it's from an unlikely corner, it's the afl-cio, the labor unions who usually vote democratic. that story coming up. ♪ ♪ ng it's best to make you everybody else... ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. does this sound dismal? it isn't. ♪ ♪ it's the most wonderful life on earth. ♪ ♪ but i can tell you liberty mutual customized my it's the most wonderful life on earth. car insurance so i only pay for what i need. oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no... only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ want more from your entejust say teach me more. into your xfinity voice remote to d

. >>> and former congressman beto o'rourke storms iowa over the weekend this as the republican national committee trolls the 2020 candidate in a twitter attack. >>> good morning, everyone. it's monday, march 18th. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. we begin with the very latest on the horrific attack on two new zealand mosques. officials say 50 people are now confirm dead and several more remain in critical condition following friday's shootings at the masjid al noor and linwood mosques. thousands of people paid tribute to victims at makeshift materials around new zealand leaving candles, flowers and notes of unity. authorities say the suspect a 28-year-old australian national whom we are not naming likely acted alone and has been charged with murder. additional charges are expected. new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern said the suspect had a firearms license and legally purchased the five guns used. they said the government discussed gun regulation at a meeting earlier today adding quote there will be changes in our gun laws. the suspect streamed part of th

the republican national committee, which is doing the opposition research part of the trump re-electionndidates, especially trying to grab them in small settings, remote settings where they may get less coverage stocking up that footage, trying to especially highlight proposals or ideas that in the general election campaign could be used to make them seem liberal extreme. >> mike, i also know you have a scoop about a possible future stop on trump's post-mueller victory lap. what are you learning? >> so we're seeing here on msnbc president trump's victory lap up on capitol hill, described as exuberant. we see the president now trying to go whole hog, take out the affordable care act. axios has learned that the president is open to the idea of attending this year's white house correspondents association dinner. >> oh, interesting. >> yes. so this is -- apparently the president is thinking about it. nothing has been decided. of course, the first two years of his presidency he boycotted it and we're told now that he hasn't said no, not clear how serious he is about it, but, of course, this

she's at the republican national committee. think in some ways they're trying to stack the deck so that the president gets easily renominated. and i don't worry. i could care less, to tell you the truth. and when i look up at michigan, of course, they lost everything. maybe she should spend a little more time in michigan. look, i know her. she is fine. it doesn't bother me. >> thank you very much, governor. >> thank you. >> and i appreciate your time. >> yep. >> and speaking of 2020, beto o'rourke announced he has made up his mind, and leyla santiago is "outfront." >> when will you make that announcement? >> soon. >> reporter: former congressman beto o'rourke says he's reached a decision about a run for the white house after setting a timeline during an interview with oprah winfrey. >> have you given yourself a deadline? i'm serious about that. have you given yourself? >> and the serious answer is really soon. it is really soon, before the end of this month. >> weeks later, with a big smile, he tells us -- >> i'm going to be ma

. >>> a member of the republican national committee from california says the completion of the report is a moment of vindication for the president. >> and, it probably is the best thing that helped trump's reelection. i don't think a lot of people anticipated that. but when you have 100% vindication and there is nothing there, no more indictments, the report is closed down. nothing about collusion. absolutely zero. this really puts a lot of people embarrassed. but it is great for trump and he's going to use it. >> he also says in his opinion, the entire report from robert mueller should be released. >>> senator bernie sanders will be in san francisco tomorrow as he makes a second bid for the presidency. folding chairs and the stage is set at fort mason. the final stop by mr. sanders on a three city tour of california. he has already held rallies this weekend in san diego and los angeles. and, now his bay area supporters are looking forward to hearing what he has to say. >> i am hoping he will be making medicare for all and the green new deal core to his platform which i know he will.

because he is hosting multiple private fundraisers at his mar-a-lago estate to benefit the republican national committee and his own re-election campaign. jose? >> kelly o'donnell in west palm beach. thank you. >>> there is a new twist tonight in the highly publicized case involving a convicted murderer. his story, the subject of the podcast "serial." a maryland court decided he will not get a new trial. kathy park explains why. >> it's serial. one story told week by week. >> reporter: his murder case became a national obsession. now, syed is back in the spotlight. this time, denied a new trial by maryland's highest court and possibly a second chance. his conviction reinstated after a lower court overturned it in 2016. >> it's a safe bet that syed's case would not have even gotten this far if not for the pod castkaspodcast "serial" >> reporter: syed convicted of killing lee, his former girlfriend and high school classmate. he received national notoriety when "serial," the podcast, closely examined his case, as millions of listeners tuned in. >> man, i had no reason to kill her. >> reporter: in yesterday

unsurprisingly now from the republican national committee falling in line with what chuck read you from those in the republican party, "for years many democrats and many in the media promised collusion between the trump campaign and russia. they were wrong." that is going to be the line from the gop i think from the white house as well. keep in mind right now the president is getting ready to board air force one. jit where there are televisions. he will likely be watching coverage of all this as it goes down leaving from mar-a-lago to come back here to the white house. politically you have reaction from republicans, you can see air force one there. down in south florida getting ready to make its way back to washington. there is a chance by the way, let me note for vuters he evote president may stop and speak to those who gather underneath the wing. the president has done before. we don't know he will but obviously it's something we're watching clo ining closely for. we know rakz from republicans seizing on the conspiracy, no spawn kear conspiracy piece. obstruction a gray area. where yo

. >> the national committee woman of the republican national committee for california said it's time to move on. >> we are never going to get those two years back as a country. he is never going to get it back. hope hicks and michael caputo and americans who were spied on will never get their time back and attorney's fees back. there is no justice for those people. >> democratic lawmakers asked for the attorney general to testify before congress and explain his interpretation of the report. >> we know that the congress has a different constitutional responsibility both in terms of oversight, overseeing all of this and investigation. we will have to do both. >> now according to the mueller report, 19 lawyers assisted by a team of 40 fbi agents and analysts and forensic accountants worked in the findings of this conclusion. abc 7 news. >> thanks to you. former fbi director james comey who headed the russia investigation before being fired by president trump tweeted this not long after the mueller news broke today. a photo of him gazing up at what appears to be redwood trees and wrote o

we talk this up tonight with an all-star lineup, republican national committee chair, ronna mcdanieloining us. and strategist at ed rollin, har mead dillon, to talk about this moment. our top story, in that moment. president trump defeated greatest political scandal in american history. special counsel robert mueller opportunity finding new collusion between the trump campaign and russia, just as president said for years. the president has been an example throughout strength, and face of relentless attack, smears, and lies from radical dimms, never trump rino republicans, president trump today, said this must never happen again. >> what they did, it was a falle narrative, a terrible thing, we can never let this happen to another president again, i can tell you, that few people i know could have handled it. we can never, ever let this happen to another president again. >> we also can't over state the important role attorney general william barr plays in the end of the mueller investigation, anyone who loves the country should appreciate the attorney yegeneral taking charge of the corr

even the republican national committee, right? the national republican party as an institution, they chose a new financial chair and two deputies to serve them in the trump era. all three have had to step down from their posts. one is on his way to prison much one was subpoenaed about the other one, who we learned today was also raided by the fbi last summer. and now tonight it's time to have a conversation with jerry nadler of new york, because on top of all of those proceedings in this president's orbit, in the legal arena, you know, chairman nadler says today that in addition to all that stuff going on in courtrooms and in prosecutors's offices around the country, chairman nadler says today, in response to multiple koumt questions sent out, he says tonight that he has already obtained tens of thousands of pages of documents for his committee's multiple investigations of the president and his campaign and his administration. including thousands of pages from a surprising source. and that's next. surprising soue and that's next. a

and i'm going to ask you to help wire and write the republican national committee whether you think i on or whether i should get off. ask whatever their decision is, i will abide by it. >> all those in favor will identity aye. >> he's not only completely vindicated. i feel he acted as a man of courage and of honor and stands higher than ever before. >> one who fought the battle and once you have won, then you have a letdown. >> that was that. a short time later, nixon was back on his chartered airplane with his wife going back to the speaking tour in the west he had interrupted. ♪ >> it was a landslide for the eisenhower and nixon ticket. >> you leave washington and go down through the pacific to new zealand and then over to australia, up to indonesia to jakarta. to hong kong and korea and japan and down to manila. >> for the sake of millions in the world who depend upon our leadership, we must never falter. >> washington, d.c. in the four-week good will tour. >> the 22-day good will mission. communists are making an effort to win. if it they do, the free world eventually will be forc

republican national committee chair ronna mcdonnell, republican sphrat gist ed rollins, economist andlosopher thomas sole among our guests. >>> president trump announcing he's grounding 737 max 8 jetliners after deadly crashes in ee ethiopia and indonesia. >> we're issuing an emergency order to ground all flights of the 737 max 8 and the 737 max 9. boeing is an incredible company. they are working very hard right now. and hopefully they'll very quickly come up with the answer. but until they do, the planes are grounded. lou: we address the president's decisive action and his order. the likely consequences of it all here tonight. >>> our top story, the red storm is here. china launching major cyberattacks against the u.s. military and defense contractors without a counter strike by the united states. many agencies politicized by the obama administration, they utterly failed to carry out affective counter intelligence operations against china and rusrussia. after years of neglect president trump demanded better performance from these intelligence agencies and cybersecurity forces. while

. >> peter: republicans have weaponized mtr to force democrats onto the record on hard-bitten issues. a spokesman for the national republican congressional committee time dan buckle up and grab your popcorn because democratic infighting is already reaching a breaking point and it's only a month to a democrat house majority. wait until the inner party primaries began. until then the g.o.p. will need to rely on loopholes to make their mark, but the next thing they try could be squashed by the speaker. >> the power of the speaker is awesome. >> peter: house democrats are still passing high-profile agenda items like the resolution disapproving president trump's emergency declaration and a public land package. so democratic growing pains could be short-lived, but then again, very few things they ever passed or ever going to get signed by president trump. shannon. >> shannon: making good point, peter doocy on the hill, thank you. claims president trump reportedly pushed chief of staff john kelly to get his son in law and senior advisor jared kushner a top level security clearance. "the new york times" reports the president overruled concerns by intel of

and we put her in charge of the rnc, republican national committee. ronna mcdaniel. and a friend of mine, very shy but very rich, he shouldn't be shy. he's one of the biggest builders and real estate people in the world. one of the biggest owners -- i shouldn't introduce him because you guys won't like him because he's a big owner of property but, you own property. he just owns more of it then you do. and he's a great guy and he's been with me from the beginning. stanley tara. beautiful buildinn manhattan. how much did you make this mont month? stanley is a great guy, he's been with us all. he loves you and he's been with us from the beginning. you wouldn't believe, without a lot of support. we've embarked on an unprecedented economic revival, unprecedented. america is now the hottest economy anywhere on the planet earth, there is nobody close. since our election when, the stock market is up almost 50%. your wife or your husband is saying, darling, you are such a great investor. how are we doing? we are up 67%. and your whole life you've been criticized by her or him

. >> what nixon wants him to do is take over as the chairman of the republican national committee. this is not considered to be a promotion. >> what goes there you your mind in that moment when you're expecting the world and instead you're given the grunt job? >> this was a tireless job. it was a thankless job. he was going to be gone for hundreds of days doing his job as republican party chair not necessarily doing his job as george bush the family man. >> barbara does not think it is a job he should take. she advices against it. she thinks others will see this as being a devotional. >> for george bush it is an inner conflict. he has been raised as the son of dot tie and prescott bush to do his duty. >> only six weeks earlier prescott bush died at 77 years oechltd. >> my father, 77 years old, was a senator from connecticut. he kplacommanded respect but al was respectful. >> he was a great man. a great person to go to share your thoughts and worries. he was a wonderful listener. the man with a lust for life. >> he was in many ways more than a father figure. he was actually also a r

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and i'm going to ask you to help wire and write the republican national committee whether you think ision is, i will abide by it. ♪ >> all those in favor of nixon continuing as a candidate will say aye! >> aye! >> he is not only completely vindicated. i feel that he acted as a man of sxurnlg of hon courage and of honor and as far as i'm concerned stands higher than ever before. >> once you have fought the battle and once you have won -- >> last night at wheeling, west virginia -- >> then you have a letdown. >> nixon in the high peak of emotion that brought nixon to tears. that was that. and a short time later nixon was back on his chartered airplane with his wife going back to the speaking tour in the west he had interrupted. ♪ president ike, president ike ♪ you like ike, i like ike, ev likes ike ♪ ♪ for president ♪ we'll take ike to washington >> it was a landslide for the eisenhower and nixon ticket. ♪ hang out the banner beat the drum ♪ ♪ we'll take ike to washington >> we leave washington on the midnight october the 5th. from there we go down through the pacific to new zealand, th

you saw the main account for the republican national committee this weekend tweeting insensitive racially insensitive of beto o'rourke showing him in a leprechaun hat and a lot of republicans were upset about that. that was the main twitter account for the party. you can see the effect that trump has had for the discourse which is all about trolling and it is not about. eli and phil, thank you. >> next, what did you just say, joe? we're oscar mayer deli fresh and you may remember us from... your very first sandwich, your move-in-day...feast. your bold canine caper. [child] that's not for you, bandit! your dinner in the dark. your mammoth masterpiece. [whispering] your 3:47 am snack. and...whatever happened here... because we make deli fresh with all the good of the deli, no artificial preservatives and no added nitrates or nitrites. make every sandwich count with oscar mayer deli fresh. stroke and heart disease? well, if you don't have symptoms, doctors usually won't order them because, often, insurance companies won't pay for them. and that's unfortunate, as 4 out of 5 people who have a

politics, morgan wright, former senior advisor, former law enforcement advisor to the republican national committeeybersecurity expert. great to have you with us. >> hey, lou. lou: how are you doing? this is stunning to see that the united states has not had an impact on huawei, its expansion into friendly networks of u.s. allies, particularly the european union. >> look, we have met the enemy, and it is huawei, and it is china. make no doubt about that. you know, right now, lou, huawei, through access to unlimited capital from the chinese government, the communist government has over half the patents in 5g right now. they are putting it in nef everything. in boston you have the metropolitan transport up there is buying all of the trains that are equipped -- that are coming from china. same thing down here in metro. all of this technology, guess what? it is built in for cyber spying for cyber espionage because that's what the chinese do. this is the frog in the scorpion partial all over again. -- parable all over again. every company in china is expected to work the intelligence agencies, all the a

and michael steel, the former chair of the republican national committee., i've said before, the ro romanovs, they shouldn't have been there. >> that's exactly roright. the first part of this is they are donald trump's cushion. they're his blanket. they're the ones who he not ole only trusts but they will carry out what he wants done. so it doesn't matter. the problem comes in translation for how they interact with cabinet secretaries and other officials. fwlrs the cabinet secretaries go no, that is inappropriate for you to make use of such functions or things, they have their own work around. they know how to game the system. >> if you're pushy. and you put the other pushiness and privilege and you got what you want. >> you have people that have power in a vast portfolio of issues that they don't have a lot of qualifications in objectively. i've been in meetings where he's talking about trade in china, infrastructure, regulations in business. he's supposed to be helping with the middle east. >> you mean his best friend, the murder in saudi? bring those two

the democratic national committee will do it and republican national committee will do and pretty nutty fringe groups will figure this out and they will start doing it. i just think this requires a lot of thought. what's the limit that an individual campaign could receive because i know there is a limit? 50% ofgren: the limit is the average amount of the top 20 more expensive winning campaigns from the prior election. so in 2018, that would have been roughly a 4.5 million dollar per candidate limit. going back to your example, i don't know if that would happen or not. but if you had -- you need to have $50,000 with 200 and below. only going to get to the max anyhow. and the point is, since we are trying to wean people off from reliance from big bucks' people, the person who writes a $200 check who is a billionaire. i mean the point is you will not be able to have undue influence because you have provided big bucks to a candidate. mr. cole: count me as a skeptic. not only will the parties organize these members of the committee nims, there are candidates that raise money. you are going t

. >>> so the republican national committee is under fire tonight for a tweet about beto o'rourke. me, karen finney, scott jennings. on st. patrick's day, the republican party sent out a tweet mocking beto o'rourke's irish heritage using his mug shot from a drunk driving arrest and saying on this special st. patty's day. the tweet promotes offensive irish stereotypes. why would anyone think this is a good idea? >> i have no idea and i have to tell you, as -- i am actually part irish, so i have to take -- stick up for irish people. >> who would have thought? >> actually it's a true fact. any time you're using racist tropes to promote any kind of message or as a way to attack an opponent, it's just uncalled for. and it's unnecessary. there's plenty of things they could have attacked beto o'rourke for, although i bet they were regretting that today or more afraid of him today, the $6 million man with the fund-raising number he announced. they better be afraid of him. it's just unnecessary. >> a number of republicans condemned the tweet. "do better, gop, be better." do you agree? does t

the republican national committee, america rise, those other republican shops.dicalized. socialist." you will hear it over and over the next year and a half. they want to paint to the eventual democratic nominee somebody too far to the left. you are the president logically new deal. you hurt him and others talk about medicare for all. scrapping the electoral college. getting rid of filibusters. they are calling these radicalized ideas, and they are hoping that all this this and energize the base to get the moderate voters in the middle on their site next year. >> harris: let's ask a final question. if this is where you see members, particularly younger members come of the local party going forward, how does a guy like joe biden get in and do what you say? pull everybody to the middle? if that's where they don't want to be. >> right now in the activist class, all the energy is on the progressive side. with the left. when we actually get down to the voting it'll be a much larger democratic electorate. it will be just the progressives voting in the primaries. vice

barnicle, political writer nick confessore, police call analyst and former chairman of the republican national committeeitical reporter heidi pryzbyla. we'll get to the president's speech in just a minute. also a devastating scene in southeast alabama. nearly two dozen dead as tornadoes tear through the region. we're going to get the v

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these are high dollar donors who are participating in the republican national committee's annual springown in wet palm beach, florida. they will be bussed over to mar-a-lago for dinner tonight, friday night and again on sunday morning for a breakfast and this is really the first opportunity of the 2020 cycle for the president to kick off the fundraising he'll need to be a successful competitor in re-election. >> thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. >>> still ahead on this friday morning formering attorney erik holder gives advice on democrats,000 crease their power. >>> two lawmakers take on a dakt that's dividing this country whether nickelback is a good band. another check on your weekend forecast when we come back. d forecast when we come back >>> . he may not be running for the white house in 2020, former attorney general eric holder has suggested the next democratic president should consider expanding the supreme court to counter republican efforts expand its power. according to reports holder made the comments yesterday while speaking at yale law school. he told the

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we'll see, it is not lost on the republican national committee who wasted no time criticizing beto. it is telling that the democrats' biggest star is someone whose biggest accomplishment is losing. beto o'rourke failed to get anything done in congress. his 2020 bid won't be successful either. the big question we are asking today, are democrats looking for personality or policy. and can they have both? joining me traveling with beto o'rourke in iowa, garret haake and our nbc dallas, julie fine, and also with me executive vice president and general counsel, ron klain and the cofounder of "the beat," d.c., tiffany cross. he's coming out to a lot of fanfare and a lot of hype, that's a dangerous position to be in this early on. >> katy, you want to talk about a dangerous position, beto o'rourke, is standing in on the counter of this coffee shop right now. >> why is he only standing on the counter i garret? >> well, this is something how they run their campaign. they're trying to do this as a small board retail grass roots campaign. that's hard to do when you are one of the biggest stars

is the democratic party or republican national committee with you or against you? atty. gen. holder: the democratic national committee is with us. i can't say that every democrat is with us. there will be some democrats, 80% in democratic districts that might have that number of democratic voters will go down to 50%, 48%. something along those lines. from my perspective, that's a good thing. we don't need to have all these -- all of these super-majority republican or democratic districts. some of them will naturally be that way based on where people live and all of that. but what we have now is an unnatural system. we have a district in virginia only contiguous when the river is at high tide. really? they had one in pennsylvania that was called donald duck kicking goofy. the two figures were only connected by the foot of donald duck hitting goofy. these things are drawn in such a way that you are preserving the safety of a seat or maybe of a particular person at the expense of the people. you know, the strength of the parties, it seems to me, ought to be based on the ideas th

scholar at the american enterprise institute and political analyst, and former chair of the republican national committeei think the two of you -- i cannot believe how amazing you both are. truly. i mean oh, my god. >> right back at you, joy. >> you're just fantastic. >> the way you tied your tie is just amazing. >> vice presidential material, joy. >> i have to start looking a bit more longingly when i talk to you all and i'll get it together. it strikes me that donald trump felt today was strengthening him, that he was showing the 12 republicans what for by showing how much support he has. i wonder if you'll agree with me he's weakened them. because when all the southwestern united states senators, people like ted cruz go back to their constituents, how do they protect their constituents snow >> they got out of the constituent protection business quite a while ago. i don't think that's first and foremost on their mind. what is, is being primaried or being weakened sufficiently how trump supports them during the reelection and makes them vulnerable to democrats next year. i have a different slant on what

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>> as i reported this week, you know, the pro trump super pac america first and the republican national committee, there are conversations underway right now about the ways in which that operatives there can use past clips, past tweets, past statements from reporters who spoke about collusion as though it were a given and there were, you know, it was no room for error there. ways in which they can use that if a reporter to say something negative about trump blasting that immediately. and actually, brian, i'm told you're one of the primary targets for that. you might want to look out. i guess what i mean to say is by conflating the media with the elite, trump gets to play into the us versus them mentality that allowed him to coast to victory in 2016, and i think it's incumbent upon reporters not to take the bait, like i said, get in that defensive crouch and instead do their jobs, report the news, and not let this campaign bait them into one versus the other. >> yeah. look, i know i'm a convenient hate object for a right wing media. i recognize that. and i usually just blow it off. but i think the

. >> the republican national committee for california says it's time to move on. >> we're never going to get the two years back as a country. he's never going to get the two years back. people like michael caputo and americans spied on will never get their time back, attorney's fees back. there's no justice for those people. >> democratic lawmakers put out statements asking for the attorney general to testify before congress and explain his interpretation of the report. >> we know that the congress has a different constitutional responsibility both in terms of oversight, overseeing all of this and investigation. and we'll have to do both. >> now, according to the mueller report, a total of 19 lawyers assisted by a team of approximately 40 fbi agents, intelligence analysts and forensic accountants worked to the findings. -- abc 7 news. >>> let's take a look at live doppler 7. you can see it's raining. light rain over towards st. helena and towards cloverdale, towards ft. ross and jenner. the north bay, watch out. you'll be wet this morning. while the rest of us are dry. a little cooler

the woman leading the charge joining me tonight, republican national committee chair, ronna mcdaniel.reat to see you. thank you very much. >> great to be here. david: you sneaked in here when i didn't even notice. let me first ask about the latest beltway meme, forgive the expression, but the beltway meme now is that the president's making a terrible mistake because he is focusing on an issue, health care, that helped the democrats win in the 2018 midterms. what do you say to that? >> the thing about the president is, the president's always focusing on the american people and he's saying health care costs are too high. we recognize that obamacare is broken and so there's two ways of fixing it. democrats are saying let's do a total government takeover, let's socialize medicine, let the politicians and the bureaucrats make your health care decisions, let's get rid of 177 million private plans in this country. people have private health care insurance, they're saying we don't want that anymore, we want the government to take it over. and the president's saying let's make sure we protect