a.b. stoddard with us, and john highlyman is here with us, msnbc national affairs analyst, author, and cohost of the circus on show time. garrett, you get to go first because you traveled the most miles to do it. you heard perhaps the point we made at the top of the broadcast. people would be forgiven for tuning in today and thinking this is a generally election campaign between these two guys. >> brian, that's absolutely right. that's exactly the way the biden campaign would like this to be. biden would not be running for president against a ted cruz or marco rubio. he really does see donald trump as an existential threat. when you are the front-runner in the position that he's in both in the early states and nationally, the only thing you can really do is punch up. what you saw the biden campaign do today was essentially set a trap for donald trump. they released excerpts of his speech that the vice president did not intend to give for another 12 hours. about 6:00 this morning, let us ta

a.b. stoddard, associate editor at real clear politics and. and charlie hurt. clearly agreed to accelerate things and make them larger than they were before and that is in response to the threat of tariffs. it's in mexico's interests to play this down and say we were going to do this anyway and in trump's interest to say it's a huge deal and i extracted it from them, but he's made headway, i don't think there is any doubt about that. >> here is the vice president from earlier in the show. >> i was in the negotiations wednesday. they initially offered to move thousands of national guard to their southern border. but before the end of the day, before the end of the week, 6,000 mexican national guard to their southern bord. >> reporting that these countless hours were nothing, that they amounted to a waste of time, i can tell you that the team at the state department believes that this is an important set of understandings. >> bret: a.b., how does this play on the hill? >> the problem is people don't feel comfortable with the outcome. the president threatened the

for everything they've done on a.b.1605. then, of course, express my dismay as well at a.b.1112 and thank you, chair peskin, for speaking up. i think in an industry where we, you know, all the time we tell people we can't do anything about the number of t.n.c.s on the streets, because of state regulation. and then you see this. now we're not able to do anything about the number of scooters on the streets if the state takes it over. i think, you know, with our vision zero goals and everything that we've been seeing with pedestrian and cycling fatalities, if we lose control over our ability to regulate scooters, it's just again tieing our hands. in an industry that's routinely asked for forgiveness and not -- we would absolutely lose control here. again thank you, chair peskin, for speaking up. >> thank you, commissioner stefani, for those comments as well. seeing no -- my apologies for calling the vote without calling on you, colleagues. a motion to pass the resolution we previously passed and rescind. seconded by commissione

kristen welker, a.b. stoddard and heather long, thank you for joining us this afternoon. >>> we now turn to new video out of the pacific showing a russian destroyer nearly colliding with a u.s. warship in the philippines sea. officials say the two ships came within 50 to 100 feet of each other and they had to perform emergency actions to avoid a potential crash. and now, each side is pointing a finger at the other. but the navy saying the russian destroyer made a, quote, unsafe maneuver, and called russia's actions unprofessional. acting defense secretary patrick shanahan addressed the near collision this morning. >> mr. secretary, do you have a reaction to the russians putting u.s. troops at risk? >> the russian ship, i mean, the first reaction is, obvious concern about the safety of our men and women. a safety issue there. but the behavior is unsafe and unprofessional. we'll have military-to-military conversations with the russians and, of course, to me, safety at the end of the day is most important. i

what's your take a.b.? >> absolutely? i think jennifer is right. there was some kind of initial protest and faux outrage -- not faux, but overdone criticism coming from the other candidates until they realize the strength of the defense coming from the members of the black caucus, particularly jim clyburn, the top house leader who held this event, the famous fish fry for all the candidates in south carolina. where they saw john lewis then also make the comments that you just played and realized this is not a good bet to keep going after this on day three and four and five. and it's not going to pay dividends. it's going to bring some of my own political pain. so, i think that they didn't expect that kind of cover. i was actually surprised by it myself. but it shows the depth of the support right now. and again, that could change within the strongest member of the coalition. the voters you need the most to become the nominee on the democratic side are the support of african-americans. and right now joe biden just has them at 50% in a 23-person field

and a.b. soon. scott senator, thank you so m - thank you so much for joining us. >>> we want to talk about the democratic contenders. more than 20. they're back after throwing down on the debate stage including bernie sanders who had moments ago participated in the pride parade in nashua, new hampshire. up next, how the debates are driving the candidates' new moves with the next one just a month away. no matter how much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy? that's because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. so, try febreze fabric refresher. febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics and cleans them away as it dries. use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. fabric refresher even works for clothes you want to wear another day. make febreze part of your clean routine for whole home freshness. it's been a long time since andrew dusted off his dancing shoes. luckily denture breath will be the least o

. >> a.b. stoddard, columnist for real clear politics and. has anything to do with trump being the center of attention again after the democratic debate this is week? >> i don't know if it's because the focus was on the democrats and not his meeting as the g20. he is looking for a big, dramatic gesture that shows that the north korea plan is going somewhere. the truth is, he doesn't have an actual north korea plan. he had a summit in hanoi, the second one, and it failed. and he went home with nothing. and so there should not have been a third summit. and we didn't just see him cross into the demilitarize zone today for a handshake, like he said it would be yesterday. he had another summit and gained noth nothing. kim has everything, developed nuclear weapons program and legitimacy on the world stage with the russians, chinese and he now has an invitation to the white house. i think the president did this to try to look like he's doing something and distract from the problems that he has politically, but he literally is giving away the store i

real clear politics a.b. stoddard and reverend al sharpton, president of the national action network. joining us from "politico" senior washington coordinator anna palmer and white house coordinator for "l. a. times" ely joins us. you are the king of trump tells. en wo of the things he does when he's really afraid of someone damaging him politically or someone getting into his ego space, which is vast, is he projects onto them his own insecurity. this dig about his mental capacity was startling even for me. >> well, the projection, we can leave that to psychologists but clearly joe biden is in the president's head. he's in it for the polling, because this is a president who reacts to what he's seeing in the news. he's seeing a lot of coverage of joe biden and hypothetical matchups. the fact is joe biden is not the only person those quinnipiac polls show beating trump in head-to-head matchups. there are six democrats who would gebeat him in nationwide head 20 head. biden wants that, the surest nominee, surest

let's go to a.b. stoddard, an associate editor an columnist and real clear politics. awhile since's seen an image so explode in the national discussion, social media and otherwise, including these candidates. >> well, shep, it is an incredibly disturbing image and incredibly disturbing story. they did try to go through the system legally and in desperation attempted to enter illegally and didn't make it. others have died making this journey. but it comes at a time where we're getting all of these accounts of what is taking place with the families that are live and the children being separated from their parents and held in detention inhumane conditions. unbathed, no bed, no soap, no toothbrush with the government spending $775 per kid per day to run these facilities where they're abusing the children. there's a big outcry over this. the president is denying this is his policy. he's made every illegal crossing a grounds for separation. so families have been separated since this was announced in april of 2018 as a policy ofder terrence to stop the crossings. the crossin

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real clear politics associate editor a.b. stoddard and former house democratic caucus chairman joe crowley. president trump's campaign manager, brad pascale, his response to our own kristen welker, all news about the president's polling is completely false. the president's new polling is extraordinary and his numbers have never been better. if it's not entirely obvious from that statement there, how do you think the campaign is handling this, jeremy? >> the first step there is to appease the president. there's a pretty well-born formula of doing that. you use words like extraordinary, tremendous and say it's impossible anybody could ever beat him because he's the strongest candidate who has ever run for the office. that's step one. step two, though, is trying to wake up the republican party and wake up people around president trump and president trump himself, who have kind of lulled into this sense of complacency about his poll numbers and, well, it's so far out, we don't need to worry about that when it comes down to trump

a.b.1112 was the shared mobility bill, that we had to oppose, unless amended. that has turned into a two-year bill. this does give the opportunity for the author and all of us to continue working on the provisions, which really kind of seek to restrict or regulate in some way the local jurisdiction's ability to permit these new mobility services, and particularly focus on data and related issues. so that's good news that we have some time. we appreciate the author working with san francisco and other cities in california. also at the state level, a great piece of news. the affordable housing and sustainable communities grant program has awarded a grant to treasure island. the treasure island development authority, applied for $20 million in funding from this grant program. it rewards affordable housing and transportation infrastructure programs, that demonstrate sustainability features. out of the $20 million awarded, $15 million will fund affordable housing construction on the island and $5 million supporting transportation improvements. we -- on transportatio

judge: do you have a feel, a.b., for how the rank and file democrats feel about impeachment? not mrs. pelosi and not jerry nadler and not the folks that are on the house judiciary committee, but rank and file democrats whether they're blue collar, whether they're socialists, whatever they may be, moms at home, soccer moms? >> well, the voters, as you know, are very concerned with health care. it was the number one issue in the midterm elections, it's going to be a huge liability for president trump next year. many in his coalition, his supporters in 2016, expected obamacare to be repealed and replaced, but they're still in the exchanges, prices are skyrocketing, their choices are growing fewer and fewer, and it's a disaster. there are going to be pocketbook issues that concern them. what they're talking about on the trail mostly to candidates is really that kind of thing, prescription drug prices, the price of insulin -- judge: a.b., i am hearing you, ask you're not mentioning the word impeachment. does the rank and file not want to go there? >> the rank and file lawmakers, t

a.b. stoddard, always good to have you. thank you, as well. >>> second thoughts. with holes still open in his cabinet, president trump appears to be wavering on his choice for defense secretary, even going so far as to solicit other names. new nbc news reporting on what may be behind this change of heart. >>> also, it's complicated. and getting worse. amid the outcry over what's being called deep fake videos comes a new video of facebook founder mark zuckerberg meant to challenge their rules about doctored videos. but will it change anything? eos. but will it change anything? you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not, because you have e*trade whose tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad, get e*trade. today's senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. and there's never been an easier way to get great advice. a

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bush and a.b. stoddard from real clear politics. brad, how did things go yesterday?k things went well for the president. i think he has been on offense. when he is attacked he is going to return fire. and joe biden is trying to find his place in a democratic party that has long since passed him. >> sandra: do you see it the same way, a.b. >> what biden supporters, i think they think he is the best person to beat donald trump. he had a bad week the week before. he threw out the bait. president trump took it and the entire day was about how freaked out joe biden makes trump. that's what joe biden wanted to remind the democratic primary voters. >> i couldn't agree with that assessment more. joe biden skipped the big democratic party con fab in iowa where five or six candidates spoke over the weekend and got grief from inside the beltway crowd. it was smart. now he went into iowa yesterday on his own terms and go toe-to-toe with the president of the united states. that's the image he wants to portray. he did two things while there. one, he threw out a lot of red meat to

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russian delegation to mount protests $240.00 people have been injured in the demonstrations including a.b. police officers and a producer at r.t. is roughly video agency. just woke up going to call dog the situation got very heated they were suppressed by you and then the crowd kid out for another storm stone sticks and bottles were thrown from the side of the crowd to miss russian forces fired rubber bullets into mccloy the tear gas. protests erupted after russian m.p.'s heard a governor of sat in the chair of the georgian parliament speaker this happened during the opening session of a multilateral pola mentally assembly meant to promote orthodox christianity the georgian opposition prevented people from taking to the podium afterwards we talked to governor of who told us radicals are attempting to disrupt already complicated russian georgia relations. but when you only see it as a president of the assembly i have the right to take this seat in any country where the assembly session is held in this case the place was offered by the georgian side the session was invaded by radicals who s

directly with companies and organizations to eliminate unneeded middlemen throughout the supply chain a.b in bed made an initial investment with bank he would august of last year and lost a program in zambia that helped unbanked kasama farmers the services were eventually brought to uganda india brazil costa rica indonesia jordan malawi somalia south africa syria uganda and the united. it's part of the latest investment into bank you will be used in the temp to expand integration into china and mexico according to estimates by the world bank in 20171700000000 people worldwide were without bank accounts. i mean that is absolutely all number right now the number is actually closer to 2000000000 people people are without bank accounts and that accounts for almost a 3rd of the entire wall population so if you think about there you don't have access to sophisticated financing if they can't have access to that like where is their reputation how can they borrow money how can they get a mortgage things like that so this really opens up for a lot of people not just as a matter of income but the th

. >> hey, nancy, our mutual friend, a.b. stoddard, writes the following, "majority leader mitch mcconnell knows any relief from a deal will only be temporary. mcconnell has a uniquely honed long view. what he can see down the road ahead to election day is the president's fondness for tariffs and other drastic threats and the majority he leads in peril." two points here, number one, it's good for the president to have a human backstop in the senate. number two, the majority leader has another day job which is providing for all of us beyond the strategy and the game of it all. >> yeah, i think that what we saw this week while the president was abroad and having all these ceremonial events, some of them somber, some of them just sort of fun, and full of pomp and circumstance, was that people who were here at the white house this week, and i talked to a bunch of them, were inundated with calls from republicans on the hill, particularly republican senators who did not want these tariffs and i think part of the reason this agreeme

a.b.748 has not gone into effect yet, but it will on july 1st of this year. we expect that these requests will be in the hundreds when the law goes into effect next month. we asked 23 positions through working with the mayor's office, this budget provides for 11 of those to be funded. our goal is to be compliant, but without these resources that we're asking for, we'll have to rely on existing resources, including sworn-in civilians to do this work. and we believe we will open ourselves up to civil liability, if we're not compliant with the law. in addition to scrutiny from the public and others for failure to comply. in a nutshell, we have to get this work done. it is the law. it's for the right reasons. and i truly believe that it will be helpful to public safety, once we get in a position to be able to fill these requests. but we have to get this work done. next slide. our civilian position changes. currently we have 412 civilian positions. this budget will add 63 civilian positions this year, within the city and the airport. for the city civilian position

my thanks to donnie, a.b., the rev al sharpton and aaron blake, and most of all, to you for watching. that's it for this hour. "mtp daily" starts right now with steve kornacki in for chuck. >>> if it's tuesday, president trump and joe biden are on the attack against each other, trading very personal insults as they both stump in iowa, right now. this as a new poll shows biden leading the president by double digits nationwide. >>> plus, the full house just voted to escalate democrats' fight against the white house. we've got a lot of breaking news happening right now. and if it's tuesday, it is "meet the press daily." good evening, i'm steve kornacki in for chuck todd. and buckle up, because we have got a flood of late breaking developments. with president trump and joe biden both stumping in iowa, both today unloading on each other in some of the fiercest attacks we have seen yet. you are looking live at both the president and the democratic presidential front-runner speaking right now in dueling events in the state of iowa. this is the split screen everybody is talking about today. t